Calumet Art Center

Calumet Art Center Phone Number:

906-934-2228

906-281-3494

For more information on upcoming classes and events: info@calumetartcenter.com

The Art Immersion Youth Summer classes are funded in part through a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Copper Country Community Arts Council and Shopko Foundation.

A Professional and Organizational Development grant for Board Development was also received from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Copper Country Community Arts Council. 

 

First Friday

CALUMET ART CENTER

57055 Fifth Street

Calumet, Michigan  49913

 

FIRST FRIDAY OF JUNE

 

 

Join us at the Calumet Art Center at 57055 Fifth Street for First Friday on June 7 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. This First Friday’s project will be  CLAY TILE  6”x 6” will be ready to carve and paint in designs of your choice. The tiles will be fired and ready to pick up in two weeks. Find your inspiration while touring the center and open studio featuring looms of all types,  lamp work bead station, library and writing studio and the clay studio where we’re gearing up for the Empty Bowls Project. You can also see the recently completed stage expansion in the Performance Hall built by the Calumet High School workshop students. The Calumet Art Center Gallery is open featuring works for sale by artists Ed Gray and Emily Gray Koehler that have been made to benefit our youth programs. Learn about our recent classes and projects and upcoming events including the Summer Youth Art Program. Refreshments will be served.

For more information call 906-934-2228.

Pysanky Workshop

There will be a workshop on making these beautiful eggs on Friday the 24 of May at 1 pm, cost is $ 30.00. Please call to save your spot.  906- 281-3494 or 906-934-2228

Retired and Senior Volunteers Needed 

The Calumet Art Center is looking for volunteers to help with our Youth Art Classes. Classes are held on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Volunteers assisting at the Art Center may help welcome students, offer general support or office tasks. We are also looking for docents (tour guides) willing to attend a short workshop on the history of the Art Center’s building. All volunteers will be eligible to take classes at the Art Center on a variety of topics. Interested in helping out? Then call the RSVP office at 482-7382.

The Calumet Art Center is a proud member of the Buellwood Fiber & Weavers Guild and Michigan Weavers Guild!

We are pleased to announce that we are members of the Buellwood Fiber & Weavers Guild. The Guild began with Dorothea Buellwood in Chassell, MI. Dorothea had 17 looms at her home and developed a 17 member weaving guild. It has been in existence since the early 1950′s and has varied in size between 15 and 20 members. They are happy to assist with answers to all who are interested in weaving, as their objective is to continue to support this art form for the future.

New classes for 2013:

Triple Play – Weaving That Sings with Nadine Sanders

This workshop will be open to the public and will be for all levels of weavers. You will learn the inlay technique for Wall-hanging, Fabric or Rug weaving; as well as how to add design to your weaving. Nadine will also perform a concert with her fiddle and voice to celebrate the U.P. Highland Days. Nadine Sanders is a fiber artist, weaving teacher, music teacher and performer known as The Singing Weaver.

She will need to know if the student will want a clothing sample warp, wall-hanging sample warp, or a rug sample warp. The rug sample warp requires a loom with 6 shafts. Below are some samples of Nadine’s work:

 Class Dates: September 20, 21, 22, 2013  at 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Class Fee: $210

Materials Fee: $25

Performance Date: September 21, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.  Ticket Cost: $7

Nadine will need student’s contact information by August 10th. She will make the warps by August 15th and have them ready to mail out by August 18.

For more information contact the Calumet Art Center at (906) 934-2228 , (906) 281 3493 or info@calumetartcenter.com

Advanced Techniques for Bead Decorating with Joan Heuvelhorst

After learning the basics of glass bead making it’s time to add more advanced decorations. In this class we will continue working on controlling the heat and making beautiful shapes. We will also learn how to make and use stringers, twisted stringers and dots to embellish your work. Bring your imagination and let’s create some beads to remember.

June 1, 2013                                                              June 2, 2013

Beginners & Intermediates                                        Advanced

Class Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Class Fee: $110 includes materials. Bring safety glasses, a lunch and a beverage.