Tip of the Mitten Affiliate

MiAA Tip of the Mitten Affiliate Logo

The MiAA Tip of the Mitten affiliate services 5 northern counties (Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Otsego, Presque Isle) of Michigan’s lower peninsula. The committee works with the home office to find support for and service our artist-in-residence programs for special education students in the region’s schools, and to 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

Contact our Affiliate Committee Chairperson, Susan Erickson, for more information at susane@copesd.org

COPESD Artist-in-Residence Program

Michigan Arts Access collaborates with Cheboygan Otsego Presque Isle Education Service District to provide teaching artists who integrate dance, theater, visual arts, music, media, poetry and creative writing into the core curricula for students with disabilities.

2022 Residency with Visual Arts, Mandy Loyselle

Smiling students hold up their artwork with artist Mandy Loyselle
Collage of a head with a painted green face and pictures of flowers for hair and shirt.
Dream catcher with a branch across the top holding wrapped in multi color sheer cloth.
Black thickly painted background with designs in it and gold feathers attached to the surface.
Black and red thickly painted background with designs in it and gold feathers attached to the surface.
multiple dream catchers hanging on a wall, with student paintings, drawing and collages laying on the floor in a display of all the residency artwork
Dream catcher with a branch across the top holding wrapped in multi color sheer cloth.
Red, blue green and purple abstract painting on a white canvas with a feather embedded in the painted work.