• Members Create Exhibition

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

    An annual tradition returns! The Glen Arbor Arts Center Members Create exhibition is a showcase of members’ talent. The 2020 Members Create features the work of 25 current GAAC members. The GAAC offers two ways to enjoy the Members Create exhibition. Engage directly with the works in the GAAC gallery from 11-2 daily; and enjoy

    Free
  • GALLERY TALK: A ‘COLOR’ TOUR

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

    GALLERY TALK: A ‘COLOR’ TOUR   Art educator Linda Young leads a conversational tour of COLOR, an exhibition of 2D and 3D color art work on February 29, 2 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. There is no charge.   Using selected works from the COLOR exhibition as examples, Young will

    Free
  • The Thanksgiving Play 2-13-20

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

    CURTAIN UP! PARALLEL 45 THEATRE PERFORMS The Thanksgiving Play AT GAAC   Parallel 45 Theatre performs a staged reading of The Thanksgiving Play, a contemporary, comedic satire about the beloved national holiday, February 13, 7:30 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. This encore performance is followed by a community talk-back session

  • BYO brown bag lecture: History of Color in Painting

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

    A Short History of Color in Painting Wednesday, February 12 | Noon   Art educator Linda Young traces how artists have used color -- from the luscious pigments used by 16th century Renaissance artists to the color-drenched canvasses of the 1960s Color Field painters – on Wednesday, February 12 at the Glen Arbor Arts Center,

    $10 – $15
  • COLOR exhibit: Gallery Reception

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

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center injects COLOR into the new year with an exhibition celebrating chroma, hue, tone, tint and value by 29 artists. COLOR opens Friday, January 10, 2020 with a reception from 6 - 8 pm in the gallery.   Color – both the thing and the idea – is more than a seasonal picker-upper. COLOR exhibitors explore how

  • GAAC: Holiday Open House

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

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center will host a "Glen Arbor Holiday Open House" on Thursday, December 5th from 4-6pm. You're invited to shop for a 100 works of local art for sale under $150. Enjoy holiday music with a hand bell choir, create family crafts, and savor food and drinks!

    Free
  • Gratitued + Thanks: Gallery Talk with JoAnna Pepe

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

    Glen Arbor Arts Center will host a "Gallery Talk" on November 24th at 2 pm. Titled "Thanks + Gratitude – A Year-round Practice." presented by JoAnna Pepe, a counseling psychologist in Leelanau County, explores simple practices that can enrich how one’s sense of gratitude during a conversational discussion. This Talk is part of a "Small Works

    Free
  • Small Works: Art opening reception

    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 that opens Friday, November 15th. This holiday show features art work 12” x 12” and smaller, all priced at $150 or less. A 6 pm reception launches the show. Small Works continues through December 18. The Glen Arbor Arts

    Free
  • Fiber: Visual Art Survey Program

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

    The Glen Arbor Arts Center takes a short look back, and a long look forward, at contemporary fiber and textile arts on Sunday, October 6, 2 pm. This visual survey is part of the GAAC’s exhibition Fiber Without Borders, and is presented without charge. Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager and studio fiber artist, will facilitate

  • Yarn Bomb Installation Day

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

    Sunday, September 15 | 9:30 am Yarn bombs are set to drop on the Glen Arbor Arts Center on Sunday, September 15, 9:30 am. Volunteers are needed to help install hand-knit “bombs” on trees in the GAAC’s backyard grove as part of the upcoming exhibition “Fiber Without Borders,” a juried exhibition of contemporary fiber art.

  • FIBER WITHOUT BORDERS – A JURIED EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION

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

    Glen Arbor Arts Center September 13 - November 7, 2019. Come celebrate Fiber Without Borders, a juried exhibition of 2D and 3D work exploring fiber materials in fresh, original ways. A reception to launch the exhibition is Friday, September 13, 6-8 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor. A

  • Artist in Resident talk: Patricia Schaefer

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

    Painter Patricia Schaefer will discuss a new series of paintings that explore the human body and bodies of water she plans to create as part of her 2019 artist’s residency with the Glen Arbor Arts Center. The presentation is August 30, noon at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Each of the GAAC’s

    Free