Events

The Art of Giving Dec. 3rd, 2011 From noon until 5:00 pm., The Alter and Rosary Society of Saint Mary of the Lake Church will be holding a holiday bake sale at the gallery. Purchase yummy homemade treats. Funds raised from this sale help maintain the altar linens, supplying hosts, wine and other essentials needed for the celebration of the Mass. The Alter and rosary Society also serves funeral dinners. Join us for the show “Harbor Country Seen thru YOUR Lens”. View photos of the beautiful and diverse area we call Harbor Country. What makes Harbor Country so special? Come and see these special photographic memories. This juried show will have photos that will be featured on the Harbor Country website. For Christmas shopping Local color Gallery will have jewelry items under $20, and a winter hat trunk show. Knitted children’s hats and fun and simple woman's felted pill box hats make great warm and cozy gifts. Hats are hand made from recycled wool sweaters. Email us at contact@localcolorartgallery and we will send you a brochure you can download, with all the information on the participating galleries and their charities.


Announcing an exciting Photo Contest: “Harbor Country Seen thru YOUR Lens” November 2011 Calling all amateur and professional photographers!!! Have you taken any gorgeous nature shots (beaches, surf, sunsets, woods, farms, vineyards, rolling country roads or dunes) that capture the spectacular seasonal beauty of Harbor Country? If so, why not share them with us and win recognition? Local Color Gallery is excited to announce the “Harbor Country as Seen through YOUR Lens” photo contest and are encouraging ALL photographers who have captured the many charms of Harbor Country to share your special shots of Harbor Country. The deadline for photography submissions is Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 5 p.m. No more than 5 images per photographer, so be choosy. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Don’t miss this chance to share your special photographic memories of Harbor Country with the world! Please avoid using photographs with people or recognizable businesses. Photos for submission need to be on a disc saved as a JPEG file. Dates and captions (discription) of photos are to be inculded along with the name, address, phone number and email address of photographer. Discs will NOT be returned. From all the photos we receive, our distinguished jury will select the winners that will present their matted & framed photos in the “Art of Giving” Holiday Show opening on December 3, 2011 at Local Color Gallery Located at 16187 Red Arrow Highway in Union Pier, Michigan. The show runs for the entire month of December. Photographers of winning submissions will be notified by Local Color Gallery no later than November 14, 2011. If your photo(s) are chosen they must be delivered to Local Color Gallery matted with no larger than a 2” mat and ready to hang (with wire on the back) no sawtooth or screw eye hangers.


Travels with Donovan edition about to close. Your chance to own a limited edition Polaroid Photo of Donavan is coming to an end. There are only four photos left in the edition of five hundred. View more photos by Julie Schwarz under "Artists pages".


Artists Reception for Julie Schwarz September 3rd & 4th, 2011 Join us on Saturday and Sunday September 3^rd and 4^th from noon until 5 pm., at Local Color Gallery in Union Pier, to see what Julie Schwarz is up to now with the new 600 speed black & white Polaroid film offered by "the-impossible-project.com" Julie will exhibit work created by a process she calls "Lift-off", which is a form of emulsion lifts, that produces a unique, original work of art. Stop by to see her creative experiments and she can tell you the basics of how it is done. Also on display will be Julie’s Polaroid SX-70 manipulations. Julie’s images are usually described as simple, intimate, and unique. The outdoors is most often her studio using only natural light, or at times mixing it with a flash. Julie uses a Polaroid One Step camera to take a picture. After an image has emerged, she “smushes” the emulsion around by hand using a variety of tools. The image is then scanned so an “e-neg” can be made. It is then printed through the regular photographic processes, having the same achievability. No computer manipulation or filters are used. To view more of Julie’s images go to Artists page.


Moonlight Madness July 16th 2011 Moonlight Madness is the one time every year that Local Color Gallery has a gallery wide sale. On this one night in July we stay open until midnight. Join us for 20%, 30% and even 40% off artwork in the gallery. Browse and enjoy refreshments 6 p.m. - midnight. Nine businesses alsong the Red Arrow Highway stay open until midnight for late night fun. Cruise the Red Arrow Highway for fun, shows, discounts, excitment, specials and more! Soon you will be able to pick up a brochure at the gallery for full details on all of the activities or go to www.harborcountry.org to download a brochure.


Artists Reception for Lori Daniels Saturday July 2nd and Sunday July 3rd Local Color Gallery presents the work of Lori Daniels from 11:00 – 5:00 pm. Lori creates collages from antique ceiling tins. She reclaims and glazes them with formulas she has created. The result is a modern relief sculpture. These historic tins resemble fired tiles. Each piece is definitely one-of-a-kind because of the different chemical changes that happen during the glazing process. Discover these rare pieces of American architecture and decorative history. Come meet Lori as she displays her work in the yard at Local Color Gallery, 16187 Red Arrow Hwy. Union Pier, MI. Talk to Lori about her process of making art from antiques, the history of the type of tiles and the buildings that they came from.


Art Attack 2011 April 29, 30 & May 1 Art Attack is one of the Midwest’s most eclectic interactive celebrations of “All that is Art”. There is no better time to be in Harbor Country. Escape to our Southwestern Michigan lakeside resort for a weekend showcase full of gallery receptions, artist’s workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions, theatre, music, food and an overall great time! We offer a rich palette of artistic activity for your creative pleasure. Harbor Country is a haven for artists and galleries in addition to our wonderful shops, restaurants and lodging facilities. There is art in everything that we do. There will be events at 36 different venues. Local Color Gallery will be holding the following events for the eighteenth Annual Art Attack.


Artist’s Demonstrations 3-2-1 Lift-off! Arpil 30th. Sat. 2-6 --- May 1st, Sun. 12-4 Come see what Julie Schwarz is up to now with the new 600 speed black & white Polaroid film offered by "the-impossible-project.com" Julie will demonstrate a process she calls "Lift-off", which is a form of emulssion lifts, that produces a unique, original work of art. Stop by to see her creative experiments and she can tell you the basics of how it is done during Art Attack weekend.


Photography Artists Reception May 1st, Sat. 3-6 --- May 2nd, Sun. 1-4 We asked the question of area photographers; Do you know the quintessential scene in Harbor Country? Harbor Country is so diverse.Photographers showed us their favorite places in different seasons in Harbor Country. After the juried show "Harbor Country Seen Through Your Lens", we now present images fro the top five artists. Some of these images where chosen to be highlighted in and on the cover of the 2011 Harbor Country Guide. Local Color Gallery will again be holding a photography contest for Art Attack Nineteen in 2012," Harbor Country Seen Through Your Lens". Come and see the winners of this year's show, and find out the details of next year so that you can start capturing the essence of Harbor Country throughout the year. Start shooting! This year's winners are Juli Palmer, Tim Rogers, Stephan Solberg, Paul Zdanis and Paul Zubrys. Juli Palmer and her husband Steve have five amazing children. She says the biggest influence on her photography is her fight with breast cancer. Juli sees the world in a whole new light, only seeing beauty through her lens. Tim Rogers, draws on his design background and uses nature as his inspiration. Tim has been creating fine art photography for years with an unique eye for contrast, shape and texture. Stephan Solberg, has been an artist all his life, and nature is the biggest inspiration for him. He drew caricatures professionally when he was in high school and now enjoys painting landscapes. Paul Zdanis tends to take a more natural approach to his art, influenced by the pleasant surroundings Harbor Country has to offer. He would be totally content to travel the countryside photographig nature's "beautiful moments". When he photographs, he looks for shapes and contrast in nature. Visualizing is very important. Paul Zubrys' work covers many disciplines and environments. He always looks for new challenges and opportunities exploring new subjects, techniques and technologies while creating fine art landscapes.


Botanical Artist Reception April 30 & May 1 Meet artist Ann Tompkins, who is most fascinated and inspired by the native plants of the Midwest. Their beauty and hardiness are amazing. The dunes at the southern tip of Lake Michigan are especially interesting because of the wide range of habitats found, which include everything from desert conditions to bogs. Most of the plants she paints, grow naturally in her yard. She hopes that her paintings will create a greater appreciation for native plants and their habitats. Ann's contemporary botanicals are painted in the English style of watercolor.


Homemade Jam May 1st Sun. 1-4 Listen to the ancient sounds of strings and melodies of the Lincoln era. Back again this year by popular demand, Homemade Jam will set a background of music with hammered dulcimer, guitar, banjo and bass; taking you to a place where, maybe you’ve never been before. Kathy Leek from Union Mills, along with Dan Moser and Jack Collings, have played at state parks and local festivals throughout the area for the last two decades and they are anxious to return to southwest Michigan’s Art Attack.


Jewelry Workshop February 24th 2011 Bring your found beach glass or use ours to create pendant jewelry. Learn the techniques to wire wrapping beach glass. Join us on Thursday February 24th from 6:00-7:30 pm. (MI Time). On a cold and snowy day, create a piece of jewelry that you can wear all year long to remind you of a day on the beach. Participation fee is $25. For reservations call (269) 469-5332.