Keen gets her just arts desserts May 28, 2005
The Gazebo Room of Fireside Inn buzzed with excitement as friends and family were on hand to give hugs and kudos to Eileen Keen, winner of the Maddie Simons Advocate Award and Barton Sutter, recipient of the George Morrison Artist Award. Barton Sutter, a nationally recognized poet and essayist, lives in Duluth and writes about the Arrowhead Region. (Aitkin Independent Age, MN)
Professors hope new museum will hype Techs Native American Studies program Oct 1, 2004
Our Universes showcases tribal values and world views; Our Peoples documents historical events from the American Indian perception; Our Lives shows how Native Americans live in the 21st century; and Native Modernism, The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser showcases the work of two influential Native American artists dating from the 1930s through 1990s, said the museums website. There are also collections at the NMAI in New York and the NMAI Cultural Resources Center in Maryland. (Collegiate Times, VA)
Native intelligence: Indians guide new national museum Sep 19, 2004
Besides the 4,000 tons of blond Kasota limestone that covers its exterior, the museum is opening with a beautiful show of paintings and sculpture by the late Ojibwe artist George Morrison of Grand Portage. The Smithsonian's newest museum. (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
A native place: American Indian museum makes bold statement Sep 18, 2004
Three are thematic exhibits -- "Our Universes,"Our Peoples" and "Our Lives" -- representing the philosophies, history and contemporary life of 24 tribes. "Our Universes" deals with native cosmology by presenting seasonal ceremonies of eight tribes including the Anishinaabe of northern Minnesota and Canada and the Lakota of South Dakota. "Our Peoples" explores how eight tribes -- including four in Brazil and Mexico -- struggled to maintain their traditions under assault by outsiders. "Our Lives"... (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune -- Variety)
New Indian museum opens next week on National Mall Sep 16, 2004
There is also a changing exhibition gallery, which will feature the art of American Indian artists George Morrison and Allan Houser in its inaugural exhibit, "Native Modernism.". Visitors can also check out interactive displays as they make their way from one exhibit to the next. (SFGate.com -- Lifestyle & Leisure Breaking News)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington Tuesday. Sep 16, 2004
In addition, "Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser" will be shown in the temporary art gallery through fall 2005. Works by other native artists, called landmark objects, will be displayed in public areas. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Facts and figures about the American Indian Museum Aug 17, 2004
"Native Modernism," featuring the art of American Indian artists George Morrison and Allan Houser. "Windows on Collections," displaying 3,500 objects aimed at highlighting the breadth and diversity of native artifacts. (SFGate.com -- Travel & Recreation Breaking News)
Native American issues, artist highlighted at events Feb 6, 2004
Landscape: Surrealist Forms, is a work by George Morrison, the subject of a lecture on February 26 ... Artist George Morrison topic of lecture. (US Santa Cruz Currents, CA)
Three women put on a show at art institute Dec 16, 2003
Three women ' each a well-known visual artist on her own ' are coming together for a joint show at the Duluth Art Institute, opening next weekend in the George Morrison Gallery. Of different ages, with different approaches to art and subject matter, Jen Dietrich, Ann Kelfstad and Eva Johnson have all created essentially new bodies of work for the show, which runs through February 29, 2004 (Duluth Budgeteer News, MN)
