The Traverse City Dance Project returns as part of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s (GAAC) 2023 Manitou Music lineup. The performance is July 29 at 7 pm at Nash Road Red Barn, located at 9805 Nash Road near Maple City. Sponsored by the GAAC and Interlochen Public Radio, and hosted by Pine Street Studios, the Traverse City Dance Project’s performance will feature original choreography, live music, and professional dancers from around the country.
To enhance its presence and augment its own legacy, the Glen Arbor Arts Center has developed a new program, Late Night Fridays (LNF). Designed to facilitate further creative engagement with the community, the GAAC Main Gallery will be open to the public every Friday from 5 to 8 p.m., June 9 through Aug. 25. Additionally, LNF includes four events this summer: two opening receptions for art exhibitions and two Front Porch Concerts. “We’re keeping the lights on a little longer on Friday nights this summer during Light Night Fridays,” shared Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center is keeping the lights on a little longer this summer on Friday nights. Late Night Fridays continues June 16 with a front porch concert featuring the PULSE Saxophone Quartet from 7-8 pm. This unique chamber ensemble is the GAAC’s 2023 Musicians-in-Residence, part of the Manitou Music Series.
A variety of sounds will fill the air during the Manitou Music series this year, from piano to saxophones to drums, drums and more drums. The series began in late April and concludes Aug. 24 with New Music Detroit’s take on chamber music, featuring works by 20th century composers. It’s all part of bringing the community together through and with music, according to Glen Arbor Art Center executive director Sarah Kime. She points to the PULSE Saxophone Quartet, which will perform at various locales around the area from June 12 to June 25.
An annual tradition returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC). Members Create, an exhibition showcasing GAAC members’ talent, opens in the main gallery with a reception on Friday, June 9, from 5-8 pm. The exhibit features the work of 49 current members, in an array of work.
Coffee with the Authors is a live, conversational interview with local and regional authors about the writing craft and process. The series kicks off Saturday, May 27, at 11 am at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. Traverse City Record-Eagle journalist, essayist, and author Mardi Jo Link will talk about memoir writing with GAAC gallery manager Sarah Bearup-Neal.
Marquette artist JoAnn Deuel Shelby will use her Glen Arbor Arts Center residency to document Leelanau County plant biomes—their biological communities—and then contrast them with those native to the Upper Peninsula. Shelby’s investigations will be used to create eco-printed papers and fabrics that allow her to interpret and illustrate changes in climate. Shelby will talk about her project during a public presentation on Friday, May 26, at noon at the Arts Center. The presentation is free.
The Forging For Peace Project blacksmiths return to the Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) to forge on Saturday, May 20 from 11 am-3 pm. The demonstration is free and open to the public. These northern Michigan artists and craftsmen use the ancient art of blacksmithing as part of a world-wide project to raise funds for nonprofits focused on peacemaking.
Pianist Tyler Faruzzi, a senior at The Leelanau School, brings music to the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Main Gallery on Friday, April 28, for a lunch-hour twofer: his take on some pop standards with the Arts Center’s SWIMMING exhibition as the backdrop. The one-hour casual concert begins at noon. It’s open to the public at no charge.
All five panels from the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s (GAAC) 2022 Outdoor Gallery exhibition will be available for acquisition. The GAAC is holding an online auction April 25-27. The five-foot square artworks are reproductions of original, acrylic paintings by Carrie Hensel, the Ann Arbor winner of the 2022 Outdoor Gallery competition.