January 20 – June 1, 2008 (closing date is subject to change)
Northwestern Michigan College
1701 East Front Street
Traverse City, Michigan 49686
phone 231-995-1055 fax 231-995-1597 
ejennema@nmc.edu
www.dennosmuseum.org
 

Museum visitors will be invited into a gallery featuring a 3-screened, back-projection portable virtual-reality environment called CANVAS. A creation of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana, CANVAS allows the visitor to call up 3-D projected imagery from a computer and to also create their own imagery in planned workshops. Featured installations will include CalculArt, an art and mathematics based exhibition. More information on CANVAS can be found at http://www.isl.uiuc.edu/canvas

May 1, 2008
Michigan Legacy Art Park
Thompsonville, MI 49683
231.378.4963
director@michlegacyartpark.org
www.michlegacyartpark.org

From morels to trilliums, from poetry to sculptures, Michigan Legacy Art Park is a place to appreciate nature and art this spring. It is a safe outdoor space where children can explore and imaginations can run wild; where art stimulates meaningful conversation, creativity is nourished and families and friends reconnect.

Show Open-Saturday, May 3, 2008
Crystal Lake Art Center
111 10th St.
Frankfort, MI 49635
231-352-4151
clartcenter@sbcglobal.net
www.CrystalLakeArtCenter.org

8th Annual Benzie County
Student Art Show & Free Family Art Day
Opening reception- Friday, May 2, 6 to 8 p.m.
Show Open-Saturday, May 3, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Mon.- Thurs., May 5 - 8, 10- 6 p.m.
Family Art Day- Saturday, May 3 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

April 13 – August 31, 2008
Northwestern Michigan College
1701 East Front Street
Traverse City, Michigan 49686
phone 231-995-1055 fax 231-995-1597  
ejennema@nmc.edu
www.dennosmuseum.org

The internationally renowned artist Stephen Knapp will present an exhibition of his spectacular light paintings. Using mirrors, dichroic filters and a single focused light source he fills walls with vibrant color producing paintings created entirely of light. The exhibition will feature a broad selection of his stunning creations in light. To learn more about his work go to http://www.lightpaintings.com and http://www.lightpaintings.com/videos.

May 2, 2008, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Traverse City DDA/DTCA
231.922.2050 phone
231.922.4863 fax
colleen@downtowntc.com
www.downtowntc.com

Art will be adorning the walls of Downtown Traverse City during the bi-annual Downtown Art Walk, slated for Friday, May 2 from 5 – 9 pm. The event will be promoting the arts within our community. Downtown Traverse City invites you to enjoy art, wine, food and music. Experience art from sculpture and oil paintings to glass and watercolor. Attendees have an opportunity to win a $500 Downtown Shopping Spree. Walking maps will be available at each participating gallery and the Downtown Traverse City office. For more information call (231) 922-2050 or www.downtowntc.com.

Friday & Saturday, May 9 & 10, 7:30pm
Corson Auditorium
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen, MI 49643
Phone: 800-681-5920
Tickets: http://tickets.interlochen.org 
E-mail: boxoffice@interlochen.org 

The Interlochen Arts Academy’s acclaimed high school theatre company presents the Tony Award-winning musical. This high-spirited romp takes audiences back to the height of New York City’s Jazz Age, when flappers were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines, entering the workforce and rewriting the rules of love.

May 10, 17, 24, 31
Traverse City DDA/DTCA
231.922.2050 phone
231.922.4863 fax
colleen@downtowntc.com
www.downtowntc.com

Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market: Farmers and gardeners from around the local region bring their fresh produce, flowers and baked goods to this Downtown Farmers Market. Located between Cass and Union Streets across from the Clink Park. For more information call (231) 922-2050 or www.downtowntc.com

May 16 through June 15, 2008
artcenter Traverse City Downtown,
300 East Front Street
Traverse City, MI 49684
231 941 9488
 info@artcentertraversecity.com

Featuring the art of Bob James and Bob Stehouwer. Multiple Grammy winner Bob James has enjoyed an illustrious and critically acclaimed musical career from his first album, Bold Conceptions, in 1963 through his latest release in February 2006, Urban Flamingo (cover art by Bob Stehouwer).

Bob Stehhouwer studied Social Science at Michigan State University and ran E&J Plumbing Supply, his family business, in Traverse City for years. He met James 30 years ago. Not just an exhibition, this collection represents the life affirming power of deep abiding friendship, a universal form of communication and the ability of art to comfort, heal and connect.