Michael Letts; Professor NMU BFA Northern Michigan University, MFA The Ohio State University This exhibit is a reflection on the unique life lived by residents of the UP of Michigan. It explores the spaces between tradition and the virtual world in the Upper Peninsula, traditionally a wilder place, apart from the rest of the world. "My work embraces this transitory life and can be seen as kind of a kind of rebel yell against the onslaught of technology. It shows life in the camps, diners, and forests of the UP.”  Artist Reception Thursday, February 8 6:00pm - 8:00pm Michael Letts is…

Color Memories, an exhibit by artist Ginnie Cappaert is on display in the Deo Gallery through the months of December and January. There will NOT be an Artist Reception for this exhibit. Ginnie Cappaert is a fulltime visual artist with a studio/gallery in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.  Her surroundings and love of nature inspire and influence her oil, mixed media paintings that she has become known for.  She lived in the beautiful Upper Peninsula for thirty years before moving to Door County to open an art gallery. Cappaert’s study of art history and experimentation of the oil medium has broadened her personal techniques…

An exhibition of the work of Carol Phillips and David Schmitt The Deo Gallery in located at the Marquette Arts & Culture Center on the lower level of the Peter White Public Library; 217 North Front St., Marquette. The gallery is free and open to the public. CAROL PHILLIPSI began my work as an artist in the area of ceramics with wheel thrown and hand-built forms, both functional and nonfunctional. These organic forms with their continuous line have found their way into my paintings and despite an occasional effort to expel them, are stubbornly dominant.Concerning color, the saturated hues found…