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Outdoor Gallery Exhibit: Carrie Hensel
Ann Arbor artist Carrie Hensel's impressionistic landscape paintings will be the 2022-23 Outdoor Gallery installation at the Glen Arbor Arts Center.
Exhibit: A Feral Housewife
Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta’s collages occupy the GAAC’s Lobby Gallery January 6 – April 21, 2023.
Exhibit: Telling Stories: Fact, Fiction, Otherwise
Telling Stories: Fact, Fiction, Otherwise asks applicants to tell some stories of their own: true, false, or otherwise.
4 events,
After School Arts: Session 3
After School Arts: Session 3
Dates: 5 Thursdays; February 2, 9, 23, March 2, 9 Time: 4 - 5:30 pm Registration deadline: January 30 Through thoughtful instruction and engaging, process-oriented projects, the GAAC hopes to inspire and support all children in building their own creative confidence. Our five-week sessions offer students an engaging visual arts experience that focuses on technique, […]
4 events,
Bead Embroidery
Bead Embroidery
Date: 2 Fridays; March 3,10 Time: 12 - 2 pm Registration Deadline: February 28 Explore the art of embroidery by creating your expressive pattern ideas. Various techniques will be taught, […]
5 events,
Kurinuki: Japanese Carved Pottery
(Exploring the Arts of Japan Series)
Kurinuki: Japanese Carved Pottery
(Exploring the Arts of Japan Series)
Dates: Saturday, March 4 Time: 10 am - 2 pm (with a break for lunch) Registration Deadline: March 3 Kurinuki is a traditional Japanese pottery technique carving from a single […]
Telling Stories Walk + Talk
Telling Stories Walk + Talk
Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager, leads a conversational tour of this exhibit about visual storytelling.
4 events,
After School Arts: Session 3
After School Arts: Session 3
Dates: 5 Thursdays; February 2, 9, 23, March 2, 9 Time: 4 - 5:30 pm Registration deadline: January 30 Through thoughtful instruction and engaging, process-oriented projects, the GAAC hopes to inspire and support all children in building their own creative confidence. Our five-week sessions offer students an engaging visual arts experience that focuses on technique, […]
4 events,
Bead Embroidery
Bead Embroidery
Date: 2 Fridays; March 3,10 Time: 12 - 2 pm Registration Deadline: February 28 Explore the art of embroidery by creating your expressive pattern ideas. Various techniques will be taught, including how to make a repetitive design, design motifs, and the benefits of working with embroidery. We will then decide how to transform our drawings […]
5 events,
Creative Wellness: Exploring Grief through Creativity
Creative Wellness: Exploring Grief through Creativity
The death of a loved one can have a profound effect on our mental and physical health. Creativity is a powerful tool that can support navigating this emotion and bring new understanding and insights into the process of grief.
Stitching for Mindfulness: Sashiko and Boro
(Exploring Arts of Japan Series)
Stitching for Mindfulness: Sashiko and Boro
(Exploring Arts of Japan Series)
This class has been be postponed. A new date and time will be posted here once it has been confirmed. Date: TBD Time: TBD Registrations Deadline: TBD Explore the traditional […]
4 events,
Parallel 45 “Smokefall”
Parallel 45 “Smokefall”
Parallel 45 returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center with a dose of magical realism. A performance of “Smokefall” takes place in the GAAC Main Gallery.
4 events,
Exhibit: Swimming
Swimming is an activity that puts bodies into bodies of water. It is also a universally-understood metaphor for moving through water, literal and symbolic: A person can sink or swim . A person can drown: in the water, in the shark tank that is one’s work, in a sea of expectations . Being underwater can […]
Swimming Exhibit Opening Reception
Swimming Exhibit Opening Reception
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.
