Crooked Tree Arts Center is a community organization based in the arts, committed to providing quality and unique arts-related experiences to local individuals and those who are visiting and residing in the Northern Michigan region. Through fine art exhibitions, lectures, visual arts workshops, dance and music programs, concerts and more, CTAC inspires and enriches lives through the arts.
FROM DAN LEDINGHAM, BOARD CHAIRMAN AND LIZ AHRENS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT Dear CTAC Friends— It’s the deep of winter here in Northern Michigan. We balance the desire to bundle up and stay inside or bundle up against the wind to venture out. Many people wonder how us full-timers keep ourselves occupied during the deep freeze that seems to extend into April. Well, we each have our personal winter survival guide, and here at CTAC we entice you with as many activities as possible to lure you out into the cold! How about a leisurely stroll through our galleries, stop in for a lecture, enroll in a class, or shop at the weekly CTAC Artisans & Farmers Market? We promise you’ll feel more inspired and enriched when you view our winter exhibits and perhaps even encouraged to enter an upcoming show! It’s the time of year our committees and staff are working diligently, planning budgets, booking performers, contracting with instructors, and finishing details on summer events. Here’s an idea: Why don’t you join one of our committees? It’s another great way to keep busy during the quieter months. We need lots of assistance with our Paint Grand Traverse: A Plein Air Affair event in TC this summer—give us a call or stop by to learn more. Although the snow is deep here along the frozen bays, we know many of you are enjoying warmer climes. Wherever you happen to be whiling away the winter months, please know we send our deepest gratitude for the generosity you have provided over the past year. And we thank you in advance for those gifts you will send our way in 2018. We can only survive with your help—no matter what time of year! Your leaders—
A FOND FAREWELL—
Dan Ledingham, Board Chairman Liz Ahrens, Executive Director/President
We bid farewell to Sheila Ruen, our Galleries Director, as she has accepted a position with the Eleanor and Edsel Ford House and Fairlane Manor. We will miss Sheila, her creativity and wit, but we know she’ll be back to visit often. Our plan is to have a new Galleries Director in place by the end of February.
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WINTER/SPRING 2018 AT CTAC PETOSKEY
Exhibitions Youth Arts Festival Classes Events
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TRAVERSE CITY Exhibitions Classes Paint Grand Traverse
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Long History of Supporting the Arts John and Sally Clark Legacy Society Want to Join? Membership Information
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