Art Around the City
Art Around the City is an outdoor exhibition that you can view in Downtown Bay City, Uptown Bay City, Veterans Park, and Bigelow Park around the Bay City Riverwalk Loop trail. This outdoor exhibition features the 50 Artists of the Great Lakes Bay Region. Each artist has their artwork reproduced on a metal plate accompanied by an informational plaque about the artist.
Congratulations to our 50 Artists of the Great Lakes Bay Region
Artists applied and were selected by a panel of experts in the visual arts and community leaders from the region. Each artist is featured in 50 Artists of the Great Lakes Bay Region, an exhibition in the Rowley gallery of Studio 23 from September 21 – November 11, 2023. An additional piece of artwork from each artist has been selected to be reproduced on a metal plaque and installed as a part of Art Around the City.
JP Aleksander
Valerie Allen
Denise Ardis
Diane Arendt
Sharon Berkan-Dent
Mark Bleshenski
Larry Butcher
Jeff Caverly
Sara Clark
Janet Faerber
Bruce Francke
Avram Golden
Pamela Hart
Emmy Heger
Erin Houghteling
Patrick Humphreys
Michael Inman
Rosemary Kavanagh
Heather Koos
Debra LaRocque
Patricia Leng
Matt Lewis
Marti Liddle-Lameti
Bruce Lipsitt
Alan Maciag
Jim Matherne
Jody McDonald-Rider
Allise Noble
Jason Nuttall
Susan Pack
Steven Parkhurst
Nancy Philo
Jon Piechowiak
Barbara Plezia
Sally Rose
Josh Roupe
Michael Starch
Thank you to our Art Around the City Sponsors
A limited number of sponsorships available for our 2023 – 2025 program. Each sponsorship supports the installation of one artist’s work on the trail. Sponsor logos and names will be printed on the artists’ informational plaque alongside the artwork.
Artigiano
Bay Animal Hospital
Bay Area Community Foundation
Bay Landscaping
Margaret W. Bird
Rob Clements
DRI (Downtown Restaurant Investments)
Historical Museum of Bay County
Judy & Mark Jaffe
Scott & Mary LaDouce
Edward & Kathryn Langenburg
Elizabeth Loll
LoLoBee’s Coffee & Tea Lounge
Tony Macioce
Christopher & Susan Moss
Fran Santoro & Paul Revard
Bob & Jane Rogers
Shannon Rose
Kathy & Charlie Schwartz
Renue Physical Therapy
The Thumb Print
Jett W. Whitehead
Dena Wirt
York Repair
Bonnie Swierzbin
Shelly Taylor
Janis Taylor
Kristianne Tefft
Suzanne Thomas
Sherrie Tiderington
Tamara Trudeau-Ebenhoeh
Julie Tyslicky
Barbara Walworth
Julie Wells
Carol Zahn
Rebecca Zeiss
Mike Zureich
We know that our community is the reason we can fulfill our mission to provide the Great Lakes Bay Region with a vibrant arts center that is dedicated to making the arts relevant and accessible to all. You help make that happen with your generous financial support of our events and programs.
Thank you to our 50 Advocates for 50 Artists
50 Advocates help to support the creative energy in our region through the promotion of regional art and your community art center.
Karen Tighe & Thomas Bock
Phyllis Buechler, Inspirations in Gold
Tom Clare & Amy Wurdock
Don Carlyon
Carol Fink
Nancy Frederick
Linda B. Grindahl
Anna Harper
Carole Hoyle
Julia Merchant
Dacia Parker, Parker Lane Arts & Design Studio
Jon Piechowiak
Mary Rezmer
BJ & Gail Schwartz
Julie & Tom Tabor
Lynn Weaver & Bruce Weiss
Alice Young