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Community ART Grand Showcase
January 19-February 18, 2012
A unique sight is in store for visitors to the Nuveen Community Center for the Arts this
month. Twenty-seven canvases collaboratively painted by hundreds of community
members and visitors to the White Lake area last summer are on display together for
the first time. This experimental community art project sponsored by the Arts Council
of White Lake took place throughout the 2011 Summer Fine Arts Festival at the
Howmet Playhouse. Each weekend Playhouse staff set up three canvases and a palette
of paint in the lobby and invited audience members to get creative.
The project, born from Playhouse manager Katie Trzaska’s idea to develop her summer
season theme, “The Art of . . .,” is a collaboration between the Arts Council of White
Lake and the Howmet Playhouse. “We started brainstorming and came up with the
idea of a hands-on art experience for the community,” said Nuveen Center director
Erin Charles. “Ultimately, we wanted to see what could happen when different people
of all ages and abilities let their imaginations go and created something together.”
The result, a whimsical, brightly colored array of paintings, is on display at the Nuveen
Center now through February 18. On viewing the collection as a whole for the first
time, Trzaska and Charles were inspired to create an “I Spy” activity drawn from
details found throughout the works. Visitors completing the activity can enter a
drawing for a pair of tickets to one of the Howmet Playhouse’s March events—a
concert by indie-rock band the Dave Zagar Trio, or a production of the drama The
Yellow Boat presented by White Lake Youth Theatre.
Coming Soon:
Change of Seasons—Youth Division
March 1-31, 2012; Opening Reception: March 3, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Visitors to the exhibit will be uplifted by the creative spirit demonstrated in this
collection of the finest artwork local youth have to offer.
Miriam Gibbs: Celebrating 95 years of art and life
April 12-May 12, 2012; “Meet the Artist” reception: April 12, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Celebrate the life and work of local artist Miriam Gibbs as she approaches her 95th
birthday. Paintings from throughout her life will be displayed alongside selections of
her memoirs.
Art Dolls: Reflections of the Human Form
May 17-June 16, 2012; “Meet the Artists” reception:May 17, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
From the realism of portraiture to the whimsy of satire, these dolls move beyond the
realm of playthings and take their place as thought-provoking works of art.
January 19-February 18, 2012
A unique sight is in store for visitors to the Nuveen Community Center for the Arts this
month. Twenty-seven canvases collaboratively painted by hundreds of community
members and visitors to the White Lake area last summer are on display together for
the first time. This experimental community art project sponsored by the Arts Council
of White Lake took place throughout the 2011 Summer Fine Arts Festival at the
Howmet Playhouse. Each weekend Playhouse staff set up three canvases and a palette
of paint in the lobby and invited audience members to get creative.
The project, born from Playhouse manager Katie Trzaska’s idea to develop her summer
season theme, “The Art of . . .,” is a collaboration between the Arts Council of White
Lake and the Howmet Playhouse. “We started brainstorming and came up with the
idea of a hands-on art experience for the community,” said Nuveen Center director
Erin Charles. “Ultimately, we wanted to see what could happen when different people
of all ages and abilities let their imaginations go and created something together.”
The result, a whimsical, brightly colored array of paintings, is on display at the Nuveen
Center now through February 18. On viewing the collection as a whole for the first
time, Trzaska and Charles were inspired to create an “I Spy” activity drawn from
details found throughout the works. Visitors completing the activity can enter a
drawing for a pair of tickets to one of the Howmet Playhouse’s March events—a
concert by indie-rock band the Dave Zagar Trio, or a production of the drama The
Yellow Boat presented by White Lake Youth Theatre.
Coming Soon:
Change of Seasons—Youth Division
March 1-31, 2012; Opening Reception: March 3, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Visitors to the exhibit will be uplifted by the creative spirit demonstrated in this
collection of the finest artwork local youth have to offer.
Miriam Gibbs: Celebrating 95 years of art and life
April 12-May 12, 2012; “Meet the Artist” reception: April 12, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Celebrate the life and work of local artist Miriam Gibbs as she approaches her 95th
birthday. Paintings from throughout her life will be displayed alongside selections of
her memoirs.
Art Dolls: Reflections of the Human Form
May 17-June 16, 2012; “Meet the Artists” reception:May 17, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
From the realism of portraiture to the whimsy of satire, these dolls move beyond the
realm of playthings and take their place as thought-provoking works of art.