Elk Rapids, Michigan
Elk Rapids, Michigan
Actively supporting the arts in Elk Rapids, Michigan, Art Rapids is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 by a group of arts-minded citizens to organize a juried art fair. Since that time, the organization has expanded to include other outreach programs.
In 2012, Art Rapids began working with Antrim County to develop an outdoor sculpture park in the county-owned, waterfront Elk Rapids Day Park. This “Walk of Art” offers selected artists a place to exhibit their work for sale, helps attract visitors, and provides art education opportunities to youth and adults. Currently, the Walk of Art features 30+ sculptures.
In its second year, Experience Art Rapids welcomed thousands of visitors to view over 300 juried works of art on display throughout the village.
Art Rapids, established in 2005, is a non-profit organization governed by a volunteer board of arts-minded citizens. It is our mission to enhance the arts and art education in the Elk Rapids area. Art Rapids has two primary sources of income: donations from art-minded citizens and art events in the Elk Rapids area. Since its inception, Art Rapids has given back over $100,000 in the form of grants, scholarships, artist awards, and the Walk of Art Sculpture Gallery.
In cooperation with Antrim County, Art Rapids! has created a “Walk of Art” outdoor sculpture gallery in the county’s Elk Rapids Day Park on South Bay Shore Drive. In addition to the sculptures, the park is also host to classes and workshops, concerts, and various other activities.
The concept is an extension of the organization’s mission to enhance and promote the arts in the Elk Rapids area. The Day Park comprises about 15 acres of forest, dune and a quarter mile of beach frontage along East Grand Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan. It has public rest rooms, a picnic pavilion with handicap access from a 90-car parking lot, numerous foot trails and picnic sites with charcoal grills and tables. Enhancing the Day Park with schulptures has provided another way to enjoy art and nature, made more people aware of this lovely park, and attracted more visitors to the community.
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With the help of art-enthusiasts and community members like you, Art Rapids! can continue to support the art education of young people and deliver quality arts programming to the entire community. Your gifts in the form of an annual donation are greatly appreciated and welcomed.
Please join us in support of the arts in Elk Rapids by becoming a donor to Art Rapids! today. Your tax-deductible donation will strengthen scholarship and school-assistance programs and benefit community arts programs. Your gift to Art Rapids! will be multiplied many times over in the joy and vitality that it delivers to all.
Feel free to drop us a line
Feel free to drop us a line
P.O. Box 301
Elk Rapids, MI — 49629
231-620-1633