Looking for a creative way to spend your Sunday? The Arthur Secunda Museum, located at Cleary University’s Livingston campus, is hosting Secunda Second Sundays, a day for families to tour the museum, explore Secunda’s enriching art and create a hands-on art project – all at no cost.
Secunda Second Sundays are set for 1-4 p.m. the second Sunday of the month. Parking is free, admission is free, the art project for kids is free, and the museum is wheelchair accessible.
A museum docent will provide a short tour of Secunda’s 350+ art pieces, the largest collection of his art in one location. Following the tour, the kids can create their own art project.
Here are upcoming dates for museum family days:
• Nov. 9
• Dec. 14
• Jan. 11, 2026
• Feb. 8, 2026
• March 15, 2026
• April 12. 2026
• May 10, 2026
To sign up for a Secunda Second Sunday, send an email to sfischer@cleary.edu.
The Arthur Secunda Museum is located in the Chrysler Building on Cleary’s campus, 3750 Cleary Drive in Howell (off Grand River Avenue and west of Latson Road).
In addition to Secunda Second Sundays, the museum staff hosts guided and unguided tours. Museum unguided tour hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. If you have a small group interested in a guided tour, send an email to sfischer@cleary.edu to arrange a time.
Throughout the year, Cleary University hosts the “Arthur Secunda Immersive Experience,” for local high school students, a two-day, free, hands-on art experience. Last year, art students from Brighton, Fowlerville, Hartland, Howell and Pinckney explored the intricacies of watercolor painting, linocut etching and printing, new techniques in collage creation, and other art mediums used by Secunda. A large portion of the two days was dedicated to students creating their own original piece of artwork inspired by Secunda.
Thanks to grant funding from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, the Community Foundation of Livingston County, and the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan, Cleary is able to provide these workshops free of charge to high school students in grades 9-12. The two days include a guided tour of the Arthur Secunda Museum, hands on demonstrations and education on different artistic techniques, and opportunities for students to try new art mediums and create their own artwork inspired by Secunda. Lunch, snacks and a free art supply kit are included in the workshop.
To learn more about the Arthur Secunda Immersive Experience for high school students, send an email to brogers@cleary.edu.
About the Arthur Secunda Museum
Arthur Secunda, an internationally acclaimed artist with roots in Michigan, traveled the world for nearly seven decades, purposefully to study a wide range of artistic techniques from the most renown talents. Through his journeys, he learned and mastered most art forms – lithographs, serigraphs, monotypes, etchings, collages, block prints, welded sculptures. He also was a distinguished printmaker and even made his own paper.
Cleary University is the site of the Arthur Secunda Museum, where the largest collection of his works is exhibited. Secunda passed away in August 2022, but his legacy lives on at Cleary. Through grant funding, Cleary will honor the memory and life work of Secunda by continuing to collect, restore, maintain and most importantly, share the art of this American treasure with the entire community for many generations.
