TONIGHT: Northern Michigan University is officially a 'Bee Campus.' We sat down with sustainability staff and figured out what that means for the school grounds. Learn more at 6 p.m. ET 🔗myupnow.com/watch #bees #pollinators #nmu #northernmichiganuniversity
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It’s disappointing to see the smaller universities without endowments cave. Wish they would start banning together as well. Strength in numbers. Looking at you #NorthernMichiganUniversity
This vibrant oil painting by American artist N. Cecilia Kettunen (the N. is for Nana) shows a Black woman in right profile against a warm golden background. Her head is turned slightly upward, her expression calm yet contemplative. She has short, close-cropped black hair and vivid red lips. Draped across her shoulder is a white cloth tinged with pale blue shadows, lending a sense of classical poise. A gold necklace rests at her collarbone, catching the light. The background is softly textured and luminous, framing her with quiet strength and dignity. Born in 1896, Kettunen was an American painter of Finnish descent who built her career in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received formal training in portraiture and academic painting. Influenced by both European traditions and the American regionalist spirit, she refined a style that combined careful draftsmanship with an empathetic attention to her sitters. Painted in 1941, this portrait demonstrates her ability to merge classical composition with modern restraint. The figure’s profile recalls Renaissance portraiture, while the simplified background reflects modernist tendencies that prioritized presence over setting. Importantly, Kettunen chose to portray a Black sitter with dignity and individuality, countering the stereotypes that were, and in many ways still are, pervasive in American art. Throughout her career, Kettunen remained active in regional exhibitions and was committed to community art education, teaching and mentoring younger artists. Posthumously, she has been acknowledged as part of the generation of women and immigrant artists who enriched American art outside the major coastal centers. Her legacy reflects both her technical skill and her humanistic vision—painting people not as types, but as individuals worthy of remembrance.
“Untitled” by N. Cecilia Kettunen (American) - Oil on canvas / 1941 - DeVos Art Museum (Marquette, Michigan) #WomenInArt #WomanArtist #art #WomensArt #artText #WomenPaintingWomen #CeciliaKettunen #Kettunen #NMU #DeVosArtMuseum #FemaleArtist #BlueskyArt #NorthernMichiganUniversity #WomenArtists
This image may be censored because you can see a breast with a magnifying glass. Continuing with my favorite sculptors today. New Mexico-based sculptor #KristinaPoole earned her BFA in Ceramic Sculpture from #NorthernMichiganUniversity. She often collaborated with her sculptor husband,#ColinPoole
#KristinePool has a BFA in Ceramic Sculpture from #NorthernMichiganUniversity. She currently lives and creates in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains overlooking Santa Fe, frequently collaborating on sculpture projects with her sculptor husband,#ColinPoole.
