Never put your shovels away in Minnesota until May. Wild turkey and deer in the back yard. Photo by Sparky Stensaas.
Honestly, we’re all getting quite tired of snow, beautiful as it is. We had our latest yesterday … huge white flakes that lightly covered everything. The perk? It was a balmy – 32 degrees with no wind. But, as Sparky Stensaas notes above, even though April is just around the corner, it probably isn’t a good idea to put your shovels away quite yet. Maybe he’ll be wrong this year?
Meanwhile, we’re keeping busy in Cook County.
First up, painter Anthony Ingrisano will be the Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Instagram Takeover Artist this week on Thursday.
Anthony Ingrisano is the Grand Maris Art Colony’s Instagram Takeover Artist this week.
Ingrisanoi s a painter and associate professor of painting at Cleveland Institute of Art. His work looks to maps, patterns, and architecture to create compositions.
Water Media Plus ! by Anthony Ingrisano.
He will be posting about his work on Instagram all day Thursday. He will be teaching a class at the Grand Marais Art Colony this year. To find out more about him and his work, follow along on the Art Colony’s Instagram page here.
On Friday, the North Shore Artists League opens its 3rd annual show at the Johnson Heritage Post with a reception from 5-7 p.m. on Friday. Entitled “Before The Light,” 34 member artists will exhibit fine art from the long winter — before the light — in a variety of different media. Glassmakers, sculptors, painters, improvisational textile and fiber artists, potters, leather artists, printmakers jewelers and more are participating in this exhibit. Here are just a few of the pieces that will be in the show.
Seeking Advice, paper collage, by Lee Ross.
Kindness of Balsam by Veronica Weadock.
Necklace by Beth McClain.
Earthshine by Kim Dayton.
The opening reception is from 5-7 pm on Friday. The exhibit continues through April 27. Member artists will be in the gallery to talk about their art during the show. Stay tuned for details. The Heritage Post is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and from 1-4 p.m. Sunday.
On Saturday, Lavona Czaplicki will be doing a demo of how to Ukrainian Pysanka Eggs at Joy & Co. starting at 1 p.m.
Lavona Czaplicki will be at Joy & Co on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. to demonstrate how to make Ukranian Pysanka.
Also on Saturday, Grand Marais Art Colony artists-in-residence Michelle Miles and Kris Musto invite the public to Founders Hall from 1-2 p.m.to write a few words about their experience of loss and transformation over the last two years.
Michelle Miles and Kris Musto are artists in residence at the Grand Marais Art Colony. On Saturday, the public is invited to come to Founders Hall and write a few words about what happened to them over the last two years. The artists will use these words to create new works, which will be displayed on April 9.
These writings will be used to create works that will be exhibited on Saturday, April 9. Open to all. Free.
Upcoming:
The George Morrison First Day Release Stamp Ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 22 at the Grand Portage Nationla Monument
The USPS George Morrison First Day Release Stamp Ceremony will be held at the Grand Portage National Monument stockade with seating on the front lawn of the Great Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Retail sales and first-day cancellations will be available on site. To RSVP for the USPS First Day Release Ceremony, visit www.usps.com/georgemorrison
One of the George Morrison paintings that will included in the Forever Stamp series, which will be released April 22.
A number of events, as well as exhibits by Grand Portage artists, are scheduled for the day of the celebration. Stay tuned. To read an article about Morrison and his work, click here.
Also on April 22. the Earth Day Fair will be held at the Cook County Community Center from 4:30-7:30 p.m, featuring a number of speakers, art activities, booths, live music with the North Shore Swing Band, and more.
The Earth Day Fair is the first event sponsored by a new Cook County Climate Team formed in 2021 by citizens whose faith and values call them to care for the environment, including support from five area churches.
The group of two dozen came together with help from Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light to see how they could promote solutions to climate change. The group is coordinating with other local climate efforts, such as Cook County Local Energy Projects (CCLEP) and the City of Grand Marais’ Climate Action Plan. The Fair will feature local speakers from youth climate activist Olya Wright and CCLEP’s Executive Director Kat Meyo to pastors Mark Ditmanson and Daren Blanck.
Local artisans are invited to have a table at the event. For more information, contact Nancy Backlund at (218) 370-9529 or Rev. Enno Limvere at (605) 460-0330 to receive a form. The deadline to apply for a table is g April 8. Stay tuned.
Opportunities:
Applications for the Grand Marais Arts Festival are due at midnight tonight, March 31. The Arts Festival will be held on the campus of ISD 166 July 9-10. Artists can learn more and submit their application through Zapp. Click here for the link. :
There is still time to submit applications for the Artisan Development Program (September 2022-June 2024 program dates) at North House Folk School.
Applications to apply for the Artisan Development program are open.
This program nurtures the growth of the next generation of traditional craft artisans and offers professional development including mentorship, education practice, studio space and time for artisans committed to pursuing craft education as a professional pathway. To learn more and sign up, click here.
Writers! There is still time to sign up for “Listening to Your Draft,” a writing workshop led by acclaimed author Kate Vogt.
Kate St. Vincent Vogt will be teaching a workshop entitled “Listening to Your Draft” at the Grand Marais Art Colony in May. Registration closes on April 1.
For more information, click here.
Artists at Work:
Cedar Trees in the Black Hills by Bryan Hanse. His latest newsletter, Just Showing Up, is now online. Click here to read.
Today’s lesson by Mary Beams.
Dusty Heart to perform at Papa Charlie’s on April 6.
The music starts at 8 p.m.
Cats as art by Don Davison.
Online Findings:
Melting Men is a series of art installations from the Minimum Monument project created by Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo. Since 2005, Azevedo has been setting up her Melting Men in various countries
Painting by Ukrainian artist Leonid Fedorovich DAVIDENKO.
Online Music:
Live Music:
Thursday, March 31:
- Timmy Haus, Acoustic Night at Moguls Grille & Taproom, 4 p.m.
- Gordon Thorne, Date Night at the Winery, North Shore Winery, 6 p.m.
Friday, April 1:
- John Gruber, Acoustic Night at Moguls Grille & Taproom, 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 2:
- Timmy Haus, Papa Charlie’s, 9 p.m., Reserved seats and tables
Wednesday, April 6:
- Dusty Heart, Singer/songwriter series, Papa Charlie’s, 8 p.m.
Photographs:
We found lots of great photographs this week.Here’s a selection:
Wildlife:
Bison side-eye by Bryan Hansel.
Golden-fronted woodpecker by Nancy Ullrich.
One of this year’s Isle Royale wolf pups by Ky Koitzsch.
Following me around by Mark Moser.
Mr. Butt ‘n’ Strutt by Maryl Skinner.
Our morning visitor by Debbie Benedict.
And, from Florida:
Portrait of an alligator, Wakulla Springs State Park by Paul Sundberg.
Ice skaters by Christian Dalbec.
Landscapes, Skyscapes & Icescapes:
A little hole in the clouds showing the aurora tonight by David Johnson,
Lingering winter by Dominic Ricci.
Crescent Moonrise over Lake Superior by Jim Schnortz.
Three views of the Milky Way:
The Milky Way rising from Lake Superior by David Johnson.
The Northland’s Milky Way by Hayes Scriven.
The Milky Way at the mouther of the Temperance River by John Keefover.
It rained last week, but …Photo courtesy of Between Wilderness and Lake.
On the first day of spring in Duluth by Johan Hanson.
4 a.m.when it all started to dawn on me by Maryl Skinner.
Shipping season has started by Mary Lou Sorenson.
Adventures today by Kristofer Bowman.
Meanwhile, from the International Space Station today…
Getting used to a new camera by Travis Novitsky.
Still water by Debbie Benedict
Snow like Concrete by Meadow Adams. Meadow is the Artist of the Month at the Johnson Heritage Post in April.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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