CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT: INSECTS SPIDERS

June 23 – August 25, 2023

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is getting buggy about the 2023 Clothesline Exhibit, June 23 – August 25, 2023. This year’s theme is Insects Spiders. It’s a celebration — an infestation of appreciation for these small creatures. 

The Clothesline Exhibit is an open-air exhibition of small work. Makers of all skill levels are invited to create artwork about insects and spiders – real or imagined — in any material media including painting, drawing, photograph, collage, paper, fabric, plastic.  Submissions will be accepted through June 1, 2023. 

For more information about participating in the Clothesline Exhibit, go to GlenArborArt.org/ARTISTS, and click on the Call For Entry link. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

Swimming
March 31 – June 1, 2023

 The Glen Arbor Arts Center takes a deep dive into creative waters with Swimming, an exhibition. The exhibit opens March 31 with a reception, 5-7 pm in the GAAC Main Gallery, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. 

Swimming focuses on a familiar activity that puts bodies into bodies of water. It explores the physical exercise literally; as a metaphor for success [swimming] or failure [sinking, underwater]; a direct, sensory experience; and through swimwear. The exhibition includes two companion programs:

• Author Talk: A recorded conversation with John H. Hartig, Ph.D, author of the 2022 book Great Lakes Champions, the story of 14 people who loved the Great Lakes so much that they devoted their careers to leading grassroots partnerships to clean up the most polluted of these freshwater seas. 
• Walk Talk:  GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal leads a conversational walking tour of the SWIMMING exhibit, and talks about selected works. April 8 and May 13, 11 am. FREE.

For more information, or to view the exhibition online, go to GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS.

CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT: INSECTS SPIDERS

June 23 – August 25, 2023

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is getting buggy about the 2023 Clothesline Exhibit, June 23 – August 25, 2023. This year’s theme is Insects Spiders. It’s a celebration — an infestation of appreciation for these small creatures. 

The Clothesline Exhibit is an open-air exhibition of small work. Makers of all skill levels are invited to create artwork about insects and spiders – real or imagined — in any material media including painting, drawing, photograph, collage, paper, fabric, plastic.  Submissions will be accepted through June 1, 2023. 

For more information about participating in the Clothesline Exhibit, go to GlenArborArt.org/ARTISTS, and click on the Call For Entry link. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

Glen Arbor Arts Center Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal leads a conversational walking tour of the SWIMMING and the A Feral Housewife exhibits, April 8, 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 symbolically; tools and materials used; as well as other insights into their creative process. A Feral Housewife is a selection of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta. Acosta uses vintage images to build her smart, funny stories about big-finned cars, “labor-saving devices,” and the mid-century womanhood.

Both exhibits may be viewed online. Go to GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. For more information call 231/334-6112.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

“A Feral Housewife”, an exhibition of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta, take up residence in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21.

Working under the creative nom de guerre “The Feral Housewife,” Acosta uses simple, familiar tools and a range of recycled, vintage papers to create collages about mid-century housewives, big-finned cars, and “labor-saving” appliances that were promoted as drudgery-busting machines that would revolutionize the modern home.

A video interview with Acosta about her materials and methods can be seen as part of the online version of this exhibition: GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. A Feral Housewife may be view at the GAAC during business hours. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

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 are required. Doors open at noon.

Saxon is a self-described “mark maker.” That’s her calling, and the basis of her creative practice, which is about seeing more, getting beyond the surface of things, and depicting layers of time in her paintings, prints and drawings. The materials she uses don’t define her. She moves fluidly between them, looking for the best combination of tools and processes to interpret the local landscape’s ephemeral essence.

Creativity Q A LIVE is an offshoot of the GAAC’s online feature, Creativity Q A. Since 2020, the GAAC has published monthly, long-form interviews that dig into artists’ creative practices. Saxon’s conversation was published in March 2021. To read it, and all the Creativity Q A interviews, go to GlenArborArt.org / ARTISTS. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

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 begins April 25, 9 am, and concludes on April 27, 2 pm. Opening bids start at $600/panel minimum on these four panels: Revisit The Pines, Birches In October, Wintry Woods, and Twilight On Bear Lake. Note: The opening bid for the Morning Sun On Trilliums panel begins at $500. In Summer 2022 there was an unsuccessful attempt to steal this panel, which resulted in some surface damage: several linear scratches, and two “dents” along the top edge of the panel. Bidding instructions and images of the panels may be found HERE.

The panels are lightweight aluminum finished with a weather-resistant coating. They now hang on the GAAC’s exterior walls, and may be viewed at any time. Read more about Carrie Hensel and see images of the 2023-23 panels HERE. Proceeds from the auction benefit the GAAC’s Outdoor Gallery project.

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 at The Leelanau School who has focused on music. However, learning takes place in the classroom and out, said Laura Hood, chairperson of Leelanau School’s Visual and Performing Arts department.
“At The Leelanau School, one of our mottos is ‘let your talents and abilities shine.’ So having my students share their music with our Leelanau School community and the Glen Arbor and Traverse City area is a wonderful way to let their talents and abilities shine and for others to experience some of the amazing students we have,” Hood said.
A resident of Elmhurst, Illinois, Faruzzi, will attend Elmhurst University this fall.
Visitors may bring their lunch, walk freely around the gallery, and sit and listen as long they wish. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. For more information go HERE .

CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT: INSECTS SPIDERS

June 23 – August 25, 2023

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is getting buggy about the 2023 Clothesline Exhibit, June 23 – August 25, 2023. This year’s theme is Insects Spiders. It’s a celebration — an infestation of appreciation for these small creatures. 

The Clothesline Exhibit is an open-air exhibition of small work. Makers of all skill levels are invited to create artwork about insects and spiders – real or imagined — in any material media including painting, drawing, photograph, collage, paper, fabric, plastic.  Submissions will be accepted through June 1, 2023. 

For more information about participating in the Clothesline Exhibit, go to GlenArborArt.org/ARTISTS, and click on the Call For Entry link. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

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 symbolically; tools and materials used; as well as other insights into their creative process. The Birds Are Watching is a selection of mixed-media paintings by Benzie County artist Jessica Kovan. Kovan uses birds as a meditation on climate change.

Both exhibits may be viewed online. Go to GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. For more information call 231/334-6112.

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 are required. Doors open at noon.

Blacksmith Scott Lankton was “hooked on hot steel” the first time he worked with it. He went on to find a vocation in the forge, pounding metal into domestic objects of great beauty. Lankton also found that this old art craft form can be put to use in the pursuit of peace, and be a way of raising awareness about gun violence — as he raises the profile of his calling – blacksmithing — and how it is more than an historical craft form demonstrated in museum settings.

Creativity Q A LIVE is an offshoot of the GAAC’s online feature, Creativity Q A. Since 2020, the GAAC has published monthly, long-form interviews that dig into artists’ creative practices. Lankton’s conversation was published in October 2022. To read it, and all the Creativity Q A interviews, go to GlenArborArt.org / ARTISTS. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT: INSECTS SPIDERS

June 23 – August 25, 2023

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is getting buggy about the 2023 Clothesline Exhibit, June 23 – August 25, 2023. This year’s theme is Insects Spiders. It’s a celebration — an infestation of appreciation for these small creatures. 

The Clothesline Exhibit is an open-air exhibition of small work. Makers of all skill levels are invited to create artwork about insects and spiders – real or imagined — in any material media including painting, drawing, photograph, collage, paper, fabric, plastic.  Submissions will be accepted through June 1, 2023. 

For more information about participating in the Clothesline Exhibit, go to GlenArborArt.org/ARTISTS, and click on the Call For Entry link. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

The Glen Arbor Arts Center welcomes its 2023 musicians-in-residence, Interlochen Public Radio’s The PULSE Saxophone Quartet. PULSE will be performing in Glen Arbor June 12-25 in off-stage places creating intimate experiences that close the gap between audiences and classical musicians. The first concert will be Friday, June 16, 7pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center front porch. The final concert will be held at the Leelanau School Beach at 7 pm on June 22.

Pulse Saxophone will be hosted by the GAAC’s community partner, Pine Street Studios. Manitou Music is a project of the Glen Arbor Arts Center. Reservations for admission are free and are available at GlenArborArt.Org/events. For more information, please go to GlenArborArt.org, or call 231/334-6112.

The Glen Arbor Arts Center welcomes its 2023 musicians-in-residence, Interlochen Public Radio’s The PULSE Saxophone Quartet. PULSE will be performing in Glen Arbor June 12-25 in off-stage places creating intimate experiences that close the gap between audiences and classical musicians. The first concert will be Friday, June 16, 7pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center front porch. The final concert will be held at the Leelanau School Beach at 7 pm on June 22.

Pulse Saxophone will be hosted by the GAAC’s community partner, Pine Street Studios. Manitou Music is a project of the Glen Arbor Arts Center. Reservations for admission are free and are available at GlenArborArt.Org/events. For more information, please go to GlenArborArt.org, or call 231/334-6112.

B-Side Growlers make their Manitou Music debut on Friday July 7, at 5 pm on the Glen Arbor Arts Center front porch, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

The B-Side Growlers are an acoustic trio from Grand Rapids, MI, who focus on what’s become their tagline: “Tradition inspired, toe-tapping fired, vintage acoustic blues, jazz, and country.” This allows them to create a musical experience with a rich history, a festive atmosphere, and a wide variety of song styles. Free.

Manitou Music is a project of the Glen Arbor Arts Center. For more information, please go to GlenArborArt.org, or call 231/334-6112.