Gidaanikeshkaagonaanig Gidaanikoobijiganinaan Following the Ancestor’s Steps
Agwadaashi (Sunfish) By Sam Zimmerman As a gwiiwizens (boy), I use to take my newest Hardy Boy book, bait pail and fishing pole and sit by the river and spend all gabe-zhebaa (morning) fishing. It was so peaceful sitting on the dew laden grass watching my bobber dance on the top of the water, hoping for a nice sized ogaa (walleye) to grab the hook. I caught more agwadaashi (sunfish) than ogaa. I would get excited when I saw the golden flashes of yellow and green stripes under the surface; like fire when the sun hit their scales. Even now as an adult, I still find agwadaashi to be a gwanaaj (beautiful) nibi mandioo (water spirit). With niibin (summer) here, I am looking forward to going out along the North Shore with my coffee rather than a book, putting down asemaa (tobacco) and fishing for ogaa and agwadaashi. Happy and safe fishing everyone. Follow my studio on Facebook and Instagram @CraneSuperior or if you have ideas for a North Shore painting, you can email me at: cranesuperiorstudio@gmail.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS John A. Spelman III - Artist and Printmaker From Appalachia to Minnesota’s North Shore July 2 - September 5 Author Talk - July 14, 5 pm with Tracey Cullen and Scott Husby The bold and evocative style of John A. Spelman III’s artwork encourages us to consider the lives and landscapes of both the Appalachian region as well as Minnesota’s North Shore during the last century.
BALLY
BLACKSMITH & METAL SHOP The Bally Blacksmith Shop has chronicled Cook County’s economic history since 1911 - progressing from horse-drawn lumber camp equipment to motorized commercial fishing rigs, automobiles, and snowmobiles.
Two Artists - Two Stories July 23 - August 15 Artist Talk - August 3, 5 pm
The blacksmith shop was placed on the Na�onal Register of Historic Places in 1986 and has been managed by the Cook County Historical Society since 2013. The metal Forest Service building was added to the site in the early 1960s and serves as a working metal shop.
Hazel Belvo and Marcia Cushmore created a visual conversation around the post-modern concept of Juxtaposition. Each work consists of two paintings, a square and a rectangle, observational and abstract, glazing and impasto and two entirely different expressions by two very different painters.
Visitors can tour the buildings each Friday and Saturday 1-4. There will also be blacksmithing demonstra�ons in the yard from 11 am - 2 pm July 10-11, August 6-7, and September 24-25. Thank you to our grantors and supporters:
The JHP Art Gallery welcomes volunteers! For more information, please call 218-387-2883 or email jhp@boreal.org.
JHP Art Gallery | 115 W. Wisconsin St, Grand Marais, MN 55604 46
JULY 2021
NORTHERN WILDS
100 N Broadway Ave, Grand Marais
