About Van Singel Fine Arts Center



PLEASE NOTE: THE BOX OFfICE IS CLOSED: Friday, July 2 through Friday, July 16, 2010. The Van Singel Fine Arts Center is a multi-faceted performing and fine arts facility in Byron Center, Michigan. Located between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, the Van Singel Fine Arts Center offers performing arts enthusiasts a prime venue featuring many popular national touring productions and concert performances, focusing on providing family friendly entertainment in this state of the art theatre. As part of the nationally recognized Byron Center High School, the theatre is ideally suited to present a wide variety of events from the national touring companies and concerts to elaborate high school productions, satellite conferences, and spectacular corporate and private events. The Van Singel has established itself as a prime venue, which offers exceptional staging, lighting and acoustics in an intimate 796-seat theatre. As a non-profit theatre, the Van Singel, in partnership with the Kent Career Technical Center, offers educational opportunities to students from throughout Kent County by providing the county's only area two-year Theatre Arts Technology Program. This program serves high school juniors and seniors from public, private, and home schools. The theatre arts technology program teaches valuable school-to-work career studies for students interested in pursuing careers in theatre stage technology or to pursue theatre arts technology at area colleges and universities. Regionally, the Van Singel offers daytime educational and entertainment performances, which are geared toward school groups K through 12. In the past, the Van Singel has presented The Ugly Duckling starring Pinky The Flamingo, the Grand Rapids Symphony Lollipops presentation of Peter and the Wolf and collaborations with the Grand Rapids Ballet. Circle Presents, Chamber Theatre Productions and American Theatre For Children have used this facility to present many of their daytime school shows. The Gainey Gallery, an integral component of this diverse facility located in the lobby, is an art gallery featuring a different artists or art group each month from September through July. The Gainey Gallery is open free to the public Monday through Friday, 12 noon to 5 p.m. and during evening or weekend performances. Summer hours (June-August) are Monday through Thursday, 12 pm-5 pm. The Van Singel Fine Arts Center is also available for rent and is a popular facility used by many performing arts presenters, civic groups, national dance competition groups and corporations for events or meetings. Rental information is available on this website (click on "services") or call (616) 878-6801. Click here to learn more about the Van Singel Fine Arts Center Map to the Van Singel Fine Arts Center Mailing address: 8500 Burlingame SW Byron Center, MI 49315 Box Office: 616.878.6800 Box office hours: Monday-Friday, 12-5 pm Summer hours (June 11-Sept 3): Monday-Thursday, 12-5 pm email address: boxoffice.vansingel@bcpsk12.net Please note: Summer box offices hours (June 11-Sept 3) are Monday-Thursday, 12-5 pm The Van Singel Fine Arts Center will be closed: Friday, July 2 - Friday, July 16, 2010 Mon, Sept 6, 2010 Wed, Thu & Fri, November 24, 25, 26, 2010 December 20, 2010-January 2, 2011 April 5-10, 2011 Mon, May 30, 2011 Van Singel Fine Arts Center Staff Joyce Bower, Managing Director, jbower@bcpsk12.net Amber Schrier ,Technical Director/Theatre Arts Technology Instructor, aschrier@bcpsk12.net Kathlinda (Kathy) Richards, House Operations Manager, kathyrichards@bcpsk12.net Pam Brower, Box Office Coordinator, pbrower@bcpsk12.net or boxoffice.vansingel@bcpsk12.net Cindi Ford, Gainey Gallery Curator Van Singel Fine Arts Council Brian Krupiczewicz, Chairperson Huntington Bank Bob Kaiser, Treasurer Spartan Stores (retired) Harold Voorhees, Secretary Kent County Board of Commissioners Kevin Fiefield Byron Center Financial Services Jim Jauw Stryker Instruments Connie Mast Community volunteer Howard Napp BCPS Superintendent (retired) Dan Takens Byron Center Public Schools Superintendent John Van Singel United Bank Sharron Reynolds, Past Chairperson Huntington Bank (retired)