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Glen Arbor Arts Center stays out late on Friday nights

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.

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Glen Arbor Arts Center hosts PULSE Saxophone Quartet, Late Night Fridays, Forging for Peace

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.

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Manitou Music series evolves throughout community

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.

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Manitou Music poster reminiscent of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”

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The Manitou Music series is one of the most enduring and significant programs of the Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC). Each year, to commemorate the music series, the GAAC selects a painting representative of Leelanau County and the surrounding area for its annual poster. This year the honor has been bestowed upon Randi Ford, a landscape artist based in Grand Rapids. Ford’s painting, entitled Path Through Time (2021), is a vibrant and lyrical rendition of the Arcadia Dunes and its surrounding azure waters. Ford’s love of nature—northern Michigan and Lake Michigan, in particular—is abundantly clear from her acrylic works. Ford exclusively paints landscapes. The outdoors provides deep and endless inspiration. Her intention is to capture the energy and spirit of nature, and share it with her audience.

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Glen Arbor Arts Center exhibits Woodland Studios, unveils 2022 summer event highlights

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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. Among highlights planned for this summer, 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.

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Glen Arbor Arts Center unveils Manitou Music compilation CD

The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s (GAAC) iconic Manitou Music series has been captured in a new compilation CD. Jack Conners, the former Manitou Music Series director and owner of Perfect World Studios in Traverse City, has curated and produced a selection of eclectic and inspired music from the Manitou Music 2013-2018 concert seasons.

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Glen Arbor Arts Center unveils 2021 Manitou Music poster

South Haven, Mich., artist Susan L. Anderson’s Glen Lake Splendor is the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s (GAAC) iconic 2021 Manitou Music poster image. The Manitou Music concert series, one of the GAAC’s summer highlights, is paused for 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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Manitou Music poster competition deadline approaches

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions of original paintings for its 2021 Manitou Music poster competition. The deadline for on-line submissions is September 17. This call-for-submissions is open to all current GAAC members. There is no application fee.

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Glen Arbor Fourth of July parade, Dune Climb concert, Manitou Music concerts, Port Oneida Fair canceled

The coronavirus pandemic and need for social distancing has prompted the cancelation of this year’s Glen Arbor Fourth of July parade, the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb concert, the Manitou Music concert series, and the Port Oneida Fair.

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Arts Center seeks submissions for Manitou Music poster

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions of original paintings for its 2020 Manitou Music poster competition. The deadline for online submissions is October 16. This call-for-submissions is open to all current GAAC members. There is no application fee.

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