Solveig: The Life and Artwork of Solveig Arneng Johnson

April 21, 2015

Film maker Kiersten Chase was a special guest on Saturday, April 18 for the showing of her film Solveig: The Life and Artwork of Solveig Arneng Johnson. This beautiful film features Duluth’s own Sami artist, Solveig Arneng Johnson, telling the... Read More

Suddenly Sami

April 15, 2015

On Saturday, April 11 the movie Suddenly Sami (Min mors hemmelighet) by Sami Norwegian film maker Ellen-Astri Lundby was shown in the new classroom/activity space at the Center. Suddenly Sami is a personal film about identity. During the director’s childhood... Read More

Professor Hugh Beach Visits Minnesota

June 2, 2014

Rain, snow, and howling winds off Lake Superior did not seem to dampen the enthusiasm of Swedish visitors to Minnesota, Hugh and Annie Beach. After growing up in a Swedish-American family on the east coast, Hugh Beach did a stint... Read More

Sámi Walking with Reindeer photographs at MN Discovery Center

April 15, 2014

Minnesota Discovery Center, Chisholm, Minnesota May 1, 2014 – September 1, 2014 Sámi Walking with Reindeer photographs by Erika Larsen is an exhibit of large-scale color photographs, which chronicle the photographer’s experiences living in Norway and Sweden with Sámi reindeer... Read More