2023 Great Northern Art Explosion

AUSABLE ARTISAN VILLAGE PRESENTS: THE ANNUAL GREAT NORTHERN ART EXPLOSION LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN GRAYING, MI.

AN INTERNATIONAL JURIED FINE ART EXHIBITION

Show dates from August 26th, 2023 through public award ceremony, September 10, 2023.

(September 10th Closing Ceremony Details: 1:00pm Live performance provided by: Jake Allen. Followed by Award Ceremony 2:00pm).

Enjoy amazing art in all mediums from over 100 artists!

HELP US VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST. PEOPLE’S CHOICE VOTING. (Voting begins August 26th ending at noon September 10th).

The selection of the final 100 works of art will be the responsibility of a team of jurors selected by Artisan Village. $5,000 in awards will be selected by professional juror, Amy Vos Dillinger. An additional $5,000 in awards will be determined by a People’s Choice voting process.

This is a spectator event. All ages welcome to attend. Free to the public.

This Years Event Will Take Place At Our New Building 122 Michigan Ave, Grayling, MI. (Exhibition open hours 10:00am-5:00pm Daily).

Art Explosion 2023 Accepted Artists:

Clifford Burkholder
Abby Akers
Linda AllenMadeleine Althoff
Sylvia Bandyke
Kelli Bechtel
JoAnn Bennett
Shanti Bennett
Larry Blovits
Mary-Glynn Boies
Anita Brett
Robert Bridenbaugh
Michael Bruner
melinda bylow
Anthony Cairo
Jeff Caverly
Pat Cheal
Marc Chicoine
Cheryl Chidester
Winnie Chrzanowski
Alisa Clark
Amy Clark
Jeannine Cook
Jacob Cotton
Paulette Cruise
John DeHoog
Terry Dickinson
John Diephouse
Randi Dodgson
Lisa Downs
henry droski
Robert Esckelson
Gwen Meyer Ethelbah
Daniel Feldhauser
Christopher Fowler
Aimee Fresia
Jill Gary
Jerry Gates
Raymond Gaynor
Susan George
Jan Gill
Sharon Grant
Janet Grifka-Smith
Marcia Guetschow
Becky Hansen
Ebonee Hansen
Robert Harold
Rebecca Hauschild
Gary Johnson
Michael Koole
Renee Kuharchuk
Justin La Doux
Sheila Lamberson
Gaye Lee-Peters
Frank Leimbek
Jennifer Mann
Carol Mannas
Marlies Manning
mike mcgraw
Stacy McKellip
Russel Minnerick
Sara Naylor
Jay (aka Jacqueline) Norris
Lisa Oliver
Nicki Omori
Justice Otterbacher
Frauke Palmer
stone peng
Joyce Petrakovitz
Stacie Poindexter
Trish Poupard
Olivia Prado
Agnieszka Przyborowski
John Puffer
Matthew Schellenberg
Bonnie Sheckter CPSA
Megan Shilobod
Carolyn Shoemaker
sandra sholl
Shena Sloboda
David Smith
Jennifer Sowders
Jan Stannard
Betsy Stecker
Laura Stockwell
Pamela Stoddard
Jennifer Sugarman
Mary Sundstrom
Nicole Szymanski
Amy TATROE
Ilene Thayer
Susan Thiel
Jamie Thomson
Pete Wardrope
Christy Warren
Carrie Weis
Jeff Wortman
Elizabeth Yarosz-Ash
Larry Zdeb
Albert Zifilippo
MaryAnn Ferrigan
Lynn Pettyjohn
Paul Nilsson
Jan Treston
Gilbert Kustra
Jake Allen
Terry Akers

THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS: