We knew that Mary Reilly, Artists Market jewelry maker, just got back from a month in India but we thought she spent most of her time there searching for exotic beads for her incredible bracelets, necklaces and earrings.

Now we know the truth, thanks to a small article in the Petoskey News Review. She was actually perfecting her skills for her day job at North Woods Yoga. Turns out she spent a month of intensive study at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Institute and renowned yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar upgraded her teaching certification to Intermediate Senior II. (Of course, she did bring back some beads as well.)

Congratulations Mary for your hard work and your achievement and welcome back home!

Stop by the Artists Market to see Mary's artwork and contact North Woods Yoga at 316 1/2 East Mitchell (231) 526-5041 and sign up for a class.

Award Winning Colored Pencil Drawing Falling Water IX by E.P. Lewandowski

E.P. Lewandowski, a colored pencil artist from Alpena, Michigan, received a major national award for his drawing, Falling Water IX. Lewandowski entered his drawing in The Colored Pencil Society of America's Explore This! 8 Exhibition and was awarded the Society's Great Explorations Award for Exceptional Achievement along with a cash prize of $1,500.

The juror for the Exhibition, Jane Allen Nodine, Professor of Art and Director of the Curtis R. Harley Art Gallery at the University of South Carolina said Lewandowski's Falling Water IX captured the ambiguity of reflection, transparency and motion in the rushing waters of a stream. At the Artists Market, we think Lewandowski's drawings of water do an amazing job of capturing the sound and motion of his subject.

We have featured Mr. Lewandowski's work at the Artists Market for several years and have a wide variety of his original pieces and high quality Giclee prints, including a print of the award winning Falling Water IX

Scan a QR Code and get info
about an artist (e.g., T.L. Baumhardt)

When you are in the Artists Market looking at an artist's work and want to know more about the artist or the artwork, just pull out your smartphone and scan the nearby QR Code. You will see the page about the artist from our website. If you wish, navigate to the artwork you are standing in front of.

• First, the Artists Market brought you great Northern Michigan Art at our gallery in Downtown Petoskey.
• Then we introduced our website/online store and brought the gallery to your computer, even when you are not lucky enough to be in Petoskey (and even let you shop online).
• Now, we bring the website into the gallery so you can get all that great info about the artists and the artworks immediately, right on your smartphone, while you are looking at the art in the gallery!

Mobi Mats Let People in Wheelchairs and Others Access the Beach

The Disability Network of Northern Michigan has launched a campaign to make the beach at Petoskey State Park accessible for everyone. They are raising money to purchase Mobi Mats for the park. Their goal is to make the beach accessible by Memorial Day, 2012. You can help by putting money in the jar at the Northern Michigan Artists Market.

Beautiful Hand Made Cards from Recycled Materials

Stop by the Northern Michigan Artists Market or CLICK HERE and see our new holiday cards that are hand made from recycled materials like blue jeans (from Lee Jeans), sweaters (from the vintage wool used in baabaazuzu apparel from Lake Leelanau right here in Northern Michigan), rose petals and, yes, even coffee (latte, mocha, cappuccino and dark roast). Not only that but the artists who make the cards are people with disabilities or disadvantages from Paperworks Studio of Goodwill in Traverse City.The cards make great gifts and they help support the wonderful work done by the talented people at Paperworks.

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