Artist in Residence Collection on view at Community Library

From staff reports

The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) will exhibit recent works donated by artists who have participated in the GAAA’s Artist in Residence program during the past two years at the Glen Lake Community Library at 10115 East Front Street in Empire. The paintings are on view in the library’s community room through September during library hours.

The GAAA Artist in Residence (AIR) program yearly invites artists, accepted through a juried competition held in early March, to come to the Glen Lake area to further explore and enhance their creative endeavors in a retreat-like setting. Painters, writers, ceramists, photographers, poets, musicians and other artists make up a rich tapestry of creative talent for each two-week residency. Artists stay in an apartment above the GAAA building and may use studio space at Thoreson Farm. At the conclusion of their stay they usually give a public presentation.

No fees are charged for the residency but artists are asked, on a voluntary basis, to donate a work which reflects their time here. Thus, a strong collection of over 30 images of this area forms the GAAA’s Artist in Residence Collection. Recent additions to the collection will be on view at the the Glen Lake Community Library this summer. For more information about AIR, please visit GlenArborArt.org.