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THE THUMB COVERING ABOUT 6
LLION ACRES OF LAND.
LINDSAY>> BESSER MUSEUM IS HAPPY
TO HAVE A VERY RARE AND
HISTORICAL PIECE OF ART ON
DISPLAY THAT WAS PUT UP THIS
WEEK AND WILL ONLY BE ON DISPLAY
FOR THREE MONTHS....
ART CONVERSATION BESSER MUSEUM>>
THIS ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING FROM
1927 IS THE TREATY OF SAGINAW...
PAINTED BY PERCY IVES WAS BOUGHT
BY THE MUSEUM IN 1984.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PAINTING
TO ALPENA IS THAT THE TREATY
STRETCHES ALL ALONG THIS PINK
AREA ON YOUR SCREEN, FROM THE
MOUTH OF THE THUNDER BAY RIVER,
DOWN TO KALAMAZOO AND UP THROUGH
THE THUMB COVERING ABOUT 6
MILLION ACRES OF LAND.
PERCY IVES IS ALSO ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF THE DETROIT
INSTITUTE OF ART...
THE MUSEUM HASN'T DISPLAYED THIS
PAINTING IN FIVE YEARS BECAUSE
IT CAN ONLY BE OUT FOR 3 MONTHS
AT A TIME DUE TO IT'S FRAILTY
BUT THEY DECIDED TO DISPLAY IT
AFTER A SPECIAL REQUEST FROM A
SAGINAW RESIDENT ...
CHRIS WITULSKI EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR BESSER MUSEUM>>
DANIELLE DOOR OF THE KINDLE ART
INSTITUTE WILL KICK OFF THE ART
HISTORY CONVERSATION SERIES
TUESDAY AT 6 P-M, FOLLOWED BY
A-C-C HISTORY PROFESSOR TIM
KUHNLEIN WHO WILL DETAIL THE WAR
OF 1812 AND THE TREATY THAT TOOK
PLACE IN 1819, FOLLOWED BY THE
CLOSING PRESENTER ON THURSDAY
AVES HINKS - A PAST DETROIT
INSTITUTE OF ART EMPLOYEE AND
DR. ERIC LAWSON WHO WILL DETAILS
INTO THE OB-JIB-A-WAH LANGUAGE.
THE EVENT IS FREE AND REQUIRES
NO PAST HISTORICAL OR ART
BACKGROUND.
IT'S A THREE PART SERIES
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY