Events

Sample event post for layout testing. Join us for the opening night of the Winter Members’ Show, featuring new work from more than a dozen regional artists working in paint, print, ceramics, and mixed media. The evening is free and open to the public, with light refreshments and a chance to meet many of the artists in person. This year’s show centers on the theme of “slow light,” the low, warm light of a Michigan winter afternoon, and the ways artists capture stillness, shadow, and reflection. Some pieces take the theme literally with snowy landscapes and long interior shadows; others…

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Sample event post for layout testing. Spend a Saturday afternoon watching a working printmaker pull relief and monotype prints from start to finish. Our visiting artist will walk through carving a block, inking, registration, and the hand-pressing process, and talk about how printmakers plan an image in reverse. Visitors are welcome to come and go throughout the afternoon. There will be a small hands-on table where you can try inking and pressing a pre-carved block and take home your own print. All materials are provided, and no experience is needed. The demonstration runs from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Space at…

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Sample event post for layout testing. A sculptor who builds large-scale work from salvaged wood, metal, and industrial scrap will talk about where the materials come from, how a piece takes shape, and what it means to give discarded objects a second life as art. The talk will include images from the artist’s studio, a look at several works in progress, and a few pieces brought in especially for the evening. Expect stories about scrapyards, barn teardowns, and the occasional object that refused to become anything at all. The talk begins at 7:00 p.m. and runs about forty-five minutes, followed…

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