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Graciela Bustos is a Colombian multi-media artist that moved to the United States to study. She received an Associate in liberal arts in 1998 from Oakland Community College, Michigan and then went to get a B.F.A degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1990 before going to the Center of Creative Studies at Pontiac, Michigan in 1992.
Furlong graduated from the University of Michigan Medical College in 1924, and worked as an obstetrician in Pontiac, Michigan for over 50 years. [4] In 1964, he founded the Pontiac Creative Arts Center. [5] He died in Clarkston on July 27, 1987, and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery. [4] [5]
Pontiac Cultural Arts Center (47 Williams Street): This building was originally the Pontiac City Library, built in 1898 by the Ladies' Library Association. In 1924 the Association turned the library over to the City of Pontiac, and when the library moved in the 1950s, this building became the city's Art Center.
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In 1871 he was a member of the Pontiac school board. [1] He was on the State Building Commission for the State Asylum in 1874, which was completed in Pontiac in 1878. He represented a defendant in 1882 before the United States Supreme Court. He rebuilt the 1830 era building at Pontiac's first corner in 1882 and named it the "Crofoot Block".
CASA (Center for Advanced Studies and the Arts) is a public consortium high school in Oak Park, Michigan offering students from surrounding schools afternoon classes in Advanced Placement (A.P.) classes; art, dance and music courses; and courses that might not have enough demand at a single high school (such as Japanese). Students are bussed to ...
Pontiac was founded in 1818-19 by a group of investors. [2] In 1819, Oakland County was established, with a county seat at Pontiac. By 1820, Pontiac had a dam, a sawmill, a flour mill, and a blacksmith shop. A courthouse was constructed in 1824, and by 1830 the city of Pontiac was clearly the center of commerce for the county.
Arts, Beats & Eats is a U.S. Labor Day Weekend festival held in Royal Oak, Michigan. [1] Prior to 2010 it was held in downtown Pontiac, Michigan streets in storefront businesses and at the Phoenix Plaza Amphitheatre. The festival is sponsored by local businesses, including Ford, the naming sponsor. Proceeds from Arts, Beats & Eats benefit local ...