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Causes: Art Museums, Arts & Culture
Mission: Inspire meaningful change and strengthen community through the visual arts.
Programs: Art fair - bringing high quality arts and fine crafts to the community. Booths were provided by 200 artists and approximately 50,000 people were in attendance.
curatorial - the organization features exceptional fine art exhibitions throughout the year including historical and contemporary art in its main galleries, and installation-based immersive experiences in the artlab. Additionally, contemporary sculpture from the organization's permanent collection is showcased 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year in outdoor locations on the center's grounds, at local college campuses as well as city and county parks from new buffalo to south haven, michigan.
art education - the organization provides studio art classes in a variety of media to individuals of all ages and skill sets. Homeschoolers, public school students, adults and seniors register and are eligible for scholarship funds to attend. The kac offers weekly gallery tours, free monthly family days and biannual studio open houses. It partners with local schools, youth programs, professional groups and arts and culture organizations to provide programs such as the coastline childern's film festival, lego build your way around town, community student art exhibitions, the youth arts showcase and pecha kucha. The kac also provides integral art outreach through programs like art angels, serving medical patients.
the organization offers other program services including music, art shop, and artisan market.