On Oct. 26, Great Lakes Friends will host its seventh annual FIESTA to celebrate our community’s commitment to 550 children of families living in unimaginable poverty at Guatemala City’s garbage dump. Since 2005, Great Lakes Friends has raised nearly $170,000 to support the work of Safe Passage, a nonprofit formed in 1999 to bring hope and opportunity to these children.
The Bay Film Series presents “The Intouchables” Oct. 14-16. This French comedy is based on a true story of friendship between a wealthy quadriplegic man and his street-smart, ex-con caretaker. An irreverent and uplifting ‘feel-good’ story which has broken box office records across Europe.
Glen Arbor’s tennis courts are getting a facelift. Molly Connolly took this photo on Monday, Oct. 8, and reports that, despite the rain, the crew was out working again the following day.
Most painters stick with the tried and true: the pigments that are affordable and familiar. But to break into new expressive territory an artist needs to experiment with the unfamiliar. By providing the colors most of us do not even think to use, the workshop allows painters to explore colors in a playful two-day workshop focused on exploring the possibilities in the unfamiliar. Four unique palettes will be provided, allowing you to explore interesting possibilities inherent in pigments such as quinacradone rose, indanthrene blue, bismuth vanadate yellow, and ultramarine violet, as well as others. In addition to color theory, we will play with brushwork and composition in order to let the hues sing. The class is ideal for experienced painters who want to push into new territory. Bring brushes, palette, and water bucket. Fee includes paint. Registrations must be received by Oct. 5.
Elizabeth Buzzelli, author of five novels, will have a two week residency at the Glen Arbor Art Association, culminating in a presentation to the public on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. While in Glen Arbor Buzzelli intends to work on a new novel, The Gathering, which will be a departure from her five published works, among them Dead Dogs and Englishmen, which was chosen as one of the best novels published in 2011 by Kirkus Review; one of the best mysteries of the year by the Christian Science Monitor; and available now at the Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor.
Pennsylvania artist and printmaker L.C. Lim will present her work during her residency at the Glen Arbor Art Association on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. The award winning artist teaches painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and in Frankfort, Mich., during the summer. Her work is exhibited at the River Gallery in Frankfort. Prior to her career as an artist, Lim studied engineering and business to put herself through the University of Michigan. She became successful in corporate America managing a large division of a Fortune 100 company before realizing that she was not satisfying an important part of her “inner being.”
The Glen Arbor Art Association has invited Minnesota artist Andy Evansen to teach a workshop titled “Creating Impressionistic Landscapes in Plein Air”. During the four day workshop, Evansen will provide a combination of studio and plein air instruction, October 15-18 at The Homestead Resort near Glen Arbor.
The Glen Arbor Art Association is accepting artwork submissions until Oct. 1 for the 2013 Manitou Music Festival poster. The limited edition posters are hugely popular and sold through the art association at selected shops and art galleries in Leelanau County. Past posters and guidelines for submission can be viewed at Glenarborart.org. Click on “Manitou Music Festival” or “Artists” tab, then on the right side of the screen click on “Call for Entries”.
Ayaka Ogawa has no idea why she went to her grandmother’s house that day. Her mother was there, maybe that’s why. Usually after school she went home to the house where she lived with her parents, her older sister, and her other grandparents. This was in the small town of Hakozaki-cho, a village of 300 with bus service only three times a day. It is near Kamaiishi City, in the Iwate Prefecture, in the state of Tohoku, Japan.
Glen Arbor artist Kristin Hurlin’s latest naturalist installment.