New slide show: Celebrating Arts in the Keweenaw June 2014

At the Calumet Art Center on First Friday, June 6, 2014, Native American (Odawa) artist Arnold Shawanoo Walker of Petoskey, Mich. (now living in the Keweenaw) explains his porcupine quill art to visitor Elvia Wilk of Bloomington, Ind., who works in Berlin, Germany, and is now doing an art residency on Rabbit Island. (Photos by Keweenaw Now)

HANCOCK -- Keweenaw Now has posted a new slide show: Celebrating Arts in the Keweenaw June 2014.

The slide show includes photos taken at First Friday in Calumet (June 6), the opening reception for "Recent Work by Lindsey Heiden and Kenyon Hansen" at the Copper Country Community Arts Center (June 13), the Houghton Art and Music Festival (June 21), the Portage Lake District Library Summer Reading Program opening and Friends of the Portage Lake District Library Used Book Sale (June 21).

Volunteering at the Houghton Art and Music Festival Extreme Bake Sale, at the Copper Country Community Arts Center (CCCAC) booth, are, from left, Cynthia Coté, CCCAC executive director; Jane Hiltunen of Dollar Bay; and Harriet King of Houghton. At far right is the Fifth and Elm Coffee House snack booth. The festival is a fundraiser for the Community Arts Center in Hancock.

You can access the slide show at the top right corner of this page or at this direct link:
https://picasaweb.google.com/keweenawnew/CelebratingArtsInTheKeweenawJune2014# 

Be sure to read the captions, some of which have links to artists' Web sites so you can see more of their work.