Art events

Reader Contributing Staff 

Maeve Gathje’s “Biota Borealis” will be unveiled Sept. 28 at Johnson Heritage Post in Grand Marais.

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.

AICHO Galleries
Robert Powless Cultural Center
202 W. 2nd St., Duluth
Gallery open Mon.–Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 218-722-7225 before your visit.
Art reception Saturday, Oct. 5, 5:30-8:30 p.m.: Ezhi-dibaajimomagakin Gide’inaanin (“the way our heart tells stories”) by Katie Lou Muzquiz and Chimakwa Nibawii.

Art Along the Lake Fall Studio Tour
Sept. 27-Oct. 6
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Ten-day, self-led art tour along Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior during peak fall colors, from Tofte to Grand Portage and the Gunflint Trail. Visit artalongthelake.com.

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.

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.” Art Night Out Friday, Oct. 11, 5:30-8 p.m.

Duluth Art Institute Lincoln Park Building
229 W. 2nd St.
“Take Me Where There is Life.” Artist Carmen La Griega from Madrid, Spain facilitated a series of painting classes for individuals with memory loss due to dementia and Alzheimer's and their care partners. Exhibition features artwork created by the participants. Open Studio Thursday, Oct. 3, 1-4 pm. Closing Reception Friday, Oct. 4, 5:30-8 p.m.
Free ArtDAI Saturday, Oct. 12, 1-4 p.m. A casual, creative afternoon of art projects for all ages.

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.
Through Sept. 28: Margie Helstrom.
Sept. 27-Oct. 19: Muse 12 x 12 Member Show. Reception Friday, Sept. 27, 5-6 p.m.

Heck of a New Deal: 
Federal Art Projects in Minnesota
Monday, Sept. 30, 3:30 p.m.
Duluth Public Library - Mt. Royal
Sue and Brian Matuszak talk about public artworks created throughout the Arrowhead Region during the Great Depression.

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.
Through Oct. 6: Plein Air Competition exhibition. 
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 Oct. 19: Craig Blacklock, “Within the Waves.”
Sept. 26-Dec. 28: James Brinsfield, new small-scale paintings.

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 Monday, Sept. 30, 1-3 p.m.

Lake Superior 20/20 Arts Tour
Fri. & Sat., Sept. 27 & 28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Artists living along the North Shore of Lake Superior open their studios. See lakesuperior2020.com.

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 Oct. 25: “Woods/Water: Entwined” by Jeremy Simonson and Shannon Lucas Westrum.

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

Reif Center Gallery
720 NW Conifer Dr., Grand Rapids
Open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday. 
Through Nov. 5: Loon Country Quilters. Reception Friday, Oct. 4, 4 p.m.
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.

Split Rock Lighthouse
North of Two Harbors on Hwy. 61
September featured photographer: Stephanie Irwin.
October: Kris Kieper. She will be onsite Saturdays, Oct. 5 &19, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tettegouche State Park
5702 Hwy. 61, Silver Bay
September: “Wild Things” by Marissa Saurer.
October: Katherine Boyce. Reception Friday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m.

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.”

Visual Culture Lecture Series: Adrien Segal
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m.
UMD Montague 80

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.p