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   Welcome to the Arts & Industry Council  

The Arts & Industry Council (AIC), formerly the United Arts Council of Calhoun County, is Michigan's oldest incorporated non-profit arts council. The AIC provides marketing and technical services, professional development programs, and grants to more than 60 arts and cultural organizations and hundreds of Michigan artists. The AIC Events Calendar is the region's only one-stop source of information for arts/culture activity!

As Calhoun County's arts advocate, the AIC's mission is to improve quality of life through the arts by focusing on four strategic areas of action: 1) growing the arts and creative industries, 2) marketing the arts, 3) advocating for the arts, and 4) facilitating networks.

The AIC's new strategic plan places discernable emphasis on creative industries and cultural economic development. All of the new AIC programs and services outlined on this site have been requested by community stakeholders. We hope you'll find these tools useful and will come back to visit us often!

 
   Featured Member  
Kurt Thornton

Through my drawings, I want to bring out detail in my artwork that the viewer has never seen before. Sometimes bringing attention to some aspect of a familiar object that may have gone unnoticed.

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  Recent Headlines  
Creativity Crisis
July 19,2010
Posted By: MacEwen Patterson To: Members in Keep the Arts in Public Schools Newsweek - Creativity Crisis in America; what's wrong and how do we fix it? I'm so grateful for our partnership with Americans for the Arts. A friend over there...
 
Keep the Arts in Public Schools
July 12,2010
Posted By: MacEwen Patterson To: Members in Keep the Arts in Public Schools Dated July 2010 - This Just In Here are a couple of breaking news pieces happening in the States and abroad that can inform and inspire us some more. We are on the...
 
State of Michigan Photography Contest
June 03,2010
June 2, 2010 Attention Professional and Amateur Photographers! The State Historic Preservation Office Wants YOU to Enter it?s First-Ever Photography Contest! The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) wants YOU to Celebrate...
   
  MCACA Grants
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA)
2010 Grant Applications now being accepted
See Grants page for details.
   
  Highlighted Events
World drumming class and more

World drumming class and more offered at the Community Music School Learning to make music not only brings years of pleasure. Research shows that music also builds skills and attitudes that lead to success in school, work and life. The Communi Read More
 
Planetarium Dome Theatre

Shows run continuously on the hour and the half hour from 10:00 am to 4:30 p.m. in the Lower Level of Willard Library Read More
 
Free Movies at Willard Library

Movies for 5th grades and younger held in the Willard Library Meeting Room Movies for 6th through 12th graders held in the Teen Room lower level Read More
 

  Featured Classifieds
Studio for Rent

Studio space available for $50 per month on second floor of Open Door Gallery, Sturgis, Michigan. Read More
 
Fellowship for Cuban Artists

Cintas Fellowships acknowledge creative accomplishments and encourage excellence in architecture, literature, music composition and the visual arts. Eligibility is limited to artists of Cuban citizenship or direct descent (having a Cuban parent or... Read More
 
Barnes and Nobel Sponsorship

Barnes & Noble, a national bookstore chain, provides in-store fundraising opportunities, sponsorships, and donations to local and regional nonprofit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts, or K-12 education. Applicants must be located in the... Read More
 
 
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