Art in all its forms doesn't just make people feel good – it makes people feel alive! It can surprise, inspire, excite, and ignite your entire outlook for a moment, a day, or an entire lifetime. It opens eyes, minds, and hearts like no doctor or medicine can. The artist has the ability to transform the mundane into the sublime with canvas, camera, paint, paper, wood, metal, clay, and even now, computers.
When artists touch something deep within us, our lives suddenly have more meaning, joy, and possibilities. Francis Howe Hardy understood that miraculous linkage and wanted as many local artists to have the opportunity to touch as many people possible with their talent.
The Hardy Gallery is the premier non-profit organization in Door County with the sole purpose of promoting and encouraging local artists, inspiring local youth in creative ways, supporting emerging artists and celebrating the Peninsula’s veteran artists.
When we asked “Why the Hardy Gallery?” our patrons, volunteers, and artists had plenty of great things to say. Click here to read their testimonials.
The Hardy Gallery is pleased to announce a new endeavor for the 2010 season – the creation and production of a 2010 Door County Arts Map.
The Arts Map is something that’s been part of the Door County visual arts scene for many years – and it’s something that originated with the Hardy Gallery. PAHA (Peninsula Arts & Humanities Alliance) took over the printing of the Map in the 1990s, and, after the group reorganized their focus, discontinued printing the map in 2007.
Now in its 3rd year, the Community Mosaic Project is an outreach effort created by the Hardy Gallery as a means to connect the community and the arts, thus furthering the growth and awareness of the visual arts in Door County.
The Mosaic Project consists of 350 individual 6-inch by 6-inch canvases that are created by both professional and novice artists of all ages and abilities. These canvases are then constructed into a colorful mosaic that hangs concurrently with the annual Collection Invitational Exhibit. During the exhibit, the canvases are auctioned off in a “blind buy” for $25/each.
“These canvases are a cross-section of our community,” says Elizabeth Meissner-Gigstead, Executive Director of the Hardy. “The fun in purchasing one of the canvases is that because of the blind buy, you get to be surprised with the artwork that you receive. You could walk away with a small canvas from one of Door County’s finest artists – or a budding artist that is just beginning to create.”
For more information on our current exhibits please click here.
June 12 – July 18
July 24 – August 29
July 24 – August 29
September 4 – October 12
