Week of Events
Outdoor Gallery Exhibit: Pam Spicer
The vibrant paintings of Traverse City artist Pam Spicer is the 2021-2022 installation in the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Outdoor Gallery. Five of Pam’s paintings will be reproduced on 5-foot-square weather-resistant aluminum panels by Image360 of Traverse City.
Exhibit: Everyday Objects
Western art before the 20th Century, primarily still life paintings, is filled with everyday objects. But in the 20th Century, things shifted. The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s exhibition Everyday Objects explores this territory.
Exhibit: Denise Samuels
Traverse City artist Denise Samuels exhibits sculptural, geometric constructions with recycled papers...
Crazy Cats and Mixed-Up Mutts
Crazy Cats and Mixed-Up Mutts
Date and Time: September 27 and 28; 9 am-1 pm Registration deadline: September 24 Your furry friend indeed needs to be immortalized for posterity. From a conceptual idea through various planning and executing of ideas the participant will create one or two finished pieces of their furry friend. Watercolor, acrylic, gouache, watercolor pencils and watercolor […]
Lecture: ‘Everyday Objects: Common Things, Uncommon Art’
Lecture: ‘Everyday Objects: Common Things, Uncommon Art’
The world is swimming in material goods – the stuff of landfills as well as the stuff of a rich body of work by visual artists. “Everyday Objects: Common Things, Uncommon Art” is a survey of work created during the 20th and 21st centuries...
Looking Both Ways: The Interconnection Between Representation and Abstraction
Looking Both Ways: The Interconnection Between Representation and Abstraction
Dates and Time: September 30, October 7, 14 and 21; 1-3:30 pm Registration deadline: September 27 Whether you’re drawn to realism or abstraction, this class will examine the interconnection between both. This class will explore the continuum between abstraction and realism through a discussion of Western Art over the last 200 years and studio time […]