Art Association’s Artist in Residence program resumes

From staff reports

The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) kicks off its 15th season of artist-in-residence presentations May 12, 7:30 p.m. at the GAAA, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Painter Robert Ross is the first presenter, one of four artists who will participate in GAAA’s 2016 Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program.

During this two-week residency, Ross, a resident of Altamonte Springs, Fla., will create a series of paintings that explore abandoned Port Oneida farmsteads. He’ll focus on the Burfiend and Thoreson farms, examining how the homes, barns and sheds built by these settlers shaped the environment and continue to shape it. Ross received his MA from the University of Michigan and maintains a full-time studio practice in Winter Park, Fla.

As part of the AIR program, artists are asked to make a public presentation at the end of their residency. This year the GAAA received 33 applications for four residencies, which begin in May and run through August.

The other 2016 AIR residents, and presentation dates, are:

May 26: Julie Friedman works with paper and Tyvek, creating cut images with an X-acto knife. The Medina, Ohio artist will use her residency to create three-dimensional collages made from these cut-outs.

June 9: Photographer Patricia A. Bender of Somerset, New Jersey. Using an 8×10 Deardorff view camera, Bender’s residency will focus on photographing notable trees in the Leelanau Peninsula.

Aug. 25: Charles Basham, a painter living in Medina, Ohio, looks forward to exploring and recording some of Leelanau County’s preserved landscapes and natural areas.

For more information, please all 231/334-6112 or visit the GAAA website, glenarborart.org.