First Friday Art Walk, a series of open houses and meet-the-artist opportunities, will be this week in Bemidji. Here's a schedule.
Bemidji Community Art Center will have an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Showing in the Main Gallery will be "The Dolls," homeless women telling their stories through art, a special project by Sandra Haff and I Love a Parade. Also: "Color Studies," by Gege Holden. In Gallery X2: "Natural Motion," by artist and photographer Sean McCroy. This activity is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council through funding from the McKnight Foundation. Info: (218) 444-7570; bcac@paulbunyan.net .
In conjunction with "The Dolls," the Bemidji Community Art Center and Bemidji State University Social Work program host a workshop from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at BSU called "Visual Expression: Autobiography Through Doll Making." Info: MaryAnn Reit- meir, (218) 755-2835, mreit meir@bemidjistate.edu .
Beltrami County History Center, sponsored by Beltrami County Historical Society and Gallery North, will present "Fall into Bemidji" through November. Info: (218) 444-3376, or www. beltramihistory.org.
Dunn Bros. Coffee will present the work of artist Judith Selby in October with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Info: (218) 444-5252, dunnbros106@ dunnbros.com.
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Wild Hare Bistro and Coffee House will present "My Minnesota Plus," photography of D. Bj¸rn Christian, beginning Friday. The opening reception will be from 3 to 5 p.m., followed by a wine bar from 5 to 9 p.m. Info: (218) 444-JAVA.
Gallery North open house will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday. October featured artists are Marilyn Glidden, acrylic landscape, and the late Glen Ferguson, wildlife photography. Showcase artist is Patrick Cook, an abstract mixed-media artist, Bemidji. Art classes: Beginning oil painting workshop with all materials except brushes provided, Nov. 11-18; feather acrylics workshop: Dec. 9. Info: (218) 751-7741.
Mask & Rose Women's Theater Collective and the Northwood's Folk Collective will have a coffeehouse at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Wild Rose Theater. Performer sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m. Info: Dennis Montgomery, (218) 766-6056. The Mask & Rose will have Nina Lubarski with "There's a Monster in the Closet" in the Fleur de Lis Gallery. Opening reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Artwork info: Cate Belleveau, kayakc2@mac.com .
