Painter Patricia Schaefer will discuss a new series of paintings that explore the human body and bodies of water she plans to create as part of her 2019 artist’s residency with the Glen Arbor Arts Center. The presentation is August 30, noon at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Each of the GAAC’s
Glen Arbor Arts Center September 13 - November 7, 2019. Come celebrate Fiber Without Borders, a juried exhibition of 2D and 3D work exploring fiber materials in fresh, original ways. A reception to launch the exhibition is Friday, September 13, 6-8 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor. A
Sunday, September 15 | 9:30 am Yarn bombs are set to drop on the Glen Arbor Arts Center on Sunday, September 15, 9:30 am. Volunteers are needed to help install hand-knit “bombs” on trees in the GAAC’s backyard grove as part of the upcoming exhibition “Fiber Without Borders,” a juried exhibition of contemporary fiber art.
Sunday, September 29 | 2 pm Before big box retailers and the omnipresence of factory-manufactured clothing, people made clothes by hand. Two local artisans have taken up the mantle of slow fashion, and are creating garments and hats one piece at a time. They’ll talk about their studio work and show their wares at the
The Glen Arbor Arts Center celebrates the holidays with Small Works, an exhibition of original art that opens Friday, November 15th. This holiday show features art work 12” x 12” and smaller, all priced at $150 or less. A 6 pm reception launches the show. Small Works continues through December 18. The Glen Arbor Arts
The Glen Arbor Arts Center will host a "Glen Arbor Holiday Open House" on Thursday, December 5th from 4-6pm. You're invited to shop for a 100 works of local art for sale under $150. Enjoy holiday music with a hand bell choir, create family crafts, and savor food and drinks!
The Glen Arbor Arts Center injects COLOR into the new year with an exhibition celebrating chroma, hue, tone, tint and value by 29 artists. COLOR opens Friday, January 10, 2020 with a reception from 6 - 8 pm in the gallery. Color – both the thing and the idea – is more than a seasonal picker-upper. COLOR exhibitors explore how
The Glen Arbor Arts Center welcomes Brian Zimmerman, a third-generation landscaper from Traverse City, to discuss ways to bring more color to home gardens with native plants and pollinator-friendly blooms. Color In The Garden takes place Sunday, January 19, 2 pm in the GAAC gallery. Native plant are those that occur naturally in a region in which
A Short History of Color in Painting Wednesday, February 12 | Noon Art educator Linda Young traces how artists have used color -- from the luscious pigments used by 16th century Renaissance artists to the color-drenched canvasses of the 1960s Color Field painters – on Wednesday, February 12 at the Glen Arbor Arts Center,
CURTAIN UP! PARALLEL 45 THEATRE PERFORMS The Thanksgiving Play AT GAAC Parallel 45 Theatre performs a staged reading of The Thanksgiving Play, a contemporary, comedic satire about the beloved national holiday, February 13, 7:30 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. This encore performance is followed by a community talk-back session
GALLERY TALK: A ‘COLOR’ TOUR Art educator Linda Young leads a conversational tour of COLOR, an exhibition of 2D and 3D color art work on February 29, 2 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. There is no charge. Using selected works from the COLOR exhibition as examples, Young will
This challenging painting event features artists capturing the beauty and awe of the sunset over Glen Lake and Lake Michigan. Artists work quickly to capture the setting sun (Weather permitting). These paintings will be on view and for purchase on Friday evening sale at the Glen Arbor Town Hall. Admission is Free. The 12th year
