Benzie & Sleeping Bear · Small town
Glen Arbor
Your base for northern Sleeping Bear Dunes: a small town between Lake Michigan and Glen Lake, about 4 miles from the Dune Climb by trail.
Under a mile away (straight line)
Attraction · Benzie & Sleeping Bear
Glen Arbor Arts Center
Glen Arbor's community arts center on Lake Street, with free gallery exhibits, classes for adults and kids, and Plein Air Weekend in August.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center is the town’s art stop: a small nonprofit on Lake Street with free gallery exhibits, worth a half hour between dune days.
Local artists and supporters founded it in 1983. There are three exhibit spaces, the Main Gallery, the Lobby Gallery and an Outdoor Gallery, and shows change through the year.
If you are in town for a week, look at the class list. The center runs more than 100 programs a year for adults and kids, including painting, pottery, mixed media and photography, plus artist talks, concerts and performances.
Plan around August if you paint or like watching painters: the center’s annual Plein Air Weekend is held then. The main gallery closes on exhibit change-over days, so check the schedule before you stop.
Practical information
- Managed by
- Glen Arbor Arts Center (nonprofit, founded 1983)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Official website
- glenarborart.org
Location
Map of Glen Arbor Arts Center
4 places on an OpenStreetMap map
Nearby towns
Also nearby
Straight-line distances, not driving distances.
Beach
Glen Haven Beach
A Lake Michigan beach on Sleeping Bear Bay at Glen Haven Historic Village, with seasonal restrooms, picnic areas, the Cannery Boat Museum and loaner sand wheelchairs.
About 2 miles away (straight line)
Museum
Maritime Museum at Sleeping Bear Point Life-Saving Station
A National Park Service museum in the 1901 Sleeping Bear Point Life-Saving Station at Glen Haven, on lifesaving, the Coast Guard and Great Lakes shipping.
About 2 miles away (straight line)
Trail
Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail
A mostly paved trail of about 22 miles through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, linking Empire, the Dune Climb, Glen Haven, Glen Arbor and Port Oneida.
About 3 miles away (straight line)