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Artist of the Month Our Artist of the Month program is an everchanging presentation at the DeTour Branch of Central Savings Bank.  Local artists and artisans work is highlighted.  Collections have displayed wood carvings, stone work, pastels, watercolors, weaving, quilting, and more.    Previous artists hightlighted have included: Clare Benson, Jean Bloom, Bob Bloom, Bobi Dimond,  Janelle Dudeck, Verna Fountain, Darrol Kraai, George Leonard, Bill Lyons, Jane Moyer, Mike Seaman, Yoshi VanVoorhise
Artists Guild The "artists guild" is a somewhat informal group of watercolor explorers that get together weekly for a painting session.  Periodically classes and workshops are worked into this schedule:  Open to the public, Thursdays:  9:30am to whenever    Featured workshop instructors have been: Gordon Mackenzie,  Lori Grabke, Noreen Rudd , Teddy Selke and (the late, wonderful) Pat Norton. 
Youth Arts EUPFAC presents and annual scholarship award to local music & art students that show exceptional talent.  Previous award winners have gone to Wolverine &  Blue Lake Music Academies and U of M Art Programs.  This scholarship has been awarded to 18 individuals, and totals over $8000. 

Annual Fine Arts Scholarships Awarded

The Fine Arts Council is pleased to be able to award four students with scholarships to fine arts camps. The total gift amount for all the scholarships combined is $2000. This year we had four applicants, so were able to provide a scholarship to all the students that applied.

  2005 Winners:

Leena LaPointe,  fine art
Anne Goetz,  fine art
Danielle Leazier, theatre/voice
Chris Fussman, fine art

Previous Scholarship Winners Include:  Elizabeth Lehman, Melissa  Ellis, Kelly Tomlinson, Jana Pisarski, Matt Green, Bethany Deal, Kim Mayward, Josh VanAlstine

Community Choir We have supported the Community Choir's Summer and Christmas shows for the last 4 years.  Music Director Jean Bloom has assembled a group of almost 40 singers that have emerged as our local "stars".     Summer 2000 - DeTour Follies, variety show, Summer 1999 - DeTour Centennial, Hattie's Boarding House
Play Series Our summer play & musical series has become a favorite especially for our temporary summer populous, this summer we will present Cemetery Club.  Please join us.    Past performances have included: Summoer '04 Annie Get Your Gun, Summer'02 - You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Winter'01 - The Happy Prince and in Summer'01 - Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Art Smart There is a new nationally recognized program that brings art history into the classrooms.  The program will introduce some well-known artists to the children in an interactive format. For example, when learning about Michelangelo, who is famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the students may be asked to try to draw a picture on paper taped to the underside of their desks.   The curriculum planning and teaching of this program is being done by two former teachers and FAC members, Betty Walker and Sue Smith. They are targeting DeTour and Drummond elementary schools in the fall and spring of the 2003 school year. This programs is helpful in rural areas (like ours) where children don’t have the opportunity to go on field trips to art museums.
Community Services We support many other programs in our community.  Art Programs, Music, Marching Band, Student Writing Contest, Band Instrument Refurbishment etc... Help us to continue these efforts, join our group.   We have donated thousands of dollars in total  to a wide array of programs including, the DeTour Recreation Committee, DeTour School Band, LesCheneaux High School Band, Drummond Island Digest Student Writing Contest to name a few.

 

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View Our Bylaws Document:  BYLAWSDOCUMENT

View Our Fundraiser Project Plan Document: HALLRENOVATIONDOCUMENT

 

 

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