Walk-in Gallery Hours* (no appointment required) are as follows.
For additional times, please email helpdesk@hollandarts.org for availability:

Tuesdays: 10:30 am- 12:30 pm
Thursdays: 10:30 am- 12:30 pm & 6-7:30 pm
Fridays: 10 am - 3 pm
Saturdays: 10 am - 2 pm

*Subject to change please check the website regularly. 

Début 2022 Regional Juried Highschool Art Exhibition

April 14-May 21 
Padnos Gallery
​Reception: Thursday, April 14  from 5:30-7:30 pm
Juror: John Leben

The season's biggest show! Area highschool art teachers select the best student work to be juried. Over 30 area schools participate. Cash awards for the best.  For more information contact Mary@hollandarts.org
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Meet the Juror
John Leben's formal training is in painting having earned a BFA in Painting from the University of Illinois (Urbana) and an MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute Chicago. He was also a scholarship student at the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine.  He has exhibited widely in the U.S. including shows at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago's Michael Wyman Gallery, Harris Bank in Chicago, and the John Deere World Headquarters in Peoria, Illinois. After a move to Saugatuck, Michigan his work hung in the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Muskegon Museum of Art, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, South Haven Art Center, and Lowell Arts Council as well as numerous group shows at galleries and museums around the midwest.
www.Lebenart.com
https://www.lebenart.com/pages/biography

​Debut Award Winners!

1st - Just a Kid by Katie Dykema
2nd - Willow Smith by Emma Patulski
3rd - Cotton Candy Dum Dum by Victoria Lynch
Honorable Mention - When Pigs Fly by Paige Kirby
Honorable Mention - Self Portrait by Lucy Nelson
Honorable Mention - Censored by Paige Kirby
Honorable Mention - Looking Forward by Sarah Heiser


Dennis Foley Memorial Awards:
Sign O The Times - Tia Peterson
Saccharinity - Natalie DeRoos
Profile - Mary Huizingh
Just The Tulips Please - Coraima Hernandez


ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS were presented by Olivet College Art Department! ​

West Ottawa Elementary School Art Show

April 14-May 14
Lievense Gallery
Reception: Thursday, April 21 5:00 7:00 pm

Select works of the students of West Ottawa Elementary display their vibrant works. 

What I Learned From Picasso - A Journey of Exploration

May 19- July 5
Lievense Gallery
Artist's Talk & Reception: Friday, May 20th from 5:30-7:30 pm

Kate Moynihan’s new collection of artwork is inspired by Picasso’s famous series “The Bull”. In eleven lithographs, Picasso stripped away the details of the animal to its essential form. Learning from the master, Kate chose to do the same. She took her signature birch tree image from detailed study to its simplest elements in twelve paintings, while still capturing the ‘spirit’ of the tree. 

Kate explains, “Art can be about painting every detail, but there’s also the possibility for more. Seeking basic shapes among the realistic elements is a concept that pushed me to grow.”
Captivated with the deconstructive process, Kate expanded her collection to include the two other motifs in the collection of work.​
*Special Senior Day Event, Meet the Artist! Kate Moynihan*
Monday, May 23rd 2:30-3:30 pm
Hear Kate's motivational program "What I Learned From Picasso": a deconstruction of birch trees, tulips, and other farmer's market wonders.

Stop. Drop. And Roll Over: The Dog Show
​Sean Sterzer, Kathy O'Brien and Mark Jones

May 27- July 9
Armstrong Gallery
Reception: Thursday, June 2nd from 5:30-7:30 pm

Sean Sterzer has worked in graphic design and illustration for many years. She has long been associated with Marushka of Grand Haven. Known for her designerly approach, she uses cut paper, then condenses, distills, and simplifies her ideas into shape and color. Sterzer is influenced by the iconic works of Milton Glaser, the sometimes wacky landscapes of Henri Rousseau, and the movement found in works of Henri Matisse. Her artwork in this show has been inspired by all her dogs: from her first, Dooley, a basset/beagle mix to her current Sarah, a sweet pittie mix. Sean has always loved hanging out with dogs and she and Sarah can often be found roaming through the woods, or walking along the Lake Michigan shoreline near their home.

Mark Jones and Kathleen O’Brien operate Ottawa House Clay + Glass, a family-owned studio known for functional work in glass and clay. They create objects that are both useful and aesthetically pleasing like bowls, cups, platters, and more. The Dog Show pushed the artists to move beyond function to sculptural work, stepping outside their comfort zone to create work that was purely fun and amusing. The artists are grateful to their own Australian Shepherd, as well as the hind ends of many neighbors' and friends' dogs for their abundant inspiration. ​

Southwest Michigan Printmakers: Spring Botanicals

May 27- July 9
Padnos Gallery
Reception: Thursday, June 2nd from 5:30-7:30 pm

Originating from the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts’ (KIA) print studio in the mid-1970’s, the Southwest Michigan Printmakers (SWMP) is a diverse and informal group of regional artist/printmakers dedicated to the creation of hand-made and fine art prints. Meeting bi-monthly, the group encourages artists working in printmaking and promotes excellence in the various print mediums. Through exhibitions of their works, SWMP helps to encourage public knowledge, understanding, and support for printmaking. 

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