Susan Robinson, author and illustrator of the booklet Is this an Agate? An Illustrated Guide to Lake Superior's Beach Stones: Michigan (2001), is one of the four artists exhibiting their work at the Ed Gray Gallery this month, opening with a reception Friday, July 3. (Image © Susan Robinson and courtesy Ed Gray Gallery.)CALUMET -- "Let’s Rock," a four-person show, will open with a reception from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, July 3, at the Ed Gray Gallery in Calumet. It includes "Painting" by Susan Robinson, "Mineral specimens" by George Robinson, "Photography" by John Jaszczak and "Sterling Jewelry w/local Keweenaw stones" by Julie Sanford.
In addition to the various photographs and works of art inspired by the geological world on exhibit at the "Let's Rock" show, the Ed Gray Gallery will also host two programs given by Dr. George Robinson, curator of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum and professor of Mineralogy at Michigan Tech.
The first of these -- to be held at 7 p.m. Friday, July 17, in the new Calumet Art Center -- will be an illustrated talk on how rocks and minerals present themselves as naturally occurring objects of art and what artists may gain from studying them.
The second program -- "Is this an Agate?" -- will be held at 7 p.m. July 24 in the new Calumet Art Center. It will focus on the various beachstones, including agates, that may be found along Lake Superior's shoreline and how to identify them. This program will utilize both photographs and actual specimens to illustrate the various rocks and minerals discussed, and participants are encouraged to bring along their agates and other beachstones (or rock and mineral specimens from anywhere) for free identification.
The new Calumet Art Center is located at 57055 Fifth Street, near the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's.
For more info call 906-337-5970.
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