Category: Talks and Lectures

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. View it in the GAAC Main Gallery or on line.

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.

Please enjoy this conversation with Mary Beth, which was first published in January 2022 — a companion program for the Paper Work exhibition [January 14 – March 24, 2022].

Pictured: Auto Show Housewives, 11″ w x 16″ h, 2017, Mary Beth Acosta

The May Creativity Q+A focuses on Benzie County artist Dana Falconberry who exhibits Native Plants, a group of painted and stitched canvases, in the Glen Arbor Arts Center Lobby Gallery. This small show runs May 3 – August 29, 2024. Falconberry talks about her tools, process, and her documentation of native plants local to northern Michigan in this recorded interview.

Pictured: Mid-Summer On Crystal Lake, acrylic and chainstitch embroidery on stretched canvas, 16″ h x 20″ w, 2023, Dana Falconberry.