Neighbor Heid Erdrich Wins BIG Poetry Award!
The Library of Congress has awarded its prestigious Bobbitt Poetry Prize to Kenwood resident Heid E. Erdrich for her collection "Little Big Bully," published in 2020.
The prize is awarded every other year for the best book of poetry published by a living United States author during the preceding two years or, at the discretion of the jury, for lifetime achievement.
Former poet Laureate Rita Dove received the lifetime achievement award, and joined Erdrich in reading from her work at the ceremony on December, 2022 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Former recipients of the prize include Mark Strand, Louise Gluck, Claudia Rankine, Terrence Hayes and a slew of other stars in the pantheon of poets.
Heid and her husband John live near her sisters Angie and Louise in an area of Kenwood that some of us — OK, two of us — call Erdrich-dale. She is Ojibwe and enrolled at Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.
2023 Art Shanty Projects Bdé Umáŋ / Lake Harriet, Minneapolis
Susan Lenfestey, Lowry Hill.
Weekends, January 21 –
February 12, 2023
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Due to ice conditions the 2023 Art Shanty Projects will be moved onshore along meandering paths near the Bdé Umáŋ / Lake Harriet Band Shell.
Our vision for the future is to spark new ideas, encourage the discovery and development of existing artistic skills and break down the barriers between artist and participant through unexpected encounters with a vibrant artistic village.
We reinterpret traditions that sustain communities through winter to forge new pathways of connectedness using art to shape a world where people and planet are respected, healthy and thriving.
We strive for a community without hierarchy. Instead, we work to share power and resources. We celebrate the skills and unique talents each individual brings to the project and aspire to compensate people fairly for their labor.
Artists create the shanties, performances and art actions of their imaginations, not limited by access to resources. We build accessibility into the fabric of how we do art and we work to remove all barriers of access for participants.
Our vision for the future is fueled by joy and creative celebration.
Erin Lavelle, Artistic Director
Petronella Ytsma & Friends at the Groveland Gallery
February 11 - March 18th
The Groveland Gallery is honored to present an exhibition of photographs by Petronella Ytsma. This posthumous exhibition pays tribute to Nell, her forty-year career as an artist and her lifetime of supporting art and artists. Work by some of Nell's colleagues, collaborators and friends will be included in this special exhibition – Priscilla Briggs, Dan Bruggerman, Carol Lee Chase, Anne DeCoster, Greg Graham, Terry Gydesen, Tim Harding, Joy Liberman, Eleanor McGough, Rod Massey, Lisa Nebenzahl, Erica Spitzer Rasmussen, Dani Roach, Megan Rye, Justin Terlecki, David Wells and Jody Williams.
Sally Johnson has been the director of Groveland Gallery in Lowry Hill since 1983.
