At the Nuveen Center, we want art to be a part of everyone's lives! Our brightest
moments are collaborative projects that bring community members together to enjoy
and learn from the arts. A few of our favorite programs:
Whitehall - Past, Present, and Future was designed to help Whitehall students
celebrate their city's sesquicentennial. The program involved five different
sesquicentennial projects:
The short film premired at the Howmet Playhouse on December 2, 2010. This project
was funded in part by a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council and the Pamida
Foundation. Both the walking tour and the short film are available online by clicking
on the links above.
Reflections of White River - Its People, their Stories was another project funded
by the Michigan Humanities Council. This program has three parts, involving the
advanced placement English class at Montague High School, 16 local artists, and the
Nuveen Center. The English students will write about local history in the literature
style of their choice, and then be paired up with professional artists, who will illustrate
a component of the students’ writing. The professional artwork and student writing
were on display at the Nuveen Centerfrom February 17 - March 14. The artwork is now
on permanent display in the Crescent Room of Montague Area Public School Center
for the Arts, providing a lasting legacy for area artists and student writers. Reflections
of White River - Its People, their Stories is funded in part by the Michigan Humanities
Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In October of 2008, we began a program called Art on the Road that is bringing after
school art to children in four districts around White Lake: Shelby's Elementary
schools, Oehrli Elementary in Montague, Ealy Elementary in Whitehall, and McMillan
Elementary in the Reeths Puffer District. Shelby's Elementary Schools currently do
not have an art program available for their students.
We are delighted with the response to the program, and are hoping to make after
school art a permanent fixture in our area schools.
The programs at Montague, Whitehall, and Reeths Puffer are offered in partnership
with the Lights On! Program of White Lake Area Community Education, funded by
the United Way of the Lakeshore.
Funding for the program comes from several sources. Art on the Road is made possible
in part by a grant from the Oceana Youth Fund of the Community Foundation for
Oceana County, the People Fund of Great Lakes Energy, the Michigan Council for Arts
and Cultural Affairs and the Holland Area Arts Council, as well as several private
donors.
Members of Great Lakes Energy support the People Fund by voluntarily rounding up
their bills to the next highest dollar. The rounded up amount is distributed to non-
profit organizations and charitable activities that benefit people in communities
served by the cooperative. Please contact GLE for details.
moments are collaborative projects that bring community members together to enjoy
and learn from the arts. A few of our favorite programs:
Whitehall - Past, Present, and Future was designed to help Whitehall students
celebrate their city's sesquicentennial. The program involved five different
sesquicentennial projects:
- A Walk Through Time, a historical walking tour of Whitehall offered to the
second grade students during the day and open to the community in the evening. - Native American Art and Dance for Ealy Elementary students, who experienced
a Native American art exhibit, classroom programming, and drumming and
dance lessons in their physical education and music classes, followed by
completing their own Native American art projects in their art classes. - A photography contest titled Whitehall as we see it Now, open to all Whitehall
students. - An architecture study on Whitehall's Changing Architectural Styles for
Whitehall Middle School art students, who then completed prints of their own
homes. - A filmmaking class for high school students, who completed a short film titled
Whitehall – Past, Present, and Future.
The short film premired at the Howmet Playhouse on December 2, 2010. This project
was funded in part by a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council and the Pamida
Foundation. Both the walking tour and the short film are available online by clicking
on the links above.
Reflections of White River - Its People, their Stories was another project funded
by the Michigan Humanities Council. This program has three parts, involving the
advanced placement English class at Montague High School, 16 local artists, and the
Nuveen Center. The English students will write about local history in the literature
style of their choice, and then be paired up with professional artists, who will illustrate
a component of the students’ writing. The professional artwork and student writing
were on display at the Nuveen Centerfrom February 17 - March 14. The artwork is now
on permanent display in the Crescent Room of Montague Area Public School Center
for the Arts, providing a lasting legacy for area artists and student writers. Reflections
of White River - Its People, their Stories is funded in part by the Michigan Humanities
Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In October of 2008, we began a program called Art on the Road that is bringing after
school art to children in four districts around White Lake: Shelby's Elementary
schools, Oehrli Elementary in Montague, Ealy Elementary in Whitehall, and McMillan
Elementary in the Reeths Puffer District. Shelby's Elementary Schools currently do
not have an art program available for their students.
We are delighted with the response to the program, and are hoping to make after
school art a permanent fixture in our area schools.
The programs at Montague, Whitehall, and Reeths Puffer are offered in partnership
with the Lights On! Program of White Lake Area Community Education, funded by
the United Way of the Lakeshore.
Funding for the program comes from several sources. Art on the Road is made possible
in part by a grant from the Oceana Youth Fund of the Community Foundation for
Oceana County, the People Fund of Great Lakes Energy, the Michigan Council for Arts
and Cultural Affairs and the Holland Area Arts Council, as well as several private
donors.
Members of Great Lakes Energy support the People Fund by voluntarily rounding up
their bills to the next highest dollar. The rounded up amount is distributed to non-
profit organizations and charitable activities that benefit people in communities
served by the cooperative. Please contact GLE for details.
| Promoting the Arts in the White Lake Area Located in Downtown Montague, MI (231) 894-2787 |
| Images from Kathy Roger's art classes, who studied Native American arts and culture and completed thier own Native American Art projects. |
| Above Photographs: "The Banker," "Aunt Polly" - Whitehall's first teacher, and "The Lumberjack" during A Walk Through Time |
| White Lake Lighthouse Paper Mosaic by students in Mrs. Bond's second grade class, created after their experience in "A Walk Through Time." |
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