‘A Mackinac Day’ Open House and Reception
The Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum Mackinac Island"A Mackinac Day" will be celebrated with awards and a reception outside The Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum. This event is open and free to the public. Co-sponsored by Mackinac Associates and the Mackinac Arts Council. There’s always something special about being able to spend a day on Mackinac. The sun seems to […]
G. Mennen Williams Mackinac Celebration
Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac IslandMackinac Associates' annual G. Mennen Williams Celebration brings together lovers of Mackinac to recognize the outstanding support and efforts of Mackinac State Historic Parks' friends group. Location on Mackinac Island TBD. This is a Members Only event. Head to the Mackinac Associates website for information on how to join.
Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Composer Andrew Perkins
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac IslandPerkins is a composer, conductor, and music educator from Fenton, MI. In 1938, a young folk music collector named Alan Lomax came from Washington, DC to record Michigan’s folk music traditions for the Archive of American Folk-Song at the Library of Congress. Lomax was particularly interested in the trove of ballads remembered by aging lumberjacks and […]
