A2AC (Ann Arbor Art Center)

Come join our team! The A2AC is now actively hiring a full time Director of Education role. This position is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing dynamic, high-quality, accessible arts education initiatives in collaboration with A2AC staff, instructors, and community partners. The Director of Education blends creativity, strategic planning, and community engagement to ensure our programs foster artistic expression, skill development, and cultural enrichment for people of all ages and backgrounds. Learn more about this role and how to apply here: https://bit.ly/45Eh9G1

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝟮𝗔𝗖 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘁. Open positions include Wheelthrowing Classes for Adults, Wheelthrowing for Parent & Child, Digital Art Classes for Teens or Adults, and Drawing Classes for Adults. Additionally, we are still hiring for A2AC Youth Art Camp positions. See all Employment Opportunities here: https://bit.ly/49vAv0q 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈2𝘈𝘊 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.

Happy 115th Birthday to the A2AC! On January 22, 1909, the Ann Arbor Art Association (later to be the A2AC) was formed by a group of local art enthusiasts and University of Michigan architecture students who wished to further their talents and interests by collaborating with likeminded people in the community through exhibitions and lectures, for which the Association provided many until the University created its own Museum of Art in 1946. At that point, the organization adjusted its activities "to further the welfare of art in the city of Ann Arbor," as stated in its Constitution, and has continued to do so ever since. Stay tuned this year as we shine a light on this historic anniversary. #AnnArbor, thank you for supporting us for the last 115 years. Here's to 115 more! Excerpts include information from the Ann Arbor Art Association Records, 1909-1969.

We're so happy to announce that Hannah Kirkpatrick has joined the A2AC as our new Art in Public Director. We can't wait to see Lucie and Larry Nisson's Program grow under her leadership. Here's Hannah with more: "𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮. 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳! 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘚��𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯! -𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩"

Join us in bidding farewell to Sonimar Maldonado-Alvarado, our talented Communications Coordinator, as she embarks on an exciting new journey as the Events and Communications Coordinator in UofM's Political Science Department. We are sad to see her go but thrilled for this next chapter in her career. Best wishes, Soni! 🎉 "𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈2𝘈𝘊 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧, 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘣 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈2𝘈𝘊 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. -Soni"