ALPENA Representatives from Split Rock Studios out of Minneopolis met recently for an all-day planning session at Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan to go
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Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan Executive Director Chris Witulski inspects a 15th Century Savonarola chair at the museum in April.
ALPENA The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan houses thousands of artifacts, but not all of them end up in exhibits where visitors can see them.
Of the 38,000 artifacts owned by the museum, only a fraction make it into the museum’s exhibits. Artifacts that aren’t included in an exhibit are housed in six different artifact storage rooms in the museum’s basement, with specific rooms designated for furniture, textiles, art, and the museum’s archive.
Apr 16, 2021
Courtesy Photos The Northeast Michigan Artists’ Guild exhibit “Divergence” opens Wednesday at Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan. Above left is a piece titled “Cattail Marsh” by Stephanie LaFramboise.
ALPENA The Northeast Michigan Artists’ Guild selected “Divergence” as the theme for its 2021 exhibit at the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan.
The colorful exhibit will be on display from Wednesday, April 21 to Aug. 22.
Definitions of divergence include moving or extending in different directions from a common point; differing in opinion, form and turning aside; deviating from a path, practice or plan. NEMAG members have created art expressing their interpretation of divergence. Some are realistic, some abstract and each will provoke thought about moving from one common point to another from any personal aspect.