Community Calendar

2025 Winter Member Exhibition opens December 5th, Beck and Borwell Galleries

This OAC member showcase features an all-media exhibit just in time for holiday gift-giving. One of our largest exhibits, the Winter Member Show is a great kick-off to the holiday season. Join us for this special exhibit featuring paintings, sculptures, ceramics, fiber, wood and more by our talented member-artists.

Opening reception is December 5th from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Refreshments will be served; admission is free.
Current OAC Members receive a 10% discount on all gallery purchases made during the opening reception!
Help support our member artists with a purchase of original art!

This exhibit is made possible thanks to our sponsor, Freshwater Reporter

Oliver Art Center is closed on Mondays and December 24, 25, January 1

The Glen Arbor Arts Center welcomes the new year with a small exhibition, Small Accomplishments by Leelanau County artist Harvey Gordon. This exhibition of acrylic paintings is in the GAAC’s Lobby Gallery from January 5 - April 23, 2026.

“Ever since I started looking at art, I’ve had a special affinity for small work; work that you could get up close to and see the whole thing, and how it was done,” Gordon said.

The acrylic paintings in Small Accomplishments offer an intimate view of the artist’s process and technique -- his signature practice of layering one transparent color on top of another, which he applies to a range of subjects: beach walkers, the American flag flying in front of a business, Sleeping Bear Bay.

Small Accomplishments is on view in the Lobby Gallery during GAAC business hours; or may be viewed online: GlenArborArt.org / Exhibits

A fun, interactive exhibition showcasing artwork that makes it immediately evident that color is the major characteristic of the piece. Brochures will be provided for viewers to learn about various color schemes, the role of color in a composition, and how it affects interpretation or emotional content of the work.  

Visitors will be encouraged to move through the exhibition space slowly, considering these concepts to gain a deeper appreciation for the role color plays in art. Works on display will include a wide variety media and styles from regional artists.

This exhibit will be on display through February 6th.
Sunday 12-4
Tuesday-Friday: 10-4

Spectrum will open with a reception from 5:00 - 7:00 PM on Friday, January 9th.

The Glen Arbor Arts Center looks inward with its first exhibit of 2026. INteriors, an exploration of inner spaces, both real and imagined, spaces of the home and of the mind, opens January 9 with a reception from 5-7 pm.

Interiors are found both in the domestic and metaphysical spheres. Exhibitors explore what these interiors look like; and what they contain. The INteriors exhibition showcases the work of 27 artists working in a wide range of media.

INteriors runs through March 12, and enjoys the support of Golden-Fowler Home Furnishings of Traverse City.

For more information or to view the exhibit online, go to
GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS.

How can we live better, and dwell more thoroughly in our homes? Two Northern Michigan interior designers explore that question on January 18, 1 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center.

This conversation takes place as part of the GAAC’s INteriors exhibition. It is facilitated by GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal.

The program is free.

Gretchen Knoblock, design director of the Traverse City firm New Leaf Interiors, and Karen Van Nort, a home stager and designer located in Leelanau County, will reflect on the ways they’ve helped clients make their interiors livable and congenial. What essential design elements ground homeowners in their personal space? And, what does it mean to bring the outside indoors?

In the event of inclement weather, Dwelling: A Conversation About Living Well will take place February 8, 1 pm. INteriors, an exhibition about real and imagined inner
spaces, runs January 9 - March 12 in the GAAC’s Main Gallery.

Read more about the exhibition and view images of the artwork at GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS.

Join a conversational tour of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s current exhibits on February 14, 1 pm. GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal leads a Walk + Talk of INteriors, and Small Accomplishments.

INteriors brings to the GAAC Main Gallery work that explores interior spaces real and imagined, in the home and mind. In the GAAC’s Lobby Gallery is Small Accomplishments, a group of acrylic paintings by Leelanau County artist Harvey Gordon that capture unremarkable events with remarkable technique.

The February 14 Walk + Talk is free and open to the public. Read more about both exhibits, and look at the artwork online at GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS.

Join a conversational tour of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s current exhibits on March 7, 1 pm. GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal leads a Walk + Talk of INteriors, and Small Accomplishments.

INteriors brings to the GAAC Main Gallery work that explores interior spaces real and imagined, in the home and mind. In the GAAC’s Lobby Gallery is Small Accomplishments, a group of acrylic paintings by Leelanau County artist Harvey Gordon that capture unremarkable events with remarkable technique.

The March 7 Walk + Talk is free and open to the public. Read more about both exhibits, and look at the artwork online at GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS.