The Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP) recently assisted the Marquette Artist Collective with a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of their art gallery.
The Marquette Artists Collective strives to support artist and the arts in our community. Joy Bender Hadley was inspired around the time of the August 2017 solar eclipse to create an artist collective. Since then this dynamic group of visual artists has been growing, creating and organizing.
They currently have 15 Active Artist Members with a growing number of Supporting Artist Members. They have curated many different exhibits in different venues around Marquette and have several others planned for 2019.
The Active Artist Members recently voted to open an art gallery at 130 W. Washington Street, the former home to the Oasis Gallery. It is known as The Gallery: A Marquette Artist Collective Project. The Gallery is divided between two spaces; a space for rotation exhibits and a space where Active Artist Members of the Marquette Artist Collected can sell their work.
Please visit www.facebook.com/mqtartistcollective for most recent information.
They are open Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Thursday from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and Saturday from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Pictured from left to right: Sara Sands, LSCP Business Development Representative, Dave Campana, Marquette City Commission, Susan Estler, Artist Collective Member, Dyana Nefe, Artist Collective Treasurer, Mayor Fred Stonehouse, Joy Bender-Hadley, Artist Collective President and Founder, Tiina Harris, Marquette Arts & Culture Center Manager and Brooke Quinn, LSCP Business Development Representative.
