About Us
The Place
Visitors and residents alike love Rogers City for the gorgeous location, safe community, and recreational opportunities. We have an active artist and volunteer community. A vibrant arts community drives community engagement. This is an intimate space that will host lectures, music performances, poetry readings/slams, author readings, lectures, improv, streaming opera, dance performances, and other arts and cultural events that create the opportunity for more and different cultural engagement.
The Space
The Stone House is conveniently sited downtown next to Westminster Park with ample street parking. The house has an amazing flow and is a work of art itself. The outside space has open areas that can be used by groups and individuals. The House is in a prime location to be a hub of activity in Rogers City. There are spaces for performance, workshops, and collaboration.
The Roadmap
The major change to the structure is to improve accessibility for differently-abled individuals as well as refresh and renew the interior and interior finishes.
This summer and fall we will install a ramp to our main entrance, new steps, our sign and reimagine the landscaping to make the space an attractive source of community pride and a desirable venue for hosting a variety of outdoor events.
The People
Katy Carignan
Director & Co-Founder
Katy is a longtime lover of the arts, and has worked as an actor, director, writer, photographer, attorney and she loves to dance (to her own drummer). She is an enthusiastic audience for all types of arts and culture. As a six-year resident of Rogers City she is a founding member and Fundraising Chair of the Murals on Main festival. She directed two winter musicals, founded You First! improv group and is half of the Poetry Depot which can be seen at Rogers City Art Walks. She is excited to be creating a new place for arts and culture in Rogers City with a visionary who shares her dream for this town.
director@thestonehousestudio.org
Lora Schwab
Co-Founder
Lora loves the arts and is a book club leader, opera aficionado, and creator. She has an incredible bakery that keeps visitors’ mouths watering all summer long. She has loved this house since she was in Rogers City as a child and had a dream to turn it into a center for arts and culture in Rogers City.