2019 MSU Arts Weekend June 28-30

Join us on Mackinac Island for a special weekend at one of the world’s finest hotels where you will enjoy private porch receptions, unique programming, fine gourmet dinners, and good company!

Activities Include

  • Private porch receptions and gourmet dinners
  • An enjoyable evening of musical theatre with a performance by MSU Department of Theatre students
  • Guided tour of the Manoogian Art Collection
  • Sustainable Design: Fashion and Costume – Presentation by faculty from Apparel and Textile Design program and Department of Theatre – Rebecca Schuiling, Assistant Professor and Theatre Faculty
  • The Art of Snares to Wares – Laura Cloud, Associate Professor
  • More activities to be announced soon
Arts weekend attendees in front of hotel entrance and man holding Spartan flag
Arts Weekend attendees posing with Spartan flag

Event Details

Arrive:   Friday, June 28, 2019
Depart:  Sunday, June 30, 2019

Package Price:

  • Standard Room: $1,149.00 per couple, $1,049.00 single
  • Lakeview: $1,625.00 per couple, $1,525.00 single

Stay additional nights Thursday, June 27, and/or Sunday, June 30, and Monday, July 1, for $249 per room, per night (additional fees apply)

Package Includes:

  • Accommodations
  • Full breakfast and five-course dinner daily
  • Friday evening welcome reception
  • Saturday evening reception
  • All theater, art, music performances, and seminars
  • Free admission to the Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum
  • Special discount on ferry boat tickets
  • No tipping within Grand Hotel

A portion of your reservation fee will help support the Grand Hotel Endowed Scholarship for Arts & Letters, assisting students interested in exploring creativity inside and outside the classroom.

group of men on stage singing
MSU Acafellas performing

Children’s Activities

Activities to be announced!

The Grand Hotel Endowed Scholarship for Arts & Letters, created by the Musser Family, supports students wishing to pursue creative endeavors both inside and outside of the classroom. A portion of your reservation fee will help support this important scholarship. To give directly to the Grand Hotel Scholarship visit Giving To MSU