The batik, above, is by Gail Hedstrom. She opens a one-woman show at the Johnson Heritage Post on Friday.
Labor Day weekend should be pretty busy this year.
The Plein Air Competition is on-going at the Grand Marais Art Colony (and at beautiful painting spots all over the county), the Grand Marais Playhouse has mounted a slapstick comedy and new art exhibits are opening at the Johnson Heritage Post Gallery and the Cross River Heritage Center.
Plus, there’s plenty of music and the weather is (probably) going to be perfect.
Let’s get to the details.
First up is the 8th annual Plein Air Painting Competition & Exhibit at the Grand Marais Art Colony. There are events scheduled throughout the week.
This afternoon, youngsters will have a special plein air painting session with Grandpa David Hahn. Tonight (Wednesday) Brian Stewart, a nationally recognized plein air painter who will jury the paintings produced by more than 40 plein air painters participating in the competition, will give a presentation and slide show at 7 p.m. at the Art Colony.
Tomorrow is the Quick Paint, where artists get 1.5 hours to complete a painting. It starts at North House Folk School and the artists fan out from there. The public can watch this process, if they wish.
On Friday, the “piece de resistance” — the Fish Fry Reception Dinner and Award Ceremony at the Art Colony from at 5 – 7 p.m. This is always a fun event because all the paintings are on display in the Founder’s Hall, and Stewart will talk about them and why he made his choices. There’s also plenty to eat. Tickets for the fish fry are $15.
The exhibit of plein air paintings will be open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.on Saturday and Sunday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday.
The Grand Marais Playhouse’s production of “Play On!” a funny slapstick comedy by Rick Abbott opened last week and continues through Sunday. show times are at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The cast includes Tess Bailey, Brianna Borka, Nathan Borka, Molly Hicken, Jeff Fenwick, Julie Fredlund, Kevin Kager, Erin Larsen and Aliya Weisburg. Micheal McHugh is the director. Open seating. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
Grand Marais batik artist, Gail Hedstrom, opens her show at the Johnson Heritage Post on Friday night with a reception from 5-7 p.m. This should be a great show with beautiful, detailed pieces by this talented artist. The exhibit is up through Sept. 19.
Also this week, a new
"Split Rock" by Larry and Linda Dunlap is one of their photographs on exhibit at the Cross River Heritage Center.
exhibit opened in the Fireplace Room Gallery at the Cross River Heritage Center. Tofte fiber artist Mary Jane Huggins and photographers Larry and Linda Dunlap will exhibit their work there through Oct. 17.
Another perk of visiting the Heritage Center this season – The Royal Canadian Mounted
Police painting exhibit on loan from the Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota-Duluth continues this month and next. These iconic paintings by Arnold Friberg are quite amazing and worth a trip to see.
In other art news, Nathaniel Kuenzli’s book is now available at local book sellers. It can also be purchased online. Click here to see his work.
Sharon Frykman is teaching a class “Art Images in Fused Glass” at the Art Colony Sept. 9-12. For more info about this and other classes there, click here.
David Woerheide has new diamond willow lamps embelished with Lake Superior stones at the Kah Nee Tah Gallery in Lutsen;
Last Chance Gallery in Lutsen has new work by a number of local and regional artsits. Stop by and see their new sign, too!
The Cook County Farm & Craft Market in the Senior Center parking lot will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday. Stop by. Locally grown produce and handmade crafts are available there.
In music this weekend:
Thursday:
- Pete Kavanaugh at the Gunflint Tavern, 8-11 p.m.
Friday:
- Trails’ End Band at Trail Center, 5:30
- Tres Amigos, Gunflint Tavern, 9 p.m.
Saturday:
- Michael Monroe, 8 Broadway Stage, noon to 2 p.m. He will also give a Log Cabin Concert on Saturday night. Call 387-2919 for more details.
- Joe Paulik, 8 Broadway Stage, 2:30 p.m.
- Cook County’s Most Wanted, Birch Terrace, 1:30-5:30 p.m.
- Bingham & Thorne, Bluefin Bay, Tofte, 8 p.m.
- Trail’s End Band, Windigo Lodge, 9 p.m.
- Tres Amigos, Gunflint Tavern, 9 p.m. to midnight.
Sunday:
- Cook County’s Most Wanted, Devil Track Resrot, 5 p.m.
- Jim Hall, Gunflint Tavern, 8 p.m.
Monday:
- Ist Monday Acoustic Jam, Chicago Bay Marketplace, Hovland, 6-9 p.m., open to the public and musicians.
Wednesday:
- Noopiming, an a cappella musical performance at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m., featuring the music of Mike Olson and photographs of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness by Dale Robert Klous.
Have a great Labor Day weekend!
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