Now offering private exhibit tours!
Call (616)396-3278 or email helpdesk@hollandarts.org to schedule.
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Significance of the Serendipity  
Maggie Bandstra

May 9th - July 9th 2020
​Padnos Gallery
No opening reception currently scheduled

Recognizing the serendipitous events in our mundane lives can create marvelous moments among the path of life. Artist, Maggie Bandstra, exhibits her Masters of Fine Arts review project at the Holland Area Arts Council May 9th - July 9th. 

Maggie Bandstra is a painter and potter. Her work is about connecting with nature, people, and the moment. Bandstra is and Artist, Art Educator, Education Director at HAAC and founder of the Lakeshore Visual Arts Collective. She is currently working on her MFA in Painting from Savannah Collage of Art and Design. Bandstra holds a BS in Education from Loyola University of Chicago and and MA in Education Leadership from Michigan State University. Maggie's studio is in Grand Haven, MI where she lives with her husband and son. You can find more about Maggie and her work at  https://www.maggiebandstra.com/ 

Community Cardboard

June 4th - July 17th 2020
Armstrong Gallery
Facebook Live Reception June 4th at 5:30 pm 

Community Cardboard is an open call to artists of all ages to create original artwork on one square foot of cardboard. This year we had over 100 submissions. Participants are as young as 3 years old all the way up to 96!  This is a fundraiser.  Half of the sales are returned to the artist and half support our programming.  

In Full Bloom 
Susan Day Martell

May 28th - July 19th 2020
Lievense Gallery 

Susan Day Martell paints in a lush contemporary photorealistic style deploying close up views of alluring florals in a way that is all her own. Susan Day Martell is a contemporary painter living and working in the small town of Douglas, MI. She is inspired by the beauty of her surroundings in her own flower garden. Largely self-taught, she has also studied with other contemporary artists around the country. Her medium is both oil and acrylics. 
Painting since 2011, in recent years she has been concentrating on honing her skills in photorealism with her animal portraits and floral art. She has been selected for the "Top Twenty" of Holland's Tulip Time Art in Bloom competition for the last three years. Her work has also been selected for many regional art exhibitions and is in private collections around the country. ​

Upcoming Exhibitions 

The Steve Leary Show
Steve Leary

July 16-September 5
Padnos Gallery

Steve Leary is an artist whose profession is construction. New to being an artist Steve began painting just four years ago to the delight of just about anyone who enjoys his fun, bright pop art style work. Steve grew up being a fan of the car culture art movement with it’s cartoons, graphic signs and tongue in cheek graphics. Steve is a prolific and naturally talented painter and furniture designer who honed his craft after embarking on an artists residency in Maine that let him do nothing but paint for hours every day. Steve currently lives in Dorr, MI.
Thrift Store Masterpieces?

July 22-September 18
Lievense Gallery

On display, for better, worse or for the sake of conversation are a collection of Thrift Store artwork. These pieces are found at rummage sales, auctions and of course thrift stores. They may not have been of value to their owners upon donation but we see something special in them. What do you think? One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.
All The Things 
Adam Dahlstrom

July 23-September 12th
​Armstrong Gallery

Adam brings all the things with him (minus the kitchen sink) for this unique show. His vibrant mixed media collages focusing on color and pattern, pen and ink portraits of “people” real and imagined, collaborations with other artists, and his latest obsession- hand carved wooden spoons. Pieces old, new, and divergent. A fun showing from one of West MIchigan's most talented artists.
Image pictured: "Long Strange Trip" 
FOTOG Juried Regional Photographic Competition
September 10-November 7
Padnos Gallery

Open to all Michigan residents 18 and above, FOTOG is a regional photographic competition. All manner of photographic images are accepted, including film, projection, stop motion, and digital, as long as you supply the correct equipment and instructions for set-up. This year's juror is Brian Kelly. Images must be original, created in the last three years, and not been displayed at the Holland Area Arts Council before. Awards will be given to Grand Prize,1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, and two Honorable Mentions. The deadline for submissions is August 5, click HERE fore more details. 

Now offering private exhibit tours!
Call (616)396-3278 or email helpdesk@hollandarts.org to schedule.
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ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS
Début: High School Art Competition
Art in Bloom Poster Competition

Interested in exhibiting your artwork?