The arts have an incredible ability to impact the human spirit, act as a springboard for thinking outside of the box, and serve as a vehicle for creative problem solving.

The Campus Arts:

• Coordinates the National Arts Initiative program, bringing incorporated artists onto campus and into the classroom each term.
• Installs rotating exhibits in the Griswold Gallery.
• Oversees Studio N, arranging extracurricular classes such as stained glass, 3-D art projects, clay building, and jewelry design.
• Oversees the Northwood University Dance Team and NU Improv.
• Provides support to academic programming with arts components.
• Spearheads the Mural Painting project at the Midland Community Center based on the Alden B. Dow ‘Way of Life Cycle.’

Arts Director

Cheryl A. Smith received her Bachelor of Science with Arts concentration from Eastern Michigan University.  Smith has worked extensively with youth arts programming and continues community arts project involvement. Smith believes in life long learning and has taken classes in ceramics, life span psychology and dance. She participates in both the ‘In Motion’ and ‘Restored to Glory’ dance studio programs.  She and husband Mike are volunteers at the ROCK Youth Center. She and several colleagues are developing a dramatic script based on local authors Harvey and Audrey Hirsch’s book ‘Grandma’s Lost Gift’.

“Creativity is reorganizing tasks, processes or mediums in new innovative ways. There are myriads of choices, variations and patterns to explore. Even the most mundane things can be transformed into a delightful kaleidoscope by looking at them in a new and different way” ~Cheryl A. Smith

Contact Information

Northwood University
Campus Arts
Church Family Administration Building.
989.837.4480
casmith@northwood.edu