Glen Arbor Arts Center exhibits Woodland Studios, unveils 2022 summer event highlights
From staff reports
The Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) is exhibiting Woodland Studies, a small exhibition of black and white photographs by Grand Rapids photographer Rodney Martin. The exhibition runs until April 13 in the GAAC Lobby Gallery.
Martin focuses his lens on the landscape. For the images in Woodland Studies, he zeros in on rivers, woods and orchards in Benzie, Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties. His images were created in all four seasons; but they are related by the quiet and solitude he frames. There is little evidence of human habitation in these scenes. Instead, the images are studies of shadow and texture, shades of gray, and the deep and refreshing beauty of places off the beaten path.
Visit www.GlenArborArt.org/Exhibits/Current to watch a short video interview GAAC gallery manager Sarah Bearup-Neal conducted with Martin, who discusses his work, his tools and his intention. Woodland Studies may be viewed in the GAAC Lobby Gallery, or online. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor. Admission is free.
Glen Arbor Arts Center unveils summer events
The GAAC will collaborate with Interlochen Public Radio to host their first ever Music in Residency for June. IPR’s Soundgarden Quintet will play impromptu free concerts around Glen Arbor — at the beach, on a hiking trail, maybe a store, and once a week, they will host a free community concert on the GAAC’s front porch.
This year’s Manitou Music poster is a painting of the North Manitou Shoal Lighthouse.
Since no Sleeping Bear Dune Climb concert will be held due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the GAAC will host the TC Dance Project ballet in July at the Cochran Family Farm near Maple City, where people can picnic and enjoy the ballet and classical concerts outside with food trucks.
