Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce

Remember the Night / GAAA Reader's Theater performance
2017-12-08 19:00 - 2017-12-09 21:00 (America/Detroit) | 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

Talk about Art - In Bloom
2018-04-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Flowers are one of the most enduring and beloved subjects in the painting world, but what’s their attraction? As part of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s “In Bloom” exhibition, two local painters who have created large bodies of work based on flowers will explore the attractions at the next “Talk About Art.,” Sunday April 15, 2 pm at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal will talk with “In Bloom” exhibitors Lauren Everett Finn of Honor, and Kasson Township resident Carol C. Spaulding about their attraction to flowers. Finn brings to “In Bloom” work from her “100 Bouquets” series, a self-assigned project to depict flowers – both real and imaginary – in acrylic paint, oil stick, pencil and a range of other media. Spaulding draws inspiration from her large, home flower garden. For this painter, flowers provide a ready subject and a chance to explore the wide range of color and shape they naturally offer.
“Talk About Art” is free and open to the public.
“In Bloom,” an exhibition of floral paintings and sculpture, continues through May 17. The GAAC is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., and noon – 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, please call (231)334-6112

Art in Bloom History Talk Lunch
2018-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Art lecturer Linda Young explores how artist have depicted flowers in paintings throughout the history of Western Art in “Art In Bloom,” a Brown Bag BYO art history talk on April 18, at Noon at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
“Art In Bloom” is a lunch hour talk. Young will highlight paintings from the early Renaissance to contemporary times, with stops along the way to view work by the Dutch Masters, Monet and the Impressionists, as well as Georgia O’Keeffe, Miriam Shapiro, and Andy Warhol. Young’s talk will include a gallery tour of works in the GAAC’s “In Bloom,” an exhibition of floral paintings and sculptures by five local artists.
Linda Young, a Glen Arbor resident, was director of Museum Education at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts for 20 years. She has presented art history lectures and docent trainings in museums and art center throughout the Midwest.
Seats for “Art In Bloom” are $10/GAAC members, and $15/non-members. Reservations may be made on-line, at the GAAC website, www.glenarborart.org/lectures/. “In Bloom” continues through May 17. The GAAC is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 2p.m., and noon – 4 p.m. on Sundays. For information, please call 231/334-6112

Talk about Art: Manitou Winds
2018-04-22 12:00 - 15:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
The Manitou Winds bring song and good conversation to the Glen Arbor Art Association on Sunday, April 22, 2 p.m. in the next installment in the GAAC’s “Talk About Art” series. Leelanau County musician Norm Wheeler leads the conversation with the members of this chamber music group. The event is free and open to the public.
Founded in May 2014, the Manitou Winds is a versatile chamber ensemble, which doesn’t confine itself to performing solely as a wind quintet. The group often explores unexpected genres, and spotlights new or obscure composers. Norm Wheeler will engage members of the group in conversation about their collaborative process, and explore how these working musicians integrate their lives with their art. Time is always
left for questions from the audience.
Seating is limited. Doors open at noon.
For more information, please go to the GAAC website, glenarborart.org

Talk about Art: "Forest Flowers" "In Bloom"
2018-05-06 14:00 - 15:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
As part of the “In Bloom” exhibition, the Glen Arbor Arts Center [GAAC] goes into the woods to talk about “Forest Flowers” with Glen Arbor artists and sisters Beth Bricker and Cherrie Bricker Stege on Sunday, May 6, 2 p.m. at the next “Talk About Art” conversation.
In the 1980s the Brickers and their mother, the late Ananda Bricker, created porcelain sculptures of local woodland flowers known as “Forest Flowers.” They were exhibited throughout the Midwest, and at the Smithsonian Museum, and became the basis for a home- and art-based business that supported three families. Along the way, the Brickers found a way to translate their deep love of this area’s flora into an object of beauty. A selection of “Forest Flowers” are part of the “In Bloom,” an exhibition of flower paintings and sculptures by five local artists.
“Talk About Art” is free and open to the public. “In Bloom” continues through May 17. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., in Glen Arbor. It is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., and noon – 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, please call 231/334-6112, or go to the GAAC website, www.glenarborart.org

Artist in Residence: Brenna K Murphy
2018-05-17 19:30 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
After a year’s hiatus for construction, the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Artist-in- Residence [AIR] program resumes in May. Ann Arbor resident Brenna K. Murphy is the GAAC’s first resident in 2018. During her residency, Murphy will create an installation honoring the memory of a late friend. This piece, which will be documented, is an extension of the work she has done toward her MFA at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art, and is inspired by the creation myth of the Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Murphy will share highlights from her residency on Thursday, May 17, 7:30 pm at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, go to: GlenArborArt.org

Center Gallery Artist Reception: Barbara Cochran and Margie Guyot
2018-05-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Center Gallery hosts an artists’ reception to open its first exhibition of the 2018 season on Friday, May 25, 6-8 p.m. at the gallery: 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A celebration of the region’s rural life — as seen by painters Barbara Cochran and Margie Guyot — launches Center Gallery’s 2018 season.
Cochran lives on a Leelanau County cider apple farm. Her oil paintings reflect the view outside her studio window, and celebrate the pastoral beauty of her home county. Although the region is best known for its beaches and lakes, Cochran chooses to zero in on farmstead life — from its fruits and vegetables to its farmyard creatures.
Guyot is well known for her atmospheric depictions of farms and fields found along the iconic backroads in Antrim Country, her home base. She also works in oil, and paints en plein air, a technique that challenges the painter to record scenes quickly and on the spot. Center Gallery’s opening exhibition continues through June 28. For more information and Spring gallery hours go to: www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com

Artist In Residence: Stephanie Craig
2018-05-31 19:30 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
After a year’s hiatus for construction, the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Artist-in- Residence [AIR] program resumes in May. This program of working residencies was established in the 1990s, and now attracts applicants from throughout the United States. Ohio resident Stephanie Craig works with clay, and will be using her May 20 – June 2 residency to prepare for an upcoming exhibition, “Crafting a Safe Home,” at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus, Ohio.
At the end of each residency, the artist-resident makes a public presentation at the GAAC, and talks about the work accomplished during this two-week stay. Craig’s talk is Thursday, May 31, 7:30 pm at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St. Glen Arbor. The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, please go to: GlenArborArt.org

GAAC Artist Reception, New Views: Water
2018-06-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Water surrounds us in Northern Michigan. And the Glen Arbor Arts Center looks to the Big Lake, the streams, wetlands and ponds for a “New View: Water = Life = Art,” an exhibition
running June 1 – August 4 in the GAAC gallery, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
An artist’s reception to open “New Views: Water” is Saturday, June 9, 6 – 8 pm. The public is welcome.
New Views: Water is a juried exhibition of 2-D and 3-D work that offers an interpretative exploration of the many ways in which we intersect with water: ecologically, economically, creatively, through the lens of tourism, as a contributor to regional identity, and the basis for a dynamic and enduring creation myth symbolized by a mother bear and her cubs. In addition to the exhibition, New Views: Water offers a full complement of programs that approach the exhibition’s theme from a range of different directions.
For more information go to the GAAC website, www.glenarborart.org, or call 231/334-6112.

Artist in Residence: Kramer Elwell
2018-06-14 19:30 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
After a year’s hiatus for construction, the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Artist-in-Residence [AIR] program resumes in 2018. Composer Kramer Elwell comes to Glen Arbor from Washington State in June to participate in the AIR program. During his residency, Elwell will complete a series of recordings based on sounds collected in Glen Arbor that will be part of his composition “Spectromisms.”
Elwell will share highlights from his residency on Thursday, June 14, 7:30 pm at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, go to: GlenArborArt.org

Talk about Art: The Lake Michigan Mermaid
2018-06-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Two Michigan poets have cast Lake Michigan as the setting for a new telling of an ancient struggle in the The Lake Michigan Mermaid. Poets Linda Nemec Foster of Grand Rapids, and Anne-Marie Oomen of Empire created an epic poem in book form about coming of age in a troubled world. They read from their 2018 work and talk about the process of collaboratively crafting this tale on Friday, June 15 at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. This author reading and interview begins at 7 pm.
Accompanied by Meridith Ridl’s illustrations, The Lake Michigan Mermaid explores family relationships and generational bonds. The book was crafted over a decade of back-and- forth emails between Foster and Oomen, of their drafts poems and ideas. GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal will talk with the poets about this process. The Lake Michigan Mermaid reading is offered at no charge as part of the GAAC’s exhibition “New Views: Water = Life = Art,” which continues through August 4 in the GAAC gallery. For more information go to GlenArborArt.org

Sprout Kids Art Station at M22 Glen Arbor
2018-06-26 09:30 - 11:30 | M22 Glen Arbor, Western Ave W Western Ave, Glen Arbor, Michigan, 49636
Sprout: Nourishing young minds through art & nature.
Tuesdays in the Summer, outside at M22 Glen Arbor, there will be a Kids Art Station from 6/26 – 8/14 from 9:30 – 11:30. Come Create with us! $15 for 3 take-home items. The kids can create, while you get to shop!
For this event info, you may visit: sproutnatureandart.wordpress.com

Center Gallery | Exhibition and Sundown Reception
2018-06-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Painter Robert Ross likes “to paint ordinary, often overlooked scenes and subjects.” Ross takes viewers on a tour of these places and things in an exhibition of new work at
Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
The show opens Friday, June 29 with a 6pm – sundown reception, and continues through Thursday, July 5.
Born and raised in Michigan, Ross now lives in Florida and makes annual visits to northern Michigan to renew his relationship with the local landscape. “My theme is the ongoing visual conversation between the abandoned farm buildings and surrounding fields, hills, trees and sky in the Port Oneida district of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,” he said. “The classic shapes of these sentinels from the past are altered subtly by changing light and weather, giving them a sense of mystery and movement.” Ross works in oil paint, and combines plein air studies with studio work.
For more information and Spring gallery hours go to www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com, or call 231-334-3179

Margo Burian artist reception & exhibition
2018-07-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
For her 11th consecutive solo show at Center Gallery in Glen Arbor, Maple City painter Margo Burian breaks with her tradition of landscape painting, and for the first time shows a group of mixed media abstracted paintings on panel. This exhibition of new works opens Friday, July 6 with a 6 p.m. reception.
Burian has traditionally worked in oil paint. In these new works, she explores water- based media including acrylic paint, graphite, collage, and image transfer. “The paintings are deeply layered and consist of multiple sessions in the studio,” she said. “They’re derived from a combination of observation, memory, sketch, and photo reference. Often times the original image becomes lost in the layering process until it becomes a separate image onto itself.”
Center Gallery’s show of work by Margo Burian continues through July 12.
Center Gallery is open daily 11 am – 5 pm. For more information go to www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com, or call 231-334-3179

Seeking Van Gogh: Artist Reception
2018-07-11 17:00 - 19:00 | City Opera House, 106 E. Front Street, Traverse City, MI, 49684, United States
Opening Reception is Wednesday, 11 July from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Admission is free. Sales benefit the City Opera House.
Nine artists will display over 100 pieces of work in oil, watercolor, pastel, and acrylic. A special feature is “Seeking Van Gogh.” Each artist has painted a local view as Van Gogh would have painted it.
City Opera House presents the Magic Thursday Artists Summer Art Show and Sale. The show will be during July and August, Monday thru Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the historic City Opera House, 106 E. Front Street, Traverse City.

Joseph Lombardo | Artist Reception & Exhibition
2018-07-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Ohio painter Joseph Lombardo revisits some of his favorite and signature motifs — Glen Arbor night scenes, Lake Michigan beaches, and up-close looks at some of the region’s historic barns — in his next show at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The exhibition opens Friday, July 13 with a 6 p.m. reception.
“Most of the subjects in my painting are local, and within walking distance of Center Gallery,” Lombardo said. Lombardo paints in oil and in a rapid-fire style that fuses plein air immediacy with some follow-up in his studio. He teaches at several Ohio colleges including the Columbus College of Art and Design.
Center Gallery’s show of work by Joseph Lombardo continues through Thursday, July 19.
Center Gallery is open daily 11 am – 5 pm. For more information go to www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com, or call 231-334-3179

Glen Lake Woman’s Club Art Fair | 47th Annual
2018-07-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Glen Arbor Township Hall
The 47th ANNUAL GLEN LAKE WOMAN’S CLUB ART FAIR is scheduled for JULY 18th, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Art Fair 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: Ruthy Bolton at (231)326-5644 and glwcartfair@gmail.com or Art Fair Application/Info

The Art of Water with Hank Feeley
2018-07-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Artists have been inspired by H2O since its first surprising visualization in the prehistoric African Sahara. Artist Hank Feeley springboards off of this history and into “The Art of Water in 28 ½ Minutes,” July 19, 11 am in the Glen Arbor Arts Center gallery, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Cost of the presentation is $10 GAAC members and $15 non-members.
In a lively and fast-pace presentation, Feeley explores how artists have invoked the water muse as symbolic of such human concerns as life, immortality, purification/cleansing, passage/transport, revitalization/refreshment, destruction and, of course, beauty. This wide- ranging presentation will cover prehistoric visualizations of water, painting from Leonardo to today’s David Hockney, sculpture from Bernini to Jaume Plensa, installation art, water as a physical material, architecture, water inspired music and dance, digital art, poetry, performance art, and video and film.
Feeley is an author, painter, and sculptor whose second book Painting the Joy of Sleeping Bear County was published in 2016. He is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Harvard Business School. “The Art of Water in 28 ½ Minutes” is offered as part of the GAAC’s exhibition “New Views: Water = Life = Art,” which continues through August 4. For more information or to register, go to: GlenArborArt.org

Lynn Uhlmann | Artist Reception & Exhibition
2018-07-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Leelanau County painter Lynn Uhlmann sees the forest, and the trees, and it’s all there on her canvases. Uhlmann returns to Center Gallery in Glen Arbor for a show of her favorite subject, Northern Michigan’s woods, July 20 – 26. A reception to open this show is Friday, July 20, 6 pm – sundown in the gallery at 6023 S. Lake St.
“I see my work to be a series with trees as the main subject of my paintings,” said Uhlmann. who works in both gouache and oil paint. “For the past 10 years I have returned to my favorite Leelanau County landscapes to paint. These familiar scenes evolve each time I paint them. Changes in various times of day, weather and seasons provide endless possibilities for painting. Each time I go out I observe something new.”
Center Gallery is open daily 11 am – 5 pm. For more information go to www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com, or call 231-334-3179

Michael Lowery | Artist Reception & Exhibition
2018-07-27 18:00 - 19:00
Grand Ledge artist Michael Lowery returns to Leelanau County with a new body of watercolor paintings on July 27 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor. An artist’s reception is scheduled from 6pm – sundown on Friday, July 27. The exhibition continues through August 2.
Lowery approaches the genre of landscape painting from an architectural, narrative perspective. He has built a body of evocative work that celebrates old homesteads — the porches, the
laundry line of clothes drying in the sun, the crows perched on the roof top. All the signs of farm life are there, even if the artist chooses to suggest their presence through other, subtle symbols.
Center Gallery is open daily 11 am – 5 pm. For more information go to www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com, or call 231-334-3179

Plein Art Weekend SUNDOWNER
2018-08-02 20:00 - 22:30 | Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 9922 Front Street, Empire, MI, 49630, United States
Plein Art Weekend: SUNDOWNER | Thursday, August 2 at sunset – 8 – 10:30 pm
The kick-off event of the 10th annual Plein Art Weekend is the Sundowner – a challenging painting opportunity that features artists capturing the beauty and awe of the sunset over Glen Lake and Lake Michigan. In true plein air fashion, more than 50 artists will be painting the setting sun from 8 pm until last light along beaches from Glen Haven to Port Oneida, and Inspiration Point. Come watch artists meet the demanding challenge of capturing a northern Michigan spectacular sunset. This Sundowner is a weather-permitting event.
Sundowner paintings will be on view at the Quick Sale, Friday August 3, 5 – 6:30 pm at the Glen Arbor Town Hall, 6394 W. Western Avenue/M-22, Glen Arbor. The exhibit and sale are open to the public. For more information please go to: GlenArborArt.org

Artist reception, Home + Table show
2018-08-03 18:00 - 20:00
Center Gallery hosts its annual Home + Table Show Aug. 3 – 9 at the gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A reception to open this group show is Friday, Aug. 3, 6 – 8 pm.
Home is where the art is, and Home + Table celebrates artist-made objects for the abode – artisan cutting boards, ceramic tableware, hand-built cottage furniture and woven objects. Grand Rapids painter Holly Sturges returns to Center Gallery with oil paintings of fruit and vegetables. The exhibition features work by studio artists represented by Lake Street Studios, and invited friends. A list of exhibitors is at www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com.
Center Gallery is open daily 11 am – 5 pm. For more information go to www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com, or call 231-334-3179

Plein Air Weekend | Paint Out + ART SALE
2018-08-04 17:30 - 19:30 | Glen Arbor Township Hall
Paint Out Event and Sale: Saturday, August 4 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the Glen Arbor Township Hall.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 10 annual Plein Air Weekend culminates with the main event, the Paint Out event and sale on Saturday, August 4.
Sixty-five artists vied early to be included in this all-day painting event. On-line registration for this event opened in mid-March, and closed in 90 minutes the same day it opened. Paintings created during the August 4 Paint Out are brought to the Glen Arbor Town Hall, 6394 W. Western Avenue/M-22, mid-afternoon, and an evening viewing and sale runs from 5:30 – 7:30pm. The paintings are complemented by an appetizer/wine reception. Over 100 works of art will be exhibited, and offered on sale on a first-come basis (at the sound of a gong). Frankfort studio artist Ellie Harold will judge and award cash prizes for the best paintings. A People’s
Choice Award will also be given.
Tickets for the Paint Out show and sale are $15 if paid before August 1, and $20 at the door. For more information or to reserve tickets, go to: GlenArborArt.org, or call 231/334-6112

Center Gallery: Judith Tummino artist reception
2018-08-10 18:00 - 20:00
Painter Judith Tummino puts her love for Leelanau’s landscape on display Aug. 10 – 16 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A reception for Tummino, a passionate plein air painter, is Friday, Aug. 10, 6 – 8 pm in the gallery.
“Nature, particularly trees and seascapes are central to my work,” said Tummino, a resident of Lowell, Michigan. “I have a love for the preservation of the beauty of nature. The paintings completed in the Sleeping Bear Dunes and other parts of Leelanau County sometimes depict highly defined shadows which attempt to lead the viewer back into the space.” Tummino works in oil and gouache paints.
Center Gallery is open daily 11 am – 5 pm. For more information go to www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com, or call 231-334-3179.

Center Gallery: Artist reception for Linda Beeman
2018-08-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios
Linda Beeman looks “at nature through the eyes of mokuhanga” — an ancient form of Japanese woodblock printing. And what the artists sees will be on display Aug. 17 – 30 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A artist’s reption to open the exhibition is Friday, Aug. 17, 6 – 8 pm.
Beeman keeps mokuhanga alive and well in her studio practice, and adheres to the traditions that have carried through the centuries and make this an expressive approach to depicting the natural world. “ Each print is the cumulative process of hand carving, hand painting and hand printing,” said Beeman, a resident of Owosso, Michigan. “They are not copies.” Instead, each print Beeman makes is pulled by hand without any mechanical help.
Center Gallery is open daily 11 am – 5 pm. For more information go to www.lakestreetstudiosglenarbor.com, or call 231-334-3179.
