random simple things: an ARTsy Sunday...

Yesterday was a real nice, lazy, family Sunday. After church we headed out to a "celebration" lunch for youngest daughter...to celebrate her wonderful job in her school play, this past weekend. She had her choice of places to eat and she decided that Culvers would be the best. It was a glorious sunny Sunday here, in a usually gloomy late-February. Perfect!

After our indulgence in burgers and fries we headed to our next destination, the Box Factory for the Arts, in St. Joseph Michigan. An art show was in full-swing; an art show featuring local elementary schools and students in the area. Two of our daughters had some of their art work featured. It is always fun to check out all the local talent of the children in our community.

The Box Factory is a multi-use arts center that includes artist studios, galleries, a performance stage, classrooms, Art Shoppe, meeting space, and more. Two floors of the 55,000-sq-ft building have been devoted to the arts since 1995 when members of the Berrien Artist Guild, Inc., a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, purchased the historic (c. 1903) Williams Brothers Paper Box Factory.

Free and open to the public: 10am to 4pm Mon-Sat, and 1 to 4 pm on Sun.

The giraffe mask (upper left) done by oldest daughter.

Youngest daughter posing with one of her works of art: fish in a bowl. SO proud of my littlest artist!

Oldest daughters "bird on a fence" painting.

Youngest daughters "swirly figure" picture.

The Box Factory features a whole slew of in-house studio artists of all kinds- from ceramics to writing, an EVERYTHING in between. It was a lot of fun meandering the twists-and-turns of the hallways leading to the artists shops. Most of the artists were not "in", for it being a Sunday. I really need to go back another day!