It is overwhelmingly beautiful by Kristofer Bowman.
Greetings from the North Shore, where the old-time adage, “March comes in like a lamb, goes out like a lion” was proven true this week as up to 18 inches of new snow blanketed our world.
And it’s also true, we’re all pretty tired of snow – there’s nowhere to put it, and this round was wet and sticky, the first time this winter. Which is good news. We need the moisture, according to the DNR. Plus, it’s melting like crazy.
Meanwhile, it’s pretty quiet in Cook County this week. Here’s what’s coming up.
The Grand Marais Art Colony will host Candice Methe as the its Instagram Takeover Artist on Thursday. Methe is a professional ceramic artist and educator living in Helena, Mont., where she is currently a long-term resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts.
Ceramic artist Candice Methe is the Grand Marais Art Colony‘s Instagram Takeover Artist on Thursday.
Methe specializes in handbuilt lidded vessels and will teach a class at the Art Colony June. To see her posts on Instagram, click here. To learn more about her and the class, click here.
On Friday, the Cook County Historical Society will hold Culture Crawl, a monthly event inviting the public to explore the collections at the Historical Society and the current Winter Plein Air exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post.
The Culture Crawl is held at the Johnson Heritage Post and the Cook County Historical Society from 5-7 p..m. on Friday.
Each site will provide participants with a sticker to place on an event card, and a completed card can be exchanged for a free glass of beer, wine, or non-alcoholic beverage at The Gunflint Tavern. The event is free and open to all.
And on Saturday, the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino will hold the 2nd annual Portage Craft Beer Fest from 6-9 p.m. The Black River Revue will play for a dance starting at 8 p.m.
The 2nd annual Portage Craft Beer Fest will be held at the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino on Saturday from 6-9 p.m. The Black River Revue will play for a dance starting at 8 p.m.
Participants must be 21 or older to attend.
On Tuesday, March 28, journalists from the World Press Institute will be at the Arrowhead Center of the Arts to take part in a public forum on journalism at 7 p.m.
Journalists from the World Press Institute will be at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on Tuesday, March 28, to take part in a public forum. The event is free and starts at 7 p.m.
The public roundtable discussion will feature question-and-answer session with the nine visiting journalists. Moderating the event will be Marja Erickson, board president of the Cook County Historical Society, which is the sponsor.
The 2022 WPI fellowship program has journalists from Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China (Hong Kong), Finland, Germany, India, Iran and Nigeria. Participants are making Grand Marais a stop on their three-week Minnesota tour before heading out on a five-week tour of the United States. While the journalists get a taste of rural America during their stop in Grand Marais, the event gives area residents and visitors a chance to gather insight and perspective from journalists from around the world. Open to all. Free.
Exhibits:
The Winter Plein Air Exhibit, featuring work by 15 artists who spent a week at YMCA Camp Menogyn painting the outdoors, continues at the Johnson Heritage Post through March 27. This is a great show. Here are a few examples of what you’ll see.’
Second Mouse by Adam Swanson.
The Yellow Backpack by Joanne Meierhofer.
In Duluth, the “A Horse of Course,” exhibit at the Nordic Center continues, featuring works about horses by local and regional artists. Here are a few examples:
Hose with no reins by Karen Savage.
Untethered, painting by Patricia Canelake, also pictured, is one of the works at the Nordic Center.
Vase by Morris Pottery and a small horse sculpture are among the pieces on exhibit at the Nordic Center’s show, “A Horse of Course.”
The exhibit continues through April 10. Also of note, the folk duo Pony will play at the gallery starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 27.
Also in Duluth, Carl Gawboy’s exhibit, “New Paintings, Old Stories,” continues at AICHO, the American Indian Community Housing Organization with paintings and a video conversation.
The Tweed Museum of Art, on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth is featuring a number of exhibits, including “Glassworks From the Collection of Don and Carol Wiiken.”
This vessel, blown glass with hot glass applications, is by Louis Leloup, and is on exhibit at the Tweed Museum of Art.
The Duluth Art Institute has just opened new exhibits, including “Embody,” paintings by Sarah Brokke.
To Hold It All, acrylic, by Sarah Brokke. One of the paintings in her exhibit, Embody, which is at the Duluth Art Institute.
The exhibit opened March 21. The opening reception is from 5:30-7 p.m. March 28. Brokke will give an Artist Talk at the DAI at r5:30 p.m. April 14.
Opportunities:
There are a few openings left in upcoming classes and workshops at the Grand Marais Art Colony, including Painting the Wild Places with David Gilsvick.
Painting by David Gilsvik. Gilsvik will lead a workshop. Painting the Wild Places, through the Grand Marais Art Colony. To find out more, click here.
Other classes include “Listening to Your Draft,” with Kate St. Vincent Vogl and Lisa Stauffer‘s workshop, Painting in Pastel: Landscapes from Photographs. The deadline to register for the classes is April 1.
Upcoming:
“Before the Light,” an exhibit by members of the North Shore Artists League, opens at the Johnson Heritage Post on Friday, April 1 with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Works include paintings, sculptures, glass, ceramics, fiber art and more.
First Light by Pat Hagen.
Kudos:
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council recetly awarded grants in a number of different categories to artists and organizations in the Arrowhead Region. In Cook County, Melissa Wickwire was awarded a grant to support the after-school clay club for youth and Emily Derke was awarded a grant to support a traditional basketry mentorship program. The Good Harbor Hill Players were also awarded a grant to support the 2022 Summer Solstice Pageant, a series of public workshops culminating in a public performance, with live music and puppetry, of relevance and significance to the Grand Marais community.
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council announced the recipients of the 23rd Annual Arrowhead Arts Awards.
The recipient of the George Morrison Artist Award is music director Keith Swanson. This award recognizes an individual artist whose body of work has made a significant contribution to the arts over an extended period of time.
This year’s recipient of the Maddie Simons Arts Advocate Award is Anne Dugan. This award recognizes an arts administrator, arts educator, volunteer for a nonprofit arts organization, or artist whose involvement in a project or program has substantially contributed to the arts in the Arrowhead Region.
This year’s recipient of the Award for Transformational Art, a new award, is posthumously awarded to Karissa White Isaacs. The award recognizes the efforts of artists to transform their communities through their work.
The award ceremony time and location will be announced at a later date. Stay tuned.
Artists at Work:
Quiltmaker Laura Brown wrapped in one of her quilts. She is an Artisan in Residence at North House Folk School.
Self-portrait by Mark Tessier.
A Carol Harris quilt will be raffled off as a fundraiser for Care Partners in August. It is on display at Drury Lane Books. Tickets can be purchased at the bookstore or from board members of Care Partners.
My favorite door in town by Mary Beams.
Here’s a not-from-here artist, in time and in place:
Spring Ice by Tom Thomson, 1916. Thomson was one of the Group of Seven.
Quirky, fun and uplifting: Advice from kindergartners
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Online Music:
Prince at 19
Live Music:
Thursday, March 24:
- Timmy Haus, Acoustic Night, Moguls Grille & Tap House, 4 p.m.
- Gordon Thorne, Date Night at the Winery, 6 p.m.
Friday, March 25:
- Boyd Bump Blomberg, Acoustic Night, Moguls Grille & Tap Room, 4 p.m.
- Kevin Buck, Bluefin Grille, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 26:
- Eric Frost, Apre-Ski Music, Papa Charlie’s, 3:15 p.m.
- Black River Revue, Grand Portage Lodge & Casino, 8 p.m.
- Alexander “Crankshaft” Craig, Papa Charlie’s, 9 p.m. (Reserved seats and tables.)
Monday, March 28:
- Timmy Haus, Bluefin Grille, 7 p.m.
Photographs:
We were lucky again this week and found some wonderful photographs. Here’s a selection.
Wildlife:
Northern Hawk Owl by Sparky Stensaas.
Winter grouse tracks by Thomas Spence.
Red Fox by Paul Sundberg.
Happy First Day of Spring by Thomas Spence.
The owl and the eagle by Travis Novitsky. The owl is perched in a tree below the Veterans Monument in Grand Portage. The monument was designed by Richard Olson. The bronze eagle sculpture is by Tom Christiansen.
A not-so-wild.
The ladies are enjoying the snow by Christine Ridlebauer.
The spring migration has begun. A record number of Bald Eagles 1,207, were counted on March 17 at Wolf Ridge in Duluth. To find out more, click here.
Deer watching the setting of the full moon by David Johnson.
All you can eat buffet by Todd Mestad.
Snowing, again? by Janie Latz.
In spite of the blizzard, they’re back! by Andy Keith.
Landscapes, Skyscapes, Icescapes & Winterscapes:
The shoreline this week by Between Wilderness and Lake.
Ice line in February by Hayes Scriven.
Good morning! by Dave Steckelberg.
This could be the day that the Hovland iceberg calves by Lin Salisbury.
Superior rolling by Hayes Scriven.
Ellington Island by Alec Johnson.
Ice and glass, courtesy of Joy & Co.
Driving thoughts by Kristofer Bowman.
Waves from the storm by Jeffery Doty.
Grand Marais sunrise by Tom Duevel.
Windshield art by Dennis Chick.
Leftovers by Tom Duevel.
Winter wonderland by Trish Francis.
I love Lake Superior by Hayes Scriven.
Spring snow by Jessica Markusen.
March 19 by Hayes Scriven.
March 19 by Mark Tessier.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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