“If I get to see an Ansel Adams print in person, I always go right for the shadows. For me, that’s where his brilliance was.” It’s striking to hear those words coming from Kaz McCue, whom I know to be a jolly fellow with a laugh like, well, a bowl full of jelly. Kaz, an instructor of visual arts at…
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We start feeling it in late February, don’t we? The promise of spring and summer. Bashfully, furtively, we dare to fantasize about wildflowers, swimming, and beach bonfires to warm us post-swim. It’s coming. Sooner than you think. Are you ready? And yet, right now, we’re in the thick of it — though…
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From a little, a bounty. That, to me, is the theme that connects Michelle Vidergar White’s artwork with her humanitarian work. I was trying to figure out the through-line between her Girls series — countless minimalistic images of a woman’s face — and her leadership of 5Loaves2Fish, a food program…
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For some, it was haircuts. For some, travel. For some, hugs. For me…it was restaurants. They were the thing I missed the most during the lockdown. They were the big hole in my heart. With restaurants having been closed for months, and now reopening, I’m pondering the question: what does a restaurant…
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This is going to be a different sort of blog post, because we’re living in different times. Though we’re looking forward with hope, and spring is rapidly springing from the earth, we’re currently in the belly of the beast. Michiganders are under a stay-at-home order. To be clear: now is not the time…
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Winter provokes a desire for weekly rituals and gatherings of friends. Such rituals coax us out of the coziness of our homes and into the public square, whatever that may be. We seek a leisure activity that can prod us out of the doldrums and into society — something to make us take a shower, dress…
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I have a confession to make. I had driven past the Old Art Building (a.k.a. Leelanau Community Cultural Center) a million times – on the way to the Merc, or Fishtown, or the Bluebird, Leland Lodge, Riverside Inn, etc. etc. – but I’d never been inside. It’s funny how you get into your routines, with…
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“Talking about oneself is not the easiest thing to do. There are many things in this life that we are uncertain of. But one thing that I will forever be sure of, without a doubt, is that I was meant to be an artist.” I am move d by this statement as I begin my interview with Lindsey Dell. It’s…
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Glen Arbor was packed, bustling on this stunning spring day — potential visitors monitor the Leelanau weather forecasts as intently as locals do — so I decided to duck into the Glen Arbor Arts Center for shade and contemplation, respite and inspiration. By Vaughn D. | Art Aficionado The new exhibit…
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Morgan Fisher likes to move – surfing, kiteboarding, horseback riding, swimming with dolphins, trekking through “mountains, jungles, volcanoes, desert.” A Northern Michigan native, she has lived in six other states, including Hawaii, and traveled the world. All of that movement is apparent in her…
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