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Watercolors from A to Z with Sterling Edwards

Mountain Flowers Lodge The Homestead Resort, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

This is a watercolor workshop for all skill levels. However, previous watercolor and drawing experience is very beneficial to gain the most from this workshop. There will be a wide […]

$475 – $490

Exhibit: Harvey Gordon

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Glen Arbor artist Harvey Gordon exhibits a range of work in the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Hall Gallery.

GAP: Auditions for “The Bells of Saint Mary’s”

Glen Lake Community Reformed Church 4902 W MacFarlane Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The Glen Arbor Players will be holding auditions for the holiday production “The Bells of Saint Mary’s."

AIR Talk: Anne Kauff

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

2018 GAAC artist-in-residence Anne Kauff will immerse herself in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District, scouting for subject that will be the basis of concept-driven paintings of rural farms and barns.

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Open Studio

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Join 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.

Lecture: Romancing the Heartland: American Regionalism

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Art Educator Linda Young leads an hour-long visual exploration of the work of the Regionalists, a uniquely American art movement that flourished in the years between the world wars.

$10 – $15

Documentary and Discussion: “The Barn Raisers“

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

“The Barn Raisers“: A screening and audience discussion of the 2017 documentary film that tells the story of barns in the Midwest by examining them through the lens of architecture.

Open Studio

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Join 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.

Fall Family Open Studio

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Sorry, this class has been cancelled. The Glen Arbor Arts Center offers a new opportunity for families to create together this fall. Celebrate the season with Fall Family Open Studio, a chance for families to explore new media as they create together. Instructor Sarah Cheek-Toomey introduces parents and children to botanical printmaking, still life painting, […]

$15 – $20

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Open Studio

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Join 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.

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

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November/December After School Art Grades K-4

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The K-4 classes meet November 6, 27, December 4 and 11 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, November 5. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete […]

$50
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November/December After School Art Grades 5-8

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A snack and art supplies are included in the $50 for all four sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Pre-registration is required by Monday, November 5. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete and return to the Glen Lake Schools a permission form, which is available here. Sarah […]

$50

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Hand-Built Holiday Ornaments Workshop

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Adults and teens can learn how to create hand-built holiday ornaments. Art teacher and studio artist Amy Stevens leads this hands-on workshop. Using vintage book pages, old sheet music, and other found papers, participants will learn how to create beautiful holiday ornaments. Bring your own scissors. Papers, glue, and other materials provided. This class is […]

$25

Talk About Art: What is an artist’s residency?

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

What is an artist’s residency? That question takes center stage in the next Talk About Art conversation.

Seeing Voices: A Workshop in Writing from Art

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Through the ages, looking at art has been a unique and lively way of coming to writing.  Starting as far back as the Greeks, examples abound of writing inspired by art, called ekphrasis, which roughly translated means “to give voice to the mute.” In this two-hour class, we invite our beloved but silent paintings to […]

$25 – $35

Five Rivers: A Life Writing Class

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Use the Five Rivers of life—the five senses—to tell your life stories: those intense memories, that narrative of love or war or birth or death that you've always wanted to tell but never quite figured out how. Enjoy this clear and direct way to zero in on the essence of your memories, to bring to […]

$25 – $35

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Art Buffet for Families

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The Glen Arbor Arts Center offers a new opportunity for families to create together this fall.

$15 – $20

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Winter Songs & Carols: Manitou Winds

Leelanau School Auditorium 1 Old Homestead Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Manitou Winds celebrates the coming season with a concert of “Winter Songs & Carols."

GAP: The Bells of St. Mary’s

Glen Lake Community Reformed Church 4902 W MacFarlane Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The Glen Arbor Players ring in the holidays with “The Bells of Saint Mary’s,” a Christmas-time classic.

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

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January After School Art Grades K-4

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A snack and art supplies are included in the $50 for all four sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete and return to the Glen Lake Schools a permission form, which is available here. Sarah Cheek-Toomey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts […]

$50
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January After School Art Grades 5-8

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A snack and art supplies are included in the $50 for all four sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete and return to the Glen Lake Schools a permission form, which is available here. Sarah Cheek-Toomey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts […]

$50

Exhibit: “Winter”

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Winter means many things to many people. In the northern countries it’s time to hunker down, to slow down so the soul and body can rest and renew.

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Opening Reception: “Winter”

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Celebrate the return of winter at the opening reception for “Winter,” the GAAC’s first exhibition of 2019.

Talk About Art: Ken Scott

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Leelanau County’s own Ken Scott has photographed his home turf in every season for more than three decades.

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Intro to Knitting

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

If you've never picked up needles before, this is the class for you. In this class, master knitter Melissa Kelenske will teach students...

$40 – $55
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February After School Art Grades K-4

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A snack and art supplies are included in the $50 for all four sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete and return to the Glen Lake Schools a permission form, which is available here. Sarah Cheek-Toomey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts […]

$50
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February After School Art Grades 5-8

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A snack and art supplies are included in the $50 for all four sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete and return to the Glen Lake Schools a permission form, which is available here. Sarah Cheek-Toomey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts […]

$50

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Talk About Art: Karen Stein

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Now hear this: The Glen Arbor Arts Center explores the season of winter through stories with Karen Stein...

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Bound to Journal: A Bookbinding Workshop

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Do you enjoy journaling or have a journaling sweetheart you'd like to surprise? In this day long workshop, instructor Jen Sperry Steinorth will guide students...

$130 – $145

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

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March After School Art Grades K-4

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A snack and art supplies are included in the $40 for all three sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete and return to the Glen Lake Schools a permission form, which is available here. Sarah Cheek-Toomey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts […]

$40

March After School Art Grades 5-8

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A snack and art supplies are included in the $40 for all three sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete and return to the Glen Lake Schools a permission form, which is available here. Sarah Cheek-Toomey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts […]

$40

Exhibit: Wood, Woods, Wooden

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Wood is a building material. The woods are where trees grow. Wooden is an attitude, a frame of mind.

Opening Reception: Wood, Woods, Wooden

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Celebrate wood – the material, the place, the state of mind -- at the opening reception for “Wood, Woods, Wooden,” the GAAC’s second exhibition of 2019.

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Windsor Furniture: Back Door Boot Bench

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

This boot bench project is a great way to get started making Windsor Furniture.  You will gain skills doing layout, drilling, through joinery and seat excavation. Hand tools like travishers, in-shave, spoke shaves, and draw knives, will be provided. Adult students will choose a slab of natural edged white pine for their seat and turned […]

$200 – $215

Gallery Talk: Julia Gehring (SBDNL)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Nearly four years after an historic wind storm devastated great swaths of Leelanau County woodlands, the Glen Arbor Arts Center takes a look at how the woods are doing these days...

April After School Art Grades K-4

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A snack and art supplies are included in the $50 for all four sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete and return to the Glen Lake Schools a permission form, which is available here. Sarah Cheek-Toomey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts […]

$50

April After School Art Grades 5-8

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A snack and art supplies are included in the $50 for all four sessions. Tuition assistance is available. Transportation to the GAAC is available via the Glen Lake School bus. Parents must complete and return to the Glen Lake Schools a permission form, which is available here. Sarah Cheek-Toomey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts […]

$50

Wood Assemblage

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Instructor Jesse Hickman will show adult students how to make, or begin constructing, a two or three dimensional object with wood. The class begins with an overview of artists’ assemblages that he has found inspiring to prompt students to think and see beyond their current context and experience. Completing a wood assemblage that you can […]

$50 – $65

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Exhibit: Exposures

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The Glen Arbor Arts Center celebrates the 31st edition of Exposures, an annual exhibition of creative work of nearly 100 Leelanau County students...

Reception: Exposures

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

An opening reception to honor the exhibitors for the Exposures exhibit.

Little Artists (Drop-In)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Each "Little Artists" 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. Each class is 90 minutes, and […]

Yarn Bomb Maker Day

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is hosting a yarn bomb Maker Day. This is the first of four Makers Days leading up to a September 15 yarn bombing/installation in Glen Arbor.

PL*ART Basics

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Frustrated by the amount of single-use, post-consumer plastic bags and packaging that stream through your life?

$45 – $60

Reception: The CATS on the Prowl

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

A reception to meet their artists for “The Cats on the Prowl: A Superior Adventure.”

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Soft Pastel for Beginners

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

May 14 – 15: This two-day class is designed to take the mystery out of interpreting and painting from your favorite landscape photos using soft pastel.  A broad explanation of […]

$85 – $100

Talk About Art: The Cats

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

In 2016 five Leelanau County painters followed in the historic footsteps of seven Canadian painters. The result is a visual record of “The Cats on the Prowl: A Superior Adventure.”

Artist-in-Residence Talk: Susan Wink

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Susan Wink, a Big Rapids resident, shares stories from her 2019 Glen Arbor Arts Center residency, which focuses on a mixed media project called “Grace + Despair.”

Yarn Bomb Maker Day #2

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is hosting a yarn bomb Maker Day. This is one of several Makers Days leading up to a September 15 yarn bombing/installation at the GAAC.

Lecture: Picasso in Paris, Matisse in Nice (with Luncheon)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Glen Arbor Arts Center present “Picasso in Paris, Matisse in Nice,” an art talk about the creative genius of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse

$42 – $50

Lecture: Picasso in Paris, Matisse in Nice (Lecture Only)

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Glen Arbor Arts Center present “Picasso in Paris, Matisse in Nice,” an art talk about the creative genius of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.

$10 – $15

Fairy House Building Day

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is offering a fairy house building day. Cost is $20 per fairy house. Families are encouraged to build a fairy house together. Glue guns will be used, so children under the age of 10 should bring an adult to assist them. Natural materials including sticks, moss, stones, bark, wood, and […]

$20

Artist-in-Residence Talk: Jessica Kovan

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Jessica Kovan, the GAAC’s second 2019 artist-resident, talks about a new series of mixed-media paintings titled “Art In Nature” – the focus of her AIR residency work.

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Acrylic Painting Sessions Class

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Take your painting to the next level! The best way to improve is by practice. Learn, refresh, or refine the basics of using acrylic paint...

$150 – $165

Exhibit: New Views: Home/Place

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The GAAC’s annual New Views exhibition focuses on a topical issue of interest and concern to the community.

Reception: New Views: Home/Place

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Meet the artists whose work brings the GAAC’s 2019 New Views: Home/Place exhibition to life.

Yarn Bomb Maker Day #3

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is hosting a yarn bomb Maker Day on World Wide Knit In Public Day. This is one of several Makers Days leading up to a September 15 yarn bombing/installation at the GAAC.

Talk About Art: Kathleen Stocking

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Traverse City author Kathleen Stocking’s new book, From the Place of the Gathering Light...

Summer Members Potluck

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

Glen Arbor Arts Center Board Members invite you to the annual Summer Members Potluck.

Panel Discussion: Housing in Northwest Michigan

Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

How does a shortage of housing in Northwest Michigan take its toll on residents and businesses?