Join us for an artist talk and afternoon with artist Brenda Zlamany, whose pop-up exhibition At the 45th Parallel: 45 Portraits + 4–5 Landscapes will be on view in the Janis room September 23 - 25.

At Tusen Takk, Zlamany painted local subjects as part of the 'Climate in America’ chapter in her ongoing project, The Itinerant Portraitist. While in northern Michigan, Zlamany painted 45 watercolor portraits of residents, symbolic of the 45th parallel that runs through the region, and a cycle of 4 to 5 oil paintings to explore the landscape through elemental and allegorical themes. Together, the portraits and landscapes form a meditation on what it means to live halfway between the equator and the North Pole, where seasonal extremes, shifting climates, and human experience intersect.

The Itinerant Portraitist is a multi-year global project created by Zlamany in 2011 to explore the positive impacts of painted portraiture. The residency at Tusen Takk continues Zlamany's “Climate in America” chapter after previous iterations in Key West, Sonoma, Denali National Park, and Glacier National Park.

For details on the project, visit www.brendazlamany.com, or follow on Instagram @brenda_zlamany and @tusentakkfoundation.
Limit of 50.