Category: Art Features

It’s a question that has been asked thousands of times. And, undoubtedly, it will be asked thousands more. “What do you do here in the winter?” While the responses, as well as the sentiment behind them, are varied, most people who choose to live in Door County year-round recognize the validity in this quieter time.

The Hardy Gallery is excited to announce that canvases are now available for the 2010 Community Mosaic Project, an innovative community art project involving the creation of 300-plus small works of art in nearly every medium imaginable.

The public is invited to the opening reception of “Hungry? Food & Art” between 5:30 – 9 pm on April 10. The event is free and refreshments will be served.

“Surely joy is the condition of life.” – Henry David Thoureau

An old photograph sits on my mother’s desk at home. It is of our four dogs, many years ago. They are outside on the lawn, captured sitting together, for once.

While it might not be the most readily available, year-round medium – nor the most permanent finished product – snow and ice carvers tend to live by the motto: it’s always cold somewhere.

Printmakers live in a land of line, texture, and detail. And many printmakers love the idea of narrative – telling a story, or parts of a story – to intrigue their audience.

This year’s We Love Art winter exhibition at Peninsula School of Art, 3900 Cty. F, Fish Creek, focuses on the correlation of historic events with the emergence of five uniquely American art movements.

The Peninsula School of Art continues its tradition of welcoming the work of all artists to exhibit and sell in its eighth annual Guenzel Gallery Salon.

The new year of exhibitions at the Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay begins January 16 with “Barbara’s Farm: A Color Photography Memoir” by Daniel Anderson.

Many of the county’s artists are busy creating new work during the “off-season,” and Judi Ekholm is no exception. “The Time in Between” is one of Ekholm’s new oil paintings on linen.

When interviewing artists, it’s not uncommon for many to tell you that they’ve wanted to be an artist for as long as they can remember – but how many tell you that they’ve wanted to own a gallery since they were young? “I’ve been wanting to open a gallery since I was eight or nine years old,” laughs Sarah Elizabeth Condon, owner of The Eclipse Gallery in downtown Algoma.

Getting in touch with the kid inside isn’t always easy. There are a whole slew of stories out there dedicated to warning adults of the danger behind forgetting their inner child.