Name/Title
CalendarEntry/Object ID
2002.9.1Scope and Content
1994 Saami Spirit calendar with artwork by Kurt Seaberg and Albin Seaberg accompanying each month. The father and son duo are Sámi-American artists who published the "Saami Spirit Calendar" for years, featuring their own artwork.
The subjects of the artwork are as follows: January - "Running Reindeer," February - "Woman Reading a Book," March - "Bear and Rug Patterns," April - "Man in Costume Carrying a Circular Box," June - "Spotted Owl Hanging from Twig," July - "Man in Costume and Open Field," August - "Two Men in Military-Like Costume," September - "Running Moose," October - "Woman in Park-like Setting," November - "Woman with Cape Sitting Near Trees," and December - "Man Holding a "Cross" with Church in Background."Context
Kurt Seaberg is a Minneapolis-based, Sámi-American artist who expresses his Indigenous identity through his art. He has been making lithographs since the 1980s, and it has become his primary medium. He has been a working member of Highpoint Center for Printmaking since 2003. Born in Chicago, Seaberg studied art at the University of Washington, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976. He then studied at the University of Minnesota and learned intaglio and lithography. Seaberg has exhibited at the Swedish American Museum twice. Once with his father, Albin Seaberg, in the 1990s. Albin Seaberg (1918-2005), was a graphic painter and illustrator, as well. Albin Seaberg was the son of two Sámi immigrants from Lappland in Northern Sweden who settled in Minneapolis in 1913. Kurt Seaberg last exhibited at the Swedish American Museum in the summer of 2023, in the solo exhibit "The Spirit of Place: Earth is Home."Acquisition
Accession
2002.9Source or Donor
Mr. Albin SeabergAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Albin SeabergLexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Indigenous peoples, Reindeer, Calendars, ArtSearch Terms
Sami (European people), Sami Americans, SápmiArchive Details
Creator
Kurt Seaberg, Albin SeabergDate(s) of Creation
circa 1993 - 1994Restrictions
This collection is open to research and does not contain sensitive information.Primary Language
Swedish, English, North SámiCopyright
Copyright Details
Ownership was legally transferred to the Swedish American Museum per the gift agreement.
Certain works may be protected by copyright not governed by the Swedish American Museum.Reproductions
Notes
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