Arts

Leipski tells stories at Bonifas exhibit with clay creations

Artist Scott Leipski of Gladstone is holding his first solo show at the Bonifas in Escanaba. An artist reception is being held tonight at 7 p.m. Leipski says he tries to tell stories with his clay creations and the title of the pieces. But he says his elaborate pieces do not come from inspiration but failure. “Being an artist, particularly being a newer artist, is about failure. You will fail constantly but it’s whether you will take those failures and you learn from them or if you just give up. I’m not about to give up,” said Leipski. His show
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The exhibit ‘Selling Nahma’ opens at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center

ESCANABA – An exhibit about the town of Nahma opens today at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center gallery. JJ Spaulding says the exhibit “Selling Nahma” shows photos and artifacts from the town as it transitioned following changes in the logging industry in the 1950s.
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Membership Show at Bonifas features local artists

ESCANABA – Artists that are members of the Bonifas Fine Arts Center have submitted works for the Bonifas Membership Show in May and June. Dakota Guiterrez submitted his painting “Of Our Lives (Within the Circles)”. It’s one of the pieces for the upcoming Membership Show in the Powers Gallery at the Bonifas.
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Volunteers make Bonifas art auction happen

ESCANABA – How many volunteer hours does it take to make an art auction happen? Fifty. One hundred. More. For the William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, this year’s art auction, “Arabian Nights – Rock the Casbah,” relied on the benefaction of many many more than that.
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Students receive awards in Bonifas’ annual ‘Youth in Art’ exhibit

ESCANABA – Students from 6th to 12th grade received awards last night for their artwork entered in the annual “Youth in Art” exhibit at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center in Escanaba. Gladstone freshman Kallie Hubert won an award for her artwork titled “Cornell Chickens.”
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Youth in Art exhibit at Bonifas makes adjustments in wake of school art cuts

ESCANABA – Youth in Art awards were presented last night to students from Kindergarten through 5th grade during a packed reception at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center. Director Pasqua Warstler says they were concerned about receiving enough entries this year because of cutbacks at some area schools and the elimination of art classes, especially in the elementary grades.
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Malone brings night sky to Bonifas exhibit

ESCANABA – The Northern Lights will be shining at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center with the photography of Shawn Malone. The Marquette photographer’s exhibit North Country Dreamland features vivid photos of Northern Lights and other night sky phenomena from the Upper Peninsula.
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