Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce

Tree Lighting, Caroling & Holiday Market preview Party!
2016-11-25 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Glen Arbor Township Hall
Tree Lighting, Caroling & Holiday Market preview party
Friday, November 25th, 2016 | 6:30pm – 8pm
at the Glen Arbor Township Hall
Glen Arbor’s annual Tree Lighting and Caroling, located outside in front of the Town Hall, off of M-22/Western Ave. in downtown Glen Arbor happens promptly at 6:45pm.
The Holiday Market “Preview Party” is located inside the Town Hall immediately following the tree lighting. Mingle, shop and get first picks of all the artisan goods during the Holiday Marketplace preview party, from 7-8pm!

> The Holiday Market
#eatlocal #shopsmall #HolidayMarket #GlenArbor #thingstodo #familyfriendly #Christmastime #Leelanau #winter

Holiday Marketplaces 2016
2016-11-26 10:00 - 16:00 | Glen Arbor Township Hall
Saturday, November 26th, 2016
Glen Arbor | Marketplace open from 10am – 4pm
in the Glen Arbor Township Hall
Shop 30 vendors providing locally made artisan goods at the Glen Arbor Holiday Marketplace. During the market from 12-2:30pm – Meet Santa & Mrs. Claus! They will be at the Glen Arbor Holiday Marketplace with some little toys and goodies! Bring the kids and your camera for some great fun and photo opportunities.

(If you are a vendor or artisan and have any questions, please contact Patricia at patricia@glenarborbnb.com / 847.570.4891)
Empire | Marketplace open from 11am – 5pm
in the Empire Township Hall
The annual happenings are presented in tandem.
Empire showcases nearly 20 artisan vendors including: handcrafted jewelry and tile works, delicious foods and candies, paintings and stunning photographs, designer cards, holiday ornaments and wreaths, beautiful knitwear and hand-made goods.
There are different artisans at each market and plenty of time in the day to shop both!
No admission fee for any event, and open to the Public.
Did you know?
This Saturday is also the national #shopsmall Saturday! Presented by American Express. Enjoy the benefits of local shops and restaurants that participate!

Related Events:
• “Better than Black Friday PJ Party” in Glen Arbor on Nov. 25th
• Tree Lighting & Caroling, plus the Holiday Market Preview Party on Friday Night, Nov. 25th
Quick Links:
• Find other Things to Do while you’re in Leelanau
• Browse the area Business Directory
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Winter Songs & Carols
2016-12-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
Local chamber ensemble Manitou Winds will present an encore performance of their annual Winter Songs & Carols concert on Friday, December 9, at 7:30 p.m. As part of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s Manitou Music Festival, the concert will be held at The Leelanau School in Glen Arbor. Admission is also free, and a freewill offering will be collected to benefit music and art programs at The Leelanau School.
Songs of Advent, winter solstice, and Christmas will intertwine with poetry and prose, setting a reflective mood to kick off the holiday season. Five musicians, nine different instruments will create a colorful collage of musical textures and styles. Two guest vocalists— Christy Burich and Emily Curtin Culler—will join the ensemble for five of the songs.
In their final collaboration for the year, Frankfort artist Ellie Harold will partner with the ensemble. Ellie will display a special exhibition of works inspired by the concert theme at the concert venue.

The Glen Arbor Art Association’s Talk About Art series with Kaz McCue this Sunday
2017-01-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
In the TALK ABOUT ART ® series, our host conducts live interviews with local and regional artists about their art making and thinking. These insightful interviews take place monthly, January-May, at no charge. Our current host, Norm Wheeler, recently retired from teaching Science and English for 32 years at the Leelanau School. He is the Director of the Lanphier Observatory, hosting public stargazing two nights a week in summer on Sleeping Bear Bay. The co-founder and continuing host of the Beach Bards Bonfire, a gathering for by heart poetry, storytelling, and music on Friday nights in high summer at the Leelanau School Beach. He also helped Crispin Campbell, Ben Bricker, and Tom Fordyce build the first stage behind the Lake St. Studio for the first season of the Manitou Music Festival many years ago. Admission is Free.
Kaz McCue has spent the past twenty-five years working in the arts as a visual artist, educator, curator, and arts administrator. He holds a BFA in photography from Parson’s School of Design and an MFA in mixed media from Long Island University/ C.W. Post Campus. Kaz has received numerous grants and awards and has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. As a curator, he has put together over 200 exhibitions and over 100 lectures and artist presentations. Kaz has taught at numerous universities, colleges and academies and has served in several arts administration positions.
As a professional, Kaz has dedicated his life to the arts. His enthusiasm and dedication has helped to define his career and his belief in the power of the arts has driven his commitment to participating in the process of the arts and mentoring young artists. Kaz is currently an Instructor of Visual Arts at the Leelanau School in Glen Arbor and he also serves as the Artistic Director at Michigan Legacy Art Park.

Mostly Music: Trio Jazz Volume 2
2017-03-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
Trio Jazz Volume 2, a closer look at jazz standards and original compositions, is the next installment of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s “Mostly Music” series, March 26, 7 p.m. at the Leelanau School Dining Hall in Glen Arbor. Tickets are $12, and available at the GAAA website: glenarborart.org.
This program features Bob Foskett, the host of “Mostly Music,” on drums, joined by his friends vibraphonist Jim Cooper and bassist Jack Dryden. This trio of musicians will explore, demonstrate and explain their approaches and interactions with jazz, and talk about why they choose to play jazz.
For more information please call the GAAA, 231/334-6112.

Talk About Art: Sculptor Bill Allen
2017-04-09 14:00 - 15:00 | The Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Road, Glen Arbor, Michigan, 49636
The Glen Arbor Art Association’s (GAAA) “Talk About Art” series continues with host Norm Wheeler in conversation with sculptor Bill Allen on Sunday, April 9, 2 p.m. at The Leelanau School in Glen Arbor. There is no charge.
Allen is known throughout the region for his large-scale, welded steel sculpture celebrating a wide range of four-legged animals. In the early 2000s Allen began exploring other media and began creating mixed media paintings — sculptural compositions made from drift wood and other treasures he found washed up on local beaches. These works found their way into a 2010 collaborative project he undertook with Traverse City poet Fleda Brown whose poetry he used as the starting point for new works. Allen is a self-taught visual artist who lives in Maple City.
The Leelanau School is located at 1 Old Homestead Road in Glen Arbor. For more information, please call the GAAA at 231/334-6112, or go to the GAAA website: glenarborart.org.

Talk About Art with Poet Fleda Brown
2017-05-07 14:00 - 15:00
The Glen Arbor Art Association’s (GAAA) “Talk About Art” series continues with host Norm Wheeler in conversation with Traverse City poet Fleda Brown on Sunday, May 7, 2 p.m. at The Leelanau School in Glen Arbor. There is no charge.
In a wide-ranging conversation about the craft of writing, Wheeler and Brown will talk about how life events — both small and large — have found their way into her writing. Recently, the artist used her craft to examine a cancer diagnosis, which lead to a blog and a new volume of poems, My Wobbly Bicycle: Meditations on Cancer and the Creative Life, published in 2016. The author of nine books of poetry and two essay collections, Brown is the former Poet Laureate of Delaware (2001-2006). She taught for many years at the University of Delaware, where she founded the Poets in the Schools Program, and now teaches in The Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University’s Low Residency MFA Program.
The Leelanau School is located at 1 Old Homestead Road in Glen Arbor. For more information please call the GAAA, 231/334-6112, or check the website: glenarborart.org.

Lunch with the Post-Impressionists
2017-05-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) celebrates Spring’s return with an art history talk exploring the Post-Impressionists on Thursday, May 11 at the Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Road, Glen Arbor. An optional Provençal-themed luncheon at blu restaurant is available.
GAAA’s popular art lecturer Linda Young and Randy Chamberlain, chef-owner of the Glen Arbor restaurant blu, will explore the art and lives of the Post-Impressionists. The art history talk will be complemented by a three-course luncheon at blu, 5705 S. Lake St., inspired by the Cézanne and the Provençal Table cookbook, and prepared by Chamberlain. Young’s talk will highlight the life and work of key Post-Impressionist artists including Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin and Henri Rousseau. Participants choose either the morning/10:15 a.m. option or the afternoon/2 p.m. option. The cost for the lecture and lunch is $40/GAAA members, $55/non-members. Lecture-only fee is $15.
Lecture/luncheon class size is limited to 50. There is no limit on the number who may register for the morning or afternoon lecture-only option. Please register at www.glenarborart.org. For more information call the GAAA, 231/334-6112.

Center Gallery: Craig Weisse's Own Private Empire
2017-06-30 11:00 - 2017-07-06 17:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Empire painter Craig Weisse exhibits independent and Impressionistic images of his shoreline community June 30-July 6 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A reception to open this Independence holiday exhibition is Friday, June 30, 6-8 p.m.
Weisse, a retired physician, has lived in Empire for 28 years. In that time he has focused his painting on the locality, both its natural features as well as the historical and neighborhood buildings that give this community its character. He works in gouache and oil, and strives to convey the “internalized landscape” – an emotional and nostalgic take on a place with which he is deeply familiar.
For more information, please call 231/334-3179. Center Gallery is open daily 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Magic Thursday Artists Summer 2017 Exhibition and Sale
2017-07-01 10:00 - 2017-08-31 17:00 | City Opera House, 106 E. Front Street, Traverse City, MI, 49684, United States
The City Opera House is proud to again present the Magic Thursday Artists for a two-month art exhibition and sale July 1, 2017 through August 31, 2017. The exhibition features original fine art paintings in oil, watercolor, pastel and acrylic. A portion of all sales benefits the City Opera House.
The opening reception, with refreshments, will be held on July 6, 2017 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the City Opera House, 106 East Front Street, Traverse City.
Featured artists are: Sue Bowerman, Pat Dixon, Nancy Donley, Nan Frankland, Linda Goodpaster, Veronique Jonas, Ruth Kitchen, Dorothy Mudget, Sherry McNamara, Marilyn Rebant, and Laura Swire.
This group of accomplished local artists has been painting together for many years, both outside (plein air) and in the studio space on Thursdays. You may have seen them around the area at various beautiful locations. Their love and joy in the creative process, inspired by nature, is reflected in their fine work.
The exhibition is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and during evening events.

Magic Thursday Artists Opening Reception
2017-07-06 17:00 - 19:00 | City Opera House, 106 E. Front Street, Traverse City, MI, 49684, United States
The City Opera House is proud to again present the Magic Thursday Artists for a two-month art exhibition and sale July 1, 2017 through August 31, 2017. The exhibition features original fine art paintings in oil, watercolor, pastel and acrylic. A portion of all sales benefits the City Opera House.
The opening reception, with refreshments, will be held on July 6, 2017 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the City Opera House, 106 East Front Street, Traverse
The exhibition is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and during evening events.

Tuesday Tea and Talk Series July 11
2017-07-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Becky Thatcher Designs, 5795 Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
Tuesday Tea and Talk Series
Explore the backgrounds of unique gemstones while enjoying tea in Becky’s garden.
Bring a friend and join us, this is a free event.
Tuesday afternoons at 3pm from July 11-August 8th.
Becky Thatcher Designs
in Glen Arbor, Michigan
R.S.V.P. (231) 334-3826

Center Gallery: Joseph Lombardo's Glen Arbor Studies
2017-07-14 11:00 - 2017-07-20 15:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Ohio artist Joseph Lombardo continues his study of Glen Arbor with a series of new paintings July 14-20 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The show opens with an artist’s reception Friday, July 14, 6-8 p.m.
Lombardo, an adjunct professor at Columbus College of Art and Design, first visited Glen Arbor in 2009 and executed the first of his Michigan-in-Summer paintings. Through this evolving group of oil paintings Lombardo explores the Leelanau landscape, light, and color as well as its houses, trees, bicycles, farm houses and night scenes.
As part of his exhibition, Lombardo conducts a demonstration at Center Gallery on Sunday, July 16, 1 p.m. This demonstration is an opportunity to watch the artist work, and to talk with him about his process and technique. For more information please call 231/334-3179. Center Gallery is open daily 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Painting Demonstration
2017-07-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Ohio artist Joseph Lombardo conducts a painting demonstration at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, on Sunday, July 16, 1 p.m. This demonstration is an opportunity to watch the artist work, and to talk with him about his process and technique. The demonstration is open to the public without charge.
The demonstration is offered in conjunction with Lombardo’s exhibition of Glen Arbor studies at Center Gallery. He began visiting Glen Arbor in 2009, and executed the first of his Michigan-in-summer paintings. Through this evolving group of oil paintings Lombardo explores the Leelanau landscape, light, and color as well as its houses, trees, bicycles, farm houses and night scenes. Lombardo is an adjunct professor at the Columbus, Ohio, College of Art and Design. For more information please call the gallery at 231/334-3179. Center Gallery is open daily 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday Tea and Talk Series July 18
2017-07-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Becky Thatcher Designs, 5795 Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States

46th annual Glen Lake Woman's Club Art Fair
2017-07-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Glen Arbor Township Hall
The Art Fair organized by the Glen Lake Woman’s Club features approximately 100 artists, carefully chosen to represent a variety of art mediums. What originally began in front of the Town Hall has expanded to both inside and out – a great place to showcase unique art.
Lunch is available, including our famous “walking tacos.” In addition to the art, there is popcorn, face painting, raffle, bake sale and returning this year, a table of used jewelry.
All proceeds from this event go to Glen Lake student scholarships. Scholarship recipients assist by carrying supplies, giving breaks to the exhibitors and helping with the concessions.
Free Admission | No smoking and no pets allowed on the premises.
For registration or application info/submission, please contact: Janice Freeman at (231)334-3428 and glwcartfair@gmail.com, plus you may now submit your application online!

Center Gallery Celebrates A Decade of Margo Burian
2017-07-21 11:00 - 2017-07-27 15:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Paintings of Leelanau County’s land and water – as processed through the imagination of Grand Rapids artist Margo Burian – are on display July 21-27 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A public reception opens this 10th anniversary show on July 21, 6 p.m.
2017 marks the 10th consecutive, Center Gallery exhibition of Burian’s lush, atmospheric oil paintings of the region. The painter’s work is an interpretation of experience and memory, rather than a strict record of natural features and landmarks. She takes liberties with place and nature to move the painting from an accounting to an interpretation. After the initial on-site point of contact with her subject, she then returns to the studio to distill and develop the field notes into works that distinctly speaks to her love of the natural world.
This exhibition continues through July 27. For more information please call 231/334-3179. Center Gallery is open daily 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday Tea and Talk Series July 25
2017-07-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Becky Thatcher Designs, 5795 Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States

Pastel Painting Demonstration
2017-07-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Pastel painter Amy Gamble will demonstrate her technique and tools on Sunday, July 30, 1 p.m. at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor. The demonstration, in conjunction with her Center Gallery exhibition, is open to the public.
Gamble, a resident of Beverly Hills, Michigan, creates and tends gardens for her southeastern Michigan clients during the summer. The rest of the year, she channels the shape, line and color of this vegetation into pastel paintings that celebrate the landscape and nature’s many details. She approaches her landscape painting as a full-sensory experience fueled by her working environment. Gamble’s work remains on view at Center Gallery until August 3. For more information, please call the gallery at 231/334-3179. Center Gallery is open daily 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday Tea and Talk Series Aug 1
2017-08-01 15:00 - 16:00 | Becky Thatcher Designs, 5795 Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States

Center Gallery Home + Table Show
2017-08-04 11:00 - 2017-08-10 15:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Center Gallery hosts the Home + Table Show Aug. 4-10 at the gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A reception to open this group show is Aug. 4, 6-8 p.m.
Home is where the art is, and Home + Table celebrates artist-made objects for the abode – from artisan cutting board, hand built ceramic tableware, hand-pulled woodblock and fish prints, to forged barbecue and picnic implements, and paper ornaments. The exhibition features work by studio artists represented by Lake Street Studios, and invited friends. A list of exhibitors is at www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com.
As part of the show, exhibiting potter John Huston will conduct a raku firing on Sunday, Aug. 6, 1 p.m. on the gallery’s side yard. Raku is an ancient Japanese method of firing clay objects using natural materials — paper, dried vegetation – to fuel the fire. A raku firing is underscored by centuries of tradition and ritual, making it a full-senses experience. For more information, please call Center Gallery, 231/334-3179.

Tuesday Tea and Talk Series Aug 8
2017-08-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Becky Thatcher Designs, 5795 Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States

Auditions: Remember the Night / Reader's Theater
2017-10-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W MacFarlane Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
The Glen Arbor Art Association [GAAA] Readers’ Theater will hold auditions for “Remember The Night,”
AUDITIONS:
Monday, October 23, 7 p.m. at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church 4902 W. MacFarlane Road in Burdickville.
This Readers’ Theater production offers roles for 4-6 men, 4-6 women, and other miscellaneous characters. Some roles may be cast regardless of gender. “Remember The Night” is a love story that starts in a court of law. It’s a heartwarming Christmas-time show that skillfully blends touching drama with comedy. Moved to pity by the Christmas season, New York District Attorney John Sargent lets pretty shoplifter Lee Leander out on bail and offers her a ride home to Indiana. They end up meeting each others’ parents, and then Cupid becomes judge and jury. The 1940’s film version was written by playwright Preston Sturges, who elevated the romantic, screwball comedy genre to new levels of intelligence and maturity; and starred Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck.
Readers’ Theater veteran Teddy House directs “Remember The Night.” Scripts are available to review at the GAAA offices during business hours. Digital scripts are now available.
STAGED:
At Glen Lake Community Reformed Church on December 8 – 9, 2017
The GAAA is open 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information call 231/334-6112

Tree Lighting & Holiday Market Preview Party
2017-11-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Glen Arbor Township Hall
Friday November 24th, 2017
Tree Lighting & Caroling | 6:30-7
Holiday Market Preview Party | 7-8pm
at the Glen Arbor Township Hall
Glen Arbor’s annual Tree Lighting and Caroling, located outside in front of the Town Hall, off of M-22/Western Ave. in downtown Glen Arbor happens promptly at 6:45pm.
The Holiday Market “Preview Party” is located inside the Town Hall immediately following the tree lighting. Mingle, shop and get first picks of all the artisan goods during the Holiday Marketplace preview party, from 7-8pm!
No admission fee for any event, and open to the Public.

> Saturday, shop the Holiday Market
#eatlocal #shopsmall #HolidayMarket #GlenArbor #thingstodo #familyfriendly #Christmastime #Leelanau #winter
Did you know?
This Saturday is also the national #shopsmall Saturday, presented by American Express. Enjoy the benefits of local shops and restaurants that participate!

Remember the Night / GAAA Reader's Theater performance
2017-12-08 19:00 - 2017-12-09 21:00 | Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W MacFarlane Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
The Glen Arbor Art Association [GAAA] Readers’ Theater to perform “Remember The Night”
This Readers’ Theater production offers roles for 4-6 men, 4-6 women, and other miscellaneous characters. Some roles may be cast regardless of gender. “Remember The Night” is a love story that starts in a court of law. It’s a heartwarming Christmas-time show that skillfully blends touching drama with comedy. Moved to pity by the Christmas season, New York District Attorney John Sargent lets pretty shoplifter Lee Leander out on bail and offers her a ride home to Indiana. They end up meeting each others’ parents, and then Cupid becomes judge and jury. The 1940’s film version was written by playwright Preston Sturges, who elevated the romantic, screwball comedy genre to new levels of intelligence and maturity; and starred Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck.
Readers’ Theater veteran Teddy House directs “Remember The Night.”
STAGED:
At Glen Lake Community Reformed Church on December 8 – 9, 2017
The GAAA is open 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information call 231/334-6112

Winter Songs & Carols by Manitou Winds
2017-12-08 19:30 - 21:00 | The Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Road, Glen Arbor, Michigan, 49636
The Manitou Winds presents its annual “Winter Songs & Carols” concert on Friday, December 8, 7:30 p.m. at the Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Road, Glen Arbor. This performance is sponsored by the Glen Arbor Art Association’s [GAAA] Manitou Music Festival.
This year’s program features songs of Advent, Winter Solstice, and Christmas intertwined with readings of poetry and prose. Manitou Winds is comprised of five musicians playing 12 different instruments to create a collage of music textures and styles. Joining the Manitou Winds are guest vocalists Christy Burich and Emily Curtin Culler. More than a concert filled with holiday themed music, “Winter Songs & Carols” explores a holiday season enriched by many traditions.
The concert is free. Reservations are not required. A goodwill offering will be taken, proceeds from which will be directed to the Leelanau School arts program and future Manitou Winds recording projects.
For more information about the “Winter Songs & Carols” concert, please contact the Glen Arbor Art Association at 231/334-6112; or go to the GAAA website: www.glenarborart.org

New Gallery/New Work GAAA
2018-01-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
The Glen Arbor Art Association [ GAAA ] inaugurates its new gallery and exhibitions space with “New Gallery/New Work,” on Friday, January 12, 2018, 6-8 p.m. A reception to open the exhibition begins at 6 p.m.
“New Gallery/New Work” is an invitational show that showcases the work of 25 visual artists from Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Manistee counties. Exhibitors were invited to contribute a piece of work created between May 2016 and November 2017. This time frame mirrors the period during which the GAAA undertook a campaign to expand its building at 6031 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor.
As part of the exhibition, the GAAA will offer two different “Talk About Art” interviews with two different sets of “New Gallery/New Works” exhibitors on January 21 and February 11, 2 p.m. in the gallery. Both events offer a chance to hear these artists talk about the process and challenges of keeping their work fresh and new. “Talk About Art” is free and open to the public.
For more details about these programs, go to: glenarborart.org, and click on the “For Artists” tab. “New Gallery/New Work” is supported by Northern Building Supply. The exhibition continues through February 22.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. during the week, and noon – 4 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call the GAAA, 231/334-6112; or go to: glenarborart.org

National Youth Art Month Exhibit
2018-03-01 09:00 - 2018-03-23 14:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
March is national Youth Art Month. The Glen Arbor Arts Center [GAAC] celebrates the work of young creatives with an exhibition by Glen Lake Elementary School sixth graders taught by Leah Lawson, Glen Lake Elementary art teacher, and the GAAC’s After School Art kids led by instructor Sarah Cheek-Toomey. The show runs from March 1 – 23.
Started in 1961 by the Art & Creative Materials Institute, Youth Art Month focuses on the importance of art education in citizenship, as a contributors to quality of life for all, and directs attention to the value of art education as a strategy for developing critical and divergent thinking skills. Working collaboratively with the Glen Lake Schools, the GAAC exhibition is not only a showcase of art work, but provides the students with an exhibition experience that gives them insights into the professional process.
The Youth Art Month exhibition continues through March 23. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. during the week, and noon – 4 p.m. on Sunday.
For more information, call the GAAA, 231/334-6112; or go to: glenarborart.org

In Bloom Art Exhibition
2018-04-05 09:00 - 2018-05-17 17:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
The wildflowers return to Northern Michigan in April and May – both outside and inside. The Glen Arbor Arts Center [GAAC] presents “In Bloom,” an exhibition exploring the different ways five local artists interpret the subject of flowers in paint, mixed media and porcelain. “In Bloom” opens April 6, 6 p.m. with an artists’ reception.
Painters Lauren Everett Finn of Honor and Kasson Township resident Carol C. Spaulding look to their gardens and the woods for inspiration. Working in acrylic and mixed media, Finn brings to “In Bloom” work from her 100 Bouquets series. Spaulding paints in watercolor paint create dream-like impressions of her subject. Rounding out the exhibition is an installation of Forest Flowers, the award-winning porcelain sculptures created by the late Ananda Bricker, and her daughters Beth Bricker and Cherrie Bricker Stege, both Glen Arbor residents.
In addition to the exhibition, the GAAC offers a series of programs that explore in more depth the subject of flowers, and the “In Bloom” artists’ thinking and creative processes:
• Talk About Art with Lauren Everett Finn and Carol C. Spaulding on Sunday, April 15, 2 p.m. Free.
• “Art In Bloom,” an art historical tour of flowers in painting led by Linda Young on Wednesday, April 18, noon. Tickets for this Brown Bag BYO talk are $10/ members, $15/non-members. Please register on line.
• Talk About Art, “The Family That Makes Flowers Together …..,” a conversation with the Bricker Sisters about Forest Flowers, Sunday, May 6, 2 p.m. Free.
• “In Bloom” continues through May 17. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The gallery is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
For more information about the exhibition or any of its programs, please go to the GAAC website, www.glenarborart.org

In Bloom - Artist Reception
2018-04-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
The wildflowers return to Northern Michigan in April and May – both outside and inside. The Glen Arbor Arts Center [GAAC] presents “In Bloom,” an exhibition exploring the different ways five local artists interpret the subject of flowers in paint, mixed media and porcelain. “In Bloom” opens April 6, at 6 p.m.with an artists’ reception.
Painters Lauren Everett Finn of Honor, and Kasson Township resident Carol C. Spaulding look to their gardens and the woods for inspiration. Working in acrylic and mixed media, Finn brings to “In Bloom” work from her 100 Bouquets series. Spaulding paints in watercolor paint create dream-like impressions of her subject. Rounding out the exhibition is an installation of Forest Flowers, the award-winning porcelain sculptures created by Beth Bricker and Cherrie Bricker Stege, both Glen Arbor residents, and their late mother, Ananda Bricker.

“In Bloom” continues through May 17. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The gallery is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information about the exhibition or any of its programs, please go to the GAAC website, www.glenarborart.org
