Northville Art House

Northville Art House "This funky little house in Downtown Northville is making a big impact on the region's art scene." - Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
06/24/2026

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvillearthouse.org/art-story/

Today's Featured Artist - Marcella MacLean, Detroit, MI
Finding Your Way Home, digital photography, 18" x 22"

Reference: A Dogs Way Home by W. Bruce Cameron

While on a vacation, Bella the dog becomes separated from her family. She travels over 400 miles through the Colorado wilderness to find her home and her beloved owner. Here we can see the courageous Bella on her journey through the woods.

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
06/23/2026

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvillearthouse.org/art-story/

Today's Featured Artist - Amelia Laboda - Algonac, MI
Prayer Corner and the Visitor, graphite, charcoal and ink on paper 18x24"
Honorable Mention Award

Reference: The Arrival of the Future by B.H. Fairchild

In the poem “Angels” from The Arrival of the Future by B.H. Fairchild, a young man has a vision during a near-death experience and leaves his old life behind, informed by his reading of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies. The poem describes the man’s transformation from the outside, as a recollection by the friends he leaves behind and to whom he sends his poems by mail.

I was inspired by this poem to create a space in which such a person might live after their moment of rapture, drawing as well from Orthodox prayer corners and unconventional depictions of saints. The text of the poem is written in the book to the right.

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
06/22/2026

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvillearthouse.org/art-story/

Today's Featured Artist - Peggy Kerwan, Novi, MI
The Children's Blizzard, acrylic 20x16
Reference: The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin

The terror, the horror; imagine being stranded, alone, lost, and freezing. Just chilled to the soul.

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
06/21/2026

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvillearthouse.org/art-story/

Today's Featured Artist- Matt Krease, Saginaw, MI
A Tale From the Heart, oil on wood 16" x 16"

Reference: A Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

The inspiration for this piece comes from the use of dark, ominous imagery that Edgar Allen Poe uses in his stories. I chose this story specifically, because I liked the imagery of the floorboards being able to be portrayed by actually cracking the painting surface itself. I felt it gave the piece a deeper meaning and pulled the viewer into a different dimension.

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
06/20/2026

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvillearthouse.org/art-story/

Today's Featured Artist - Andre Rubin - Philadelphia PA

Hope Springs Eternal, collage mounted on canvas and glazed, 20 x 15
Reference: An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope

Pope coined the phrase "Hope Springs Eternal" which describes the human propensity to hope for the best even under the worst circumstances. Here the calamity is not global warming but an ice age, and yet the human figure rises up and looks toward the sun.

Drop by the Art House to find our new fairy door created by artist and instructor Maria Latour. Be sure to pick up The F...
06/19/2026

Drop by the Art House to find our new fairy door created by artist and instructor Maria Latour. Be sure to pick up The Fair Door Adventure coloring book, sponsored by Northville Central Business Association , to discover more hidden doors at participating Downtown Northville businesses.

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
06/19/2026

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvillearthouse.org/art-story/

Today's Featured Artist - Terri Haranczak, Canton, MI
The Yellow Wallpaper, mixed media collage: acrylic, paper, cyanotype, pen/ink, artificial flowers, 27.5" x 24" x 3"

Reference: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

This short story is about a woman's descent into madness in the Victorian Era. I used several layers of paper to illustrate the woman living inside the wall.
A beautiful tragedy of mental illness contrasted with the beauty of gold and excess. The main character was a wife and mother, bedridden and medicated by her doctor husband. I was inspired by the colorful imagery of the woman described living behind the wallpaper. A reflection, a hallucination? So many contradictions between what is real and what is not: the relationship between the woman and her family, her husband, and herself.

So many questions I had to ask: Was she really sick? Who was that woman inside the paper? What made her this way? When will she be better? Her portrait is revealed in my work.

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
06/18/2026

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvillearthouse.org/art-story/

Today's Featured Artist - Adrienne Dunkerley, Ann Arbor, MI
The Overstory II, mixed media; matchbox, ribbon, monoprint, digital collage, .5 x 2.5 x 1 (closed); 9 x 7.5 (open)

Reference: The Overstory by Richard Powers

This matchbox book illustrates a short chapter in The Overstory describing the origins of life on our planet condensed into one day. The book is a one-page spiral accordion fold and contains 24 panels, one for each hour of the chapter. It begins with the big bang and life emerges well into the evening. The pages and the chapter culminate with the ominous arrival of humans in only the last 4 minutes.

The work is meant to illustrate the vastness of the universe and our comparatively tiny presence within it.

Today's Featured Youth Summer Art CampNorthville Children’s Chorale for ages 5-11 August 3-7, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Instru...
06/17/2026

Today's Featured Youth Summer Art Camp
Northville Children’s Chorale for ages 5-11
August 3-7, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Instructor: Anne Domini

Register at https://campscui.active.com/orgs/TheNorthvilleArtHouse?season=3785032&session=71054732

This class is designed to be a fun and encouraging choir experience and will introduce students to a variety of vocal techniques and songs. Participants will also have an opportunity to practice writing songs together as a group. The class will culminate with a short performance in Town Square as part of the Northville Art House Art Market on August 15 at 5:30 pm.

See all camps at https://northvillearthouse.org/education/summercamps/

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