Sawtooth Mountain Elementary, the Cook County Schools Education Foundation and the Grand Marais Art Colony have teamed up this winter and spring to support primary art education. In January of 2023, the Education Foundation received a request for funding to cover use of facilities, instruction, and supplies for art instruction for 76 students in grades K-12. The Art Colony coordinated... READ MORE >
Sixty artists competed in the seven-day Plein Air Grand Marais competition on September 5-12, which is in its 12th year. Plein Air, French for “open air,” has been a painting style for centuries and simply means that artists paint from life in the outdoors. Artists in the Grand Marais Art Colony competition could paint outside anywhere in Cook County. At... READ MORE >
