Category: Art Scene
The latest news on the Door County art and literary scenes, including features, gallery openings, exhibits, and literature events.
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Door County Arts and Galleries – Vietnam War Era Photo Show
Peter Boice, Vietnam army photo-journalist and long time Door County resident, opens his one man show “A Brief Intense Love Affair with Photography, Vietnam and Wisconsin” at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship hall in Ephraim with a special reception on Sunday, Sept.
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Door County Galleries and Art – Base Camp Coffee Presents “The People I Know” Portrait Exhibition
Base Camp Coffee Bar, located below Ecology Sports in Sister Bay, announces an opening reception for “The People I Know” portrait show of acrylic paintings by Door County native Jen Hough on Saturday, September 6 from 6 – 8 pm.
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An Evolution in Clay: Reneé Schwaller
It’s a bright Sunday morning as Reneé Schwaller sits at her wheel working on throwing a couple of pots before switching gears to get ready for a family party later on that afternoon. As she works the clay her children, Ava (8) and Wyatt (4), wander in to see what’s going on. The studio space, […]
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50 Paths: Nan Helscher’s Creative Journey
Nan Helscher’s hands are covered in paint. Not the oil paint she uses in her studio, but house paint. Earlier in the week, she grouted the stone on the floor and lime-washed the walls in her new house of straw bale construction. Right now, the final steps toward completing the building project with a contractor […]
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Ellison Bay Art Crawl: A Grassroots Movement
The adage “one good turn deserves another” might best describe the beginning, and the reason for the continued growth, of the Ellison Bay Art Crawl. The Art Crawl began six years ago when Mary Ellen Sisulak and husband Rob Bussler, owners of Turtle Ridge Studio-Gallery, wanted to find a way to thank their neighbors for […]
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Vietnam Photos Featured at UU Gallery
In Peter Boice’s words, “a brief yet intense love affair with photography” aptly describes his relationship to the camera. Without ever having used a 35mm camera, it unexpectedly became his tool for framing his world during and after the Vietnam War.
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Glassworks by Satava on Display
The Santa Fe Shop in Fish Creek has added glassworks artist Rick Satava to its growing list of new artists. Richard Satava, a master glassblower, was introduced to glassblowing in 1969 while attending Ocean High School in Pacifica, CA.
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Jewelry Trunk Show Labor Day weekend at Patricia Shoppe
This Labor Day weekend Patricia Shoppe of Egg Harbor will be hosting a jewelry trunk show by David Tishbi. Tishbi’s work has been one of the boutiques top selling jewelry collections for over five years, and he is known for the unique handmade look and high quality.
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Slide Presentation in Conjunction with Tribal Textile Exhibition
In conjunction with the exhibit “Tribal Textiles of Southwest China,” at Peninsula School of Art, 3900 County Road F in Fish Creek, Brian and Jeanee Linden will present a slide show of their travels to the region where these rare textiles were obtained, on Thursday, September 4 from 7 – 8:30 pm at the school.
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Outpost Gallery and Café Hosts Annual Quilt Show
The third Annual Quilt Show and Sale will take place Labor Day Weekend, Aug 30, 31, Sept 1 and 2 at the Outpost Gallery & Café located at 4690 Rainbow Ridge, Egg Harbor.
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Linden Gallery and Barnsite Gallery express gratitude to Door County for making the recent Earthquake Relief Auction successful. Over 50 works of art from around the country were sold at the auction with proceeds totaling enough to build two to three permanent homes for extended families displaced by last May’s Sichuan earthquake.
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Gasper Added to Craft Cottage Selections
The Jacksonport Craft Cottage, now celebrating 25 years in Door County, is pleased to welcome the outstanding work of Jeff Gasper into their premier collection fine arts and crafts.
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Place Your Final Bid at the Hardy’s Silent Auction
The Francis Hardy Center for the Arts (FHCA) will host two receptions with light refreshments at the Francis Hardy Gallery on Sunday, August 31 from 6 – 7 pm and again on Monday, September 1 from 10 am – noon to celebrate the silent auction in progress within the “Collection Invitational Exhibition.
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Artist Connie Glowacki will be painting, demonstrating and offering tips and suggestions to friends and art students from August 29 through September 10.
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The Last Hurrah for the Jana Nyberg Group
The Jana Nyberg Group will make its last Door County appearance of the season at Gallery 42 in Juddville, Saturday, August 30. For those who haven’t heard this talented young jazz ensemble at the Mission Grille’s Friday night jazz or Wednesday evenings on the patio at Gordon Lodge, this is the last chance to hear them before they disband for the season.
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Ernest Beutel Opens “Animality” in Gallery 242
On Tuesday, September 2, Door County artist Ernest Beutel will open an exhibition titled “Animality” in Gallery 242, located on the lower level of the Fairfield Art Center in historic downtown Sturgeon Bay.
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My roommate Mackenzie and I take walks around Fish Creek at night. After a scoop of ice cream or custard from Malibu Moos, Dippy’s, or Not Licked Yet – we wander through the dimly lit, primarily empty streets, dangle our legs over the docks, or peer through shop windows.
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Edgewood Orchard Galleries Celebrates Labor Day Weekend
Edgewood Orchard Galleries will be hosting an opening reception on Saturday, August 30 to introduce the artists featured in the gallery’s fourth exhibit of the 2008 season.
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DCAL Gallery Hosts Demonstrations
Door County Art League (DCAL) artist Sally Everhardus will be demonstrating on Sunday, August 31, at the Gallery of the Door County Art League, located at the back of the Top of the Hill Shops, Highway 42 and County F on Spring Road in Fish Creek.
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DC Brew Features Local Photographer
The owners and staff of DC Brew, 116 S. Madison Avenue, Sturgeon Bay are pleased to announce the addition of an inspiring and spectacular collection of photographic images to their coffee shop and eatery on the city’s west side.