MARCH EVENTS - Sault Area Arts Council

Volume
Alberta House Arts Center
March 2016
Website: http://www.saultarts.org
e-mail: [email protected]
217 Ferris Street
Sault Ste. Marie, Mi 49783
906-635-1312
Inside this issue:
MARCH EVENTS
Tuesday 1 — PALM OF THE HAND MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP, led by Marc Boucher, LSSU Librarian. Write your memoir. All are welcome. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the
Bayliss Library.
EVENTS
1 to 3
EXHIBITS
3 to 7
MASTERPIECE THEATER SERIES: Upstairs Downstairs. Bayliss Library, 2 to 4 p.m.
EUP
7&8
ALGOMA
8
SAVVY SOCIAL SECURITY PLANNING WORKSHOP. Bayliss Library. Call 989-3561330 or e-mail [email protected] to register. Bayliss Library, 7 p.m. See WORKSHOPS, p. 9, for details.
OUTSTATE
8&9
WORKSHOPS
9
HONORS &
ACCOLADES
10
ARTISTIC
OPPORTUNITIES
10 to
13
NEWS & NOTES
13 to
16
Wednesday 2 — SAULT THEATRE WORKSHOP: FROZEN, by Bryony Lavery, directed by
Randi Mraud. Quonta Drama Festival entry. Frozen connects the lives of three strangers
involved in a child's disappearance: the mother of the child, the kidnapper and an academic, studying serial killers. Mature theme and language. Studio Theater, 8 p.m. 705-9457299, or KCTC* box office, $28/26/20.
SUBSCRIPTION
INFORMATION
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Thursday 3—CHESS CLUB MEETS in the Bayliss Library Children’s Room at 4:30 p.m.
GORE STREET CAFÉ SPOKEN WORD OPEN MIKE NIGHT. The Gore Street Café
(164 Gore St., SSM, Ontario) is holding a Spoken Word open mike night on March 1, from
6 until 10 p.m. They're inviting writers to come and read anything they want. See p. 11,
for more info.
THE PAINTED LAND. Special documentary film —Michael Burtch and Gary and Joanie
McGuffin on the trail of the Group of Seven. 70 minute film. There will be an introduction by Ruth O’Gawa of the Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy and time for questions and answers. See p. 16, for description and poster. Bayliss Library, 6 p.m. Free.
VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS group meets at the Bayliss Library from 6 to 8 p.m.
AARP TAX AIDE will be at the Bayliss Library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 906-647-7362
for appointment.
FROZEN. See March 3.
Friday 4—FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTION AT THE 1668 WINERY for March artist Stefanie Moran. 5 to 7 p.m. See p, 7.
Harvest. Gene Usimaki w/c
See pp, 4 & 5
FRIDAYS BY THE FIRE. Lunch (bean soup, biscuit and dessert) and an historical presentation at the Old Stone House, 800 Bay Street in Sault, Ont. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $12. Reservations are advised:
Call 705-759-5443 to reserve or for more information on Old Stone
House events. [email protected]
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FROZEN. See March 3.
Saturday 5 — RECEPTION IN ALBERTA HOUSE FOR
Gene Usimaki Retrospective. 1 to 3 p.m. See pp. 4 & 5.
20th ANNUAL ROTARY GRAVER AUCTION. All
day, on TV, radio and the internet. See p. 13, for details.
WINTER FARMER’S MARKET at the Bayliss Library,
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
METROPOLITAN OPERA:
MANON LESCCAUT
(Puccini). Italian w/e.s.t. Galaxy Cinemas in Sault, Ont.,
12:55 p.m. 3 hours, 33 minutes. $28/27.
OVER THE RAINBOW CHILDREN’S Entertainment.
Everybody Loves Pirates, with the Frog Mountain Puppeteers. 2 p.m. at Korah Collegiate, in Sault, Ont. Tickets
$18/15, in the Station Mall box office, from www.otrarts.com and at the door.
SAULT SYMPHONY: Soloist Leah Dominy, piano.
Grieg: piano concerto in A minor, Peer Gynt suite
No.1, Holberg Suite, Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter
Overture. 8 p.m. at KCTC. Tickets $38 at KCTC*.
FROZEN. See March 3.
Tuesday 8 — HOMESCHOOL LEGO CLUB meets in the
Bayliss Library at 1 p.m.
MASTERPIECE THEATER SERIES: Upstairs Downstairs. Bayliss Library, 2 to 4 p.m.
SAULT NATURALIST club of Ontario and Michigan
meets in the Bayliss Library. Program is “Experience
Bathurst Inlet”, by Kathy Evoy and Jean Hershey. 7 p.m.
DERVISH. "Dervish concert performances are a myriad
of tones and moods ranging from high energy tunes,
played with fluidity and intuitiveness, to beautifully
measured songs; from charming lyrics of life and love, to
inspiring melodies that lift audiences from their seats. All
the elements are drawn together by Cathy Jordan¹s masterful stage-presence." Irish music at the LSSU Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. $18/15/5. 635-2602 or www.lssu.edu.
See poster on back cover.
Wednesday 9—FAMILY LIFE DINNER THEATER: Last of
the Red Hot Lovers, a comedy by Neil Simon, directed by
Michael Hennessy. Comfort Suites and Conference Center, 229 Great Northern Road in Sault, Ont. Doors open
at 5:30, dinner at 6:15 and show at 8 p.m. For tickets and
information on bookings please call (705) 253-9851.
www.familylifetheatre.com/
Thursday 10—”THE TRUTH ABOUT VACCINATIONS”.
Cindy Okenfels, RN, Chippewa County Health Department, will speak at the Bayliss Library at 4 p.m.
SUPERIOR POETRY CAFÉ. Featured poet is Zac Crook.
Open mic. Bayliss Library, 7 p.m.
ADULT COLORING EVENT at the Bayliss Library.
Pencils, coloring page and snack provided. 7 p.m.
ALGOMA INTERNATIONAL FILMS: THE LADY IN THE
VAN. Directed by Nicholas Hylner/UK, 2015/English.
Alex Jennings & Dame Maggie Smith. A playwright agrees
to let an ornery, homeless woman park her van on his property for three months—which stretches into fifteen years.
“A playful, inventive, and relentlessly funny film.” Galaxy
Theater in the Station Mall, 7 p.m. Tickets $10 from sellers
near the concessions at hour before the performance.
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS. See March 9.
Friday 11—AARP TAX AIDE will be at the Bayliss Library
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 906-647-7362 for appointment.
FRIDAYS BY THE FIRE. Lunch (cream of potato soup, biscuit and dessert) and an historical presentation at the Old
Stone House, 800 Bay Street in Sault, Ont. See March 4.
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS. See March 9.
Saturday 12—WINTER FARMER’S MARKET at the Bayliss
Library, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
CREATIVE ENDEAVORS Support Group for Writers and
Artists meets at the Bayliss Library from 10 a.m. to noon.
LEGO CLUB meets in the Bayliss Library Children’s Room
at 1 p.m.
ANNUAL VENDOR AND CRAFT SHOW of the Sault
High Senior Grad Party. Sault Middle School. 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. See p. 13.
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS. See March 9.
Tuesday 15—SAAC BOARD meets in Alberta House at 4
p.m.
MASTERPIECE THEATER SERIES:
stairs. Bayliss Library, 2 to 4 p.m.
Upstairs Down-
CHIPPEWA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
meets to hear Deidre Stevens: “Make the Best Treaty You
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Michigan Read program. Bayliss Library, 7 p.m.
(Continued from page 2)
Can—Advice to a Young Aboriginal in 1836”. 7 p.m.
Wednesday 17—SIERRA CLUB THREE LAKES GROUP:
“Echoes of the Past, Warnings for the Future—a Look at
Extinction in North America”. Bayliss Library, 6:30 p.m.
THE IRISH COMEDY TOUR. DreamMaker’s Theater, 8 p.m. $12.50. https://tickets.kewadin.com/
eventperformances.asp?evt=165
Friday 18—AARP TAX AIDE will be at the Bayliss Library
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 906-647-7362 for appointment.
OPENING RECEPTION AND AWARDS CEREMONY
For EUP High School Art Competition Exhibition. LSSU
Arts Center Gallery, 6 to 7 p.m. All are welcome. See p.
10.
STEELTOWN SILVER BAND presents “Swing into
Spring”. Lt. Luke’s Cathedral, 160 Brock Street in Sault,
Ont., 7 p.m. $10 at the door. Kids under 12, free. See p.
13.
FRIDAYS BY THE FIRE. Lunch (beans and bannock and
dessert) and an historical presentation at the Old Stone
House, 800 Bay Street in Sault, Ont. See March 4.
THE IRISH COMEDY TOUR. See March 17.
Saturday 19— WINTER FARMER’S MARKET at the Bayliss
Library, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB meets in the Bayliss Library
Children’s Room at noon.
FLY FISHING FILM TOUR. 3 to 9 p.m. at the LSSU Arts
Center. See the Art Center’s Facebook page for details.
EASTER EGG HUNT at the Old Stone House in Sault,
Ont. Sign up for one of the scheduled hunts at $5 per
child. See p. for details or http://www.saultstemarie.ca/
City-Hall/City-Departments/Community -Services/
Recreation-and-Culture/Historic-Sites-and-Heritage/
Ermatinger-Clergue-National-Historic-Site/Events-andPrograms.aspx. 705--759-5443.
Tuesday 22 — CREATIVE ENDEAVORS Support Group for
Writers and Artists meets at the Bayliss Library from noon
to 2 p.m.
MASTERPIECE THEATER SERIES:
stairs. Bayliss Library, 2 to 4 p.m.
Upstairs Down-
YARN WORKERS GUILD MEETS in the Bayliss Library
from 6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday
24—”MYTH, MEDICINE AND MIASMA—
Northern Michigan in the Time of Plague”. A Great
Friday 25- AARP TAX AIDE will be at the Bayliss Library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 906-647-7362 for appointment.
Saturday 26—WINTER FARMER’S MARKET at the Bayliss Library, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
FAMILY MOVIE AT THE BAYLISS. Call 632-9331 for
title of this animated feature. 1 p.m. Free movie.
Sunday 27—EASTER
Tuesday 29—LEGO Days—a Spring Break event. 1 to 4
p.m. at the Bayliss Library.
MASTERPIECE THEATER SERIES:
Downstairs. Bayliss Library, 2 to 4 p.m.
Upstairs
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EUP MEETING.
Bayliss Library, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday 31—LEGO DAYS, a Spring Break event at the
Bayliss Library, 1 to 4 p.m.
BAYLISS BOOK CLUB meets to discuss “Station
Eleven”, the 2015-16 Great Michigan Read by Emily
St. John Mandel. 7 p.m.
ALGOMA INTERNATIONAL FILMS: Guilbord s’en
Vate’n Guerre/My Internship in Canada. Directed by
Philippe Faradeau/Canada/2015/French/English. “A
satirical look at Canadian politics . . . witty and incisive
portrait of wheeling and dealing in Ottawa”. Galaxy
Theater in the Station Mall, 7 p.m. Tickets $10 from
sellers near the concessions before the performance.
Friday April 1 — ELEMENTS. Elements is a collaborative
show incorporating Dance, Writing and Art at LSSU.
The LSSU Arts Center Gallery will open at 6:30 p.m. A
dance recital begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Arts Center Auditorium—fine arts students and instructors working
together. Tickets are $5 for the general public. $3 for
students.
* to avoid constant repetition, from now on KCTC should be
read as “Kiwanis Community Theater Center in Sault,
Ontario”. Tickets for events in the center are available
in the Station Mall Box Office (1-705-945-7299) online
at http://tho38wq008.boxpro.net/c2bownet.asp.
Be
aware that a processing fee of $5 to $5.50 per ticket is
added to the ticket price, so a ticket listed at $35 is actually $35 plus the fee.
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Marie, MI 49783—906/635-1312.
E-mail: [email protected].
Website: www.saultarts.org.
Open Tuesday through Saturday
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
March 1 to 31:
GeneUsimaki
Retrospective
Gene Usimak was born and raised in Sault
Ste. Marie, the oldest daughter of well
known Sault photographer Walter Materna. She zeroed in on art early in life,
earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education from Northern in 1953, and went on
to paint, to teach and to work with and
organize other artists her entire life. Gene
was a founding member of the Le Sault
Gene brought determination and
discipline to everything she did,
and that included her painting,
not in the sense that it was stiff
or overly precise, but when she
had an upcoming show she was
prepared for it, with a display of
paintings ready well ahead of
time so that if she had an off day
or an hit an unexpected snag she
was covered. This allowed her
to fully enjoy the process, unhampered by a looming deadline. She settled early in her
painting career on water media,
but was not confined to it.
Though the bulk of her work
was in watercolor and acrylics,
many of our early newsletters,
before we could afford a copy
machine or printing services and
were still mimeographing copies, were illustrated with her
Upper River Buoy #23. Acrylic
excellent pen and ink drawings.
She also worked in colored pencil and
Artists Guild, the EUP Craftsmen,
and the Sault Area Arts Council.
She was pivotal to the establishment
and organization of Alberta House,
the Olive Craig Gallery and the Alberta House Shop. When she began
her work nobody connected art with
the Sault. It took years of organizational work and the establishment of
a gallery to bring artists into their
own. Gene was there with patient
determination from the very beginning, working tirelessly
in a number of organiNeighbors’ Rooftops. acrylic
zations and insisting
collage
and made her own paper. There
on the quality that
were
many
things she could do, but her
Sault artists have bechoice
was
usually
water media.
come known for. The
fact that it took years of
Gene was a regular exhibitor—her own
hard work with no end
solo exhibitions, the annual Artist Guild
in sight didn’t phase
and EUP Craftsmen shows, the Sault
her. It was something
Summer Arts Festival, the Algoma Festithat needed to be done
val of the Arts, and the Olive Craig Galso she did it without
lery juried exhibitions. There are hardly
any guarantee of the
any area awards she didn’t win at one
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time or another. Subject matter varied widely. Perhaps her favorite subjects were EUP and
Algoma landscapes and water (feeding moose; inland lakes and conifers; Lake Superior) and
the French countryside, but her eye was as likely to be caught by her cat, neighborhood houses, the birch
outside her studio window, a
derelict building, fall colors, a
hat on a table, a
potted plant, or
a birdbath. A
flight of whimsy
might produce a
fantasy
landscape,
populatFrench Doors
ed by bunnies
and gnomes and
washed in colors; a composite of legs, variously
posed and garbed, or a juggling clown.
Highlights in her many honors include two Painting
Awards in the Sault Summer Arts Festival (1975 &
1977) as well as one banner year, when, inspired by
Artist at Work. w.c. 2013
Fuchsia Fantasy. w.c. 2001
the beauty of the French countryside, she swept the Sault Summer Arts Festival Awards, taking Best
of Show, the Aarre Lahti Design Award and the LSSU Purchase
Award (1986). That same year she also took the award for the “Best
Portrayal of Light” in the Algoma Fall Festival where, the previous
year, she had taken the Algoma Fall Festival “New Discovery
Award”. In 1988 she took the Sault Summer Arts Festival award for
the Best Use of Color. In 1996 she took Best of Show in the Olive
Craig
Gallery’s
Juried “Lake Superior”
Exhibition. While leading her busy professional and volunteer life, Gene
Usimaki raised a family, doted on grandchildren, survived a serious illness and
came back swinging. She had determination and discipline to go with her talents,
education and ability and
the total package was
formidable. She died last
fall, but her achievements
benefit the entire arts
community.
Left: Plants. w/c from
the gallery’s Permanent
Collection.
Rt.: Joy of Spring. w/c/
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE
PERMANENT COLLECTION:
Plants, by Gene Usimaki. Photo bottom
right on page 5.
Next Month in
Alberta House,
April 1 to 30:
Artist’s Choice III
Annual Juried
Exhibition
LSSU
LIBRARY GALLERY
LSSU’S 2nd
EUP HIGH SCHOOL ART
COMPETITION
MARCH 14— 24, 2016,
Opening Reception: Friday, March 18, from 6 to 7
p.m. Awards will be announced at 6:30 p.m.
New winter hours at the Arts Center Gallery are
Tuesday Thursday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m. and
Wednesday, noon to 6. For questions or tour information, contact Sharon Dorrity at 906-635-2665
or [email protected].
See p. 10.
ANNA'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES – Electrical engineer cum creative
writing student Jenny "Ana" Robbins has her Nerd's Eye View exhibit of original art in the Kenneth Shouldice Library Art Gallery at Lake Superior State
University, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The show has just been extended
through March 14. Her unconventional creations derive inspiration from
experiences in cyberspace, video games, YouTube videos, good friends, and
even history lessons. From left are Dragon Priest Risen, Skyrim Food Array,
Golden Dragon Claw, the Skeleton Key of Nocturnal, and Elven Beauty.
Stop by to see Robbins' exhibit anytime the Shouldice Library is open, 7:30
a.m.-midnight, Mon.-Thurs.; 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. on Friday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. on
Saturday and 10 a.m.-midnight on Sunday. (LSSU/John Shibley)
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BAYLISS LIBRARY, 541
Library Dr., (906) 632-9331.
www.baylisslibrary.org.
Bayliss Library
Artist of the Month:
Open
Tuesday
and
Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9
p.m.; Wednesday and
Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30
p.m., and Saturday from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Art related
events are scheduled March
1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 19, 22, 24,
26, 29 and 31. See date
listings for details. E-books, thousands of titles, are available
for checkout.
Sue
Johnson
Through March
Stefanie
Moran
Reception Friday, March 5, from 5 to 7 p.m.
EUP
CURTIS
LES CHENEAUX
Erickson Center for the Arts, P.O. Box
255, 49820.
906-586-9974.
www.ericksoncenter.org.
[email protected].
Every Sunday: Sunday Sip n’ Shop, at
the Les Cheneaux Culinary School
on Pickford Road in Hessel. Beer
and wine bar, coffee, farm and
artisan vendors, hot soup or chili,
chef demonstration at noon, local
produce, baked good. Through
April.
through March., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 2nd
Annual Student Art Show. Student
artwork from Engadine Consolidated School, Tahquamenon Area
Schools and Three Lakes Academy.
PICKFORD
Sun., March
13:
NMU Lake Effect
Choir. 3 p.m. $10
Sat., March 19: Cabaret Concert Series #
2, with Stone Cross. 7 p.m. $15.
Pickford Community Library
230
Main Street.
906-647-1288.
[email protected]. Pick-
ford Community Library Hours:
Tues. and Thurs., 1 to 8; Wed. and
Fri., 10 to 4; Sat. 10 to 3.
Wed., March 2: Spring Story Time (ages
3 to 8). 1:30 p.m.
Sat., March 5: Friends of the Pickford
Library March Bogo Used Book
Sale. BOGO sale on some books.
PAL Center, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Thurs., March 3: Young adult writers’
workshop. 7 p.m.
Tues., March 8:
6:30 p.m.
Pickford Poetry Hour.
Wed., March 2: Spring Story Time (ages
3 to 8). 1:30 p.m.
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Wed., March 9: Spring Story Time (ages
3 to 8). 1:30 p.m.
Fri., March 11: Pickford Nonprofit Coalition meets at 8:30 a.m.
Tues., March 15: Pickford Community
Library Bookclub. 6:30 p.m.
Thurs., March 10:
DIY Pickford:
Seed saving and Seed Starting” with
Virge and Immie’s seed saving project. 6:30 p.m.
ALGOMA AREA
ART GALLERY OF ALGOMA, 10
East Street, 705/949-9067.
Public Hours: Tues., Thurs., Fri. &
Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wed. 9 to 9. Sun.
noon to 5. Closed Mon. Admission:
$5.00. Free admission for student,
children under 12 and AGA members.
e-mail: [email protected]
www.artgalleryofalgoma.com
to Ap. 30: Brian Tremblay, Out of
Sight, Out of Mind—a new body
of black and white photos.
to April 30: Into
the
Woods.
Etchings
by
George Raab.
Raab
gained
international
reputation for
his landscape etchings. He has
exhibited world-wide in group
and solo exhibitions. He lives and
works in Millbrook, Ontario.
This exhibition is organized and
toured by the Art gallery of Peterborough.
Education Gallery, to Ap. 9: Alicia
Hunt. A new body of textile based
work. This is the first solo exhibit
of an emerging local artist.
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Wed., March 16:
Spring Story Time
(ages 3 to 8). 1:30 p.m.
Tues., March 22:
6:30 p.m.
Thurs., March 17: Thurs., March 17:
“Lucky Cupcake” St. Patrick’s Day
Fundraiser, featuring the music of
Paul Perry and cupcakes by Kelly
Slater. Sundown Lounge, 5 to 8 p.m.
Call Melanie Greenfield for more
info: 906-647-1274 or 440-0483.
Wed., March 23:
Spring Story Time
(ages 3 to 8). 1:30 p.m.
Young adult writers’ workshop.
p.m.
7
Pickford Poetry Hour.
Sat., March 26: Saturday night at the
movies—The Good Dinosaur.
Free
movie; popcorn by donation. 6:30
p.m.
Wed., March 30:
Spring Story Time
(ages 3 to 8). 1:30 p.m.
OUTSTATE EXHIBITS
CHEBOYGAN OPERA HOUSE,
231/627-5841 & 1-800/357-9408.
www.theoperahouse.org/
Thurs., Fri. & Sat., March 10, 11 & 12,
at 7:30 p.m. and
Sun., March 13 at 2
p.m. $10 in advance; $12 at the
door.
Youth Arts Festival
Wed., March 16: Cheboygan Intermediate & High School Choral. 7
p.m.
Thurs., March 17: Inland Lakes 6th
Grade Band, 12th Grade Band &
12th Grade Vocal. 7 p.m.
Mon., March 21: Gaylord Youth Orchestra and Soloists. 7 p.m.
Fri., March 28: Cheboygan Intermediate & High School Bands. 7 p.m.
Wed., March 30:
Lab. 7 p.m.
Cheboygan Jazz
ESCANABA: Wm. Bonifas Fine Arts
Center. 786/3833. 700 First Avenue S.
49829.
www.bonifasarts.org.
to March 24: Youth in Art (Grades K
-12)
March 31 to April 28:
Congeries,
Amassments and Heaps.
Mold maker and story teller
Scott Leipski’s clayworks
Lake Superior, Rock, My Soul.
Peg Sandlin delivers the colors
and moods found on Lake Superior’s shorelines and evokes
her message of wonderment
for the Great Lakes.
MARQUETTE/NMU ART MUSEUM.
Hours: Mon. thru Fri. between 10 & 5
(Thurs. to 8 p.m.). Sat. and Sun. between 1 & 4. 906/227-1481.
through March 27:
Metamodern.
Modernist design—that radical
and iconoclastic break with the
past—is now itself a thing of the
past, so much so that contemporary artists have been treating
modernist designs as icons themselves and incorporating them,
sometimes literally and often conceptually, into their own work.
These re-combinations and modifications result in an entirely
unique mix: a meta-modernism in
which the original source is
changed, self-referential, abstracted. Using classic elements in new
configurations, artists are making
unique works of art that comment
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on the claims of the past in light of
the complexities of the present.
The artists in this exhibition, most of
whom were born in the 1960s, question the reverence accorded to classic
modernism.
They look a bit like
Easter eggs and they
fit in your hand, but
they’ll last forever
to make you smile.
Painted pebbles by
Sue Johnson. In
the Alberta House
Shop and from Sue.
Fronts on top photo, backs at right.
PETOSKEY: CROOKED TREE ARTS
CENTER. 231/347-4337. Open Mon.
thru Sat., 10 to 5.
www.crookedtree.org .
CTAC Gilbert Gallery
To April 2: 35th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition
Bonfield Gallery: True Likeness: Representations and Nature Morte.
March 22: Atrium Gallery Exhibit—
Full STEAM ahead. Art Faculty
of North Central Michigan College.
TRAVERSE CITY
CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER.
322 Sixth Street (Carnegie Building) in
the Central Neighborhood District of
Downtown Traverse City.231/9419488. Open Mon. thru Sat., 10 to 5.
www.crookedtree.org .
Photography by young professionals
born and bred by the spirit of Northern Michigan’s beloved land, water
and wildlife.
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, 1701 E. Front Street.
48686, 231-995-1055. dennosmuseum.org Mon. thru Sat., 10 to 5; Thurs. to 8 p.m.;
Sun. 1 to 5
to March 6: Extreme Fibers: Textile Icons and the New Edge. A two-part exhibition that features artwork from established and emerging textile artists from
around the world.
Reflections of the '60s & '70s: Photography by Patricia Anne Prout. Prout's
collection of photographs and memorabilia, presented by the NMC Archives
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
BEAUMIER HERITAGE CENTER TO HOLD A FOLK MUSIC SUMMER
CAMP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THE MNU CAMPUS
The Beaumier Heritage Center will hold a four day folk summer camp at MNU
July 18 to 21, preceding the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival. Students will
stay in the NMU residence halls and classes will be held in campus facilities.
The camp is open to students in grades 9 through 12. The $400 fee includes
room and board. (Fee is $200 without room and board.) Students will be required to choose an instrument in which they would like instruction. Instruction will be available for accordion, fiddle, guitar, banjo, upright bass, vocals and
more, depending on demand. Students will have a choice of elective courses
such as history of American folk music, songwriting and recording techniques.
A website is being created where students will be able to register. More information is available by e-mailing: [email protected].
SAVVY SOCIAL SECURITY PLANNING WORKSHOP AT BAYLISS
Thrivent Financial is offering a free workshop on Social Security options, for
those in or nearing retirement, at the Bayliss Library on Tuesday, March 1, at
7 p.m. The speakers will provide updates on recent legislation and provide
strategies for maximizing benefits. To register, call 989-356-1330 or email
[email protected]. You may also register at Thrivent.com/
findaworkshop. Refreshments will be provided. No products will be sold at
the event.
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HONORS & ACCOLADES
BAYLISS LIBRARY RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
The Bayliss Library has been awarded a
grant of $13,000 from the Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs to
provide improved handicapped accessibility to the library building. Organizations receiving a MCACA grant award
are required to match those funds with
other public and private dollars. Local
support of the project included the
Downtown Development Association,
the City of Sault Ste. Marie, the Chippewa County Historical Society and Lake
Superior State University, the Sault
News, and the Lions Club. Bayliss Public Library also receives significant volunteer support from the community,
including their Friends of the Library,
the VIP Group, Avery Square, the City
Manager, and MSU Extension.
The project will be completed in two
phases over the next year and a half.
Phase one will include equipping the
Front entrance and the Children’s Room
entrance with automatic doors, updating the lighting in the public restrooms
to a more energy efficient and brighter
version, and changing the doors on the
restrooms to better accommodate individuals trying to enter the facilities. The
work is planned for late February or
early March. In Phase Two, the restrooms will be redesigned with larger
stalls for better handicapped accessibility, new toilet and sink fixtures that will
meet current ADA guidelines, and the
installation of changing stations in both
the men’s and women’s public restrooms. The third entrance on Dawson
Street will be equipped with an automatic opener.
The MCACA peer review process allows for each grant application to be
competitively considered by a panel of
in-state and out-of-state arts and culture
professionals. This ensures that taxpayers, who support this project through
legislative appropriations, and all other
visitors or residents in Michigan will
have access to the highest quality arts,
educational and cultural experiences.
There’s a lot of time and paperwork
involved in applying for and processing
a grant and no way of knowing ahead
of time what the result will be. Kudos
to the Bayliss staff for their continuing
efforts to make their excellent services
more accessible!
ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES
LSSU’S 2nd ANNUAL EUP HIGH SCHOOL ART COMPETITION
EXHIBIT DATES MARCH 14— 24, 2016, IN THE LSSU ARTS CENTER GALLERY
The second annual EUP High School Art Competition is open to any high school student in the EUP as well as in Munising,
Escanaba and Sault, Ontario. Juror is LSSU art professor Lloyd Eddy. Schools may display up to 10 high school 2D artworks.
Students between the ages of 14 and 18, not affiliated with a high school art program, are encouraged to participate as well, by
submitting up to 2 entries. Artwork should be matted and each work should be clearly labeled with artist’s name, school, medium and contact information.
Drop off dates are March 9 & 10; drop off site is Office 220 in the LSSU Arts Center. The awards are $300 for 1st: $100 for 2nd,
and $50 for 3rd Place, plus Honorable Mention awards. The work taking 1st Place will be framed and displayed in LSSU’s Art
Center for one year, after which it may be picked up by the artist.
The Opening Reception is Friday, March 18th, from 6 to 7 p.m. and the awards will be announced there, at 6:30 p.m. The show
will be in place in the LSSU Art Center Gallery March 14, through 24. Pickup date is March 25th.
Contact Professor Lloyd Eddy (906-635-2593 — [email protected].) with questions or for more information.
Winter hours at the Arts Center Gallery are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, noon to 6 p.m.. For
questions or tour information, contact Sharon Dorrity at 906-635-2665 or [email protected].
44th ANNUAL SAULT SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
The jury deadline for the Sault Summer Arts Festival is June 15. The annual festival is held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on
the lawn of the Sault City Hall, 225 East Portage and is open to fine arts and crafts as well as food vendors. Jury is by
digital image, photographs or in hand. Entry fee is $100 for a 10 x 10’ space. Downloadable application at
www.saultarts.org. For a printed application e-mail: [email protected] or call Jean Jones at 906-437-5463.
Volume 2016 Issue 3
ARTIST’S CHOICE III DEADLINE IS
MARCH 16!
The annual juried exhibition of the Olive
Craig Gallery opens April 1, in Alberta
House Arts Center and will be in place
through April 30. Awards include $300
for Best in Show, $200 for Second Place
and $100 for Third Place, as well as purchase awards sponsored by Central Savings Bank, War Memorial Hospital and
Kevin and Pam Cooper. Entries are
available online at www.saultarts.org
and at Alberta House. Juror is Jasmina
Jovanovic, Director of the Art Gallery of
Algoma.
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missions will be displayed in the gallery
April 22-May 31.
UPCOMING SHOW DEADLINES
Proceeds from the reception and sales
will benefit LSSU Arts Center Gallery
exhibition programming and Rotary's
earmarked designation in support of a
sidewalk project for the Robert and
Helen Ball Hospice House in Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich.
2nd EUP HIGH SCHOOL ART COMPETITION DEADLINE IS MARCH 10.
See right.
For more information, contact Sharon
Dorrity, LSSU Arts Center Gallery director, at 906-635-2665 or by e-mailing
[email protected].
LIFE DRAWING
II’S ABOUT TIME
A figure sketch class is in the works!
5 X 7” SHOW CALL FOR ENTRIES
Artists may bring their own supplies or
use provided news ends and charcoal
in this new opportunity to take place at
Soo Theatre on select Monday evenings
TBA. These sessions will provide a
living model (clothed), plus an hour's
worth of poses, starting with a longer
duration, then ending with shorter
flash drawing opportunities. Interested
participants (students and models) can
contact 906 -440-8798 or [email protected]. Models will be
reimbursed for their efforts. There will
be a small session fee for participating
artists.
From Lake State: SAULT STE. MARIE,
Mich. – The Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Sunrise Rotary Club and Lake Superior State
University’s Arts Center invite all regional artists to join the third annual 5x7 Art
Show fundraiser by creating, submitting
and donating works on a 5x7 canvas.
Submissions may include paintings,
drawings, tiles, sculpture, fabric, 3-D
artifacts, and more, including photographs. The submission deadline for
the April 22-May 31 show - with "time"
as this year's theme - is April 8.
Registration forms and 5x7 canvases are
available at the Art Store and Alberta
House, both in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
The gallery's website - lssu.edu/
artscenter/5x7 – has an entry form, answers to frequently-asked questions, and
scans of 2015’s top three winners, along
with many of last year’s entries.
This year’s show opens with a preview
reception in the LSSU Arts Center Gallery on April 22, a sponsored event that
includes music, hors d’oeuvres, beverages, and a cash bar. The reception will
provide a first opportunity to view and
purchase original works of art for only
$50.
A panel of local artists will jury the top
three submissions. A first-place honor is
$300; runner-up, $200; and second runner-up, $100. Recognition takes place
during the preview reception. All sub-
NORTH OF THE 45th DEADLINE IS
MARCH 14
https://devos.slideroom.com/#/Login
ARTIST’S CHOICE III DEADLINE IS
MARCH 16
Download application from our website.
ART ON THE ROCKS DEADLINE IS
MARCH 31
http://marquetteartontherocks.com/wpcontent/uploads/2015/12/
LSAA_APPLICATION_2016.pdf
5 X 7” ART COMPETITION DEADLINE IS APRIL 8
See column on this page. Show opens
April 27, in the LSSU Arts Center Gallery.
44th ANNUAL SAULT SUMMER ARTS
FESTIVAL DEADLINE IS JUNE 1
ARTPRIZE REGISTRATION DEADFrom:
Leslie
A s k w i t h LINE for the U.P. Pavilion IS APRIL 22.
<[email protected]>
See article on following page.
The Gore Street Café (164 Gore St., SSM, Ontario) is holding a Spoken Word open
mike night on March 1, from 6 until 10 pm. They're inviting writers to come and
read anything they want. The format is to go in any time you want to and sign up
to read or play music or do something other artistic performance if you want
to, and leave when-ever you want. This has been an ongoing weekly Tuesday
night event and has been a highly successful venue for all kinds of artistic expression. It's in a laundromat (yes - a laundromat) on Gore Street between Albert and
Wellington streets. Apparently it's been very popular with all ages.
Email me if you want to know more about either of these events.
88TH ANNUAL MICHIGAN REGIONAL EXHIBITION,
MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART — CALL FOR ENTRY
Exhibition dates: May 12, to August 3, 2016
Entry deadline: March 19, 2016.
Entry fee: $35 for up to two works. Jury is by digital images.
Details: http://www.muskegonartmuseum.org/regional-exhibition-entry-processgoes-digital/
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ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES
MUNISING BAY ARTS FESTIVAL
The Munising Bay Arts Festival, sponsored by the Munising Bay Arts Association, is Saturday, June 25, in Munising’s
Bayshore Park. Hours are from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m.
Space: 12 x 12’. Weights only—no stakes.
Space fee: $60 until Ap. 1; $75 after.
Jury: 5 photographs
Open to: original work; all media. Own
work only.
Required: copy of MI sales tax license
Jury deadline: May 17.
Info. at: [email protected] or
906-202-1926
Connect with the Munising Bay Arts Association’s Facebook page to obtain
the
application:
https://
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CANOPY AND DISPLAY
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
Mary Demroske is a veteran exhibitor
who invested in equipment that kept her
dry and protected her work. Now retiring from festival displays she is selling
her set-up.
Light Dome canopy 10' X 10', all side
curtains with zippers, weather
proof. Cement weights, tie downs,
all hardware necessary. $300.
Elaine Martin metal display racks, 3' X
6' with metal foot.
Connecting
hardware. Eight panels. Sold together, $35.00 each panel. For displaying framed art work.
Contact Mary at: [email protected]
or 906-248-6632.
From the Bonifas Arts Center, 22 Feb.,
2016:
U.P. Artists at ArtPrize?“You betcha!”
U.P. Pavilion @ DeVos Place
Thanks for responding to our survey regarding ArtPrize 2016. We have some
good news for you!
We are happy to announce DeVos Place
as the supporting ArtPrize venue and
home of the U.P. Pavilion 2016.
Please read and share the following from
Bonifas Arts Center and DeVos Place.
Plan on participating in ArtPrize 2016
and helping us establish the U.P. Pavilion! Be alert to more information from
your U.P. arts organizations, and in the
meantime… Art On!
DeVos Place is located in the heart of
downtown Grand Rapids with a riverfront setting that is the perfect backdrop
for all types of art. The venue has reserved over 500 linear feet of space, sympathetic to many mediums of art. We are
seeking U.P. artists whose work celebrates culture, heritage, and diversity of
form, life and tradition. Learn more at
https://devosplace.org.
“We look forward to creating this new
Pavilion focusing on Michigan artists,
specifically artists from the Upper Peninsula. DeVos Place will serve as a catalyst,
as a vital space to convene, think, witness,
ponder, and/or inspire U.P. Artists to be
engaged in art at the U.P. Pavilion for
ArtPrize 2016.” – Eddie T.L. Tadlock, Lead
Artistic Curator for DeVos Place
“ArtPrize is the perfect platform to connect the world to the artists who reside in
the ‘land above the Bridge.’ The Upper
Peninsula contains 29% of the land area
of Michigan but just 3% of its total population. It is with anticipation and excitement that the 3%, many whom are artists,
will have a spotlight on their creativity
during ArtPrize 2016 at the U.P. Pavilion
at DeVos Place.” – Eddie T.L. Tadlock, Lead
Artistic Curator for DeVos Place
ArtPrize 2016
ArtPrize is a radically open international
art competition decided by public vote
and expert jury that takes place each fall
in Grand Rapids. September 21 through
October 9, art entries from all over the
world cover three square miles of downtown Grand Rapids—and it’s all free and
open to the public. Learn more about
ArtPrize at www.artprize.org.
What makes ArtPrize unique?
Open Call for Artists and Venues: Anyone over age 18 can be an artist,
and any space within the ArtPrize
district can be a venue. Anyone
can participate.
Independently Organized: The entire
ArtPrize exhibition is independently organized by venues and artists
who connect through artprize.org.
Public Vote and Juried Awards: Two
$200,000 grand prizes and eight
category awards, more than
$500,000, is awarded, half decided
by public vote and half decided by
a jury of art experts.
Artists interested in participating in the
U.P. Pavilion should use the standard
ArtPrize registration. Anyone over 18,
working in any medium, from any place
on earth, can enter ArtPrize! Just sign up
for an artprize.org account and pay the
$50 fee during Artist Registration. Note:
To be considered for the U.P. Pavilion,
artists must register by April 22, 2016.
“We are part of that daring venture that
will offer all of the useful and necessary
tools for the perfect gathering of U.P.
artists and their work. It is our desire
that your ArtPrize experience at DeVos
Place is brought to you full of fun, creativity, a little tension, honest conversa(Continued on page 13)
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The Bonifas Arts Center
The Bonifas Arts Center (BAC), whose
staff initiated the 2016 ArtPrize U.P.
Pavilion partnership, is a regional art
center located in Escanaba in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
tion and a modicum of humor.” – Eddie
T.L. Tadlock, Lead Artistic Curator for DeVos
Place
SAULT HIGH SENIOR GRAD PARTY
ANNUAL VENDOR AND CRAFT
SHOW
Sault High Senior Grad Party will be hosting its annual Vendor and Craft Show at
the Sault Middle School on March 12th
from
10
a.m.
to
4
p.m.
Email [email protected] for an
BUCKHAM GALLERY CALL
application! Booths are $25 and all proFOR ENTRIES
ceeds go to the Senior Grad Party for
The Buckham Gallery in Flint is accept- Sault High and Malcolm High School!
ing group, individual and performance
submissions for October 2016 to September 2017. Submission deadline is March
15. No jury fee. Details at: http://www.buckhamgallery.org/th_event/call-forentry/
NEWS & NOTES
From the Sault Rotary Club: IT’S TIME
FOR THE 20th ANNUAL ROTARY
GRAVER AUCTION!
Almost $250,000 has been raised since 1997
for community projects.
Your support will allow Rotary to support a
multitude of worthy local projects including
maintaining Project Playground, maintaining and updating Rotary Park, the Junior
Rotarian program, several Special Olympics
events, our Sault High wrestling tournament, Kidz Klozit, and many other local
projects. The Sault Rotary club also responds
each year to a variety of unexpected, but
urgent community needs.
The Rotary Graver Auction will be on television and radio as well as displayed on the
internet. Hundreds of people from Northern Michigan watch and bid on 200+ items.
The all-day event will be televised live on
Sault Ste. Marie’s public access TV channel
189 on Saturday, March 5th and broadcasted simultaneously on radio station 1230
WSOO, giving our supporters lots of recognition. Hundreds of appealing items will be
auctioned off with local Rotarians as auctioneers. The event always attracts a large
audience.
Please call to bid at 906-6350562, or visit our Facebook page with photos of items at Rotary Club of Sault Ste.
Marie.
Murder on Flight
906
The Soo Theatre Project will be hosting
the murder mystery, "Murder on Flight
906" on Saturday, March 12 and Sunday,
March 13, 2016.
Passengers will be departing from the
Elks Lodge, 1111 E. Portage Avenue, Sault
Sainte Marie promptly at 6pm. Each passenger is asked to arrive between 5:30 and
5:50 pm with their boarding pass in hand
so that screening and boarding procedures may be completed.
Each voucher entitles the passenger to
first class amenities including an in flight
meal of beef tips over noodles, green
beans, salad, and a dinner roll with a
choice of non-alcoholic beverage. Cheesecake will be served during
the in flight entertainment.
Be sure to bring along some spending
money for adult libations and a chance to
win fantastic raffle prizes.
Boarding passes may be purchased at the
Soo Theatre office for $30 per person. Either call the office at 632-1930 or
stop in to get your name on the flight
manifest.
ARTS COUNCIL OF SAULT &
DISTRICT HAS MOVED
The Arts Council of Sault Ste. Marie &
District physical office is closed to
public access until a suitable location
and circumstances permit.
Effective: January 29, 2015 @ 5pm
The Council will continue to support
arts and culture in Sault Ste. Marie
and Algoma District, and will continue to be accessible in the following
ways:
Please direct all inquiries to the Board
of Directors at 705-9459756 or [email protected]
New mailing address is: P.O. Box 424,
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5M1
How about
Swinging into Spring with the
Steeltown Silver Band? The band
will be in concert at St. Lukes’s Cathedral in Sault, Ontario on Friday,
March 18, beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is only $10 Canadian. Kids
under 12 are free and kids love
bands. You can get your tickets at
the door.
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NEWS & NOTES
LSSU ARTS CENTER
FACEBOOK PAGE
ERMATINGER
OLD STONE HOUSE
EASTER EGG HUNT
Editor’s note: We had a shorter version of the following article written but
decided to include the entire LSSU
article because it is such a good example of the university working with the
community and reaching out to youngsters, as well as spotlighting an instructor who went well beyond what was
expected, to make it all happen.
The Easter Egg hunt at the Ermatinger
Old Stone House in Sault, Ontario is
divided into a number of scheduled hunt
times. Participants sign up for a particular
hunt. All children must bring a basket and be
accompanied by an adult. Hunts are both inHOPE FROM A QUARTER MACHINE
side and outside. Hunts for ages 1 to 6 are
From LSSU:
followed by cookie treats in the summer
kitchen. Hunts for children 7 to 12 include
Northsong 4-H Writing Club Performs
an eggscavenger hunt and decorate
The LSSU Arts Center Facebook page
Play to Raise Funds for Chippewa
your own treats. Call 705-759-5443
has become lively, and you’ll want to
County 4-H Endowment Match Camto register.
$5 per child.
check it out periodically because
paign
there’s more and more going on at the
Northsong 4-H Writing Club presents
Center.
See
https://
Hope from a Quarter Machine, an original
w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /
play,
sponsored
by
Lake
Superior State University School of
LSSUArtsCenter/ .
Arts and Letters and Lake State Theatre.
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI—Cinderella is materialistic, Little
Red is cruel, and Snow White is depressed. So begins Hope
from a Quarter Machine, an original play written and performed by members of the Northsong 4-H Writing Club set
to take stage on Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lake
Superior State University Arts Center. This one-night-only
event is a fundraiser for the Chippewa County 4-H Endowment Match campaign and is sponsored by LSSU School of
Arts and Letters and Lake State Theatre.
“The kids have been working really hard on this production,
and they’re excited to put it on stage,” said Sara Maurer,
Northsong 4-H Writing Club volunteer leader. “The whole
thing has been a great collaboration between Chippewa
County 4-H and LSSU.”
The collaboration began in August when Maurer reached out
to LSSU for help creating a play. Spencer Christensen, assistant professor of theatre at LSSU, and Susan Kirkman, services coordinator for Upward Bound at LSSU, agreed to help.
“Since our first conversation, Spencer and Susan have run
with the project,” said Maurer. “They’ve been at every club
meeting and have dedicated hours of hands-on instruction
and creative energy. It’s been incredible.”
Additionally, Christensen applied for and won a mini enrollment grant from LSSU that has funded production costs associated with the project such as publicity, posters, purchasing t
-shirts, printing programs, catering, acquiring stage props
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and costumes, as well as a special gift for
the students. Furthermore, LSSU
is hosting the event in the Arts Center.
“One of the best things about coming to
Lake State as the new theatre professor
has been the opportunity to work with a
group like Northsong 4-H Writing Club,”
said Christensen. “In the fall of 2015, we
met to discuss what help I could give to
the students of Northsong to write a play
and ever since we have been hard at
work creating a story. I say ‘hard at work’
but it has been a project full of fun and
joy. I value getting to meet and work with
young people who have an interest in the
creative arts because I want to champion
work that involves storytelling and imaginative expressiveness. As someone who
has routinely witnessed the powerful
effects of the arts on countless numbers of
young people, anything I can do to keep a
place for the arts in a world that thinks
they don't matter, is crucial. This project
has also allowed me to feel more connected to the community which, as a new
arrival to Sault Ste. Marie, has been quite
nice.”
These efforts are already making an impact: “Working with the LSSU clan has
been beneficial,” said Ariana Atkinson, a
third year Northsong member who is
playing Little Red. “I’ve learned a lot
from this experience and bonded with the
rest of the group. Spencer was a lot of fun
QUONTA DRAMA
FESTIVAL
The Quonta Drama Festival
will be held March 15 to 20,
in Sudbury with Theatre
Cambrian as host.
More
info. is available on the
Sault Theater Workshop
website.
to work with on this play and I hope
Northsong can work with him again.”
The production is a fundraiser for the
Chippewa County 4-H Endowment
Match campaign which is a part of the
Michigan 4-H Foundation’s $12.5 million capital campaign goal which includes a $2 million goal for growing 4H endowment funds. The Foundation
is raising $1 million in match funds
that will allow it to match a total of $1
million raised in commitments for
county 4-H endowments. The Chippewa County 4-H program is eligible for
a 1:1 match of up to $50,000 for every dollar raised to grow the county 4-H endowed
fund.
Admittance to the production is by donation only.
Hors d’oeuvres and a short
awards ceremony will follow the production.
Recommended for all ages; run time 30
minutes.
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THE PAINTED LAND
Special documentary film at the Bayliss Library at 6 p.m. on March 3: Michael Burtch and Gary and Joanie McGuffin on the
trail of the Group of Seven
Past meets present in a film that
is evocative in approach, energized by breathtaking cinematography and an uplifting musical score, and offers a new and
articulate voice to the artists
who were the Group of Seven.
Painted Land weaves seamlessly the experiences of Lawren
Harris, J.E.H. MacDonald, A.Y.
Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur
Lismer, Franklin Carmichael
and A.J. Casson – with the adventures of three modern day
sleuths. Historian Michael
Burtch, and the writer and photographer team of Gary and
Joanie McGuffin are determined
to track down the precise locations of these famous paintings.
Archival film, letters, journals
and photographs of the artists –
some of which have never been
seen in public – take the viewers
back in time. This film weaves
this history with a modern day
adventure, up mountains, down
canyon rivers and over portages
with our trio as they try to
achieve their own personal
quest: to actually ‘walk in the
Group of Seven’s footsteps’.
It is a 70 minute film and it’s
free of charge. There will be an
introduction by Ruth O’Gawa of
the Lake Superior Watershed
Conservancy and time for questions and answers.
The film
begins at 6 p.m. at the Bayliss
Library.
For more information, see
http://
www.whitepinepictures.com/
painted-land-in-search-of-thegroup-of-seven/
Home of the
Sault Summer Arts Festival
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Alberta House News is published monthly as a public
service by the Sault Area Arts Council. Printed copies
may be picked up free of charge at Alberta House
Arts Center or the Bayliss Library. Printable copies
can
be
downloaded
(www.saultarts.org).
from
our
web
site
Items for Alberta House News
are best transferred in written form, either dropped
off at Alberta House or mailed there c/o Jean Jones.
You may also call 906/437-5463 afternoons or
evenings or e-mail [email protected].
Alberta
House News publishes art news of general interest to
its readers. There is no charge for inclusion. Please
include the sponsor of an event with the information.
If you would like to become a member of SAAC and
help support arts council services, fill in the form
alongside and mail with your check for $25.00 in
U.S. funds to the Sault Area Arts Council, Alberta
House Arts Center, 217 Ferris Street, Sault Ste. Marie,
MI 49783. Members are mailed a monthly copy of
“Alberta House News” as a benefit of member-
ship or can download a copy.