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 About the Smallidge Family Lecture 


​The Smallidge Family Fund for the Arts was established in 2015 to honor the memory of Bernice Smallidge and her passion for the arts and the arts community in the Flint area. This perpetual restricted fund is maintained by the continual donations of family members and friends. The endowment funds The Annual Smallidge Family Lecture, a yearly arts-related talk hosted by Buckham Gallery. Donations to the Smallidge Fund for the Arts are tax deductible.

About Thom Bohnert

Thom Bohnert’s art has been included in over 200 exhibitions and is represented in numerous museum collections including the Detroit Institute of Art and the Flint Institute of Art. In addition to being a practicing artist, Bohnert, who received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, is an educator and has been a college professor, a visiting artist, lecturer, and has conducted workshops both in the U.S. and abroad. Visit thombohnert.com for more information.
​This activity is sponsored in part by an award from the
MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
​and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. 
Generous support is provided by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundaiton. 

Our activities are sponsored  in part by an award from the MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS  and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. ​

This program is sponsored by the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work!