Eclectic Works from Forty Local Artists
Zero Degrees Gallery is the united effort of forty-plus established and emerging local artists, exhibiting and selling their artwork through the gallery. Located in Marquette, Michigan, the gallery was formed initially in 2010 and reincorporated in 2022 as a non-profit. The gallery is comprised of a dynamic and diverse group of artists who want to support artistic endeavors in the community, while providing a year-round venue for their work. Zero Degrees Gallery's name is a triple entendre: (1) the founders of the gallery, none of whom had art degrees; (2) the perception that we live in a cold place; and (3) the commitment to creating zero degrees of separation between our artists and our customers.
On display you will find a wide range of artisan crafts and fine art, including ceramics, fiber, jewelry, mixed media, painting, illustration, woodworking, photography, sculpture, and woodblock printing. You'll find a wide assortment of unique styles, with many artists incorporating upcycled or recycled materials in their work.
On display you will find a wide range of artisan crafts and fine art, including ceramics, fiber, jewelry, mixed media, painting, illustration, woodworking, photography, sculpture, and woodblock printing. You'll find a wide assortment of unique styles, with many artists incorporating upcycled or recycled materials in their work.
Zero Degrees Gallery Marquette is a non-profit corporation with a passion for serving our community in three ways:
1 - We help independent artists of the area succeed. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is remote and isolated, with many people engaged in home-based entrepreneurial work for their financial support. Many are artists who need significant guidance and education with improving their artistic and marketing skills, as well as opportunities to offer their services to the community. Some are able to support themselves with their art, but most have other jobs as well. Everyone in the gallery is part-time and gallery earnings are modest at best. Gallery members each receive a webpage of their own. Accordingly, the gallery offers opportunity for these self-employed artists to grow in experience, offer their services, and sell their art. 2 - We offer high quality local visual art to the community. The intrinsic character of the environment and culture of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula makes the area very attractive both as a residential area and as a travel destination. The desire for appropriate décor and remembrances creates a very unique and highly motivated market for local art. This is an opportunity which serves both our artists and our community. Our artists enjoy the collegial relationship of the gallery which is in itself a valuable means of personal and social support. As volunteer salespersons they are able to interact with visitors and customers in ways which inform what they do as artists. Our gallery visitors and customers enjoy the tremendous diversity of art available and are stimulated by the imaginative work they see, whether or not they purchase anything. In turn, their purchases support the artists and the gallery, and the gallery uses the funding from sales to achieve their educational purposes. 3 - We provide art education to the community. These are our current programs of education:
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Take a look around our two rooms...
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