Ripple River Gallery
Original work by exceptional artisans

Gallery Scrapbook
of Special Events
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“Still Life”—Mixed Media on Panel
by Mike Marth
Since 2001 Ripple River Gallery has featured special exhibits of work by guest artists. To learn about this year’s special shows, visit the “events” page. Past events have included:
2001 Events:
Inuit Prints from the Raven Gallery’s collection
Batik by Diane Rutherford
Oil Paintings by Charles Beck
“Weaving for the Seasons”—Debbie Cooter, Bev Martin and Karen Monson-Thompson
“Wood Fired Clay Fired Wood” new work by Bob Carls & Dick Cooter
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2002 Events:
“Clay, Paper & Scissors” raku pottery by
Jim Loso and mixed media assemblages
by David Norstad
“Three-Way Glass” featuring blown glass by
Robinson Scott & Bob Toensing,
and fused glass by Mike Tonder
“Illuminated Landscapes”—oil and pastel paintings
 by Frederick Somers
“Time in Place” with Jo Wood, bead artist,
and fiber artist Tina Fung Holder
“Elements”—inaugural portfolio exhibit by
Northern Printmakers Alliance
Birch & Iris Basket
by Tina Fung Holder
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2003 Events:
Bruce Dunlap, featured artist—Paintings and original prints
“Clay and Collaboration”—Cyrus Swann, pottery,
with Marlon Davidson and Don Knudson, mixed media assemblage
“Still Life”—Paintings and mixed media by Mike Marth
“Animal Planet”—Paintings by David Norstad, pottery by Linda Day
“Unstill Lives”—Dean and Nancy Lettenstrom, paintings & mixed media
New Work by Charles Beck
“Landscape & Light”—Watercolors by Gerald Korte, photography by David & Jeff Korte
Printmaker Trevor Roediger demonstrates monoprinting at 2005 “24 Hours of Art” event
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2004 Events:
“Saints Preserve Us”—Mixed media collage by David Norstad
Paintings and masks by Joan Malkerson
Original prints by Inuit artists
Woodblock prints by Nick Wroblewski
“Clay & Wood Connection”—Dick Cooter and Bob Carls
Printmakers Invitational—featuring 14 printmakers
Fall Open House with raku pottery firing with Jim Loso
“Black & White Invitational”—Featuring over 20 artists in all mediums

2005 Events:
“Windows & Mirrors”—David Bjorkquist, photographs; George Robinson, prints & collage
Collage & Clay: Fabric collage by David Norstad with maiolica pottery by Karin Kraemer
Summer-Winter Weaving by Karen Monson-Thompson
Paintings & pots by Butch Holden
Wildlife batiks by Nedra Nicholls
24 Hours of Art Celebration
New Work by Charles Beck
“Natural Parables”—Paintings by Jil Evans
Fall Open House and raku pottery firing with Jim Loso
“Unhomogenized”—Paintings by Magda Szeitz Kearns
“Fall Monarchs”—
woodblock print by Charles Beck
2006 Events:
“Still Life”—Mike Marth, paintings, mixed media & assemblage
“Eklectic”—David Norstad & David Ekdahl, mixed media assemblage
“Threads of Image”—Julie Crabtree & Jean Matzke, Fine art embroidery
“Think Naturally”—Anna Marie Pavlik, printmaker; Bill Gossman, potter
“Raw Material”—Brenna Busse & Erika Mock, solo & collaborative work
“Echoes”—Stephanie Hunder, printmaker
“Painting the Beaver Pond”—Esther SanFellipo, images on silk & canvas
Fall Open House and raku pottery firing with Jim Loso
“Tiles of the North”—Handmade Tile Association, Karin Kraemer, curator
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Burl bowl set and tray—
Bob Carls
2007 Events:
“Vanishing Landscape”—invitational exhibit
“Watercolor & the Human Figure,” Kay Ornberg
“Shapes & Forms from Memory”—Dorothy Hall, paintings & stained glass; Liz White, oil paintings
“Forms of Nature”—Jauneth Skinner, printmaking & Tina Fung Holder, baskets
“Colors of Earth & Sky”—Beverly Martin, weaving & Christy Wert, clay
Charles Beck—New woodblock prints and bird forms
Fall Open House and raku pottery firing with Jim Loso
“Be the Change: Art Clothing As Expression”—Wearable art invitational; erika mock, curator
Doll by Brenna Busse
“The universe is real but you can’t see it. You have to imagine it. Once you imagine it, you can be realistic about reproducing it.”
—Alexander Calder

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Mailing: P.O. Box 261 • Deerwood, MN 56441   Gallery: 27591 Partridge Avenue, Aitkin, MN 56431
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