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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  
Richard Wingard, Sr.

Beauty is all around us; it can be found anyplace and in any direction. One only has to take the time, stop and truly look. Photography's ability to capture this beauty for everyone to see and enjoy is why I enjoy this art form.

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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
Senior Day at the Kalanazoo Institute of Arts

Strong Women, Beautiful Men: Japanese Portrait Prints from the Toledo Museum of Art Special Day is Friday, September 10 with tours at 1:00 and 3:00 pm and talk at 2:00 for all guests. Guests will enjoy docent-guided tours of the exhibit and Read More
 
BCMAMS Stache Bash

BCMAMS Stache Bash Saturday, September 4, 8 p.m. at Arcadia Brewing Company, Downtown Battle Creek Battle Creek Metropolitan Area Mustache Society?s (BCMAMS) Annual Stache Bash. This year the BCMAMS Stache Bash proceeds will support Kingman Read More
 
Tickets on Sale for "Running Wild on the Rails"

Come and be entertained at Binda Theatre on the campus of Kellogg Community College.! Performances on September 25 at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. Featured Guests - 1995 Queens of Harmony Chicago Fire Also featured are Chapter Quartets Impulse, Gr Read More
 

  Featured Classifieds
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
 
Commissioned Meditative Painting

It would be an honor for me to accept a commission from you to meditate and bring forward a painting that was meant just for you or someone you love. Call for details and price. 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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