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Biboon Bimaadizimin Holiday Market 2019
The American Indian Community Housing Organization's seventh annual Biiboon Bimaadizimin holiday sale supports native and local artists and entrepreneurs. This year's event celebrates the grand opening of the Indigenous First Art and Gift Shop expansion and holiday market. Indigenous vendors will be selling handmade holiday gifts, beadwork, Indigenous foods, textile goods, art prints, books, original artwork, pottery and more. There will also be family activities such has screen printing and art and craft designs. Inside the gift shop there will…
Find out more »Biiboon Bimaadizimin Holiday Market 2019
The American Indian Community Housing Organization's seventh annual Biiboon Bimaadizimin holiday sale supports native and local artists and entrepreneurs. This year's event celebrates the grand openning of the Indigenous First Art and Gift Shop expansion and holiday market. Indigenous vendors will be selling handmade holiday gifts, beadwork, Indigenous foods, textile goods, art prints, books, original artwork, pottery and more. There will also be family activities such has screen printing and art and craft designs. Inside the gift shop there will…
Find out more »One event on Dec 11, 2019 at 10:00am
One event on Dec 13, 2019 at 10:00am
One event on Dec 15, 2019 at 9:00am
Design Your Own Ornaments
One event on Dec 11, 2019 at 10:00am
One event on Dec 13, 2019 at 10:00am
One event on Dec 15, 2019 at 9:00am
Work one-on-one with a glass pro to create two ornaments in a 20-minute time slot. Pick the colors and the design techniques and Lake Superior Art Glass Hot Shop experts will create the ornaments.
Find out more »Social Knitting Group
This group is open to all who love to knit or crochet. All skill levels are welcome. Meet in the Mount Royal Branch Library's Blue Room.
Find out more »Minnesota Ballet’s The Nutcracker
The Minnesota Ballet’s annual production of the holiday favorite, featuring battling soldiers, mouse warriors, whirling snowflakes, the captivating Sugar Plum Fairy, dramatic dancers from exotic lands, waltzing flowers and more. Created by Allen Fields, the production is accompanied live by the Minnesota Ballet Orchestra, with vocal accompaniment by the Lake Superior Youth Chorus. Tickets: 218-529-3742.
Find out more »RSI Holiday Marketplace
Residential Services Inc. hosts their Holiday Marketplace event. Hand-crafted goods including those made by people receiving services at RSI will be sold. Goods include hats, socks, coffee cups, travel mugs and artwork. Flea market items will also be sold.
Find out more »Unicorn Day at the Library
The Duluth Public library holds "a magical day of unicorn fun" in the Green Room. Participants can drop in anytime during the two-hour event to create unicorn crafts. Kids can also stop by the youth services desk anytime during the day to complete the unicorn scavenger hunt for a prize.
Find out more »Craft District Holiday Market
Businesses in the Lincoln Park Craft District host over 100 artists and vendors in a holiday pop-up market. Locations include Duluth Pottery, DLH Clothing, Duluth Folk School, Flora North, Liila Boutique, Hemlocks Leather Goods, Two Loons Gifts and Love Creamery.
Find out more »St. Louis River Alliance Open House
The St. Louis River Alliance hosts and end-of-the-year celebration in Suite 208 of the DeWitt-Seitz Building. This is a casual gathering to bring the SLRA community together, discuss the exciting projects happening at the SLRA and encourage attendees to become members in order to help restore, protect and enhance the St. Louis River. There will be light snacks, refreshments and door prizes.
Find out more »One event on Dec 19, 2019 at 3:00pm
One event on Jan 16, 2020 at 3:00pm
One event on Feb 13, 2020 at 3:00pm
Crafternoons for Kids
One event on Dec 19, 2019 at 3:00pm
One event on Jan 16, 2020 at 3:00pm
One event on Feb 13, 2020 at 3:00pm
Crafternoons is held in the Blue Room of the Mount Royal Branch and includes make-and-take craft projects. No experience or sign-up required.
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Teen Scene
An event every month that begins at 4:00pm on day First of the month, repeating indefinitely
Teens in grades 6-12 meet in the Green Room of the Downtown branch of the Duluth Public Library on the first Thursday of each month. There are games, crafts, movies and more for teens to do. Pizza is served while quantities last.
Find out more »John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon Photo Exhibit Open House
The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon Photo Exhibit Open House showcases artwork from marathons past. The exhibit remains on display until March 8.
Find out more »Visual Culture Lecture Series: Michael Barnes
Michael Barnes developed a passion for the medium of lithography during his graduate studies at Iowa and has focused on this process for much of his work since. Barnes now resides in St. Charles, Illinois and is a professor of printmaking at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
Find out more »Visual Culture Lecture Series: Christina Z. Anderson
Christina Z. Anderson’s work focuses on the family snapshot, gender identity, the altered landscape and the contemporary vanitas. Her prints are handmade in a variety of 19th-century photographic processes, primarily gum and casein bichromate, salted paper, cyanotype over platinum and mordançage. Anderson’s work has shown internationally in 100+ shows and 40+ publications. Her passion is to share the knowledge and practice of the contemporary handmade print through her publications, as well as workshops throughout the United States and overseas.
Find out more »Visual Culture Lecture Series: Abby Haddican and Kimberlee Joy Roth
UMD Student Exhibition Jurors Abby Haddican (graphic design) and Kimberlee Joy Roth (studio ceramics) will speak in Montague Hall 70 on the UMD campus. Haddican holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Minnesota, and received her design education at the College of Visual Arts. Her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, the TDC, Print, AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers, AIGA Minnesota and the Tokyo Type Directors Club, among others. When Haddican is not working, she…
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