Celebrating Legacy: Lake Superior Art Association in the Permanent Collection

Celebrating Legacy: Lake Superior Art Association in the Permanent Collection

On View: March 19, 2026 – March 19, 2027

This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the Lake Superior Art Association (LSAA), the

longest-running arts organization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In celebration of this legacy, this exhibition brings together past and present LSAA members from the museum’s permanent collection. A collection that was created in a variety of mediums, including ceramics, sculpture, photography, printmaking, collage, textile, and painting. The artwork offers glimpses into their observations and experiences of everyday life expressed through abstract, representational, and functional forms.

Artists include: Bobbi Ameen, Claire Bennett, Barry Bernstein, Helen Bice, Ben Bohnsack, Sally Brebner, Jon Brookhouse, Thomas Cappuccio, Alice Carr, May Cebalo, Sallie Chisholm, Kathleen Conover, Cynthia Coté, Jack Deo, Verna Depro,

Nita Engle, Linda Ferguson, Wayne Francis, Christine Garceau, Vivian Glass, Paul Grant, John Gustafson, Niel Haapala, Elizabeth Hadley, Bill Hamilton, Claire Harkin, Ken Hatfield, John Heath, Kaye Hiebel, Marc Himes, John Hubbard, Kathy Carlton Johnson, Celia Kelly, Diane Kordich, Maude Kronquist, Robert LaLonde, Stella Larkin, Vida Lautner, William Leete, Yvonne Lemire, Marj Lehwald, Maggie Linn,

Carl Mayer, Mark Mitchell, Josephine Morris, Tyyne Ostlund, Carol Phillips, Vicki Phillips, Bernard Park, James Quirk, Ed Risak, Sue Robishaw, Ann Russ, Christine Saari, Steve Schmeck, JoAnn Deuel Shelby, Betty Shirtz, Patty Smith, Helen Steinho, and Patrick St. Germain.