Life Drawing – Open Studio

Fri Jan 19th 10:00am - Fri Dec 27th 11:30am

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Historic Holmes Theatre, 806 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501, USA  

Life drawing, also sometimes known as figure drawing or gesture drawing, is the drawing of the human form in various poses and levels of detail.

Join us in the Holmes Art Cellar Friday mornings at 10-11:30am through the end of 2024 for our next sessions of Life Drawing Open Studio.

Network and learn from Artist Facilitators from the Holmes Artist Collective. Bring your own supplies. All mediums welcome.

A Community Treasure: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Steve Jaenisch

September 10 - December 13, 2024

September 11, 2024 - Opening Celebration 5-7 p.m.

Local fix it man, Steve Jaenisch, was also well known for his artistic talent. His ability to create a work of art using spark plugs, bearings and scrap pieces of steel were unmatched. Anyone driving around Fergus Falls has seen his work. Some of those pieces include the "Super Goose", the fireman sculpture outside the firehall and the Madison School Memorial to name a few. Steve was a military history buff. He loved to entertain. Through hard work, dedication and persistence he continue Jaenisch Industries, a business started by his father, Harold Jaenisch, in 1946, and which his son, Jeff Jaenisch, continues.

Lake Region Arts Council (LRAC) Board awarded the $5,000 annual LRAC Fellowship to printmaker Michael Weatherly. Michael's artwork will be on display at the LRAC Arts Gallery October 7, - December 17th. There will be a joint artist reception on Tuesday, October 8th with Juried Exhibition, "Surreal Visions", 5:30-7pm. This Artist Reception in FREE and open to the public to attend.

Michael Weatherly is a printmaker living in Elbow Lake, MN. For his day job he works as a technical writer for LGC BioSearch Technologies, based out of London, and has a production facility out of Alexandria, MN that he works out of. Michael has a BA in modern studio art from the University of Minnesota Morris, and he took graphic design classes at Alexandria Tech. He has lived in Elbow Lake for about 12 years and lives there with his partner Nathalie, between the two of them they have six children and six grandchildren.

Statement of Artistic Practice:
I am mainly a relief printmaker living in west central Minnesota. I graduated from the University of Minnesota Morris with a BA in Art History and a minor in Studio Art with a major focus in printmaking. I took my first printmaking course as a sophomore in college, and I was hooked. I love the reaction of the ink on the paper and the textures that could be created. I get excited when I pull the paper from the plate. I am constantly inspired by everyday events and interested in how artist address’s themes that are tragic, scary and painful and how as an artist to grapple with the human condition.
I mainly carve into linoleum and wood, apply ink, paper and pressure to obtain a print. In early 2018, I started working on prints that dealt with human emotions and the human condition to try to establish a connection with the viewer. With 2020 is my sights my goal was to work big again and move towards more installation type art. Through some great discussions with colleagues, the ideas of carving and printing on actual doors came about. Behind the Door tries to address things that we as people would rather keep secret and behind closed doors such as an addiction or abuse. The door also symbolizes a portal that these people might be trying to escape. With the surging rate of opioid addiction, overdoses and abuse, we are experiencing one of greatest public health crises our nation has ever face. I hope that this work will help start a conversation about these issues and bring awareness. I am interested in how artist addresses themes that are tragic, scary and painful and how as an artist to grapple with the human condition.
During my show at the Kaddatz Gallery in Fergus Falls MN I had the incredible opportunity to share my art in a group setting with local recovering addicts. This opportunity gave me valuable insight to the world of a recovering addict and their everyday struggle. This insight has inspired me to continue to bring this issue into the light and start a conversation about drug addiction.
More than 750,000 people have died from a drug overdose in the United States from 1999 to 2018, with nearly 450,000 deaths involving prescribed or illicit opioids. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Understanding the Epidemic, an average of 128 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. With my art I hope to create relationships with my viewer. I want to be able to connect with them through my art and hopefully make an impact in their life. Being able to communicate to my viewer can help start conversations that may also make a change.

In the Gallery: TEACH

TEACH Gallery Exhibit
Peder Butenhoff & Michael Aasness
October 23 – November 30, 2024

The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is pleased to announce its new gallery exhibit “TEACH” in the gallery from October 23 – November 30, 2024. A reception date will be announced soon.

This gallery exhibit features the work of Artists Peder Butenhoff and Michael Aasness, with a nod to Jim Borgreen. Jim Borgreen was Peder’s art teacher and inspired him in art and to teach, while Peder was Michael’s art teacher and inspired him to pursue art and become a teacher.

The show is about inspiration: the teachers we learn from and those who inspire us.

Peder Butenhoff Artist Statement

Known as Peder, PED, or Pete (no preference), I graduated from Fergus County High School in 1988. I was greatly influenced by Jim Borgreen’s teaching gifts. Being the little brother of three, I was also greatly influenced by the big brothers in good and bad ways! So, I too attended Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and earned a K-12 Art Education & 7-12 Social Studies Education Degree along with Coaching Certification in 1993.

I began my almost 30 years of teaching and coaching in Lisbon, ND. It was an honor to be the first Art Teacher Lisbon had in their school district, even though 80 percent of my teaching was Social Studies. With three great start-up years in Lisbon, I found my way to New York Mills, where I have lived for 26 years. I taught in NYM schools and coached for four years being a “Jack of all Trades” in Art, Social Studies, and Coaching. With the desire to just teach Art, I was blessed to find teaching positions in Staples-Motley (six years), Fergus Falls (eleven years), and currently in my sixth year at Perham High School.

I reflect at times back to the central Montana boy in 1988. Who thought, “Teaching Art and coaching football & golf?! That would be a pretty sweet gig in life.”.Well, here I am blessed to be doing just what I dreamed. I am blessed with a saint of a wife, Becky. We have been married and resided in rural New York Mills for the past 13 years. We enjoy our dogs and cat. I am a “Jack of all Trades” still, but master of none. We do numerous outdoor activities no matter if it is winter, spring, summer, or fall.

On View in the Main Gallery November 4 - December 21, 2024 “CARLA BENJAMIN
​VENERATION: HONORING THE SPACE THAT SURROUNDS US”.

Opening Reception:
NOON - 2PM Thursday, November 7, 2024
This event is free to attend and open to the public.
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About the Artist:
Carla Benjamin, a long-time resident of rural Pillager Minnesota, brings the simple splendor of the Northwoods to life through her innovative use of encaustic painting. Her work is deeply influenced by the textures and tactile qualities of bark, lichens, stones, and leaves. Through her art, she explores themes of awareness, healing, growth, and renewal, inviting viewers to see the familiar natural world from a new perspective.