Gidaanikeshkaagonaanig Gidaanikoobijiganinaan Following the Ancestor’s Steps
Maang at Dawn (Loon) By Sam Zimmerman It is such a magical mandioo (spirit), the maang (loon); a doodem (clan) animal of the Ojibwe representing spiritual leadership with its haunting song traveling across the waters of Gitchi Gami (Lake Superior). I saw niizh (two) maang diving recently and surfacing closer and closer to where I was sitting on the shore with my morning makademashkikiwaaboo (coffee). I wanted to capture the gwanaaj (beauty) of it surfacing during the mookise giizis (rising sun). The phases of the moon represent the passing of time reflecting the generations of those who have enjoyed its song. The middle full moon is the Miin Giizis (berry moon) of July. 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.
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.
Reid Thorpe - Contemporary Landscape Painting August 20 - September 12 Opening Reception - August 20, 5 - 7 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.
Two Artists - Two Stories July 23 - August 15 Artist Talk - August 3, 5 pm
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:
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AUGUST 2021
UPCOMING EVENTS
NORTHERN WILDS
CURRENT EVENTS 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.
John A. Spelman III - Artist and Printmaker From Appalachia to Minnesota’s North Shore July 2 - September 5 A retrospective show featuring the lives and landscapes of both the Appalachian region as well as Minnesota’s North Shore during the last century. This event is made possible in part by grants from the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation and the GMATA 2021-2022 1% Local Events Grant/Mini Grant Program. JHP Art Gallery | 115 W. Wisconsin St, Grand Marais, MN 55604
