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Remembering Suzanne Wilson’s creative mission: Friday night summer art openings resume at Lake Street Studios

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To know the history of the arts in Glen Arbor is to know Suzanne Wilson. A venerated artist and pillar of the community, Suzanne had the singular ability to translate Leelanau’s land, light, and water into work that felt both intimate and expansive. But perhaps more significantly, Suzanne did not simply depict Leelanau’s landscape—she transformed its cultural fabric. In the early 1990s, Suzanne began organizing Friday night art openings at Lake Street Studio’s Center Gallery, the public-facing component of her studio. The summer 2025 season of Center Gallery opens on June 27 with Joan Richmond, a Traverse City-based artist best known for her luminous landscapes.

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Lake Street Studios hosts Tummino, Richmond

Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor will host an opening reception for painter Judith Tummino on Friday, July 19, from 6-8 pm. Tummino’s work will be featured until July 25. The Gallery is open daily from 11 am-5 pm. Visit LakeStreetStudiosGlenArbor.com for information.

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Glen Arbor Arts Center features Artist-in-Residence collection

The Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) spotlights its permanent collection of works by more than 40 artists who have enjoyed a two-week residency in the GAAC’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program. The exhibition runs Nov. 9-Dec. 21 at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

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Richmond channels Van Gogh

Traverse City painter Joan Richmond returns to Center Gallery with a new body of work inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s directive to listen “to the still voice of nature.” This show of gouache paintings opens Friday, Aug. 18 with an artist’s reception, 6 p.m. Center Gallery is located at 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

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“Talk About Art” features Joan Richmond

From staff reports Traverse City painter Joan Richmond spent Spring 2015 and 2016 as a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. She reflects on these experiences at the next “Talk About Art” interview, Sunday, April 24, 2 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Art Association, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Richmond’s month-long residencies […]

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40 Shades of Green at Center Gallery

Traverse City artist Joan Richmond returns to Center Gallery with “40 Shades of Green,” an exhibition of landscape painting, both literal and abstract. This show opens Aug. 14, 6 p.m. with a reception at the gallery, 6023 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor.

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Center Gallery hosts Joan Richmond

Traverse City artist Joan Richmond explores “Edges: Water, Sky, Land,” a new series of paintings at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor. The show opens Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. with a reception for the artist.

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Center Gallery features “Colors of the North”

Traverse City artist Joan Richmond returns to Glen Arbor’s Center Gallery with “Colors of the North,” a series of new paintings of Northern Michigan beginning Aug. 26.

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