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Tusen Takk Channel: An Artist Engagement Series at Commongrounds
We are delighted to announce the Tusen Takk Channel, a new partnership with Alluvion Arts @ 414, housed in Commongrounds in downtown Traverse City, MI.
Ahavani Mullen Artist Profile in Art Spiel
Read an artist profile of 2022 artist-in-residence Ahavani Mullen published this week in Art Spiel!
Artist Journal: Leilehua Lanzilotti
Spring 2023 composer-in-residence Leilehua Lanzilotti shares more about the work she is pursuing in residence, a new installation piece co-commissioned by the Noguchi Museum and Sō Percussion, inspired by the work of artist Toshiko Takaezu.
Artist Journal: Alyssa Smith
“Through a personal journey of healing, I've also been exploring the healing properties of various plants - often considered weeds - as well as the energetic properties of color, wanting to visualize the invisible properties of these plants and how they may affect the world around them. ” —Alyssa Smith, 2023 Guest Artist
Art in Flux
“Tusen Takk vibrates with a feeling of creation and refinement, and what is creation but the transition from nothing to something, refinement the transition from something to something better?” —Snowden Wright, 2023 writer-in-residence
Artist Journal: Debra Salopek
Debra Salopek shares her process and inspiration behind her residency project. This body of work is on view in her exhibition Fallen Pieces of the Moon at Commongrounds in Traverse City, March 30-May 14, 2023.
Shop the Studios!
Shop our artists-in-residence's studios for unique gifts, and support artists this holiday season!
Now Available: “Diana’s Baths”
Now available for purchase: artists-in-residence Emily Sheffer and Barbara’s Bosworth’s limited edition hand-bound photography book Diana’s Baths.
Tusen Takk Featured in Traverse Magazine
Tusen Takk in Leelanau County Gives Artists a Place to Create
Vaune Trachtman Awarded an Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant
Vaune Trachtman (2021 AIR) was named a 2022 recipient of the Individual Support Grant awarded by the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation.
Artist Journal: Ahavani Mullen
Ahavani Mullen reflects on her work and process as she explores the ways subtle energies and ephemeral vibration can be made visible using energetically-charged paint to create fields of color, light, and texture.