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For more information, contact Gary Kruchowski, (218) 733-7649 or g.kruchowski@lsc.edu or Janet Blixt, (218) 723-4743, j.blixt@lsc.edu
For Immediate Release: March 30, 2006
NEWS RELEASE
Lake Superior College April Art Events Include Student Portfolio Show, David Mura Reading, and Native American Artist Jeff Savage
(Duluth, Minn.) The literary and studio arts are well represented in April at LSC. The public is invited to enjoy the following free events:
Native American artist Jeff Savage, an internationally known pipe maker and sculptor, will make a slide presentation on Tuesday, April 4 in the LSC Art Building. A traditional Native American dinner and drumming is also included in the program. Savage will also demonstrate Native American crafts on Wed., April 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the LSC Atrium. The Lake Vermillion Singers will provide traditional drumming in the Atrium.
As a self-taught sculptor and award-winning artist, Savage has dedicated a majority of his artistic abilities to the continuation of traditional Chippewa art forms. For twenty-five years, Savage has sculpted pipestone. Savage's work appears in various public and private collections including the Smithsonian Museum and the Department of Interior Museum, Washington D. C. His pipes and sculptures have gone to Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, Mexico, Japan, China, Estonia and many Native American Nations to numerous to mention. He resides within the boundaries of the Fond du Lac Reservation with his wife and three children, who are enrolled members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
"Passion on the Second Floor" Art Exhibit features LSC students Katrina Dobosenski, April Hall, Cot LaFond, Dale Lucas, Brian Malarski and Roald Molberg. The students will present their portfolio work of ceramics, digital photography, jewelry and painting from April 10 to May 9. An opening reception will be held Monday, April 10 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Art Building, second floor gallery with a 5 p.m. artist's dialogue. A closing reception will be held Monday, May 8, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The Minnesota Writers' Series continues with David Mura. He will read on Tues., April 11 at 12 noon in the Duluth Public Library's Gold Room and on Tues., April 11 at 7 p.m. in the LSC Library's Minnesota Room. Mura is a poet, creative nonfiction writer, critic, playwright and performance artist. A Sansei or third generation Japanese American, Mura has written two memoirs: Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei, (Grove-Atlantic), which won a 1991 Josephine Miles Book Award from the Oakland PEN and was listed in the New York Times Notable Books of Year, and Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity, (1996, Anchor).
Mura's third and most recent book of poetry is Angels for the Burning, (2004, Boa Editions Ltd.). His second book of poetry, The Colors of Desire, (1995, Anchor), won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award from the Friends of the Chicago Public Library. His first book, After We Lost Our Way, (Carnegie Mellon University Press), won the 1989 National Poetry Series Contest. He has also written a chapbook, A Male Grief: Notes on Pornography & Addiction, (Milkweed Editions). His book of critical essays, Song for Uncle Tom, Tonto & Mr. Moto: Poetry & Identity, was published by the University of Michigan Press in 2002.
The Minnesota Writers' Series will culminate with an open reading on Tues., April 25 at 7 p.m. in LSC Library's Minnesota Room. LSC students, staff and the public are welcome to sign up to read that evening.
With more than 5,000 students enrolled spring semester 2006, LSC is one of Northeastern Minnesota's largest two-year colleges. LSC provides a wide range of programs and services, including liberal arts and science courses for transfer, technical programs intended to provide occupational skills, continuing education, and customized training for business and industry. LSC is also the leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.
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