Snow roll-up byDale Burhham.
Greetings from Cook County where you have your choice of yardwork this week: rake your lawn or plow your driveway, depending on where you live.
If you live beside Lake Superior, most of the snow is gone and the rhubarb is showing red nubbins in the garden. If you live on the Gunflint Trail, ice is at least 33-inches thick on the lakes and the snow is two feet deep or more. Cross-country crust skiing is still great, gardening not so much. On the other hand, we’ve had some sunny days, adding sparkle to Lake Superior, and the waterfalls are spectacular.
Gooseberry Falls by Nicholas Narrow.
Tnere are some interesting things happening in the county this week.
First up is a presentation all-day Thursday on the Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Instagram page by ceramic artist Shiyuan Xu ,who works with porcelain paperclay.
Ceramicist Shiyuan Xu will be the Instagram Takeover Artist for the Grand Marais Art Colony on Thursday.
The ar sist uses flexible and versatile paperclip to create interesting shapes and designs.
Xu will teach a workshop at the Grand Marais Art Colony this summer. To learn more about her and see her work, check out the Art Colony’s Instagram, page here.
Exhibits:
On Friday, the Spirit of the Wilderness Church will open its annual community art exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post with a reception from 5-7 p.m. This multi-media exhibit, entitled “Growing Toward the Light” features a wide variety of work.
Worth the Wait, handmade quilt, byAnnie DeBevec,is one of the pieces in the new exhibit that opens at the Johnson Heritage Post on Friday.
Professional artists and emerging artists of all ages, from up and down the North Shore, will participate in the exhibit, which continues through May 22.
Next weekend, on Saturday, , May 6, acclaimed Minneapolis photographer, Michelle Wingard, will give an Artist Talk at 5 p.m. Stay tuned for details
The Johnson Heritage Post is also exhibiting its collection of work by Native American modernist artist George Morrison In support of the First-Day-Of-Issue USPS Stamp Dedication Ceremony that was held in Grand Portage last week.
One of the paintings by George Morrison that is on exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post through May..
Morrison is also being honored at the Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center with a special exhibit entitled “Connections.”
“Connections,” an exhibit of work by George Morrison, opened at the Grand Portage National Monument April 18 and continues through Sept. 30.
For this exhibit, the National Park Service (NPS) has gathered works in their collection, along with works and artifacts from private collections, to curate the exhibition. The show will run through September.
In Thunder Bay, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery has mounted a new exhibit entitled, “The Word We Know,” featuring new acquisitions to its permanent collection.
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery has opened a new exhibit featuring recent acquisitions to its permanent collection.U
Upcoming:
There is still room in a watercolor workshop taught by artist Tony Ingrisano that will be held at the Grand Marais Art Colony.The title of the class is Watermedia Plus.
Tony Ingrisano will explore watercolor media in a class at the Grand Marais Art Colony this summer. Registration closes on Friday. To find out more, click here.
And WTIP’s Radio Waves Music Festival is on this year, with lots of new bands as well as old favorites.
WTIP’s Radio Waves Music Festival will be held at Sweetheart’s Bluff at the Rec Park Sept.9-11. To find out more, click here.
The Music FEstival will be held at Sweetheart’s Bluff at the Rec Park Sept. 9-11. For more information and to see the line-up, click here.
Artists at Work:
Bryan Hansel just returned from a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park where he led a photography workshop.
One of the photographs from Bryan Hansel‘s rent trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He talks about the tips and shows some of the work he did in his latest newsletter. To read, click here.
From plein air painter, Neil Sherman:
A recent pochade box painting in its creation state “Arriving on the Cloud.” Panting by Neil Sherman.
“Winter is Over” by Paula Gustafson.
Painting by Ukrainian artist Ivan Marchuk.
Clouds rolling over Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia Chile by Layne Kennedy.
Online Findings:
A rescued butterfly:
Ilena Hansel and her son, Apollo, found a butterfly in their garage and have been keeping it alive in a terrarium until the weather gets warmer. Listen to the WTIP Community Radio story here.
The rescued Comma Butterfly looks a little worse for wear, but it flies around and enjoys sipping on fresh oranges, Hansel said.
A Patelstian farmer finds a 4,500-year-old goddess statue while working his land
An ancient Goddess was discovered by a Palestinian farmer working his land.
To find out more and read the story, click here
Pink Lady Food Photography Contest
A photo of a street food vendor working at a smoke-covered oven wonthe Pink Lady Food Photography Award 2022. The photo is by Debdatta Chakraborty. To see other winning food photographs, click here
The Wave Rock
The Wave Rock, Australia.
Online Music:
Photographs:
Here is a selection of the photographs we found this week:
Wildlife:
Fox kit bay Heidi Pinkerton.
American White Pelicans by Alison Gimpel.
The birds lift my spirit this time of year because they are singing regardless of the weather by Jeffrey Doty..
The Boys, by Chris Artist.
Hello, little friend by Brigette Binesikwe Nies.
Time for a snow bath by David Johnson.
Bufflehead Drake by Michael Furtman.
Peoplescapes:
Traveling on thin ice towards Savissivik, Greenland by Lonnie Dupre.
Oh,to be young again! by Tim Beaulier.
Landscapes, Skyscapes, Waterscapes and Waterfalls:
The marvelin the dark by Hayes Scriven.
You know you’re in love when …. by Layne Kennedy.
Blue hour at Lake Superior by Thomas Spence.
The Northwoods by Mark Tessier.
Arched bridge over rushing water by Ken Harmon.
Cascade River Falls by Bryan Hansel.
waves and ice ar Lake Superior by Thomas Spence.
Calming lake superior by Bryan Hansel.
The sweetest by Mark Tessier.
In Grand Marais Minnesota April 20, 2022 by Kristofer Bowman.
Gooseberry River by Donald Jay Olson.
Trail Center, April 26 by Sarah Hamilton.
Split Rock at Sunset by Matthew Pastick.
Icicles at sunset by Don Davison.
Cascade River by Paul Sundberg.
Calming by Christian Dalbec.
Water always wins by Bryan Hansel.
\And finally, this:
Swan Lake Ballet by Ted Tiboni.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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