Snow fence in Grand Marais by Layne Kennedy.
And now what? That’s definitely the question we were asking ourselves last week as we looked at the snowdrifts and wondered where we were going to put the proceeds from the next snowstorm. This week? It started melting! Welcome to the North Shore.
This week starts out with another one-day Instagram Takeover on the Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Instagram page. This week, Sean Caulfield , a printmaker and professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta, will be the presenter.
Sean Caulfield. He will be the Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Instagram Takeover artist on Thursday. To see, click here.
Print by John Caufield.
Caufield will be teaching Introduction to Mezzotint and Chine Colle at the Art Colony, May 23 – 27. Sean will introduce students to mezzotint process, including rocking a plate, drawing on a mezzotint plate, and printing. Follow along on the Art Colony’s Instagram Page here.
Also, in Art Colony news, applications for the Grand Marais Arts Festival close March 31.
Applications for the Grand Marais Arts Festival are close March 31. Photo by Dennis Chick
The 31st Annual Grand Marais Arts Festival will take place July 9 & 10. Artists of all mediums are invited to submit quality, original artwork. To apply, click here.
Also on Friday, the Grand Marais Playhouse celebrates its 50th season with the production of “The Half-Life of Marie Curie” by Lauren Gunderson. March 11 – 13, at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts.
The Grand Marais Playhouse will present “TheHalf-LIfe of Marie Curie” Thursday through Sunday at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 for youth, $25 for adults and $50 for households up to 5 people. Proof of Covid vaccination is required at the door for admittance. Voluntary physical distancing is appreciated.
For the art of dog sledding and skijoring, plan on attending the Dog Days of Winter at Trail Center on Sunday. The event is sponsored by Go Dog North and Trail Center.
Go Dog North will hold the Dog Days of Winter dogsled derbies at Trail Center on Sunday.
The derbies start at 11 a.m. followed by skijoring at 2 p.m. Spectators are encouraged but please leave your pets at home.
On Monday, Wood Week starts at North House Folk School featuring a variety of courses, demonstrations, online and live presentations and an all-day Carvers Conference on Friday, which is open to the public. Click here to learn more.
Wood Week starts at North House Folk School on Monday, March 14 and runs through March 21. To find out more, click here.
And Papa Charlie’s is again presenting live music to the public. On Wednesday, March 16, Duluth’s Charlie Parr will be the featured musician for the Songwriter’s Series starting at 8 p.m.
Charlie Parr will be the featured musician for the Songwriter’s Circle at Papa Charlie’s on Wednesday, March 16.
Here’s a great description of Charlie Parr and his music which was posted on the VisitCookCounty Events page:
“Many people play roots music, but few modern musicians live those roots like Minnesota’s Charlie Parr. Played on National resonator guitar, 12-string guitar and occasionally banjo, Parr’s heartfelt and plaintive original folk blues and traditional spirituals don’t strive for authenticity — they are authentic. An easily confused and very shy individual, Charlie Parr has been traveling around singing his songs ever since leaving Austin Minnesota in the 1980’s in search of Spider John Koerner, whom he found about 100 miles north at the Viking Bar one Sunday night. The experience changed his life, made him more or less unemployable, and brings us to now: 13 recordings, 250 shows a year or more, 200,000 miles on a well broke in Kia, and a nasty fear of heights. Resonator fueled folk songs from Duluth Minnesota.”
Exhibits:
Winter Plein Air, an exhibit of paintings created during a one-week retreat at YMCA Camp Menogyn this month by a group of 15 plein air artists, is on view at the Johnson Heritage Post through March 27.
One of the paintings on exhibit at the Winter Plein Air show at the Johnson Heritage Post. The exhibit continues through March 27.
The exhibit is one of the highlights of the winter at the Heritage Post. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Mondays, and from 1-4 p.m. Sundays. It is closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Free. Open to all.
A new exhibit has opened at the AICHO Gallery in Duluth featuring work byCarl Gawboy.
Carl Gawboy is exhibiting his work at the AICHO Gallery in Duluth this month.
The opening reception will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 10.
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is featuring work by graduates and honor students at Lakehead University,
McLuarnes General Store, ceramics, by Chris Rentala is one of the works on exhibit at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. To see more works from the honors exhibit, click here.
Upcoming:
Next week, WTIP Community Radio will hold a membership drive entitled “Stirrings of Spring” and will feature live performances during the drive. Here’s the schedule:
- Maria Nickolay, 1 p.m., March 16
- Jim McGowan, 3 p.m, March 16
- Aida Shahghasemi, 6 p.m., March 18
- Dr. Pooja Goswami Pavan, 1 p.m, March 18
For more information, click here.
Also coming up in the next few weeks:
Who Needs Perfect?, a seconds sale by Cook County potters to benefit Care Partners will be held at the Hub (Senior Center) on Saturday, March 19.
Cook County potters will hold a Seconds Sale at The Hub to benefit Care Partners from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 19. Look for pottery from a number of local potters including Maggie Anderson, Adrea Beres, Kari Carter, Elaine Dean, Joan Farnam, Kathy Reeves, Natalie Sobanja and Ann Ward. The pots will be sold by donation only and all proceeds will be given to help Care Partners fulfill their mission of assisting with end of life and helping support seniors to stay in their homes as they age. All welcome.
The North Shore Artists League will hold its 3rd annual exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post on April 1.
The North Shore Artists League will hold an exhibit entitled “Before the Light” at the Johnson Heritage Post April 1. Artwork on a poster by Kim Dayton.
The exhibit will feature work in a variety of media including paintings, prints, fiber art, glass and more. The opening reception is from 5-7 p.m. April 1. The exhibit continues through April 24. Stay tuned.
Lavona Czaplicki will be demonstrating how to make Ukranian Pysanki Eggs at Joy & Co April 2.
Lavona Czaplicki will demonstrate how to make Ukranian pysanka eggs at Joy and Co. on April 2 starting at 1 p.m.
Artists at Work:
Flowers by Aaron Kloss.
Painting by Gina Adams, a Hovland artist.
Stranger in a Strange Land or Autoretrato, print, by Marty Harris. Harris currently is exhibiting his work at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, Wis.
Covered jar by Tim Young.
1982 poster by Jan Attridge.
Coast Guard Station by Birney Quick, 1980, owned by Terry and Lori Backlund.
Erik the Red, clay. Sculpture by Tor Torkildson. This is one of the sculptures that will be installed at the Stations of Inspiration Triail at Jack Pine Ridge.
Online Findings
“Back to Nature,” beadwork, by Sarah Cryer. The bead-embroidered box was an award winner at the Beadworkers Guild Annual Challenge 2020/21
Here’s another beadwork wonder:
Nick Cave created a spectacular bead mural at the U.S. Embassy in Dakar. To read about it and see more photographs, click here.
Nick Cave and an assistant work on a bead installation at the U.S. Embassy in Dakar.
Andrea Carlson has written a piece about artist Jim Denomie entitled “The Joy and Trauma of Jim Denomie’s Sketchbooks.” To read, click here.
Jim Denomie’s sketch for his painting, A Beautiful Hero, Woody Keeble.
The finished painting: A Beautiful Hero, Woody Keeble by Jim Denomie.
In this recording, Carl Gawboy talks about Native American astrology.
Carl Gawboy talks about why understanding Native American astrology can help you go outside. To listen and learn more, click here.
Maybe this is off-topic, but interesting anyway.
The wreck of Endurance has been found in the Antarctic, 106 years after the historic ship was crushed in pack ice and sank during an expedition by the explorer Ernest Shackleton.
Endurance in 1915, trapped in Antarctic ice but not yet crushed. Credit…Frank Hurley/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, via Getty Images.
To read the New York Times story and see more photos click here.
Online Music:
Here is a short video of Kiran Ahluwalia in the process of taping Mustt Mustt with the band Tinariwen.
If you are as intrigued by Kiran Ahluwalia’s voice as I was, here is a much longer version of Mustt Mustt that was recorded that day. Kiran Ahluwalia is a well-known vocalist in India.
Live Music: (The list is getting longer!!)
Thursday, March 10:
- Timmy Haus, Mogul’s Grille & Taproom, 4 p.m.
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6 p.m.
Friday, March 11:
- Boyd Bump Blomberg, Moguls Grille & Taproom, 4 p.m.
- John Gruber, Bluefin Grille, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 12:
- Chris Gillis, Mike Roth and Thomas Stamps with Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, r p.m.
- Eric Frost, Papa Charlie’s, 3:15 p.m.
- Pete Kavanaugh, Papa Charlie’s, 9 p.m.
Monday, March 14:
- Kevin Buck, Bluefin Grille, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 16
- Charlie Parr, Songwriter Series, Papa Charlie’s, 8 p.m.
Photographs:
We found some great shots this week. Here’s a selection:
Wildlife:
Raven at Anza Borrego Desert State Park by David Grinstead.
Swan on ice by Dawn LaPointe.
A male spruce grouse enjoying a little sunshine in the Superior National Forest by Thomas Spence.
A marten pop-up by Sarah Hamilton.
Magnificent! by Bonnie Johnson.
Rabbits in Winter. Photographer unknown.
Morning visitor by Tom Fiero.
A Pileated Party by Sarah Cryer, shot in Northern Wisconsin.
Not-So Wild:
Hockey on Lake Superior in Duluth, a rare event by Cody Law.
est Friends, courtesy of Lumiére de L’Atelier.
Potpourri
A concretion on Mars. Photo taken by rover Curiosity;
An orange spring by Mary Beams.
Landscapes, Skyscapes, Icescapes & Sunscapes:
Burlington Bay, Two Harbors by Calvin Janssen.
Leaving our tracks by Dan Dorlan.
The beginning of a very cold Saturday by Deborah J Herber.
An icy galaxy by Hayes Scriven,
A moment at dawn by Jan Swart.
A skater by Larry Dean.
Moonlight glowing over Lake Superior.
Sunset over Grand Portage by Travis Novitsky.
Paddle boarding through a sea of ice by Tuck Olson.
February sunrise on Lake Superior by Ken Harmon.
North by Linda Rickets Baudry.
Fire and Ice by Debbie Benedict.
At Menogyn by Cindy Pauluk.
Madeline Island bay Jamey Penney-Ritter.
Frost in winter by Jake Norton.
Lake Superior Sunset by Neil Weaver.
Forest walk by Kim Nelson.
Ice sapphire by Meadow Adams.
Snow snake by Peter Spooner.
Grand Marais Harbor by Mark Tessier.
Happy Sunday bu Bryan Hansel.
Tofte Park Sunrise by Alan Netland.
A peaceful moment on Lake Superior by Thomas Spence.
Gin-Clear Ice by Layne Kennedy.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
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