Join us for our Holiday Open house on November 17, 5–7 PM. Enjoy live music from the Suttons Bay Ukulele Orchestra. Find that perfect gift with our Small Works exhibition with over 120 local art works, refreshments, a bonfire, and a special Holiday Popup Store with handmade gifts!
Celebrate the season with a community tree lighting and caroling, followed by shopping the opening of the anticipate Holiday Artisan Marketplace.
Shop a curated variety of local artisan goods during the 2023 Glen Arbor Holiday Marketplace, Thanksgiving weekend in Glen Arbor, MI.
Empire Artisan Marketplace - Saturday after Thanksgiving in Empire, MI from 10am-4pm. Tabletop Space Available $50. For Application, Contact Linda Payment at [email protected]
Painter Ellie Harold will discuss her new book, an account of her 2022 pilgrimage to Paris, seeking inspiration from a special exhibition of works by Claude Monet and Joan Mitchell. Her travels continued along the Seine River and the towns and countryside of Normandy. Equal parts travelogue and personal meditation, the book explores her ongoing
Join us for an open house with local artist Pam Spicer, whose paintings are now on display in our Program Room. Her paintings translate shadow, light and vivid color found in nature into landscapes and still-lifes layered with subtlety and depth. Pam earned a BFA in design from Alma College, and worked for many years
The Glen Lake Library will host local artist Pam Spicer, whose paintings are now on display in the library's Program Room. Light refreshments will be served.
Opening Reception The happiest place on Earth might well be Disney World. In its first 2024 exhibit, HAPPY, the Glen Arbor Arts Center is vying for that title. HAPPY opens January 12 with a reception, 5-7 pm. The public is welcome. HAPPY features the work of 26 artists who explore and interpret the many facets
A guided walk-and-talk through the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s new exhibits, Happy and Tree Of Life | Connecting The World, is February 24, 1 pm. Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager, leads a conversational tour of the exhibits. The Walk + Talk is free. Happy features the work of 26 visual artists who explore the many
The Glen Arbor Arts Center launches its By Hand project with a reception March 29, 5-7 pm. By Hand – an exhibition and four topical discussions – is a consideration of the myriad ways in which the human hand is intrinsic to creative work; and a demonstration of what human hands can make. The By
Coffee With The Authors is a live, conversational interview with local and regional authors about the craft and process of writing. The 2024 series kicks off April 6, 1 am at the Glen Arbor Arts Center with Heather Spooner, owner of Ampersand Lettering Lab, an art and hand lettering business in Traverse City. Spooner will
Christopher Lamb will share examples of his unique compositions, combining the beauty of landscape photography with the wonderment of the night sky. The result is a gallery of the night sky not visible with the naked eye, with all of its colors, detail and clarity. Come join us for a discussion about the images of
