How do artists think, work, and practice? Those questions are explored during Creativity Q+A LIVE, a series of conversations with Northern Michigan artists at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. On April 23, 1 pm Leelanau County artist Angela Saxon talks about her practice with Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager. The program is free. No reservations
All five panels from the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 2022 Outdoor Gallery exhibition will be available for acquisition. The GAAC is holding an online auction April 25 - 27. The 5-foot square artworks are reproductions of original, acrylic paintings by Carrie Hensel, the Ann Arbor, Michigan, winner of the 2022 Outdoor Gallery competition. Online bidding
Pianist Tyler Faruzzi brings music to the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Main Gallery on April 28 for a lunch hour twofer: his take on some pop standards with the GAAC’s SWIMMING exhibition as the backdrop. The one-hour casual concert begins at noon. It’s open to the public at no charge. Faruzzi, 18, is a senior
Raion Taiko makes it Manitou Music debut on Saturday, April 29, at 7 pm at the Glen Lake School’s indoor auditorium. Glen Lake School is located at 3375 W Burdickville Rd, Maple City. Feel the heartbeat of the drums pulsing with the moving spirit of the Midwest Taiko arts ensemble Raion Taiko’s “sound of thunder
Ohio writer Nathan Lipps will use his Glen Arbor Arts Center artist’s residency to take a deeper dive into a manuscript-in-progress, a group of poems titled Seiche. The term “seiche” refers to an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs on large bodies of water – such Lake Michigan – that causes severe oscillation of the water. Lipps
Glen Arbor Arts Center Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal leads a conversational walking tour of the SWIMMING and The Birds Are Watching exhibits, May 13, 11 am. The Walk + Talk is free. No reservations are required. During this one-hour program, Bearup-Neal talks about how the exhibiting artists interpreted the SWIMMING exhibition’s theme, both literally and
Community members are invited to free, hands-on workshops on May 13 and 20 at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, from 2:30 - 4:20 pm. Two pop-up classes invite families and individuals to learn about Antoni Gaudi, the Catalan architect and designer known for Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church. Participants will be introduced to Gaudi’s style and
How do artists think, work, and practice? Those questions are explored during Creativity Q+A LIVE, a series of conversations with Northern Michigan artists at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. On May 14, 1 pm Leelanau County artist Scott Lankton talks about his practice with Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager. The program is free. No reservations
Marquette, Michigan, artist JoAnn Deuel Shelby will use her Glen Arbor Arts Center residency to document Leelanau County plant biomes – their biological communities – and then contrast them with those native to the Upper Peninsula. Shelby’s investigations will be used to create eco-printed papers and fabrics that allow her to interpret and illustrate changes
Coffee With The Authors is a live, conversational interview with local and regional authors about the writing craft and process. The series kicks off May 27, 11 am at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. Traverse City Record-Eagle journalist, essayist, and author Mardi Jo Link is in conversation about memoir writing with Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery
Pennsylvania artist Ruth Trok will use her Glen Arbor Arts Center residency to produce a body of porcelain pots and vessels that explore the interaction between native and invasive species in Leelanau County. Trok, a ceramist, will talk about her project during a public presentation June 9, noon, at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St.,
An annual tradition returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center. Members Create, an exhibition showcasing GAAC members’ talent, opens in the GAAC Main Gallery with a reception June 9, 5- 8 pm. The exhibit features the work of 49 current members, in an array of work: 2D + 3D media including: clay, collage, fiber, mixed
