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Brownstone Newsletter, Issue 10, Winter 2022
Brownstone Newsletter, Issue 10, Winter 2022

Art Galleries Exhibit

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Lorber, Lorber & Cotherman (August 2020) - Virtual Exhibition

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Please join the Washburn Cultural Center for our August exhibition, Lorber, Lorber & Cotherman, which will debut on Wednesday, August 5, and features collage work and installations from Steve Cotherman, pastel paintings by Milt Lorber, and watercolor paintings and ceramicware from Wei Lan Lorber. Arranged roughly thematically throughout our newly reopened full gallery space, this collection of works ranges from the representational to the abstract; includes multiplanar collages and functional ceramics; and features many artworks displayed for the first time, some of which were conceived of and executed while under lockdown only months ago. The Lorbers’ vibrant pastels and watercolors depict local landscapes and natural subjects, with some pieces introducing mixed media and textural components to abstract traditional subject matter. Cotherman deploys meticulous, sometimes disorienting, collage techniques and tongue-in-cheek juxtapositions to create images that speak to our current historical moment, reveal the hidden histories of the United States, and play on and with the legacies of recognizable art historical subjects and figures. Many pieces on display are available for sale alongside smaller watercolors and a variety of ceramicware, and exhibition visitors are also welcome to browse our newly reorganized antiques shop and Vinyl Vault.

Please note that Lorber, Lorber & Cotherman is open to the public by appointment only, and for the continued safety of all, masks are required of all visitors. Appointment slots are available every Wednesday through Saturday between the hours of 1PM and 5 PM throughout the month of August. Please call (715) 373-5591 or send an email to WashburnCulturalCenter@gmail.com to set up an appointment to view August’s surprising and excitingly varied exhibition from this trio of local artists.

We encourage you to see these works in person! However, if you are unable to do so, this virtual slideshow features views of the installed exhibit as well as details of selected artworks on display this month. To view the virtual exhibition, simply click any image, and swipe or use the left/right arrows to see more displayed works.

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Superior Artist Group Show 2020 – Virtual Exhibition

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To celebrate the reopening the Washburn Cultural Center, the annual show of artworks by the Superior Artist Group debuted on Friday, July 3. This year’s show features work from Sara Balbin, Royanne Goossen, Dora Kling, Karen Maki, Wendy Deerly Reese, Jason Terry, and Jonathan Walburg. Together, their works interpret this region’s hidden textures and historic architectures, its figures, its features, and its seasonal visions through each artist’s unique styles and the varied media they work in.

We encourage you to see these works in person! However, if you are unable to do so, this virtual slideshow also displays the talents of these artists and includes all the ceramics, etchings and relief prints, watercolor and oil paintings, mixed media sculptures, and postcard displays on exhibit this month. To view the virtual exhibition in detail, simply click an image, and then swipe or use the left/right arrows to see the works around it.

If you would like to see this Superior Artist Group show, please note that this year’s exhibition will be open to the public by appointment only, and for the continued safety of all, masks will be required of all visitors. Appointment slots are available every Wednesday through Saturday between the hours of 1 PM and 5 PM throughout the month of July. Please call (715) 373-5591 or send an email to washburnculturalcenter@gmail.com to set up an appointment to view this year’s exciting Superior Artist Group exhibition!

The Art Of the Everday: Paintings By Carl Gawboy

Now on exhibit, through February 29, watercolor and acrylic paintings and ink wash drawings by Anishinaabe artist Carl Gawboy. An observant illustrator of everyday Ojibwe life for decades, Mr. Gawboy’s work can be found in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Minnesota Historical Society, the Tweed Art Museum, the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, and the Madeline Island Museum. Mr. Gawboy is a member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and the former professor of Art and Native Studies at the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth. A special screening of the documentary film “Carl Gawboy Portrait: The Art of the Everyday” will be shown at Washburn’s Harbor View Event Center on Tuesday, February 11 at 7:00 pm followed by an artist reception and Q&A with Mr. Gawboy and the film producer Lorraine Norrgard.

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