• Glen Arbor Holiday Marketplace 2022

    Glen Arbor Township Hall

    Shop a beautifully variety of artisan goods during the Glen Arbor Holiday Marketplace Thanksgiving weekend in Glen Arbor, MI.   Friday, November 25th Tree Lighting & Caroling @ 6:15pm outside the Town Hall with Carols led by members of Glen Lake Church. Be among the first to shop artisan goods during the Holiday Market Preview Party from 6:30-8pm. Saturday, November

  • COFFEE WITH THE AUTHORS BOOK DISCUSSION

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center hosts Leelanau County writers Jacob Wheeler and Anne-Marie Oomen for coffee and conversation about their newly published nonfiction books. The Coffee With The Authors book discussion is November 26, 11 am at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Both writers have won recognition for their writing, but their

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  • Walk + Talk The Exhibitions

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    A guided walk-and-talk through the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Telling Stories and A Feral Housewife exhibitions takes place February 11 and, again, on March 4. Both programs begin at 11 am. Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager, leads a conversational tour of these exhibits about visual storytelling. No one walks into a gallery and fully understands

    Free
  • Creativity Q+A LIVE with Mark Mehaffey

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    How do artists think, work, and practice? Those questions are explored during Creativity Q+A LIVE, a series of conversations with Northern Michigan artists at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. The first, 2023 conversation is February 25, 11 am with Leelanau County resident Mark Mehaffey. The program is free. No reservations are required. Doors open at

    Free
  • Walk + Talk The Exhibitions

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    A guided walk-and-talk through the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Telling Stories and A Feral Housewife exhibitions takes place on March 4 at 11 am. Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager, leads a conversational tour of these exhibits about visual storytelling. No one walks into a gallery and fully understands what the exhibiting artists intended to say

    Free
  • Vendor Application Deadline for Glen Lake Woman’s Club Art Fair

    Glen Arbor Township Hall

    Monday, March 20th is the final day to complete the vendor application for the Glen Lake Woman’s Club Art Fair. Vendors can register at https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=10666. For more information, contact [email protected] or (231) 412-0214. The Art Fair will be held on July 19th, 2023. View the event  

  • P-45 Brings ‘SMOKEFALL’ To The GAAC

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    Parallel 45 Theatre returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center with a dose of magical realism. A performance of “Smokefall” takes place March 22, 6 pm in the GAAC Main Gallery. Tickets are $10. Seating is by reservation and limited. Written by Noah Haidle, “Smokefall” combines magical realism with manic vaudeville to create an unexpected

    $10
  • SWIMMING Exhibit Opening Reception

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    SWIMMING Opening Reception Friday, March 31, 5-7 pm The Glen Arbor Arts Center takes a deep dive into creative waters with Swimming, an exhibition. The exhibit opens March 31 with a reception, 5-7 pm in the GAAC Main Gallery. Swimming focuses on a familiar activity that puts bodies into bodies of water. It explores the

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  • WALK AND TALK THROUGH SWIMMING, A Feral Housewife

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    Glen Arbor Arts Center Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal leads a conversational walking tour of the SWIMMING and the A Feral Housewife exhibits, April 8, 11 am. The Walk + Talk is free. No reservations are required. During this one-hour program, Bearup-Neal talks about how the exhibiting artists interpreted the SWIMMING exhibition’s theme, both literally and

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  • Creativity Q+A LIVE with Artist Angela Saxon

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    How do artists think, work, and practice? Those questions are explored during Creativity Q+A LIVE, a series of conversations with Northern Michigan artists at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. On April 23, 1 pm Leelanau County artist Angela Saxon talks about her practice with Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager. The program is free. No reservations

    Free
  • Outdoor Gallery Panel Auction

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    All five panels from the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 2022 Outdoor Gallery exhibition will be available for acquisition. The GAAC is holding an online auction April 25 - 27. The 5-foot square artworks are reproductions of original, acrylic paintings by Carrie Hensel, the Ann Arbor, Michigan, winner of the 2022 Outdoor Gallery competition. Online bidding

  • Artist In Residence Presentation – Nathan Lipps

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    Ohio writer Nathan Lipps will use his Glen Arbor Arts Center artist’s residency to take a deeper dive into a manuscript-in-progress, a group of poems titled Seiche. The term “seiche” refers to an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs on large bodies of water – such Lake Michigan – that causes severe oscillation of the water. Lipps

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