Area: Door County
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Enjoy the Art of Listening at Björklunden Performance
Lawrence University’s Björklunden will host a Deep Listening performance on May 8 at 1:30 pm. Although we are constantly hearing, it is much more rare to truly and deeply listen. Everyone is invited to join this exploration of sound, movement and the art of listening. This free performance is sponsored by the Boynton Society and […]
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Register Your Kids Now for Art on the Wild Side Day Camp
Ministry Door County Medical Center’s Art on the Wild Side Day Camp for children ages 6 to 12 offers weeks of fun in three locations…for free. The Peg Egan PAC, the Southern Door Community Auditorium and Algoma’s Perry Park will offer a free visual and performing arts summer day camp for children focusing on music, […]
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Wence and Sandra Martinez Win National Award at Smithsonian
Two Wisconsin artists, Wence and Sandra Martinez of Jacksonport, won the Silver Award for overall excellence this weekend at the prestigious 2016 Smithsonian Craft Show. Widely regarded as the most esteemed juried show and sale of American fine craft, the Smithsonian Craft Show is in its 34th year. This year’s show featured the work of […]
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New and Returning Artists in Exhibit I at Fine Line Designs
Fine Line Designs Gallery is hard at work getting ready for the 2016 summer season, which kicks off May 6 with the gallery’s first exhibit of the season opening the same day. “We’re really excited to embark on our additional gallery’s first full season,” says Fine Line owner Shari Gransee. “We opened full time in […]
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“Welcome Spring” at Edgewood Orchard Galleries Opening Day
Edgewood Orchard Galleries kicks off its 48th season with a group show titled Welcome Spring. An opening day celebration will take place May 7, 10 am – 5 pm. The public is invited to visit the gallery and sculpture garden, enjoy complimentary refreshments and hors d’oeuvres, and view newly completed original artwork. This group show […]
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Contemporary Accessories from CIVAL Jewelry at Egg Harbor Trunk Show
Angela Lensch Gallery will host the third annual jewelry trunk show for artist Rachel Frye, designer and self-taught jeweler of CIVAL Jewelry Designs. The trunk show is scheduled for May 7, 10 am – 5 pm. Frye’s original designs were born out of a love for found objects and a desire to give them new […]
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Rob Williams Featured in Miller’s Second Thursday Program
Rob Williams, contemporary Door County landscape painter and retired art educator, will be the featured presenter for this month’s Second Thursday program at the Miller Art Museum. Williams will discuss and demonstrate his technique at the museum on May 12 at 10:30 am, located in the Sturgeon Bay Library. The program is open to the […]
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Marcia Nickols Featured in May at UU Gallery
Marcia Nickols will be the featured artist at the UU Gallery in north Ephraim during May. She works in water-based oils and watercolor creating Impressionist works using color and light. Water scenes dominate her work along with the people, boats and scenery of Door County. She is a keen observer of the movement of color […]
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New Beginnings at Woodwalk Gallery
Andrew Seefeldt and Jillaine Burton Seefeldt welcome the community to the 2016 season at Woodwalk Gallery. Stop by at the open house May 7, 10 am – 5 pm, for refreshments and to check out Woodwalk. Seefeldt and Burton have been preparing the gallery for the last several months: refreshing the loft into an additional […]
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Door County Representation at Neville Museum
A landscape painting by artist Lynn Gilchrist of Sturgeon Bay was selected for the upcoming Neville Public Museum’s 71st Art Annual juried exhibition. Gilchrist’s 24” x 36” acrylic, “Looking to the Quarry,” depicts late spring in the woods of Potawatomi State Park. Gilchrist’s painting was chosen from 132 submissions from artists working in the 24 […]
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Students Awarded at Annual Miller Salon
The Miller Art Museum revealed the award winners of the 42nd annual Salon of Door County High School Art during a public reception April 25. The art teachers presented Certificates of Participation to all participating student artists. Curator of Exhibits and Collections Deborah Rosenthal presented cash awards: $100 Awards of Excellence went to Cara Reisen […]
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New Capture Door County Photo Book Now Available
The Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) announces the release of their newest Capture Door County fine art photography book, Seasons Behind The Door. This 144-page book features more than 230 photographs of Door County. The hardbound coffee table book is the result of the popular Capture Door County photo contest, which the DCVB started in […]
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Door County Potters’ Guild Annual Studio Tour is May 7 & 8
The Door County Potters’ Guild invites the community to their annual studio tour on May 7 – 8, 10 am – 5 pm. This year features handmade vases from all seven unique studios on the peninsula. The potters invite guests to visit their studios and galleries and be the first to see new work created […]
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Ellison Bay Pottery Opens for Season
Ellison Bay Pottery’s 2016 season begins the weekend of Friday, May 7 with the Door County Potter’s Guild tour “Vases Vases Vases.” John Dietrich and Diane McNeil have been designing and creating beautiful one-of-a-kind vases just for the tour. On Sunday, 1 – 3 pm, the studio will be open for tours and demonstrations. Ellison […]
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Vendors Needed for Olde Ellison Bay Days Festival
The art fair committee of the 50th Olde Ellison Bay Days Festival is looking for more Door County fine artists and fine craftspeople for its art fair. “Artists can share a booth if they wish,” said Diane McNeil, committee member. “We’re always looking for young emerging artists located in Door County. So many of our […]
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Everyone Welcome to Join Readers Rampant Book Club
The Readers Rampant Book Club of the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library will meet on May 10 at 2:30 pm. The group will discuss Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 2:30 pm in the library’s Community Room. Light refreshments are served and all are […]
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Door County Poet Laureate Headlines May Dickinson Poetry Series
Ralph Murre is the featured reader for the Dickinson Poetry Series on May 11 at 7 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in north Ephraim. A former farm boy, his vocations and avocations have included architecture, boatbuilding, sailing and wandering the backroads of North America on two wheels and four. Murre is the author of […]
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The Bestseller List: May 6, 2016
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman 2. The Little Paris Bookshop, by Nina George 3. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, by Fredrik Backman 4. My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante 5. Brooklyn, by Colm Tóibín TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. H Is for Hawk, by Helen […]
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Shipyard Tours, Gallery Openings, Live Music & More Weekend Plans
The Door Peninsula is off and running with its spring offerings, as it welcomes a weekend of the Door County Half Marathon, gallery openings, live music and Mother’s Day activities. Is your weekend wide open? Let us help you fill it in with our top picks for the weekend ahead. Friday, May 6 Welcoming the […]