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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

Bobbie Van Eck

Bobbie Van Eck : "I love the way that colors and textures work with and against each other to create unique beads that are each their own work of art...."

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Recent Headlines

	Museum gets face lift, new planetarium system	June 25,2008
	In a few months, the stars will shine in Kingman Museum's planetarium like never before. Thanks to recent grants from private donors and foundations, the museum is installing a new state-of-the-art digital planetarium system and giving a...	Read More

	West Michigan Native-Bob Rowe Inducted Into Intern	April 23,2008
	Dear Friends: In January 2008, well known folk and Christian-singer and 2006 Mother Teresa laureate Bob Rowe, was inducted into the International Museum of Peace in Uzbekistan. This is part of an international collection of autographs from...	Read More

	Battle Creek Fine Arts Academy Performs	March 28,2008
	Students from Battle Creek Central's Fine Arts Academy gave two performances during their seventh annual report at Kellogg Community College's Binda Theatre on Thursday. Perfomances ranged from music to dance to dramatic readings...	Read More


	Highlighted Events

	Little Carmencitas Perform at the Latin American Hispanic Festival
	The Little Carmencitas will be performing at the Latin American Hispanic Festival at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds. This local, African American dance group is a part of Monica's Folk Ballet Company. The group will perform South American Folkl Read More

	Auditions for Anne of Green Gables
	auditions for KCC fall play. Read More

	33rd Annual Homer Historical Society Fall Festival
	Historic displays and demonstrations, tours of the pioneer family farmhouse and the 1890 former Albion Town Hall moved to the Blair Farm in 2006, antique engines, apple butter, crafts, food, something for all ages. Read More

Featured Classifieds

	The VIllage Theater at Cherry Hill - Canton, MI
	The Village Theater at Cherry Hill is now accepting proposals for our 2009 exhibition season. The deadline for submission is March 31, 2008. We are interested in exhibiting both local and regional artists in all medias of artwork. The Village... Read More

	6th Annual Berkshires Arts Festival
	6th Annual Berkshires Arts Festival July 6-8 Butternut Ski Basin Great Barrington, MA 165 Artists only a few spaces left A great show with an affluent, sophisticated audience. Top artists from across the country have discovered the... Read More

	47th Annual Wyandotte Street Art Fair
	Wyandotte is the second longest running and second largest art fair in Michigan. It is well established and very well attended. This is one of the 'biggies' in Michigan and for many customers their favorite. It is usually held the week before Ann... Read More