The MiAA Gratiot-Isabella affiliate services the center of the state and is chaired by Barbara Taylor. The committee works with the home office to find support for and to service our Club Create Mid-Michigan, Club Create Alma, and our artist-in-residence programs for special education students in the Gratiot Isabella RESD special education programs in the region’s school districts, as well as to identify and train artists to work in these programs.

Our affiliates are always looking for:

• Volunteers
• People with talent in all art forms
• Passionate people to serve on the affiliate committee
• Individual donors and corporate sponsors

If you live in Gratiot or Isabella County and you would like to get involved, contact our Affiliate Committee Chairperson, Barbara Taylor at bstaylor1@frontier.com.

Visual Art Residency, Recent 2023 Sessions

In recent sessions students created clay ocean bed shipwrecks and did acrylic painting for their clay-formed shapes in preparation to be assembled as wall art.   

MiAA Master Teaching Artists, Barbara Taylor is providing visual arts instruction in Gratiot Isabella RESD classrooms in Alma and St. Louis. Students made vessels and formed bowls from raw clay and then used glazes to finish their artwork.

Westgate Student Artwork

Kinney Student Artwork

Alma High School Students and Their Artwork