Exhibitions
Grand Hotel hosts annual shows of nineteenth century American Art from the world-class Masco collection. Past exhibitions at Grand Hotel have included tranquil landscape paintings of the American wilderness from Hudson River School painters and American Genre and Realist paintings. New exhibitions are mounted each summer and are free to guests of Grand Hotel; non guests visiting Grand Hotel may view the exhibition as part of their modest admission fee.

Mackinac Island Public Library
Each season, the Mackinac Island Public Library hosts art exhibitions with well attended openings. Past exhibitions have included Marlee Brown, Maeve Croghan, Pam Finkel , Kelly Church, and Cynthia and Joshua Ivey Abitz. Be sure to check the Mackinac Island Town Crier for the events schedule.

Artist Galleries
Mackinac Art Gallery
Located in the Murray Hotel, the Mackinac Art Gallery features the work of Island artist Pat Pulte. Pat started painting in the early 90's and since then has been creating beautiful works of art depicting Mackinac Island scenery.With the eye of one who observes the nature of things, Pulte’s work shows the details of a babbling brook, the serenity of the woodlands, the vigor of water and the loneliness and bravery found in Victorian era architecture. More recently, his paintings recall the tonality introduced by Corot with the color palette and brush strokes of Cezanne. To promote the artist in each of us, Murray Hotel offers Helga’s Palette Painting Workshops each season, check the events calendar for dates. The gallery is located on Main Street in the lower level of the Murray Hotel, but be sure to grab a cup of coffee at Cafe Monet on the first level as he often hangs new works on the walls of the hotel lobby and throughout the Cafe.

Oil Paintings by Marlee
Marlee Brown's work may be found in many private and corporate collections including the White House, but importantly for us, Marlee's work may be found in her seasonal gallery at Grand Hotel. Her expression of color and ability to express beauty through her brush is what makes her work stand out. What one first notices in her work is her use of color. She writes, “Color is my passion. It is my first reaction to the world and my first responsibility to my art. Only color moves me like the white birches do as they poetically reach across the cerulean sky and rhythmically divide the cobalt water.” The influence of Monet, Whistler and Childe Hassam is apparent but reinvented and reinterpreted through her eyes showing the scenes from everyday life around her. This ability to translate the techniques of the masters into her own vision is what makes Marlee an important American Impressionist painter today. Her Island gallery is located on the first level of the Grand Hotel in the east wing.

Maeve's Arts
Island artist Maeve Croghan has traveled the world extensively and her seasonal Mackinac Island gallery is a showcase of the art she creates but also the art of those she meets along the way. The recipient of numerous juried awards, Maeve's style is expressionistic and represent the natural beauty of the world she sees around her. Her paintings are shown and collected throughout the country. When asked how she arrives at her subject matter, Maeve writes, "My paintings are most often begun outside where I find a subject to paint, enabling me to experience and understand nature at a very deep level.  I am particularly attracted to old forms of life; aged trees, vines and rocks which seem to possess a knowledge beyond human understanding." True to her roots, Maeve paints with Turner’s approach to clouds and the expressionist’s eye for earnest, rich colors as in the work of Franz Marc, with the brush stroke filled with sincerity and spontaneity . Her paintings are collected and exhibited throughout the country. She recently participated in museum showings at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art in Alaska, as well as the Laguna Beach Museum of Art in California.  Castoro Cellars in Templeton, CA, has chosen her work to grace their award-winning wine-bottle labels. Located on Market Street, Maeve's gallery is ever changing and a delight to peruse while visiting Mackinac.

Paintings by Wolfgang
Richard Wolfgang’s watercolors are displayed in his gallery Paintings by Wolfgang on Historic Market Street. Each season, Wolfgang offers a new painting for the Mackinac Island Lilac Festival and after a decade, these posters and lithographs have become highly collectible. Like all artists, his painterly style is always evolving. From his early works which are rendered with adept attention to the detail of Mackinac Island’s architecture to his current works which depict the nature of movement, birds flying, wind blowing or water waving to the shore, his work is always vibrantly alive yet tranquil. He is exhibited throughout the Midwest and has won many awards.

Gallery Shops
In addition to artist owned galleries, Mackinac Island is home to many galleries representing many Island and regional artists. Island Breeze in the Horse Corral Mall features artwork by Kathleen Chaney Fritz as does, Lilacs and Lace at the Carousel Shops on Market Street. The newest gallery and by far the only gallery shop dedicated to fine art is Victorian Summer Gallery on Market Street which features the work of many regional artists including artist Betty Bea Washburn, John Manikoff and Mary Guntzviller. Curator/Owner Jack Landres has an eye for beauty and he curates beautiful works for his gallery on Market Street at Cadotte. With ever changing exhibtions, Victorian Summer Gallery primarily features paintings, prints, photography, art glass and many one of a kind sculptural and jewelry pieces. Often artists are on premise painting which makes this a great place to stop and meet the artists whose work hangs on the walls.

Special Exhibitions
Mackinac Seven Art Group
The Mackinac Seven Art Group is comprised of a small group of "painting friends" with deep ties to Mackinac: Catherine Brockman, Maeve Croghan, Pam Finkel, Nicki Griffith, Kitty Hannabass, Marlee Musser, Marta Olson, and Pat Pulte. The group began exhibiting together in 1994 and is currently holds a spring show at the Murray Hotel in June and August and December shows at the Mackinac Island Public Library.

The Art of Rock
Detroit Rock Art artist Mark Arminski designs the Mackinac Island Music Festival poster each season. Arminski is known internationally among rock art collectors and has exhibited in many retrospectives with the veteran rock art artists Grimshaw, Griffen and Mouse. Each season, Horn's Gaslight Bar hosts and exhibition by Mark to coincide with the annual Mackinac Island Music Festival. Posters and limited edition lithographs of Arminski’s poster will be available during the festival in late August. Previous year's limited edition art posters may be ordered from the Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau by calling 800-454-5227.