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July 2003 Exhibits

Posted 07/16/2003

Minor Houses/Minor Houses. Keweenaw Heritage Center (formerly St. Anne's Church), Calumet. Summer 2003 exhibit highlighting architecture of company houses -- housing built by the mining companies for their workers. Exhibit hours: 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., every day until Labor Day.

Reclaimed Quilts and Charm Dolls. Leslee Nelson. Through August 28. The Finnish American Heritage Center Gallery. 601 Quincy Street. Hancock. Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 487-7376. Opening reception 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thurs, July 17, in the Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. Nelson's work transforms abandoned quilt blocks, fabric pieces and lace fragments long treasured but never utilized into powerful art pieces that explore the themes of ancestry, womanhood, healing and creative expression.

Mixed Exhibition. Through August 8. Turquoise Gallery: Suite 305. E. L. Wright Bldg. 801 N. Lincoln Dr., Hancock.  Call 487-5515 or email turquoiseart@pasty.com. Gallery Hours: Mon.- Sat., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Open Door. Omphale Gallery, 431 Fifth Street, Calumet. The gallery is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Call 337-1522 or 337-2036.

“Ladies of the Lakes,” paintings by Sue Carman Vian. Kerredge Gallery, Community Arts Center,  126 Quincy Street, Hancock. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information call the Arts Center at 482-2333.

Community Arts Center, Hancock, Classes: Pre-School Art. Thursdays, 11 a.m. - noon; Kids Make Art, Wednesdays, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Call the Arts Center at 482-2333 for information.

Keweenaw Krayons at the Ramblin' Rose Gallery in Mohawk offers Art Classes and a variety of activities. Visit the Keweenaw Krayons Web site for details.

4-H Exhibit. Republic Youth Gallery, Community Arts Center, Hancock. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information call the Arts Center at 482-2333.

Janet Ford. Copper Country Associated Artists Gallery. 307 6th Street, Calumet. Thurs. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Beadwork by Cynthia Coté. Through July 22. Einerlei UP North: Houghton.

Birds by Wayne Martin. Through July 31. Einerlei. Chassell. 523-4612.

Watercolors by Barb Cloutier. Keweenaw Memorial Hospital, Healing Connection Gallery. Laurium.

Photography by Nancy Manninen. Superior National Bank, Hancock.

“From Head to Toe: A Showcase of Fashion Accessories” by Friends of Fashion and Quilt Show by Portage Quilt House. Chassell Heritage Center. Chassell. 523-4612.

For weekly updates of arts and cultural events and exhibits in our area, call the Artsline at 482-4811.