“Technique without art is shallow and doomed. Art without technique is insulting”—Dorothy Alexander
I hope your Fourth was a nice one. Yes, there were clouds and a little rain on a few parades, but a great evening for fireworks. Summer has arrived in the Northland and there’s lots to see and do. This is not a comprehensive list, but should add to your ideas. Pick up a Reader to see what else is going on, and visit Esther Piszczek’s Twin Ports Art blog. (It’s actually your art blog, because she is doing this for you.) The URL is: https://twinportsart.blogspot.com
Saturday, July 6, 6-9 p.m.
Sunday, July 7, 12-4 p.m.
Blubby Clubhouse with artist Heidi Blunt, Prove Gallery, 21 N. Lake Avenue
"Blubby Clubhouse is a two-day-only exhibition of new work by local artist Heidi Blunt, whose emerging voice delights at the intersection of marginalized large bodies and a secret clubhouse of a feminine kid circa 1985. Blunt’s paintings of rounded fat bodies (called “blubbies”) come pouring off the wall with an open invitation for viewers to interact with the abundance of joy and playfulness in her current improvisational studio practice where a “more is more” mentality reigns. Blunt has a B.A. in Art, with an emphasis on painting and drawing, from the College of St. Scholastica and is currently an MFA candidate in visual arts at Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vt."
Mondays, July 8, 15, 22, 29, 5:30 p.m.
Tangling Mondays, Mount Royal Library, 105 Mount Royal Shopping Circle
This group meets in the the old Yarn Harbor space, which was taken over by the library awhile back (on the left when you walk in). It is open to anyone, but primarily focused on pattern drawing. Bring your supplies and something you want to finish or start. No instruction, no fee, no organization. It's wonderful to tangle together, if schedules align, and lovely to tangle alone. If you find yourself alone, no worries, another Monday is right around the corner. Enjoy!
Tuesdays, July 9, 16, 23, 30, 12:30-3 p.m.
Open Studio at the Duluth Depot, 506 W. Michigan Street
The Duluth Art Institute offers a regular Tuesday open art-studio session at the Depot. People of all abilities practicing all artistic mediums are invited to bring their own supplies and join the weekly group. Cost: $5 plus a DAI membership (first session is free).
Wednesday, July 10, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Zentangle (R) & Wine with Esther Piszczek, CZT, Master Framing Gallery, 1431 London Road
Come experience the fun and relaxation of drawing simple, repetitive line patterns with pen and ink and pencil shading. No previous drawing experience necessary. Class Cost: $35; Supplies: $10 (or use supplies provided without additional cost). RSVP to episzczek@gmail.com. Seats are limited.
Thursday, July 11, 6-7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk: Jonathan Thunder and Zamara Cuyún: Long Night of the Floating Shell, Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center, AICHO, 202 W. Second Street
"Long Night of the Floating Shell explores an overlap in themes between two artists’ experiences as contemporary Indigenous artists navigating their connection to their ancestry and communities: Zamara Cuyún with roots in the Maya Highlands of Guatemala and Jonathan Thunder from the Red Lake Nation in Greater Minnesota. Thunder and Cuyún will be present to engage in dialogue about some of the underlying themes in their work and to answer audience questions. Refreshments will be served. On View through July 19
Friday, July 12, 7-8 p.m.
Saturday, July 13, 7-8 p.m.
Dances on the Lakewalk, a festival of dance in Duluth, Lake Place Park/Gichi-ode’ Akiing, 214 E. Superior Street
"Under the artistic direction of Doris Ressl and Freshwater Dance Collective, the annual Dances on the Lakewalk returns featuring Minnesota choreographers, dance companies and dancers performing a variety of dance styles in a city park overlooking Lake Superior. Lake Place Park is located above the Lakewalk at Superior Street and Lake Avenue, with entrances either on Superior Street or from a staircase on the boardwalk at the corner of the lake. For more information, contact Doris Acosta: dorismarieressl @ gmail.com."
Friday, July 12, 9:05 p.m.
Greater Downtown Council's Movies in the Park: How to Train Your Dragon, The Hidden World (PG), Leif Erikson Park
Saturday, July 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, July 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Moose Lake Agate Days 50th Anniversary, Riverside Hockey Arena, 20 Earl Ellen's Drive, Moose Lake "The 50th anniversary Moose Lake Agate Days features more than 100 vendors displaying Lake Superior agates, rocks, gems, minerals and crystals, along with other jewelry and art. There will also be a children’s play area and concessions inside and outside the arena."
Free shuttle service on Saturday
Featured Vendor: Erik Rintimaki – “Yooperlites”
Saturday: Famous Agate Stampede Down Elm Avenue
Sunday: Drawings for vendor bucks and other contests
Saturday, July 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Nice Girls of the North 2nd Saturday Marketplace, Lakeside Lester Park Community Center (the former Lakeside Library), 106 N. 54th Ave. East
"Free coffee, cookies, and a friendly atmosphere await while you browse a collection of handcrafted clothing and bags, pottery, jewelry, stained glass, photography, personal care products, baby items and much more. One central checkout, most major credit cards accepted."
July Guest Artists: Barb Staffon: hand knits and felting, it's Christmas in July! and Lanae Rhoads: Mix Cosmetiques custom cosmetics
Sunday, July 14, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Meet on the Street for the Lincoln Park Midsummer Celebration!, Lincoln Park, 1900 and 2000 blocks of W. Superior Street
"This year, the Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative‘s annual Meet on the Street event is joining forces with Ecolibrium3 and the Duluth Folk School, for a celebration of the Lincoln Park neighborhood! Come down to Lincoln Park for a Fun, Free event! Climbing Wall! Bounce House! Resource Connections! Arts & Crafts! Warrant Resolution! Music! Food! DPD Cars & K9 Officer! Firetruck! Fender Blender! Big Red Bookshelf! Voter Registration! Aerial, Yoga, & Zumba with Ignite Studio, Facepainting!"
Sunday, July 14, 3-5 p.m.
Driftwords, Wisconsin Point, Spot #9
"The Duluth Poetry Chapter is hosting an outdoor poetry event available to writers of any experience level. Permanent markers are provided by the chapter for writing poems on driftwood collected from Wisconsin Point beach, and sidewalk chalk for writing poems in the street. Poems and photos taken during the event will be shared at the Duluth Poetry Chapter’s fall “Meet the League” event with the permission of the writers in attendance.
"Participants are encouraged to bring poems that capture the theme of “drifting towards” or “drifting away.” Interested photographers are welcome to collaborate on the project and can contact Jessica Morgan at morgan.jessicamarie@gmail.com for more information. In the case of poor weather, the event will be rescheduled."
Sunday, July 14, 7-9 p.m.
Gag Me With A Spoon - A Community Storyshare, Teatro Zuccone, 222 East Superior Street
"Adeline Wright hosts this evening of storytelling and open mic journal sharing in the style of the Moth and Mortified podcasts. There will be featured storytellers and a musical guest. Member of the audience are also welcome to sign-up on the night for an 8 minute open mic journal-sharing segment. Cost: $5 at the door." Listen to previous Gag Me With A Spoon podcasts.
Monday, July 15, 5-7 p.m.
The Nature of Place + Hybrid Forms– Healing the Soul, by Martin DeWitt and Andrew Webster, Zeitgeist Atrium Gallery, 222 E. Superior Street
"Martin DeWitt’s new paintings are inspired by the nature of place and recent travels exploring hybrid elements, multi-generation expressions, digital imagery scrambled, enamel and acrylic paint layered in compound color, texture and image integration on canvas.
"Andrew Webster explores the resiliency and vulnerability of nature while using locally sourced material, especially inspired by Lake Superior. An avid recycler and upcycler, Andrew is drawn to the elemental interplay between wood, stones and minerals ~ their interconnectedness and interaction and his relationship with them."
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While our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.
—Ray Bradbury
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| Ryan Tischer has new images & a 2020 Calendar. |
HERE’S THE LINEUP
thru the next two Northland weekends
Saturday, July 6, 6-9 p.m.
Sunday, July 7, 12-4 p.m.
Blubby Clubhouse with artist Heidi Blunt, Prove Gallery, 21 N. Lake Avenue
"Blubby Clubhouse is a two-day-only exhibition of new work by local artist Heidi Blunt, whose emerging voice delights at the intersection of marginalized large bodies and a secret clubhouse of a feminine kid circa 1985. Blunt’s paintings of rounded fat bodies (called “blubbies”) come pouring off the wall with an open invitation for viewers to interact with the abundance of joy and playfulness in her current improvisational studio practice where a “more is more” mentality reigns. Blunt has a B.A. in Art, with an emphasis on painting and drawing, from the College of St. Scholastica and is currently an MFA candidate in visual arts at Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vt."
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| Original handwritten lyrics from Dylan’s Desolation Row and other rare artifacts from the William Pagel Archive are on display at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum. Admission is free. |
Tangling Mondays, Mount Royal Library, 105 Mount Royal Shopping Circle
This group meets in the the old Yarn Harbor space, which was taken over by the library awhile back (on the left when you walk in). It is open to anyone, but primarily focused on pattern drawing. Bring your supplies and something you want to finish or start. No instruction, no fee, no organization. It's wonderful to tangle together, if schedules align, and lovely to tangle alone. If you find yourself alone, no worries, another Monday is right around the corner. Enjoy!
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| Visit the Duluth Folk School in Lincoln Park to see bicycle art and some great looking bikes. The food is good, too! |
Open Studio at the Duluth Depot, 506 W. Michigan Street
The Duluth Art Institute offers a regular Tuesday open art-studio session at the Depot. People of all abilities practicing all artistic mediums are invited to bring their own supplies and join the weekly group. Cost: $5 plus a DAI membership (first session is free).
Wednesday, July 10, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Zentangle (R) & Wine with Esther Piszczek, CZT, Master Framing Gallery, 1431 London Road
Come experience the fun and relaxation of drawing simple, repetitive line patterns with pen and ink and pencil shading. No previous drawing experience necessary. Class Cost: $35; Supplies: $10 (or use supplies provided without additional cost). RSVP to episzczek@gmail.com. Seats are limited.
Thursday, July 11, 6-7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk: Jonathan Thunder and Zamara Cuyún: Long Night of the Floating Shell, Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center, AICHO, 202 W. Second Street
"Long Night of the Floating Shell explores an overlap in themes between two artists’ experiences as contemporary Indigenous artists navigating their connection to their ancestry and communities: Zamara Cuyún with roots in the Maya Highlands of Guatemala and Jonathan Thunder from the Red Lake Nation in Greater Minnesota. Thunder and Cuyún will be present to engage in dialogue about some of the underlying themes in their work and to answer audience questions. Refreshments will be served. On View through July 19
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| You don’t see on of these every day. Duluth Folk School. |
Saturday, July 13, 7-8 p.m.
Dances on the Lakewalk, a festival of dance in Duluth, Lake Place Park/Gichi-ode’ Akiing, 214 E. Superior Street
"Under the artistic direction of Doris Ressl and Freshwater Dance Collective, the annual Dances on the Lakewalk returns featuring Minnesota choreographers, dance companies and dancers performing a variety of dance styles in a city park overlooking Lake Superior. Lake Place Park is located above the Lakewalk at Superior Street and Lake Avenue, with entrances either on Superior Street or from a staircase on the boardwalk at the corner of the lake. For more information, contact Doris Acosta: dorismarieressl @ gmail.com."
Friday, July 12, 9:05 p.m.
Greater Downtown Council's Movies in the Park: How to Train Your Dragon, The Hidden World (PG), Leif Erikson Park
Saturday, July 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, July 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Moose Lake Agate Days 50th Anniversary, Riverside Hockey Arena, 20 Earl Ellen's Drive, Moose Lake "The 50th anniversary Moose Lake Agate Days features more than 100 vendors displaying Lake Superior agates, rocks, gems, minerals and crystals, along with other jewelry and art. There will also be a children’s play area and concessions inside and outside the arena."
Free shuttle service on Saturday
Featured Vendor: Erik Rintimaki – “Yooperlites”
Saturday: Famous Agate Stampede Down Elm Avenue
Sunday: Drawings for vendor bucks and other contests
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| Ceramic artists abound in the Northland. |
Nice Girls of the North 2nd Saturday Marketplace, Lakeside Lester Park Community Center (the former Lakeside Library), 106 N. 54th Ave. East
"Free coffee, cookies, and a friendly atmosphere await while you browse a collection of handcrafted clothing and bags, pottery, jewelry, stained glass, photography, personal care products, baby items and much more. One central checkout, most major credit cards accepted."
July Guest Artists: Barb Staffon: hand knits and felting, it's Christmas in July! and Lanae Rhoads: Mix Cosmetiques custom cosmetics
Sunday, July 14, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Meet on the Street for the Lincoln Park Midsummer Celebration!, Lincoln Park, 1900 and 2000 blocks of W. Superior Street
"This year, the Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative‘s annual Meet on the Street event is joining forces with Ecolibrium3 and the Duluth Folk School, for a celebration of the Lincoln Park neighborhood! Come down to Lincoln Park for a Fun, Free event! Climbing Wall! Bounce House! Resource Connections! Arts & Crafts! Warrant Resolution! Music! Food! DPD Cars & K9 Officer! Firetruck! Fender Blender! Big Red Bookshelf! Voter Registration! Aerial, Yoga, & Zumba with Ignite Studio, Facepainting!"
"The Duluth Poetry Chapter is hosting an outdoor poetry event available to writers of any experience level. Permanent markers are provided by the chapter for writing poems on driftwood collected from Wisconsin Point beach, and sidewalk chalk for writing poems in the street. Poems and photos taken during the event will be shared at the Duluth Poetry Chapter’s fall “Meet the League” event with the permission of the writers in attendance.
"Participants are encouraged to bring poems that capture the theme of “drifting towards” or “drifting away.” Interested photographers are welcome to collaborate on the project and can contact Jessica Morgan at morgan.jessicamarie@gmail.com for more information. In the case of poor weather, the event will be rescheduled."
Sunday, July 14, 7-9 p.m.
Gag Me With A Spoon - A Community Storyshare, Teatro Zuccone, 222 East Superior Street
"Adeline Wright hosts this evening of storytelling and open mic journal sharing in the style of the Moth and Mortified podcasts. There will be featured storytellers and a musical guest. Member of the audience are also welcome to sign-up on the night for an 8 minute open mic journal-sharing segment. Cost: $5 at the door." Listen to previous Gag Me With A Spoon podcasts.
The Nature of Place + Hybrid Forms– Healing the Soul, by Martin DeWitt and Andrew Webster, Zeitgeist Atrium Gallery, 222 E. Superior Street
"Martin DeWitt’s new paintings are inspired by the nature of place and recent travels exploring hybrid elements, multi-generation expressions, digital imagery scrambled, enamel and acrylic paint layered in compound color, texture and image integration on canvas.
"Andrew Webster explores the resiliency and vulnerability of nature while using locally sourced material, especially inspired by Lake Superior. An avid recycler and upcycler, Andrew is drawn to the elemental interplay between wood, stones and minerals ~ their interconnectedness and interaction and his relationship with them."
* * * *
While our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.
—Ray Bradbury
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