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Image credit: Amy Sacka Detroit photographer Amy Sacka has spent the past five years exploring winter culture in Michigan and around the Great Lakes. Her exhibit “Last Ice” brings the large-scale photos to audiences in metro Detroit. Detroit photographer Amy Sacka is marking the end of ice fishing season in Michigan with a stunning new exhibit of her photos at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle. The exhibit “Last Ice” pulls photos from the past five years, which Sacka has spent documenting winter culture around all five of the Great Lakes. It was a project supported by a Knight Arts Challenge grant and inspired by her father, who has been ice fishing for decades. Before this new exhibition, Sacka’s work appeared in National Georgraphic twice. ....
Fish Hook River lot split would require variances Blake Johnson s request for lot size and lot width variances for a lot split on Park Avenue was continued by the Park Rapids Planning Commission on Monday, pending completion of Johnson s purchase of the property. 6:00 am, Mar. 3, 2021 × Blake Johnson explains his reasons for requesting lot size and lot width variances for a property on the Fish Hook River at Monday s meeting of the Park Rapids Planning Commission. (Robin Fish/Enterprise) The Park Rapids Planning Commission requested a 60-day extension on Feb. 22 of the deadline to make a decision about a variance request by Blake Johnson to allow a lot split at 600 Park Ave. N. ....
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. ....
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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. ....