News & Events at the CCA
Events
 Center Gallery Holiday Art Market Opens
Don't miss Center Gallery's "Presentations" Artists' Holiday Market, which opened on November 15. Celebrate the arts for the holidays with CCA! Visit our Center Gallery page for details.
Guitar Recital: November 16, 5pm
Chelsea Depot Guitar students from the CCA will pair up and play with professional rock musicians to perform songs from the Beatles, Black Sabbath, Smashing Pumpkins, and other iconic rock bands. Cost: $5 donation.
 Art Meets Business
Art Meets Business (AMB) is a new program at the Chelsea
Center for the Arts designed to help creative people master marketing,
money management, negotiating, the use of technology, and other skills
critical to their success. AMB members
have access to mentoring and coaching, networking opportunities, business
workshops, and goal-setting groups. To learn more, contact us at artmeetsbusiness@chelseacenterforthearts.org or (734) 433-2787.
Home for the Holidays: December 6,
1-4pm
Want to slow down a bit and enjoy the day? Bring the family
to the CCA to make those special gifts and get your holiday
creativity rolling. We’ll
have several crafts and art activities to choose from. Open to all ages.
The cost is $5 per item.
Artist Karen Smith will be on site to help you make
wonderful glass ornaments during “Home for the Holidays”.
Round and diamond shaped glass embellished with stingers and beads then
fused will make a great gift! Each ornament is $10.
News
Sean Ruffin turns CCA scrap lumber into storage for Leslie Science Center
As part of an Eagle Scout project, Chelsea student Sean Ruffin constructed 6 carrying boxes for raptors in the education program of the Leslie Science Center. Chelsea Center for the Arts was happy to donate the lumber and see it used in such a great way! Currently the Raptor boxes are being used for birds of prey! Learn more on how to adopt-a-raptor on the Leslie Science Center website.
CCA's Rose Bradley chosen as new "Artist-in Residence" at the Terrace Inn
CCA's Works In Progress co-director Rose Bradley has been chosen to be an "Artist-in Residence" at the Terrace Inn in Petoskey, Michigan next summer. Congratulations, Rose!
About the CCA's Works In Progress sessions
If you haven't yet participated, Works In Progress is a weekly drop-in session where artists share tips and tricks with the occasional guest demonstrator. There's lots of time to work, share and critique as a group. Held at St. Mary Church. Drop-in fee is $5.
A note from Rose:
We have done three kinds of masking techniques, and abstract painting "wet-in-wet". Next will be a class on "negative painting", and perhaps "lifting out" This has been great for newcomers. No drawing involved, and simple watercolor techniques are explained one step at a time. It is really a lot of fun. So come on Friday and let your "Right Brain" play for a while. Remember we meet from 10:00 to 1:00 now, still in room 9 at St Mary Parish center. Hope to see you there!
Heating and Cooling Installed on CCA's Upper Level
Thank you to Indoor Comfort and Mike Martin for a tremendous donation of service during the installation of our new HVAC system in the upper floor of the Chelsea Center for the Arts. This recent project is funded in large part by the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs with a grant of $25,000.
Indoor Comfort gave a significant discount to our organization so that we would be able to complete the necessary work. Owner Mike Martin, says "I think it is important to continue to support the arts, even when the economic climate in Michigan is so miserable. From all that I have observed, CCA is certainly a worthwhile cause, and I hope we can continue to support it."
Should you need any work done this winter, we can highly recommend for work on your home heating system. Please visit their website to find out more: www.indoorcomfort.net
CCA Executive Director featured in local magazine
Aubrey Thornton Martinson, Executive Director of the Chelsea Center for the Arts, was recently featured in eCurrent magazine, alongside with leaders of other arts institutions in Washtenaw County. Learn more about Aubrey and the CCA, on page 18 of September 2008 eCurrent (pdf file link)
Martison also was selected to as a panelist in a Creative Conversations event, discussing challenges and strategies for nonprofit leaders in the arts. Read the full article in the Ann Arbor Chronicle: Conversations Get Creative at Alliance Event
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