Village Arts Mosaic: A Tapestry of Community, Culture, and the Arts

Where will your project take place?

The project will be created in the Shaw Gathering Space at the Village Arts Factory located in the historical downtown Cherry Hill Village. 50755 Cherry Hill Rd., Canton MI 48188.

Briefly Describe Your Project Idea:

Canton will oversee the grant for the creation of the mosaic, created by three local artists who will participate by expressing their own perspective in the creation of an individual tile, which will then be added to the mosaic to create an piece that showcases Canton’s unique ethnography.

Why does your community need this project?

One of Canton Townships main goals is to provide a Welcoming Community to its residents. In doing so, a partnership was built between the Township and the Partnership for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) organization. The Partnership for the Arts acquired the historic Henry Ford Factory in the heart of the Cherry Hill Village, an up-and-coming downtown area filled with history, culture, and arts, and created an Arts Warehouse filled with 12 local small business offering goods and services from dance to pottery to baked goods. The designed mosaic will not only support a collaboration between three of our Village Arts Factory vendors but will serve as a spotlight piece in the Cherry Hill Village downtown area in hopes to draw people from all over to visit and experience the arts hub of Canton.

What do you hope to achieve through this project?

We hope with the addition of the mosaic serving as a spotlight in the Village Arts Factory, that the Cherry Hill Village Area will continue to grow as the arts hub of Canton bringing businesses to Canton and residents visiting from all over to appreciate and enjoy all the amenities we have to offer. This project will allow our local artists an opportunity to collaborate and build partnerships with one another while giving the community a visual piece that symbolizes collaboration, diversity, culture, and creativity all while revitalizing the downtown Cherry Hill Village