The Lockwood Gallery on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Michigan Street in Sturgeon Bay will look familiar to anyone who had been to Margaret Lockwood’s previous gallery, Woodwalk, in Egg Harbor.
The walls hold her distinctive large abstract and semi-abstract paintings, some of which suggest trees or water, bays and headlands.
The building, which had been empty for 20 years, is one of the oldest in Sturgeon Bay and has at various times times been a bank, offices, and a laundry.
“This is the third building we have bought and renovated in Door County,” said Allin Walker, Margaret’s husband. The first was the schoolhouse on Rt. 42 which is now Juddville Pottery. Woodwalk’s barn had been part of a dairy farm before they turned it into one of the county’s leading art galleries.
“Every 10 or 11 years we move 10 to 11 miles south, to a building that is 10 to 11 years older than the one we left, and this is also our third set of dogs,” said Margaret.
The street level floor is the gallery — hers are the only paintings — but it also exhibits sculptures, mobiles, pottery and jewelry by others. The second floor is their living quarters and the lower level, which is street level on 1st Avenue, is a garage-style performance space used for theatrical productions by, among others, the Door Knockers.
“We have created a space and we invite people to try it out. It’s a continuation of what we did with the barn at Woodwalk where we opened it up for whatever came along — musical performances, fundraisers and eventually even weddings,” said Margaret. “We are used to having things happening around us. The extra energy is good.”
They are working with Jeremy Popelka and Stephanie Trenchard, whose glass works and gallery is on the other side of the street, and The Holiday Music Motel to create the Steel Bridge Creative District.
Sturgeon Bay is growing in importance as a place for Door County art, they added. They still get people stopping in to look at the gallery “on their way to Door County”. But they also hear people who are pleasantly surprised at both the art and the good restaurants in the city.
The walls hold her distinctive large abstract and semi-abstract paintings, some of which suggest trees or water, bays and headlands.
The building, which had been empty for 20 years, is one of the oldest in Sturgeon Bay and has at various times times been a bank, offices, and a laundry.
“This is the third building we have bought and renovated in Door County,” said Allin Walker, Margaret’s husband. The first was the schoolhouse on Rt. 42 which is now Juddville Pottery. Woodwalk’s barn had been part of a dairy farm before they turned it into one of the county’s leading art galleries.
“Every 10 or 11 years we move 10 to 11 miles south, to a building that is 10 to 11 years older than the one we left, and this is also our third set of dogs,” said Margaret.
The street level floor is the gallery — hers are the only paintings — but it also exhibits sculptures, mobiles, pottery and jewelry by others. The second floor is their living quarters and the lower level, which is street level on 1st Avenue, is a garage-style performance space used for theatrical productions by, among others, the Door Knockers.
“We have created a space and we invite people to try it out. It’s a continuation of what we did with the barn at Woodwalk where we opened it up for whatever came along — musical performances, fundraisers and eventually even weddings,” said Margaret. “We are used to having things happening around us. The extra energy is good.”
They are working with Jeremy Popelka and Stephanie Trenchard, whose glass works and gallery is on the other side of the street, and The Holiday Music Motel to create the Steel Bridge Creative District.
Sturgeon Bay is growing in importance as a place for Door County art, they added. They still get people stopping in to look at the gallery “on their way to Door County”. But they also hear people who are pleasantly surprised at both the art and the good restaurants in the city.
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