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Gashkibidaaganag, or bandolier bags, are ornately beaded bags originating from Native artists around the Great Lakes region in the mid-19th century, which were worn primarily by men. Today, beadwork artists continue to make gashkibidaaganag for all people to wear at powwows and other special events. This display highlights bandolier bags from the Tweed collection and the Duluth Children’s Museum. image credit:  Melvin Losh (Leech Lake Ojibwe, b. 1946). Bandolier Bag #28, 2016. Hand-stitched beads on cloth and felt. Collection of Tweed Museum of Art, UMD. Marguerite L. Gilmore Charitable Foundation Fund. D2016.29  

The traveling exhibition Art in Conflict, from The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) in Minneapolis, MN, presents Soviet-era paintings, posters, and other works of art drawn exclusively from the permanent collection of the Museum of Russian Art. Juxtaposing non-conformist and socialist realist approaches, the display unfolds conflicting perspectives that dominated the multifaceted and volatile art scene of the final Soviet decades. Arranged as a dialogue of state sanctioned and oppositional models of artistic production, the display invites a creative interpretation of what it was to be an artist living in the Soviet era.

The Clothesline Project will be held from Monday, October 11-Wednesday, October 31 in the Kirby Bus Hub. The Clothesline Project began in 1990 when members of Cape Cod Women’s Agenda learned that during the same time 58,000 soldiers were killed in the Vietnam War, 51,000 American women were killed by the men who claimed to love them. The Clothesline Project has become a resource for healing from violence and creating social change. The project increases awareness of the impact of domestic violence, celebrates the strength to survive, and provides an avenue for people to courageously break their silence. This is an event for WRAC’s domestic violence awareness month. There are t-shirts and supplies in the WRAC office for people who would like to create their own. Sponsored by UMD Women’s Resource and Action Center. umddiversity For info contact wrac@d.umn.edu odi@d.umn.edu, 218-726-8444, 218-726-8659. #umddiversity

The Tweed Museum of Art is offering a Tweevening Art Talk event with guest speaker, Marcia Anderson, who released her book A Bag Worth a Pony: The Art of the Ojibwe Bandolier Bag published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, in 2017. Anderson will join us to share the history of the bandolier bag, a beautiful beaded accessory that is becoming ubiquitous at powwows and other gatherings.  This program is offered in conjunction with the exhibition A Selection of Gashkibidaaganag that opened this past summer, with bandolier bags from the Tweed Museum and the Duluth Children’s Museum. Dr. Karissa White Isaacs curated the exhibition, and it is on view in the Nelson Display Case, upper level. Marcia Anderson is a graduate of the U of Ariz. with a B.A. in anthropology & history, and a M.A. in Museum Studies. Ms. Anderson held various roles with the Arizona State Museum and the Arizona Historical Society including Site Manager, Registrar, Acting Curator of Education, Acting Collections Curator from 1973 to 1981. She then managed and developed the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) three-dimensional collections from 1981-2011, and retired in 2011 as Senior Curator. Ms. Anderson has published her writings in several publications and she is currently working as an Independent Curator, Consultant and Lecturer.       

 Presented by Ambassador Rolf Willy Hansen, former Consul-General, Minneapolis, and former Norwegian Ambassador to Syria - Ambassador Hansen has years of experience in the Middle East from his time with the Foreign Ministry of Norway.  He will examine the foreign policy issues facing the international community in the Middle East, from the struggle over reaching a peace agreement between the Taliban and the US to ending the conflicts in Yemen and Syria.  The challenges also include the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the question of terrorist group strength, proxy wars in the region and tensions with Iran.    Ambassador Hansen started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975. From 1993 to 1994 he was a sub-director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then spent three years as an adviser. From 1997 to 2000 he served as Consul-General in Hong Kong. After being head of department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2005, he served as Consul-General in Minneapolis from 2005 to 2008 and the Norwegian ambassador to Syria from 2008.

LADIES WHO LIFT Designed for women who want to learn or perfect their weight training technique. Held in our private personal training studio, this is the perfect chance to learn lifting basics in a comfortable, supportive environment. Come to one session or several! TUESDAYS, 7-8PM, SEP 3-DEC 3 Meet: SpHC 33 (Basement) Cost: FREE!   Phone: 218-726-7128 Email: rsop@d.umn.edu Website: www.umdrsop.org Stop by: 153 Sports and Health Center

Want to talk to someone in person about your Canvas course or need help exploring different technologies/tools for teaching? Just bring a laptop/mobile device to work on your courses in Kirby Plaza 166 during one of our many drop-in sessions to get instant help from our Educational Technologists. No Registration is required.

Want to study abroad but wondering where to start? Attend this required session to learn the first steps to making study abroad a possibility for you. You’ll get the undivided attention of a returned UMD study abroad student who will fill you in about their experience as well as the nuts and bolts of study abroad. Get informed: When you can study Where you can go UMD Program & Affiliate Program Opportunities Scholarships & Financial Planning Courses & Transcripts How to apply! Join us any Tuesday or Wednesday12pm (it lasts about 45 min.) 138 Kirby Plaza d.umn.edu/studyabroad studyabroad@d.umn.edu

Summer camp might be over, but the fun continues! Kids ages 5-12 will enjoy a jam-packed evening of games, arts and crafts, movies and popcorn with the UMD KIDSROCK camp staff. Event registration is limited to 32 children so sign up early. A meal is provided. THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, 5-9PM (SEP 18, OCT 16, NOV 20) Cost: $20 each REGISTRATION ONLINE Is Now Available! Or,   Phone: 218-726-7128 Email: rsop@d.umn.edu Website: www.umdrsop.org Stop by: 153 Sports & Health Center