Gallery Exhibits
Happening Now
West Michigan Art Competition
February 22 - April 12, 2025
The 39th Annual Lowell Arts West Michigan Art Competition highlights outstanding artwork by Lower West Michigan artists who reside in a 25-county region. Artwork in any visual art media can be submitted by artists 18 yrs. and older. A total of $3500 in cash awards will be presented. Artists may submit one piece for consideration by the juror.
Upcoming
U-Create: Member Exhibition
April 26 – June 7, 2025 | Deadline for Entries: March 29
The Lowell Arts Member Exhibition will feature the unique visual artwork created by Lowell Arts members. Lowell Arts member artists, age 14 and older, are invited to submit one piece of art in any media. Eligible art or fine craft needs to have been created within the last 3 years, be suitable for all viewing audiences, be ready for display, and be for sale.
Artist Market
November 6, 2025 – January 10, 2026
The Lowell Arts Artist Market features giftable fine art and fine craft works by Michigan artists. The gallery space is transformed into a retail setting with unique, one-of-a-kind items available for sale at a range of price points. The annual market is a great place for people to purchase handmade items during the gift giving season.
Gift items include: pottery, paintings, photography, jewelry, textiles, glasswork, handbags, woodwork, metalwork, ornaments, soaps, and more.
Past
Call for Proposals
Deadline: March 15
Lowell Arts invites artists, curators, and instructors to submit exhibition proposals for our professional gallery space, with available slots from Fall 2025 through Fall 2027. Our versatile gallery can accommodate 80-100 pieces and welcomes submissions from individual artists, small groups of up to 10 artists, and larger collectives, with the possibility of combined shows. Artists interested in showcasing their work in our free public exhibitions, which typically run 5-7 weeks, should submit their proposals by March 15, 2025, including details about the number and size of pieces.
Unexpected Choices
August 24 – October 5, 2024
Unexpected Choices is an exhibition organized by students from Ferris State University, Design Program College of Business and is based on the contents of the West Michigan Graphic Design Archives. Through a colorful display of printed artifacts creatively displayed in the Lowell Arts Gallery, the exhibit features the innovative and ground-breaking design work for which West Michigan has been known for decades.
This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.