An Arts Festival focused event, come meet author and illustrator Staci Lola Drouillard and Tashia Hart and listen to their process in creating a young reader accessible biography of local arts legend George Morrison.

Doors will open at 5:45 and the talk will begin at 6:00 pm, the floor will open for discussion and questions after the reading and presentation, and afterwards they will be available to sign books. This event is free, mobility aid accessible, and open to the public.

George Morrison grew up on the shores of Lake Superior, and by the age of nine was known for his drawing and creative talents. He graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and went on to create paintings and sculptures that were exhibited in galleries nationally. One of his sculptures was installed at the White House. From painting to traveling and teaching other artists, learn all about the life of Morrison.

Read about more notable people in the rest of the Native American Lives series!

Staci Drouillard is a Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe direct descendant. She lives and works in her hometown of Kitchibitobig--Grand Marais, on Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior. Her first book Walking the Old Road won the Hamlin Garland Prize in Popular History, the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for nonfiction and was a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. Her second book Seven Aunts won the 2023 Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and the NE Minnesota Book Award and was a "Minnesota Reads" selection at the Library of Congress National Book Festival.

Tashia Hart is a writer and artist from the Red Lake Nation of Anishinnabe in northern Minnesota. Her literary works include fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. In addition to her illustrative work, she is a jewelry maker working in beads and birch bark and some metal work. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota with her husband, son, and a turtle.