Like many creatives before her, Ohio artist Rachel Mentzer finds inspiration in the Leelanau Peninsula. During her Glen Arbor Arts Center artist residency Mentzer will look to the “light, textures, and forms of the Sleeping Bear Dunes” to create a series of intaglio collagraph printing plates. Mentzer will describe her process, and show examples of
Mel Benkert’s creative focus is bookmaking. During her Glen Arbor Arts Center artist’s residency Benkert – a resident of Minnesota – will advance a current book project to its next phase, she said. Benkert will describe her process, and show examples of her residential work during a public presentation September 3, 10 am at the
During her Glen Arbor Arts Center artist’s residency Honore Lee will create a series of shoreline and Sleeping Bear Dunes studies – field research and documentation that will be translated into a larger, mixed media work. Lee, a Grand Haven resident, will share vignettes and work from her plein air investigations during a public presentation
Weaver Lynn Bennett-Carpenter’s artist-residency with the Glen Arbor Arts Center is all about handwork. During her residency, she’ll set aside her camera and, instead, log the sights and sounds of Leelanau County she’ll gather for a new project through drawing and writing. Bennett-Carpenter will share examples of her residential work during a public presentation October
