C.A.T.WORKS will host the public opening of CARL THOMAS’S memorial show this Thursday Dec 1st , at the gallery 514 Wash. Ave. 5-9 pm. We also will be featuring the opening of our annex gallery next door , showing the work of many local artists.
Ripe gallery opening 5-9 this THURSDAY Nov. 3rd !
Suite 300, 721 Washington, Phoenix Bldg, Downtown Bay City (next to Jimmy Johns)
Sweet Boutique
Do-ART Studio & Gallery
Salon Nuveau
Ward Gallery & Painterly Pottery
Sempliners
Atrium
Old City Hall
Intermission Deli
Next Wave Salon
RiPe Gallery- opening the night of the Oct 6 Gallery Walk from 5-9pm
Phoenix Bldg, Suite 300, 727 Washington Ave
& the Chalk it up to Awareness Event!
The Golden Gallery will not be open tonight, but please come see us next month for an all new “Made In Michigan” themed 1st Thursdays in Downtown Bay City next month on August 4th!
January’s 1st Thursday Event is going to feature a Chili Making Contest! What a better way to warm up a cold January evening than good friends, art, shopping and good eats! We’ll have more details in the coming weeks. Comment or call us if you want to show off your chili making skills.
Also details coming for our Canned Food Sculptures. We are looking for businesses and/or individuals to sponsor artists who will make canned food sculptures for January 6th’s 1st Thursdays event in Downtown Bay City. This will help showcase in a creative way the need to replenish the food banks after the holiday’s, which are always in need at this time. Sculptures will be at several locations Downtown, you will receive recognition and a picture of your sponsored sculpture to display that shows your support of local artists and food banks! Contact us for further details. Also, google “canned food sculpture” to see examples of what can be done.
Want unique gifts this holiday season? Come to 1st Thursdays on December 2nd. Not only will you find amazing gifts at our participating businesses, there will be handmade soaps from Cabana Soaps, fun prints from 3 Frame Art Works, paintings by Samantha Dardas, and much more. See you on the 2nd.
The holidays are just around the corner, and so is 1st Thursdays in Downtown Bay City on 
December 2nd. The event will feature a scavenger hunt, a Holiday Cookie Baking Contest, music by the Which Doctors at Brewtopia and much more. Don’t forget to bring in a Coats for Kids or Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive donation for extra points in the scavenger hunt. If you’re interested in participating in our Cookie Contest call us at 989.893.7142
November 4th will be a busy night in Downtown Bay City. 1st Thursdays will be a celebration
of Native American Heritage. Children of the Turtle Shell, a youth group from Bay City Public Schools’ Title VII Indian Education Program will be featured at Golden Gallery & Custom Framing. Their Drum Group and Dancers will performing in traditional regalia, and they will be showcasing their arts and crafts as well. The Red Road Singers will also be performing. At Ward Gallery you can enjoy the wood flute music of Jim and Donna Murphy. Women in Business will be having their 1st annual Expo at the Atrium as well. Over 20 women owned businesses will be represented. There will be hors d’doeuvres, a cash bar and prizes. Major Sponsorship was provided by Bay Regional Medical Center, thanks for the support! Thanks to all our participating businesses for making this an awesome event. Without you it would be just another Thursday!
Michelle Courier will be the featured artist for October at Golden Gallery and Custom Framing. 
“I consider myself a realist and impressionistic painter. Bouncing between the two, I love to create visible brush strokes and textures that allow two different ways to enjoy the painting.” (From Michelle’s artist statement.) Michelle will be in the gallery Oct. 7th for the 1st Thursdays Event, so stop in and join the fun!
1st Thursdays is Oct. 7th! It’s going to be a busy night at Do Art Studio & Gallery. Jessica Dufresne-Trombley, Do Art Artist in Training, will be the featured artist. Also on display, will be a touring exhibit from VSA (The International Organization on Arts and Disability). Emerging artists from grade school through adult created the exhibit. More updates to come!
We have a lot planned for Oct. 7th 1st Thursday. Our Major Sponsor Covenant Health Care, will be here. Receive a free gift when you schedule your mammogram with Covenant Breast Health Program and/or take a Heart Health Risk Assessment. More updates coming soon!