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Creating Alone Under the Stars
Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. z.umn.edu/AMPEvents A Zoom discussion of creativity in a time of isolation with host Lisa Fitzpatrick (MMADLab, University of Minnesota Duluth), moderator Anne Dugan (local curator) and artists Kathy McTavish, Rebecca Krinke and Catherine Meier. Closing starshow is by the Alworth Planetarium at UMD.
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North House will host a series of evening webinars covering a range of arctic topics. Held via Zoom at 7 p.m. on Thursdays, you can tune in from anywhere to join live. Register in advance at northhouse.org/ events/winterers-gathering#Webinars. A recording of each webinar will be available for a limited time at northhouse.org. The Sami Reindeer People of Alaska with the Sami Cultural Center, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.: In 1894 and 1898, numerous Sami reindeer herding families were hired by the U.S. government to travel from northern Norway to western Alaska to teach reindeer husbandry to Native Yupik and Inupiat Alaskans in order to establish greater food security for them. Nathan Muus and Marlene Wisuri from the Sami Cultural Center will present an overview of this little known and fascinating chapter of American history using historic photos and narrative.
Craft fairs Annual Craft Fair Thursday, Nov. 12, 12-6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Grand Lake (Twig) Community Center 5297 Hwy. 53, Saginaw 20-plus crafters
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Nice Girls of the North Marketplace Sat., Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Masonic Lodge, 4731 Gladstone St. Duluth Every second Saturday of the month. Handcrafted clothing and bags, pottery, jewelry, stained glass, photography, personal care products, baby items and more. Artists are on hand to help with selections. Log Cabin Christmas Craft Show Sat., Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Keewatin Community Center 204 W. 1st Ave. Keewatin All items are handmade by local crafters.
Duluth Art Institute Artist Talk Series Artists from the DAI’s current exhibitions will discuss topics related to their work, including their material choices, process, inspiration, career and trajectory. The videos will be hosted on the Duluth Art Institute’s YouTube Channel live. Register in advance at duluthartinstitute.org. Susanna Gaunt, “Integument” Performance installation piece Tuesday, Nov. 17, 12 p.m. Artist talk Wednesday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m. Duluth multi-media artist Susanna Gaunt presents new work investigating materials on a large scale. Manipulating sheets of white paper, she layers, weaves and shapes sculptures into textured forms suspended from the ceiling and mounted on the walls. Creases, peaks and valleys reflect light to create shadowed surfaces juxtaposed against translucent layers of mulberry paper treated with encaustic wax.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council ARAC is planning for the next two years and wants to know what are the best ways to help regional artists. A virtual public listening meeting is Monday, Nov. 16 at 4:30 p.m. To sign up, email info@aracouncil.org.
Bong Memorial Center The deadline to nominate an individual the Arrowhead Arts Awards is Dec. 11. The categories are The George Morrison Artist Award, for an individual artist whose body of work has made a significant contribution to the arts over an extended period of time; The Award for Transformative Art, for artists making a positive, transformative change in the arts culture of the region; and The Maddie Simons Advocate Award for 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. Learn more at aracouncil.org.
Bong Memorial Center Since opening its doors on Sept. 2, 2002 – on what would have been the 82nd birthday of Poplar native, World War II ace and center namesake Richard Ira Bong, the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center near Barker’s Island in Superior has established itself as a must-see Twin Ports attraction. Despite not being able to hold events so far this year due to COVID-19, the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center has been hard at work finding ways to improve exhibits, programs, and trying new things to support the community. This fall two new mini exhibits opened at the center. Both take items from specialized collections to bring to life an individual’s story of survival during World War II and feature the artistic expression of those at the war front. Edith Schultz: A European Homefront Experience tells the refugee story of
a young German woman living in Poland. Separated from her parents during the chaos of German invasion, she finds herself traveling through Germany and Czechoslovakia seeking safety. The exhibit features artifacts from her time in a Russian POW camp and powerful excerpts from her diary. Beauty from the Battlefield, the center’s new “Trench Art” exhibit, features a wide variety of art made by men and women living in battle zones or POW camps. Made from easily accessible materials like shell casings, the items include ashtrays, lamps, lighters and salt and pepper shakers. Even during the stress of war, the creativity witnessed through these objects is remarkable. COVID-19 initially put a hold on collecting oral histories from veterans out of concern for the health and safety of both the interviewee and interviewer. However, the center has found cool ways to overcome these obstacles and are once again looking for veterans to share their stories. The Bong Center is again looking for people interested in contributing their military histories to our archives. We now offer three different options for veterans to contribute their oral histories. We are resuming standard in-person interviews but with new protocols. The interview will take place in a larger room to accommodate for proper social distancing, a Plexiglas shield will separate the interviewer and interviewee, and there will be additional sanitizing before and after the interview. For those comfortable with Zoom, a virtual recorded interview can be conducted from the comfort of your home. This will require a pre-interview to set up technology and troubleshoot potential issues and then the recorded interview will follow. The center is asking the community to help capture this important veteran history by introducing a project that will allow family and friends to conduct interviews. The center supplies an oral history backpack kit with basic interview tools, including an audio recorder, camera, suggested questions and an interview training guide. Kits are available for a two-week checkout. Once completed, return the kit and recorded oral history to the Bong Center, where it will be cataloged and added to the permanent archives. A digital copy will be provided to the veteran. For more information about setting up an interview or reserving a backpack kits contact the Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center at 715-3927151 or email curator Briana Fiandt at fiandt@bongcenter.org.
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