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Living
Arts
Detroit
names
Alissa
Novoselick
Executive
Director
Arts
education
professional
and
advocate,
Novoselick
returns
home to
Michigan
after
nearly 8
years
away
DETROIT,
MI.
–Living
Arts, a
non-profit
organization
that
engages
Detroit
youth,
teachers
and
families
in
transformative
experiences
in the
performing,
visual,
literary
and
media
arts,
has
named
Alissa
Novoselick
executive
director.
A
Muskegon
native,
Novoselick
previously
served
as the
executive
director
of the
Tamarack
Foundation
for the
Arts in
West
Virginia.
In this
capacity,
Novoselick
expanded
fundraising,
arts
education
programming
and arts
advocacy.
Her many
accomplishments
include
the
launch
of an
emerging
artist
fellowship
program,
the
creation
of the
West
Virginia
Creative
Business
Think
Tank and
leading
the
organization
through
a
marketing
rebrand.
“After
an
extensive
search,
we are
thrilled
that
Alissa
is
joining
the
Living
Arts
team,”
said
Mike
Brown,
board
president.
“Alissa’s
vast
experience
in arts
education
and
advocacy,
coupled
with her
keen
business
acumen,
made her
the
standout
candidate
to build
upon
Living
Arts’
incredible
growth
of the
past few
years.
As an
artist,
educator
and arts
administrator,
Alissa’s
passion
is
evident
in her
many
accomplishments
and we
are
excited
to share
that
passion
with the
Detroit
community.”
Novoselick
holds an
MBA from
Antioch
University,
a BA
from the
University
of
Michigan
and is
part of
the
National
Arts
Strategies
Chief
Executive
Program
through
Harvard
Business
School.
In
addition
to her
nonprofit
positions,
Novoselick
worked
as a
high
school
teacher,
educating
students
in
Southfield,
Michigan,
as well
as
Native
American
youth in
Arizona.
She was
recently
named
one of
the West
Virginia
State
Journal’s
“40
under
40,” a
2016
YWCA
Woman to
Watch,
and
served
an
appointment
by the
Governor
of West
Virginia
on the
Broadband
Enhancement
Council.
Novoselick
succeeds
Cara
Graninger
as
Executive
Director.
About
Living
Arts
Founded
in 1999,
Detroit-based
Living
Arts is
a
non-profit
organization
that
engages
Detroit
youth,
teachers
and
families
in
transformative
experiences
in the
performing,
visual,
literary
and
media
arts.
Implementing
arts
education
programs
for over
3,200
early
learners,
elementary
and
secondary
students
annually,
it
increases
youth’s
academic
achievement,
develops
their
leadership
and
artistic
skills,
and
strengthens
schools
and
communities.
Living
Arts’
Detroit
Wolf
Trap
program
is an
affiliate
of the
national
Wolf
Trap
Institute
for
Early
Learning
Through
the
Arts.
The
organization’s
Out-of-School
Arts
program
brings
year-round
youth
arts
classes
and
community
programs
to the
Ford
Resource
and
Engagement
Center
at the
Mexicantown
Mercado.
For more
information,
visit
www.LivingArtsDetroit.org
or call
313.841.4765.
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