This award is presented at the annual spring luncheon to a public or academic library. The award is for establishing or improving an arts book collection, or for establishing and/or expanding a program which advances or celebrates any of the arts.
The award was established to honor the late James C. Dance, who was one of the founders of the Metro-Detroit Book & Author Society, and who served as its Master of Ceremonies for 19 luncheons. Mr. Dance was the public relations coordinator of the Detroit Public Library.
Past Grant Awardees
- Mount Clemens Public Library (2019)
- Warren Public Library, Dorothy M. Busch Branch (2019)
- Detroit Public Library (2018)
- Ferndale Public Library (2018)
- Clarkston Independence District Library (2017)
- The University of Michigan Dearborn Library (2017)
- Springfield Township Library (2016)
- Salem-South Lyon District Library (2016)
- Oak Park Public Library (2015)
- Garden City Public Library (2015)
- Dearborn Heights Public Library (2013)
- Inkster Public Library (2011)
- Ferndale Public Library (2010)
- The Ham College Library, Rochester (2010)
- Hazel Park Public Library
- East Detroit Public Library
- Blair Memorial Public Library (Clawson)
- Schoolcraft College Library
- Cranbrook Writers Guild
- Macomb Community College Library
- Roseville Public Library
- Lyon Township Library
- Wayne-Westland Public Library
- Berkley Public Library
- Brandon Township Library
- Detroit Women Writers
- McDonald Public Library (New Baltimore)
- Holly Township Public Library
- Harper Woods Public Library
- Chesterfield Township Library
- Riverview Public Library
- Oxford Public Library
- Macomb County Library
- Farmington Community Library
- Mount Clemens Public Library
- Ecorse Public Library
- White Lake Public Library