Cook County News Herald

Workshops with soapstone carver offered during Inuit Premiere




In collaboration with Sivertson Gallery during its 12th Annual Inuit Premiere in Grand Marais, North House Folk School is offering several workshops at its waterfront campus. David Ruben Piqtoukun will teach two workshops on Inuit soapstone carving.

The first class, Romancing the Stone: An Introduction to Inuit Soapstone will be held March 14-16. On March 18 – 19, the course will be Inuit Soapstone Carving: Speaking through Sculpture.

For further information and tuition rates contact North House Folk School at info@northhouse.org or call 218-387- 9762.

Piqtoukun will be the featured guest at Sivertson Gallery on Saturday, March 17 at the 6 p.m. Fireside Chat. The Fireside Chat is free and open to the public.

There are a number of other activities during the Inuit premeire—see the full schedule on-line at www.sivertson.com.



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