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Art Center of Battle Creek is sponsoring a Michigan  Photo Competition for the month of June of 2008.  Sponsored by the Art Center and the Meijer Inc. Columbia Avenue Store, entry forms are now available. The Michigan Photo Competition is an off-shoot of the Art Center’s annual Michigan Artist Competition (MAC), an annual event since the 1960s.  The creative work resulting from the technological advances in photography prompted the decision to make this a separate competition.

This competition is open to all Michigan artists working in the photographic media who are 18 years of age or older.  Artists may submit slides or digital files (jpegs) on a CD, of up to seven individual works.  Entries must be postmarked no later than May 2, 2008.  Each entrant must pay a nonrefundable $25.00 entry fee for up to three (3) entries. AC members are offered a special reduced rate of $20 for up to three (3) entries. Additional entries are welcome for $5.00 each. No more than seven (7) entries will be accepted. There are no discounts to AC members for additional entries.

Cash awards and purchase prizes up to $1,000 will be determined by the juror.  The juror will be Anthony Thompson, Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University. Professor Thompson’s interests include photographic theory and discourse, the intersection of Art and Science as ways of knowing, and visual communication with both new and traditional media.  His experiences include two years working as a freelance photographer for American and Italian journalists in Rome, Italy, as well as several years photographing in commercial advertising studios in the Midwest.  Recent projects include producing an educational CD-ROM with the Holocaust Museum, Houston, and the “Waste Land” a documentary project in images and text on legacies of the Cold War in America.  He has a B.S. Physics from University of Dallas and a M.F.A. in Photography from Washington University in St. Louis.

To receive an entry form, contact the Art Center at 269-962-9511 or click here for PDF entry form.  The Art Center, located at 265 E. Emmett Street, is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm and Saturdays from 11 am to 3 pm.   

Konnichi Wa Japan! Summer Camp

The Art Center announces Konnichi Wa Japan!

Reserve a space now for our popular creative and educational Summer Camp! First graders through high school age will experience the Art and Culture of Japan during this year's Summer Camp. Students will try their hand at Shodo calligraphy, origami, making kokeshi and daruma dolls, bunraku
puppets, and kites, taste Japanese food, master chopsticks, learn Japanese language and participate in a tea ceremony. Other awesome events are being
planned.

Put these dates on your calendar and call to receive more information and reserve a space for your camper:

Summer camp will be running for ages 6 to 12 for two weeks from Monday, August 4 through Friday, August 15th from 9:00am to noon each day. The price for the two week camp is $120 Art Center members, $130 for non-members and a 10% discount for the second child in a family.

For ages 13 to 18, special events will take place in the afternoon on specific days August 4th through Friday, August 15th, between 1:00pm and 4:00pm.
Anime, Menga, Shodo Calligraphy, Raku clay are a sample of the events that are being planned. Check back later for a complete listing of events, times, and price. 

This summer camp is part of Konnichi Wa month here at the center. The galleries will be filled with Japanese art and crafts plus an Anime exhibit that your child will not want to miss!

The Art Center phone is 269-962-9511.