Community Calendar

The National Council of Dementia Minds is hosting a free, three-part webinar series exploring how changes in the brain can affect the senses, including taste, smell, touch, and hearing.

Each session is led by individuals living with dementia, offering insight into what these changes feel like.

These interactive sessions are open to all, including family members, care partners, professionals, and others.

To join: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f267xYYVQGCnIQQ412Cg4w

Landmark: Less Cancer Hike and Bike America 2026
Walk, ride and roam anywhere/anytime. Enter your photos of local landmarks and favorite adventure places to win prizes!
June 6th – July 6th
The annual event serves as our primary fundraiser, helping fuel our critical cancer prevention initiatives.
Register for FREE today at: https://www.lesscancer.org/

The National Council of Dementia Minds is hosting a free, three-part webinar series exploring how changes in the brain can affect the senses, including taste, smell, touch, and hearing.

Each session is led by individuals living with dementia, offering insight into what these changes feel like.

These interactive sessions are open to all, including family members, care partners, professionals, and others.

To join: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f267xYYVQGCnIQQ412Cg4w

June 1 Stay Tuned for a Special Fundraiser Featuring Blast from the Past!

Creative 360 is proud to be the home of the Blast from the Past Big Band. This exceptional band performs seven concerts a year playing a variety of favorites from the 40s and 50s along with a few modern songs.

Creative 360 provides the setting and adds some snacks to keep the party going. The concerts and dances take place on first Mondays beginning February. Photo: Charles Bonham

Thank you to Baird Private Wealth Management - The Howard White Porath Group for their generous sponsorship of this program.

We are grateful for your donations that allow us to continue providing exceptional events like this!

Summer Beginning Encaustic Painting

Mondays - June 1, 8, 15
6:00 - 8:30 pm / $90, plus $45 materials

Discover the luminous and versatile world of encaustic painting in this beginner-friendly workshop. Learn the fundamentals of working with heated beeswax, pigment, and mixed media to create captivating works of art. No prior experience is necessary – just bring your curiosity and a willingness to explore!

Night 1: The Foundations of Encaustic Collage
Night 2: Unveiling Photo Transfers & Mixed Media
Night 3: Mastering Hot Tools & Creative Freedom

With Kristianne Tefft, an award-winning artist whose work has been featured in exhibits locally and nationally, showcasing her unique approach to encaustics.

What's included
Materials included.

UNA Cadillac Plein Air Challenge - Spring and Summer 2026 

Calling all artists!

This summer we’re gathering every Tuesday morning from 9:30-11:30 to paint and sketch around beautiful Cadillac.

Each week we’ll explore a different scenic location — lakes, parks, downtown landmarks, and more. When you join you’ll receive a text or email with each week’s location.

This is a free event for all members of Up-North Arts. Not a member? Join today! Only $35 for an annual membership with many benefits. www.upnorthartsinc.org.

Bring your supplies and join us for:

🎨 Creativity
🌞 Fresh air
👩‍🎨 New artist friends
📍 Amazing local views

The challenge runs May through July, ending with an August community art exhibit.

All skill levels welcome.

Landmark: Less Cancer Hike and Bike America 2026
Walk, ride and roam anywhere/anytime. Enter your photos of local landmarks and favorite adventure places to win prizes!
June 6th – July 6th
The annual event serves as our primary fundraiser, helping fuel our critical cancer prevention initiatives.
Register for FREE today at: https://www.lesscancer.org/

The National Council of Dementia Minds is hosting a free, three-part webinar series exploring how changes in the brain can affect the senses, including taste, smell, touch, and hearing.

Each session is led by individuals living with dementia, offering insight into what these changes feel like.

These interactive sessions are open to all, including family members, care partners, professionals, and others.

To join: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f267xYYVQGCnIQQ412Cg4w

Students interested in improving their drawing skills in portraiture are invited to join instructor Matthew Grimmer for this 6-week course. Students will begin by exploring the basics of structure and linework, sketching small studies as they prepare for more developed portraits in later sessions. We will cover how to build and shape in 3-D using pencils and will cover basic areas of drawing, such as overall composition, cross-hatching to create form, and making the most of light and shadow, all within the context of the figure.

The course will focus on achieving stylized anatomical-realism through a slow-paced practice involving drawing from life using mirrors while utilizing lessons based on measurements, comparison, and thoughtful mark-making. Each session will begin with a short demonstration followed by work time with individual instruction. By the end of the course, students should have an understanding of the anatomy of the head, the complexity of shapes that create the face, and its relationship to drawing their portraiture, as well as improved confidence in their pencil handling.

This course will be held weekly from 5:30-8 pm on Tuesdays, May 5-June 9, in the Idonea Hersee Classroom at Art Reach, 111 E. Broadway in Mount Pleasant.

Recommended ages: 13 and up

Please note: An active membership is not required to register. Active members receive a 15% discount on classes.

Students interested in improving their drawing skills in portraiture are invited to join instructor Matthew Grimmer for this 6-week course. Students will begin by exploring the basics of structure and linework, sketching small studies as they prepare for more developed portraits in later sessions. We will cover how to build and shape in 3-D using pencils and will cover basic areas of drawing, such as overall composition, cross-hatching to create form, and making the most of light and shadow, all within the context of the figure.

The course will focus on achieving stylized anatomical-realism through a slow-paced practice involving drawing from life using mirrors while utilizing lessons based on measurements, comparison, and thoughtful mark-making. Each session will begin with a short demonstration followed by work time with individual instruction. By the end of the course, students should have an understanding of the anatomy of the head, the complexity of shapes that create the face, and its relationship to drawing their portraiture, as well as improved confidence in their pencil handling.

This course will be held weekly from 5:30-8 pm on Tuesdays, May 5-June 9, in the Idonea Hersee Classroom at Art Reach, 111 E. Broadway in Mount Pleasant.

Recommended ages: 13 and up

Please note: An active membership is not required to register. Active members receive a 15% discount on classes.