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On January 31st In Progress began another year of digital learning activities at Kelliher School. Artist Kristine Sorensen has been working with Kelliher School since the early 1990’s and Kao Choua Vue and Mee Thao were introduced last Spring to 3rd and 4th grade students. Together these artists worked with educators and students to model new ways of using technology creatively to teach core academics.
The never ending buildout. If you ever buy a storage building and want to fit it to be a domicile be ready for a lot of hassle. Studs not centered, walls not squared, ceilings not level, etc, etc, etc. We're becoming quite good at problem solving carpentry deals. Who knew you could triple block a wall to get it all together.
Which is fine, but I wanted a live model for the arms instead of the Diana figure. The arms look pretty good, though a bit gapy where the underarm isn't grafted yet. I'm not sure where the shoulders will lie, so it's just an approximation, but it looks like it's on target to fit properly!
Hooray! And maybe even finished by Thanksgiving or so.
Ricing is one of our favorite traditions here in Nett Lake Village. It is one of many ways that connect us to the history of our people.
My ancestors riced.
My grandparents still rice.
My sisters and brothers are learning to rice.
I will teach the next generation to rice.
This is how we hold on to the traditions that make us Anishinabe.
This is a cable jumper I started around a year ago and then put down all summer, but I am back on it again and hope to finish it soon!
So I was looking for something to do today and so I went through my photos directory. And I found this photo that I scanned in 2003 for my dad. He asked me to scan it and see if I could restore it for him. I scanned it and promptly forgot all about it.
If memory serves, this guy is a high school friend of my dad's who flipped his Camaro and died. Hits a bit close to home for me, eh? (I have a Camaro. It used to be in great shape and I used to drive it like an idiot 22 year old.) From what I remember, this is the only photo he has of the guy. It's 1.5x1.5", almost positively from 126 film (I know that my folks used to have a 126 Instamatic).
So I figured maybe it would be a nice gift--Christmas or just whatever--to actually restore it and get it out to my dad.