Great Lakes Almanac Art Opening

Susanna Gaunt’s Great Lakes Almanac art exhibit is at the Great Lakes Aquarium. The art is the culmination of the Duluth artist’s yearlong collaboration with Great Lakes Aquarium and its guests. Twice each month, Susanna set up a table on site to engage with visitors and discover the different ways they experience wonder at the museum. While the younger folks participated in a craft, their older relatives helped fill out a monthly survey of nature-based questions. Their responses, in turn, inspired the artwork: 12 paper sculptures whose diorama-like quality invite the viewer in for a closer look at the details. While the main pieces hint at the stories shared by the visitors, a collection of companion pieces offer a textual representation of their answers. Also on view are artworks by kids from Aquarium summer camps and an interactive display of the survey questions and responses.