Artist: Diane Schenkel moved to Brighton Michigan in 1970. She graduated from Brighton High School in 1978. During her four years in high school, she had several art classes Diane painted a mural on the wall in the old gym. Painted the high school’s playbill for Man of La Mancha. Had a drawing that hung […]
Artist: Sarah Grusin Bio: Sarah Grusin enjoys portrait painting and drawing and has been a member of the Brighton Art Guild for 10 years. She took up art more seriously after she retired from the Smithsonian. She used water-based oil paints to create her portrait of Mrs. Jolly. Since there were no photos of Mrs. Jolly, she drew inspiration […]
Original Art by: Susan Sanderson Title: Railroad Repair GangLocation: Brewery Becker500 E Main St. Susan Sanderson is a local artist specializing in painted works using acrylics, watercolor, pastel, and mixed drawing media. She believes artwork has a responsibility to engage, entertain, and educate the viewer on many diverse levels. Her background in mechanical drafting and […]
Original Art by: Leah Kucharek Title: “Johnny Blessed”Location: Brighton Chamber of Commerce, 218 E Grand River Ave
Learn about Brighton and its past as the community celebrates the 150th Anniversary of Brighton becoming a village. The Brighton Area Historical Society has wonderful large old photos that illustrate downtown Brighton over 100 years ago. The CoBACH Center was the first town hall and fire station built in 1879. The town hall business was […]
EXHIBITS at CoBACH Sunday – Friday, 5-8 pm Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm Closed Monday CoBACH Display April – June “World War I” Learn about the local WWI veterans that served our country as the 100th Anniversary of WWI takes place this year. Over 100 local veterans have their photos and their service records on exhibit. See letters […]
Brighton’s oldest cemetery is due for its annual grounds restoration on Saturday, May 6 from 9 am-Noon. This will be the Ninth Annual Spring Day of Restoration as we prepare all the gravesites including those of United States Veterans for the upcoming Memorial Day remembrance. This is a wonderful opportunity to donate a Saturday morning […]
Celebrate Brighton’s 150th Anniversary in 2017! Get your calendar out right now – record Sunday, August 13 as the primary day to celebrate our city’s sesquicentennial! Share this information with your church members, morning coffee buddies, scout leaders, teachers, PTO friends, family vacation planners, classmates, out-of-town family and friends of Brighton! We need you to […]
Have you ever wondered how orders were given by the officers’ during a typical day to the hundreds of soldiers in camp? How about during a battle with the piercing sounds of booming cannon fire and musket rifle blasts? The man whose job was to sound the commanders’ orders was the bugler. The bugler played […]
The historic Old Village Cemetery, adjacent to the millpond and behind St. Paul’s Church, will be getting a spring cleaning. On Saturday May 2nd, volunteers lead by the Brighton Area Historical Society will meet at the historic cemetery to give a well needed cleaning and pruning. If you are interested in history, old cemetery, or […]
