The Glen Arbor Art Association will exhibit wooded landscapes by Lynn Uhlmann of Shippensburg, Penn., and part-time resident of Leelanau County. The show is July 26-28 at the Art Association, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor, with an opening reception on Friday from 6-8 p.m.
On Sunday, July 21 at 8 p.m. the blues duo Mulebone will perform outdoors at Studio Stage, located at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor, as part of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s Manitou Music Festival. The rain location is the Glen Arbor Town Hall. The festival is celebrating its 23rd season of jazz, classical, blues, folk, country, celtic, bluegrass and world music on the Leelanau Peninsula.
The 15th annual Dune Climb concert will take place Sunday, July 14 at 7 p.m. Imagine a beautiful summer’s evening at the foot of the Dune Climb in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, hundreds of families enjoying their pre-concert picnics and then a musical program provided by artists of national stature: this is the magical mixture which has filled audiences with warm memories every year since the first Dune Climb concert in 1998.
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) will exhibit paintings by Peggy Driehorst of Carmel, Indiana, July 12-14 at the Art Association, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Driehorst earned a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art with training as an enamalist. She began painting murals and furniture professionally, and then decided to get back into fine arts. Driehorst is enamored with color and texture and paints abstract and traditional landscapes. Her show will include recent paintings of Leelanau County. Check out her work during these hours: Friday 6-9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
The Glen Arbor Art Association hosts an exhibition of work by Traverse City artist Duncan Sprattmoran, July 5-7, at the Art Association, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor, across from Cherry Republic. Sprattmoran has taught for many years at The Pathfinder School. He is also an accomplished artist, whose work is marked by vivid color, expressive brushwork, and a playful sense of place.
Northern Michigan’s rural landscape — and its iconic, historic farm buildings — are the focus of Frankfort painter Ellie Harold’s exhibition at Center Gallery. “Barn Love,” a show of plein air and studio oil paintings opens July 5, at the gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
One of this area’s most gentle and reliable characters, the musician-artist-builder and all-around excellent person, Tom Keen, passed away on March 16. Most of us remember him best as the ruddy, good-natured guitar player and singer with the Cabin Fever Bluegrass Band that has played for years on the big sun deck at Boonedock’s.
“Mom, sign me up for everything!” This was overheard at the end of one of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s (GAAA) children’s classes last summer. Another summer has arrived and with it a new round of exciting GAAA classes providing a variety of art experiences for ages 6-15. Who could resist titles like; Big and Bold Paper Fish, Fireflies in a Jar, Slime Monsters, Frog in Monet’s Garden, A Horse, of Course, It’s a Dog’s Life, and Clay for Kids? Older students expand skills in late afternoon drawing and painting classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
The Glen Arbor Art Association hosts an exhibition of work by the Leelanau Women Artists (LWA) June 21-23 at the Art Association, 6031 S. Lake St., across from Cherry Republic in Glen Arbor.
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) has announced this year’s Manitou Music Festival lineup of musicians. The highlight will be this year’s Dune CLimb concert, on Sunday, July 14, featuring the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra.