Community Services, Arts and Culture Division has been awarded an Art Services Grant totaling $20,500, with a city match of $5,125, by the Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) for Art Week and to purchase a projector for the Cultural Center. Art Week is a free week-long celebration of arts and culture featuring concerts, theatrical and dance performances, demonstrations, workshops, community art projects, public art installations, street performers, exhibits, pop-up art shows, a downtown art stroll, studio tours, a plein air painting festival, a chalk art festival and more. Now in its tenth year, Art Week has become the kickoff to Marquette’s summer event season. MACC funding will be used to strengthen current programming and add additional community art projects and performances scheduled for June 23-28, 2025.
Arts and Culture staff coordinates and promotes the event, a collaborative effort with over 60 local arts and culture organizations and work by over 200 artists. Two dozen featured events and many independent pop-up events are attended by over 2,000 people each year, and attendance is growing. Additional funding will be used to strengthen current programming and add additional community art projects and performances.
The projector will be installed in the rentable space at the new Cultural Center on Front Street.