From staff reports The Glen Arbor Art Association offers residencies each year for practicing artists who would like the opportunity for creative exploration. An online prospectus and application are available on the GAAA website. Residencies are considered in writing, visual arts, photography, sculpture, fiber arts, ceramics, music, philosophy and creative research. Residencies are normally two […]
From staff reports The League of Women Voters Leelanau County (LWVLC) will host government and public policy educator John Amrhein at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the Leelanau County Government Center. His presentation topic is “Understanding County Government: Its Structure and Authority”. Does county government have you totally stymied? In 45 minutes you will […]
The Empire Area Museum Complex celebrates Heritage Day at the museum on Saturday Oct. 12 from 1-4 p.m. Special features this year include a fantastic collection of hand made Faberge type eggs made in Empire in the 1970s by Helen Witt. A must see.
Over the last three years, the Leelanau Conservancy has partnered with nine farm families to access available funding to conserve their farms. This year, four additional farm families will be working with the Leelanau Conservancy to conserve their farms, with the help of $1.8 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP). Once completed, these four farms, which total 688 acres, will be permanently conserved for agricultural use.
The Leelanau Women Artists (LWA) will sponsor an art exhibit and sale, Capturing Color, at the Old Art Building — the Leland Community Cultural Center in Leland on Friday, Sept. 27 from 5-8 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 12 LWA participating artists will showcase their latest fiber, jewelry, pottery, sculpture and painting creations. Artists will welcome attendees at Friday’s Opening and the event both days is free.
From staff reports Superintendent Dusty Shultz is pleased to introduce this year’s September Artist-In-Residence at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Phillip Donovan, a sculptor from New York, is living in the National Lakeshore for three weeks, immersing himself in the natural wonders of the dunes, forests, beaches, and varied cultural landscapes this national treasure provides. […]
On September 12, the National Park Service launched a new online service for teachers that brings America’s national parks, including Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, into neighborhood classrooms.
Mark T. Meyer is the next Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) artist-resident. His working retreat begins Sept. 1, and will allow the Traverse City resident to study “the visual details that make up the vistas that attract us to the area,” he said.
The League of Women Voters Leelanau County (LWVLC) will present “The Weather Machine Shifts Gears,” with guest speaker Dave Barrons, at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the Leelanau County Government Center.
The difference between an artist and a business person is that the business person makes art in order to make money and the artist makes money in order to keep making art. Becky Thatcher is the latter, a genuine artist. Not only does she have vision and skill, she has guts, an ability to take risks, confidence, courage and absolute indifference to public opinion when it comes to her jewelry.