Building A Character -- Michael Delp -- poet, essayist, teacher, fly fisherman – speaks to the beauty of streams and fresh water...
Building A Character -- Michael Delp -- poet, essayist, teacher, fly fisherman – speaks to the beauty of streams and fresh water...
Building A Story -- Teresa Scollon, Traverse City poet and teacher, talks about To Embroider The Gound With Prayer, creating a collection of poems that consider her father’s illness + death; and a new volume, No Trouble Staying Awake.
Building An Escape – Janie Paul, co-founder of the Prisons Creative Art Project, published Making Art In Prisons, and received a 2024 Michigan Notable Books award.
Traverse City painter Katherine Corden, 33, has “a short attention span when it comes to [her] painting.” Hard to believe given the extensive, practical evidence of her steady focus: on her process, her making, and the many ways she lets the world know about it. In depicting her favorite subjects …
On a 2024 painting expedition, Traverse City, Michigan painter Barbara Reich stumbled upon a small group of windswept trees and vegetation 600 feet above Lake Michigan.
Jan Johnson Doerfer, 73, feels better when she is creating, when she can go down to the beach and watch the water, or connect with the birds, or add to a collection of sticks that are “art waiting to be made.” Creative work has been a constant thread throughout her …
Deep Wood Press is situated on four acres in Antrim County, surrounded by 450 acres of land under the protection and stewardship of the Michigan Nature Association. This is Chad Pastotnik’s home, backyard, place of work, and shelter from the storm of contemporary life. This maker of hand-built, hand-crafted fine …
Frankfort artist L.C. Lim feels her way through her work. “Once I get a feeling from a place, then I’ll use whatever medium will make that feeling [visible],” she said. “That’s how I always go about it. I never think about the medium.” Instead, she think-feels the places that bring …
Fleda Brown, 80, is so much more than her resume: author of 12 poetry books, and four memoirs; Professor Emerita at the University of Delaware; recipient of many awards including a Pushcart Prize. This plain-spoken writer is a fan of Elvis, and wrote a book of poems about him. Water …
Claudia Keglovitz talks about her tools, process, and the intentions she brings to her collages in this recorded interview.
Mercedes Bowyer, 44, has had a seat on both sides of the arts table. For more than a decade, she lead the Oliver Arts Center, a community arts center in Frankfort, Michigan. After leaving the Oliver, she found herself making the art. A series of life changes pointed her back …
Antrim County painter Wendy McWhorter, 68, is a late bloomer, self-described. But after retiring in 2013 she blossomed — a verb that applies to her creative practice, and her subject matter. Wendy is passionate about flowers. They meet so many needs: color, shape, their brightening presence in the landscape and …
Laura Korch joined the Northwestern Michigan College art department in August 2023. She runs the ceramics and sculpture programs. “I had a very strong pull to [clay] as a child,” said the 43-year-old Traverse City resident. “As my work in pottery began changing into sculpture, I went to grad school …
Dana Falconberry talks about her tools, process, and her documentation of native plants local to northern Michigan in this recorded interview.
Blankets. Pieces of mirror. A chair that isn’t a chair. Traverse City artist Mike Cotter, 79, has spent a long time thinking about low materials as high art. He went back to art school after moving permanently to Traverse City in 2008, and reignited a dormant studio practice that got …
Mark talks in more detail about the process and thinking behind his Random collages, a series he began seven years ago, in a short video interview.
As part of the GAAC’s The Sky Is Always There exhibit, we spoke with two visual artists whose works are a testament to their fascination with and reverence for the sky.
I started as a front desk volunteer in July. Being accountable for my time, joining a stellar group of people, and giving back by welcoming new visitors to the Arts Center is what I was looking for.
Julie Avery, a Leelanau County resident, has been an avid volunteer since 2013.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center is a happy stew of stimulating ideas and opportunities. It’s a treasure and gratefully, on it goes better and better.
I think what makes the Glen Arbor Arts Center such a special place is the dedication to making art accessible to all and fostering a sense of community.
We consider the arts to be an important aspect of any community because they inspire reflection and form connections that bridge differences.
Supporting and volunteering at the Glen Arbor Arts Center has been such a rewarding experience in so many ways. It strives to fulfill its mission to provide art everywhere. I love being a part of that process.
Sharing my 50 years of pottery experience is very satisfying. Seeing my students' “AHA moments” as each step of the making process clicks for them, is exciting. The sense of place the farm provides and the accomplishment of making that students experience will stay with them.
My greatest success at the Arts Center are my student’s accomplishments. Artists I teach exhibit in group and solo shows, succeed in painting sales, participate in painting competitions, win awards, paint with joy, and share the love of art with others!
As part of it’s mission to instill a sense of art into the community the Arts Center maintains a solid program of art classes throughout the year. I am proud to be associated with such a program.
I love volunteering and meeting the artists involved in our Plein Air Weekend, or a gallery show. Surrounding and immersing myself in art, whether by purchasing art or volunteering for an event, makes me a part of the creative community.
For me, supporting the arts means believing in spaces that foster our spirit of curiosity and play. The Arts Center creates spaces and experiences where people can be curious and take risks in a supportive environment.
One of my first workshops for the Glen Arbor Arts Center brought in various levels of artists who eagerly took on visual problem-solving, color theory, composing a painting to working on-location agenda with enthusiasm.
With special thanks to all the wonderful organizations who support the Glen Arbor Arts Center:
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