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Exhibits
Duluth Art Institute
Seasons and Signs: Recent Sculptures by Holly Anderson
At The: John Steffl Gallery
January 12 – March 19, 2006
Opening Reception, Thurs, Jan 12, 5—7 p.m.
Dialogue with the artist, Thurs, Jan 19, 6—7 p.m.
Ceramics has been an important sculptural medium in western
art for centuries. Although we are most accustomed
to beautifully made items such as bowls, vases, and teapots
that are hand-built or thrown on a potter’s wheel,
the work of Holly Anderson explores ceramic work that is
sculptural rather than functional or decorative in nature.
In her artist’s statement Anderson writes: “Formally,
I draw from Scandinavian folk art, modern design and Japanese
aesthetics along with imagery of organic objects, toys,
vehicles, musical instruments and games. Games provide
a familiar, yet intriguing, format while referencing strategy
and the variables of a life experience. As I play
with the arrangement of these forms, stacking, climbing,
and precarious balance are reoccurring themes that similarly
reference the human condition.”
Anderson is now an Assistant Professor of Art at UMD and
will also be teaching Creative Wheel-Throwing, beginning
January 26, here at the Duluth Art Institute.
Salmela/Architect
At The: George Morrison Gallery
February 9 – April 23, 2006
Opening Reception, Thursday, February 9, 5—7 p.m.
Dialogue with the artist, Thursday, February 16, 6—7
p.m.
David Salmela is a self-trained architect practicing in
Duluth, Minnesota. His work is rooted in the principal
of modernism as well as the founding influence of the vernacular
of Minnesota’s immigrants. Most of his works
exist from the northeast tip of the arrowhead’s wilderness,
down the eastern edge of Minnesota to Lake Pepin. Since
1985 his projects have won fifteen AIA Minnesota Honor
Awards and six Wood Design Awards. 1998 brought an
Architectural Records Record Houses Award for the Emerson
Residence, and a National AIA Honor Award for Architecture
for the Brandenburg’s Ravenwood Studio. In
2005 his Community Design of Jackson Meadow, Marine on
St. Croix won a National AIA Award for Regional & Urban
Design. Also this year he won a National AIA Award
for Architecture for the Emerson Sauna. This spring
the monograph, Salmela/Architect, written by University
of Minnesota Dean of Architecture, Thomas Fisher, was published. David’s
work has been featured in over 100 articles in regional,
national and international publications.
The exhibit in the Morrison Gallery will consist of models,
drawings, photographs that will show a cross section of
his architectural work.
By Design: The Home Show
At The: John Steffl Gallery
March 30—June 18, 2006
Opening Reception, Thursday, March 30, 5-7 p.m.
Dialogue with the artists, Thursday, April 6, 6-7 p.m.
Innovative design has become an integral part of our lives
over the past decade. Most of us, according to market
research, are willing to pay just a little more for designer
cloths, designer furniture, designer cookware. For
just a few dollars more one can even have a designer toilet
plunger (by Michael Grave at Target). “By Design” will
present a tapestry of designer items that could be found
in the setting of the home: furniture, textiles,
and ceramics by area artists as well as designer house
wares that can be purchased at area stores such as Target—all
chosen and arranged for presentation in the Steffl Gallery. Kirsten
Aune will participate as a curator and Mark Sherman, Gordon
Manary, Kerry Donars, Michael Cousino, Dan Edmunds, Andrew
Webster, Jon Helstrom, Paul Helstrom, and other area artist/designers
will be represented in this exciting collaborative project. Come
and see how the esthetic surroundings of our lives can
be improved and beautified ”By Design.”
Getting Around: The Art of Transportation
At The George Morrison Gallery
May 4—August 7, 2006
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 4, 5—7 p.m.
Artist Dialogue, Thursday May 11, 6—7 p.m.
TBA Emerging Artist Exhibition
At The George Morrison Gallery
August 18—November 26, 2006
Opening Reception Thursday, September 14, 5-7 p.m.
Artist Dialogue, Thursday, September 21, 6-7 p.m.
Unlikely Bedfellows: A Photographic Essay of the
Main Club
At The John Steffl Gallery
August 20—October 29, 2006
Opening Reception, Thursday, August 20, 5-7 p.m.
Artist Dialogue: TBA
Special Events and Offerings:
Membership Show—Sponsored by Charter Communications
The Great Hall at the Depot
January 18—March 19, 2006
Opening Reception, Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 6:30—8:00
p.m.
The Duluth Art Institute Membership Show is an important
essay event in the art scene of our region.
Duluth Art Institute’s Annual Art Auction
Saturday, March 18, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
At The Duluth Technology Village
Food, Festivities, Silent Auction, and More!
TICKETS: $25
Empty Bowl – 2 Days of Events
Sea of Bowls at the Depot, Monday, April 3, 5-7
p.m.
Silent Auction at the Depot, Monday, April 3,
5-7 p.m. & Tuesday, April 4, 10a.m.-6 p.m.
The Main Event at the Depot, Tuesday, April
4, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Empty Bowl gets bigger and better every year. Attend
2 days of the Empty Bowl Event: Sea of Bowls is
an evening preview of Empty Bowl, and it allows you to
get ahead of the crowd for just a little more. Bowls
start at $25. The Silent Auction starts
on April 3, at the Sea of Bowls and continues
the next day at The Main Event. On Tuesday,
April 4, at The Main Event you can choose a one-of-a-kind
bowl for only $15, fill it with soup and enjoy this community
tradition, hosted by the Duluth Art Institute, benefiting
the Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank.
28th Annual Duluth Art Fair
At The Depot
Friday & Saturday November 3 & 4
Duluth Children’s Museum 2006 Calendar
Make It Move – from the Oregon Museum of Science
and Industry
Opening January 28, 29 – Closing May 7, 2006
Chairs With Flair – Annual Chair Fair Artworks
in the Great Hall of the Depot
April 1 – April 18, 2006
The 4th Annual Chair Fair
April 18
The Monkey King – A Journey to China
Opening October (TBA) -- Closing January 31, 2007
St. Louis County Historical Society Exhibits
Old Stock Americans: In Their Own Words Traveling Exhibit
- Summer 2006
For more information, please call 218-733-7586
or visit www.thehistorypeople.org
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