*Let Venture North Be Your Guide to Adventures in Art!

Duluth, MN – Take a class on spinning wool in Grand Marais; students travel the world at the Duluth Art Institute; and Angie Haworth paints quilts! Read Superior Artisans: In Praise of Hands by Cameron Norman and enjoy Lester Park with photographer Dudley Edmondson on a Two Minute Trail! Don’t miss this new Venture North premiering Thursday, November 5 at 8pm on PBS eight channels 8 & 31. (Venture North is repeated Sundays at 10am.)

Grand Marais, MN… The North House Folk School offers instruction in all sorts of traditional crafts and skills. Hand-crafted yarns fascinate weavers, artists and clothes connoisseurs alike. Join a class in Grand Marais for a lesson in wool and friendship; you’ll see that spinning your own yarn is a craft that takes great skill!

Duluth, MN…Travel around the world through Art! That’s exactly what young students did at Duluth Art Institute summer camps. Designed to inspire cultural curiosity along with creativity, grade school kids attended immersive, day art camp. Each day they focused on different cultures and created everything from plaster paper Easter Island statues and Aborigine rain sticks to ceramic Aztec calendars and Mesa Verde cliff dwelling dioramas. You’ll enjoy their art and their enthusiasm!

Superior, WI…Angie Haworth paints with thread, fabric beads and more. Her work defies labeling and leaves ample space for creative improvisation as she weaves needle and thread and fabric into remarkable quilts and wall hangings. Each piece reflects her passion for life—its colors and curves. Step into her home studio in Superior, for real inspiration from a really gifted woman.

Read Superior Artisans: In Praise of Hands and enjoy Lester Park with photographer Dudley Edmondson on a Two Minute Trail! Watch Venture North; then follow the trail to our website at www.wdse.org. Click on the Venture North logo and enjoy previous episodes, tours, trails, books and more. Let Venture North be your guide to adventure!