"Tobin Harbor Fog"
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About the ArtistBonnie Jean Loukus was an Artist-in-Residence at Isle Royale National Park from August 2nd to 10th, 2022. She is an interdisciplinary artist, practicing printmaking, oil painting, letterpress, and book arts while living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. During the brief Michigan summers, when the days are long and the light is good, she focuses on oil painting. She paints at the family homestead, overlooking former potato fields and cow pastures where her dad now "makes hay." When the days become short and dark, she turns her practice to printmaking, spending the evenings carving linoleum blocks at her home, then printing on a Vandercook IV press at her place of employment, the Copper Country Community Arts Center. She has exhibited nationally and her work is part of U.S. and international collections in Estonia, the United Kingdom, and others. She was awarded an artists residency at TYPA, formerly the Estonian Print and Paper Museum in Tartu, Estonia at the end of 2019. Bonnie is the Assistant Director of the Copper Country Community Arts Center, a non-profit organization in Hancock, Michigan and has worked there since 2002. She coordinates its educational programs and fundraising events, maintains its social media, and writes grants. She also curates the only Youth Gallery in Upper Michigan and assists with all other aspects of running a non-profit. You can view more of Bonnie Loukus' work on the artist's personal webpage.
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Last updated: April 23, 2024