The Deo Gallery is an ingredient of the City of Marquette’s Arts and Culture Center. This gallery is a part of the Public Gallery Program, a partnership between the City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture and the Peter White Public Library to provide accessible and inclusive formal gallery spaces in public places.
The Deo gallery is sponsored by the Lake Superior Art Association, and features a bi-monthly exhibit of fine art.
For more information about the Public Gallery Program, visit the homepage
Current Exhibit
UP Denizens and Debris
UP Denizens and Debris, an exhibit by artist Micheal Letts is on display in the DEO gallery through the months of February and March. The opening reception will occur Thursday, February 8th from 6-8pm. An artist talk for this gallery will occur at 7pm.
A series of monotype prints, these works explore life in the U.P. of Michigan and the spaces between tradition and life lived online, behind the glass screen.
“The UP was always a wilder place, apart from the rest of the world. My work embraces this transitory life, a kind of rebel yell against the onslaught of technology and a sorting of the history and traditions of art and a particular lived experience. These works are created using a unique monotype printmaking process that I developed during the years of the COVID pandemic.”
Letts works with a unique printing process. The work begins with a full-scale charcoal drawing on paper, which is placed under glass to act as a guide for the painting. The painting process on these glass plates is reversed as the first painted marks are what would commonly be the final touches of traditional painting. The work continues through many layers.
The finished works are transferred from the glass onto the canvas support. As is common in many forms of printmaking, the final image is reversed. The results are not seen until the work is transferred from the glass to the canvas, so the process is an informed mystery; the final image is a discovered surprise. The original drawings remain untouched to be reused or cut up and collaged to begin new pieces. Letts describes this process as, “Holding a sense of adventure and discovery, always owning an element of exploration and risk.”
Past Exhibits:
UP Denizens and Debris
UP Denizens and Debris, an exhibit by artist Micheal Letts is on display in the DEO gallery through the months
Color Memories
Color Memories, an exhibit by artist Ginnie Cappaert is on display in the DEO gallery through the months of December
Inside/Out
Inside/Out, an exhibit by artists Carol Phillips and David Schmitt is on display in the DEO gallery through the end
Portraits of Contradiction
Oil pastel portraits by Antony Aumann will be on display at the DEO Gallery through the end of September. The
Art Week 2023 Community Built Installation
Throughout June, help Art Week Artist in Resident Amber Dohrenwend build an art installation out of locally recycled cardboard strips.
High School Art Show
The High School Art Show features over one hundred local student artists from Marquette Senior High School, Negaunee High School,
The Graphic Design Show
Opening reception will be Thursday April 13th, 6-8pm. Exhibit duration is April 10-28. The exhibition showcases a body of work
Public Gallery Program
The Public Gallery Program (The Program) is a partnership between the City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture and
Upcoming Exhibits
August/September 2023
Inner Turmoil, Outer Beauty: Portraits of Contradiction
Antony Aumann
October/November 2023
Inside/Out
Carol Phillips & David Schmitt
December 2023/January 2024
Color Memories
Ginnie Cappaert
February/March 2024
U.P. Denizens and Debris
Michael Letts
April 2024
North Country Images, Oil Paintings
John Hubbard
May 2024
The High School Art Show
Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, Gwinn, & Northstar Academy
June/July 2024 – Art Week 2024: Grow
The Bee Oracle Project
Ona Martin and Jackie Rushton
August/September 2024
Alchemize: On Bodies & Clay
Niikah Hatfield & Marissa Marquardson
October/November 2024
Lake Superior Art Association Curated Exhibit
December 2024/January 2025
Winter Work
Pier Wright