Thanks for visiting! I love to share my artwork and hear your thoughts, questions and feedback. Email me at carolyndamstra@gmail.com, find me on Instagram @carolyndamstraart and FB at Carolyn Damstra's Artist Site. Visits to my Okemos, MI, studio are welcome by appointment.
Summer 2024 in-person events and art sales:
Art/5 exhibit “Painterly Dialogues” at Framers Edge, May 1-31, 2024
1856 W Grand River Ave, Okemos
Opening reception: Sunday, May 5, 1pm - 3pm.
MSU Spring Arts and Crafts Show. My tent is along Circle Drive directly south of the student Union on Michigan State University’s beautiful campus. May 18, 9-6; May 19, 10-5.
Fulton Street Farmers Market ART! At the Market. Sundays 11-4, June 9, August 11, September 8, and October 13, Grand Rapids
Grand Haven Art Festival, Downtown Grand Haven MI June 28 12-5, 29 & 30 10-5.
Old Art Building Artists Market, Leland MI July 13 10-4.
Gene Rantz Memorial Plein Air Paint Out, Northport Art Association. July 19 & 20, Reception and sale July 20 6-9, exhibition and sale through 8/3.
Galleries: I am currently represented by the Ruth Conklin Gallery in Glen Arbor, MI and the Lansing Art Gallery in downtown Lansing, MI.
Check out my interview on this NEW episode of Creative Conversations Podcast by Roger Humphrey to hear some thoughts on music, art and other stuff. His other episodes with creative types are even better :)
The U.S. Department of State's Art in Embassies (AIE) Program recently interviewed me and made this great video as part of their "3 questions" series, about my creative process and art, check it out Here. Over the last couple of years, several of my paintings were selected to exhibit with the U.S. Department of State's Art in Embassies programs in Suva, Fiji, Belgrade, Serbia, and the NATO ambassador's residence in Brussels, Belgium, to represent the beauty of Michigan! More information can be found here. View the Fiji exhibition here, the Belgrade exhibition here and Brussels here.
Summer 2024 in-person events and art sales:
Art/5 exhibit “Painterly Dialogues” at Framers Edge, May 1-31, 2024
1856 W Grand River Ave, Okemos
Opening reception: Sunday, May 5, 1pm - 3pm.
MSU Spring Arts and Crafts Show. My tent is along Circle Drive directly south of the student Union on Michigan State University’s beautiful campus. May 18, 9-6; May 19, 10-5.
Fulton Street Farmers Market ART! At the Market. Sundays 11-4, June 9, August 11, September 8, and October 13, Grand Rapids
Grand Haven Art Festival, Downtown Grand Haven MI June 28 12-5, 29 & 30 10-5.
Old Art Building Artists Market, Leland MI July 13 10-4.
Gene Rantz Memorial Plein Air Paint Out, Northport Art Association. July 19 & 20, Reception and sale July 20 6-9, exhibition and sale through 8/3.
Galleries: I am currently represented by the Ruth Conklin Gallery in Glen Arbor, MI and the Lansing Art Gallery in downtown Lansing, MI.
Check out my interview on this NEW episode of Creative Conversations Podcast by Roger Humphrey to hear some thoughts on music, art and other stuff. His other episodes with creative types are even better :)
The U.S. Department of State's Art in Embassies (AIE) Program recently interviewed me and made this great video as part of their "3 questions" series, about my creative process and art, check it out Here. Over the last couple of years, several of my paintings were selected to exhibit with the U.S. Department of State's Art in Embassies programs in Suva, Fiji, Belgrade, Serbia, and the NATO ambassador's residence in Brussels, Belgium, to represent the beauty of Michigan! More information can be found here. View the Fiji exhibition here, the Belgrade exhibition here and Brussels here.
My wife and I have been looking through the gallery on your website, and your paintings are absolutely stunning. My wife grew up in Northport and her family still lives in the area, so Leelenau County is like a second home to us. Your work really captures the natural beauty of Michigan, and I'd love to have one of your pieces in our home. . . . thank you for showcasing our beautiful state!