Open Acoustic Jam

Bring your acoustic instruments and share techniques and talents. All levels and instruments are welcome.
Host: Jim Redmond.

2025 International Affairs Forum Full Schedule

The OAB is pleased to be a "Satellite Partner" for the International Affairs Forum, a program of Northwestern Michigan College. We will be streaming their regular programming and providing a wine reception prior to each event.

Strength and Exercise Program

This class encourages functional fitness through exercise using resistance bands for muscle strengthening and various warm-up and balance exercises.
Teacher: Jeanette Egeler.

Open Studio

Open Studio meets on Tuesdays to paint/create inside the Old Art Building. This is an opportunity to share techniques and talents with fellow artists. All levels and mediums are encouraged to participate.

Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga is a restorative and healing yoga that uses slow, gentle standing and floor stretches as well as meditation for deep relaxation.
Teacher: Kerry Satterwhite.

Summer Art Camp, Ages 9-12, August 3-5

SOLD OUT

This class is all about playful art making with a focus on the process and experience of creating!
Teacher: Tracy Smedes-Hepler.

Summer Art Camp, Ages 4-8, August 3-5

SOLD OUT

This class is all about playful art making with a focus on the process and experience of creating!
Teacher: Tracy Smedes-Hepler.

Fishtown Writers’ Circle

A monthly gathering to share your writing, listen to others' works, and find inspiration.
Host: Dan Lisuk.

Music in the Air: Zach Watson & Co.

Free Concert!

The OAB is happy to welcome Zach Watson & Co., bringing a raw mix of folk, blues, and soul that reminds you why live music matters.

Finding Beauty & Light: A Gayle Kabaker Exhibit

Finding Beauty and Light explores Gayle’s love of painting and her search for the common thread of beauty in everyday moments. Whether in a sun-dappled face, a flapping clothesline, sparkles on a wave, or simple nudes, she finds a way to hold the moment in paint.
Instructor: Gayle Kabaker.

Anyone Can Sketch: with Gayle Kabaker

SOLD OUT

Gayle will lead participants through a series of fun, low-pressure warm-up exercises designed to train the eye to really see what you want to draw. The workshop continues with drawing from a simple still life, focusing on interpretation rather than accuracy—encouraging each participant to draw in a way that feels natural, playful, and enjoyable.
Instructor: Gayle Kabaker.

Summer Art Camp, Ages 4-8, August 10-12

SOLD OUT

This class is all about playful art making with a focus on the process and experience of creating!
Teacher: Tracy Smedes-Hepler.

Summer Art Camp, Ages 9-12, August 10-12

SOLD OUT

This class is all about playful art making with a focus on the process and experience of creating!
Teacher: Tracy Smedes-Hepler.

Family Workshop: Let’s Draw Monsters! with Gayle Kabaker

SOLD OUT

Inspired by the sketchbook practice Gayle shares with her five-year-old granddaughter—whose favorite subject is monsters—participants will explore imaginative drawing of monsters or whatever else they are inspired to draw.
Instructor: Gayle Kabaker.

Music in the Air: A.S. Lutes

Free Concert!

Having previously spent a decade as the lead singer and principal songwriter of Brooklyn, NY indie-pop band The Stationary Set, Andrew Lutes relocated back to his northern Michigan birthplace in 2016 to pursue a more quiet existence set to the backdrop of NoMi's natural amenities.

Perfectly Imperfect: A Full-Day Painting & Drawing Workshop with Gayle Kabaker

Spend the day painting and drawing for fun in this relaxed, creative workshop. Participants will draw and paint from a still life and from what’s around them, learning to observe the world with fresh eyes. Gayle will guide you in developing a fun and sustainable sketchbook practice, showing how to draw and paint not only what you see, but how to interpret it—transforming observation into something expressive, playful, and uniquely your own.
Instructor: Gayle Kabaker.

Summer Art Camp, Ages 4-8, August 17-19

SOLD OUT

This class is all about playful art making with a focus on the process and experience of creating!
Teacher: Tracy Smedes-Hepler.

Summer Art Camp, Ages 9-12, August 17-19

This class is all about playful art making with a focus on the process and experience of creating!
Teacher: Tracy Smedes-Hepler.

Clothesline Art Show & Sale

This outdoor show will feature original work from our 2026 OAB Plein Air Artists group. Stop by the front lawn to view their beautiful paintings from around Leelanau County!

Music in the Air: A to Z

Free Concert!

Audrey Mason and Zinnia Dungjen, both multi-faceted instrumentalists and vocalists, are a young local talent going by the name A to Z. Having met at their current high school, Interlochen Arts Academy where they study songwriting, the young women have been playing around Northern Michigan together for two years now.

Ceramic Mini-Totem Workshop

Please join cavegirl & ceramicist Katie Bramlage for an afternoon of meditative play.
Teacher: Katie Bramlage.

Ceramic Totem Workshop

Please join cavegirl & ceramicist Katie Bramlage for an afternoon of meditative play.
Teacher: Katie Bramlage.

Horns of Traverse

The Horns of Traverse is a Michigan-based horn quartet dedicated to engaging and satisfying audiences through diverse, expertly curated chamber music programs that bridge traditional repertoire and contemporary compositions.

Music in the Air: 1000 Watt Prophets

Free Concert!

1000 Watt Prophets are a Michigan-based roots-funk powerhouse blending Americana, New Orleans groove, and soul-forward rock into a high-energy, deeply musical live experience. Featuring veteran players from the Midwest festival circuit, the band delivers songs that feel both road-worn and urgent, driven by deep pocket rhythms, rich harmonies, and a relentless commitment to the groove.

The Rebel Eves

Cultivating moments of vulnerability, laughter, original songs, and incredible 3-part harmonies in their shows, The Rebel Eves can promise you will walk away feeling inspired, connected, and hopeful.

Fishtown Writers’ Circle

A monthly gathering to share your writing, listen to others' works, and find inspiration.
Host: Dan Lisuk.

OAB 2026 Member Exhibit

Our annual member exhibit, showcasing work from our OAB Member Artists.

Fishtown Writers’ Circle

A monthly gathering to share your writing, listen to others' works, and find inspiration.
Host: Dan Lisuk.

Metalsmithing: Beach Stone Pendant or Ring

An introductory metalsmithing workshop! Create a Lake Michigan beach stone pendant or ring.
Teacher: Janet Ryan, J Art Jewelry.

Fishtown Writers’ Circle

A monthly gathering to share your writing, listen to others' works, and find inspiration.
Host: Dan Lisuk.

Fishtown Writers’ Circle

A monthly gathering to share your writing, listen to others' works, and find inspiration.
Host: Dan Lisuk.