Art Around the City

Art Around the City is an outdoor exhibition that you can view in Downtown Bay City, Uptown Bay City, Veterans Park, and Bigelow Park around the Bay City Riverwalk Loop trail. This outdoor exhibition features the 50 Artists of the Great Lakes Bay Region. Each artist has their artwork reproduced on a metal plate accompanied by an informational plaque about the artist.

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Congratulations to our 50 Artists of the Great Lakes Bay Region

Artists applied and were selected by a panel of experts in the visual arts and community leaders from the region. Each artist is featured in 50 Artists of the Great Lakes Bay Region, an exhibition in the Rowley gallery of Studio 23 from October 16 – November 22, 2025. An additional piece of artwork from each artist has been selected to be reproduced on a metal plaque and installed as a part of Art Around the City.

Valerie Allen

Diane Arendt

Sharon Berkan-Dent

Robert Bridenbaugh

Nancy Brooks Siebert

Diane Brown Wilhelm

Jeff Caverly

Cynthia Chilcote

Sara Clark

Alma Cooke

Heather Deogracia

Lane Dexter

Armin Mersmann

Kathy Mills

Allise Noble

Priscilla Olson

Steven Parkhurst

Nancy Philo

Amy Lynne Pobanz

Scott Rice

Andrew Rieder

Valarie Root

Sally Rose

Ronald Ruhland

Carol Speltz

Jill Tatroe

Amy Tatroe

Shelly Taylor

Kristianne Tefft

Sherrie Tiderington

Tom Tomasek

Tamara Trudeau Ebenhoeh

Julie Tyslicky

Alyssa Walters

Kyle Walters

Janice Wegner

Kathy Wertz

Marcia Henne

Erin Houghtaling

Larry Hulburt

Matthew Jacobson

Walda Juhl

Rosemary Kavanagh

Debra LaRocque

Matt Lewis

Martha Liddle-Lameti

Bruce Lipsitt

Alan Maciag

Bruce Maki

Jody McDonald Rider

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Thank you to our Art Around the City Sponsors

A limited number of  sponsorships available  for our 2025 – 2027 program. Each sponsorship supports the printing and installation of one artist’s work on the trail. Sponsor logos and names will be displayed alongside the artwork.

Ellen Ford Blakely

Guy Greve, Attorney at Law

Elizabeth W. Loll

Kit & Susan Moss

Jett Whitehead

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