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Leaf Season, Art Shows, a Studio Tour & Music

Sandra updyke fall scene

Sandra Updyke captured a perfect moment in the fall woods.

The leaf season is here, and it looks like it’s going to be a good one! The woods are already dotted with every hue, and we’re nowhere near peak.

So, there’s that.

This is also the season when North Shore artists pull out all the stops and create art experiences of every kind for our enjoyment as we drive around and enjoy the colors of fall. This weekend, it’s a Hazel Belvo opening. a fall pottery sale and plein air exhibits. Next weekend, there are four different studio art tours that start on Friday, Sept.29 —  We’ll get into some details about next weekend’s art tours a little later.

Let’s start with the Hazel Belvo art opening, which will be held at the North Shore Winery in Lutsen from 7 -9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21.

Painting by Hazel Belvo.

Painting by Hazel Belvo.

Belvo is an artist, master teacher, and mentor. She has exhibited nationally and internationally for 50 years and her work is in many public collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Bezalel Museum, the Dewitt Wallace Collection, and General Mills. Hazel was a Radcliffe Institute Scholar and WARM Gallery member. She is a retired professor emeritus at Minneapolis College of Art and Design after 34 years of teaching. She has taught at the Grand Marais Art Colony for 32 years. The exhibit will feature her paintings as well as prints, and should be outstanding.  Jazz guitarist Briand Morrison and Roxann Berglund will perform. All invited.

It’s pretty quiet in Cook County on Friday night, except for lots of music choices. Saturday is a different story.

The day opens with the Cook County Market in the Senior Center parking lot, which runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring a wide variety of wood crafting, pottery, fiber arts, handmade pickles, jams and soaps, baked goods and artisan breads, to name a few.

Last Chance Gallery in Lutsen will hold a Bronze Pour at 4 p.m. This is a weekly event that will continue through the Art Along the Lake Fall Studio Tour. Last Chance Gallery is participating in the studio tour.

Here's what you can see being poured at the bronze pour at Last Chance Gallery: A raven, a chickadee and a hummingbird.

Here’s what you can see being poured at the bronze pour at Last Chance Gallery: A raven, a chickadee and a hummingbird.

And then, on Saturday night, Pat Donohue & the Prairie All Stars will be in concert at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m.

Pat Donohue & the Prairie All Stars perform at the ACA on Saturday night.

Pat Donohue & the Prairie All Stars perform at the ACA on Saturday night.

Hearing Pat Donohue, Richard Kriehn, Peter Johnson, and Gary Raynor may take you back to their days on “A Prairie Home Companion,” as members of Guy’s All Star Shoe Band. But the evening’s offerings will include much more, in the styles of blues, rockabilly, folk, jazz, and of course Donohue’s hilarious anecdotes. With Donohue at the helm of this ever-so-talented crew, it’s guaranteed to be a fantastic night out. Tickets can be purchased at the door or at www.tix.com.

And, if you’re in the rural Duluth area, consider stopping by the Nodding Trillium Fall Pottery Sale on Saturday and Sunday.  This great annual fall studio sale features the current work of Dave Lynas, Jan Andler, Rita Morris, Sharon Moen and Anne Sterbenz-Duus.

The kiln opening at Nodding Trillium Pottery. Looks like a great firing!

The kiln opening at Nodding Trillium Pottery. Looks like a great firing!

Nodding Trillium Pottery is located just off the Expressway outside of Duluth at 215 McDonnell Rd. Look for signs.

Another sign of fall: the Make-A-Bowl for Empty Bowls pottery events begin at the Grand Marais Art Colony on Monday. The Make-A-Bowl events feature the opportunity to throw one bowl on a pottery wheel and handbuild a bowl in the ceramics studio at the Art Colony. There will be several workshops on Mondays and Saturdays through Oct. 21.

Make-A-Bowl for Empty Bowls begins on Monday, Sept. 25.

Make-A-Bowl for Empty Bowls begins on Monday, Sept. 25. Here Erin Watson and her son Esa, work with the clay.

This year, local pottery Hannah Palma Laky will be running the events, where the public is given instruction on how to make the bowls that will be donated to the Empty Bowls Fundraiser, to help feed the hungry in Cook County. Registration is required and a small fee ($5) is requested to help cover materials costs. The first Make-A-Bowl events will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and 7:45 -8:45 p.m. on Sept. 25 and Oct. 2. Saturday’s Make-A-Bowls will be held at 3 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, Oct. 7 and Oct. 21. To register and for more information, call 218-387-2737. Make this a part of your fall experience and help feed the hungry in Cook County. BTW The Empty Bowls Fundraiser will be held on Monday, Nov. 13 at St. John’s Catholic Church with seatings for lunch and dinner. Stay tuned!

On Wednesday, Oktoberfest celebrations will begin at Voyageur Brewing Co., and run through Oct. 1 with games, music and more. The event is being held in collaboration with the Cook County Community Fund.

And, if you’re in Duluth on a Wednesday through Oct. 25, stop by the Duluth Art Institute and watch live painting. 4;30

The Duluth Art Institute is hosting live painting sessions in its galleries on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Free.

The Duluth Art Institute is hosting live painting sessions in its galleries on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Free.

Exhibits:

 The Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Plein Air 2017 exhibit opened at the Johnson Heritage Post last week, with more than 300 plein air paintings by artists from all over the region.

"End of the Season" by Dan Mondloch. This painting won First Place and the People's Choice Award.

“End of the Season” by Dan Mondloch. This painting won First Place and the People’s Choice Award.

The Plein Air Exhibit at the Heritage Post continues through Oct. 29. The Heritage Post is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and Monday, and from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday. It is closed on Tuesdays. Free and open to the public.

In Duluth, the Tweed Museum of Art will have a double opening on Friday, Sept. 22 with a reception from 5-7 p.m. The exhibits include “A Thousand Words,” an exhibition of photographs from the museum’s permanent collection and the national Plein Air Painters exhibition “America’s Industrial Landscape.” Free and open to the public.

We have been running regular posts about the “A Thousand Words” exhibit, but here is your chance to see them all. Here’s one of the photos that is in the exhibit:

Sebastião-Salgado-Brazilian-b.-1944-Lake-Faguibine-Mali-1985

Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian, Lake Faguibine, Mali 1985.

Several painters from the organization, the Plein Air Painters of America, have been in Duluth this month painting America’s Industrial Landscape.  An exhibition of their work is opening as well

One of the paintings from "The Industrial Landscape" which opens at the Tweed Museum of Art on Friday.

One of the paintings from “The Industrial Landscape” which opens at the Tweed Museum of Art on Friday.

This is the last weekend to see “Perspectives From Here: 150 Artists from the North” at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. It closes on Sept. 24.

"Carbon Cycle" by Arron Veldstra, wood chips installation, is one of the pieces in "The Perspective From Here" exhibit at the Thunder Bay Art Galery, It closes on Sunday.

“Carbon Cycle” by Arron Veldstra, wood chips installation, is one of the pieces in “The Perspective From Here” exhibit at the Thunder Bay Art Galery, It closes on Sunday.

 Upcoming:

There are four different studio tours set for next weekend along Highway 61: the Lake Superior 20/20 Studio Art Tour in St. Louis and Lake County, the Cooter/Tonder & Friends Studio Tour and an Open Studio with Joyce Yamamoto and Jerry Riach in Lake County and the Art Along the Lake: Fall Studio Tour in Cook County, which lasts through Oct. 8.

There are all kinds of events scheduled for the Art Along the Lake: Fall Studio Tour, and many artists are opening their studios to the public for the first time.

Beadpainter Jo Wood for example, will be showing new work at her studio, 357 County Road 14, for the event.

Bead painting by Jo Wood, one of the artists participating in the Art Along the Lake: Fall Studio Tour that starts next weekend.

Bead painting by Jo Wood, one of the artists participating in the Art Along the Lake: Fall Studio Tour that starts next weekend.

And Steve and Sharon Frykman are opening a new art gallery at their residence during the tour in rural Grand Marais, too. The gallery is located at 306 County Road 44.

Steve and Sharon Frykman are opening a new art gallery at their studio in rural Grand Marais for the Fall Studio Art Tour.

Steve and Sharon Frykman are opening a new art gallery at their studio in rural Grand Marais for the Fall Studio Tour. Photo by Denny Fitzpatrick.

The gallery will feature works by Hazel Belvo, acrylic & oil; Laurie Toth, pastel; Sharon & Steve Frykman, glass & metal: Paul Donhus, stone; JD Jorgenson, ceramics; Natalie Sobanja, ceramics; Brittany Foster, jewelry; John Books, bronze and Maryl Skinner, mixed media.

There are a number of other studios that are open for this tour, including plein air painter Neil Sherman, who will be exhibiting his paintings on the outside of his house in rural Hovland, weather permitting, and Dan & Lee Ross, a favorite of the Crossing Borders Studio Tour, which ended last year.

Dan and Lee Ross are ceramacists and printmakers. They will be on the Fall Studio Tour.

Dan and Lee Ross are ceramacists and printmakers. They will be on the Fall Studio Tour.

And this is just a taste of what people can see starting next Friday, Sept. 29. One of the nice things about this studio tour is that is last for 10 days, giving everyone plenty to time to visit the 14 studios/galleries on the tour.  To see the complete list, click here. And to see a map, click here.

Painter Kat Corrigan will be the featured artist at Sivertson Gallery through the Fall Studio Tour with her exhibit, “Mostly Otters.”

otters

Painting by Kat Corrigan.

She will give demos at the gallery from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, and talk about her work at a Fireside Chat at 6 p.m. on Saturday. By the way, Sivertson Gallery ‘s Inuit Premiere is Oct. 14 this year, throat-singers included. Stay tuned for details.

Window Shopping:

 

"Abbey testing the pen/sword myth" by Tom Christiansen.

“Abbey testing the pen/sword myth” by Tom Christiansen. It is at Last Chance Gallery in Lutsen.

 

Token 4 necklaces by Cat Bates are at Upstate MN.

Token 4 necklaces by Cat Bates are at Upstate MN.

 

kah nee tah art along the lake

Paintings of the North Shore are featured at Kah-Nee-Tah Gallery in Lutsen.

Here’s the music for the week:

Thursday, Sept. 21:

  • Gordon Thorne, Gun Flint Tavern, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 22:

  • Briand Morrison, Voyageur Brewing Co., 4 p.m.
  • Portage, Grandma Ray’s, 6 p.m.
  • Dead Pigeons, Gun Flint Tavern, 8 p.m.
  • Michael Monroe, Bluefin Grille, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23:

  • Common Ground, Voyageur Brewing Co, 4 p.m.
  • Pete K, Cascade Lodge Pub, 7 p.m.
  • Michael Monroe, Log Cabin Concert, 7 p.m.
  • Eric Frost, Lutsen Resort, 7 p.m.
  • Pat Donahue & the Prairie All-Stars, Arrowhead Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m.
  • Plucked Up String Band, Grandma Ray’s, 8 p.m.
  • Dead Pigeons, Gun Flint Tavern, 8:30 p.m.
  • DJ Beavstar, Papa Charlie’s, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 24:

  • Mysterious Ways, Gun Flint Tavern, 8:30 p.m.

Lots of photos this week. Let’s start with wildlife:

Immature bald eagle by Matt Herberg,

Immature bald eagle by Matt Herberg,

 

Bull moose in fog and mist by Thomas Spence.

Bull moose in fog and mist by Thomas Spence.

 

Mike Wiggins calls this "Fall Colors."

Mike Wiggins calls this “Fall Colors.”

And then there are mushrooms:

Photo by Kristopher Bowman.

Photo by Kristopher Bowman.

 

Live brightly. Love Strongly. Be, Deeply. Love to you, friends" by Krisopher Bowman.

Live brightly. Love Strongly. Be, Deeply. Love to you, friends” by Krisofer Bowman.

And there were storms:

Waves of Summer by Jeremy Church.

Waves of Summer by Jeremy Church.

 

Storm Over Devil Track by Brianna Schueller.

Storm Over Devil Track by Brianna Schueller.

 

A day at Split Rock by Kirk Schleife.

A day at Split Rock by Kirk Schleife.

 

This one woke up Grand Marais by David Johnson.

This one woke up Grand Marais by David Johnson.

 

And calm, beautiful days:

Manido Gizhigans, Spirit Little Cedar by Jon Wood

Manido Gizhigans, Spirit Little Cedar by Jon Wood

 

Magnetic Rock Trail by Tom Fiero.

Magnetic Rock Trail by Tom Fiero.

 

Reflections by Jamie Rabold.

Reflections by Jamie Rabold.

 

My favorite portage by Ann Possis.

My favorite portage by Ann Possis

 

Canoe cruise by Don Davison.

Canoe cruise by Don Davison.

And flashy nights.

Northern Lights by Thomas Spence. This photo is being used for a story in Backpacker Magazine.

Northern Lights by Thomas Spence. This photo is being used for a story in Backpacker Magazine.

 

Out last night chasing the Milky Way by David Johnson.

Out last night chasing the Milky Way by David Johnson.

 

And fall colors:

Boggy Lake by Kristopher Bowman.

Boggy Lake by Kristofer Bowman.

 

Cascade Falls by Jon Wood.

Cascade Falls by Jon Wood.

 

Fall colors by Thomas Spence.

Fall colors by Thomas Spence.

 

And serenity:

A kolk, a vortex by Kristofer Bowman.

A kolk, a vortex by Kristofer Bowman.

 

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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