Come and visit the Artcenter Traverse City "Recycle Show" exhibit, on display through September 30. This innovative exhibition will display works created predominately from trash. This is an opportunity for local artists to stretch their creativity and create the ultimate in recycling!
Congratulations to our award winners: Cherie Correll for Spirit Vessel, Patt Bennett for Aye Moose-stache (Nachos Are Delicious), and Charlotte Seager for The Idol.
Artcenter Traverse City is in great need of volunteers. Are you interested in helping in the gallery, working on the mural project, or assisting with one of our special events? Call us today at (231) 941-9488!
The Community Mural Mosaic project needs volunteers on Friday, September 10 at the Schooner Festival in Traverse City. There are two shifts, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. We could also use your help on Saturday, September 11 at Artcenter Traverse City during the Women's Resource Center's Art Sale--please call for shift schedules. Finally, we need volunteers for the September 17 painting session at the Fall Downtown Art Walk in Traverse City, which runs from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interested in helping out? Please call Kathy at (231) 941-1806.
Artcenter member Valorie Gibbs will be featured in a new exhibit at Crema in Traverse City. Join us for an opening reception to celebrate this exciting new show on Friday, September 3 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tea, coffee and pastries will be served, and the event is open to the public.
Crema is located on the corner of Front and Park Streets in downtown TC. For more information about Crema and the exhibit, visit www.crematc.com or call (231) 421-JAVA (5282).
Valorie's watercolor, acrylic, and colored pencil paintings will be on display through September 30, 2010.
The Traverse City Plein Air Painting group meets every Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. during the nice weather months of the year.
Following is a list of meeting places for the 2010 Plein Air Painters:
September 9 - Cuppa Joe's at the Grand Traverse Pavilions (at the Commons). Melodee's birthday, bring costumes/hates for portraits.
September 16 - Dawn's house (2542 E. Hendryx Dr. in Suttons Bay); take M-22 to S. Lee Point; it is eleven miles north of Tom's West Bay and five miles outh of Suttons Bay
September 23 - Reincke Horse Farm; the main farm is on 633 (S Center Highway), just north of where 633 and Elm Valley split; the property borders the north side of Mawby vineyards
September 30 - Village of Old Mission / Haserot Beach Park
October 7 - Chateau Chantal; take M-37 (Center Road on Old Mission Peninsula) past Mapleton; it will be on your right
October 14 - Sue's house (2126 Island View Rd. on Old Mission Peninsula); it is nine miles out on Center Road, just past the scenic overview
October 21 - Women's Walk (S. Elmwood Avenue in Traverse City); park on the road just south of 7th Street
For more information, please contact Artcenter Traverse City at (231) 941-9488.
The 2010 Michigan Water Color Society exhibit is on display at the Dennos Museum through September 5, 2010. Congratulations to Artcenter members Mike Hyrman and Sucile Mellor for being accepted into this beautiful exhibit!
Artcenter Traverse City is considering renting a charter bus to visit Grand Rapids during this year's ArtPrize event. If we can involve 40 people, the approximate cost would be $25.00 per person.
This can be a really fun experience, and we might be able to find sponsors--a gallery, winery, or other buisness. Please share any ideas you may have!
The ArtPrize will run from September 22 through October 10, 2010.
If you are interested, please (PLEASE) let us know so that we can continue with this exciting opportunity! Call Artcenter with inerest at (231) 941-9488 or email us.
This fun display will be made up of beautiful landscapes--especially those that are agriculture-related. Exhibiting artists include Margie Guyot (oil), Louise Pond (pastel), Wendy Chaney (pastel), Danielle Crilly (acrylic & oil), John O'Neill (oil), Paula Cordes (oil), Michelle Hatch (acrylic), Lindy Bishop (oil), William Sabo (mixed media), and Lars-Birger Sponberg (oil).
An exhibit of new oil paintings by artist Rebecca Vrbanac Rhoads will be on display at Hanna Bistro through September 8, 2010. The exhibit depicts the scenic beauty of both peninsulas--Copper Harbor to the rural center of the Lower Peninsula. The artists will donate 10% of the proceeds from painting sales to one of three charities--Father Fred Foundation, Salvation Army, or the Women's Resource Center.
Hanna Bistro is located at 118 Cass Street in Traverse City. For more information, contact them at (231) 946-8207.
If you love fiber arts, you definitely want to see this show! You will be absolutely delighted by the water-themed art quilts, mixed media fiber art pieces, and even jewelry. The exhibit is located at the Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay, 13272 S. West Bay Shore Dr. in Greilickville--the bright blue building across the parking lot from the Children's Museum.
This show is part of the Art of the Watershed exhibit series to raise funds to help the Watershed protect Grand Traverse Bay and its 1,000-square-mile watershed. A portion of all art sales support this vital work.
Featured artists include Jone Antenucci, Kerry Bowes, Cheryl Costley, Harriett DeRose, Gail Ingraham, Mary Underwood, Desiree Vaughn, Barbara Waddell, Robin Webb-Bransky and Gera Witte.
This beautiful art quilt and fiber art exhibition will run through September 7, 2010. For more information, please contact the Watershed at (231) 935-1514.
