Calendar – Art/Community – Model A Cut-Out Decorating – May 19
May 16, 2012
Marquette – In support of the Model A Ford Club of America’s visit to the city of Marquette, a decorating open house will be held on Saturday, May 19 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Marquette Arts and Culture Center in the lower level of Peter White Library.
Families may decorate a 2-by-2 foot wooden cutout in the shape of a Model A. The cost is $10 per cutout and families may paint as many as they wish. All painting supplies will be provided.
Completed Model A cutouts will be displayed June 15 through 25 on Third Street, in downtown Marquette. For more information, visit www.downtownmarquette.org
Calendar – Art – 36th Annual Lake Superior Art Association Members’ Exhibition Opens – May 18
May 15, 2012
Marquette – The 36th Annual Lake Superior Art Association Members’ Exhibition will open with an artist reception on Friday, May 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Marquette Arts and Culture Center in the lower level of the Peter White Public Library.
The exhibition features the work of over 70 regional artists and is in coordination with the 16th Annual City of Marquette Arts Awards. Artwork will be on display until May 31.
For more information, please contact the City of Marquette
Arts and Culture Center at 228-0472 or arts-culture@mqtcty.org.
Calendar – Art – John Lautner Story Presented – May 12
May 9, 2012
Marquette – Melissa Matusak, DeVos Art Museum Director and Curator, will present a story of John Lautner, Marquette-born modernist architect who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright on Saturday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Women’s Federated Clubhouse, 104 W. Ridge Street, Marquette.
For more information or to make a reservation, call Rae Elliot at 486-1207.
Calendar – Art – Artisans Limited Art Show Opening Reception – May 7
May 4, 2012
Marquette – “Artisans Limited,” the 1st Annual Art Show of the work of Brookridge Heights Assisted Living and Memory Care residents, will open with a reception on Monday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Brookridge Heights in Marquette.
This event is free and open to the public. The residents are excited to showcase all of their hard work, which will be on display from May 7 through May 14.
Calendar – Art – Scattered to the Winds Exhibit Opening – May 3
April 30, 2012
Marquette – The exhibit “Scattered to the Winds: The Vanished Community of Cable’s Bay and Beaver Island” will open Thursday, May 3, at the Beaumier Upper Peninsula Heritage Center at Northern Michigan University.
An opening reception featuring ethnic foods and songs from the island’s inhabitants will be held at 5 p.m. in 105 Cohodas Hall.
NMU students in a sociology class on museum studies contributed to the creation and design of the exhibit, which showcases artifacts and data collected during the NMU archaeology field school excavations conducted on Beaver Island in 2010-11. Items are also on loan from the Beaver Island Historical Society, Marquette Regional History Center and the State of Michigan.
Admission is free. The exhibit runs through September 1.
Calendar – Art – Timely Stitchers Open House – May 3
April 30, 2012
Marquette – The Timely Stitchers will present the exhibit “The Art of Cross-Stitch III” and host an open house on Thursday, May 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Huron Mountain Gallery of the Peter White Public Library.
The exhibit will be on display throughout the month of May. For more information, call 906-360-6410.
Calendar – Music/Art – Celebration of the Arts – Apr. 25
April 22, 2012
Gwinn – The Gwinn Area Community Schools will present a district-wide “Celebration of the Arts” concert and art show on Wednesday, April 25 at 7 p.m. in the Gwinn High School Gymnasium.
Featured will be collage-style performances by the choirs and bell choirs of Gilbert and KI Sawyer Elementary Schools as well as the bands, choirs, and jazz bands of Gwinn Middle School and Gwinn High School.
The district-wide art show will be available in the high school cafetorium before and after the concert. The event is free and the public is invited.
For more information, please call 346-9247.
Calendar – Art – Earth Day Fair and Art Walk – Apr. 21
April 18, 2012
Marquette – The MooseWood Nature Center will celebrate Earth Day with a fair and Art Walk on Saturday, April 21 from noon to 4 p.m. at the center on Presque Isle in Marquette.
The art displayed will come from area school classrooms and the community. For more information, email Kathy Powell at kpowell@nmu.edu.
Calendar – Youth/Art – Saturday Morning Art – Apr. 14
April 11, 2012
Marquette – The Kids’ Saturday Morning Art story and art program for youth, kindergarten through fourth grade, will offer “Stained Glass Windows” on Saturday, April 14 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Peter White Public Library.
For more information, call 226-4320 or visit www.pwpl.info.
Calendar – Art – Art Exhibit/Artist Reception – Apr. 5
April 2, 2012
Marquette – “Grains, Fibers and Threads” from Northern Michigan University Emerging Artists, featuring artwork by Patti Tourville, Corey Kelly, Ann Weber and Grant Kaihoi will be on display April 4 through 28 at the Marquette Art and Culture Center Gallery in the lower of the Peter White Public Library.
his eclectic display will include photography, human centered design and woodworking. A public reception for the artists will held on Thursday, April 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Art Center Gallery.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, call 228-0472.
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