Ludington Area Center for the Arts
Ludington Area Center for the Arts
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Exhibit: Modes of Abstraction abstract exhibit

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Call for Art: Love Lud Ludington exhibit

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Call for Art: Celebrating the S.S. Badger

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Exhibit: 'Art Snake Road Show' (May 2023)

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Exhibit: 'Feinberg & Kivela: Passion, Purpose and Paint' (May 2023)

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Exhibit: 'Eyes on Me' by Maggie Hill (May 2023)

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LACA Visual Art Exhibitions 2022

January

Main Gallery: Humanity- A Portrait Exhibit

Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Quill Redpath's: Once I was like you


February 

Main Gallery: Local Artists

Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Local Artist 


March 

Main Gallery: Rabbit's Universe: Finding Joy Through COVID, Conflict and Quarantine

Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Ruth Bloom-Dimmitt's 

"Weed Haven Whimsy"


April

Main Gallery:  Call for Art Modes of Abstraction  

Performance Hall Gallery: Modes of Abstraction


May 

Main Gallery: Charles LaRue Exhibit

Performance Hall Gallery: Marion Riedl Exhibit     

                    

June 

Main Gallery: Chuck and Karen Deladurantaye Exhibit

Performance Hall Gallery: Trinja Henrickson Exhibit

July 

Main Gallery: Scene's from Epworth

Performance Hall Gallery: Scene's from Epworth

  

August 

Main Gallery: Call for Art Ludington State Park Exhibit

Performance Hall Gallery: Payton Cook Exhibit

  

September

Main Gallery: Call for Art LACA 'Members Only' Exhibit.

Performance Hall Gallery:  LACA 'Members Only' Exhibit.  

  

October

Main Gallery: Call for Art Flora and Fauna Exhibit

Performance Hall Gallery: Flora and Fauna Exhibit

  

November

Main Gallery: LACA High School Regional Art Competition

Performance Hall: Festival of Wreaths

  

December

Main Gallery: Call for Art Art of Giving Artist Market

Performance Hall: Festival of Wreaths  

2021 Exhibits

February

Main Gallery: Ellen Niemann & Bill Kokx: Blooms and Beaches
March
Main Gallery: Karen Antrim & Deborah Clark: Michigan Landscapes: Shutter, Brush and Mud
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Eden Ünlüata - Foley: The Tapestry of Days Long Past
                                    April 
Main Gallery: Expressing the Inexpressible

May 

Main Gallery: 'Abandonings' by Laura Gajewski
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Larry Pazol- A Splash of Color to Brighten the Spirit

July

Main Gallery: Artists' of Epworth
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Artists' of Epworth
August"
Main Gallery: Van Wyck 'Generations of Creative
Expression'
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: My Backyard
paintings by Judy Peters
September
Main Gallery:


October 
Main Gallery: ARF Prize
October- December
Performance Hall:  Claire Ashley's Cosmic Gasp
                                 November  
Main Gallery: LACA High School Regional Art Competition
December 
Main Gallery: Art of Giving Artist Market
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery:  Festival of Wreaths

2020 Exhibits

February

Main Gallery: Heart of Love Exhibit
March
Main Gallery: Helen Klycinski Exhibit
                                    April 
Main Gallery: Cancelled due to COVID-19

May 

Main Gallery: Cancelled due to COVID-19

June 

Main Gallery: Cancelled due to COVID-19


July

Main Gallery: Pandemic Ingenuity
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Ken Cooper: What I Did On My Summer Vacation
August"
Main Gallery: Paula DeGregorio & Frank Galante's 
Double Vision Exhibit
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: People, Places and
Things
September
Main Gallery: LACA "Member Only"
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: LACA "Member Only"

2019 Exhibits

October 
Main Gallery: ARF Prize
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Marie Marfia: Skellies
                                 November  
Main Gallery: LACA High School Regional Art Competition
December 
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery:  Festival of Wreaths

January-February

Main Gallery: LACA Local Artists Exhibit
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: LACA Local Artist Exhibit
March
Main Gallery: Celebration Women in Art
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Celebrating Past Mason County Women in the Arts

April 

Main Gallery: Mary Case Exhibit
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Pentwater Public School

May 

Main Gallery: OJ DeJonge Student exhibit
Unframed Gallery: Brad and Todd Reeds Online Photo Contest

June 

Main Gallery: Todd Reed Retrospective 
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Milo G. Beman IV

July

Main Gallery: Celebrating 125 of Epworth
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Plein Air: Paintings from Epworth
August"
Main Gallery: Justin David Gustafson: The Value of
Perspective
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Barbara Forgue:
Short Stories From the Heart

September
Main Gallery: LACA "Member Only"
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: LACA "Member Only"
October 
Main Gallery: ARF Prize
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: West Shore Pride
                                 November  
Main Gallery: LACA High School Regional Art Competition
December 
Main Gallery: Juried Fiber Art

2018 Exhibits

January

Main Gallery: Handmade Musical Instrument Exhibit
January-February
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Haitian Art Exhibit
February-March
Main Gallery: LACA Local Artists Exhibit
March-April 
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Mike Coleman's Visual Explosion

April-May 

Main Gallery: OJ DeJonge Middle School Student Exhibit

May 

Performance Hall Lobby Gallery:  G2S Student Exhibit 
June-July 
Main Gallery: Lynda Fox Blankinship Retrospective  
June-July  
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Marion Riedl's 'Exploring Collage & Acrylic' 

August-September 

Main Gallery: Juried Local Artist Exhibit
August
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery:
Pentwater Public Schools Student Art Show

September-October 
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Kathy Boughton's
'Dark & Whimsy' 
October-November  
Main Gallery: Tim Motley Abstract Photography
November 
 Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Carol Marshall's
'Threading a New Path' 
December 
Main Gallery: Outdoor Handcrafts
Performance Hall Lobby Gallery: Sarah Vershueren's '
Into the Wild'

2018 Pop-up Shows

March 9: Sue Brown Photography

May 10: Arin Scholtens Photography

June 13: Adult Oil and Clay Classes

June 22: Kayla Gottwald Illustration

July 12: Michele Anscombe Paintings

July 13: Shelby Soberalski Photography
July 19: Liz LeVee Paintings
July 26: Paula DeGregorio & Frank Galante Paintings, Pastels and collage
Aug. 10: Chuck & Karen de la Durantaye Upholstery and Textile Art

2017 Exhibits

January-February 
Works of nine Local Artists
March  

Photography by three Northwest Michigan photographers

April- May 

"Making Faces" by Pastel Artist Marie Marfia 

April-May

"Iconic Images & Cameras" by Photographer John Mickevich 

June-July

Exhibit by Elaine Earl, 92-year-old Ludington artist

June-July

Exhibit by Elaine Earl, 92-year-old Ludington artist

June-July

Retrospective exhibit by Epworth artist Ann Salisbury of Raleigh, N.C. 

August

Pop Art sculptures by Pentwater High School students 

August-September 

Exhibition by 11 Local Artists of the LACA Visual Arts Critique Group 

September-October

Cuba: Because I Could, photography exhibition by Rachel Brock

October-November 

Watercolor Batik exhibit by Carole Nielsen

November

G2S student exhibit "Water Works" 

December 

Handmade Musical Instruments Exhibit

2016 Exhibits

January 

Handmade Musical Instruments Exhibit

February-March

Drawing Conclusions Exhibit. Featuring original comic book, graphic novel, fantasy and cartoon-style art and illustrations.

April-May

O.J. DeJonge Middle School Exhibit

June-July 

Carol Garneau Legacy Retrospective Exhibit

August-September

Social Justices Issues: Art Object and Installations by Pentwater High School Art Students

August-September

Betty Knight Silander Retrospective Exhibit

2015 Exhibits

January-February 

Maritime Heritage Ship and Lighthouse Exhibit - Port of Ludington Maritime Museum Celebration.

March 

Emerald Expressions Exhibition - Original Ireland Travelogue photography by Rob & Becky Alway

April 

Earth Day Celebration - Call to Artist Exhibit featuring works from over 30 Michigan artists that explore the natural world, share an environmental message and propose new ways to co-exist with the environment.

May 

O.J. DeJonge Middle School Student Art Exhibit - featuring a collection of a variety of different media that students study at OJ DeJonge, influenced by artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, and Eric Carl and art movements such as Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism and Cubism. 

June-July

“In the Forest”—recent paintings by GVSU faculty member Jill Eggers

August 

Character Creature Features - Collaboration between 3rd and 7th grade students at Pentwater Schools. Art Teacher Carrie Jeruzal.

September-October 

Yvonne Carlson- A Retrospective

November

Autism Awareness Exhibit

2014 Exhibits

May-June 

Carolyn Damstra Exhibit featuring Carolyn's recent paintings of the Leelanau PenninsulaShore Community College and at the KIA in Kalamazoo


June -August 

Botanicals Exhibit - invitational exhibit featuring artist's interpretation of plant life in all its forms

September 

National Parks Road Trip Photography Exhibit -

featuring original photography by Karen West. 


October  

Foster Elementary Kids Create! - An Exhibit of Original Art

Created by Foster Elementary 3rd-5th grade students -

Scott Bentz Art Teacher.

November  

Type 56 and the Invisible Wounds of War - An exhibition of photo collages depicting images from a Vietnam veteran's nightmares of war. 


December-February 2015 

Maritime Heritage Ship and Lighthouse Exhibit - Port of Ludington Maritime Museum Celebration.