The LSAA would like to thank the highly motivated folks who attended John Hubbard's demonstration and talk on pet portraits. We hope you enjoyed this event and had fun! The LSAA is proud to offer a variety of workshops, classes, and other educational and fun art programs.
An exhibition of the work of Carol Phillips and David Schmitt The Deo Gallery in located at the Marquette Arts & Culture Center on the lower level of the Peter White Public Library; 217 North Front St., Marquette. The gallery is free and open to the public. CAROL PHILLIPSI began my work as an artist in the area of ceramics with wheel thrown and hand-built forms, both functional and nonfunctional. These organic forms with their continuous line have found their way into my paintings and despite an occasional effort to expel them, are stubbornly dominant.Concerning color, the saturated hues found…
LSAA Annual Meeting and Potluck! New editor? Meetings & Programs. More! Here is your Autumn, 2023 edition of The Kiosk, the Lake Superior Art Association’s Newsletter. Please take the time to read through it, because there is a LOT of information about shows, classes and other art/creative activities that may be of interest to you. The Kiosk is edited by Lynn Buckland-Brown. This will likely be the last Kiosk that Lynn will edit. She's running for the LSAA Board President! If Lynn is elected as LSAA President at the annual meeting/potluck on Sept. 12th, June Parsons will be taking over as…
It was another lovely weekend on Lake Superior, and we couldn't be more grateful to our fantastic artists, volunteers, partners, and sponsors for making this year's Show possible. Anita Meyland Best of Show: Mark Sudduth Sponsored by Travel Marquette Top: Second Prize, Harry Welsch & Kimberly Wellman. Sponsored by Higher Love Right: Third Prize, Joey and Tina Graci. Sponsored by Higher Love Bobbi Ameen Best Use of Color: Jacob Bartanus. Sponsored by Loren Ameen Invitational Award: Taryn Okesson. Sponsored by Beth Millner Jewelry Above: Best of 2-D Mixed Media, Virginia Keeler. Sponsored by Marlene Wood Right: Best of 3-D Mixed…
The 6th annual Fresh Coast Plein Air Festival was held on Friday and Saturday, June 23rd and 24th in Marquette, MI. The event attracted the most artists ever with 38 participants! The festival has been part of the “Grand Finale” of the City of Marquette Art Week, a week-long celebration of Marquette's creative community held during the last full week of June. This year's judging, reception, presentation of awards, and artwork display was held at Provisions MQT, one of Marquette’s newest coffeehouses on the shore of lake Superior. Artists decided for themselves if they were Level 1 Professionals, or Level…
Updated with new Fresh Coast info and Itinerary document! The sixth annual Fresh Coast Plein Air Painting Festival will be held this year throughout Historic and Picturesque Marquette, Michigan and its magnificent shoreline on Friday & Saturday, June 23-2 The sixth annual Fresh Coast Plein Air Painting Festival will be held this year throughout Historic and Picturesque Marquette, Michigan and its magnificent shoreline on Friday & Saturday, June 23-24. The festival is part of the “Grand Finale” of the City of Marquette Art Week. Art Week is a week-long celebration of Marquette's creative community held during the last full week of June, featuring a…
May 08 - 26 2023, Reception on Friday, May 12, from 5 – 7 pm. Each year the DeVos Art Museum celebrates our area schools that support art programs for students. This annual exhibition, featuring talented elementary students’ artwork in all media, is organized by hardworking art teachers from local schools. Join us for the reception on Friday, May 12, from 5 – 7 pm. Participating Schools Include: Aspen Ridge Elementary School Birchview Elementary School Cherry Creek Elementary School Father Marquette Catholic Academy Gilbert Elementary School Lakeview Elementary School North Star Montessori Academy Powell Township School Sandy Knoll Elementary School…
Here is your Summer 2023 edition of The Kiosk, the Lake Superior Art Association’s Newsletter! Please take the time to read through it, because there is a LOT of information about shows, classes and other art/creative activities that may be of interest to you. LSAA-SUMMER-2023-KioskDownload
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. Here's to the future of Lake Superior Area Artists! The Deo Gallery in located at the Marquette Arts & Culture Center on the lower level of the Peter White Public Library, 217 North Front St., Marquette. The gallery is free and open to the public.
This LSAA May program will be on Tuesday, May 16th , 6:30-8:30 PM. In this program, Marquette Woodcut Printer Ben Bohnsack will discuss his craft. He'll also talk about artist residencies. Left: "Sandpiper", woodcut Top: "Rocks Along the Shore", woodcut For more on Ben Bohnsack's work, check out his website https://sandriverart.com/index.html Ben Bohnsack began his career as an artist in retirement, applying his life-long creative energies in new ways. After a weekend in 2012 with printmaker Nick Wroblewski, at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota, he launched out on his own, always learning more with each new…