by Alan Stamm
(Photos: Amy Sacka) In a deeply personal project, Detroit photographer and writer Amy Sacka combines black-and-white images, evocative words and family memories to appreciate ice fishing and its hardy enthusiasts. She s the main force behind Last Ice, a nine-week exhibit opening Saturday at Belle Isle s Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
Amy Sacka: I m out there doing what I’m passionate about.
(Photo: Facebook) The immersive exhibition, as the museum calls it, features indoor and outdoor photos alongside other works and artifacts related to winter culture and climate change in Michigan. Local artists Scott Hocking and Michael McGillis created a life-size fishing shanty and Valaurian Waller contributed Detroit River photos. Also on view is a 1920s ice fishing shanty bought from the Sportsman’s Haven Museum in Sebewaing on Saginaw Bay.
Deadline Detroit | Gallery: Detroit photographer s Last Ice exhibit salutes an endangered Michigan winter ritual deadlinedetroit.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from deadlinedetroit.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
by Alan Stamm
(Photos: Amy Sacka) In a deeply personal project, Detroit photographer and writer Amy Sacka combines black-and-white images, evocative words and family memories to appreciate ice fishing and its hardy enthusiasts. She s the main force behind Last Ice, a nine-week exhibit opening Saturday at Belle Isle s Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
Amy Sacka: I m out there doing what I’m passionate about.
(Photo: Facebook) The immersive exhibition, as the museum calls it, features indoor and outdoor photos alongside other works and artifacts related to winter culture and climate change in Michigan. Local artists Scott Hocking and Michael McGillis created a life-size fishing shanty and Valaurian Waller contributed Detroit River photos. Also on view is a 1920s ice fishing shanty bought from the Sportsman’s Haven Museum in Sebewaing on Saginaw Bay.
New Haven Museum spotlights forgotten inventors from Connecticut in virtual talk
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George Coy’s switchboard made it possible for New Haven residents to make telephone calls.Courtesy AT&TArchives and History Center / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Scientist and author Ainissa Ramirez will host a Zoom called, “The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another” at the New Haven Museum on Feb. 18.Bruce Fizzel / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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The first home of George Coy’s telephone exchange, New Haven.Courtesy of the CT State Libraries / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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The New Haven Museum is presenting a program that will explore little-known stories about innovative inventors that will include the truth about an unknown New Haven inventor who inspired Thomas Edison.
Connecticut author encourages Black families to study their genealogy to find personal stories of tragedy and triumph courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.