Please join us for something new and different during this unusual summer. This August, 55 artists will participate in a special, invitation-only event for the Glen Arbor Arts Center. On August 1 and August 2, these talented artists will each create one or two works from wherever they happen to be: here in Leelanau County
The GAAC parking lot becomes a pop-up gallery and demonstration site. An opportunity to watch studio artists demonstrating how they work and create – part of the 6ft Apart Art series. They’ll be showing some wares, too. Come meet, talk and watch. Free. Participating artists are: Margo Burian, painter. Acrylic painting. John Huston, potter. John
The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions of original paintings for its 2021 Manitou Music poster competition. The deadline for on-line submissions is September 17. This call-for-submissions is open to all current GAAC members. There is no application fee. Each year, the GAAC selects an original painting for this limited edition poster. It is
Glen Lake Chamber Members are invited! Please join us for the Annual Meeting, online via Zoom on Thursday, Sept. 10th from 5:30 - 6:30pm EST. Link to join the Zoom Meeting: https://cherryrepublic.zoom.us/j/7816053406 Annual Meeting Agenda · Introduction of current Directors and Officers · Co-Presidents update on projects and plans since fall, 2019, including the new
Glen Arbor Arts Center Exhibits Take On Coronavirus, Contemporary Times EXHIBIT: POWER TOOLS EXHIBIT: ART IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS | A POSTCARD RESPONSE September 11 – November 5, 2020 The Glen Arbor Arts Center explores the upheaval that characterizes contemporary times in two, new exhibitions beginning September 11. Power Tools is a multifaceted, juried
Pop-Up Exhibition + Artist Demos Saturday, September 19, 10 am – 2 pm | Rain Date: Sunday, September 20 FALL OUT!, a pop-up gallery and day of artists demonstrations, takes place at the Glen Arbor Arts Center on September 19, 10 am – 2 pm. The Pop-Up Exhibition + Artist Demo is an opportunity to
Video Lecture: The Power of Art in 28 1/2 Minutes Viewable on-line September 20 – November 7, 2020 “Any form of art is a form of power. It has impact. It can affect change. It not only moves us, it makes us move.” Ozzie Davis Studio artist Hank Feeley returns with another lecture in his
Video Lecture: Creative Resistance – Political Art + Craftivism Viewable on-line September 20 – November 7, 2020 Politics – past and present – provide ample fodder for creative inspiration. Sarah Bearup-Neal, Glen Arbor Arts Center gallery manager, surveys some of these powerful examples during a slide lecture. Tickets for this on-line program are $10 GAAC
Shop small and eat local at Glen Arbor retailers and restaurants during the month of October. Cumulative receipts that that total in $350 or more, collected in an envelope, may be entered into a drawing to receive $100 in Glen Arbor Bucks.
Personal Power Tools Karen Anderson returns to the GAAC to explore how the arts give us tools for expressing our power in “Personal Power Tools” October 14, 10 am – noon. In this workshop, students will engage in discussion and visit the “Power Tools” exhibition to discover how it enlarges one’s vision of personal power.
Glen Arbor Pumpkin Festival NOTICE: this event has been cancelled due to covid with the plan to resume in 2021 Saturday, October 24th, 2020 | 12 – 3pm A fun, family friendly celebration of fall, the 4th Saturday in October. Held outdoors at the Glen Arbor Township Park, located at the corner of M-22 &
NOTICE: For the safety of businesses and participants, Trick or Treating downtown Glen Arbor is cancelled for this year with the hope of resuming next year.
