Art events

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Jackie Scherer is the featured photographer in August at Split Rock Lighthouse.

AICHO Galleries
Robert Powless Cultural Center
202 W. 2nd St., Duluth
Gallery open Mon.–Fri. 10 am-5 pm. Call 218-722-7225 before your visit.
Through Aug. 30: “Sanctuary” by Maya Washington.

Art Beat of Hayward
15845 W. 2nd St., Hayward
​​Hours:  Weds.-Sat. 11 am-4 pm or by appointment.
Through July 31: David Heinsohn, “Animal Dreams” and Adu Gindy, “Painting with Joy.”
Aug. 3 - Sept. 9​: “Light & Shadow” by Sara Qualey and ceramics by Martye Allen. Reception Saturday, Aug. 3, 3-5:30 pm.

Arts in the Park
Whiteside Park, Ely
Tuesdays through Sept. 24, 5-7 pm alongside Ely Farmers Market.

Blueberry Art Festival
Fri & Sat., July 26 & 27, 9 am-6 pm.
Sunday, July 28, 10 am-4 pm.
Whiteside Park, Ely
The festival features 237 booths filled with artists and crafters, 25 food vendors, a beer garden and blueberry pies. 

Edge Center for the Arts
101 2nd Ave., Bigfork, Minn.
Thurs.-Sat. 1-4 pm
Through Aug. 2: Paintings by Richard Mittelstadt.
18th annual juried exhibition Aug. 8-Sept. 9.

Ely’s Historic State Theater
238 E. Sheridan St., Ely
Greenstone Art-A-Palooza Fri.-Sun., July 26-28, 10 am-5 pm in conjunction with the Blueberry Art Festival.

First Friday Art Walk 
Friday, Aug. 2,  4-7 pm, downtown Grand Rapids. Grandrapidsarts.org

Grand Marais Art Colony Studio 21
21 W. Hwy. 61
Through July 27: “Grace in My Garden,” photography by Mary Stafford. 
Aug. 1-31: Natalija Walbridge. Reception Saturday, Aug. 3, 1-3 pm.
Through Aug. 31: Summer exhibition, “Embodying the North Shore.”

Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery
115 W. Wisconsin St., Grand Marais
Through Aug. 11: “Of Place and Time” by Paula Gufstason and Linda Ricklefs Baudry.

Joseph Nease Gallery
23 W. 1st St., Duluth
Open Thurs.-Sat., 12-4 pm or by appointment
July 26-Sept. 28: Craig Blacklock, “Within the Waves.”

Joy & Co.
16 First Ave. W., Grand Marais
Art Night Thursdays, 3:30-5 pm.

La Pointe Center Gallery
794 Chebomnicon Bay Rd.
La Pointe, Wis.
Open daily 11 am-4 pm
July art: Sarah Holst, Yvonne Foster and Jaclyn Adair.
August art: Lance Wurst, Blue Moon Studios,Scott Hill. Reception Saturday, Aug. 3, 4-7 pm

Lyric Center for the Arts
510 Chestnut St., Virginia
Gallery open Thursdays, 11 am-5 pm and Fri. & Sat., 11 am-3 pm.
Through August: Timo Young, “My Hand Paints.”
Free all-ages Open Art Club in the Annex Thursdays, 11 am-5 pm
Lyric Art Colony meets first and third Thursdays, 11 am-1 pm.

Macrostie Art Center
405 NW 1st Ave., Grand Rapids
Mon.-Fri. 10 am-5 pm, Sat. 10 am-4 pm.
Through Aug. 30: Pono Asuncion, “The Rocks are Strange Here.”
Opening in August: 32nd annual Juried Exhibition.
Giinawind Creative Space: “Stories Between Earth and Sky” by Sarah McRae through August.

Pizza Luce
11 E. Superior St.
Through August: Paintings and collages by Ryan LeMahieu.

Prøve Gallery
21 N. Lake St., Duluth
Open Weds. - Fri. 4-7 pm, Sat. 12-4 pm
Through Aug. 16: The X Show.

Reif Center Gallery
720 NW Conifer Dr., Grand Rapids
Open 8:30 am-5 pm Monday - Friday. 
Through Sept. 6: Art of the Garden.

Siiviis Gallery
361 Canal Park Dr., Duluth
Through Sept. 5: “At Home on the Shore,” group exhibit.

Spirit of the Lake Community School
5401 E. Superior St.
Open Studio Tuesdays, 12:30-3:30 pm. through Aug. 27.
All skill levels and art mediums welcome. Bring your own supplies and project ideas. Register at spiritofthelakearts.org/community-events.

Split Rock Lighthouse
North of Two Harbors on Hwy. 61
Featured artist in July: Photographer Ken Harmon.
Aug. 1-31: Photographer Jackie Scherer. She will be onsite Aug. 3 & 10, 11 am-1 pm

Tettegouche State Park
5702 Hwy. 61, Silver Bay
July artists: Michelle Wegler and Cheryl LeClair-Sommer.
August artist: Emily Donavan. Reception Friday, Aug. 9, 7 p.m.

Tweed Museum, UMD Campus
Open Tuesdays, 9 am-7:30 pm and Weds.-Sat. 9 am-4:30 pm. 
“The Company of Trees,” selections from the Tweed’s Permanent Collection through Aug. 10.

Washburn Cultural Center
1 E. Bayfield St., Washburn
Open Weds. - Sun. 12-4 pm.
Through Aug. 3: “From Our Nature,” works by Mati Palm-Leis and Gina Winther.

Woman-Made Local Art & Gift Fair
Saturday, July 27, 10 am-3 pm.
Peace Church, 1111 N. 11th Ave. E., Duluth

Zeitgeist Arts
222 Superior St. Duluth
in the Atrium: “Gone Abstract” by Larry Turbes.
In the restaurant: Sterling Rathsack.