Art Studio: Pop Art Self-Portraits
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MITry your hand at creating a stylistic self-portrait while studying the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Capture all that is unique about yourself while investigating the acrylic paint medium.
Plein Air Painting: Surface, Edge, and Texture
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIThis class will move beyond the basics to the study the plein air process in greater detail. This summer our focus will be on creating oil paintings with bold texture and controlled edge quality. “Texture” refers to the painting surface, how and when to use thick or thin paint. “Edge” refers to how and when […]
Art Studio: Fairy Gardens and Gnome Homes
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIUsing materials found in nature, kids will make little fairy gardens or gnome homes. We will use sticks, moss, rocks, and other treasures and materials from the art studio.
Parent/Child: Glen Arbor Landmarks
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MICome ready to paint! Work together to create a diptych painting of your favorite Glen Arbor landmark. Begin class with some painting tips and techniques. Next, take a walk and set up your easel around town to create your own memorable masterpiece.
Raku 2
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. In this one-day workshop, participants will experience traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced today. Expect beautiful, dramatic, and often unexpected pots to emerge from the firing! Bisqued pots, glazing, and firing are included. All experience levels. This class does not include Open Studio John Huston will be Potter-in-Residence all […]
Panel Discussion: “More Than Just A View”
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI“More Than Just A View,” a facilitated panel discussion about the health and welfare of local water bodies and watersheds; the Crystal River; bottled water; and threats to the Great Lakes from Line 5.
Concert: Mulebone
Studio Stage at Lake Street Studios 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MIInventive instrumental know-how and boundless blues expression evoke the muggy Mississippi Delta. Mulebone — a Brooklyn-based duo — is John Ragusa and roots music specialist Hugh Pool.
Basic Drawing: Let’s Start with a Line!
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIThis new three-day workshop will help you develop basic drawing skills. Starting with a line, we will explore the use of darks and light as we focus on the drawing process and direct observation. The workshop will include demonstrations, discussions, and presentations of drawing examples from the Masters to contemporary artists. Creating a personal sketchbook […]
Art Studio: Rambunctious Robots
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Design and paint a 2D robot and create a colorful background for your robot to live in.
Clay for Kids Session 4
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Clay is soo Fun! Get your hands in the clay. Choose projects from an array of ideas; animals, houses, owls, turtles, wizards, dragons, and many more. Learn slab, coil and pinch methods. All projects get fired in the kiln and are ready to paint and take home on Friday. […]
Art Studio: Mixed Media Landscapes
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Use a variety of media to create a landscape inspired by the beauty of the area in which we live.
Slide Presentation: Glen Lake’s Discovery
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISlide presentation about the Glen Lake Association’s water monitoring boat, the Discovery, with Watershed Biologist Rob Karner.
Art Studio: Bird on a Wire
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIWork with aluminum wire, beads, beach glass and more to create your own bird sculpture. Take home a beautiful, one of a kind piece of art that shows off your creativity and imagination!
Art Studio: Awesome Altered Books
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MICut, rip or tear into a good book! We will be learning to look at books in a different way. How can you take a traditional book and alter both the pages inside and cover to create an original piece of work?
Art Studio: Learning to Look Close
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MILet’s start outside looking closely at nature with magnifying glasses. Then let’s move inside and learn how artists use scale in their artwork. Finish by creating a chalk-pastel insect drawing that highlights detail.
Art Studio: Watercolor Journals
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Keeping an art journal can be a wonderful way for artists to record their own original ideas and thoughts. Experiment with various watercolor techniques while creating a unique journal to take home.
Concert: Jeremy Kittel Trio
Studio Stage at Lake Street Studios 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MIJeremy Kittel is one of the great violinists and creative musicians of his generation. His technical chops and sonic sensitivity are extraordinary, and his work as a composer and performer are inspired.
Art Studio: Whooooo’s in the Woods?
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MILearn a little about owls and make our own. Children will engage in several different owl crafts and make a habitat for their favorite one.
Water Colors: Freshen It Up!
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MILoosen up and capture the immediacy of a subject in watercolor. With structured studio and outdoor painting exercises in darks and lights, brushwork and classic washes, this class will help an artist paint what is seen with a direct approach that keeps watercolor fresh and spontaneous. Ken Richmond, an architect and regional painter, has taught […]
Lecture: The Art of Water in 28 ½ Minutes
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIArtists have been inspired by H2O since it's first surprising visualization in the prehistoric African Sahara. This talk will explore how artists have invoked the water muse...
Parent/Child: Recycled Art Garden Sculptures
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MICome together to create a one of a kind sculpture for your garden! Use a variety of recycled and reclaimed materials while having fun as a family.
Glen Arbor Players: The Summer Cottage
Leelanau School Auditorium 1 Old Homestead Rd, Glen Arbor, MIThe Glen Arbor Players perform Leland playwright Priscilla Cogan’s new work, “The Summer Cottage."
Raku 3
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MITHIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED! In this one-day workshop, participants will experience traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced today. Expect beautiful, dramatic, and often unexpected pots to emerge from the firing! Bisqued pots, glazing, and firing are included. All experience levels. This class does not include Open Studio John Huston will be Potter-in-Residence all summer […]
Concert: The Moxie Strings
Studio Stage at Lake Street Studios 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MIThe Moxie Strings — an electrifying combination of Diana Ladio on fiddle, cellist Alison Lynn, joined by percussionist Fritz McGirr.
Capturing Light and Color en Plein Air
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MILearn the basics of setting up, choosing a subject, composing and creating a painting outdoors. See how the quickly changing landscape can help make your paintings more exciting by forcing decisive and bold brushwork. Practice recognizing and mixing colors, learn techniques for creating a center of interest, and the next steps to turn a plein […]
Art Studio: Color Abstraction
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MITHIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED! Create a colorful design while learning about symmetry.
Clay for Kids Session 5
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIClay is soo Fun! Get your hands in the clay. Choose projects from an array of ideas; animals, houses, owls, turtles, wizards, dragons, and many more. Learn slab, coil and pinch methods. All projects get fired in the kiln and are ready to paint and take home on Friday. Don't miss this class. Dates: July […]
Art Studio: Metals and Jewelry
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MITHIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED! In this three-day class students will create a copper pendant and learn how to cut, file, and sand their metal. Students will also learn the basics of copper enameling. Dates: July 23, 24 and 25
Kitchen Capers 2
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIFUNCTIONAL POTS FOR KITCHEN AND TABLE This class will focus on producing pots for the foodie in all of us. We will use several forming methods and different decorating techniques to make functional, food-safe pots. Monday and Tuesday will be spent making and Friday we will glaze our bisque-fired pots. Pots will be glaze fired […]
Art Studio: Watercolor Workshop
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MILearn a variety of watercolor washes and how to use them to improve your landscape painting skills. Each student will create a set of postcard size paintings using the techniques.
Concert: Kathy Lamar Band
Studio Stage at Lake Street Studios 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MIVocalist Kathy Lamar presents a diverse blend of R&B, soul, and jazz. During her 40-year career, she has sung backup and duos with Gladys Knight, The Four Tops, and Lola Falana.
Liquid State: Painting Water
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIWater has been a source of fascination for artists throughout history. This two day acrylic workshop will focus on investigating, interpreting and responding through paint, the water that surrounds us by focusing on its unique properties. Water presents the painter with a number of challenges due to its ever-fickle nature. Class will begin with a […]
Glen Arbor Players: The Diaries and Adam and Eve
Glen Lake Community Reformed Church 4902 W MacFarlane Rd, Glen Arbor, MIThe Glen Arbor Players perform “The Diaries and Adam and Eve,” an adaptation of two Mark Twain stories about a couple in Paradise.
Raku 4
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. In this one-day workshop, participants will experience traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced today. Expect beautiful, dramatic, and often unexpected pots to emerge from the firing! Bisqued pots, glazing, and firing are included. All experience levels. This class does not include Open Studio John Huston will be Potter-in-Residence all […]
Concert: The Crane Wives
Studio Stage at Lake Street Studios 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MIThe Crane Wives spin fine songs from whole cloth, and you will never want the melodies to leave your head.
Art Studio: Mixed Media Collagraphs
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Create a collagraph that will be incorporated into a mixed media painting. Use cardboard, foam shapes, yarn, tape and other interesting found flat items to create your own collagraph printing plate.
Clay for Kids Session 6
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIClay is soo Fun! Get your hands in the clay. Choose projects from an array of ideas; animals, houses, owls, turtles, wizards, dragons, and many more. Learn slab, coil and pinch methods. All projects get fired in the kiln and are ready to paint and take home on Friday. Don't miss this class. Dates: July […]
Art Studio: Mixed Media Collagraphs
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Create a collagraph that will be incorporated into a mixed media painting. Use cardboard, foam shapes, yarn, tape and other interesting found flat items to create your own collagraph printing plate.
The W’s: Watercolor’s Who, What, When, Where, and Why?
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MILet’s start with "What." Imagine idyllic rolling farmlands. Sunshine. Add a barn or hay bales; how about a horse or deer? Or, let’s narrow the viewpoint: just outside the farmhouse, a person in the rising sun, tossing feed to the chickens. Two very different scenes. Two very similar processes. “When” is the most important aspect […]
Framing and Professional Presentation
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIFraming can make or break a finished work. In this one-day lecture/demo style class, tips and techniques designed will be covered to make your framing project fairly painless and professional looking. Discussion and demonstration to include sourcing materials, archival framing, mounting canvas to board, hinging artwork for matting, fitting canvases, easy dust cover applications and […]
Concert: Emma Cook & Questionable Company
Studio Stage at Lake Street Studios 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MIBorn in the thriving Burlington, Vermont music scene, three friends raised on funk, jazz, blues, and soul combine their nuanced styles to create this all-original trio.
Plein Air Weekend: Sundowner
The kick-off event of the 10th annual Plein Art Weekend is the Sundowner – a challenging painting opportunity that features artists capturing the beauty and awe of the sunset...
Plein Air Weekend: Quick Draw & Quick Sale
Glen Arbor Town Hall 6394 W Western Ave, Glen Abor, MIThe second event in the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 10th annual Plein Air Weekend is the popular Quick Draw. This painting activity finds more than 70 artists...
Plein Air Weekend: Paint Out and Sale
Glen Arbor Town Hall 6394 W Western Ave, Glen Abor, MIThe Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 10th annual Plein Air Weekend culminates with the main event, the Paint Out event and sale on Saturday, August 4.
Concert: Oh Brother, Big Sister
Studio Stage at Lake Street Studios 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MIThis brother and sister duo covers the music spectrum with entrancing harmonies and ingenious musical arrangements.
The “Support” Class for Painters: Painting Surfaces
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIThe focus here will not be “what” we are painting, but rather what we are painting on! A variety of “supports” for painting will be discussed and samples will be provided so that students can develop a feel for how different surfaces react under their brushes. Discussion and demonstrations will include the pro and cons […]
Paint Something and Do Something to It
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Artist Hank Feeley will present a two-day workshop incorporating traditional landscape techniques as well as exercises in creative exploration. With the instructor’s guidance students will paint a vivid landscape -- using the medium of your choice -- in an outdoor setting, and then add imaginative or unexpected elements to […]
Art Studio: Big and Bold
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Paint an acrylic still life of local fruits and vegetables. Consider how color juxtaposition and value play into a composition.
Art Studio: Perspectives in Painting
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Add depth and volume to your painting. We will review the laws of perspective and sketch out examples before painting a finished piece. Then let’s go outdoors and paint!
Art Studio: Bird, Beast, or Fish
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Get inspired by Michigan wildlife! Create a sketch based on photos of some of Michigan’s common animals, then turn it into an acrylic painting.
Concert: The Tannahill Weavers
Leelanau School Lawn 1 Old Homestead Rd, Glen Arbor, MIAs they approach their 50th anniversary, the Tannahill Weavers remain one of Scotland’s premier traditional bands.
Art Studio: Galaxy Jars
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIGlow-in-the-dark paint meets glitter, swirled in a bed of cotton. Slime meets stars. Intrigued? Come make galaxy jars that will remind you of summer nights up north.
Exhibit: The Leelanau Women Artists
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIThe Leelanau Women Artists exhibit new work in a wide range of media – painting, pastels, jewelry, fiber and fused glass...
Clay for Kids Session 7
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIClay is soo Fun! Get your hands in the clay. Choose projects from an array of ideas; animals, houses, owls, turtles, wizards, dragons, and many more. Learn slab, coil and pinch methods. All projects get fired in the kiln and are ready to paint and take home on Friday. Don't miss this class. Dates: August […]
Watercolor Printmaking: Mokuhanga (Japanese Woodblock)
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIThis intensive workshop covers various aspects of the traditional and rare Japanese printmaking process – mokuhanga. The process is versatile and differs from western (oil based ink) woodblock in that it is water based and non-toxic, using watercolor pigment, wood block, Japanese carving tools, rice paste, and Japanese paper to create beautiful refined prints. It […]
Concert: Summer Singers
Glen Lake Community Reformed Church 4902 W MacFarlane Rd, Glen Arbor, MIEnjoy an evening with the Summer Singers, an all-volunteer group of 50 voices who present a wide variety of vocal music.
Exhibit: 2018 Members Show
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIAn annual tradition returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center. The GAAC’s 2018 Member Show, a showcase of GAAC members’ talents...
GAAC Members Show Reception
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MICome celebrate the creative talents of GAAC members at the opening reception for the 2018 GAAC Members’ Show...
Raku 5
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIIn this one-day workshop, participants will experience traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced today. Expect beautiful, dramatic, and often unexpected pots to emerge from the firing! Bisqued pots, glazing, and firing are included. All experience levels. This class does not include Open Studio John Huston will be Potter-in-Residence all summer at Thoreson Farm. John has […]
AIR Talk: Kathleen Kalinowski
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIKathleen Kalinowski will create drawings and paintings based on the themes of “nocturne” and “memory” in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore...
Visual Notetaking
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MISorry, this class has been cancelled. Immerse yourself in the practice of visual notetaking and begin to develop a language uniquely your own through sketchbooks, drawing, painting, and photography in this two-day class. While the focus of the work will be primarily on developing drawing, painting and compositional skills, we will also consider how the […]
Flower Arranging
Hank's Glen Arbor Studio 5763 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIIn this hands-on class, learn how to do simple creative arrangements and hand-tied bouquets from a master florist. Tuition includes scissors, foam, container, tape, and flowers. Students are encouraged to bring flowers from their gardens. Dan Cruz, Master Gardner, studied floral design in Japan and Korea, and flower design in Europe. A Michigan State graduate […]
Still Life with Flowers
Hank's Glen Arbor Studio 5763 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIArtist Hank Feeley will present a 1 1/2 day still life flower painting class employing simple but beautiful local northern Michigan flower arrangements. Using flowers as the subject, you will learn the principles of color theory and composition. You will be surprised and delighted with the paintings you produce and you will be excited to […]
AIR Talk: John Hartig
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI2018 GAAC artist-in-residence John Hartig, a resident of Trenton, Michigan, plans to work on his book-in-progress, Great Lakes Champions: Stories of People Who Have Championed Cleanup of the Great Lakes.
Exhibit: “agriCULTURE: Barnyards and Farmscapes”
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIagriCULTURE. It’s what we see and feel throughout Leelanau County. This impact is felt through artistic, architectural, social and historic characteristics...
“agriCULTURE” Exhibit Artist’s Reception
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIAn artists’ reception to open agriCULTURE: Barnyards and Farmscapes.
Practical Perspective for Artists
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MILearn how to apply the basic rules of perspective to your drawings and paintings. Through a series of simple drawing exercises, including working outside and viewing the Thorson Farm buildings, you will have the opportunity to practice how to tighten up the underlying structure of your images. Ken Richmond, an architect and regional painter, has […]
Open Studio
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIJoin others for unstructured work time in the GAAC’s classroom. The studio is open to visual artists of any ability looking for a place to work temporarily.
Open Studio
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIJoin others for unstructured work time in the GAAC’s classroom. The studio is open to visual artists of any ability looking for a place to work temporarily.
AIR Talk: Anne Corlett
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIAnne Corlett’s goal for her 2018 GAAC artist-residency is to create awareness-raising paintings of West Michigan’s shoreline and landscape.
Community Theater: “What Will Be in the Fields Tomorrow?”
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI“What Will Be In The Fields Tomorrow?” A community readers’ theater-style piece, “Fields” touches on a wide range of issues...
Open Studio
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIJoin others for unstructured work time in the GAAC’s classroom. The studio is open to visual artists of any ability looking for a place to work temporarily.
October After School Art Grades K-4
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIAfter School Art returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center in October. The K-4 classes meet October 2, 9, 16, and 23 from 4- 5:30 pm. A snack and art supplies are included in the $50 for all four sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Pre-registration is required by Monday, October 1. Transportation to the GAAC […]
October After School Art Grades 5-8
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIAfter School Art returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center in October with projects and lessons that take elementary and middle school children to other cultures and countries. A snack and art supplies are included in the $50 for all four sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Pre-registration is required by Monday, October 1. Transportation to […]
Glen Arbor Players: “A Pair of Spades”
Glen Lake Community Reformed Church 4902 W MacFarlane Rd, Glen Arbor, MIThe Glen Arbor Players present a pair of Spades, two short plays with the archetypal detective Sam Spade at the center of all that’s criminal.
Little Artists (Drop-In)
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIThe “Little Artists” program returns Friday, October 5. Each session is geared towards pre-school age children and includes interactive, process-based projects that nurture natural creativity. Each session starts with a short discussion, a story, and then an interactive, hands-on project. Parents and children will work together to make and take home amazing art each week. […]
Photographing Fall Colors Like the Pros
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIExplore the beauty of nature all around us and learn to use the full potential of your camera. We’ll begin with the basics of photography and understanding your camera. Then, we’ll dive deeper to discover the tips and tricks the pros use to maximize impact, create powerful compositions, and take full advantage of light to […]
Open Studio
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIJoin others for unstructured work time in the GAAC’s classroom. The studio is open to visual artists of any ability looking for a place to work temporarily.
“agriCULTURE” Gallery Talk
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIArt educator Linda Young leads a conversational gallery talk about work displayed in the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s exhibition agriCULTURE: Barnyards and Farmscapes.