The Ann Hall Artist-in-Residence summer program was begun in the summer of 2006. This program, a long-held goal of the Leelanau Community Cultural Center, was made possible by a special gift from the Hall family. The Halls, who have been Leland summer residents for years, were prompted to endow this position following the unexpected death of Ann Hall, a gifted artist. Ann's brother Charlie Hall represented the family in helping to select recipients for this honor.

2012 Artist in Residence Glenn Wolff

The most consistent creative endeavor in my life has been drawing. It defined me starting in kindergarten and ultimately led to a career in illustration and fine art, with sidebars as a public art collaborator, and muralist. After half a century the process is still a mystery, but for the first time in my life the different creative areas of my brain are at peace. A typical month can involve painting a mural with high school students, carving and printing a series of wood engravings, exhibiting mixed media paintings in a gallery, and illustrating a book. 

The themes are pretty much consistent throughout though – our relationship with nature and place. Each piece is a meditation – often on landscape (interior and exterior), creatures (us and not us), and water and sky (above and below.)

-Glenn Wolff

 

Glenn Wolff grew up in Traverse City, Michigan. He studied Printmaking at Northwestern Michigan College, and received his BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. His career began in New York as an illustrator for such clients as the New York Times, the Village Voice, the Central Park Conservancy, and the New York Zoological Society. In 1987 he returned to Northern Michigan concentrating on fine art and book illustration. The list of authors he has worked with include Stephanie Mills, John Gierach, and Robert Sullivan, but he is best known for his illustrations in the books of Jerry Dennis, starting with 1992’s It’s Raining Frogs and Fishes, and most recently The Windward Shore.

Glenn’s mixed media fine art has been shown throughout the US and Canada, and is included in numerous private and public collections including The Dennos Museum Center, The Kellogg Foundation, and the International Crane Foundation. He has also been a frequent artist-in-residence for environmental organizations such as The Great Lakes Bioneers, Wings of Wonder, The Watershed Suite Project, and The North American Prairie Conference.

 

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