Arts briefs

LOOK Creating Alone Nice Girls of the North MarketplaceUnder the Stars Sat., Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

North House will host a

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 Masonic Lodge, 4731 Gladstone St.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. Duluth z.umn.edu/AMPEvents Every second Saturday of the month.

A Zoom discussion of creativity Handcrafted clothing and bags, pottery, in a time of isolation with host Lisa jewelry, stained glass, photography, Fitzpatrick (MMADLab, University of personal care products, baby items and Minnesota Duluth), moderator Anne more. Artists are on hand to help with Dugan (local curator) and selections. artists Kathy McTavish, Rebecca Krinke and Catherine Meier. Closing ARTS Log Cabin Christmas Craft Show starshow is by the Alworth Planetarium at UMD. Sami Culture IN BRIEF Sat., Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Keewatin Community Center 204 W. 1st Ave. webinars Keewatin All items are handmade

series of evening webinars covering a Duluth Art Institute range of arctic topics. Held via Zoom Artist Talk Series at 7 p.m. on Thursdays, you can Artists from the DAI’s current tune in from anywhere to join live. exhibitions will discuss topics related Register in advance at northhouse.org/ to their work, including their material events/winterers-gathering#Webinars. choices, process, inspiration, career and A recording of each webinar will trajectory. The videos will be hosted be available for a limited time at on the Duluth Art Institute’s YouTube northhouse.org. Channel live. Register in advance at

The Sami Reindeer People of Alaska duluthartinstitute.org.with the Sami Cultural Center, Nov. 12, Susanna Gaunt, “Integument” 7 p.m.: In 1894 and 1898, numerous Performance installation piece Sami reindeer herding families were Tuesday, Nov. 17, 12 p.m.hired by the U.S. government to travel Artist talk Wednesday,from northern Norway to western Nov. 18, 6 p.m.Alaska to teach reindeer husbandry to Duluth multi-media artist Susanna Native Yupik and Inupiat Alaskans in Gaunt presents new work investigating order to establish greater food security materials on a large scale. Manipulating for them. Nathan Muus and Marlene sheets of white paper, she layers, Wisuri from the Sami Cultural Center weaves and shapes sculptures into will present an overview of this little textured forms suspended from the known and fascinating chapter of ceiling and mounted on the walls. American history using historic photos Creases, peaks and valleys reflect light and narrative. to create shadowed surfaces juxtaposed Craft fairs paper treated with encaustic wax.

by local crafters. against translucent layers of mulberry

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.