# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ojibwe Storytelling Through Art: Painting Animal Relatives with Sam Zimmerman
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 11 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Fri, 11 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Register here: https://elyfolkschool.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F43332

Friday and Saturday, September 11th and 12th
Friday 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Tuition: $75, Materials: $48

Join us at the Ely Folk School for a class with visiting instructor and artist Sam Zimmerman that explores the intersection of Ojibwe storytelling with painting our animal neighbors of the Northwoods.

Participants will be presented with various examples of Sam's work celebrating the various animal, bird, and fish relatives he has experienced. He will share his inspiration and stories continuing the Ojibwe tradition of storytelling through art in capturing their spirit in his pieces. Participants will have the opportunity to select from an inventory of animals, birds, or fish to paint during this class with step by step guidance.   

About your instructor: 
Sam Zimmerman's work explores his Ojibwe heritage, his learnings and experiences in nature upon his return to the Grand Portage reservation, while preserving shared oral histories. He shares his experiences with animal, bird, fish and plant relatives while incorporating the natural landscape of Lake Superior's North Shore. Sam focuses on continuing the Anishinaabe tradition of storytelling embedding the themes of environmental stewardship and conservation of the North Shore through his studio and public art commissions. He has completed public art pieces for the Grand Portage Tribal Nation, Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, Voyageur National Park, the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Minnesota Twins, and the Duluth and Grand Marais communities as a means to celebrate and share Ojibwe culture and language. 

He recently was selected, along with 11 other artists and makers, to participate in a statewide pilot program, (MNPAiR), Minnesota Parks Artists in Residence. Embedding an artist in a park or a park system allowed the selected artists to apply their own creative perspectives and skills to foster a greater sense of belonging. Sam was the artist in residence at Tettegouche State Park in Silver Bay, Minnesota from fall 2024 to fall 2025.

He has been the recipient of grant awards from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Northland Foundation Maada’ookiing, and Duluth Superior Community Foundation. His most recent art, a bilingual coffee table book, is a collection of paintings and stories from his first year of creating along the northern shore of Lake Superior, Following My Spirit Home, published by Blackbear and Blueberries Publishing (April 2022). Following My Spirit Home was a silver finalist for a Midwest Book Award in June 2023. His newest illustration project is a bilingual Ojibwe / English children’s book, How the Birds Got Their Songs was published by Minnesota Historical Society Press and was awarded the 2025 Heartland Booksellers Award in Picture book category. Sam’s next bilingual art coffee table book, Walking My Ancestors Path will be released September 2026.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ely/ojibwe-storytelling-through-art-painting-animal-relatives-with-sam-zimmerman/200030272910605
- **Event Categories**: art, storytelling, fine-arts, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 26

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Ely
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ely Folk School
- **lat**: 47.90345
- **long**: -91.86337
- **full address**: Ely Folk School, 209 East Sheridan Street,Ely,MN,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Ojibwe Storytelling Through Art: Painting Animal Relatives with Sam Zimmerman being held?
  - **A:** Ojibwe Storytelling Through Art: Painting Animal Relatives with Sam Zimmerman takes place on Fri, 11 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Fri, 11 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Ely Folk School, 209 East Sheridan Street,Ely,MN,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Ojibwe Storytelling Through Art: Painting Animal Relatives with Sam Zimmerman?
  - **A:** Ojibwe Storytelling Through Art: Painting Animal Relatives with Sam Zimmerman is organized by Ely Folk School.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Ojibwe Storytelling Through Art: Painting Animal Relatives with Sam Zimmerman is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Ely, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Ojibwe Storytelling Through Art: Painting Animal Relatives with Sam Zimmerman sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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