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
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!
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
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,
Due to the corona virus and social distancing restrictions, this event has been cancelled. Manitou Music kicks off another season of outdoor concerts on Wednesday, July 1 with an evening of patriotic music performed by the NMC Concert Band. This free, family-friendly concert will be held at the Old School House lawn, 6363 W. Western
Due to the coronavirus, this concert has been cancelled but please check the GAAC’s Facebook page for pop up music events and more updates on their website: https://glenarborart.org/events-page/music-and-concerts/ Igor and the Red Elvises bring Siberian surf rock to the annual Manitou Music Dune Climb Concert. This concert is free but a Sleeping Bear Dunes National
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
A public celebration and dedication of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s new Outdoor Gallery are July 30, 5:30 – 8 pm. The GAAC unveiled its new Outdoor Gallery on May 12. The inaugural exhibition features work by Empire painter Mark Mehaffey. Five of Mark's acrylic paintings were reproduced on 5ft X 5ft aluminum panels and
This challenging painting event features artists capturing the beauty and awe of the sunset over Glen Lake and Lake Michigan. Artists work quickly to capture the setting sun (Weather permitting). These paintings will be on view and for purchase on Friday evening sale at the Glen Arbor Town Hall. Admission is Free. The 12th year
“Who owns the water?” People? Communities? Corporations? Nobody? That question is the basis for the July 31 Words For Water open-air poetry throw-down at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. This event is offered in collaboration with FLOW . Participating poets and writers are challenged to create a short, original poem that answers this question: Who
Please join us for something new and different during this unusual summer. This August, 55 artists will participate in a special, invitation-only event for the Glen Arbor Arts Center. On August 1 and August 2, these talented artists will each create one or two works from wherever they happen to be: here in Leelanau County
The GAAC parking lot becomes a pop-up gallery and demonstration site. An opportunity to watch studio artists demonstrating how they work and create – part of the 6ft Apart Art series. They’ll be showing some wares, too. Come meet, talk and watch. Free. Participating artists are: Margo Burian, painter. Acrylic painting. John Huston, potter. John
