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Paint Holland
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Douglas David Oil Painting Workshop
Experience hands on the classic principles of painting. Each day Douglas will give a short demonstration with discussions on composition, massing, building form, light and shadow, depth, atmospheric images and how to know when your piece is finished. You'll study these principles of design and paint while creating a landscape or seascape painting, working in your own style. Most importantly, you'll have class time to put paint to canvas, ask questions, and get one-on-one feedback on your oil painting practice.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday * July 24, 25 and 26 *
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. lunch breaks * $325
About Douglas David
Douglas David has painted his way across the country, capturing the beauty and spirit of the things he loves -- tranquil country landscapes, sunrises and sunsets on his favorite beaches, a simple pitcher of spring lilacs or peonies, a lemon, lime or a slice of watermelon on a checked tablecloth. Paintings that reflect comfort, warmth meaning and simplicity: similar to everything important to him -- his close knit family, life-long friendships, creatively fulfilling work and giving his best. A recipient of numerous regional and national awards and honors, Douglas' teaching is a way of giving back and sharing some of his journey with those who choose to study with him. For more detailed information, visit
www.douglasdavid.com.
Click for more information and to register.
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$3000 in Awards for MI Arts 2015
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Every year the Arts Council hosts MI Arts, the All Michigan, All Media Visual Arts Competition. Artists from all over the state submit paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and ceramics. A juror narrows the submissions down and selects winners. This is a popular exhibit, and a great opportunity for artists to get exposure.
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: July 1
Results Emailed: July 20
Accepted Drop-Off: August 7-11
Award Winners Announced: August 17
Opening Reception: August 20
Exhibit Closing: October 23
Artist Pick-Up: October 24-27
We'd like to introduce our juror,
Lisa Walcott!
Lisa Walcott is a Midwest based installation artist and kinetic sculptor whose work explores relationships to space and cycles of deterioration and growth, through various subtle gestural objects. Walcott received her MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2010 and has continued to create and exhibit nationally. Her work explores mundane, extracted moments from familiar spaces ultimately giving lyricism to the unseen and visual articulation to the unsaid.
Click here for more information, a printable prospectus and to make your submission payments.
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A Grown-Up Academy Designed for Kids
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8th Street Fine Arts Academy
A grown-up academy designed for kids, 8th Street Fine Arts Academy will cover acrylic painting on canvas and charcoal and pencil drawing. Your artist will work en plien air and with models. The camp will finish with an Art Show displaying the work created throughout the week. For talented or interested kids.
Ages 10-14 * Tuesday - Friday * June 23-26 *1:00-4:00 p.m. *
$85 members, $95 nonmembers, $55 sibling
 8th Street Fine Arts Academy, Jr.
A grown-up academy designed for younger kids, 8th Street Fine Arts Academy will cover acrylic painting on canvas and charcoal and pencil drawing. Your artist will work en plien air and with models. The camp will finish with an Art Show displaying the work created throughout the week. For talented or interested kids.
Ages 7-10 * Tuesday - Friday * June 16-19 *1:00-4:00 p.m. *
$85 members, $95 nonmembers, $55 siblings
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New MI Academy of Folk Music at the Arts Council
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Michigan Academy of Folk Music
Instructors: Nate Roberts (Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Songwriting), Kyle Nester (Fiddle), Jared DeMeester (Bass), Angelee Berrian (Voice)
Develop and grow as a musician! Learn to play traditional American folk music in an informal, social setting. All ages and skill levels are welcome. In this eight week course you will learn to make music with anyone in any situation. You'll receive expert instruction as well as an original method book and play-a-long tracks. The summer session will culminate in a concert featuring student ensembles. You will need to provide your own instrument. For more detailed information about the class or about renting and purchasing instruments, please contact Nate Roberts at [email protected].
Choose from seven tracks: Guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Bass, Voice and Songwriting.
Basic Schedule:
Group Lesson - Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
String Band Rehearsal - Wednesdays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Jam Sessions - Alternate Thursdays, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
8 weeks * All ages and skill levels * June 23 - August 15 * $185
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Our ReCycled and ReMastered Banners are hanging downtown
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Current Exhibitions
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The Human Canvas
Armstrong Gallery
May 16-30
Since around five thousand BC, humans have been toying with the most permanent form of self-expression - tattoos. They hold a place on nearly every surface of the globe, embedded in different cultures, and rich with varying perspectives. Sammi Frankhouse and Ella Rocker, seniors at Black River Public School, decided to delve deep into this trend. Their exhibit offers extensive research on tattoos; specifically, the history of tattoos, the role they play in different cultures, the science behind this permanent form of art, and how they are perceived socially.
In addition to their research, the students will display the results of a social experiment they have been conducting over the past month and a half. The Human Canvas
will deliver a unique perspective on what is beneath the surface of tattoos, as well as the people they are displayed on.
Artists: Sammi Frankhouse and Ella Rocker
Chroma and Copper: A Fusion of Sculpture and Paint
Padnos Gallery
May 24 - June 8
Bette DelVecchio
worked as a bank loan officer to pay the bills, but hoped to find an outlet to feed her eclectic soul. After a varied career that spanned the steel industry, single motherhood, real estate and banking, Bette began searching for a medium of expression that harkened back to her days in the artistic areas of Pennsylvania where she grew up. She spotted her vision in a lump of clay after moving to the shores of Lake Michigan. Soon she was working to hone her craft as a potter. Several years ago, Bette began to explore the wonderful world of acrylic painting.
Daryl Bruischat studied printmaking and sculpture as a graduate student with Takashi Takahara. He has traveled the world extensively, mostly for his work designing and engineering environmental chambers. After a horrific accident left him fighting for life, he has turned his attention to art. He traces his mobility and current health on the physical and spiritual healing qualities of art. Bruischat's sculptural work is created from heating and cooling variously shaped copper pieces in a series of rapid movements, then assembling the various brilliant colored pieces into works that gather the eye then the mind around the abstract composition.
Their contrasting backgrounds and varied methods of creating blend in this short exhibition -- not one to miss!
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