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Art Group Honors RigoniRange Art Association began 50 years ago in September when members of area communities joined to provide artists with access to workshops, art appreciation and a means for exhibiting and selling their work.
The founding organization held its first meeting at Carnegie Library in Ironwood. Members from the surrounding communities were represented by a steering committee; the first exhibit contained work of 32 area artists.
The association will celebrate its 50th anniversary by honoring one of its members, Melba Kinnunen Rigoni, and recognizing her contributions to the Gogebic Iron Range in the area of the arts.
Rigoni is the longest active member of the association. She continues to share her expertise and techniques, and is currently the group's director of education.
After graduating from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley, she attended and graduated from the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee. Then she studied at the North American Indian Art School at Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kan., and received an associate degree in liberal arts from Gogebic Community College, attended Northland College.
She has studied under and taken workshops from well-known artists and has also participated in many workshops in the area.
Rigoni demonstrated watercolor techniques workshops at colleges, including Gogebic Community College and Northland College in Ashlan
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