Friday at 5:30 AICHO hosts the Samuel J. Zimmerman Art Opening Pop Up Event. The Journey Home Chapter 2 event will feature the artist creating, live, a portrait of a shawl dancer.
Even if you don't want to brave the trail conditions, you can enjoy Images from the John Beargrease Sled Dog Race through March at the Great Lakes Aquarium. An Open House will be held on March 8 from 1:00 - 3:00.
"(February 1 is) cosmologically centered between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. The date traditionally celebrates the noticeable return of the sun with the agonizingly slow return of life - invisible at first - to our northern region."
Artist Mary Plaster's response to what she calls the "agonizingly slow return of life" is Illuminations, a month-long exhibit of "large-as-life Minnesota wildlife as whimsical lanterns in symbolic mid-winter darkness."
Sunday, the Artist Talk with Moira Villiard will give folks a change to hear about her artwork and her current exhibition, History of Mahnomen (Wild Rice) and the Anishinaabe.
The works in this show are part of a series of illustrations for a children’s book exploring the history of wild rice in connection to the Anishinaabe, and within the modern context of sulfide and copper-nickel mining.
Meanwhile at the Duluth Art Institute, a reception Thursday February 6 from 5-8pm give you a chance to say hello and goodbye to the Tommy Kronquist: Medium Control exhibition.
And at the same time - literally - it's the opening reception for the Annual Member Show from 5 - 8 PM.