Fresh wolf prints on corn snow by Bryan Hansel.
Spring is often a “Here-Now, Gone-Tomorrow” season on the North Shore, and this week is no exception. Snow squalls and temps in the 50s, ice-outs and frozen puddles, daffodils covered in fresh snow – the engines of season change are hard at work. For sure, the early nesting songbirds are creating traffic jams in my yard, and the bears are out in some neighborhoods.
“Apparently I wasn’t the only one who thought a morning stroll along the beach was appropriate.” Photo by Martin DeWitt during a walk beside Lake Superior in the Apostle Islands National Seashore.
But, we continue to be cautious here in Cook County, as we pivot to new Covid rules and prepare for what seems will be a very busy summer on the North Shore. This week, the end of April, is a getting-ready time as we carry on our online lives.
First up this week is artist David Feinberg, who will be the Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Instagram Takeover Artist on Thursday and Friday.
Artist David Feinberg is the Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Instagram Takeover Artist on Thursday and Friday. To see what he posts, click here,.
Feinberg is a painter and associate professor of drawing and painting at the University of Minnesota, where he has taught for the past 47 years. He is also the director of the “Voice to Vision” documentary project, which, through the vehicle of art, captures the experiences and stories of genocide survivors of different parts of the world.
Roll of the Dice I, multimedia .by David Feinberg.
Feinberg will be teaching a class in the Art Colony’s Mentor Series called Develop Your Artistic Potential, June 14 – 18. For more info, click here.
North House Folk School is pretty quiet this week as it gears up for the Northern Landscapes Festival-Online Edition, which starts next Thursday, May 6, with a free webinar on Spring Ephemerals with Master Naturalist Margie Menzies.
North House Folk School launches its Northern Landscapes, Online Edition on May 6 with a free live webinar on spring ephemerals. For more info, click here.
There are a number of online offerings planned for the festival. Meantime, North House encourages everyone to get out in their backyards, neighborhood parks and landscapes so see what’s happening in this new season. For more info, click here.
Exhibits:
On Friday, Grand Marais printmaker Nan Onkka opens an exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post featuring a great selection of her woodcut prints.
Nan Onkka’s exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post, Northern Horizon, opens on Friday and continues through May 23.
The exhibit is entitled “Northern Horizon,” and will continue through May 23. The Heritage Post is open Thursdays, 1-4 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Covid Protocols are in place.
The Nordic Center in Duluth has just opened a new exhibit of Himmeli, good-luck ceiling mobiles, that were originally created in Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Estonia. The Himmeli are hung from the ceiling in homes to ensure good crops and the fertility of fields. This exhibition and programming at the Nordic Center will shed light on an ancient craft tradition that has survived the ages and that is now flourishing in the spirit of a Nordic craft revival, especially in Northern Minnesota among the Finnish-American community. Here’s a neat video describing the exhibit.
Upcoming:
Next weekend, Joy & Co will hold a new event entitled “Celebrating the Tenacious Woman Gala,” a celebration and tribute to all women, which is open to the public. The 3-day event will be held May 7-9 and will feature artwork, installations, performances, refreshments and more from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The gala will be held both indoors and outdoors.
One of artist Mary Anderson’s submissions to the “Tenarcious Woman Art Gala” at Joy & Co.which opens May 7,
Everyone is invited to participate. A registration form is available on the Joy & Co. website here. To register, click the “Find Tickets” button and complete the registration form. Registration is free.
Artists at Work:
We found a wide variety of work by artists this week.
Here are a series of works by Art Students at ISD 166, students of Mila Horak. The project was Paper Quilling with the theme of Spring. Paper quilling is the art of taking thin strips of colored paper, rolling them into a coil, pinching them to form a shape and then gluing the shapes together to create designs and objects.
Getting creative with colored paper II, paper quilling. ISD 166 art student.
Getting creative with rolls of paper, paper quilling., ISD 166 art student.
Here are some other examples of art we found:
Attempting to memorialize a visit to the Musée L’Orangeries by painting Monet’s Water Lilies by Kathy Weinberg.
“Every group of cedars has its own story to tell .” Painting by David Gilsvik.
3 colors for today. Oh wait, orange and green … again. Photograph by Mary Beams.
Melissa Wickwire recently wrote a short piece for Womenpress.com answering the question, How Does Art Transform the Community? To read and see other submissions, click here.
Wild dandelion blooms catching the prairie breezes, Wind Cave National Park, SD. by Layne Kennedy.
Day 4 Challenge to show an image of my art, my life, my studio or an exhibition by Kirsten Aune, fabric artist in Duluth.
“We have the best conversations.” Photo of Donna Lunke and the neighborhood fox by Orvis Lunke. Note: The Gyotaku fish print at right is by Cameron Norman, who created it from a fish Donna caught on Greenwood Lake.
Small vases by David Swenson at Upstate MN.
Peeling paint on old street sign, Grand Marais, MN by Layne Kennedy.
What’s a tea party without a few wolves? Painting by Karen Savage, 2016.
What is Outsider Art? This series of videos explores the idea.
And just in case you missed it, here’s the trailer for Nomadland, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress. It is being streamed on Hulu.
Online Music:
Live Music:
Thursday, April 29:
- Gordon Thorne, Date Night at the Winery, North Shore Winery, 6-8 p.m. Reservations at https://www.exploretock.com/northshorewinery or call 218) 481-9280.
Photographs:
We found lots of great photos this week.
Let’s start with wildlife:
In search of lunch, Chambers Brove Park, Duluth by Bill Donovan.
Bison by Lee Ross.
Red-necked Grebes by Michael Furtman.
Peek-a-boo by Sparky Stensaas in Carlton County, April 23.
All the owlets are out of the nest with mom standing guard only a few feet away. Photo by Steve Prose.
Eaglets aren’t as cute as owlets. Photo by Pat Burke.
Grooming. Pileated woodpecker by Paul Sundberg.
Shift change on a Raven’s nest by Thomas Spence..
Wing. Pileated woodpecker by Paul Sundberg.
Blue-Winged Teal by Michael Furtman.
Here are a few not-so-wilds:
Hatched this morning by Kristofer Bowman.
Kenna at Wood Creek by Jean Fitz Cochrane.
Here are two Out-of-this-World-scapes:
Proxima Centaur, one of our near stars, had a record flare recently.Photo courtesy NRAS-Dagnello.
A full eclipse of the sun and a super flare, the reconstructed image from an eclipse in 1919 which proved Einstein’s Theory of Relavitiy. To read all about it, click here.
And here’s a historic-scape:
Blackfeet camp at night, Montana, photograph by Walter McClintock, early 1900s, glass lantern slide.
Here’s a selection of landscapes, seascapes and skyscapes:
Waterfall mist and cedar by Travis Novitsky.
At Boulder Lake April 24 by Ben Cooper.
Sunrise over Duluth by Jan Swart.
Morning drive by Kristofer Bowman.
The other side of the tree by Sally Nankivell.
A perfect day in mid-April by Kjersti Vick.
Happy Earth Day by Nathan Klok.
Just a dirt road and some trees, somewhere in NW Wis., by Jamie Rabold.
There’s something about blue skies reflecting in swirling river foam … by Mary Amerman.
Happy Earth Day, courtesy of Joy & Co.
Early this morning in Jay Cooke State Park by Tim Mlodozyniec.
Sunrise from a sandstone sea cave in the Apostle Islands thousands of years in the making. It’ll change your life, by Michael DeWitt.
Sweet clouds over the Big Lake the other day by Bryan Hansel.
Enjoy your weekend, everyone! And stay safe!
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