• GAAC OUTDOOR GALLERY | CALL FOR ENTRIES

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions for its 2021 Outdoor Gallery. The exhibition space is the south and west exterior walls of the GAAC’s building at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Original work by a single artist will be selected by a jury, and exhibited from May 2021 to April 2022. Deadline

  • Small Works

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center celebrates the holidays with Small Works, an exhibition of original art – painting, photography, fiber, mixed media, jewelry and more. The exhibition opens November 13. It features art work 12” x 12” and smaller, all priced at $150 or less. Exhibitors are: Jill Ault, Kimberly K. Bazemore, Sue Bowerman, Mark

    Free
  • Enter An Ornament!

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    We are inviting all business, organizations, community members, and visitor to create an ornament for our outdoor, community tree. On Saturday, December 5 we will light the path from Lake Street to GAAC and present our community tree. The tree will remain lit for the season. Stroll by throughout the holiday season to take a

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  • Light Up Glen Arbor

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    A Community Project at GAAC Come one, come all! Help light up our corner of Glen Arbor for the holidays. The Glen Arbor Arts Center will be lighting up its neck of the woods and you are invited to participate. On Saturday, December 5 we will light the path from Lake Street to GAAC and

    Free
  • You Are T/HERE

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    Glen Arbor Arts Center January 15 – March 25, 2021 The Glen Arbor Arts Center begins 2021 with You Are T/Here, an exhibition that asks exhibitors to visually explore and describe what their own, personal “here” or “there” looks like. What IS “t/here”? Is it a concept? An ideal? An abstraction? Or, a real place?

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  • Exhibit: Joan Richmond | Paper + Scissors + Glue = New Collages

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    Traverse City artist Joan Richmond exhibits collages at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. Paper + Scissors + Glue = New Collages, an exhibition of 12 new works, is on display in the GAAC Lobby Gallery January 15 – April 22, 2021. Richmond is more widely known for her distinctive, spare gouache paintings depicting land- and

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  • Exhibit: Joan Richmond | Paper + Scissors + Glue = New Collages

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    Traverse City artist Joan Richmond exhibits collages at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. Paper + Scissors + Glue = New Collages, an exhibition of 12 new works, is on display in the GAAC Lobby Gallery January 15 – April 22, 2021. Paper + Scissors + Glue = New Collages may be viewed on-line, too. Go

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  • Plein Air Weekend – Registration

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 12th Plein Air Weekend is scheduled for August 6 - 7, 2021. Northern Michigan’s premier painting weekend, featuring artists from throughout Michigan and the Midwest, is Glen Arbor Arts Center's largest fundraiser. This popular alfresco event takes place throughout Glen Arbor and Empire. Returning in 2021 are the August 6

  • Mini Masterpieces

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s annual Mini Masterpieces outdoor exhibit returns in April. These tiny works will be hung on trees along the GAAC’s gravel walkway from Lake Street to the gallery and in the GAAC’s Grove behind the building. This self-guided experience begins on April 26 and runs through May 26. Mini Masterpieces are

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  • Outdoor Gallery Panel Auction

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    All five panels from the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s inaugural Outdoor Gallery exhibition are now available for acquisition. The GAAC is holding an online auction April 28-30, 2021. The 5-foot square artworks are reproductions of original, acrylic paintings by Empire artist Mark Mehaffey, winner of the 2020 Outdoor Gallery competition. There are two options for

  • A CELEBRATION: THE PAINTINGS OF AMY L. CLARK-CARELS

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center celebrates Amy L. Clark-Carels’s love of watercolor painting in a small exhibition of work May 3 - August 31. This exhibition, a visual remembrance, is the GAAC’s second Lobby Gallery exhibit of 2021. It will also be viewable on the GAAC website beginning May 3. Carels’s long, loving history with

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  • Mini Masterpieces

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s annual Mini Masterpieces outdoor exhibit is on display. Over 100 tiny works have been hung on trees along the GAAC’s gravel walkway from Lake Street to the gallery and in the GAAC’s Grove behind the building. This self-guided experience runs through May 26. Mini Masterpieces are 3 x 3” canvases

    Free