Art Club member, Holly Willson, will be showing of her work at the Grill House Restaurant in Allegan. You're invited to a very cool reception on November 29, 2022 from 5 to 7 hosted by the Allegan Area Arts Council. Come for hors d’oeuvres and stay for dinner.

Art club member Angie has a published book available through Amazon and Schuler books and several local stores in Holland an Saugatuck.  It is titled A YEAR IN BALANCE.  






Here is the link:
https://www.amazon.com/Year-Balance-Spiritual-Guide-Finding/dp/1639452575/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3V3HMKYTAJ2Y4&keywords=a+year+in+balance&qid=1665156946&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjc0IiwicXNhIjoiMC43MCIsInFzcCI6IjAuODUifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=a+yesr+in+balance%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1

Or contact Angie at 312-723-8158

A brand new, never used, plein air travel easel for sale for $125. This is the link to the same easel online, https://enpleinairpro.com/collections/packages/products/traveler-series-watercolor-package

Contact Barri Rosenbluth
brosenbluth@me.com
512-517-6771

SDAC member Carrie Andrews has a new solo show at Gallery 602 in Holland Hospital. Her paintings are largely abstract in acrylic and mixed media. The show is open to staff, patients and their visitors, and will be up until September 30th, thanks to Paulette Carr, curator and Holland Friends of Art. For more information about Carrie, click the link below: https://linktr.ee/carrieandrewsart

Sue Flanagan is having a grand opening artist reception at her new summer studio and gallery. Pine Tree Studio is located at 6596 146th Ave., Holland. The reception is from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, August 5, 2022. All are welcome.
 
Please visit Sue’s website for information about on-going classes in pastel, acrylic, and oil:  www.sueflanagan.com

A message suitable for all creatives.

View the original at https://vimeo.com/danielsax/thegap

Show your support, keep your supplies and phone close at hand and protect your clothing with these great aprons emblazoned with the colorful Art Club logo.

To order your apron(s), email Julie.jacobusse@gmail.com.
Aprons are $20. All proceeds benefit the Art Club.

by Tali Farchi (NL) and Royce Deans (USA)
https://www.artisttableonline.com/ 
Email info@artisttableonline.com

The exhibition here, within contains profound layers of the unseen world on a large scale through Hefferan’s woven textiles. Mirroring the infinite details and complexities under the microscope, some of the titles of here, within are written out in amino acid chains continuing to highlight awareness between art and science.

Celebration of the Arts began in 1972 as part of the Music and Arts Ministry of First Church. In its 48th year, Celebration has grown to represent one of the largest juried sacred art shows in the country. It features artists from throughout the Midwest in a variety of media including oils, acrylic, watercolor, sculpture, fiber, photography, and more. During the festival, there are many individual events including concerts, drama, and art activities.
First United Methodist Church, 227 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
For more information visit https://www.grfumc.org/cofa

For more information visit https://www.theresagray.com/the-art-of-connection

The Skin I'm In is an exhibition on living life as yourself and all the identities that come with it and how you see yourself and how the world sees you.  This is a moment to creatively share your stories as a person with a disability, a man with a wonderful smile, a war vet, a Black woman, a Person of Color. This exhibit is a place to tell how you feel in your skin as a member of the LGBTQ community, as an Asian man, a Muslim grandmother. How you express yourself as an Indigenous person, a person with red hair and freckles or a Black Man in today’s America. Whatever skin you are in, who you are matters. Your story matters.

For the past 18 years, Donna has dedicated her skills as a designer and project manager to develop marketing and promotional strategies for urban libraries and non-profits. She has been a graphic/web designer for Detroit Public Library and Houston Public Library systems and brand manager for Houston Public Library.

Donna attended Western Michigan University in the College of Engineering and also attended the College for Creative Studies as a Graphic Communications major. She is the founder of DMJStudio, her creative studio devoted to developing art projects and events that close gaps between community and cultural institutions through public art, exhibits, film, and social collaborations. Much of her artwork and projects are available to view at www.dmjstudio.com

Her body of work includes Colorful Women, a collection of abstract paintings, illustrations, video, and installations narrating stories of women and her hometown of Detroit. She has created and curated several projects and installations. These include the Door of Opportunity project, a collection of doors transformed into art by local artists, Posters on Politics (an international exhibition of posters on global politics), and Women Work, (a platform of women exhibits, projects and programs that focus on the narratives of women). She continues to work in the neighborhoods of Detroit developing story projects and exhibitions, such as Middle Detroit, a collection of stories about Detroit’s middle class as well as In Pursuit of Hope, stories about the Detroit 1967 Rebellion. 

Entry requirements
This call is open to all artists 18 years of age or older in the following states: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. All work must be the original work of the artist and completed in the last three years. We reserve the right to decline any work that is substantially different from the submitted images, does not meet size limitations, or is not professionally presented.

Size limits: 2D - 72”high x 55” wide maximum 3D- must fit through standard doorway, max. 50lbs. No installations or ceiling hung work

Please contact Kerry Hagy with questions at info@southhavenarts.org

South Haven Center for the Arts 600 Phoenix St, South Haven, MI 49090 Phone: (269) 637-1041 Hours: Wed, Fri, Sat 11AM – 4:00PM (ET), Thurs: 11AM – 6:00PM www.southhavenarts.org
info@southhavenarts.org

WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING FROM AN ARTIST
YOU’RE BUYING MORE THAN AN OBJECT
YOU’RE BUYING HUNDREDS
OF HOURS OF ERRORS AND EXPERIMENTATION
AND MOMENTS OF PURE JOY
YOU’RE NOT BUYING JUST ONE THING
YOU ARE BUYING A PIECE OF A HEART
A PIECE OF A SOUL
A SMALL PIECE
OF SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE

Author Joy Plett