Tusen Takk Foundation

Tusen Takk artist-in-residence Jeremiah Chamberlin and writer Natalie Bakopoulos gave a reading and hosted a conversation on their work centered on questions of identity, belonging, national borders, and culture. View Event → Opening Reception: Hong Hong

At the Old Art Building, composer-in-residence Shruthi Rajasekar led participants in moments of deep listening to assist in meditation; humming, intoning, and “singing”; discussion; and a yoga-based response set to music guided by teacher Jeanine Mamary Ball. View Event → Artist Spotlight: Jinwon Chang Fri, Apr 15, 2022 Sun, Jul 24, 2022 Dennos Museum Center (map) Artist Spotlight: Jinwon Chang was on view at Traverse City’s Dennos Museum Center and showcased work created by Chang during his 202

The opening reception at the Dennos Museum in celebration of fall exhibitions including A Separate Shining, the largest exhibition of the Foundation’s collection to date. View Event → Carolyn Drake Tue, Sep 12, 2023 Sun, Oct 29, 2023 Commongrounds, 2nd Floor (map) The Tusen Takk Channel presents an exhibition by artist-in-residence Carolyn Drake, of work from her ongoing Next Door series. View Event → Jeremiah Chamberlin and Natalie Bakopoulos

Register The Tusen Takk Foundation and the Dennos Museum Center are pleased to present the pop-up exhibition At the 45th Parallel: 45 Portraits + 4–5 Landscapes featuring work by Tusen Takk’s September artist-in-residence Brenda Zlamany. The event at the Dennos Museum on Tuesday, September 23, 4 to 6PM, will include a short artist talk and an opening reception. At Tusen Takk, Zlamany painted local subjects as part of the 'Climate in America’ chapter in her ongoing project, The Itinerant Portrait

In an artists’ talk at the Traverse Area District Library, residents Barbara Bosworth and Emily Sheffer discussed their collaborative artistic practice in small-edition handmade photography books. View Event → Dust Collective: Handmade Photography Books by Emily Sheffer and Barbara Bosworth Sat, Oct 1, 2022 Sun, Oct 16, 2022 Traverse Area District Library (map) This exhibition displayed handmade photography books at the Traverse Area District Library by 2022 artists-in-residence Barbara Bosworth

Join Assistant Director Maggie Pavao for an in-depth tour of A Separate Shining, on view at the Dennos Museum in Traverse City, MI. View Event → A Separate Shining: Selections from the Tusen Takk Foundation Collection Fri, Sep 15, 2023 Sun, Jan 7, 2024 Dennos Museum Center (map) The Tusen Takk Foundation and the Dennos Museum are pleased to present A Separate Shining, the largest exhibition to date featuring work by Tusen Takk artists-in-residence. View Event → Opening Reception: “A Separate Shi

Join us for an opening reception for Katrina Bello: Tender Sun at Commongrounds and an artist talk as part of the Alluvion’s Solstice-themed Jazz 4 All. View Event → Nishiki Sugawara-Beda: "Land – from/of/with –" Thu, Nov 9, 2023 Sun, Dec 17, 2023 Commongrounds, 2nd Fl (map) The Tusen Takk Channel is pleased to present an exhibition of takuhon-inspired work created at Tusen Takk by alumni artist-in-residence Nishiki Sugawara-Beda, ink rubbings that incorporate the land in myriad ways. View Event

To celebrate the closing of Sky Into Stone, exhibiting artist Katrina Bello and sound artist Jonathan Harris hosted a public program—part artist talk and part immersive sound experience. View Event → Katrina Bello: “Sky Into Stone” Fri, Sep 27, 2024 Sun, Jan 5, 2025 Dennos Museum Center (map) The Tusen Takk Foundation and the Dennos Museum are pleased to present Sky Into Stone, a solo exhibition by Katrina Bello featuring charcoal and soft pastel drawings created around the time of her 2023 Tuse

Tusen Takk alumni Ahavani Mullen offered guests an intimate walkthrough of the four works on view in her solo exhibition Across Centuries and the Earth on view at the Dennos Museum Center, Feb 22-May 14, 2023. View Event → Ahavani Mullen: “Across Centuries and the Earth” Wed, Feb 22, 2023 Sun, May 14, 2023 Dennos Museum Center (map) An exhibition of work by 2022 artist-in-residence Ahavani Mullen was on view at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City. In four large-scale paintings, Mullen expl

Hosted in partnership with the National Writers Series, writer-in-residence Snowden Wright led a masterclass for students, teaching them to analyze all levels of storytelling, from the mechanics of narrative to the construction of sentences. View Event → The Art of: Ahavani Mullen

The opening reception for Debra Salopek: Fallen Pieces of the Moon, on view at Commongrounds. View Event → Debra Salopek: “Fallen Pieces of the Moon” Thu, Mar 30, 2023 Sun, May 14, 2023 Commongrounds, 2nd Fl (map) Titled after a passage in Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez, Fallen Pieces of the Moon featured woodcut prints by alumni Debra Salopek. Inspired by Lopez’s perceptions of Arctic icebergs, Salopek offered her own poetic interpretations of the icebergs here on our Great Lakes. View Event → Au

A screening of the documentary Marqueetown, directed by 2023 Guest Residents Joe Beyer and Jordan Anderson, with a Q+A moderated by Assistant Director Maggie Pavao. View Event → Alan Eaker Fri, Mar 8, 2024 Sun, May 12, 2024 Commongrounds, 2nd Fl (map) The Tusen Takk Channel is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Alan Eaker, pilot artist-in-residence at Tusen Takk in 2020-21. View Event → Katrina Bello: "Tender Sun" Thu, Dec 21, 2023 Sun, Feb 25, 2024 Commongrounds, 2nd Fl (map) The Tuse

The opening reception at Commongrounds for Ahavani Mullen: Vessel of Soundless Sound, alongside exhibitions by Kevin Summers and Ernesto Gómez. View Event → Ahavani Mullen: "Vessel of Soundless Sound" Thu, May 18, 2023 Sat, Jul 8, 2023 Commongrounds, 2nd Fl (map) The Tusen Takk Channel and Alluvion Arts @ 414 presented Vessel of Soundless Sound, a series of paintings, installations, and wall-mounted sculptures by Tusen Takk alumni Ahavani Mullen. View Event → Opening Reception: Debra Salopek