By Sophia Saliby (via WKAR-MSU)
Downtown Lansing’s Nelson Gallery is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week.
The art gallery on Washington Square has hosted fifteen exhibitions and work from dozens of local artists since 2021. A reception celebrating the milestone is taking place Friday, March 20 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Proprietor Jen Estill says starting the gallery was, in a way, an accident, after she acquired the downtown building.
“When we were looking around the space, we thought this would just be beautiful with some ceramics on the shelves. And so, I called an artist friend and said, “Hey, what do you think if we start a gallery?” And she called some friends, and we all worked together, and, poof, made a gallery,” she explained.
The gallery is named after architect George Nelson who designed the mid-century modern building for the department store, Liebermann’s in the 1960s. She says the space’s mission is to “fill a beautiful building with beautiful objects.”
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