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Alberta house arts center
217 ferris street
sault ste. marie, mi 49783
906-635-1312
Thursday 1 — FAMILY LIFE THEATER: The Housekeeper. A “delightfully
zany comedy”, directed by Michael Hennessy. Great Northern Hotel and Confer-
ence Center in Sault, Ont. Dinner at 6:30; show at 8 p.m. Tickets and informa-
tion: 705-253-9851.
Friday 2 — TIM THOMPSON, fingerstyle guitarist, performs at Erickson Center
for the Arts in Curtis, 7:30 p.m. $10. See “Curtis”, p. 8.
ALGOMA FALL FESTIVAL: PAVLO. Guitar virtuoso with salsa dancers,
band and Greek-style songs. Kiwanis Community Theater in Sault, Ont. 8 p.m.
$39/25. Tickets at the Station Mall Box Office, 705-945-7299.
www.algomafallfestival.com.
THE HOUSEKEEPER. See Oct. 1.
Saturday 3 — MEET-THE-ARTISTS RECEPTION for the EUP Craftsmen/Le
Sault Artists Guild Exhibit in the Olive Craig Gallery. 1 to 4 p.m. See
“EXHIBITS”, p. 4.
BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB for children 8 to 12 years of age, with adult. First
meeting. Noon. Bring a lunch. Snack and drink provided. See “NEWS &
NOTES”, p. 13, for more information.
ST. JOSEPH LADIES GUILD ANNUAL BAZAAR and Salad Luncheon. 11
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Church Hall, 1101 Minneapolis. $6.50 for adults; $2.50
for children. See “NEWS & NOTES”, p. 14.
THE HOUSEKEEPER. See Oct. 1.
Sunday 4 — ALGOMA INTERNATIONAL FILMS: Entre Les Murs/The
Class. Sault College, 7 p.m. $8.
Monday 5 — RECEPTION FOR STRONG WOMEN OF THE North, an ex
hibition of paintings and poems by Anny Hubbard, in the LSSU Library
Gallery. Noon to 2 p.m. See “NEWS & NOTES”, p. 15.
Tuesday 6 — ALBERTA HOUSE DEMONSTRATION: Anny Hubbard. 11
a.m. to 4 p.m.
CABIN FEVER WRITERS’ GROUP meets at the Bayliss, noon to 2
p.m.
BAYLISS BOOK CLUB meets to discuss Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, by
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ALBERTA HOUSE NEWS
October 2009 Volume 2009 Issue 10
EVENTS 1 to 3
EXHIBITS 3 to 9
WORKSHOPS &
CLASSES
9
ARTISTIC
OPPORTUNITIES
10
FEATURED
ARTIST
11 and
12
NEWS & NOTES 13 to
15
SUBSCRIPTION
INFORMATION
Back
cover
Inside this issue:
Website: http://www.saultarts.org e-mail: saac@saultarts.org
Photograph from a note card by
Bryce Smith—in the Nov. 14, Auc-
tion. See pp. 7 and 8.
OCTOBER EVENTS
Bich Minh Nguyen, the Great Michigan Read se-
lection for 2009-10, with Diane Pingatore, re-
tired LSSU professor. 7 p.m. at the Bayliss Li-
brary. See p. 13, for more information.
Wednesday 7 — LE SAULT ARTISTS GUILD
MEETS at Alberta House at noon.
Thursday 8—SIERRA CLUB THREE LAKES
GROUP meets at the Bayliss. Film, “Out of Bal-
ance”, will be shown at 7 p.m.
LAKE SUPERIOR FESTIVAL begins at LSSU.
See “NEWS & NOTES”, p. 15. Festival presenta-
tions free and open to the public.
lssu.edu/artscenter or gbalfantz@lssu.edu.
Friday 9 — AFF: SARAH SLEAN. Canadian
singer/songwriter renaissance woman, with band.
KCTC, 8 p.m. $30. See Oct. 2.
LAKE SUPERIOR FESTIVAL. See Oct. 8.
Saturday 10 — CARD/COLLAGE MAKING work-
shop with Diane Meyer, in Alberta House, 1:30
to 3:30 p.m. See “WORKSHOPS”, p. 10.
AFF: DAWN TYLER WATSON. Jazz, soul, folk
and rock & roll. Water Tower Inn in Sault, Ont.,
8 p.m. $30.
BAYLISS LIBRARY CLASSIC COMEDY SE-
RIES: Call for title (632-9331). 1 p.m.
LAKE SUPERIOR FESTIVAL. See Oct. 8.
Tuesday 13 — ALBERTA HOUSE DEMONSTRA-
TION: Anny Hubbard. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
F I L M @ B a y l i s s : G i g a n t e
(drama/comedy/Uruguay). 6:30 p.m. Free to
adult public.
Wednesday 14—SAULT THEATER WORKSHOP:
“Having Hope at Home”. Directed by George
Houston. Studio Theater, 121 Pittsburgh Avenue
in Sault, Ont. 8 p.m. $18/16/5 ($30 family).
www.saulttheatre.com. 705-946-4081 or 705-946-
4513.
OVER THE RAINBOW CHILDREN’S ENTER-
TAINMENT: FREDDY FUSION. 7 p.m.
Grand Theater in Sault, Ont. (641 Queen Street
East). Season passports available (4 programs,
child and adult, $50). Individual ticket price, $15
adult; $10 child. See “NEWS & NOTES”, p. 14,
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EVENTS—CONTINUED
for season information
Thursday 15—STAR SPANGLED GIRL. A Chippewa
Theater Guild production directed by Peter De-
Courcy and produced by Melissa Pianosi. The cast
includes Jared Benoit, Sean O'Mara and Brielle
Smith. The stage manager is John Gilbert. This is
really a hilarious little comedy with a very talented
cast. 7:30 p.m. at the Guild Theater, 700 Eureka.
$12 adults, $10 seniors, $8 students, at the door—or
call Melissa at 322-6914 for reservations.
WINTER WEATHER PRESENTATION by the
National Weather Service. Bayliss Library, 6 p.m.
AFF: YOU DANCE. National Ballet of Canada.
7:30 p.m. at the Kiwanis Community Theater Cen-
ter in Sault, Ont. $30/20. See Oct. 2.
HAVING HOPE AT HOME. See Oct. 14.
Friday 16—DON ROSS + BROOKE MILLER, New
Acoustic Music—finger style guitarist and singer,
borrowing from blues, jazz, folk and classical music.
Soo Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $15/10.
THE BOB AND TOM COMEDY ALL-STARS
Tour. LSSU Arts Center, 7 and 10 p.m. Tickets
$32.50 at the Norris Center ticket office, from 635-
2602 or on line. Mature content.
AFF: NIKKI YANOFSKY. 15 year old singing
sensation. Kiwanis Community Theater Center, 8
p.m. $35/20. See Oct. 2.
HAVING HOPE AT HOME. See Oct. 14.
STAR SPANGLED GIRL. See Oct. 15.
Saturday 17—FAMILY MOVIES@Bayliss: 1 p.m..
Call for title: 632-9331.
SOO THEATRE: “Rocky Horror Picture
Show”. 1975 British musical comedy film classic.
7:30 p.m. and midnight. $5.
COMMON THREADS. Sault, Ont. Station Mall.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
HAVING HOPE AT HOME. See Oct. 14.
STAR SPANGLED GIRL. See Oct. 15.
Sunday 18—ALGOMA INTERNATIONAL FILMS:
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation. Sault
College, 7 p.m. $8.
HAVING HOPE AT HOME. 2 p.m. matinee. See
Oct. 14.
Page 3 ALBERTA HOUSE NEWS
STAR SPANGLED GIRL. 2 p.m. See Oct. 15.
Tuesday 20—ALBERTA HOUSE DEMONSTRA-
TION: Anny Hubbard. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SAAC BOARD meets in Alberta House at 7 p.m.
CABIN FEVER WRITERS’ GROUP meets at
the Bayliss. Noon to 2 p.m.
Thursday 22—DON WALKER COUNTRY BAND.
Kiwanis Community Theater Center in Sault,
Ont., 8 p.m. $35.50. Tickets at the Station Mall
B o x O f f i c e , 7 0 5 - 9 4 5 - 7 2 9 9 .
http://www.openroadrecordings.com
Friday 23—STAR SPANGLED GIRL. See
Oct. 15.
Saturday 24— “JUST FRIENDS” Crafts for All
Seasons Show and Sale. Handcrafted and hand
painted gifts. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Best West-
ern Motel.
BAKA SQUAD for Teens, Bayliss Library, 1 p.m.
(Continued from page 2)
EVENTS—CONTINUED
AFF: WOMEN FULLY CLOTHED. Comedy.
Kiwanis Community Theater Center, 8 p.m. $39.
See Oct. 2.
STAR SPANGLED GIRL. See Oct. 15.
Sunday 25—THE EUP CRAFTSMEN MEET at the
home of Annegret Goehring in Hessel for a 1 p.m.
potluck and business meeting.
STAR SPANGLED GIRL. 2 p.m. See
Oct. 15.
Tuesday 27—ALBERTA HOUSE DEMONSTRA-
TION: Anny Hubbard. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday 28—HALLOWEEN HOUSE. Perform-
ance Art presented by the Arts Council of Sault and
District at the Station Mall, across from Scotiabank.
705-945-9756 or arts@ssmarts.org.
AFF: CANADIAN GUITAR QUARTET. Water
Tower Inn in Sault, Ont., 8 p.m. $30/20. See Oct. 2.
Thursday 29—HALLOWEEN HOUSE. See Oct. 28
AFF: LEAHY. Eight musical brothers and sisters.
Kiwanis Community Theater
Center, 8 p.m. $39/25. See
Oct. 2.
Friday 30—FALL FEST—
Downtown Trick or Treat.
Sault Ste. Marie.
AFF: TERRANCE
SIMIEN AND THE ZY-
DECO EXPERIENCE.
Great Northern Conference
Center in Sault, Ont., $35.
See Oct. 2.
H A L L O W E E N
HOUSE. See Oct. 28.
Friday 31—HARRY POT-
TER MOVIE SERIES (#1)
at the Bayliss Library, 1 p.m.
Free to the public.
Check out the Alberta
House Shop—Tuesday
through Saturday from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
October 1 to 30
OLIVE CRAIG GALLERY: EUP
Craftsmen/Le Sault Artists
Guild Joint Exhibition
MINI GALLERY: Annual Arts
Auction Exhibition
Jeremy Ripley, Janet and Bryce Smith,
Sandy Spiewak, Gene Usimaki, Yo-
shika Van Voorhies and Moira and
Paul Wilson. Their work includes
paintings, paper making, woodcuts,
photography, wood carving, doll mak-
ing, weaving, spinning, basket making
and other fiber arts, stone carving, pa-
per cutting, rug hooking and more.
Members of the Le Sault Artists Guild
include Mary Jane Bernier, Judy
Colein, Flora Fortin, Judy Hamilton,
Sue Johnson, Eileen Jokinen, Randy
Krause, Margaret La Ponsie, Ella La
Victor, Sandy Spiewak, Mary Stroba,
Jeanne Tubman and Gene Usimaki.
Their work includes painting and
drawing in many media—oils, water-
c o l o r s ,
acrylics, mixed media, collage, col-
ored pencil, and charcoal, to name a
few.
Meet the Artists
at a Reception
Saturday, October 3,
from 1 to 4 p.m.
SAULT, MICHIGAN EXHIBITS
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217 Ferris Street, Sault Ste.
Marie, MI 49783—906/635-
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saac@saultarts.org. Website:
www.saultarts.org. Open Tues-
day through Saturday from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m.
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members of
the Eastern
Upper Penin-
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men and the
Le Sault
A r t i s t s
Guild put a
lot of labor into painting and cleaning
Alberta House, and when the gallery
area finally opened they were the first
to fill it with a big show of all their
members. They have exhibited to-
gether every fall since that time. Cur-
rent members of the EUP Craftsmen
include Otto Bacon, Janet Bonnell,
Janet Couch, Annegret Goehring,
Kyung and Ken Hatfield, Donna Jar-
vis, Jeanne Mannesto, Maureen Mou-
sley, Joan and Bob Muckelbauer, Mar-
sha and Gary Page, Carolyn Person,
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Judy Hamilton, Le
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Randy Krause, Le Sault Artists Guild
“Two for Joy”, a hooked rug by Joan
Muckelbauer
This model of a Trader Canoe
won a Gold Award for EUP
Craftsman Paul Wilson in the
33rd Annual Midwestern
Model Ships and Boats Con-
test in Manitwoc, Wisconsin
this year.
Judy Hamilton, Le
Sault Artists Guild
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age Shed, framed
watercolor
32. Lillies by
the Bay, framed
watercolor
33. Kyung Hat-
field: framed
pastel painting—
gladiolas, do-
nated by Mary
Weber
34. Anny Hub-
bard: necklace of
turquoise, ivory
and bone with
thunderbird
35. Necklace
with Picasso stone
bear
36. Charles Jackson: turned wood
bowl, 6” in diameter
37. Mary Beth Janke: apple gourd
38. gourd bouquet
39. Elizabeth Kernstock: chenille
pillow, 7 x 12”
40. Margaret LaPonsie: framed wa-
tercolor painting of a forest lake,
Barn, watercolor painting
41. Maggie Linn: Stump, framed la-
ser
42. Peg McMinch: stained glass and
silver brooch, red
43. stained glass and silver
brooch, green
44. stained glass and silver
brooch, yellow
45. jude McConkey: Fade to Blue,
photograph, matted and shrink
wrapped, 11 1/2 x 14”. Took 2nd
Place in last year‟s Blues juried
show
46. Marge Nagy: antique watering
can, green with blue roses (1‟ tall)
47. Tin lunch box, green and blue
tole painted
48. Nancy Parker: triple matted
print, Shades of Summer (iris)
AUCTION PREVIEW EXHIBIT
Our annual Arts Auction is Saturday,
November 14, and we‟re starting ear-
lier this year, with viewing from 4 to
5 p.m., dinner at 5 p.m. and the auc-
tion beginning at 6 p.m. in the LSSU
Cisler Center. Invitations will go out
shortly. If we miss you, let us know.
Here is the auction list as of Septem-
ber 20. Work will be exhibited in the
Mini Gallery during October.
1. David Allen: 2 photographs on
foam core of the
Edwin H. Gott
2. photograph on
foam core—Buckeye.
3. Sergio Barcena: pen-
guin wall hanging
4. Blue leather and
silver bracelet
5. Bob Berger: cedar
stool
6. Bonnie Besteman:
13” platter, clear blue
glass with winter
scene
7. Dee Besteman: Ma-
ple syrup in maple
leaf bottle, 16.9 oz.
8. Maple syrup in glass jug with
Round Island light, 8.45 oz.
9. Janet Bonnell: pine needle bas-
ket with wood burned dogwood
10. pine needle basket with wood
burned gold fish (“Goldie”, below)
11. copper gourd with pine nee-
dle trim
12. sculptural magenta gourd
with pine needle loops
13. red star gourd
with pine needle trim
14. Lorna Bricco: two 8”
goblets with blue bead
trim
15. Joan Broughton: bas-
ket of body products
16. Joyce Buchanan:
woven hall rug, pinks
and green, 4‟ x 17”
17. hand woven mat,
black and white,
18. Barbara Bryant: cinna-
bar necklace and earring
set
19. Dolores Champagne:
framed oil painting, 6 1/2
x 11”
20. Bonnie and John Dienes:
two leather wallets with
chains
21. Sharon Drury: six CDs of
original piano music—
Tranquility Collection,
Celtic Collec-
tion, The Road
Less Traveled,
Night Songs,
Out of the Blue
and Dreaming
22. Will Espy:
wood sculpture
23. Jennifer Flynn,
Garden Chair, matted
batik, 11 x 14”
24. Poppy, matted
batik, 8 x 10”
25. El len Hadath:
S p r i n g B l o s so m s ,
framed watercolor print
26. Heather Gust -
Barcena: glass bead
earrings
27. William Hagerty: stoneware
mug, 4 1/2” high, beige
28. Chip Harrer: silver flatware wind
chimes
29. Shirley Harrer: red wool slippers
30. blue tote
31. Ken Hatfield: Lindstrom’s Stor-
Volume 2009 Issue 9 Page 5
AUCTION PREVIEW EXHIBIT
This is the donation of
Charles Jackson, from
Swartz Creek, who took the
2009 SSAF Wood Award.
This is “Goldie” by Janet Bonnell, who has taken
two Best of Craft Awards and one Design Award in
four SSAF appearances.
Mike and Jayne Schoreder
work with Petoskey stone.
They took Best of Craft in
their first SSAF showing.
This seal is their auction do-
nation.
49. Jan and Amy Rohen:
sterling silver bracelet,
ring and earring set, all
with pink stone
50. Anne Murphy Schaaf:
four sets of photo note
cards with envelopes
51. Mike and Jayne
Schroeder: mounted
soapstone seal, 4 x 6”
52. Dorie Selvius: three
Christmas stockings, 17”
long
53. Bryce Smith: two
packets of note cards with
nature photographs
54. Janet Smith: two baskets of hand made soap
55. Lotte Steube: Windswept, framed original water-
color
56. Lorrie Strand: 3 pair of ceramic ear-
rings
57. Rose Sundaram: June Daisy, pastel
painting, matted on foam core.
58. Karla Sunn: matted pastel painting
(above)
59. Tigchelaar: print of a lady in red, un-
der glass
60. Jeanne Tubman, Iroquois Point Fox,
framed oil painting
61. Kayleigh White: a chicken with atti-
tude, framed photograph
62. snowy field, framed photograph
63. window, framed photograph
64. Liz Wiedyk: hand woven rug in pink
65. Zoey Wood-Salomon: “Accepting”,
original painting, double matted on
foam core, image size 5 x 7” (see pp. 11
& 12.
66. Jerry Wygant: Inlaid wood wide bracelet and earrings
67. Artist unknown: necklace and earring set of shell heshi,
carved dragons of serpentine, Baltic amber, chryscola, bone
and rain forest jasper—
68. Oriental painting on cork
69. Ampola, framed etching
70. Etching, park
71. Southwest vase
72.
The gallery has a special project this year—wood framed mir-
rors embellished by selected artists.
We‟re getting the catalog on the web as fast as we can photo-
graph. Check out the web site (www.saultarts.org). New items
will be added to the web site and the display in the Mini Gallery
as they come in.
Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 6
SPOTLIGHT ON THE PERMANENT COLLECTION:
J. C. Dixon— Wood bowl of purpleheart cherry, ash , walnut and birdseye maple
Kayleigh White’s chicken
with attitude!
Karla Sunn donated this pastel painting.
Next Month in Alberta House,
November 3 to 28, Olive Craig Gallery: Keeping the
Piece Quilters’ Guild Exhibition
Mini Gallery: Olive Craig Gallery Board Exhibition
LSSU LIBRARY GALLERY
October
“Strong Women of the North”
an Exhibit of Paintings
and Poetry by Anny Hubbard
Reception October 5,
from noon to 2 p.m.
See “News and Notes”, p. 15, for
more information.
Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 7
Meetings, movies, lectures and other events take place at the Bayliss October 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 24 and 31. See
date listing.
Friday, Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.: Tim Thompson in con-
cert. Thompson is a fingerstyle guitar champion,
Nashville based producer and session player. Along
with his son, fiddle player Myles Thompson, he puts
on an exciting and interactive performance mixing
jazz, folk and some bluegrass. In 2008 he took First
Place in the International Fingerstyle Guitar Com-
petition in Winfield, Kansas. Check out
http://www.timthompsonguitar.com/.
October 15 to 18: Great Midwest Irish Gathering. Chamberlin‟s
Ole Forest Inn. An all inclusive weekend of workshops and per-
formances, with nationally and internationally touring and
award winning musicians/songwriters: Siusan O’Rourke &
Zig Zeitler (Stonecross), Jim Perkins & Cheryl Burns
(Finvarra’s Wren) and Asher & Alison Perkins (Finvarra’s
Wren). See Workshops, p. 10, for complete workshop informa-
tion.
Concert on Saturday night. Tickets available to the public. Call the
Erickson Center for information.
EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA
CURTIS: Erickson Center for the Arts. www.ericksoncenter.org.
info@ericksoncenter.org P.O. Box 255 N9246 Saw-Wa-Quato Street,
Curtis, MI 49820. Phone: 1 906-586-9974.
BRIMLEY
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The Wheels
of History
Train Mu-
seum on M-
221 in down-
town Brimley. Open Sat. &
Sun. only, until Oct. 15.
IROQUOIS POINT
LIGHTHOUSE
Located 7 miles west of
Brimley on Lakeshore
Drive, the museum and gift shop are open from
May 15th through October 15. Usual hours are
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily, but may vary, so call
(906) 437-5272 for a current schedule. The 65-
foot tower is also open to the public during
those times.
SAULT, MICHIGAN EXHIBITS
BAYLISS LIBRARY — 541 Library
Drive (906) 632-9331.
www.baylisslibrary.org.
Open Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday from 9 to
5:30 p.m., and Saturday from 9 to 4.
BAYLISS LIBRARY ARTIST-OF-THE-MONTH:
Mary Jane Bernier
Sergio Barcena. Work such as
this leather and silver bracelet,
donated for the auction, has
taken two SSAF Best of Show
Awards—in 2005 and 2008.
MARQUETTE /NMU ART
MUSEUM. Hours: Mon. thru
Fri. between 10 & 5 (Thurs. to 8
p.m.). Sat. and Sun. between 1 & 4.
906/227-1481.
PETOSKEY: CROOKED TREE
ARTS CENTER. 231/347-4337.
Open Mon. thru Sat., 10 to 5.
www.crookedtree.org .
T h r o u g h D e c e m b e r 1 2
Looking In, Looking Out:
Highlights from the Permanent
Art Collection
EVENTS (227-1032 or
www.nmu.edu/tickets)
Thurs., Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.: “Junoon”,
Pakistan‟s Greatest Rock Band.
Kaufman Aud. $20.
Fri., Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.: “Beauty
and Melody”,Chinese Dance
and Music Group. Forest Rob-
erts Theatre. $20.
Sat., Oct. 10, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.:
Missoula Children’s Theatre
Jack and the Beanstalk.
$8/5
Tues., Oct. 13, 7 p.m.: Golden
Dragon Acrobats from
China. $25/12. Golden Dragon
Acrobats is a part of the 2009-
10 Concert Series. See p. for
concert series information.
to Oct. 17: Ornamenting the Ordi-
nary—Crafts of Southeast Asia
Oct. 31 to Jan. 16: That’s Entertain-
ment. An exhibit in partnership
with the Musical Comedy Guild
featuring an overview of the many
productions and rich theatrical his-
tory of Sault, Ontario.
SAULT STE. MARIE MUSEUM,
corner of Queen and East Streets.
705/759-7278. Mon. thru Sat. from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun. from 1 to 5.
www,saultmuseum.com. heri-
tage@saultmuseum.com.
OUTSTATE EXHIBITS
October: Furniture Show—”Sit,
Stay”
Artcenter “Plein Air” Group
Exhibit
CHEBOYGAN OPERA HOUSE,
231/627-5841 & 1-800/357-9408.
www.theoperahouse.org/
to Oct. 29: Distant Thunder. Con-
temporary Native American Art-
work
ESCANABA: Wm. Bonifas Fine
Arts Center. 700 1st Avenue
South. 786/3833.
www.bonifasarts.org.
TRAVERSE CITY: A R T CEN-
TER, 720 Elmwood, 49684.
www.artcentertraversecity.com. 231-
941-9488. Gallery Hours, Mon. thru.
Fri., 9 to 5, & Sat. noon to 6.
to Oct. 4: Sandra Hodge
Oct. 5 to 18: New Horizons
Oct. 19 to 25: Mary Jane Racine
Oct. 26 to Nov. 1: Sandra Hodge
to November 11: Isla Burns.
SAULT,
ONTARIO
EXHIBITS
ARTSPACE in the Station Mall—across from ZooZoo. Contact
the Arts Council of Sault and District
for more information, or to book.
705-945-9756 (www.ssmarts.org.
ssmarts@shaw.ca)
ART GALLERY OF ALGOMA, 10
East Street, 705/949-9067. Hours:
Wed. thru Sun. 11 to 6. Admission
$3. Children under 12, free. e-mail:
a g a @ s h a w . c a . w e b s i t e :
www.artgalleryofalgoma.on.ca
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MIDLAND CENTER FOR THE
ARTS. 1801 W. St. Andrews Rd.
Midland, 8640. 10 to 4, Wed. thru
Sat. 10 to 6 Thurs. 1 to 4 Sun. 1-800-
523-7649. www.mcfta.org.
to Dec. 6; Einstein. The most com-
prehensive exhibition ever coordi-
nated about Albert Einstein.
Oct. 17 to Jan. 3: Pareidolia—New
Ceramic Works by James Free-
man
2009 Greater Michigan Art Ex-
hibition
A magenta gourd embellished with sinu-
ous ribbons of coiled pine needles to form a unique
sculpture that hangs on your wall—donated to the
SAAC auction by multiple award winner Janet
Still life by Kyung Hat-
field, donated by Mary
Weber
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
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ART CLASSES
WITH JEANNE TUBMAN
INDEPENDENT STUDIES: Sun-
days, from 1 to 5 p.m., Oct. 4 to Nov.
8. Bring your own projects to paint.
this is an excellent time to finish
paintings you‟ve started or start new
ones with guidance. 2011 Riverside
Drive. $75.
INTRODUCTION TO OIL PAINT-
ING: Monday evenings from 6 to 8:30
p.m. Learn about proper supplies,
canvas stretching, preparation, color
mixing, paint application, simple com-
position. Paint all the basics—
backgrounds, sky, land, water, build-
ings, trees and snow. THE ART
STORE (Personal Touch), 414 Ash-
mun. $60 (special introductory price
for new students).
Call Jeanne to register: 906-632-9612
or 906-630-6868 (cell).
UPSTAIRS AT ROME’S
Sunday, Oct. 4, 1 to 4 p.m.: PAINT
YOUR FALL COLORS. Open to all
ages, (8 and under to be accompanied
by an adult). After a review of color
mixing this acrylic painting class will
focus on brushstrokes. Heather
Sinoff. $15 includes supplies.
Sunday, Oct. 25, 1 to 4 p.m.: FALL
IN LOVE WITH WATERCOLOR.
Introduces the basics of watercolor
techniques, including gravity edges,
salt and resists. Heather Sinnoff. All
ages. $15 includes supplies.
Sat., Oct. 31, noon to 2 p.m.: HAL-
LOWEEN CRAFTS FOR KIDS.
For children 6 to 9. Make special
crafts, decorate a treat bag, carve a
pumpkin and go home with a treat.
Parental guidance is required. $14.
Beverly and Donna.
Sunday, Nov. 1, 1 to 4 p.m.: FALL
DEEPER INTO WATERCOLOR.
Wet-on-wet pencils and markers, use
of positive/negative shapes in the con-
text of “saving the white”. All ages.
$15 includes supplies. Heather
Sinnoff.
Register at the Customer Service Desk
at Rome’s, 44 Great northern Road in
Sault, Ontario. 705-253-1726.
3-DAY IRISH MUSIC CAMP: THE
2009 GREAT MIDWEST IRISH
GATHERING
An all-inclusive weekend of work-
shops and performances in Curtis,
Michigan, with nationally and inter-
nationally touring and award win-
ning musicians/songwriters is offered
by the Erickson Center for the Arts
October 15 to 18. Featured artists
are Siusan O‟Rourke and Zig Zeitler
(Stonecross), Jim Perkins & Cheryl
Burns (Finvarra‟s Wren) and Asher &
Alison Perkins (Finvarra‟s Wren).
The gathering takes place at Cham-
b e r l i n ‟ s O l e F o r e s t I n n
(www.chamberlinsinn.com). Fees,
which include a welcome wine and
appetizer buffet Thursday; breakfast
lunch and dinner Friday and Satur-
day, breakfast on Sunday, workshops
all day Friday and Saturday, Open
Mic for participants on Friday and a
special staff concert on Saturday
night (for which tickets are also avail-
able to the public) are: $395 for sin-
gle occupancy three nights, work-
shops and meals; $310 for share occu-
pancy and $200 for non-lodging
(includes workshops and meals).
Register with the Erickson Center for
the Arts,
P.O. Box
255, Cur-
tis, MI
4 9 8 2 0 .
For addi-
t i o n a l
in forma-
tion, call
K e l l y
Chamber-
lin at 906-
586-6000.
All pro-
c e e d s
b e n e f i t
the Erickson Center for the Arts
(www.curtisartcenter.com).
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FALL STORY TIME
AT THE BAYLISS
Children, ages 3 to 5, are invited to
take part in a weekly story time at
the Bayliss Library Wednesdays at 10
a.m. or Thursdays at 1 p.m. Pro-
grams, which include stories, art pro-
jects and more, last approximately 45
minutes and will run weekly through
Thanksgiving except on November 4
and 5. The programs are open to all
area children and are free of charge,
but children must be enrolled. Call
Debbie Lehman at 632-0331 or e-mail
debbiel@baylisslibrary.org.
DIANE MEYER CARD/COLLAGE
MAKING WORKSHOP
RESCHEDULED
A card/collage making workshop with
Diane Meyer has been rescheduled.
Originally scheduled for October 3, in
Alberta House, it has been moved to
Saturday, October 10, from 1:30 to
3:30 p.m. in Alberta House to avoid
a conflict with the EUP/Le Sault Art-
ists Guild reception. All materials will
be provided, including pressed flowers,
leaves, birch bark and an 8 x 10” mat.
The fee is $14. Participants may sign
up at Alberta House or call Diane aat
635-1003.
Ca
rd b
y D
ian
e M
eyer
“Poppy”, a batik by Jenni-
fer Flynn—in auction
“NORTHERN EXPOSURE XVI”
DEADLINE APPROACHES
Northern Exposure is an annual UP wide
juried exhibit sponsored by the Bonifas
Arts Center in Escanaba. 2009 dates are
November 12, through December 17.
Deadline for Entry is noon on Oct. 9,
2009.
The competition and exhibition seeks to
showcase the best of the region and to
encourage Upper Peninsula artists in the
pursuit of their art and is open to all UP
residents, 18 and older. Works in all
media are welcome. Artists are invited
to submit up to three entries for a $20
fee. Jury is by color slides or digital sub-
missions. Cash and purchase prizes will
be awarded at the opening reception on
Thursday, November 12. For more infor-
mation or to request an application, con-
tact the Art Center at: 906-786-3833.
CROOKED
TREE’S
JURIED PHO-
TOGRAPHY 2010,
BASED ON WA-
TERSHED
AWARENESS
The Crooked Tree
Arts Center‟s 29th
annual Photogra-
phy Exhibition will
be accepting works in early January 2010, with the theme set on watershed
awareness. CTAC is working in cooperation with the Tip of the Mitt Water-
shed Council, the Leelanau Conservancy and the Watershed Center of
Grand Traverse Bay to create an exhibition with images taken solely on
these watershed lands. The exhibition is open to all Michigan photographers
18 years or older and/or members of the Crooked Tree Arts Center. To ob-
tain more information on the three watershed councils and view maps that
highlight the regions in the exhibition go to www.watershedcouncil.org,
www.theconservancy.com or www.gtbay.org.
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ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES
FEATURED ARTIST—ZOEY WOOD-SALOMON
Almost everybody likely to read this newsletter knows the work of Zoey
Wood-Salomon. Her first appearance in the Sault Summer Arts Festival was
in 2006 when she won the Best of Show Award. Last year and again, this
year she took the Graphics Award. Her work has been in more juried shows
that we could possibly mention—throughout Canada, and in the Olive Craig
Gallery and the Crooked Tree Gallery in the U.S. She has designed logos for
the American Indian Studies Program and the Indigenous Law and Policy
Center at Michigan State University and eight different institutions in Can-
ada. Her Christmas cards have been marketed by nineteen organizations
and institutions, including the Smith-
sonian in Washington D.C.
Zoey‟s entry to the art world was insti-
gated by Peter Migwans. Zoey writes,
“It was around 1981 when I went to
see my good friend Peter Migwans. . . .
I really wanted to get a native art
painting for my husband Jim as a gift.
I asked Peter, „Do you sell cheaper to
your people?‟ . . . Peter got up, left the
room and he came back with a canvas
20” x 24”, then he handed it to me and
I looked at it. It was blank. He said
to me, „you‟re a Anishnabe Kwe, you
can do your own painting‟. . . . I
looked at it and started to think. My
husband had seen my earlier sketches
and had encouraged me to start paint-
ing but I though he was only saying
that because he was my husband. so
here was Peter telling me the same
thing. . . My first painting was a wa-
tercolor on canvas, something that
instructors in art would have told me
if I went to school that it was some-
Zoey with her 2006 Best of Show Award (photo by Paul D. Freedman) and with
this year’s Graphic Award (photo by Eric Demaray)
Volume 2009 Issue 10 Volume 2009 Issue 10 Page 12
thing
that you could not do. It was called
„Man and the Spirit Birds‟. My hus-
band loved it and it hangs today in
our home. My Mother also compli-
mented me on it
which was good for
the soul. . . In Janu-
ary of the following
year, my husband
Jim went out to see
Peter and asked him
what I needed to get
started. Peter gave
him a list so Jim
went out and spent
approximately $200 on
art supplies and he
brought them home. . .”
Now living in Sault, Ontario, Zoey,
an Odawa Indian, is from the Wik-
wemikong Unceded Indian Reserve
on Manitoulin Island. Zoey says she
is self taught—she has no formal art
education. Like the great artists of
the past, however, she learned by
watching and listening to other art-
ists, beginning with Peter Migwans
and including Gordie Fisher, Cecil
Youngfox, Brian Fox and John La-
ford. Her husband, Jim, played a
critical role, beginning with his gift
of art supplies. He booked her first
exhibit (without tell-
ing her) and has sup-
ported and encour-
aged her all along the
way.
Zoey says she is
heavily influenced by
her own spiritual
odyssey as a Chris-
tian; that her work
puts her in touch
with her culture, her
heritage, her people
and herself. “When I
paint I pray. I find I
get very dissatisfied
with myself when I
do not paint because
I pray better when I
paint; and so, if I am
not painting, I am
not praying . . . For each
painting there is a story or a poem.
The painting comes first. Then I just
leave it there in my mind until the
writing comes. . . We don‟t know what
a person has gone
through in life and
what pain he/she car-
ries in their heart but if
I can be used by my
Creator in my work of
art as a channel for His
joy and His healing for
His people, then let it
be.”
Zoey‟s work is, in many
ways, a melding of oppo-
sites. She paints in the traditional
Woodland Indian style, but the work
has a clean, modern look to it. Colors
are vibrant, but the overall effect is of
calm and serenity. The themes are
universal, but the work is very per-
sonal. There is much that is innova-
tive and different, but there is also a
strong sense of discipline, order and
mastery of media. Some of her works
are very small. Her exhibition in the
Alberta House Mini Gallery in 2005
was of 5 x 7” miniatures, and her
cards are a big part of her repertoire,
but a piece in the O.C. Gallery‟s most
recent juried show, “Home”, is large,
indeed (upper left). Traditional she
may be, but predictable she is not.
You can see her work at Rose‟s Art
Gallery in Sault, Ontario, at the
Green Oak Gallery in Richard‟s Land-
ing on St. Joseph Island, at the Iro-
quois Artisans in Bala, Ontario, at
Alberta House and in many juried
shows.
Lake Superior Woman, from the “Home”
Exhibit
Accepting—Zoey‟s SAAC Auction
donation (5 x 7”)
Medicine Man
Coming Home from the “Home” Exhibit
Many,
many
pieces of
exotic
wood
make up
this
unique
bracelet,
made by
Jerry
Wygant
for the SAAC auction.
BAYLISS
BOOK CLUBS
Bayliss Public
Library is form-
ing a book club
for adults in con-
junction with
this year‟s selec-
tion of the 2009-
10 Great Michi-
gan Read, Steal-
ing Buddha’s
Dinner, by Bich Minh Nguyen. The
book, about a Vietnamese immigrant‟s
coming-of-age, is the first of the three
scheduled books on the theme of im-
migration. Book club members will
receive a Stealing Buddha’s Dinner
readers‟ guide.
Stealing Buddha’s Dinner wll be
discussed at 7 p.m. October 6th,
with retired LSSU professor Dr.
Diana Pingatore as the facilitator.
Please note that you may need to
place a hold on the book. (The book is
available at Barnes and Noble on line
for $11.20 in paperback; $28.99 on
CD.)
MURDER AT THE
KEWADIN CASINO
Enjoy dinner and help solve the “who
done it” presented by the Chippewa
Theater Guild. The event will raise
money for the local mediation cen-
ter—the EUP Community Dispute
Resolution Center (the ECD, which
services Chippewa, Luce and Macki-
nac counties). Activities start at 5
p.m.; dinner is served at 6. Tickets
are $30, on sale October 1, at the Ke-
wadin Box Office. For more informa-
tion, call 906-253-9840.
ADVERTISING WITH BITE !
ALBERTA HOUSE NEWS GRABS YOUR AUDIENCE AND HANGS ON !
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE!
Advertise in Alberta House News! Call 906-437-5463
or e-mail: saac@saultarts.org.
Full page ad, $100. 1/2 page $50.
1/4 page ad $25. / 1/8 page ad $15. 1 & 1/2” banner across
the front page $50. Call Jean Jones at 437-5463
or e-mail: saac @saultarts.org.
Page 13 ALBERTA HOUSE NEWS
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Future book club selections are Dig-
ging to America, by Ann Tyler, Novem-
ber 3rd and The Namesake, by Jhumpa
Lahiri, December 1.
The Brown Bag Family Book Club
will hold its first meeting Saturday,
October 3, at noon. Children, ages 8 to
12, along with an adult, will meet to
discuss the club. Participants may
bring their lunch; the library will pro-
vide a snack and a drink. The plan is
to discuss Loser, by Jerry Spinelli on
November 14; Masterpiece by Elise
Broach on December 19, and Joe Pigza
Swallows the Key by Jack Gantos on
January 23. Contact Children‟s Librar-
ian Debbie Lehman for more informa-
t i o n ( 6 3 2 - 9 3 3 1 o r d e b -
biel@bylisslibrary.org).
NEWS & NOTES
A fall bou-
quet of
gourds,
donated
for the
auction by
Mary Beth
Janke.
GOLDEN DRAGONS
OPENS CHEBOYGAN OPERA
HOUSE CONCERT SERIES OVER THE RAINBOW
Passports for the Over the Rainbow
Children‟s Entertainment Series are
available in Sault, Ontario at the
Sault and District Arts Council Office
(705-945-9756—369 Queen Street
East, Suite 104A), Kiddie Cobbler in
the Station Mall, Once upon a Child
on Great Northern Road, the Grand
Theater, and Kevanna Fine Photogra-
phy on Wellington Street East. Tick-
ets for the series of four concerts are
$50 and admit one child and one
adult. Tickets for individual concerts
are $10 for children and $15 for
adults. The concerts are: Freddy
Fusion, on October 14. Dufflebag
Theater on November 18. Norman
Foote on February 17. Bam Percus-
sion on April 23. All performances
take place at the Grand Theater, 641
Queen Street East, at 7 p.m.
ST. JOSEPH CHURCH BAZAAR
The St. Joseph‟s Ladies Guild will
hold its Annual Bazaar and Salad
luncheon on Saturday, October 3,
from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the
church hall, 1101 Minneapolis in
the Sault. The bazaar features attic
treasures, baked goods, crafts, holi-
day decorations and jewelry. The
salad luncheon array includes eight
varieties of salads, homemade rolls,
dessert and beverage. Cost of the
luncheon is $6 for adults and $2.50
for children.
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NEWS & NOTES
On Tuesday, October 13, the Golden
Dragon Acrobats from China will open
the Cheboygan Opera House Concert
Series. An Evening with Jeff Daniels
plays the Opera House Tuesday, De-
cember 8, and Kathy Kosins presents
The Ladies of Cool, a tribute to Julie
London, June Christie, Anita O‟Day
and Chris Conner on Friday, February
12. Series tickets are available from
the Opera House box office: 231-627-
5841 or 1-800-357-
9408. Tickets for
all three concerts
are $70 for adults
and $35 for stu-
dents. Tickets for
individual per-
formances are
a v a i l a b l e a t
slightly higher
prices.
FINGER STYLE GUITAR
If finger style guitar fits your style,
then October is the month for you.
The Erickson Center for the Arts in
Curtis hosts Tim Thompson, last
year‟s International Fingerstyle Gui-
tar 1st Place winner, on October 2nd.
Thompson mixes jazz, folk and some
bluegrass, and performs with his
son, fiddle player Myles Thompson,
15. The Minnesota born Thompson
is based in Nashville where he has
produced and played on countless
records as well as on movie and tele-
vision sound tracks. For more infor-
mation, check his web site at
www.timthompsonguitar.com.
On October 16, Don Ross and Brooke
Miller will perform on the Soo Thea-
tre stage. Don Ross is a Canadian
finger style guitarist noted for the
emotion and intensity of his playing
as well as his use of extended tex-
nique. He borrows from blues, jazz,
folk and classical music. Miller, also
a Canadian, is a singer who began as
a punk band singer and mellowed.
Two other productions featuring the
guitar are part of the Algoma Fall
Festival in Sault, Ontario: Pavlo on
October 2, and
the Canadian
Guitar Quartet
on October 28.
Check date list-
ings for ticket
information on
these events.
Delicate sterling bracelet, ring and ear-
ring set by Jan and Amy Rohen
“June Daisy”,
pastel painting by
Rose Sunda-
ram—in SAAC
auction.
Hand woven
hall rug by
Joyce Bu-
chanan—in
SAAC auc-
tion
Mary Margaret Splits Wood
LSSU SUPERIOR FESTIVAL
The Ninth Annual LSSU Superior Festival
takes place on campus October 8 to 10. The
three day performance even and colloquium
is hosted b y Dr. Gary Balfantz, dean of the
College of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences.
Festival guest artists and scholars include
Bruce Henderson, PhD., Ithaca College,
New York; Rebecca Kennerly PhD., South-
ern Georgia University; and Carol Simpson
Stern PhD., Northwestern University. The
featured performers are from CMU, EMU,
Georgia Southern University, Ithaca Col-
lege, Oakland Community College and We-
ber State University. A $35 registration fee
is required for participation in the work-
shops, the luncheon and the festival ban-
quet, but all festival presentations are free
and open to the public. For more informa-
tion and schedule details, go to
www.lssu.edu/artscenter or contact Dr.
Balfantz at 906-635-2659 or gbal-
fantz@lssu.edu.
From the City of Sault Ste. Marie
Downtown Development Authority
NEW !! Music at the Corner
The Downtown Development Author-
ity along with Grooves Music is having
a new musical option for the down-
town on Friday evenings. Every Fri-
day evening through the fall, until it
gets too cold, there will be live music
performed at the new Market Corner
(the corner of Ashmun and Portage)
the music is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m.
with different per-
f o r m e r s a n d
groups throughout
the fall. There is
no charge to come
down and listen to
the music, enjoy
the park and stroll
through beautiful
downtown, visit-
ing the shops, res-
taurants and tav-
erns along Ash-
mun and Portage.
For more informa-
tion about these
Friday night per-
formances contact
Lee at the Down-
town Development
Authority office,
906-635-6973.
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Page 15 ALBERTA HOUSE NEWS
NEWS & NOTES
ANNY HUBBARD EXHIBIT
“Strong Women of the North”, an ex-
hibit by Anny Hubbard, will be in
LSSU‟s Library Gallery during Octo-
ber with a reception and poetry read-
ing on Monday, October 5, from noon
to 2 p.m. In conjunction with this ex-
hibit, Anny will have a new printing
of the book of poetry that inspired the
exhibit. The book will be available at
the reception, at Alberta House or
from Anny (635-9230) for $7 (soft
cover).
From “Strong Women of the North”,
by Anny Hubbard
Iroquois Point Fox, oil painting by Jeanne Tubman—
in the SAAC auction
Home of the Sault Summer
Arts Festival
SAULT AREA ARTS COUNCIL
ALBERTA HOUSE ARTS
CENTER
217 FERRIS STREET
SAULT STE. MARIE
MI 49783
INFORMATION
Alberta House News is published monthly
as a public service by the Sault Area Arts Council and
may be picked up free of charge at Alberta House Arts
Center. Items for Alberta House News are best
transferred in written form, either dropped off at Alberta
House or mailed there c/o Jean Jones. You may also call
906/437-5463 afternoons or evenings or e-mail
saac@saultarts.org. Alberta House News publishes art
news of general interest to its readers. There is no charge
for inclusion. Please include the sponsor of an event
with the information.
If you would like to become a member of SAAC and
help support arts council services, fill in the form
alongside and mail with your check for $25.00 in U.S.
funds to the Sault Area Arts Council, Alberta House Arts
Center, 217 Ferris Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783.
Members are mailed a monthly copy of “Alberta House
News” as a benefit of membership, or can download
from our website. Give us your e-mail address and we’ll
send you a notice when the new issue is posted.
Encaustic (hot
wax painting)
by Ingrid
Blixt, avail-
able on her
web site:
www.ingridart
studio.com.
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