Art events

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“Workers” by Carolyn Olson opens Oct. 3 at Lizzards Art Gallery.

210 Gallery & Art Center
210 Commercial Ave., Sandstone, Minn.
Gallery open Sat, & Sun. 12-3 pm
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 am-5 pm. 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 am-5 pm 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.

Depot
508 W. Michigan St., Duluth
Open daily 10 am-5 pm
Oct. 11-Nov. 3: North Shorror! Regional artists celebrate the spookiest season. Opening ball Friday, Oct. 11, 6-9 pm

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 pm.

Duluth Art Institute Lincoln Park Building
229 W. 2nd St.
“Take Me Where There is Life.” Artist Carmen La Griega from Madrid runs 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 Oct. 4, 5:30-8 pm.

Free ArtDAI Saturday, Oct. 12, 1-4 pm 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. 

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

Grand Marais Art Colony Studio 21
21 W. Hwy. 61
Open Thurs.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm
Through Oct. 19: Muse 12 x 12 Member Show. Reception Friday, Sept. 27, 5-6 pm.
Happy Fall Y’all Craft Fair
Saturday, Oct. 12, 9 am-2 pm
Island Lake Inn

Heck of a New Deal: Federal Art Projects in Minnesota
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 5 pm
Duluth Public Library Green Room
520 W. Superior St.
Sue and Brian Matuszak talk about public art created in the Arrowhead Region during the Great Depression.

Indigenous Alumni Speakers Series: Moira Villiard
Monday, Oct. 7, 3 pm
Wright Student Center, UWS Old Main 232

Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery
115 W. Wisconsin St., Grand Marais
Open Weds.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm Sunday 1-4 
Through Oct. 6: Plein Air Competition exhibition. 
Oct. 12 - Nov. 3: “Splendor of the North Shore: By Land and Sea” by Tom Dimock. Opening reception Oct. 11, 5-7 pm

Joseph Nease Gallery
23 W. 1st St., Duluth
Open Thurs.-Sat., 12-4 pm or ppointment
Through Oct. 19: Craig Blacklock, “Within the Waves.” Through Dec. 28: James Brinsfield, new small-scale paintings.

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
Through Oct. 6: Indigenous Art Show. Reception Monday, Sept. 30, 1-3 pm

Lizzards Art Gallery
11 W. Superior St. Duluth
Mon. & Tues. 10 am-6 pm
Weds.-Sat. 10 am-3 pm
“Workers” by Carolyn Olson. Opening reception Thursday, Oct. 3, 5-7 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 Oct. 26: “Summertime,” group exhibit by Mesabi Range artists.
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 Oct. 25: “Woods/Water: Entwined” by Jeremy Simonson and Shannon Lucas Westrum.
Opening Friday, Oct. 4, 4-7 pm: Laurie Jacobi & Mary Jane Miller.

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

Northwoods Friends of the Arts Gallery
210 S. River St., Cook
Open Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Susan Martin Memorial Member Show Oct. 2-26. Reception Friday, Oct. 4, 5-7 p.m.

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

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.”.

Split Rock Lighthouse
North of Two Harbors on Hwy. 61
Photography by Kris Kieper. She will be onsite Saturdays, Oct. 5 &19, 10 am-6 pm

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

Tweed Museum
UMD Campus
Open Tuesdays, 9 am-7:30 pm and Weds.-Sat. 9 am-4:30 pm 
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.”

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