• Coffee with the Authors: An Artist’s Pilgrimage

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

    Frankfort painter Ellie Harold traveled to Paris in 2022, a pilgrimage to view an exhibition of paintings by Impressionist Claude Monet and Abstract Expressionist Joan Mitchell. The souvenirs from that trip weren’t T-shirts and tote bags, but questions, including: What does it mean to be a “real” artist? Harold explores that question in the resulting

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  • Open House: Grateful Gathering

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

    New to the 2024 Small Works exhibit is a preview week, November 1 - 7, for leisurely online or in-gallery perusal of the exhibition. Small Works objects will be ready for acquisition during the Grateful Gathering open house on November 8, 6 - 8 pm. Enjoy music, refreshments, and morsels while perusing the exhibit, and the pop-up holiday store.

  • “The Sky Is Always There” – Exhibit Opening Reception

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

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center looks overhead with its first exhibit of 2025, The Sky Is Always There. This juried exhibit opens January 10 with a reception, 5-8 pm in the gallery. The Sky Is Always There is an exhibition that moves beyond direct representation, beyond portraits of puffy clouds. Applicants were asked to consider

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  • Gallery Walk and Talk: Two New Exhibits

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

    Take a stroll through the GAAC’s current exhibits, The Sky Is Aways There and Reflections In Water. Join in a conversational discussion of the exhibitions with Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC Gallery Manager. FREE. Enjoy both exhibits in person and online here: https://glenarborart.org/exhibits/

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  • Gallery Walk and Talk: Two New Exhibits

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

    Take a stroll through the GAAC’s current exhibits, The Sky Is Aways There and Reflections In Water. Join in a conversational discussion of the exhibitions with Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC Gallery Manager. FREE. Enjoy both exhibits in person and online here: https://glenarborart.org/exhibits/

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  • Artist in Residence Talk: Jodie Chilcote

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

    Spring Arbor, Michigan printmaker Jodie Chilcote will carve out time in June to create a series of woodblock prints – illustrations for a children’s book that are the focus of Chilcote’s two-week artist’s residency with the Glen Arbor Arts Center. She’ll share work and stories from the residency at a presentation on June 12, 10

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  • Late Night Fridays and Manitou Music

    Late Night Fridays and Manitou Music

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

    PRESS RELEASE Contact: Scott Bouma Executive Director Glen Arbor Arts Center 231/334-6112 [email protected] The Glen Arbor Arts Center is keeping the lights on a little longer on Friday nights. Late Night Fridays and Manitou Music bring the B-Side Growlers back to the GAAC Front Porch on June 27, 5-7 pm. This “tradition-inspired, toe-tapping fired” acoustic

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  • Artist’s Interview: Inside The Outside

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

    PRESS RELEASE Contact: Scott Bouma Executive Director Glen Arbor Arts Center 231 334-6112 [email protected] Artist’s Interview: Inside The Outside Inside The Outside is a new exhibition of work by Traverse City painter Justin Shull. This group of five digital paintings are on the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Outdoor Gallery. Shull and Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery

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  • Late Night Fridays and Manitou Music

    Late Night Fridays and Manitou Music

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

    PRESS RELEASE Contact: Scott Bouma Executive Director Glen Arbor Arts Center 231/334-6112 [email protected] The Glen Arbor Arts Center is keeping the lights on a little longer on Friday nights. Late Night Fridays and Manitou Music bring the B-Side Growlers back to the GAAC Front Porch on June 27, 5-7 pm. This “tradition-inspired, toe-tapping fired” acoustic

    Free
  • Late Night Fridays and Manitou Music

    Late Night Fridays and Manitou Music

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

    PRESS RELEASE Contact: Scott Bouma Executive Director Glen Arbor Arts Center 231/334-6112 [email protected] The Glen Arbor Arts Center is keeping the lights on a little longer on Friday nights. Late Night Fridays and Manitou Music bring the B-Side Growlers back to the GAAC Front Porch on June 27, 5-7 pm. This “tradition-inspired, toe-tapping fired” acoustic

    Free
  • Glen Arbor Arts Center Presents Youth Plein Air Month in July

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

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Scott Bouma Executive Director / Glen Arbor Arts Center (231) 334-6112 [email protected] Glen Arbor Arts Center Presents Youth Plein Air Month in July GLEN ARBOR, Mich. — Throughout July, the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s new Youth Plein Air Month will invite children ages 6–12 to step outside, paint in the open

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