Lake Superior Art Association Annual Members’ Meeting, 2024
Sept. 17, 2024 6-8:00 Community Room, PWPL This meeting is for LSAA Members only, and for those who wish to join that night.
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August 26, 2024
2024 LSAA Annual Meeting and Potluck
Attention LSAA Members! The Lake Superior Art Association will hold our Annual All Members' meeting on Tuesday, September 17th 6-8pm at Peter White Library Community Room. The general membership will vote to accept approve the slate of new board members. This meeting is for LSAA members only, and those who wish to join that night. Current board members and committees they’re on: Lynn Buckland-Brown, President Sits on all committees except Nominating Committee installed 9/2023 Kim Danielson, Vice President - Nominating, Fresh Coast Plein Air, Communications, Membership 10/22 Board Secretary, 8/23 New term Mary Jane Lynch, Treasurer - Nominating Committee, Giving Committee installed 1/2024 John…
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August 17, 2024
Art on the Rocks 2024 Award Winners
Thank you to our artists, attendees, and volunteers for another wonderful Art on the Rocks! We appreciate the Marquette community and beyond for helping make this year's Show possible. We're excited to share the 2024 Award Winners! A special thank you to our award sponsors: Travel Marquette, the family of Bobbi Ameen, Beth Millner Jewelry, Art of Framing of Marquette, Donckers and The Delft Bistro, The Honorable Distillery, Jack & Cindy Deo, Michele Tuccini, and the Lake Superior Art Association. Also, a huge thank you to QuickTrophy for donating the artist medals! Anita Meyland Best of Show: Mark SudduthSponsored by…
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August 1, 2024
The 2024 Fresh Coast Plein Air Art Festival was a hit!
The LSAA 2024 Plein Air Festival which started on Friday, June 28th with the Dusk to Dark competition and continued on Saturday the 29th with an all day competition, followed by a reception and awards ceremony. The festival concluded on Sunday with an Afterglow get together at Provisions MQT for Coffee and Gelato. Fun was had by all who participated and enjoyed by all who viewed the fabulous pieces created by the artists. Congratulations to all of the participants and award winners! We look forward to seeing you all again at next year’s festival! This year’s LSAA Fresh Coast Plein…
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July 5, 2024
Becoming Made; How an Artist Makes… and is Made
As part of Art Week, the Lake Superior Art Association is showing the film "Becoming Made" at the Peter White Library in the Shiras room at 3:00 Monday June 24. Becoming Made: a rare look at how an artist makes and is made by her environment and her art Mary Brodbeck's film shows in elegant detail the process of creating Mokuhanga woodblock prints in the traditional Japanese method. In this award-winning 2014 short film, Michigan-based artist Mary Brodbeck turns the camera on her own work in creating woodblock prints. Inspired by the great masters Hiroshige and Hokusai, Brodbeck moves in a community…
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June 23, 2024
LSAA President Meets with High School Art Award Winner
LSAA Officers met with the Winner of the High School Art Award. Angeline DeVries and President Lynn Buckland-Brown Marquette County Area High School Artists have their work on display at the Deo Gallery. There is no shortage of talent in the Upper Peninsula, and it’s obvious that this talent has been well nurtured and developed by families and local educators. President Lynn Buckland-Brown and Communications Chair June Parsons met with Angeline DeVries to award her the LSAA High School Art award for 2024, for her painting “Lost in Thought”. Ms DeVries received a letter of congratulations and a gift card…
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May 25, 2024
LSAA High School Art Award Winner
We are pleased to announce that Angeline DeVries has been chosen to receive the LSAA High School Art award for 2024, for her painting “Lost in Thought”. She will receive a $100 gift certificate for Michael’s. Congratulations Angeline! You are a very gifted artist!
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May 16, 2024
Anita Meyland, First Lady of the Arts Event
On March 5th, the Lake Superior Art Association presented a celebration of the History of Arts and Culture in Marquette. Jack Deo and Ann Hilton Fisher shared a lot of fun and interesting stories about Anita Meyland, who came to Marquette as a young bride 100 years ago and began organizing many events and founded Art On the Rocks. Photo by Christine Saari Anita Meyland was a prominent advocate of the arts during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. In 1950 she organized Marquette’s first Art on the Rocks event. She was a contributing member of local art and music organizations…
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March 5, 2024
February 20th: Judy Parlato: Fiber Arts “Lady in Gold”
On February 20th, there was a beautiful presentation by Judy Parlato, a fiber artist from Gwinn, MI. Judy demonstrated the process she uses in creating art quilts. "I was delighted" Judy told me, "to be asked to present my 'Lady' and explain my artistic process starting with inspiration and culminating with binding the quilted art quilt." Judy accepts every design challenge presented her usually stretching the boundaries of traditional quilt design. Striving for improvement as an artist, Judy takes painting and quilting related classes locally and online. The audience enjoyed Judy's journey as she recreated the painting by Gustav Klimt "…
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February 22, 2024
Dog Dayz of Winter Youth Art Show
The artwork boasts the honest simplicity of children’s art, guided by their teachers. A reception held for The annual Dog Dayz of Winter Art Show. The reception was open to the public, the artists and their families on Saturday, February 17. There are some fantastic new ideas this year, so please stop by to see their work! The show will be up through February, in the Art and Culture studio room, in the lower level of the Peter White Public Library. This exhibit is brought to you by the Lake Superior Art Association.
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February 17, 2024