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By Hand Project

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

Human hands with their dexterous, opposable thumbs have allowed us to innovate, to use tools, to become nimble, skillful, creative, and artful makers. The Glen Arbor Arts Center By Hand project is a consideration of the myriad ways in which the human hand is intrinsic to creative work; and a demonstration of what human hands

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Coffee with the Authors: The Letter League

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

Coffee With The Authors is a live, conversational interview with local and regional authors about the craft and process of writing. The 2024 series kicks off April 6, 1 am at the Glen Arbor Arts Center with Heather Spooner, owner of Ampersand Lettering Lab, an art and hand lettering business in Traverse City. Spooner will

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Architecture BY HAND

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

In an age of machine dominance, the Glen Arbor Arts Center celebrates the human hand in its By Hand project. On April 13, Traverse City architect Ken Richmond, and Steve Stier, a Benzie County resident who is an expert in historic barn restoration, talk about the relevance of hand work in the creation of contemporary

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Music BY HAND

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

The Glen Arbor Arts Center celebrates human handwork in its By Hand project. On April 20, musicians Martha Meek and Laura Hood will talk about the value and joy of making music by hand. Meek is the director of the Martha Meek Music Studio in Suttons Bay. Hood teaches music, and chairs The Leelanau School

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AI + The Arts: Just A Tool?

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

The Glen Arbor Arts Center celebrates human handwork in a time of machine dominance in its By Hand project. On May 4, the GAAC will host a panel discussion of generative artificial intelligence , and its incursion into the arts. Visual artists Randy Melick, Tim Nielsen, Rufus Snoddy, and writer Bob Butz will talk about

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Coffee with the Authors: Brittany Cavallaro

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

Coffee With The Authors is a live, conversational interview with local and regional authors about the craft and process of writing at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. On May 18 Brittany Cavallaro, the author of seven Young Adult novels, explains this stand-alone genre, and how she approaches it. Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager, leads the

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Coffee with the Authors: Jennifer Sperry Steinorth

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

Coffee With The Authors is a live, conversational interview with local and regional authors about the craft and process of writing. On August 18 Traverse City poet and teacher Jennifer Sperry Steinorth discusses Her Read, a book-length collage poem. In the tradition of reusing canvases, Steinorth appropriates a seminal text, The Meaning of Art by

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Coffee with the Authors: Teresa Scallon

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

Coffee With The Authors is a live, conversational interview with local and regional authors about the craft and process of writing. On September 14 Traverse City poet and teacher Teresa Scallon talks about To Embroider The Ground With Prayer, a collection of poems considering her father’s illness, death, and the Michigan farming community in which

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