Art in the Loft Exhibits

Please visit our events page for more details and a full list of scheduled events for 2007.

Questions? Contact Art in the Loft at 989-356-4877 or gallery109@artintheloft.com

Past Special Exhibits and Events

There are over 300 children in Michigan currently waiting to be adopted through the foster care system. Most of these children are African American,

over the age of 8, or need to be adopted along with other brothers and sisters.

The Heart Gallery is a photographic exhibit of children in the foster care system who are waiting for a permanent family of their own through adoption. The Heart Gallery is used to increase awareness about adoption and to recruit families for these children. The exhibit reaches out to prospective adoptive parents and the community providing a beautiful way to learn about foster care and adoption.

The Michigan Heart Gallery is a traveling photographic exhibit of Michigan children who are waiting to be adopted. The exhibit also features photographs of families who have adopted children from the foster care system. The main exhibit opened in November of 2005 is traveling throughout Michigan.

Art in the Loft Board of Directors recently presented Annette Brewington, Director of the Friendship Room at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church and Ellen Eagan, Outreach Coordinator at Trinity Episcopal Church each with a $500 donation. These funds were raised on January 26 during a new event that was hosted in the gallery called Soup’s On at Art in the Loft.

Over 100 individuals attended the first-time fundraiser and in addition to the soup buffet, a “Souper Bowl” raffle was conducted. Artists and community members donated over 60 bowls of all shapes and sizes for the raffle.

According to Penny Boldrey, President of the Art in the Loft Board of Directors, “Thanks to the generosity from area restaurants and caterers as well as the contributions from artists and community members, we were able to raise $1,000 and help support two vital programs in our community.”

"Art Gone Wild" was a special exhibit which took place- November 9th and 10th 2005 at the Art in the Loft gallery in Alpena MI.

November 9th, 2005: Artist Kim Diment was recently commissioned by the Lewa Downs Wildlife Conservancy to travel to Africa and paint the rare Grevey's Zebra. The first public unveiling of her canvas was at this event before it went to be auctioned in London. This was a ticketed event for artists, Friends of the Gallery, donors, and sponsors. If you would like more information on the Grevy's Zebra and view the painting, please click here.

November 10th, 2005: Author and artist Michael Glenn Monroe introduced a new book "Wonders of Nature Sketchbook" that was released in November. Michael was on site signing books and demonstrating sketching techniques during a "Meet-the-Artist" reception. This was a free community open house event. Read more about Michael, click here.

"These are top tier artists in their field and this was a great opportunity for Northeast Michigan to have front and center access to some really high quality wildlife art and education."