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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Winter enjoyment, comradery, gift shopping and the holiday spirit collide in this free destination event. With over 40 vendors bringing their wares and good cheer to Glensheen, there is something for everyone, young and old. You can take home the flavor in Duluth in locally crafted gifts from Hucklebeary, or simply enjoy the experience of a sauna with Hiki Hut, lunch served up by Northern Waters Smokehaus and visit with the llama at Cook’ Country Connection.
“Salvaged Medium” is a stunning array of North Shore scenic paintings from Jamie Harper, on display at Pizza Luce in Duluth. His work is up through the end of August at Pizza Luce, located on the corner of Lake Avenue and Superior Street in Duluth.
Harper, who lives and works in Winona Minnesota, joins us on Radio Gallery to talk about discovering the arts after college, his path to recycled materials his connections to Duluth.
The Duluth community celebrates Day of the Dead with an Exposition, an inclusive, cross-cultural event with an opening reception at Zeitgeist Arts. This year the national Mexican holiday Dia de Muertos falls on Oct. 31 – Nov 2. Over the three-day holiday, marked on the Catholic calendar there will be community gatherings, parades, puppetry, art exhibits and the traditional ofrendas, alter offerings to honor the dead.
Artists participating in the Zeitgeist Arts exposition are famous Mexican-American and Minnesota-based artists: Renan Cruz Dr. Swami Lucky Dougie Padilla, Mary Plaster, Jimmy Longoria and joining us here, McKnight Visual Artist Fellow Luis Fitch.
Duluth Dylan Fest kicks off with the opening of the William Pagel Archives Bob Dylan Exhibit at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, with the reception happening the following Saturday, May 25 in conjunction with the John Bushey Memorial Lecture by David Gaines. The annual festival celebrates the legacy and music of Bob Dylan with a full week of events May 18-26 in Duluth, with art, poetry, a Dylan birthday party and of course nightly of music events. It was KUMD Highway 61 Revisited host John Bushey who spearheaded many of the exciting events on the schedule for Duluth Dylan Fest, including the Dylan exhibit at Karpeles Manuscript Library. Here is the Late John Bushey.
The annual Duluth Superior Film Festival, in its ninth year, is happening now, offering a spectacular buffet of local and regional films over five days, Wednesday, May 29 – Sunday, June 2, 2019. The festival opener “Riplist,” by local filmmaker Mike Scholtz, hits the big screen at the Norshor Theater on Wednesday, May 29, at 7 pm, doors open at 6:30. You may know Scholz. The Duluth Superior Film Festival has shown a number of his films including “Wicker Kittens” and “Kinderchomper,” and he is a part of programming the beloved Free Range Film Festival at the Wrenshall Barn.
You may know local moving picture artist Allen Killian-Moore from his local film series the “Saltless Sea Cinema.” If you are new to the work of Killian-Moore, wait no more. His show “I Am What’s Wrong With the World” Is at the Duluth Art Institute May 23 – August 11, 2019. The films which delve in to ideas of power, disenfranchisement, both globally and personally, are all Killian-Moore’s footage with original scores. His films are real, abstract, fine art and true life
I Am What’s Wrong With the World” goes up on May 23, with a joint reception and celebration happening on Tuesday, June 4, 5-8pm. The other two shows opening are “Strata” four-artist show in the John Steffl Gallery as well as the Intern-curated show “Popular Opinions: A Cultural Discussion.”
“Another Fine Mess” drawings and installations by Russ White opens fat Squirrel Haus Arts in Minneapolis.
The show is a celebration of his work this past year, shaped by social issues and today’s human concerns, particularly the American criminal justice system.
The time and care that is apparent in each of Russ White’s tangled pencil drawings is humanizing, while also illuminating the dehumanizing constructs of society. The human story in White’s drawings sheds light on the dichotomy of the unforgiving industrialized world created by people and we, who then try to thrive and survive in it. “What are these problems doing to us on a daily basis?” White asks. “What does it mean to wake up and read bad news, every single day?”
Director of the Tweed Museum of Art at UMD Ken Bloom has retired. His dedication to local art, a growing Native American art collection and increased community programming will leave a lasting impression on the Tweed. But this is not the end, but rather new beginnings. Bloom has shared that he is returning to his first passion, photography, and will possibly return as a guest curator.
Duluth painter Sue Rauschenfels has been busy creating new work in acrylic, and mixed media and has opened her latest exhibit at Pizza Luce, up through then end of June. With selections from multiple projects, the show includes her large scale “Trees” as well as pieces from the “Sisterhood” series and more. Rauschenfels also has work up at the Vanilla Bean in Two Harbors and is looking forward to her August show at the Whole Foods Coop – Denfeld.
