The Glen Arbor Art Association has announced the scheduling of tryouts for its December Reader’s Theater production of the movie/radio play A Christmas Carol. The date for the tryouts is October 6, at 7 p.m. at its 6031 South Lake Street, Glen Arbor facility. Directing the play will be Ron Smith, a Glen Arbor local who recently directed Casablanca.
What’s an artist’s residency? The Alliance for Artists Communities defines it this way: A place “where artists of all disciplines can go to work on their art … They are research-and-development labs for the arts, providing artists with time, space, and support for the creation of new work and the exploration of new ideas.” AIR programs are offered by the Glen Arbor Art Association and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
What is Elaine Dalcher’s goal for her Aug. 31-Sept. 13 artist-in-residency with the Glen Arbor Art Association? “Explore, discover, draw and paint daily” the Leelanau landscape. The Grand Rapids artist will talk about her travels through the locality on Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Art Association, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
The Glen Arbor Art Association invites artists to submit original paintings for the annual Manitou Music Festival poster competition. Deadline for the 2015 poster competition is September 15. The limited edition posters are hugely popular and sold through the art association and selected shops and art galleries in Leelanau County. Competition is open to anyone who is a current member of the Glen Arbor Art Association. Subject matter must be appropriate to the Manitou Music Festival. That is, work that represents recognizable area scenes. All artwork must be original and previously unpublished. There is no entry fee. Detailed guidelines and a submission form are available at GlenArborArt.org.
It was all about art in Glen Arbor, August 1-2, at the Glen Arbor Art Association’s sixth annual Plein Air Paint Out weekend. One of the largest plein air events in Michigan, attracting both artists and art collectors, the 2014 Paint Out featured 45 artists who participated for the Quick Draw on Friday afternoon and over 50 artists at the main event on Saturday.
The Glen Arbor Art Association is hosting an exhibition of acrylics by Michelle Jahraus August 29-30 at the Art Association, at 6031 S. Lake Street in Glen Arbor. “What color is it?” This has always been Jahraus’ first question in deciding on a bike, cat, sweater, car, house, etc.
Photos of Lake Huron, taken during a family vacation, caused portrait painter Charles Pompilius to consider a new direction for his work. The Ferndale resident talks about how he explored this mid-career transition during his Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) artist-residency on Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Art Association, 6031 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor.
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Peggy Godwin and Wendy McWhorter, Aug. 22-23 at the Art Association, 6031 S. Lake Street in Glen Arbor.
The Glen Arbor Art Association will host an exhibition of watercolors by Susanne Meserve, jewelry by Steve Brunger, and photographs and paintings by Christine Nettleton, Aug. 15-16 at the Art Association, 6031 S. Lake Street in Glen Arbor.
The Manitou Music Festival’s annual choral event highlights the Summer Singers, an all volunteer group of more than 50 singers from around Leelanau county. The concert, directed by Empire resident Dana Allen, will perform traditional classics like American Folk Rhapsody and Ching a Ring Chaw and favorites like It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing by Duke Ellington and the ballad O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose with cello and oboe.