Great Lakes Almanac at Great Lakes Aquarium
Duluth, Minnesota: June 1 - September 5, 2023
The Great Lakes Almanac exhibit was a culmination of my yearlong collaboration with Great Lakes Aquarium and its guests. Twice each month, I set up a table on site to engage with visitors and discover the different ways they experience wonder at the museum. While the younger folks participated in a craft, their older relatives helped fill out a monthly survey of nature-based questions. Their responses, in turn, inspired the artwork: 12 paper sculptures whose diorama-like quality invite the viewer in for a closer look at the details. While the main pieces hint at the stories shared by the visitors, a collection of companion pieces offer a textual representation of their answers. Also on view were artworks by kids from Aquarium summer camps and an interactive display of the survey questions and responses.
Great Lakes Almanac was made possible in part by a grants from Arrowhead Regional Arts Council and the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.