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  • Creative Power On Exhibit Next At The Miller

    Sturgeon Bay’s Miller Art Museum will reveal a new exhibit on Feb. 14, titled CREATIVE POWER. The exhibit follows Charles L. Peterson in the Permanent Collection, which features 19 works by the nationally-recognized maritime artist. The final day to view Peterson’s work is Feb. 12, 10 am – 7 pm.  CREATIVE POWER is a traveling […]

  • Artist Reception For Archelle “Buttons” Wolst

    The work of Door County still life and portrait painter Archelle “Buttons” Wolst will be featured in the Door County Community Foundation’s lobby gallery. A reception for the exhibit will be held Feb. 16, 4:30-6 pm.  Wolst’s work is defined by simple shapes and strong compositions. For this show, she has painted several friends who […]

  • Paint The Rainbow At Peninsula School of Art

    At this month’s Family Art Day at Peninsula School of Art, make your own painting inspired by the work of Ay-O, a Japanese avant-garde artist who used rainbow stripes to outline or fill his silkscreen prints. The workshop is free for families with children ages 3 to seventeen. Participants can drop in from 9 am […]

  • Registration Open For Sievers Classes

    Registration is open now for 2024 classes at Washington Island’s Sievers School of Fiber Arts. Over 35 classes for adults, ranging in length from two days to a week, are scheduled from May to October.  Visit sieversschool.com to view the full schedule.

  • 2024 Valentine’s Day(ish) Happenings

    Celebrate your love for art, music and your Door County community at these upcoming Valentine’s Day events. Little Heart Project Tutorial  Feb. 17, 10 am knitting tutorial, 11 am crochet tutorial Knit Whit’s Yarn and Crafts, 8024 Hwy 57 in Baileys Harbor Learn to crochet or knit hearts for the Little Heart Project, a Wisconsin-based […]

  • Last Almost Perfect Sale At Ellison Bay Pottery

    Ellison Bay Pottery will host an Almost Perfect Pottery Sale Feb. 10, 11 am – 4 pm. Held in the gallery and online, the sale will be the last of its kind before the gallery closes.  The work for sale, made by resident potter John Dietrich, has small imperfections that may not be visible to […]

  • February Crafts At The Library

    Throughout the month of February, patrons can pick up craft kits at their local library. The Fish Creek Library, 4097 state Highway 42 in Fish Creek, is offering a kit to make a “book” from a spool and paper. The Egg Harbor, Ephraim, Fish Creek, Forestville, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove and Sturgeon Bay libraries will all […]

  • Workshops At ARTicipation

    Sturgeon Bay’s ARTicipation Studio and Gallery is hosting a series of workshops through February. The first is on Feb. 3, 12-3 pm, when photographer Mike Caplan will teach a winter iPhone photography workshop. The first half of the class will cover the basics of iPhone photography and during the second half, participants will practice outside. […]

  • New Glass Art At First Friday

    New glass works by gallerist Kimberly Lyon will be on display at Ladybug Glass Studio and Gallery’s First Friday event, Feb. 2, 5-8 pm.  Lyon’s works include kaleidoscopes and kiln-formed glass wedges and discs. Ladybug Glass Studio and Gallery is located at 219 Steele St. in Algoma.

  • Registration Open For Pen Art Workshops

    Registration is open now for Peninsula School of Art’s 2024 summer and fall workshops. Offerings include over 75 two- and four-day workshops taught by over 50 educators from around the country. Participants can choose from a variety of fine art media classes, as well as art appreciation and professional development workshops.  Artists aged four to […]

  • Winter Workshops at Turtle Ridge

    Ellison Bay’s Turtle Ridge Gallery is back with a cabin-fever cure: a series of art workshops set to run through February.  These intimate six- to eight-person sessions are led by Turtle Ridge’s own Asta Zukauskiene and Mary Ellen Sisulak, who will help attendees get creative with leather, water-soluble encaustics, materials from the outdoors and more. […]

  • The Last Pot

    Legacy Door County potter John Dietrich and wife, Diane McNeil, are closing their Ellison Bay gallery after 50 years in business. After nearly 50 years in business, Ellison Bay Pottery is closing its gallery and putting the property up for sale. John Dietrich and his wife, Diane McNeil, said running the gallery has become too […]

  • Dome House Artist Residency Applications Open

    Sturgeon Bay’s Miller Art Museum is now accepting applications for its 2024 Dome House Al & Mickey Quinlan Artist Residency program.  The residency was established in 2021 and has welcomed four Midwest artists in its inaugural years. The artist selected for the 2024 program will work for eight weeks at the Dome House, a half […]

  • Winter Woodwalk Workshops

    Egg Harbor’s Woodwalk Gallery is hosting a series of art workshops on Sundays and Thursdays, February through April.  The series includes workshops on how to make embroidered floral wreaths, block-print Valentines, mini loom weavings, charcuterie watercolors, floral watercolors, macramé plant hangers, macramé wall hangings and block-print tea towels. Classes range in price from $40-78. Visit […]

  • Big Art

    In a rented studio space on the second floor of the Peninsula Art School, Ginnie Cappaert has completed her finishing touches on an abstract, cold-wax painting that is 5 feet by 7 feet. Paintings this size are rarely seen in Door County galleries because they would crowd out other works, and few artists have the […]

  • Miller Art Museum Spotlights Indigenous Storytellers

    On Jan. 27, 10:30 am – 12 pm, Sturgeon Bay’s Miller Art Museum will host the first of two programs it’s organizing in conjunction with the Door County Library’s 2024 Door County Reads Festival. During the program, titled “Storytelling: The Oneida Creation Story,” attendees can listen, sing and dance along to Oneida creation stories and […]

  • Hardy Gallery Calls For Artists For 2024 Community Mosaic Project

    Ephraim’s Hardy Gallery is calling for local artists to participate in its annual community mosaic project. This year marks the 17th anniversary of the mosaic project, which aims to bring the community together to create a visual tapestry of public art. The gallery is seeking original artwork in any medium. People of all ages and […]

  • Get Creative at Peninsula School of Art

    On Jan. 20, 9 am – 12 pm, Peninsula School of Art will host a Family Art Day, during which participants can make Chiaozza-inspired wall sculptures with colors that bounce off the walls. The drop-in program is free for families with children ages 3 to seventeen.  On Jan. 24, 6-9 pm, the art school will […]

  • Miller Art Museum Debuts “Vestiges of the Tide”

    This month, Sturgeon Bay’s Miller Art Museum will debut its first exhibitions of 2024: Vestiges of the Tide in the first-floor main galleries, and Charles L. Peterson in the Permanent Collection on the Ruth Morton Miller Mezzanine. Vestiges of the Tide features drawings and paintings by Chicago-based artists Mary Porterfield and Ellen Holtzblatt.  Porterfield is […]

  • Making Space for Art

    Dabble in glass-fusing, candle-making – and so much more  Patrons can check out books at any library – but at the Egg Harbor Library, they can also “check out” new art mediums and techniques, thanks to the Ellie Helm Maker Space. The collaborative workspace is filled with art tools including Cricut smart-cutting machines, sewing machines, […]