Minnesota (n)ice by Nathan Klok.
Greetings from the North Shore, where winter continues. This year’s version features the checkerboard effect–snow and wind one day, sunny the next, snow and wind one day, sunny the next. The result has been lots of beautiful snow and some amazing ice creations along the shore of Lake Superior.
Ice sculptures by Paul Sundberg.
There’s been lots of snow:
Seems about right by Neil Sherman.
Ans it’s been a little cold on the Gunflint Trail.
Saturday night, Feb. 12 by Nancy Seaton.
But it’s February in Cook County, and there’s lots to do and see.
The Grand Marais Art Colony is returning to its Instgram Takeovers on Thursdays, featuring some of its 2022 instructors. This week, potter Andy Bissonette will be featured on the Art Colony’s Instagram page on Thursday and Friday, where he will talk about his work and show some of his techniques.
Andy Bissonnette will be featured on the Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Instagram page on Thursday and Friday.
Follow Bissonnette on Instagram here on Thursday and Friday.
This is Fiber Week at North House Folk School featuring lots of classes and workshops on campus and virtually. The public is also included in this celebratory event of all things fiber with a series of free webinars on Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday, Madeline Kreider Carlson will host the webinar, “Stitching Stories, Crafting Change: the Maya Women Artists of Multicolores Guatemala” at 7 p.m. CT. It is free. Click here to register.
Stitching Stories, Crafting Change: the Maya Women Artists of Multicolores Guatemala will be featured in a webinar through North House Folk School at 7 p.m. Thursday. Click here to register.
Three other webinars will be featured on weaving, sheep and felting from Russia, Norway and Kyrgyz on Friday. All of the webinars are free. To register and find out more, click here.
Also on Friday, the Many Tiny Lights fundraiser, which had to be cancelled last week because of bad weather, will be held at Drury Lane Books at 6 p.m.. The event features beautiful luminaries placed in the snow on the beach as well as a bonfire and treats.
The Many Tiny Lights fundraiser for the Grand Marais PTA will be held at Drury Lane Books from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11.
The event is a fundraiser fo the Grand Marais PTA and a $5 donation per luminary will be accepted. All invited.
On Saturday, we continue the lights-in-snow theme with a Candlelight Ski and Snowshoe through the Sugarbush Trail System that starts from the Oberg Mountain parking lot on the Onion River.
A Candlelight Ski and Snowshoe start at the Oberg Mountain Parking lot at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The trails will be lit with flickering candles for XC skieng, snowshoeing or hiking. Participants are invited to stop by the bonfire for cocoa and a cookie. Open to all.
Caribou Highlands is also featuring a number of outdoor adventures on snowshoes. Click here to find out more.
And not to forget the Cook County Fireplace Tour, which continues through the end of the month.
The Cook County Fireplace Tour features stops at venues that have beautiful fireplaces to enjoy.. Click here to learn more.
Exhibits:
Krystal Brown’s exhibit, Her Eurphoric Perspective, continues at the Johnson Heritage Post.
Painting by Krystal Brown, one of her pieces in her exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post
Brown was awarded the 2021 Plein Air Grand Marais Grand Prize last year. The exhibit continues through Feb. 28. The Heritage Post is open from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and from 1-4 p.m. Sunday.
The Duluth Art Institute is featuring a number of exhibits including “Refuge,” a fiber art exhibit by Kristen Kaas.
The Tweed Museum of Art has an outstanding collection of pottery, including this piece by Rudy Autio entitled “Thunder Bay” Photo by Lee Ross.
Upcoming:
The Grand Marais Playhouse launches its 50th season with An Evening of 10-Minute Plays Feb. 25-26. Performances start at 7 p.m. at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. Proof of up-to-date Covid vaccination required at the door to enter. Voluntary physical distancing in auditorium appreciated. Click here for tickets.
Artists at Work:
Bryan Hansel‘s latest newsletter, Photographing Winter Trees, can be found online here.
“Gales” by Lee Ross. Collage using mulberry paper and India ink.
In Neither Hope Nor Despair, Birds Fly by Christine Belcourt, acrylic on canvas.
Channeling Birch is a Coniferous Forest by Marti Mullen.
Can you guess what I am making? Photograph courtesy of Dappled Fern Fibers.IMarino single ply, mohair silk.
The Path by Adam Swanson.
My Grand Marais parking spot, cast glass, by Tony Rau.
Online Findings:
And here’s fascinating picture story: Life on Some of the Most Remote Islands on Earth was published by Outside Magazine. Read the article here.
A house in the village of Gásadalur on Vagar Island. Photograph by Kevin-Faingnaert. See the article here.
Online Music:
Live Music:
Thursday, Feb. 17:
- Timothy Haus, Moguls Grille & Tap Room. 6 p.m.
- Gordon Thorne, Date Night at the Winery, North Shore Winery, 6 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 18:
- Boyd Bump Blomberg, Moguls Grille & Tap Room, 6 p.m.
- Pete Kavanaugh, Bluefin Grille, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 19:
- Jim McGowan, Lutsen Resort Lobby, 6:30 p.m.
Photographs:
We found some great photos this week. Here’s a selection:
Wildlife:
Two eggs. Photo by Thomas Demma at the DNR Eagle Cam in the Twin Cities.
Multiple-uise winter roads by Thomas Spence.
Coyote/Wolf comparison compiled from two trail camera pictures shot at the exact same location over two days. Photo compilation by Craig Kavajecz.
Copmmon Redpoll by Bill Marhcel.
Black-capped Chickadee by Michael Furtman.
Snowshoe Hare, animal the Northwoods by Bill Marchel.
A winter walk on a frozen Minnesota River by Thomas Spence.
Winter
Waiting for the next one by Dennis Chick.
Spring:
And so it begins … indoors. Photo of seedlings sprouted by Tom Kasper.
Ice, Ice & More Ice
The chunk by Dennis Chick.
Full moon on ice by Heather Moe.
The ice in my life by MaryJane Van Den Heuvel.
Ice flow in Canal Park, Duluth by Ryan Rumpca.
Split Rock during a snowstorm by Andrew Snyder.
Ice off of Shovel Point by Jeffrey Doty;
Mountain of ice in evening light by Ken Harmon.
February Shoreline by Thomas Spence.
At -23F by Jeffrey Doty.
Icy North Shore by Hayes Scsriven.
Ice fields by Dominic Ricci
The ice came in by Hayes Scriven.
The Snow Moon at Split Rock by Donald Jay Olson.
Have a good weekend, everyone. Stay warm, and stay safe!
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