{"id":34197,"date":"2013-04-11T20:57:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T00:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=34197"},"modified":"2013-04-11T20:57:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T00:57:35","slug":"arts-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/arts-67\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Council hosting trip to Royal Oak Galleries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13april\/crystalsth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>Sunday May 19<!--more--><br \/>\nAn opportunity for viewing exceptional art works in glass, nestled amid a bus ride and sociable dinner, is the feature of the day for Sunday May 19 as offered by Clinton County Arts Council.<br \/>\nAt the heart of the day\u2019s agenda is the 41st International Glass Invitational at Habatat Galleries in Royal Oak, where over 90 of the finest artists, representing 18 different countries will be competing for honors under the critical eyes of world class authorities. Each artist will enter two sculptures throughout the gallery show rooms for judges to review and evaluate. Meanwhile, \u201ceXpose,\u201d a special first time attraction to the invitational event, offers the works of over 25 artists never before seen at Habatat Galleries.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13april\/crystals.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><em>Like crystalline stalagmites in the shadows of a damp cave, mystical glass spires offer examples of creations to be seen at the 41st International Glass Invitational and Expose\u00b4 at Habatat Galleries in Royal Oak.<\/em><br \/>\nClinton County Arts Council president, Jenny McCampbell extended an open invitation and explained that those interested in attending this extraordinary event may ride in the comfort of a Blue Lakes charter coach. For a fee of $15.00, passengers have a choice of boarding at two locations; in St. Johns or at the Okemos Park and Ride site, just off I-96 at the Okemos exit. The St. Johns bus departs at noon. Okemos departure is 12:45.<br \/>\nAfter riding to Habatat Galleries and viewing the exhibit for a few hours, upon return the group will stop at the Highland House in Highland for dinner (not included in the fee). After dinner, the bus is scheduled to arrive at the Okemos Park and Ride at approximately 7:00 p.m. and in St. Johns around 7:45 p.m.<br \/>\nReservations will be taken on a first-come-first accepted, based on when the registration fee is received at Clinton County Arts Council, 215 N. Clinton Ave., St. Johns, MI 48879. Checks should be made out to Clinton County Arts Council (CCAC). Participants must include name, address, phone number, email address and choice of pick-up point when submitting check for reservation. Passengers requiring special accommodations should register before May 5, describing their requirements<br \/>\nMs. McCampbell explained that the reasonable fee is supported by partial funding through a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.<br \/>\nAdditional details regarding Habatat Galleries or this special event may be obtained by contacting Habatat Galleries direct at 248 554-0590 or <a href=\"mailto:info@habatat.com\">info@habatat.com<\/a>. Contact information for Clinton County Arts Council is 989 224-2429 or <a href=\"http:\/\/clintoncountyarts.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clintoncountyarts.org<\/a> or by calling Deborah Laverty, 517 775-4168.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday May 19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}