The Brighton Art Guild mission: To foster and encourage the expression of the Visual Arts in our communities with unique presentations and demonstrations at Monthly meetings; "Art in Public Places" exhibitions in various community partners locations, and scholarships for college and high school senior students.
The Norma Gray Gallery is located at the entrance of the Brighton District Library
The Library serves more than 42,000 residents in the City of Brighton, and Brighton, Genoa, and Green Oak Townships.
The juried exhibition features two artists exhibiting together for six to eight weeks. The 2024 series will mark the 25th year for the AAL program. This venue was rededicated as the Norma Gray Gallery in December 2012 in honor of artist Norma Gray, one of the visionary founds of this exhibit as well as a founder of the Guild.
Gallery Admission and Hours: Free access whenever Brighton District Library is open.
Entry open to Brighton Art Guild Members and Non-Members
The Guild has lots planned for 2024 and Beyond! We would like you to be a P-ART of it all!
Brighton with Art begins the year with a juried online event open to members and non-members. Awards given, and an exhibit of the winners will be at The CoBACH Center in Brighton in early spring.
Kaleidoscope is our All-Member event and two-week exhibit with an artist reception.
The Michigan Guild of Artists and Artisans has partnered with the Brighton Chamber of Commerce this year to present the Brighton Art and Music Festival in August. The festival promises more artist participation than ever before. Brighton Art Guild will have tents outside of CoBACH Center with a special tent set up for Guild members to exhibit on site in recognition of our 25th anniversary
n the fall we will Celebrate the Guild’s 25th anniversary with exhibits of our member's art at the Brighton Library, the CoBACH Center, and other sites about town. We will also host an event that will proudly commemorate the quarter century that the Guild has devoted to the arts and community of Brighton.
We are developing a new art-cational program called Merge intended as an after-school program for the high school youth in Livingston County. Target launch will be early in 2024. This will give students an opportunity to explore the arts with the support from Guild members. 2023 had us venturing out of Brighton with an exhibit in Pontiac. In the works for 2025 we hope to do something similar, although a bit closer – but still garnering recognition beyond Brighton. We have lots of opportunities for our members to exhibit at our variety of Art in Public Places: Art in the Alley, Art at A Wilde, Art at CoBACH, Art at Advanced Orthopedics, and Art at the Chamber.
How can I get my art into the Art in Public Places? It's easy. Upload sample jpegs of your art on the Art in Public Places Image Submission on the website (under Artist tab) or follow the link .
Works entered into Guild exhibits such as Brighton with Art and Kaleidoscope are also considered by the selection committee
Brighton Art Guild 2024 Presentation Calendar First Wednesday of the Month 6:30pm at the Brighton District Library Jan 3 Guild activity: Draw Still Life Feb 7 Debbie Grifka, Art Quilts quilts Mar 6 Glenn Taylor, Experimental/abstracts/space like Apr 3 Susan Perrish, Portraits and Figurative
May 8 Members Critique Show and Tell Jun 5 Ellen Sherman, Abstracts, Brush Strokes July 10 Rusty Frentner, Wildlife Aug 7 College and High School Student Scholarship Winners Sep 4 Connie Stover Oct 2 TBD Nov 6 TBD Dec 4 Guild Board Elections and Member Get Together
Time for Membership Renewal - All Memberships renewed will be valid until 31 December 2024
All memberships, new and renewal, paid for after October 20, 2023 will be valid thru December 31, 2024 Renew now and enjoy the many benefits of the Brighton Art Guild
Exhibitions in Art in Public Places, Brighton Art and Music, Kaleidoscope All Member Show Lower member entry fees for Art at the Library and other juried exhibitions sponsored by the Guild Speaker programs at Member meetings first Wednesday of the month at the Brighton District Library Brighton Art Guild Memberships valid January 1 - December 31 calendar year.
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