"The Spirit of the Hunt" -- ecological art exhibit reception, wolf talks Sept. 3 in MTU's Forestry Noblet Building

"Peace in the Forest," by Jim Brandenburg. (Photo © Jim Brandenburg and courtesy Michigan Tech University)

HOUGHTON -- Michigan Tech’s College of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences (CFRES) is hosting an ecological art exhibit and public talks calling attention to local carnivore populations. The exhibit, titled "The Spirit of the Hunt," is a collaboration between CFRES, the Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), and Project Coyote. 

Local and national artists are featured in the exhibit, including U.P. artists Joyce Koskenmaki and Ladislav Hanka. The exhibit is guest-curated by Catherine Plank, a graduate student in ecSeptosystem science and management at the University of Michigan, who arranged the exhibit "to create discussion and to highlight the beauty and value of native predators."

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"Wolf," by Joyce Koskenmaki. (Image © Joyce Koskenmaki and courtesy Michigan Tech University)

The exhibit is open now through Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday in the CFRES atrium.

At 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3, John Vucetich (Michigan Tech, Forestry) and Tanya Aldred (Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission) will lead a public discussion on wolves, and the species’ history with mankind.

All events are free and open to the public:
Michigan Tech, CFRES Noblet Building, Room G002:

    Presentations and Reception -- Friday, Sept. 3, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
    John Vucetich: "On the relationship between humans and wolves"
    Tanya Aldred: "Ma'iingan (wolf): An Ojibway Perspective."      

Michigan Tech, CFRES Noblet Building, Hesterberg Hall and Atrium:   

    Exhibit -- Aug. 30 - Oct. 15, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday-Friday.