SeptOberfest - Native American Arts with Gordon Coons
Name:
SeptOberfest - Native American Arts with Gordon Coons
Date:
October 16, 2016
Event Description:
Discover the works of artist Gordon Coons. A self taught artist, Gordon creates works in a variety of mediums including linoleum block prints, paintings, pen and ink, creations in stone and wood and assembled sculptures. Although his artwork is more contemporary, each piece portrays a unique view of traditional native stories.
His heritage is Ojibwa from Lake Superior Chippewa Band of Wisconsin (father) and Ottawa from Michigan (mother). He is an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe of northern Wisconsin. Originally from Wisconsin, Gordon now calls Minneapolis, Minnesota his home
His heritage is Ojibwa from Lake Superior Chippewa Band of Wisconsin (father) and Ottawa from Michigan (mother). He is an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe of northern Wisconsin. Originally from Wisconsin, Gordon now calls Minneapolis, Minnesota his home
