GRANITE FALLS, Minnesota, April 4, 2024 - The next episode of Postcards features Antonio and Paulaine Jean Louis who immigrated from Haiti to Minnesota; digital artist and musician Nicole Brenny and artist Laura Demuth who explores all aspects of wool craft, including raising sheep. “Haiti Story, Digital Artist, Farm Weaver” airs on Pioneer PBS Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m. and repeats the following Sunday at 7 p.m. and Monday at 1:30 p.m.
Antonio and Paulaine Jean Louis both grew up in Haiti. They share stories from their childhood and some of the challenges and joys of moving to the United States and raising their family here in Minnesota.
Nicole Brenny is an electronic and experimental musician and artist from Foley, Minnesota, who follows life where it takes her from holding impromptu concerts for her family as a child to creating a successful business that financed a three-year stay in Costa Rica to buying a house in rural Minnesota on blind faith. Nicole Brenny lives a life of creativity and adventure.
“I definitely am a creature of faith, and trust and surrender…I don’t need to be able to predict what’s going to happen. I’m just like, ‘let’s go,” said Brenny.
Laura Demuth is an expert weaver on a farm with her husband, Steve, and together they raise their own sheep. Laura spins the harvested wool to use for all of her textile needs from making blankets to weaving tapestries.
“If we can come back to an understanding that weaving can be a platform to find expression it can perhaps be an act of rebellion, but I also hope it is an act of joy,” said Demuth.
Tune in next week as Postcards captures the lives of local artists and relives the cultural history of our viewing area.
Credits: Executive Producer Dana Conroy, Videographers/Editors Ben Dempcy, Kristofor Gieske
About Postcards
Postcards is an award-winning art, culture and history program, produced by Dana Conroy with videography and editing by Kristofor Gieske and Ben Dempcy. The program is made possible by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. The 2024 season is made possible by funding from Shalom Hill Farm, Explore Alexandria Tourism, Lake Region Arts Council, KRAM 96.7, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies and members of Pioneer PBS.
About Pioneer PBS
Established in 1966, Pioneer PBS is an award-winning, viewer-supported television station dedicated to sharing stories from rural Minnesota with the world. Pioneer PBS is headquartered in Granite Falls, Minnesota, with towers in Appleton, Worthington and Fergus Falls. Pioneer PBS reaches more than a million people in rural areas and small towns in western Minnesota, the eastern Dakotas and northern Iowa. Pioneer PBS is honored to be your television station—the only station in western Minnesota telling your stories and raising your voices into the media landscape. For more information visit pioneer.org or call 800-726-3178.
