Events
SPRING EVENTS
SUMMER EVENTS 2019
Let it Breathe
Saturday, June 8th, 4-6pm
Saugatuck Expo Experience: Second Saturday Gallery Stroll on the Art Coast of Michigan.
Featured Artists: Roger Blair, Rein Vanderhill, Mike Kolasinski, Brian Sauerland, Kimberly Beck, Irena Saparnis
Guest Winemaker: James Lester of Marland-Wyncroft
Guest Sommelier: Brian Giegerich
Live Jazz: Jay Bertalen & Richard Beelen
As wine breathes, the tannin and flavor profile softens and mellows allowing the overall flavor characteristics to improve. Art also lives and breathes. Our artists fully immerse themselves in the very scene they are creating so that we can breathe in their intention. Landscapes of old barns become so real that the viewer can virtually smell the hay. Paintings of the Lake Michigan shore shimmer with sunshine and the soft breezes of summer. The color and shapes seep from the work into the room, changing the atmosphere, creating richness and character. Art breathes life into your space!
Artist Demonstrations | Live Music | Artful Nosh | Winemaker Presentation and Tasting |
The Music and Merriment is free. Special Wine Tasting ticketed at the door.
The Cheese Lady @ J. Petter Galleries
Sunday, June 30th, 12-4pm
The Cheese Lady will be hosting a pop up market in which you can taste and purchase their gourmet cheeses!
You don't want to miss it!
The Spartan @ J. Petter Galleries
June 29 - July 7
Collaboration with SKP Design
We are excited to offer a unique chance to tour a renovated 1956 Spartan Imperial Mansion, completed by SKP Design of Kalamazoo. They combined historic elements, modern elements and industrial touches to re-imagine this vintage camper, which is now the showroom for their new line of business called "Ready To Roll". Come view it in our courtyard!
The Cheese Lady @ J. Petter Galleries
Saturday July 6th, 11-6pm
Sunday July 7th, 12-4pm
The Cheese Lady will be hosting a pop up market in which you can taste and purchase their gourmet cheeses!
You don't want to miss it!
Bouquet
Saturday, July 13th, 4-6pm
Second Saturday Gallery Stroll on the Art Coast of Michigan
Featured Artists: Ann Feldman, Nina Weiss, Matt Swanson, Sheila Bohanon
Live Jazz: John Otto & Richard Beelen
Guest Winery: L Mawby Bubbles
Guest Cheese Monger: The Cheese Lady
"Bouquet" is a term referring to the grouping of esters and aromas of wine. Our paintings and sculptures have a "bouquet" too! We define it as the broad collection of brushstrokes and carved lines resulting a pleasing visual arrangement. As a bonus, we also have many talented and unique floral painters who will be joining us for this event.
Artist Demonstrations | Live Music | Artful Nosh | Winemaker Presentation and Tasting |
The Music and Merriment is free. Wine tasting $15
The Cheese Lady @ J. Petter Galleries
Saturday July 13th, 11-6pm
Sunday July 14th, 12-4pm
The Cheese Lady will be hosting a pop up market in which you can taste and purchase their gourmet cheeses!
You don't want to miss it!
The Cheese Lady @ J. Petter Galleries
Saturday July 27th, 11-6pm
Sunday July 28th, 12-4pm
The Cheese Lady will be hosting a pop up market in which you can taste and purchase their gourmet cheeses!
You don't want to miss it!
The Spartan @ J. Petter Galleries with Open Studio on August 1st.
July 28th- August 1st on site.
August 1st: Join us for an Open Studio Event!
Collaboration with SKP Design
It's back! Another unique chance to tour a renovated 1956 Spartan Imperial Mansion, completed by SKP Design of Kalamazoo. Come view it in our courtyard! August 1st, come to our open house and wine tasting party inside of the Spartan. Ask questions, get decorating help, and sip fine wine in a great space.
The Cheese Lady @ J. Petter Galleries
Sunday, August 4th, 12-4pm
The Cheese Lady will be hosting a pop up market in which you can taste and purchase their gourmet cheeses!
You don't want to miss it!
Cépage
Saturday, August 10th, 4-6pm
Second Saturday Gallery Stroll on the Art Coast of Michigan
Featured Artists: Helen Gotlib, Mike Kelly, Steve Howland, Paul Vanheest, Ethan Lillemoe, Carla Sutton
Live Jazz: John Otto & Richard Beelen
Guest Sommelier: Stuart Allen
Guest Cheese Monger: The Cheese Lady
Cépage is the French term for the varietal (grape) blend in a wine. This blending permits the winemaker to create his desired flavor profile. Soft? Tanic? Simple? Complex? Sexy? Ripe? It’s art for the winemaker. Our artists carefully choose a blend of materials, process, and methods to evoke emotions and ideas. See how they do it in person with our artist's demonstrations.Artist Demonstrations | Live Music | Artful Nosh | Wine Presentation and Tasting |
The Music and Merriment is free. Wine tasting $15
The Cheese Lady @ J. Petter Galleries
Saturday, August 10th, 11-6pm
Sunday August 11th, 12-4pm
The Cheese Lady will be hosting a pop up market in which you can taste and purchase their gourmet cheeses!
You don't want to miss it!
Full Bodied
Saturday, September 14th, 4-6pm
Second Saturday Gallery Stroll on the Art Coast of Michigan
Featured Artists: Mary Hatch, Matthew Jacobson, Kim Kubiak, Jill Wagner
Live Music: Don Hooker & Richard Beelen
Guest Wine Expert: Adam Fortuna C.S.
"Body" describes the texture or weight of a wine in the mouth. Full-bodied wines have a rich, complex, well-rounded flavor.
Explore texture in art at this event! Some paintings employ a, thick application of paint, known as "impasto". Others use fine, thin layers to achieve their effect. Some of our artists even use airbrush for the softest texture possible. Texture becomes tactile with sculpture, whether it is smoothed marble or hand-thrown pottery. Then of course there is figurative work or the art of recreating the Body!
Artist Demonstrations | Live Music | Artful Nosh | Wine Presentation and Tasting |
The Music and Merriment is free. Wine tasting $15
Spatlese
Saturday, October 12th, 4-6pm
42nd Annual Gallery Stroll on the Art Coast of Michigan
Featured Artists: John Andersen, Larry Welo, Michael Maitner, Linda Rzoska, Julie Quinn, James Griffin
Live Jazz: Jay Bertalan & Richard Beelen
Spatlese is the German word for Late Harvest. The Vintner waits to pick the grapes so that the brix (sugar content) level rises as the grapes lose moisture. The resulting juice that's extracted is sweet. Join us during this autumn evening to celebrate the late harvest. Artists known to portray this season in their work will be in attendance, demonstrating and talking about their practice.
Artist Demonstrations | Live Music | Artful Nosh | Wine Presentation and Tasting |
The Music and Merriment is free. Wine tasting $15
Annual "Hallowine" Tasting & Pumpkin Carving Demonstration
Saturday, October 26th, 12-5pm
Courtyard of the barn at J. Petter Galleries & Upscale Mercantile
Come see Certified Master Ice Carver create ghoulish creatures from pumpkins and gourds, while tasting through Fall-focused wines. Both the wine and spooky pumpkin creations will be available to purchase. There is no charge for the event.
Holiday Jazz
Saturday, December 14th, 4-6pm
Carols and Cuvee
Come listen to the live music of the Holiday Jazz Trio as they sing your favorite songs of the season. The music and merriment is free, come join us in an open house style season celebration.
PAST EVENTS:
Restaurant Week
June 1-8
Saugatuck Expo Experience: A special Gallery menu.
Quiche "N" Chips Plus Marland Chardonnay "Non Affecte" This week only $15!
Winemaker Presentation: Fulcrum & Cloissone
Tuesday, April 30th, 6:00pm 2019
Wines presented by David Rossi, Owner and Winemaker
Join us for an elegant and educational evening as David Rossi presents a selection of his vineyards wine. Artful appetizers will be provided. This is a ticketed event. Please call for reservations and advance payment. $30pp
Mother's Day Art & Wine Weekend.
Friday May 10th-Sunday May 12th
Come in on Mother's Day weekend to find the free gift we have in store for you!
Carols, Cookies, & Cuvée
Saturday, December 15th, 4-6pm 2018
Come listen to the live music of the Holiday Jazz Trio as they sing your favorite songs of the season.
What is better than tasty & nostalgic holiday cookies?
The perfect wine paring to mature your childhood favorite flavors.
The music and merriment is free, come join us in an open house style season celebration.
The wine and holiday cookie paring is $20 per person if you reserve ahead, or $25 at the door.
Annual Hallowine Tasting & Pumpkin Carving Demonstration
Saturday, October 27th 12-5pm 2018
Courtyard of the barn at J. Petter Galleries & Upscale Mercantile
Come see Certified Master Ice Carver Greg Butauski create ghoulish creatures from pumpkins and gourds, while tasting through 5 Fall focused wines from Eagle Eye wine importers. Both the wine and Greg's spooky pumpkin creations will be available to purchase. There is no charge for the event. The wine tasting is 3 tastes for $10 or 5 tastes for $15.
Janzen Wine Tasting & Muli-Course Meal
Tuesday, Sept. 18th, 7-9pm 2018
Join us for a private, intimate dining event with Napa wine legend, Kyle Jazen of Bacio Divinio Cellars and Janzen Family Wines.
Plus a multi-course meal provided by our neighborhood foodies, Borrowed Time!
The presentation and meal starts at 7pm, sports are limited!
Reservation and prepayment required, $80 dollars per person.
Please call at (269) 857-2230
Second-Saturday Gallery Strolls
Spaces Between
Saturday, October 6th, 2018: 4pm - 6pm 2018
Gallery Stroll Weekend
Featured Artists: Ed Herbeck, Kirsten Barton, Jeanne Rockett, Norma Penchansky Glasser, Linda Rzoska, Kathleen Chaney-Fritz, Steve Howland
Unfortunately, Larry Welo and James Griffin will not be able to join us on Oct. 6th as originally planned. They promise to visit next summer!
Join us for an evening of art, wine, artist demos, and nosh under the music of John Otto.
These artists present work that focuses on the spaces between. They curate your focus as they create a perspective all their own. Bronze figures cut into space as limbs create not only beautiful moments of negative space, but defy gravity. Our landscape painters capture delicate moments of waves and birds caught in between Lake Michigan's dunes. The atmosphere itself becomes a dreamy place of clouds and feather soft oil paint. Amid the branches of mixed media trees lies a webwork of a million spaces peeking through. Yet you will find yourself drawn in into the intricate expanse of watercolor nests and places where critters creep. Even in the city, one of our painters takes you to the top of skyscrapers and into the relationship of people and architecture.
A Naturalist's Guide to the Universe
Saturday, August 11th, 2018: 4pm-7pm 2018
Featured Artists: Brian Sauerland, Helen Gotlib, Mike Kolansinski, Matt Swanson, Julie Quinn, Roger Blair, Patty Elzinga
Music by John Otto
Obsessed with nature these artists notice and appreciate the beauty that often goes unnoticed in our everyday panorama. Intrigued with light and the way colors change and play on individual forms, these artists rethink the traditional landscape and apply a flair all their own. Each piece makes you stop and appreciate the forces of nature at work-frozen in time to be contemplated in its innumerable detail.
Naturalist Wine Tasting
Wander on over to the wine bar to taste and see a selection of wines that taste as good as they are good for the earth. Kindred to how our naturalist artists appreciate the intricate work of nature in their art, these vintners and famers are crafting wine with practices that are not just ecologically sound, but are equally economically viable and socially responsible (and mighty delectable we might add).
The Whimsy of Regionalism and Reason
Saturday, July 14th, 2018: 4pm - 7pm 2018
Featured Artists: Michael Maitner, Matthew Jacobson, Paul Van Heest, Jill Wagner, Kim Zahnow, Laura Testé, Sheila Bohanon
Music by John Otto played by Richard Beelen on base and Jay Bertalan on keyboards
There is something magical about the landscapes that surround us: our childhood rural vistas, Michigan sandy shores, horses led down dirt roads, and the casual ebb and flow of people in familiar places. There is also the abstract landscape of our own creation; the whimsical surreal of our dreams and curiosities. Join us for an evening of art, Michigan terroir wines, artist demos, and nosh under the music of John Otto.
A Bed of Roses, Rosé and a Bear
Saturday, June 9th, 2018: 3 pm - 6 pm 2018
Instagram Influencer Weekend
Featured Artists: Eddie Mitchell, Ann Feldman, Nina Weiss, Carla Sutton, Gert Olsen, Lisa Vanderhill
Music by John Otto
What binds these artists? A taste for nature, a touch of floral, the accent of pink, and of course, a few bears. Sip a champagne punch, order a rosé, and join us for an afternoon of art, wine, artists demos, and nosh under the music of John Otto.
ART SPEAKS!
A pop-up art show and poetry reading at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018 | 7 PM | 2018
Free Admission, No Registration Required | Cash Bar
Enjoy an intimate illustrated reading, celebrating how art speaks and how artists inspire and collaborate. Mary Hatch calls her paintings little novels. Elizabeth Kerlikowske puts the paintings into words. Hear the poems. See the paintings. Discover the method to their madness.
Guests will view a pop-up gallery of Mary's paintings and are encouraged to reflect on their own thoughts, memories, ideas, and feelings. Elizabeth will share her writings during this multi-disciplinary event. There will be copies of their book, Flying Lessons, available for purchase and an opportunity to have them signed.
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