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U.P. & Ontario Exhibits & Shows
Last updated: May 2, 2008.
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Sault, Michigan
Sault Area Arts Center in Alberta House
Location: 217 Ferris Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone: (906) 635-1312. Web:www.saultarts.org Email: saac@saultarts.org
2008 Exhibition Schedule (details)
Special Online Exhibit
Jean Burke (exhibit)
This Month in Alberta House Galleries (works)
May 2 to 31
BOTH GALLERIES: Men of G.A.S.S. (Gentlemen Artist Sketching Society) Group Exhibition
Meet-the-Artists Reception Friday, May 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. Beer, wine . . . and maybe something to eat!
Over fifty paintings, pastels and watercolors by Ken Hatfield, Carl Forslund, Dave Bigelow, and Tom Marshall, will fill both Alberta House galleries during May. Long-time artists, these gentlemen have been sketching outdoors together for the past three years.
Men of G.A.S.S. (Gentlemen Artist Sketching Society) |
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Ken Hatfield, the senior member, is a retired geologist and geology teacher who has traveled the world, sketching as he went. A winner of the Sault Summer Arts Festival Graphics Award, he is well known for his work in pen and ink, an example of which is our Alberta House logo, a sketch he just tossed off as part of an early report on the building. (We grabbed it and kept it!)
Ken has had a number of solo exhibitions in Alberta House, some of watercolor paintings and some of pen and ink drawings. He produces photographs and woodcuts as well. Ken is a member of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Craftsmen. He will be demonstrating in Alberta House on Fridays, May 9, 16 and 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. and he‘s pretty amazing to watch. Come in and meet him.
Carl Forslund has been exhibiting and competing since 1942, beginning as a staff artist in the army, stationed on Guam. In 2005, he was one of the original eight artists inducted into the prestigious MASTERS CIRCLE by the International Association of Pastel Societies. The former Grand Rapids furniture designer is the co-founder of the Great Lakes Pastel Society.
Forslund summers on Drummond Island. This is his first appearance in Alberta House. See more about him at www.carlforslundpastels.com.
Dave Bigelow is a retired U.S. Customs inspector who studied painting before turning to law enforcement. He has been busily painting and drawing since his retirement, winning the Sault Summer Arts Festival Painting Award in 2004, the Design Award in 2005, the Graphics Award in 2006, and the Judge‘s Choice Award in 2007. He took the Best of Show Award in the DeTour Art Festival in 2006. You can see one of his drawings in the Exhibits - Bayliss Library section. It is used to illustrate the Bayliss Library events.
Dave works in pen and ink, watercolors, and pastels. He is a former Chairman of the Sault Area Arts Council Board, an Alberta House volunteer and a board member of the Great Lake Pastel Society.
Tom Marshall, who with his wife Kate, took the Best of Show in last summer‘s Sault Summer Arts Festival, (www.marshallartstudio.net) was an art teacher for most of his career. Now retired, Tom turned to pastels three years ago and hasn‘t looked back. He won First Place in last year‘s juried exhibit, "Bridges," in the Olive Craig Gallery for a pastel painting, and an Honorable Mention in last month‘s juried exhibition, "Blues," for another pastel.
Tom is on the board of the Great Lakes Pastel Society and is the Chairman of the Olive Craig Gallery Board.
This Month's Featured Artist
Kate Marshall (details)
Events and Demonstrations at Alberta House This Month
Anny Hubbard and Ken Hatfield will demonstrate this month (details)
Spotlight on the Permanent CollectionPortrait in watercolors by Tedi Selke |
Next Month in Alberta HouseJune 3 to 28, both galleries: Maureen Mousley, oil paintings, and Diane Grenier, pastels |
Avery Center
Location: The corner of Spruce and Ashmun. Features paintings and photographs by local artists.
No news this month.
Bayliss Library
This drawing of the Bayliss Library by David Bigelow |
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Dates to Remember
Thursday, May 1, 6:30 p.m.: Weather Spotter Training sponsored by the National Weather Service.
Thursday, May 8, 6:30 p.m. Dr. Eric Gadzinski, Soldiers Home: the War Aesthetic in the Story Indian Camp (part of the Great Michigan Read).
Saturday, May 10, 2 to 6 p.m.: Pangea Day. Global event bringing the world together through film. Films, speakers and music viewed live via the internet. Enter through the front door.
Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 p.m.: FILM@Bayliss: Noise. Drama from Australia. Two crimes have left a town reeling. Adults. Note time change.
Thursday, May 15, 6 p.m.: Ernest Hemingway movie, To Have and Have Not (1945—101 minutes). Popcorn by donation.
Saturday, May 17, 1:30 p.m.: Family Movies@Bayliss: Fantasia (1940). Shown in Children‘s Room. Popcorn by donation.
Saturday, May 17, 1 to 3 p.m.: Open House for “Up North” Challenge Quilt Show
Tuesday, May 20, 6 p.m.: Chef Eric Villegas, Michigan Notable Book author of Fork in the Road. Books available for purchase and signing. Reception provided with support from Beautiful Leaf Food Co-op and the Sault Ste. Marie Farmers Market.
All events are free to the public. Unless otherwise noted, refreshments are provided. For more inforrmation, call the library at 632-9331, or e-mail bayref@proc.lib.mi.us.
Bayliss Library Artist of the Month
Gene Usimaki
Watercolor by Gene Usimaki |
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Chippewa County Historical Society
Location: 115 Ashmun Street. Phone: 906-635-7082. Email: cchs@sault.com. Open Mon. 10 to 3, Tues. & Thurs. 10 to noon, and by appointment. Gift shop open Tues. thru Fri., from 1 to 5.
May 9, 6 p.m.: Kerck Kelsey— “The Dancer and the Wrestler: Mr. Washburn and Mr. Rich’s Miracle with the Soo Line.” Kelsey’s book, Remarkable Americans: the Washburn Family, will be available for purchase and signing. The event is free to the public. An exhibit on the Soo Line will be in place. Refreshments will be provided.
John Johnston Home and Schoolcraft Indian Agency Office
Closed for the season.
LSSU Library Gallery
Student Exhibits
The Personal Touch
Location: 414 Ashmun St. Phone: (906) 632-7435. See Workshops and Classes.
River of History Museum
No news this month.
Sault Middle School
Sat., Sept. 22, from 10 to 5, and Sun., Sept. 23, from 11 to 4: Keeping the Piece Quilt Show. See News & Notes.
Sault Realism
No news this month.
The Tower of History
No news this month.
Turtle Studio
Address: 1615 E. 15th Avenue (14th Avenue off Shunk).
Open House, Saturday, December 15, from 1 to 5 p.m. Paintings, prints, jewelry, cards, dressed teddies, and more by Anny and Friends. 635-9230 or 440-1226
The Valley Camp Museum Ship
Location: 501 E. Water Street.
Brimley
Bay Mills/Brimley Historical Society Wheels of History Museum
Books on local history and unique gifts in the Museum Shop.
Opens May 19 and will be open weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Summer hours (Wednesday to Sunday, 10 to 4) begin June 20.
The Granary Museum
Point Iroquois Light Station
Museum shop.
Mary C. Demroske's Mushroom Cap StudioMary Demroske's Mushroom Cap Studio on the north side of Six Mile Road, between the two Birch Point Roads, is open by appointment and by chance, with marine paintings, freighters, and lighthouses. Call 906/248-6632. At right, a painting of the Tawas Point Lighthouse by Mary Demroske. Click on the picture to see a larger version. |
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Sault, Ontario Area
Arts Council of Sault Ste. Marie and District
Art Gallery of Algoma
May 1 to 31: a new herbarium—m.ceolin. Installation. Opening reception and performance piece by the artist Thursday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m.
May 1 to June 28: David Bierk, Time and Consequence. The gallery’s newest acquisitions of the work of one of the most important post-modern painters in North America.
Wednesday night art films, May 7 and 21, 8 p.m. at the gallery, are free of charge. See date listings.
Art Upstairs at Rome's
Location: Great Northern Road. Phone: (705) 253-5626 Email: romes@shaw.ca
No news this month.
Berkana Art Studio
See display ad at right (click for a larger version).
Buttermilk Mountain Resort
To April 20: Algoma for All Seasons, A Stone Original. Photography by Gordon Stone
Cambrian Mall
No news this month.
Country Collectibles Harvest Show
Location: 185 Mountainview Drive, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Phone: (705) 779-1071
No news this month.
Holiday Inn Ballroom
Location: 208 St. Mary's River Drive, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5V4. Phone: (705)949-0611
No news this month.
Kiwanis Community Theatre Centre
No news this month.
Loplops Gallery
For performing arts info, see Calendar of Events.
No news this month.
Prince Township Hall
Location: 3042 Second Line West, just past Airport Road.
No news this month.
Rose's Art Gallery
Location: 348 Bruce Street (top of Bruce Street Hill). Open Monday thru Thursday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday & Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Phone: (705) 946-4440
No news this month.
Sault College
Location: 443 Northern Ave.
No news this month.
Sault Ste. Marie Museum
May 3 to June 21: Bandages & Bedpans. An exhibit featuring artifacts and photos of the medical history in our community.
Saturday, May 17: Community Appreciation Day—Free admission. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sault Ste. Marie Public Library
No news this month.
Station Mall Arts Space
To May 11: Black Wolf Designs, featuring photo restoration and digital services
May 12 to 18: Sandra Hodge
May 19 to 31: Doris Anne Ray
Stone's Office Supply
No news this month.
Sylvan Valley Hall
Location: Hwy 638, Sylvan Valley.
No news this month.
Village Potters
Location: 503 Queen Street East. Phone: (705) 256-5800
Through February: Work by Marilyn Murray
Whitespace Gallery
No news this month.
Joan Kelly's Studio
Open by appointment. Phone: (705) 949-6092
The Calico Hen
Location: In the Old Legion Hall in Richards Landing, on St. Joseph Island. Phone: (705) 246-2870. Dawn Tweedle sells art, antiques, and used books.
No news this month.
St. Joseph Island
No news this month.
Cedarville/Hessel
Les Cheneaux Historical Museum
The museum will have weekend open houses, December 1 and 2, and 7, 8 and 9. Hours will be from 10 to 4 on Friday and Saturday, and 1 to 4 on Sunday. Twenty decorated 3-foot Christmas trees will be offered in a silent auction December 9, at 3 p.m. along with cookies, cider and coffee.
Creekside Herbs & Art with Rick Shapero's "Windblown" Glass Studio
Open Friday and Saturday from 10 to 5. Special holiday hours December 16 to 23: 10 to 5 p.m.
Dunn Hill Iron Works Gallery
Location: 209 W. Dunn Hill, Cedarville. Phone: (906) 484-3064. Randy Dunn. Email: dunnconn@sault.net
Great Outdoors Sports Shop & Baskets
Location: M-134, Cedarville. Phone: (906) 484-2011. Baskets and classes by Anne Harrison. Email: goss@cedarville.net
Hessel Marketplace/Gifts
Location: M-134/Hessel Light, Hessel. Phone: (906) 484-3002. Jeri Griffin. Local art, pottery, basketry.
Norine Rudd Gallery & Gifts
Location: Meridian Road, Cedarville. Phone: (906) 484-2532
Picklepoint/Hollyhocks & Radishes
Location: 214 Pickford Avenue, Hessel. Phone: (906) 484-3479. Owner, Bonnie. Manager, Jessie Hadley.
Pinecone Gift Shop
Location: 98 S. Meridian Road, Cedarville. Phone: (906) 484-33413. Pat Duncan.
Les Cheneaux Historical Museum/Les Cheneaux Maritime Museum
See schedule above. Phone: (906) 484-2821. $2 adults/$5 family.
DeTour Village and Drummond Island
Saturday, May 3, at 7 p.m.: Races for Restoration. See date listing.
See Workshops & Classes for summer art classes.
Detour Passage Historical Museum
Location: Detour Lighthouse at the ferry dock. Open daily noon to 5 except Sat. 1 to 5.
Drummond Island Historical Museum
Location: On the waterfront in the village. Open daily, 1 to 5. Phone: (906) 493-5746
St. Ignace
Museum of Ojibwa Culture
The city-operated museum and park portray a vivid picture of life in the Straits of Mackinac over 300 years ago when Ojibwa, Huron, Odawa and French lifestyles met at this protected bay. Museum exhibits show Ojibwa Indian culture and traditions, the French contact period, and the site's rich archaeology. Museum store features area's largest selection of Native American books, music and locally-made certified Native American art and craft.
Escanaba
Wm. Bonifas Fine Arts Center
May 15 to June 19: Bay Area Membership Show
Houghton/Hancock
Fine Arts at Michigan Tech
Copper Country Community Arts Center
Finlandia University Finnish/American Heritage Center
Ironwood
Pine Tree Gallery
Established in 1975, the gallery represents artists and crafts persons that take their inspiration from the natural environment of the Lake Superior region. The gallery has received recognition from the regional arts community for its innovative exhibits and the high quality of artwork on display. The Pine Tree also features regional interest books, unique gift items and operates a full service frame shop.
through July 8: Isle Royale Revisited. Pastel paintings by Terry Daulton and jd slack.
through July 8: Antique Prints and Maps from the Upper Great Lakes Region, 19th Annual Exhibit and Sale.
Marquette
DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University
No news this month.
Peter White Library
No news this month.
Marquette Arts and Culture Center
Located in the lower level of the Peter White Library, the Marquette Arts and Culture Center hosts regional and national exhibits monthly, special events, and offers classes and workshops in various art mediums, hosts musical and lecture series and is home to a children's theatre program. The Art Center has a gallery/gift shop which has a variety of art by local artists.
May 5 to 31: Lake Superior Arts Association Member Show
Art U.P. Style
Location: 149 West Washington Street, Marquette, MI 49855. Phone: (906) 226-6154. Featuring the original works of local artists and unique hand-crafted gifts.
UP Children's
Bring your imagination to see first-hand the wonders of the world through the eyes of Upper Peninsula youth!
Oasis Gallery
Location: 130 Washington Phone: (906) 225-1377
The Studio Gallery
Features the work of Vicki Allison Phillips, Kathleen Conover, Maggie Linn, and Yvonne LeMire.
Michigamme Moonshine Art Gallery
Location: 136 East Main Street, Michigamme, MI 49861. Phone: (906) 323-6546. From realism to abstract, a microcosm of modern art. Also featuring various exhibits of Great Lakes artists.
More Towns!
Bruce Mines
No news this month.
Covington
UP Made Artist Market
Location: 1 block south of M-28/M-141 junction. Thursday through Saturday from 10 to 6. Sunday from 1 to 4. Phone: 906-355-2727.
No news this month.
Curtis
No news this month.
Kinross
Kinross Heritage Museum
Location: M-80, across from the fairgrounds. Open Thursday thru Sunday, 1 to 5:30 p.m.
No news this month.
Mackinac Island
No news this month.
Newberry
No news this month.
Paradise
No news this month.
Crisp Point Light
On the shore of Lake Superior. Open most weekends and by appointment. Key available. Logo merchandise available.
Pickford
No news this month.
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Sault Area Arts Council - 217 Ferris Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 - saac@saultarts.org - (906) 635-1312