2D and 3D Artists Wanted

The Arts Council of White Lake – Nuveen Center (ACWL-Nuveen), Whitehall, Michigan, invites artists that live in the Great Lakes region - MI, IL, IN, OH, WI and MN - aged 18+ to submit artwork for the Op.1 No.3 – Color of Music exhibition – June 16 – July 29, 2023. There will be one ACWL-Nuveen Concerto prize - $200 - awarded for outstanding artwork.

For the past three years the ACWL-Nuveen has hosted a music-themed exhibit to feature the rich creative intersection between music and the visual arts and to celebrate the vibrant summer music scene in the White Lake community. Music in the Whitehall/Montague area during the summer includes our longest running program - the Free Summer Concert Series - plus the Third Coast Trombone Retreat, White Lake Chamber Music Festival, music offerings at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and the variety of fine musicians playing at local breweries each week. 

This year the theme, “Color of Music” was inspired by musicians who have used color to compose expressive sound stories through their use of lyric, melody, and instrumentation. Examples being, “Yellow” – Coldplay, “Little Green” and “Blue” by Joni Mitchell, “Mood Indigo” - Duke Ellington, and the traditional tune, “Black is the Color” covered masterfully by both Nina Simone and Rhiannon Giddens. For this exhibition we are looking for artists who find inspiration from any form of sound, music, musicians, instruments, and creatively use color to express these ideas in their artwork. Acceptable formats include all 2D and 3D artwork in all mediums, and digital media. Inventive interactive instruments also welcomed.