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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!

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Kevin K.

...In the end, it's always aesthetics.

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Recent Headlines

	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

	BC Civic Theatre Presents 'A Woman Called Truth'	March 27,2008
	John Grap/The Enquirer Antonio Mixon during a rehearsal of "A Woman Called Truth." If you go ? WHAT: "A Woman Called Truth," presented by the Battle Creek Civic Theatre. ? WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m....	Read More


	Highlighted Events

	Launda Wheatley - "This Is Who We Are"
	Gallery 105 A Fine Art Gallery You are cordially invited to Gallery 105 on Saturday May 17th for the opening of new work by artist Launda Wheatley. Launda combines painting, collage and drawing into a spectacular new body of work. Show runs f Read More

	Art of Invention
	Please join us as we showcase inventors and patent holders that have developed unique products or processes. This exhibit will celebrate individuals and businesses that contribute to the vitality of our region through ingenuity and creative problem Read More

	"Aloha"
	A new temporary exhibit featuring Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. View cultural artifacts and geological specimens at Kingman Museum. Read More

Featured Classifieds

	Lowell Showboat Sizzlin? Summer Concerts
	The Lowell Showboat Sizzlin? Summer Concerts is seeking the best musicians and groups to perform in the summer of 2008. The ten-week Thursday night concert series begins June 19, 2008 and is located on Riverwalk Plaza on an outdoor covered stage in... Read More

	John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
	The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation annually offers fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible... Read More

	Women's Stories: Quilts
	The Huron Valley Council for the Arts is sponsoring "Women's Stories: Quilts" exhibit. This exhibit is the first in a series exploring women's stories in different art media. Awards, entry fee, juried, artist-talk-back, deadline July 1st. Opening... Read More