Monique Verdin: Juneteenth June 19th. Juneteenth, a day of celebration, a day of mourning. Two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, in 1865, news reaches Galveston, Texas informing enslaved peoples working on plantations that they are “free.” One hundred and three years later, Nina Simone said, “I’ll tell you what freedom is to…
Waterscapes We humans are grieving and surviving powerful moments and changing days that are moving us forward, by any means possible. We are all survivors of something and some survivors of many things. There will never be a return to what was – and really there never has been that option. The urgency…
Field Notes June 3 As of late, going to the water and woods has been more an act of survival than inspiration. The public murder of George Floyd lit tinder to an anger that has been smoldering for centuries in this landscape of the north. The inferno of human rage has ignited the world,…
VIRTUAL EXHIBIT AVAILABLE >> Exhibit: June 5 – July 31, 2020. “Invisible Valley” presents a selection from the hundreds of photos John Pearson gathered as he explored the Red River Valley area of North Dakota and Minnesota in June of 2016. The resulting photos reveal his persistent fascination with how people establish their place in the environment.
VIRTUAL EXHIBIT AVAILABLE >> Exhibit: June 12 – August 23, 2020. This year’s show features a variety of mediums: from paintings and photography to textiles, wood, and more! Members submit pieces of their own work or from their collections to be juried in for this annual exhibit.
VIRTUAL EXHIBIT AVAILABLE >> Instagram Live Event AVAILABLE. One isn’t born a winner or loser, but a chooser. This theme is explored in this series. As we look at them, they look back, allowing us to think about how we choose winners and the repercussions for the ones not chosen.
Love Bytes aka An Amalgam of Time 1. I am the whisper of knowing wrapped around stones you have tossed carelessly to skim across the water- unconcerned about their destiny as they sink helplessly into the deep. 2. Midnight slipped over the curve of your palms inscribing her wisdom in sharp tongued strokes.…
Descendants and Dreamers The sky is ever bound to witness the way humans ignite like fire creating beauty and chaos- destined to ashes and memory that will fill the heavens and hell of their own making. Stars know the way I look at you from inside – the shadows of the moon winding radiance through…
Greater Horizons These pieces reflect on history and current events, with an understanding there is perpetual motion in the universe. All are reflecting on destiny, horizons, and inevitable change. There is a human story that inspired each piece. They are an honoring of significant achievement and how good Ojibwekwe energy makes the world better.…
Water Medicine When thinking about water I am always carried to significant events and places where water is critical to remembering the story. For me water is medicine and a powerful healer of soul wounds. I know it has always been necessary to be near bodies of water in order for me to thrive as…
Renewal Medicine wetland – land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land. marsh – an area of low-lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times. swamp – an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh. …
2020 Bemidji Middle School Exhibit
VIRTUAL EXHIBIT AVAILABLE >> Bemidji Middle School Exhibit May 2020. Grades 6, 7, 8: 1st & 2nd Quarter,
Molly Wiste – Art Teacher