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...
06/02/2026

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 - Shea Elis Heid - Northville MI
Quiet Emergence, collage, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, and modeling paste on paper, 22 x 30
Reference: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

"Quiet Emergence was inspired by Valancy Stirling’s journey in The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery. I was moved by Valancy’s transformation—from a hidden existence overshadowed by societal and family expectations to fully coming alive to herself and stepping into her own life. Her emergence into authenticity and self-discovery deeply resonated with me, reflecting my own journey of embracing a life true to who I am.

Valancy’s words struck me profoundly: “‘You see—I’ve never had any real life [...] I’ve just breathed. Every door has always been shut to me’” (p. 126) and “her soul was her own again” (p. 112). There is a quiet wonder in her new life as she explores the opportunities awakened to her: “She seemed to be living in a wonderful house of life and every day opened a new, mysterious room [...] She surrendered herself utterly to the charm of it” (p. 167).

The unfolding of one’s true essence carries a tender and sincere beauty. Through Quiet Emergence, I sought to visualize this subtle, transformative process—a space of becoming, moving gently toward light, curiosity, and the fullness of being." .elis

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
06/01/2026

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 - Lori Zurvalec - Grosse Pointe MI
A Room of Our Own - A Collaboration, multi-media book, acrylic paint, watercolor, collage, ink, 14" x 11" x 1"
Reference: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

Every page in the book has collage from A Room of One's Own incorporated into its imagery. I began the book in 2019 but most of it was created during the Covid-19 pandemic. Confined to home with three other adults, the concept of a place of my own was provocative and generated a poem found at the beginning of the book. Inspiration for the many depictions of birds in the book was the poem, "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson.

“Hope” is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson.

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

See the pastel and oil paintings of Linda Pelowski of Farmington Hills, MI at the Tuscan Café in Downtown Northville.I r...
05/31/2026

See the pastel and oil paintings of Linda Pelowski of Farmington Hills, MI at the Tuscan Café in Downtown Northville.

I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from Wayne State University. and also took post-graduate art classes from the College of Creative Studies...Today,
I work as a full-time artist, painting plein air, studio work and commissions, while still taking classes. I love learning and improving while having fun.

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
05/31/2026

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 - Pat Vartanian - Novi MI
Defending the Castle, photo weaving, 24” x 18”

Reference: The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop

The Castle in the Attic is a warm story about a 10 year old boy, a much lived housekeeper, a toy castle with a tiny silver knight. Magically, Will and the housekeeper become small and join the silver knight to fight against an evil sorcerer and a fire breathing dragon.

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
05/31/2026

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 - Danna Bowersox - Northville, MI
The Assembly Line, acrylic on canvas, fabrication of found metal objects, 17 x 21
Reference: Rivet Head: Tales from the Assembly Line by Ben Hamper

Biography of a man and his experiences working on the line in the Flint Auto Factory and how working in the auto manufacturing business affects people.

On view now thru June 30, Art of the Story features 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvilleart...
05/30/2026

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 - Kacey Bernhard - Livonia, MI
Conqueror Worm, watercolor, gouache, and acrylic, 16 x 12
Reference: The Conqueror Worm by Edgar Allan Poe

I love the imagery in the poem how it makes a spectacle of the inevitable cycle of death. It acknowledges the tragedy of death, but zooms out to be enraptured with the end of life, makes a show of it. The overall focus is on the worm, a creature often undervalued and disregarded, but in the end it prevails over man. Man does not have control over this play, neither do the angels, the cycle of death must go on. The poem elevates animals that are a part of the decomposition process with the condor winged angels and the conqueror worm guiding and taking part in the final act, of this play of death.

Join us tonight from 5 - 8 pm opening of Art of the Story featuring 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https...
05/29/2026

Join us tonight from 5 - 8 pm opening of Art of the Story featuring 55 works inspired by literature. Learn more at https://northvillearthouse.org/art-story/

Today's Featured Artist - Ellen Stern - Farmington Hills, MI
Climbing, hand embroidery, ceramic tile, acrylic paint, 15 x 9
Reference: Rapunzel by Brothers Grimm

This complicated story is appealing to me. A girl trapped in a tower so that no one can reach her, yet one persistent man defies the rule.

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