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One Morning

by Jikiwe

Early morning some days ago, I was leaving the house to make my way to Miskwabik only a few minutes away. As I stepped out, the crisp morning greeted me with a light snow fall. Dakota was at my feet and the almost full moon was wonderful. Off in the distance of Boston location, I heard the calls of wolf and coyotes. There were also owls in the towering Osceola mine shaft house behind me. The four legged and winged one’s calls were music to my ears. Life on the Keweenaw is a constant reminder of how wonderful life is when we take time to listen.

The crunching sound of the white snow under my feet as my boots make their footprints, brings to mind Splake’s saying “the long white”. The peace that comes with the winter solstice is a clear sign that soon the return of the light will be with us and the rebirth of a new year.

Jikiwe

Posted: 12/08/2008 12:00:00

70th Birthday - 50 years full time studio artist

by Jikiwe

Ed Gray

Calumet

December 2, 2008

Dear Friends and Family,

This year marks my 70th birthday and marking 50 years of being a full time Michigan studio Artist.

In celebration of both of these events, my family, with deep maternal roots in the Keweenaw and paternal roots in the Old Mission Peninsula in Traverse City, has started an endowed fund within the Keweenaw Community Foundation. It is named the “Ed Gray/Miskwabik Fund.”

The purpose of this fund is as follows: “With HONOR AND RESPECT to all people and our Ancestors that have walked before us, we set the primary purpose of the fund to promote ART, HISTORY and CULTURE sustaining programs, projects and activities related to art instruction and applications.”

This fund allows for gifts (donations) of money, land, and/or stocks to be added to the value of the fund and eventually, the interest from the fund will be granted to projects, programs and activities as stated in the purpose statement above. It also allows for young and old to apply for the grants that will eventually be given to assist in any of the types of activities listed in the purpose with the family and Keweenaw Community Foundation working cooperatively to decide on the grants.

Another benefit to gifting this fund is that the State of Michigan allows the maximum benefits for contributions to an endowment with the Keweenaw Community Foundation. An individual giving $200.00 into this fund will receive $100.00 in Michigan tax benefits plus federal deductions. A couple gifting $400.00 will receive $200.00 in tax credits and also federal deductions. A business filing Michigan Business Tax returns that gifts $10,000.00 will receive $5,000.00 in tax credits or 5% of tax liability before claiming any credits (whichever is less). Your gift benefits the fund and you as well. Everyone wins including the artists both young and old.

This fund will be here forever. The principal can never be invaded and only the interest can be used. The larger the fund the larger the potential grants.

Thank you for knowing this exists, and if you have any interest in assisting in the development of this fund, please see the included material.

Baamaa pii, Jikiwe (Ed Gray)

Keweenaw Community Foundation

P.O. Box 101 • 326 Shelden Avenue • Houghton, MI 49931

Phone: 906-482-9673 • Fax 906-482-9679 • e-mail: mail@k-c-f.org • website: www.k-c-f.org

Posted: 12/02/2008 14:00:00

New Publication Miskwabik

by Jikiwe

NEW PUBLICATION MISKWABIK

Miskwabik Press at the Ed Gray Gallery is proud to announce the new publication of SUPERIOR SEASON a photo essay of photography by the Keweenaw’s own Joe Kirkish. SUPERIOR SEASON is a collection of photos taken over the years of Lake Superior in our four magnificent seasons. The book is available at the Ed Gray Gallery along with other publications of Miskwabik including the series “Artists of the Keweenaw”.

Miskwabik Press is proud to announce the publication of THE CLIFFS “Summer Sounding” 2008. It brings together two Ojibwe people from the Great Lakes Basin, the brilliant painting of Jim Denomie and the incredible writing of Sally Brunk. This publication is a new feature of THE CLIFFS aimed to bring more understanding of the cultures and the first people of the Great Lake basin.

Posted: 08/29/2008 09:00:00

THE CLIFFS Subscription 2009

by Jikiwe

Subscription
2009

THE CLIFFS “Soundings”

*Published four times a year

*Winter and Summer issues
Featuring one 2D artist and one writer
$17.50 Each

*Spring and Fall
Featuring one 2D artist and a mixed group of writers
$12.00 Each

Subscription rate postage paid $59.00

If you have missed an issue for 2008
Spring $12.00 + $2.00 shipping
*Summer $17.50 + $2.00
*(Featuring two Anishinabe artists Sally Brunk and Jim Denomie)
Fall $12.00 (out in Nov.) +$2.00 shipping

All the above are available from:

Ed Gray Gallery
P.O. Box 7
Calumet, Michigan 49913

Please add 6% Michigan sales Tax to your order

Posted: 08/26/2008 12:30:00

North by Northwest

by Jikiwe

First Fridays in Calumet
North by Northwest
Meredith Krell and Steve Toornman
Opening September 5th, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

ED GRAY GALLERY 109 FIFTH STREET CALUMET MCHIGAN
www.edgraygallery.com

Posted: 08/25/2008 16:45:00

Vertin Press