The activities were made possible by the Minnesota State Legislature through its arts and cultural heritage fund, as well as the Minnesota State Arts Board. Wilson also worked with students in Tara Olson’s Language Arts classes focusing on Spoken Word, which encourages students to write and perform.
Wilson and Industrial Technology teacher, Tony Bellino, also helped students, in the after-school program Targeted Services, complete a painting on a refurbished bus stop which also displays beautiful floral designs.
Art teacher, Janel Lackner, said that about 80 students took part in helping to complete the mural. A large mural was painted in the middle school’s main hallway and was inspired from floral beadwork designs on Native American shoulder bags from the 1800’s. Wilson worked with students and staff from January 4 to 15. (By Michael Meuers) – In January, Red Lake Middle School welcomed Resident Artist, Bobby Wilson, from the comedy troupe, 1491s. Paul campus in December.īobby Wilson Takes Up Residence at Red Lake Middle School The artwork was placed in the Family Resource Center at Children’s Minnesota’s St. Pat Kruse and his son, Gage, members of the Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe, along with the Minnesota Historical Society, donated a birch bark mural called “Nature’s Beauty” to the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. Artist Kruse donates birchbark artwork to Children’s Hospitals
