Summer Picnic
Sat., August 13 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Ages 4-5
$7
Using a paper plate as a base students will use a variety of materials to design a picnic lunch complete with ants.
May 11, 2022 By
Summer Picnic
May 11, 2022 By
Sailboats on Lake Michigan
Sailboats on Lake Michigan
Sat., July 16 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Ages 4-5
$7
Students will assemble a mixed media summer scene of sailboats skimming along the waves.
December 29, 2021 By
Fairy Book Nook Diorama
Fairy Book Nook Diorama
Tues., March 29 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Ages 12-18 $15
Using acrylic paint, recycled materials, mosses, fairy lights and more, create a cool fairy forest diorama that fits on the shelf perfectly between your favorite books.
December 29, 2021 By
Aztec Sun Mixed Media
Aztec Sun Mixed Media
Sat., February 26 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Ages 4-5 $7
Using a variety of cut paper students will design their own version of a patterned sun. This is a great project for building skills.
November 10, 2021 By
Mixed Media Penguin
Mixed Media Penguin
Thurs., December 23 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Ages 4-5 $7
In this class children will use cutting, gluing and painting skills to create their own penguin.
December 23, 2019 By
Exhibit: Leaving A Mark
Leaving A Mark • February 11 through 29
Reception: Saturday, February 29
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Jansma Gallery at NCCA-Artsplace,
13 E. Main St., Fremont, 231-924-4022.
Some people make a mark on a canvas, paper, or carved into wood, others leave an indelible mark on our lives. This exhibit is a collection of works by Ray Jansma, Gail Johnston, Mike McDonnell and Janine Hogancamp Scholars and artists inspired by the Tuesdays at Ray’s life drawing studio; curated to show us what a lasting impression looks like.
Styling by Joel Curtis
Some of the artists include: Sharon Smithem, Isobel Karnes, Steve Replogle, Lindsay Isenhart, Lance Moon, Lara Cummings, Scott McKowen, Jack Smith, Mike McDonnell, Jaime Pell, Joel Curtis, Kaitlyn Knuver, Rachel Eager, Pat Miller, Cara O’Brien, Autumn Aslakson, Erin Sweers, Dale R. Johnson, Gail Johnston, Allison Kublin, and others.
Pottery by Autumn Aslakson
Along with his family, Ray Jansma contributed of his time and talents to our community in immeasurable ways. He was a gifted painter, sculptor, wood worker, boat builder, potter, photographer and by trade a talented architectural designer. While designing over 300 architectural jobs in 30 years as a design agency of one, Ray and Phyllis raised four children, and Ray created thousands of original works of fine art. Ray’s studio, located just behind their Ramshorn home, was always open. This creative sanctuary is where artists or those just wanting to explore painting and drawing could gather every Tuesday night to draw from live models.
There are currently five art scholarships available to students in Newaygo County:
NCCA Gail Johnston Memorial Scholarship for Visual Fine Arts
NCCA Ray Jansma Scholarship for Visual Fine Arts
Janene Hogancamp Memorial Scholarship for Graphic Arts
Helen Myers Memorial Scholarship
NCCA Mike McDonnell & Bessie Slautterback Scholarship for Visual Fine Arts
Scholarship applications and contributions can be made through the Fremont Area Community Foundation. Link Here: https://facommunityfoundation.org/scholarships/
May 8, 2019 By
Mixed Media Journal & Wall Hanging with Madelon Gorsky
Mixed Media Journal & Wall Hanging
with Madelon Gorsky
Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. August 3
Class Fee: $45 ($40 Members) Ages 16-Adult
Express yourself through this wonderful mixed media art form, using found and repurposed objects, foil and acrylic paint to cover an art journal and create a wall hanging. Madelon has a wealth of creative knowledge and an enthusiasm for painting that is contagious. All materials provided.
February 22, 2019 By
May 1 – June 1 Paintings by Deborah Bowen
May 1 – June 1 Paintings by Deborah Bowen
Reception, May 9, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Jansma Gallery at NCCA-Artsplace, 13 E. Main St., Fremont, 231-924-4022.
Deborah Bowen is a mixed media painter and designer from Spring Lake. A proud recipient of several awards in juried shows throughout Michigan, including Muskegon Museum of Art Regional and Grand Rapids Festival of Arts. She is an active member of Lakeshore Visual Arts Cooperative and displays her art work at the Gallery Uptown in Grand Haven. Bowen states, “For me, creating a painting is like solving a problem, completing a puzzle, or playing a game. The strategy of the game changes as each player, the artist or the work, makes a move or inspires the other.”
February 28, 2018 By
Mixed Media Mask
Thursday 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. April 5
Class Fee: $10 Ages 6+
Looking for an art challenge? In this class students will
use a variety of materials – cardboard, paint, tin, puff
paint, raffia – to design an imaginative mask. Don’t miss
this opportunity to be creative.
December 28, 2017 By
NCCA-Artsplace Exhibit: Painting of Madelon Gorsky February 1 through 26
Madelon Gorsky – February 1 through 26
Public Reception February 24, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Jansma Gallery at NCCA-Artsplace,
13 E. Main St., Fremont.
Born in Ohio, Madelon was raised and spent her adult years moving around the Midwest, Northeast and the South; from Chicago, St.Louis, Portland Maine, Indianapolis and cities in between. She now resides in Newaygo County. Many educational opportunities plus a successful career in retail visual merchandising designing and creating displays gave her the foundation and opportunity to learn the basics of composition, color, textures, movement, and light. Madelon now has focused her creative energy with colorful acrylic paint with a hint of mixed media on canvas. This modernist is willing in her compositions to bend, reshape and even distort her subjects in an on going effort to create depth and perspective without sacrificing the purity and brightness of her colors. Her goal is to always bring a smile and a little thought to the viewer. Madelon’s work has been viewed in galleries and seasoned shows and in many private and corporate collections from coast 
to coast throughout the United States and Canada.
“I have a passion for all forms of art. I enjoy bringing ease and comfort to my surroundings. I have been a people watcher as long as I can remember. Everyday people of all shapes and sizes inspire me, from the curves of the figure to the expressive eyes and lips of the face. My work expresses my fascination of people not controversy, chaos or hidden meaning. I try to generate something positive with my work and leave the negatives behind. For me it’s simply about putting the paint on the canvas, I enjoy doing just that. I then share it and try to bring a little joy in this complicated uncertain world,” states Gorsky.
