Minnesota-Swedish folk paintings by Alison Aune open Sept. 13 at the Nordic Center.

210 Gallery & Art Center
210 Commercial Ave., Sandstone, Minn.
Gallery open Sat, & Sun. 12-3 p.m.
Through Oct. 20: Déjà Vu” by Jodie Brooks & T.J. Rajala.

Art Beat of Hayward
15845 W. 2nd St., Hayward
​​Hours:  Weds.-Sat. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. or by appointment.
“Studio Explorations” through Sept. 30.

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

Bayfield Art Escape
Through Sept. 15
Nine-day celebration of art across Bayfield County and Madeline Island. For details go to www.bayfield.org/festival-of-arts-and-gallery-tour.

Duluth Art Institute
130 W. Superior St., Suite 400
Through Oct. 11: Azania Tripp, “Azania Means Freedom Project” and Gary Carlson & MaryAnn Carlson, “Our Journey of Synthesis: Composing Objects Found & Fashioned.”

Duluth Pottery
1924 W. Superior St. Duluth
“Four of a Kind, a Print & Design Show.” Opening reception Friday, Sept. 13, 5 p.m.

Duluth Public Library
520 W. Superior St. 
Through Oct. 31: “The Hidden Realm,” photography exhibit for the Duluth Superior Pride Festival. 

Grand Marais Art Colony Studio 21
21 W. Hwy. 61
Open Thurs.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sept. 12-14: Studio Immersion Pop-Up Exhibit.
Through Sept. 28: Margie Helstrom.
Sept. 27-Oct. 19: Muse Art Exhibition. Reception Friday, Sept., 27, 5-6 p.m.

Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery
115 W. Wisconsin St., Grand Marais
Open Weds.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday 1-4 p.m.
Sept. 13 - Oct. 6: Plein Air Competition exhibition. Reception Friday, Sept. 13, 5-8 p.m. Award ceremony begins at 6 p.m. 
Public Art Project, “Biota Borealis,” unveiling and artist talk with Maeve Gathje Saturday, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m.

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

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

La Pointe Center Gallery
794 Chebomnicon Bay Rd.
La Pointe, Wis.
Open daily 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Through Oct. 6: Indigenous Art Show. Reception Saturday, Sept. 14, 4-7 p.m.

Lyric Center for the Arts
510 Chestnut St., Virginia
Gallery open Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fri. & Sat., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Through Oct. 26: “Summertime,” group exhibit by Mesabi Range artists.
Free all-ages Open Art Club in the Annex Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lyric Art Colony meets first and third Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Macrostie Art Center
405 NW 1st Ave., Grand Rapids
Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Through Sept. 27: 32nd annual Juried Exhibition.
Through Oct. 25: “Woods/Water: Entwined” by Jeremy Simonson and Shannon Lucas Westrum.
Giinawind Creative Space: “Stories Between Earth and Sky” by Sarah McRae through September.

Nordic Center
23 N. Lake Ave. Duluth
Open Fri. & Sat. 12-4 p.m.
Sept. 13-Oct. 11: Minnesota-Swedish Folk Paintings by Alison Aune. Opening reception Friday, Sept. 13, 7-9 p.m. Closing lecture and gallery talk Saturday, Oct. 5, 1-3 p.m .

Pizza Luce
11 E. Superior St.
Art exhibit by Justin Kervina.

Reif Center Gallery
720 NW Conifer Dr., Grand Rapids
Open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday. 
September - October: Loon Country Quilters.

Serenity Crego Fine Art Gallery
1811 3rd Ave. E., Hibbing
serenitycrego.com
“Ordinary Moments of Extraordinary Beauty.” Gallery open by appointment.

Siiviis Gallery
361 Canal Park Dr., Duluth
Through Nov. 21: “Fall Foraging” group exhibit. Reception Saturday, Sept. 21, 12-5 p.m.

Spirit of the Lake Community School
5401 E. Superior St.
Saturday, Sept. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Community Arts Open House and Nice Girls of the North Marketplace.

Split Rock Lighthouse
North of Two Harbors on Hwy. 61
September featured photographer: Stephanie Irwin. She will be onsite Sept. 14 & 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tettegouche State Park
5702 Hwy. 61, Silver Bay
September: “Wild Things” by Marissa Saurer.

Tweed Museum, UMD Campus
Open Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Weds.-Sat. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
Through Oct. 12: Harriet Bart, The Art of Memory.
Through Oct. 31: Screen Time: Photography & Video Art in the Internet Age.
Through Dec. 27: Dreaming Our Futures: Ojibwe & Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Artists & Knowledge Keepers.

UWS Holden Fine Arts, 1805 Catlin Ave.
Open Mon.-Fri., 2-6 p.m. 
Through Oct. 10: Faculty exhibits “Collegial” and “Re-Imagining the Embrace of Nature.” Reception Thursday, Sept. 12, 5-7 p.m.

Visual Culture Lecture Series: 
Dawn Mikkelson
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m.
UMD Montague Hall 80
Three-time Emmy Award winning producer, and 2010 McKnight Filmmaking Fellow, Dawn Mikkelson’s work has broadcast and screened internationally.

Washburn Cultural Center
1 E. Bayfield St., Washburn
Open Weds. - Sun. 12-4 p.m.
Through Sept. 27: “Losing Mom: Expressing Loss Through Art” and “Works by Blue View Pastel Group and Guests.”

Zeitgeist Arts
222 Superior St. Duluth
In the restaurant: Sterling Rathsack.