This week for our Friends of Huss campaign, we're taking ourselves back to 1982, when the Huss Elementary School school closed. Jo Barton, a music teacher at the time, shared her perspective of the closing in an interview with *culture is not optional intern Christina Binder in 2009: When they closed the building, we were all...
Today's Huss highlight features the beautiful spiral staircase that drapes down from the second floor to the first floor in the Imaginarium. This design feature adds an element of whimsy to the space while also accomplishing the very pragmatic feat of connecting the two levels. The idea was inspired, in part, by the library in Beauty...
At The Huss Project, we believe that the things we do grow out the stories we tell about ourselves and how we understand them. Creating space to tell and listen to our stories is a critical element for life-changing, life-giving community work. Inspired by The Moth Radio Hour, the Huss Project has facilitated storytelling nights for many...
At the Huss Project, we believe that our imaginative capacities are intricately linked to our physical needs as human beings, including having enough to eat. We also believe that the act of growing food is an act of hope, living into a future of abundance. What started as a community garden in 2010 has grown into...
An integral part of the work we do at Huss is prioritizing beauty and acknowledging community relationships in everything we do, including our recent construction projects! Because we realize that our buildings and rooms intrinsically reflect what we value and have the capacity to shape opportunity, we were very intentional about the way we designed...
Were you a student, staff, or family member who went to Huss School or Huss Academy? If so, we'd love to hear your story and the influence Huss has had in your life. As some of you know, our community of supporters has given new life to the old kindergarten room inside Huss this summer,...
One year ago today, we announced our most audacious plan yet for the Huss Project: we were going to try to raise $50,000, have it matched with a $50,000 grant from the State of Michigan, and then build a Front Porch Pavilion and new public space called the Imaginarium on the north end of Huss....
In celebration of the Huss centennial, The Huss Project has done a bit of story digging with regard to this building and the people who have inhabited it! Though certainly not a full testament to the experiences here, we've collected interviews, photos and artwork of Huss community members who have participated at the Huss Elementary...
Featuring live music from a variety of genres, capped off with a three-song dance party at 3:33pm. The fabulous Andy Johnson is coordinating again this year. The day will also include a poem, written especially for the occasion of the tenth annual Huss Future Festival, and maybe some works by young creative writers from our...
As always, the art tent and hands on activities at Future Fest is a bit of controlled chaos, and that is where so much creativity is born! Tables covered in up-cycled materials, paint brushes, and stacks of colorful paper are the buffet we have prepared for the imaginative minds coming to celebrate with us. Amid...
Huss Future Festival 2019 will take place on Saturday, July 27 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Stop by 1008 8th St. in Three Rivers to enjoy live music, a bake sale, coffee, a farmers market, food vendors, handmade art, and a huge rummage sale. A Community Carnival with games and crafts sponsored by local organizations will...
The Three Rivers Area Community Foundation recently awarded *culture is not optional, the Huss Project's parent organization, a $20,000 grant for the Imaginarium to be made in two $10,000 payments. We are honored to receive the support from the Foundation, which continues to show community support for our work at Huss. The Imaginarium and Front Porch...
