FGGMN News

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FGGMN Mourns the Passing of Longtime Member/Board Member Jeanne Swope

October 31, 2023

Jeanne Luoma Swope passed away peacefully on October 25th, 2023, at age 78, after a long illness. She was a reader, a writer and an artist, a student of Finnish, a beloved sister, mother and grandmother, and a good friend.…

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Finnish Sami Art Exhibit

September 21, 2023

The Minneapolis Institute of Art is featuring Tia Keobounpheng, daughter of Duluth MN architect David Salmela. She weaves together Finnish and Sami familial threads. The show is free and ends on Oct. 29th. For more information: new.artsmia.org <http://new.artsmia.org/>.

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