Archive for category: art

Leelanau Uncaged ~ Last Saturday in September in Northport!

Celebrate creativity in all its forms with musical performers, dancers, artists, and food vendors in a daylong celebration of art & music with something for every age & taste!!
Artist by Diane Greene Lent

Suttons Bay Art Festival this weekend!

The annual Suttons Bay Art Festival takes place this Saturday & Sunday

Mark Lindsay shares The Soul of Sleeping Bear

Mark has released his first book, The Soul of Sleeping Bear. It’s a beautiful, coffee table book that blends gorgeous photography of the Sleeping Bear with writings on what these vistas can spark in your heart.
Tom Woodruff Retrospective

Tom Woodruff Retrospective in Northport ~ Sep 20-28th

The opening reception the Tom Woodruff Retrospective happens this Friday (September 20) at the Village Arts Building in Northport from 5-8pm and continues September 21 - 29.

Gene Rantz Memorial Plein Air Paint Out & Wet Paint Sale this weekend!

On July 19th & 20th, fifty artists will visit the upper portion of Leelanau Peninsula for the Northport Arts Association's annual paintout & wet paint sale!

2024 Northport Photo Exhibit Opens Friday, May 24

The annual exhibit features beautiful and creative works from professional and emerging photographers who will be showing their skill with a variety of subjects and continues through June 9.
Cast of the Edmonia opera at Interlochen Center for the Arts

Interlochen to premier opera based on Black Native sculptor Edmonia Lewis

The world premier of Edmonia, the story of 19th-century Black and Ojibwe sculptor Edmonia Lewis features students & even a Hamilton actor!
DH Day Barn by Kristina Lishawa Photography

Star Trails over the DH Day Barn

Kristina shared this photo of the D.H. Day Farm in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore back in November of 2015.
David and Sally on the front porch of Tamarack in 1992. Courtesy Traverse, the Magazine, January 1992

The story of Omena’s Tamarack Gallery

Omena Village Preservation Association shares the wonderful story of how Sally & David Viskochil came to own the iconic Tamarack Gallery in Omena.
Gilbert the T-Rex Tyrannasaurus Rex Sculpture

Jurassic Lakeshore: The story of Gilbert the T-Rex

The story behind the T-rex fossil sculpture can be seen at Curtis Warnes’ new gallery off Plowman Road in Empire
2023 Suttons Bay Art & Wine Walk

Suttons Bay Art Walk ~ Friday, June 16, 2023

Visit participating shops, meet award-winning local artists, and sample Leelanau County wines.
Mark Lindsay Collection Butterfly Boots

Mark Lindsay is turning photos into fashion

Local nature photographer Mark Lindsay has a new line of fashion & home goods using his stunning photos.