The Arts Council facilitates eight different grants in six grant programs that are adjusted or updated regularly. In order to make sure you know what changes may have occurred to a grant program, or what funding options are currently available, Taylor Haslett, membership and programs manager, will be holding an open group grant consultation at Fay's Evelyn Bay Coffee, (134 S. Cochran Ave., Charlotte) from 9-11 a.m. Join her and others to ask questions and discuss your grant options for 2019/2020.

The Arts Council of Greater Lansing is pleased to announce the City of Lansing's 2020 Arts Impact Project, which awards $75,000 for the development of a permanent creative structure in the City of Lansing. Bring your creative project ideas to Michigan Institute of Contemporary Art (MICA) (1210 Turner St., Lansing, MI 48906) on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. where you can present them to the Arts Impact Project Panel.

Join us for "Sticks and Stones: A Celebration of Nature," an exhibition by Sarah Hillman.  Sarah works in a variety of mediums, including watercolor, digital painting, ceramic sculpture and ‘rock art’ (which is the fine art of finding rocks on the beach and gluing them onto mat board!) She uses her art to celebrate the beauty of the natural world, teach her three children about life, and tell stories. She paints and creates clay sculptures for the sheer joy of it. Sarah's work will be on display at the Arts Council M-F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., through December. The reception is open to the public and free of charge. Light refreshments will be served.