Chelsea Center for the Arts
Chelsea Area

The Chelsea Center for the Arts was founded in 1994 with the intent of ensuring that arts & culture were a vital part of everyday life in Chelsea and the surrounding area. Currently, we are a vital part of the Chelsea community by ensuring broad access to the arts through education and initiatives such as Sounds & Sights on Thursday Nights, Culturality, Midwest Literary Walk, community arts projects and more.

Chelsea Center for the Arts
Chelsea Area

The mission of the Chelsea Center for the Arts is to enhance the quality of life in Chelsea and the surrounding areas through programs which encourage engagement with the arts. The CCA offers lessons, classes, workshops, outreach programs, exhibitions, performances, and special events for children, teens, adults, and seniors. Programs produced with community partners, such as the Sounds & Sights Committee, the Chelsea District Library, and the River Gallery, further enhance the capabilities and impact of this important cultural resource, which also strives to contribute to the vitality of downtown Chelsea and support local and area artists.

Chelsea Center for the Arts
Chelsea Area

The mission of the Chelsea Center for the Arts is to enrich Chelsea and the surrounding communities by fostering the creation, understanding and enjoyment of the arts, with a wide variety of art and music programs and events for youths and adults.

Chelsea District Library
Chelsea Area

"Best Small Library in America" 2008

River Raisin Ragtime Revue
Chelsea Area

The River Raisin Ragtime Revue (R4), is a 13 member musical group that specializes in the history and performance of ragtime and early jazz music. They have performed at Greenfield Village as part of the ragtime street fair, and as the opening act for the Detroit Symphony's Salute to America. R4 has also played in churches and schools throughout southeast Michigan including Washtenaw county. Their mission is to offer accessible education and entertainment of the highest level through the performance, preservation, and restoration of significant American music. R4 is a 501c(3) and depends upon community support for its success.