It’s time for the Milky Way to rise out of Lake Superior by David Johnson.
Greetings from the North Shore, where we welcome the Equinox and beautiful night skies. Easter Week is also on its way, and this year, we might even find tiny spring flowers in the woods. They’re already popping up in the Twin Cities.
Welcome back, little one, by Sally Nankivell.
And it’s dry on the North Shore. We had a few small fires reported this week already.
An early spring fire near Split Rock Lighthouse. Photo by Hayes Scriven. Local fire departments put the fire out.
Be careful out there. Don’t throw anything burning out of a car window, please.
Truth be told, we could also have a blizzard the last week of March since the month did come in like a lamb. Either way, we continue to have a very early spring, a novelty for sure.
Art Night at Joy and Company will present an opportunity to experiment with novelty, too, offering participants a chance to create interest and beauty by pouring paint onto small canvases.
Pouring acrylic paint on mini canvases is the topic for this week’s Art Night at Joy and Company.
Art Night is held in the shop from 3:30-5 pm and is free, with a suggested $5 donation. All supplies needed will be available as well as some instruction. Open to all.
This is Wood Week at North House Folk School with a wide variety of classes and activities happening throughout the week.
This week is Wood Week at North House Folk School, with a Carver’s Conference open to the public on Friday all day. To find out more, click here:
Friday is the Carver’s Conference, which is open to the public and features a variety of demonstrations and events starting at 9 am with a bowl-turning demonstration by visiting artisan John Gardiner. At 10:30 am, Julia Kalthoff, also a visiting artisan, will demonstrate carving with an ax.
At noon, there’s a Lunch and Learn–A Conversation with Jan Harm ter Brugge with Jögge Sundqvist and Peter Lamb. The event is free. Participants can bring their lunch.
From 1:30 to 4 pm. there will be several different demonstrations on campus illustrating various techniques of working with wood.
Kuksas are traditional Scandinavian drinking cups. Making them will be demonstrated during the Carver’s Conference on Friday.
The demonstrators on Friday include:
- Liesl Chatman, Kolrosing
- Jarrod Dahl, Knutkorg
- Mark Gardner, Woodturning
- Sam Gathje, Board Games: Hnefatafl
- Wesley Hathaway, Relief Carving
- Julia Kalthoff, Axe work
- Paul Linden, Carving Axe Sharpening and Tune-Up
- Fred Livesay, Yeast Ring Secrets
- Molly Sjostrom, Carving
- Nate White, Tramp Art: Crown of Thorns
The public is invited.
Also, celebrations for St.Patrick’s Day start at the Cascade Lodge Restaurant and Pub on Friday and run through the weekend.
Cascade Restaurant and Pub will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a special menu, drinks, and live music.
There will be live Irish music throughout the weekend, and a special menu, including Irish quesadillas, and special drinks. For more information, click here.
On Saturday, the Winter Pride Celebration, presented by Cook County Pride, will be help in the Log Building at the Cook County Community Center from 2-8 pm.
The Winter Pride Celebration will be held at the Log Cabin at the Community Center from 2-8 pm Saturday.
The schedule of events includes:
- 2 pm: Doors Open. Smoothies sponsored by Shook Smoothies.
- 3 pm: Drag Queen Story Hour, presented by That Queer Isa, sponsored by Cook County Pride and Drury Lane Books.
- 4 pm: Arts, crafts, and board games, sponsored by Cook County YMCA
- 5 pm: Advocacy and Allyship Presentation, sponsored by Outfront MN
- 6 pm: Free Vegan and Gluten-Free dinner, served and sponsored by the Angry Trout Cafe.
The public is invited.
Also on Saturday night, Nate White, who participated in the Folk School’s Artisan Development Program, and traveled to Scandinavia as part of the program, will give a presentation about his travels starting at 7 pm at North House.
Nate White will give a presentation at North House on Saturday at 7 pm.
White will give a talk about what he saw and learned during his time there. The presentation is entitled “Craft Exploration in Scandinavia, Finland and Estonia. The public is invited. The event is free.
Exhibits:
Winter Plein Air, an exhibit of work by plein air painters from the Outdoor Painters of Minnesota opened at the Johnson Heritage Post on Friday. The artists spent a week painting at YMCA Camp Menogyn on the Gunflint Trail.
Scenic Mouse Island, oil, by Neil Sherman.
The Point, oil, by Janey Palmer.
Midnight Moss, oil, by Allison Ecklund.
Guarding the Point, oil, by Greg Finnegan.
The exhibit continues through March 24. The Heritage Post is open from 10 am to 4 pm Wednesdays through Saturdays and from 1-4 pm on Sundays. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Free. Open to all.
The Duluth Art Institute is exhibiting several shows, including Annelisa Roseen’s exhibit of self-portrait photographs created during COVID-19.
Today I Am, an exhibit of self-portrait photographs by Annelisa Roseen is at the Duluth Art Institute.
In all, the artist created 365 images of women through the ages. The exhibit continues through April 1.
The Tweed Museum of Art is exhibiting “Willie Little: Miles To Go Before I Sleep,” a sculptural installation comprised of 12 contemporary African-inspired, carved walking sticks.
And Miles To Go Before I Sleep, by Willie Little, 2006, is on exhibit at the Tweed Museum of Art.
This piece is a new acquisition at the Tweed. On its web page, Willie Little writes about the work:
“Reimagined from a May 2019 trip home to where I grew up in North Carolina.
I had not gone home to the Pactolus Township in eastern North Carolina for 13 years. I was filled with fear and trepidation for many reasons. Being a gay Black man from the rural south was one of the biggest reasons to stay away. I had no words to say about this work, for an upcoming installation in Portland, Oregon. I wanted my thoughts to reflect how I felt in 2019 which had evolved from its first incarnation. As I was 30 miles away from home, the words flowed like a river; like the Tar River, the place I was baptized at the age of 6.” To read his short essay, click here.
At the Prøve Gallery in Duluth, fabric artist Lauren Faherty opens an exhibit entitled Interlaced, on March 15th. Faherty is a visual artist and art educator who lives and works in Duluth.
Fabric artist Lauren Faherty opens an exhibit at the Prøve Gallery on March 15.
Interlaced is a community-based art project that uses donated textiles to discover communities we are part of and woven into. Much like a patchwork quilt, in which each piece of fabric has its history, the project connects and celebrates community members through the use of textiles. This exhibition features abstract individual portraits, weavings, and other sculptural works, all created with donated fabric.
Interlaced will be on view from March 15 to May 10. The exhibition opens on Friday, March 15 with a reception from 6-9 pm. Gallery hours are Wednesday – Friday, 4-7 pm, and Saturday, 12-4 pm. Note: The gallery will be closed on March 16.
There is a new exhibit of artwork at the Cedar Coffee House in Two Harbors.
Hunter Moon, acrylic, by Kirsten Lee, is one of the paintings on exhibit at the Cedar Coffee House in Two Harbors.
“Listening,” an exhibit currently on view at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, surveys the work of Minneapolis–based artist Tetsuya Yamada (Japan, b. 1968) whose interdisciplinary practice amplifies the poetry found in the everyday. From exquisitely crafted ceramic sculptures to delicate drawings to documentation of the artist’s self-organized installations in surprising sites around the Twin Cities, the featured works highlight Yamada’s engagement with the connections between life and art.
“Listening,” by the Twin Cities-based artist Tetsuya Yamada, featuring ceramic sculptures and delicate drawings, is currently on view at the Walker Art Center.
Yamada’s artistic influences include the ancient Japanese forms of Noh theater and the traditional tea ceremony; the punk rock and skateboarding cultures of his youth in Tokyo; the modernism of Constantin Brancusi and Isamu Noguchi; and the democracy of the “readymade” object espoused by Marcel Duchamp. Many of Yamada’s pieces include found materials, such as sawhorses, plywood, shards of glass from his own backyard, or natural elements, in combination with his ceramic objects. His wide-ranging artistic practice is guided by sensitive material attention, a practice of “listening” to the behavior of substances, objects, and spaces.
The exhibition, the first US museum presentation of Yamada’s work, features more than 50 works from 2001 to the present, including sculptures in ceramic, wood, and metal; paintings; drawings; photographs; video; and a site-specific installation in Cargill Lounge.
Artists At Work:
Baby Doll, oil, by Scott Murphy.
Lily, acrylic, Alison Aune-Hinkel.
The Northern Lights, acrylic, by Kelsey Kennedy.
We Are Stardust We Are Golden by Robert DesJarlait.
The scan of another Mississippi River papercut by Ellen Sandbeck.
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible by Johnathan Swift, 1667-1745. Photograph by Layne Kennedy.
Animated Umbrellas by Marie Pacco
Online Findings:
Erin Altemus High 5’s the crowd in Willow, Alaska during the Iditarod 2024. Photographer unknown.
Erin Altemus tends to one of her dogs during the Iditarod. She left the race at the halfway point. To see an interview with her, click here.
Online Music:
Live Music:
Thursday, Mar 14:
- Timmy Haus, Moguls Grille & Taproom, 4-6 pm
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6-8 pm
Friday, Mar 15:
- Pat Eliasen, Moguls Grille & Taproom, 4-6 pm
- Bless Your Heart, Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub, 6-8 pm
Saturday, Mar 16:
- Bless Your Heart, Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub, 5-8 pm
- Black River Revue, Up Yonder, 8-11 pm
Sunday, Mar 17:
- Briand Morrison, Moguls Grille & Taproom, 10 – noon
- Bless Your Heart, Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub, 11 am-1 pm
- Briand Morrison, Bluefin Grille, 8 – 10 pm
Monday, Mar 18:
- Southpaws Duo (Al Oikari and Steve Johnson), Bluefin Grille 8-10 pm
Tuesday, Mar 19:
- Eric Frost, North Shore Winery, 4:30-6:30 pm
- Open Stage, Up Yonder, 6-9 pm
Thursday, Mar 21:
- Timmy Haus, Moguls Grille & Taproom, 4-6 pm
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6-8 pm
- North Shore Swing Band, Up Yonder, 7-9 pm
- Open Old Time Appalachian Music Jam, Log Cabin, 7-9:30 pm
Friday, Mar 22:
- Jim Miller, Moguls Grille & Taproom, 4-6 pm
- Pete Kavanaugh, Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub, 6-8 pm
- Timmy Haus, Up Yonder, 7-10 pm
Saturday, Mar 23:
- Timmy Haus, Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub, 6-8 pm
- The Honest Heart Collective, Up Yonder, 8-11:59 pm
Sunday, Mar 24:
- Briand Morrison, Moguls Grille & Taproom, 10 – noon
Photographs:
Here is a selection of photographs we found this week:
Wildlife:
Pileated Woodpecker by Paul Sundberg.
March Hare, hiding in plain sight by Maryl Skinner.
Spruce Grouse by Thomas Spence.
The Great Grey by Chuck Olsen.
Beaver Lodge explorations by Travis Novitsky.
Potpourri:
The only way to get along on roads on the Trail by Dennis Chick.
Ice Roads on the Gunflint by Dennis Chick.
Boil on, yo by Cathy Quinn.
Orchids in bloom! by Judi Barsness.
Landscapes, Icescapes, Waterscapes and Sunscapes:
Good Morning! by Karin Kramer.
Trapped air bubble designs in lake ice by Dennis Chick.
Icymi, Daybreak, by Mike Wiggins, Jr.
iPhone Northern Lights by Dennis Chick.
Sunset in Grand Marais by Chuck Olsen.
Ice by Kim Nelson.
Seagrass along the sandy, windy shore in Wisconsin by Roxanne Distad.
Ice Patterns by Teresa Baumann.
65F on Park Point by Mary Lou Williams.
Feeling Blue by Ron Benson.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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