The COVE Art Center

09/01/2026

✍️ Many hands make light work! 🧽🤏

We’ll be working 9-5pm (literally) on Labour Day to prepare our space for our pre-teens & teens return!

Let us know if you might want to organize beads, check markers, build furniture, & otherwise get our space ready to welcome our teens back to afterschool with us.

It’s gonna be a good year 😊

08/31/2026

Help us ✔️check our ✨wishlist✨

Afterschool starts next Tuesday & it would be a 🌈dream⛅️ for our students to find our studios stocked with fresh art supplies & new stations so there are no barriers to bringing their imagination to life!

📦 Tap this link to shop our Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/YVU41FEHLIA2?ref_=wl_share

💬 Message us if you have any art items you’d like to donate! What’s secondhand to you can be new to us 🙌

08/13/2026

Our latest 2 blogs are on our website!

A summary of our summer:
www.thenoveltycollective.org/blog/great-crowds

A look ahead to the school year & fall programming (in the comments)

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August 2026

08/11/2026

This is your sign 🪧 to share The COVE with someone

…a kid who’s always creating at home alone
…a parent that is looking for a safe space for their teen while they’re at work
…an artist that would be delighted to share their skills with the next generation

🙌 We’ve got space for all that & more ✨

Afterschool returns Tuesday, September 8.

Register your student here:
www.thenoveltycollective.org/afterschool

08/05/2026

so much can change from middle school to high school… but one thing remains - Surf City is the sweetest week of our summer!

Get the latest inside scoop🍦 from Brittany about our students & their Surf City adventures by signing up for NoCo Insiders.

When you subscribe to a recurring monthly donation of $10 or more to any of our fundraiser campaigns, you become an Insider. If you sign up by Monday (8/12), you’ll receive our entire backlog of exclusive Insiders articles from 2026, including the latest edition mentioned above!

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07/30/2026

Afterschool is ✨back✨Tuesday, September 8.

The COVE runs “drop-in-style” Monday-Thursday, 3-6pm for 6th-12th graders.

Parents register your child here: form.jotform.com/BrittanyHartman/afterschool-student-registration

Please click the link to complete this form.

07/30/2026

5 5 second clips to say, “you’re welcome here”

6th-12th grade afterschool returns the Tuesday after Labor Day!

What will ✨YOU✨ make?

07/24/2026

🏳️ We’ve got the VICTORY 💚

Our Green Team won the basketball tournament & the camp competition at PKF Camps 🏆

Most importantly, we are victorious in Him Who conquered the grave ✝️

07/23/2026

𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳
𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
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Surf City, Days 3 & 4 included jet skis, tubing, beach day & so much more freshwater fun!

One more full day before we head home Friday ☀️

07/22/2026

We DID THE DIP🍦 Because of your extra donations, we’ve been able to treat our kids to extra special moments, like taking them to this Silver Lake, MI staple - The Whippy Dip