We are delighted to bring to you our annual Black and White Exhibition. Color has a powerful impact on how messaging, meaning and mood are expressed and received, for example, yellow captures feeling associated with happiness, hope and spontaneity. Then there are colors that also have metaphorical or symbolic meanings, such as black and white. Actually black and white are not even colors, rather they are representations of light, white is all light and black is the absence of light. This exhibit explores the play between black and white and the contrasting shadows that are created that inspire artists. The nature and meaning of the use of black and white with added color remain open to personal interpretation and imagination. Each piece, however, represents a particular perspective of light or the absent of light as seen through the eyes of the individual artist and are just one facet of a more complex story.
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Please Join us
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Experience the complete exhibition in-person at the Gaylord Arts' Gallery
Gallery Hours: W-F 1:00 - 4:00 or S noon - 2:00
125 E. Main St. |Gaylord
125 E. Main St. |Gaylord
Past Exhibits
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For this annual exhibit, artists throughout the state of Michigan were invited to submit work of all media and subject matter. Steven Parkhurst, a former faculty member for the Midland Center for the Arts and juror for Art festivals in Midland, Brighton and Tawas, served as this year’s juror. A total of 98 art pieces were submitted with more than 50 being selected for this year's exhibition. Works of art were selected in both 2D and 3D, which include: acrylic, watercolor and oil painting, pastel, drawing, ink, printmaking, ceramic, wood, and mixed media.
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2D Category Winners:
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3D Category Winners:
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The 2022 exhibition showcased more than 45 pieces of art that celebrated the long established artistry of fiber. This form of artistry is associated with material that consist of natural or synthetic fiber, and other components, such as fabric or yarn. This creative form was first recognized after the war to characterize original art developments in textiles and to help define works being done in fiber since 1920. Fiber art focuses on the materials and the manual labor on the part of the artist, aesthetic value over utility is typically prioritized.
Congratulations to this year's Peoples' Choice award recipients
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This year’s exhibition featured over 30 photographers and included traditional and hybrid photography. It highlighted the unique diversity that is captured through the artistry of photography. Juror Armen Mersmann selected recipients that received awards in two categories: Traditional and hybrid.
Congratulation to the 2022 award recipients
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEARS WINNER!
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2021 Discovery You...100-Days of Creativity
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Creating art isn’t just for artists, art is for everyone! Within each of us lies a spark of creativity. The 100 Day Creative Empowerment Exhibit celebrates the creativity found within everyone. It is a Multi‐Media Exhibition open to any Michigan full-time or part-time resident age 16 and older of artwork that captures the creative endeavors that have been completed over the last 100‐Days.
Congratulations to this year's People Choice Winners!1st Place: "The Peninsulas" by Michael Valuet
2nd Place: "Colorful Canyon" by Betsy Yusko 3rd Place: "Good Day Sunshine" by Jan Kellogg |
2021 Photography
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Funday Mondays - Winter 2020
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100-Day Project Participants 2020
Figure Drawing 2020
Various paintings from Nina Gee's
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Kids' Activity at Alpenfrost '20
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