The Glen Arbor Art Center’s (GAAC) main location is in the township, but they also host classes out of the old Thoreson Farm on the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. GAAC volunteers rehabilitated the 19th century farm buildings into a classroom and studio space.
The GAAC has a truly impressive amount of programming planned at Thoreson Farm this summer, with at least several classes per week. Only some of these classes involve drawing and painting, and the ones involving pottery and clay may be of special interest to makers young and old.
Most of the pottery classes for adults will be taught by the GAAC’s “potter-in-residence,” John Huston. According to the GAAC website, Huston has been a potter since 1973. He studied in Ohio and Japan and started Platte River Pottery in Benzie County in 1978. He and his wife Amy Stevens own and operate the Glen Lake Artists Gallery.
