Exhibits 2023
Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors:
Blick Art Materials
Charlevoix Auto
Charlevoix State Bank
DCL, Inc.
Grey Gables
Our Family Foods
Pearsall Construction
Petoskey Plastics
Stafford's Weathervane Restaurant
All exhibits are free and open to the public! Groups Welcome.
Gallery & Gift Shop Hours: M-F 11am-4pm, Sat 11am-3pm.
CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE mARkeT
Exhibit runs:
November 17 - December 30, 2023
Our annual Charlevoix Circle mARkeT is a festive, handmade, shopping experience launched by our Community Appreciation Celebration. With over 40 local artists and makers featured, we have curated a magnificent selection of unique gifts and treats!
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OPEN CALL!
Deadline for entry is November 1.
Sponsored By: Charlevoix State Bank
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5:14 Candles; Santa Painting by Douglas Barron;
Marbled art by Lisa Hohn; Spirit Dolls by Nancy Daniel;
Ornament by Sharon Smithem.
Completed Exhibits for 2023...
SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION
Exhibit runs: January 27 - February 25, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION with Scholarship & Awards Presentation: Friday, January 27 from 5-7pm.
Our annual regional high school student art exhibit! Come and see unique works from 11th & 12th grade budding artists from Charlevoix County and the surrounding area! With scholarship awards from Kendall College, and CCA prize awards.
Participating Schools:
Boyne City
Boyne Falls
Charlevoix
East Jordan
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Sponsored by: Blick Art Materials & Petoskey Plastics
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CCA Awardees:
1st Place: Emily Dong, Charlevoix High School
2nd Place: Kadence Miller, Charlevoix High School
3rd Place: Olivia Payne, Boyne City High School
Honorable Mention: Luis Chevez, East Jordan High School
Todd Warner Student Innovation Award: Blaise Sytsma Reed, Charlevoix High School
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KCAD Scholarship Awardees:
Boyne City High School
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Olivia Payne
Boyne Falls High School
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Jordan Devers
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Alice Loper
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Abigail Smith
Charlevoix High School
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Delaney Boehm
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Savannah Coppersmith
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Chloe Curtis
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Emily Dong
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Kylie Dorst
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Kadence Miller
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Sarah Pletcher (Honorable Mention)
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Kylee Rice
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Laina Sladics
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Blaise Sytsma-Reed (Honorable Mention)
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Lena Sytsma-Reed (Honorable Mention)
East Jordan High School
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Luis Chevez
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Zoe Haney
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Ashlynn Kluth
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Cole Wood
Charlevoix Creatives Collective:
TOOLS OF CREATIVITY
Exhibit runs: March 10 - April 8, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, March 10 from 5 - 7pm
The Charlevoix Creatives Collective (C3) is an amalgamation of artists coming together to cultivate creativity, ideas and inspiration. They collaborate to support, design, and promote each other’s artistry.
The artists/creators represent a variety of art mediums and unique perspectives including illustration, painting, fiber arts, photography, graphic design, fused glass, stained glass, writing and book publishing.
The work of each artist will be showcased, along with the tools they use to create, learn individually and collaborate together. They hope to inspire others to create and dream, from small efforts to growing and expanding as artists, creators, writers, beyond.
Showcasing Charlevoix artists include:
Jennifer Carroll
Mary Duggan
Shayla Johnson
Kathie Libert
Ruby Smith
Sharon Smithem
Click HERE for artist bios
Take part in the Community Collage Art Project, plus Children's Scavenger Hunt and FREE Take & Make art kits.
Sponsored By: Grey Gables Restaurant & Catering
GARDEN OF GLASS
the art of Craig Mitchell Smith
Exhibit runs: April 21 - May 20, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 28 from 5 - 7pm
GLOWING GLASS evening event
Friday, May 12 from 8 - 10pm
Nationally renowned glass artist and sculptor Craig Mitchell Smith presents an exhibition experience combining stunning, larger-than-life floral forms with retrospective works and fresh studio pieces made in Charlevoix.
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Artist Statement
"In 2006, I discovered my medium in glass. Medium not only in the sense of the substance used to create my art, but as a voice through which the spirit speaks. I love glass for its metaphors of the human condition. At its best, it is colorful and transparent, brittle when cold and malleable when warm, stronger than it looks, enduring the ages if treated with care and respect.
Isadora Duncan, when asked what her dance meant said, 'If I could tell you what I mean, I wouldn't have to dance.' I never set out to make something beautiful or meaningful. My work is a response to beauty or meaning. I work in glass to tell you what I mean. I prefer to have my glass speak for itself."
Sponsored By: DCL, Inc.
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Charlevoix Photography Club
14th Annual Juried Exhibition
Exhibit runs: June 2 - 17, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION & Awards Presentation:
Friday, June 2 from 5-7pm.
The Charlevoix Photography Club, Inc. (CPC) and Charlevoix Circle of Arts is pleased to accept submissions for its fourteenth Annual Juried Photography Exhibition.
The exhibition is open to any local photographers and all current members of the Charlevoix Photography Club.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Cash prizes will be given for first, second and third place images in each of the six categories. The juror will also select images for Honorable Mention.
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Categories are:
1) Wildlife
2) Flora
3) Landscape
4) Architecture (buildings, barns, bridges, other structures)
5) Creative Fine Art (still life, portrait, creative expression)
6) Hometown Icons (something your hometown is known for)
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Sponsored By: Charlevoix Auto
Photo by Lisa Lirones
SUMMER SALON
Exhibit runs: June 30 - September 2, 2023
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Our 4th annual salon-style exhibit showcasing regionally inspired work by local & area artists. Join us this summer as our exhibit gallery turns sales gallery! We are delighted to offer a collection of our very own local northern Michigan artists.
Support Local Art
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Summer Salon Open House & Reception
Friday, July 14, 5-7pm
with Paint Out Event Wet Paint Sale & Reception
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Featured Artists:
James Abbey
Elizabeth Armbruster
Prudy Barber
Douglas Barron
Anne Benington
Erin Bonner
Joyce Brodsky
James Burge
Ann Carolan
Patricia Clark
Jan Coltman
Mike Coltman
Paula Cordes
Laura Crawford
Nancy Daniel
Joan Gerigk
Brian Goff
Kelly Heck
Debra Howard
Rebecca Johnson
Gary Juliano
Karen Kimmell
Debbie Lamson
Nancy Maas
Mary MacLellan-Koaches
Anne Matzka
Janet McGarey
Wendy McWhorter
Mitchell Mondry
Margaret Moran
Dan O’Connor
Gail Passino
Robert Perrish
Lesley Pritchard
Annie Russell
Audrey Shapiro
Jay Shell
Rhonda Sherwin
James Simonsen
Deborah Trent
Beth Weaver
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BRIDGES
JURIED EXHIBITION
Exhibit runs: September 15 - October 28, 2023
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OPENING RECEPTION & 15th Anniversary Celebration:
Friday, September 15 from 5-7pm.
Artists bring to life their own interpretation of the prompt BRIDGES: A connecting, transition, or intermediate route or phase between two adjacent elements, activities, condition or the like. Or, a structure spanning and providing passages over a river, chasm, road or the like. Traverse, Cross, Vault, Link, Connect, Unite.
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Juror for this exhibition is Charlevoix artist Craig Mitchell Smith, who has received national recognition for his glass sculptures and is known throughout the United States for his gallery and public garden exhibits. Craig's revolutionary techniques in kiln formed glass inspires experts in the field and is said to be the most innovative kiln glass artist in America today.
Exhibiting Artists:
Ebony Amber
Douglas Barron
Tom Bassett-Dilley
Christine Beals
Boisali Biswas
Joyce Brodsky
Laura Crawford
Emily Dong
John Doskoch
Mary Duggan
Judy Feldkamp
Susan Glass
Margie Guyot
Mark Haveman
Kendall Hornsby
Rebecca Johnson
Shayla Johnson
Sheldon Johnson
Scott Kelly
Nancy Maas
Patti McCreadie
Janet McGarey
Robert Perrish
James Simonsen
Sharon Smithem
Julie Tibus
Steve Toornman
Sarah Tule May
Lisa Yontz
AWARD WINNERS
