Fall colors have finally arrived! David Johnson calls this “Morning Mist at Cascade Bluff.”
Hiking time in Cook County! The fall colors are finally beginning, and they promise to be gorgeous this year. There are great places to drive, too, to see the very best displays. Stop by the Grand Marais Visitor Center and get a copy of the fall color tour guide they have there.
And, plan on investigating art this weekend. This is the final weekend of the Crossing Borders Studio Tour, which features open studios from Two Harbors to the Canadian border.
Here are a few photos of some of the art you will see. Many of the galleries have guest artists, too, adding to the pleasure.
Two Harbors: Blue Skies Glassworks, Cooter Pottery & Handweaving
Michael Tonder, kiln-formed glass at Blue Skies Glassworks.
Wood-fired covered pot by Dick Cooter at Cooter Pottery and Handweaving.
Both Blue Skies Glassworks and Cooter Pottery and Handweaving have a number of guest artists, too.
Lutsen: Last Chance Studios & Fabricating
Sculptor Tom Christiansen has made lots of moose for the Studio Tour. John Books and Wayne Potratz are also in the show.
Grand Marais: Betsy Bowen Studio & Galleries
“Wonder,” woodcut print by Betsy Bowen, a new Holiday card image. Bowen has a number of new images, prints and books in the gallery. Other artists featured include Ron Piercy-Silver and Gems, Stephan Hoglund- Art Jewelry. and Jim Sannerud, woodturning. Printing and woodturning demos happen each day.
Hovland: Lee & Dan Ross
Puffins by Dan & Lee Ross. The show includes both stone and ceramic sculptures as well as monoprints.
Grand Portage: Marcie McIntire, Ojibwe bead artist
Ojibwe beadworker Marcie McIntire creates beaded clothing, moccasins and gloves as well as jewelry in her gallery in Grand Portage.
All of the studios on the Crossing Borders Tour are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 4. For more info and maps, see www.crossingbordersstudiotour.com.
There is lots more art to see in Cook County this weekend.
If you haven’t stopped at the Cross River Heritage Center to see the Lake Superior Watercolor Society exhibit there, it’s a must-stop this season. The Heritage Center has a number of other exhibits as well. The Heritage Center is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1-4 p.m.
Plein air painter David Gilsvik working on a painting during Plein Air 2015.
And the Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Plein Air Competition, Exhibit and Sale continues at the Johnson Heritage Post. In all, 70 painters from throughout the region painted the lake, the woods and the whimsies of Cook County for a week, and the results of their work are on display. It’s a beautiful show and shouldn’t be missed. The Heritage Post is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday and Monday.
First Fridays is this week, too, so look for special exhibits and events at participating galleries and shops. Cookies baked in a wood-fired oven are on-tap at Betsy Bowen’s Studio and cellist Yvonne Caruthers will play at Sivertson Gallery from 4-6 p.m. on Friday as well.
Raku firings behind Sivertson Gallery will be held on Saturday.
And on Saturday, Sivertson Gallery will hold its annual raku extravaganza with award-winning raku artists, Richard Gruchalla and Carrin Rosetti. The couple brings lots of tea bowls ready to be glazed and a portable raku kiln to fire them. Buy a bowl and glaze it yourself. It’s always a fun time. “Do You Raku? We Do” is held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Also on Saturday, the fiddling sisters, Emma and Carrie Dlutkowski, will perform at the Grand Marais Public Library at 1 p.m. Together with their mother Susan, accompanying on piano, the trio draws on the dynamic music of Canadian and American fiddle and dance traditions. All invited.
Porcelain raku horsehair urn by Maggie Anderson.
Potter Maggie Anderson has brought in new work to the Kah-Nee-Tah Gallery in Lutsen. Anderson has now moved to Cook County permanently and will be teaching a beginning ceramics class at the Grand Marais Art Colony this month. To find out more, call the Art Colony at 218-387-2737 or click here.
And finally, poet Jill Breckinridge will read from her book, “Sometimes …” at a Writer’s Salon at Drury Lane Books at 5 p.m. Saturday.
In Thunder Bay next week, Definitely Superior Gallery will present Random Acts of Poetry Oct. 5-10, where poets and singer/songwriters will perform for the public on the streets, at city council meetings, at cafes and other public places throughout the city of Thunder Bay. The event is an initiative to promote literacy, art and poetry in places where people live their everyday lives. In all, 25 of Thunder Bay’s finest spoken word and singer-songwriters will perform in 120 individual performances. For the schedule of performances, click here.
Thomas Spence opens an exhibit of his photographs at the Coho Cafe this week.
In other art news, Thomas Spence opens a show of his photography at the Coho Cafe in Tofte this week. The exhibit runs through November.
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is featuring four exhibitions this month, including works by by local artists Susan Kachor Conlon, Carol Kajorinne, and Shayne Ehman, along with St. Paul-based artist Anne Labovitz, as well as 14 works from the collection by Carl Ray created in the 1970s.
Erik Simula teaches a Discovery Channel crew about wild rice harvesting and processing.
A crew from the Discovery Channel’s “How It’s Made” were filming at North House Folk School last week. Over five days, they filmed three instructors doing four different crafts–Erik Simula, (wild rice harvesting and processing); Dennis Chilcote (birch bark berry basket) and Paula Sundet Wolf (pine needle basket.) The completed segments will air sometime next year — stay tuned!
WTIP’s locally produced show, “The Music of Art” is looking for artists to be guests on upcoming shows. They will talk about their art and the music that inspires them.The show airs on Wednesdays. For more information, contact WTIP at 218-387-1070 or email themusicofartus@gmail.com.
Searching for Mary Beams
Mary Beams painted these murals for a subway station in Boston in the 1970s. A nationwide search by MBTA subway officials found her in Grand Marais, now part-owner of The Pie Place.
Up until a few months ago, all of Boston, Mass., was looking for Mary Beams, now the part owner of The Pie Place in Grand Marais. Or, as Boston Globe journalist Malcolm Gay put it, “It was like a crowd-sourced manhunt, but for an artist.”
About 35 years ago, Beams painted 19 murals for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) “that had achieved near iconic status during their 35-year residency,” Gay wrote. “Transportation officials had removed the paintings in advance of the station’s overhaul. Now they wanted to return them to the artist, but she had vanished.” So the officials posted a Tweet… does anybody know where the artist is? they asked.
Mary Beams in her Grand Marais studio. /Mark Tessier.
Here’s the rest of the story as Gay tells it:
“I got a phone call one day,” Beams explained, “and a voice I didn’t know said, ‘How does it feel to know that all of Boston is looking for you?’ I had no idea what to say.”
Gay continues: “Beams, it turned out, hadn’t disappeared at all. An animator who had been a teaching assistant at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, and whose work has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art, she’d simply left the art world, devoting herself instead to baking pies on the shores of Lake Superior.
“A part-owner of the Pie Place Café in Grand Marais, Beams will be returning to Boston, where next month, with her blessing, the MBTA plans to hold an online public auction of the artworks, giving Bostonians a chance to own a piece of the city’s history.” Kudos to this talented artist!
Here’s the music for this weekend:
Friday: Oct. 2
- Briand Morrison, Voyageur Brewing Co., 4-7 p.m.
- Michael Monroe, Bluefin Grille, Tofte, 8 p.m.
- Ginstrings, Gun Flint Tavern, 9 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3
- Dutkowksi Sisters Violin Performance, Grand Marais Public Library, 1 p.m.
- Pushing Chain, Lutsen Resort, 7 p.m.
- Michael Monroe Log Cabin Concert, rural Grand Marais, 7 p.m., call 387-2919
- Mary Bue, Cascade Lodge Pub, 7:30 p.m.
- Ginstrings, Gun Flint Tavern, 9 p.m.
- Saturday Night Dance Party with DJ Beavstar, Papa Charlie’s, 9:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 5:
- Eric Frost, Bluefin Grille, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 7:
- Gordon Thorne, Bluefin Grille, 8 p.m.
Stories (and photos) of fall abound this week.
The Supermoon Eclipse was the big story of the day, but here in Cook County, we only got to see part of it, as clouds drifted in about halfway through the show. Nevertheless … our trusty photographer friends were out in force. Here’s a sampling.
“Blood Moon from the Bog” by Christian Dalbec.
Mooonrise over Grand Marais Harbor by Paul Sundberg.
“Kissing the Supermoon” by David Johnson.
Some people did catch the eclipse. Here’s a beautiful composite from Spooner, Wis. by Kathryn DesForges.
Super Harvest Blood Moon by Kathryn DesForges.
Here’s another document of change… the Paul R Tregurtha unloads what may be the last load of coal at Taconite Harbor. Thomas Spence took the photo and writes: “I am quite emotional about the probability of never seeing another laker arrive here. I was told that this is likely the last load. She leaves in the early morning hours and I’ll likely go see her off…”
Photo by Thomas Spence.
Recent rains changed the waterfalls.
Photo by Jessica Rogholt.
Fall Arrives Overnight by Bryan Hansel.
And fall colors are beginning to sparkle. Here’s a beauty by Mary Amerman.
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” ~John Muir Photo by Mary Amerman.
Here’s another Thomas Spence and a harbinger of fall … a bear in an apple tree.
Thomas Spence caught this bear in an apple tree, contemplating the feast to come.
And finally, this perfect “promise of fall” shot by Thomas Spence.
Photo by Thomas Spence.
Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
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