The 2018 Allegan Art Hop was a wonderful success again this year. It was the 11th Annual Art Hop. It was a beautiful evening and even the weather cooperated. We were able to have over 40 artists display their talents at 15 venues in downtown Allegan Michigan. Santa visited with many children and there was […]
Twenty-six members of the Allegan Area Arts Council recently returned, on October 2nd, from an arts-focused trip to Italy. Local residents Joann and Bill Chaney (who owned a travel company in Indiana for decades) planned the trip for arts council members. Joann currently serves on the arts council board of directors. The ten-day trip began […]
A total of $4,515 was given to Allegan area students in the form of Scholarships to various summer camps for the arts. The recipients of Allegan Area Arts Council’s awards for 2018 fine arts spring and summer camps are pictured (from left in front) Abbigail Long of Fennville who is attending WMU Music camp for […]
The Allegan Area Arts Council had a wonderful 2018 Art In The Garden. Here are some photos. Rainy and cold outside, but warm and beautiful inside.
Here are a few good photos of the Allegan Labyrinth at Rossmen Park: A beautiful new place for healing, reflection and learning. “Where can you seek healing of the mind, body, and spirit? Where can you go to become centered and strengthened as you confront a chronic disease? How can you emotionally prepare for surgery? […]
Save The Earth was the theme for the Allegan Area Arts Council Art Camp this year! The campers talked about all the ways they could help our environment by recycling and keeping our earth safe and clean for people and animals! The twenty seven campers and two extraordinary older helpers used many recycled supplies and […]
What will the longer days of summer 2017 will bring for you? Maybe you’re thinking of exploring some new ways to express yourself. Or, maybe you’d like to work on a skill that has proven difficult to master. Or, maybe you just need a day of fun (who doesn’t?) on a staycation. At the Kalamazoo […]
The recipients of Allegan Area Arts Council’s scholarship awards for 2017 fine arts spring and summer camps are pictured including (from left) Katie Heusser of Allegan who is attending Grand Rapids Ballet Summer Intensive for dance, Gabriel Schafer -Attruia of Wayland who is attending Blue Lake for double bass, Selena Capman of Fennville who is […]
Springtime means time for Art In The Garden. Time for arts and nature lovers to browse and shop for unique artwork for their yard and garden. Each year the AAAC finds artists working in every medium to exhibit and sell their original nature-inspired artwork for this one-day juried fair. In order to create an outdoor […]
This is the 32nd “Nearly Annual” Cabaret Band Show. Nearly annual because the show was on hiatus last year, 2016. The band and singers started rehearsals the last week of January. In only about 60 hours of rehearsals, we had to learn 36 songs backwards & forward, inside and out. After so many years of […]
