Artist Open House

Jeff Niesen is a longtime North Shore visitor whose art guided him to move to Grand Marais in 2013. He speaks with Will Moore about his journey to Minnesota, art style, and being featured at Voyageur Brewing Company.

Painter Jan Attridge has been doing portraits of Cook County people working at their work and sharing their lives with their pets.
WTIP’s Jay Andersen has the latest edition of Artist Open House.

Artist Open House is a place where creative people talk about their work in their own words. Not just what they do, but why and what inspires them to continue.

David MacLean taught biology at Youngstown State University, with a special interest in entomology. He has also played drums for most of his life. WTIP's Martha Marnocha recently visited with him for another edition of Artist Open House.

Artist Open House is a production of WTIP News with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
 

In July and August Hazel Belvo and Marcia Casey Cushmore’s latest paintings grace the Johnson Heritage Post in Grand Marais. Their work is grounded in the environment, but is thoroughly abstract.

WTIP’s Jay Andersen has the latest edition of Art Open House.

Artist Open House is a place where creative people talk about their work in their own words. Not just what they do, but why and what inspires them to continue.

Amy Woschek Schmidt is a published poet who lives in Hovland. When not writing poems, she works as a registered nurse at Sawtooth Mountain Clinic.

Artist Open House is a production of WTIP News with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Metal sculptor Tom Christiansen and assistant Josh Rice are building a new installation for the Grand Marais Library through funding by the Minnesota state Legacy fund. They talk about their new creation "Puzzle Tree" and how they work together at Last Chance studio.

Artist Open House is a place where creative people talk about their work in their own words. Not just what they do, but why and what inspires them to continue.

Jo Wood moved away from Cook County nine years ago. Jo does more than stitch with beads -- she paints with beads. The long hours she spent creating a recent exhibit on the meaning of home has brought her back home, this time for good.

Artist Open House is a production of WTIP News with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
 

The weekend of July 12 and 13 was the 24th Annual Grand Marais Arts Festival and over 70 artists participated. WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with three artists in part 1 of a two-part series for this edition of Artist Open House.

The weekend of July 12 and 13 was the 24th Annual Grand Marais Arts Festival and over 70 artists participated. WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with three artists in part 2 of a two-part series for this edition of Artist Open House.

After the mosaics on the old Cook County Coop building came down, a new artistic vision soon took shape. In this edition of WTIP's Artist Open House, Martha Marnocha talked with some of the folks involved with creating the new mural in Grand Marais.