The Board of Directors of the Chelsea Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa Baylis Gonzalez as their new Executive Director. Gonzalez brings over 20 years of experience in arts and culture organizations, including at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. A Chelsea resident and Michigan native, she [...]
Chelsea Center for the Arts to Present Stand in the Place Where You Live: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Legacy Land Conservancy
October 7, 2011 – Over the past 40 years, Legacy Land Conservancy has helped protect more than 4,750 acres of forests, prairies, farms, wetlands and waters. To celebrate this achievement and inspire future conservation efforts, a creative joint venture between Chelsea Center for the Arts and Legacy has been commissioned. The event, sponsored by Reinhart realty, involves a small group of artists that have been [...]
Chelsea Center for the Arts’ 2011 Autumn Jubilee a Success!
Over 150 guests enjoyed a wonderful evening of fun and celebration at the ChelseaCenterfor the Arts’ 16th annual Autumn Jubilee event on November 12 at theComfortInnVillageConferenceCenter inChelsea,Michigan. The annual event raised nearly $30,000 for the CCA’s arts programming for the community, including its after school art clubs, held at the Chelsea School District’s elementary and middle schools, and its scholarship and tuition assistance program, which [...]
Chelsea Center for the Arts and Just Imagine Toys and Books invite you to a holiday shopping event
Take care of your holiday shopping at Just Imagine Toys & Books in downtown Chelsea, Michigan, while also helping support art and music education! WHAT: Make a purchase of toys, books, games, instrument supplies or anything else at Just Imagine during the early bird promotion week and 20% of your purchase will be donated to the Chelsea Center for the Arts in support of arts [...]
Artist in Residence Chelsea: Call for Proposals
The Artist in Residence program is a joint project between the Chelsea Center for the Arts (CCA), Chelsea River Gallery and the Chelsea District Library (CDL). The purpose of the program is to provide the community with artistic and educational opportunities reflecting multiple disciplines in the arts; enrich the community through interaction with artists and artwork they would not otherwise experience; encourage new audiences’ participation [...]
Visit the CCA during Art Walk: October 21-23
Art Walk is an annual celebration of the visual arts in the greater Ann Arbor area. This event provides unique opportunities to experience art and meet artists in their studios! Stop by CCA this weekend to view our current exhibition, New Instructors at the CCA: Eric Strebel, Sicily Amaris McRaven, and Kate Barker. Pick up an Art Walk map of activity sites, and explore and support our local artistic resources! See also: Art [...]
Chelsea Center for the Arts accepting resumes for Executive Director position
As announced earlier this year, the Chelsea Center for the Arts’ Board of Directors has started a formal search for an Executive Director. With the CCA’s outreach into Washtenaw County and the southeastern Michigan area, the job has been posted on local, regional and nonprofit websites. The board wishes to invite interested candidates to apply for this permanent full-time position (see details below). Lisa Baylis [...]
Chelsea Center for the Arts announces Autumn Jubilee 2011 Honorees
Each year, Chelsea Center for the Arts selects individuals to honor at Autumn Jubilee – it’s biggest fund raising event of the calendar. This year, The Gala Committee has chosen to recognize two honorary artists, longstanding CCA piano instructor, Lester Castellana, and local watercolor artist, Missy Cowan. In addition, Patti Schwarz and Deborah Greer of Chelsea’s River Gallery will be Honorary Chairs of the event, [...]
Chelsea Center for the Arts Receives $60,000 Grant from the Worthington Family Foundation
The Chelsea Center for the Arts (CCA) — a non-profit community organization founded in 1994 to develop, foster, and promote art and music in Chelsea and the surrounding areas — has been awarded a grant of $60,000 from the Worthington Family Foundation to fund materials, equipment, and services to enhance arts programming for youths. This funding will both assist with currently operating programs, and support [...]
Award-winning instructor to teach Chelsea writing seminar
MASTERING POINT OF VIEW: A Two Part Seminar for Writers Most writers know about first and third person point of view and when to use them. But what about the unreliable narrator? The collective, fourth person perspective (“we” form)? Or the “black sheep” of the fiction family, the second person (“you”) form? Chelsea area writers will have the rare opportunity to learn how to identify and [...]