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Come to the museum and join an informal tour of our current exhibitions with one of our docents.

Tours are free with museum admission and will begin at 12:00 PM. Please meet by the front desk a few minutes before the tour begins.

Tickets are not required for this event, and registration is not necessary. Please pay admission when you arrive.

In this engaging presentation, EMU Professor Emeritus Ken Stevens will take you on a whirlwind journey around the world through the visionary artwork of Michigan artist David Barr.

Exploring scores of images of David Barr’s work—including pieces from the Michigan Legacy Art Park, which he founded, Villa Barr, his former Novi home turned art park, and the Dennos Museum’s collection—the program will examine Barr’s regional impact, international artistic reach, and enduring legacy.

Stevens is past president of MLAP where he created the park’s educational program and is currently serving as advisor to Villa Barr.

Limit of 35.

Immerse Yourself in Artistic Inspiration at the 49th Annual Frankfort Art Fair
Friday, August 15th: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Saturday, August 16th: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Market Square Park, Frankfort

Kicking off the weekend on Friday and continuing throughout Saturday, the 49th Annual Frankfort Art Fair. This juried, fine arts fair promises an exquisite array of original works from talented artists across various mediums. Discover unique paintings, sculptures, jewelry, pottery, textiles, and more.

HIStory / HERstory: Whose Story? [August 15 – October 23, 2025]

The Glen Arbor Arts Center takes on the question of history and voice in its next exhibition. HIStory/HERstory: Whose Story? is an exhibition that explores the idea that the victors have written history. This version of history has often been told from one perspective -- while other histories have been ignored, deleted, denied, left out of the official record.

The exhibition opens August 15, 5 pm with a reception in the GAAC Main Gallery.

Whether it’s visual art, literature, film, sports, science, politics, education, animal, mineral, real or imagined history, this exhibition asks:

• Who’s telling what stories?
• Who’s included in the official record?
• Who’s excluded? Omitted? Erased?

Twenty-four exhibitors take on these questions, and answer them with work about what’s included in the art historical canon; a fractured telling of Native American history; the voices inside a mom’s head; and other topics. Read more about the exhibit, and exhibition companion programs. View it online at GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS. HIStory / HERstory runs through October 23.

Join us for a wonderful summer night as we celebrate Michigan Legacy Art Park, and give the 2025 Legacy Award to Chris and Jim MacInnes of Crystal Mountain.

Enjoy a Silent Auction with local items from donors and supporters. Our gala is held each summer at Crystal Mountain Resort with a locally sourced dinner while surrounded by friends and art supporters!

Immerse Yourself in Artistic Inspiration at the 49th Annual Frankfort Art Fair
Friday, August 15th: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Saturday, August 16th: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Market Square Park, Frankfort

Kicking off the weekend on Friday and continuing throughout Saturday, the 49th Annual Frankfort Art Fair. This juried, fine arts fair promises an exquisite array of original works from talented artists across various mediums. Discover unique paintings, sculptures, jewelry, pottery, textiles, and more.

This fun and immersive exhibition explores the joy of sailing Michigan’s rivers and lakes, and celebrates the adventurous heart of our harbor community.

Artwork in all media highlighting all kinds of water travel – from tug boats to kayaks, canoes to freighters, and everything in between – it’s all hands on deck!

Exhibit hours:
Sundays 12-4
Mon-Thur 10-4

Come to Alden District Library to see a display of Great Lakes Maritime History & Memorabilia. The display runs through the month of August and can be viewed during normal library hours. Mon, Wed, Th, F 9:30a-5p, Tu 9:30a-6p, Sat 9:30a-2p. 8751 Helena Rd, Alden, 231-331-4318.

Free Event. At a later date, a video of the display can be viewed on the library's website, aldenlib.info and look for "On Display" link at left. Sponsored by Alden District Library, 8751 Helena Rd, Alden, 231-331-4318

Come to the museum and join an informal tour of our current exhibitions with one of our docents.

Tours are free with museum admission and will begin at 12:00 PM. Please meet by the front desk a few minutes before the tour begins.

Tickets are not required for this event, and registration is not necessary. Please pay admission when you arrive.

Kalamazoo, Michigan writer Lynne Heasley’s residency with the Glen Arbor Arts Center is bat-centric, and a springboard for writing about the natural world and how it intersects with the human world.

Heasley will talk about her essay-in-progress at a public presentation on August 21, 10 am. The program is open to the public at no charge.

During her residency, Heasley will “develop a creative nonfiction environmental essay titled ‘I Remember the Bat Room’ ,” she said. The piece is the prologue for “reconsidering my grandparents’ dilapidated, never-painted, 1900 farm house in the 1960s and ‘70s — what its smells taught and might still teach about our relationships within more-than-human worlds; about transcendent meanings of ‘home’; about biodiversity in even humble places.”

The GAAC has been hosting visiting artmakers as part of its residency program since the 1990s. For more information about the GAAC’s AIR Program go to GlenArborArt.org / ARTISTS.