ISSUE 114-2 | April - June 2020

NEWS MAGAZINE

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Christina Woods“My kid could make that” You are right, children naturally use the creative process through imaginative play constructed of four pillars: observation, ambiguity, development and connection. One might notice this process unfolding as pillow forts emerge or when children are rooted in imaginative play. The young ones have observed their surroundings, used a process of trial and error to create a space to play or story tell, engaged in an activity without knowing the goal or end result, then found a means to connect their play to the wonder of everyday life. This process fosters mental growth by providing opportunities to be creative and try new ways of thinking. The great masters of art utilized this special process to create.

The Duluth Art Institute Youth Art Camps are dedicated to empowering youth to get their ideas out though art and the creative process. Our camps encourage taking the time to observe, approach creativity as a process where the activity is the goal, explore art as an adventure, and invite learners to make choices to use their own ideas to make art personal. Campers engage in several artistic practices and each project is unique to the learner. Our camp line up is available in this edition of the News Magazine (page 8-9). Some visual art masterpieces do invoke thinking “my kid could to that.” That’s a great place to start. Inspiration is rooted in us all. The creative process is as well. Contemporary art is created on the basis of the creative process which engages open discussion about the world and intellectual inquiry. Meaning develops from the individual understanding of both the artist and the viewer exploring time, space, meaning, and technique. We encourage the appreciation of art as approachable. The creative process helps demystify contemporary art. Make DAI Art Camp part of your child’s summer memories. There is really no smooth segway into congratulating the following individuals on the success of their Duluth Art Institute art exhibitions, except to demonstrate the value of the creative process. 2019 was a year of success for many DAI exhibiting artists with their art reaching beyond our region. Akinomaage by Vern Northrup traveled the entire year. Starting at the DAI then onto the Minnesota State Capitol. Thousands of viewers saw Akinomaage. Northrup’s exhibition then went to Bemidji’s Watermark Center and will be back in Duluth at the AICHO Galleries. Northrup’s book published by the Duluth Art Institute is still for sale on our website. Shawna Gilmore, former Annual Member Show People’s Choice Award winner, had her image of Faith Holding Hope used on the Minnesota State Arts Board flier for the St. Paul Art Crawl. The DAI submitted art by Gilmore and Price. Both pieces made it into the St. Paul Art Crawl festival. Minnesota Black Fine Arts Show traveled to the Minneapolis Airport honoring our regional artists, Carla Hamilton, Tressa Jordan, Ivy Vaino and Carl Wesley. To round out the season, the retrospective of Jean Birkenstein went to Chicago for exhibition at the Madron Gallery. The Duluth Art Institute is honored to be a part of these amazing exhibitions traveling to galleries outside of our region. We are grateful to all who chose to show their work at the DAI. Congratulations to all! Please watch for our call for art out on April 1 (page 10).

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Christina WoodsExecutive Director

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Cover: Sue Rauschenfels, Sisters (detail), acrylic, mixed media

Regarding COVID-19As you may be aware, the COVID-19 has an enormous economic impact on artists. The DAI is committed to supporting artists by doing our best to reschedule classes while keeping in the front of our mind the safety of teachers, learners and staff. Because this situation with COVID -19 is ever changing, we ask that you use email and our website for updates for the quickest response. This may mean checking your junk mail for the DAI updates. We will continue to monitor the situation and follow the recommendation for gatherings provided by the CDC. Keep en eye out for online gallery tours and artist talks. For all participants in classes, workshops, and studios, please do not attend if you recently traveled outside the country or to an effected domestic destination. Also, if you are showing symptoms of fever, cough or sore throat, please stay home. Thank you for your vigilance and dedication to the arts community.

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Reveal: Emily Stokes

Artist Emily Stokes works in painting, printmaking, drawing, and digital imaging to produce two-dimensional objects. Challenging the viewer to explore objects from a two-dimensional perspective rather than three, Stokes presents paper fold outs, interlocking wooden panels and winding panoramas. Her work on view includes acrylic and screen prints on small MDF panels with subject matter accenting the tension between the familiar and the new. Aiming to preserve the past

Image Credit: Emily Stokes, The Great Reveal III, screen print, wood

EXHIBITIONSEXHIBITIONSOdysseus & Penelope: The Long JourneyKari Halker-Saathoff

Ceramist and illustrator Kari Halker-Saathoff presents the classic story of Odysseus with a reimagined characterization of his wife Penelope. Graphite illustrations are layered with white paper cut outs, backed in black to mirror the ceramic glazing on low fire red clay vessels. Odysseus occupies these framed illustrations, capturing images inspired by Homer’s Greek poem. Penelope’s story, carried on ceramic vessels, is inspired by her courage and resistance against unwanted suitors as well as current events, including the Women’s March of 2017. Their stories alternate and connect as the viewer travels through the exhibition, titles of the illustrations are inspired by the text of the Odyssey while Penelope’s draw from current events. Viewed together, Halker-Saathoff illuminates the many parallels between the present and 650 B.C.E.

Halker-Saathoff describes Penelope’s situation, “Suitors invaded her home, ate her food, threatened her son, assaulted her servants, and pressured her to remarry. In resisting the suitors Penelope had to use all her resources, showing herself to be as courageous, wily, and brilliant a figure as Odysseus. The courage of her resistance is the inspiration for my interpretation and the struggle of women’s persecution and for equality are ever present.”

Halker-Saathoff is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and educator. Drawn to stories, she feels compelled to explore and represent lesser celebrated characters, as evidenced in Odysseus & Penelope. “I find that reinterpreting a story through art is a powerful way to view the past. Works of historical significance don’t need to linger in the time period in which they were written—they can be viewed through the eyes of today.”

April 30 - July | George Morrison GalleryReception and Artist Talk: April 30, 5 - 8 PM

Image Credit: Kari Halker-Saathoff, The Unseen Universe, low fire red clay, underglaze pencil, glaze, copper, brass

April 30 - July| Corridor GalleryArtist Talk: April 30, 5 - 8 PM

Powerful female figures dominate Sue Rauschenfels’ Sisterhood series, on view in the Corridor Gallery through July. Working in watercolor and acrylic, Rauschenfels builds organic shapes, vivid colors, and rich textures. The forward-facing figures interact with viewers while standing together in solid compositions reflective of their communities. Stories of kinship and unity evolve from her work, encouraging one to reflect on their own relations. Rauschenfels: “Our Sisterhood culture needs to repair and to heal. We need to stand near each other. We must collaborate, lift each other up, unite efforts, show strength in numbers, share a common voice, be kind, empathetic and loyal to our Sisterhood to gain equality and to be heard.”

Rauschenfels studies in Sociology, Criminology and Psychology influence her subject matter as does her love of nature and the outdoors. She is a member of the Lake Superior Watercolor Society, Artists of MN and Arrowhead Artists. Her work can be seen at 47 Degrees Gallery in Knife River, MN and Art on the Planet Gallery in Superior, WI.

Sisterhood: Sue Rauschenfels

Image Credit: Sue Rauschenfels, Sisters, acrylic, mixed media

April - August | John Steffl GalleryReception and Artist Talk: April 30, 5 - 8 PM

while confronting the present, Stokes examines “how economic and demographic shifts impact traditions and how these shifts are revealed in the symbols around us.” Stokes symbolizes images from her surroundings such as farm animals, rural architecture and crop fields then props them into imaginary backgrounds reflective of real but unidentifiable spaces.

Stokes is an Associate Professor of Art at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. Here, she has also served as the Gallery Director of Te Paske Gallery since 2012. With an MFA in printmaking from Arizona State University and a BA in studio art and English from Wellesley College, Stokes has exhibited throughout the United States.

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LOCATIONAll classes are at the Lincoln Park Building, 2229 W 2nd Street, unless noted.QUESTIONS & REGISTRATIONCall our main office (218-733-7560) or visit our website.PAYMENTClass tuition must be received at least one week before class begins to ensure both your place and adequate class materials. If there is insufficient enrollment, we will cancel the class, notify registered students, and refund payments. Class refunds due to participant cancellation will have a non-refundable registration fee withheld. See duluthartinstitute.org/ClassRegistration for details.

For special arrangements and information on scholarships, please contact Education Program Manager, Michelle Misgen, at mmisgen@duluthartinstitute.org.

All ceramic classes, clubs, and open studios will be postponed until further notice. Please check our website for further updates and details.

DRAWING AND PAINTINGSupply lists are available at duluthartinstitute.org

Watercolor Workshop with David R. Becker*Rescheduled to*May 7-9, 9 AM - 4 PM$375 ($450 non-members)*No refunds on or after 4/1/20Illinois based artist, David R. Becker, will be teaching you watercolor from beginning to end. The subject matter will change daily with photo references supplied in the morning and afternoon. The workshop is designed to benefit all levels of painters.

Watercolor Fundamentalswith Bill Wise*Rescheduled to*Thursdays, 10 AM - 1 PMMay 14 - June 11$120 ($145 non-members)Build your watercolor skills with confidence through instruction, demonstrations and hands on experience. Learn the fundamen-tals and properties of watercolor to achieve desired results. This class is catered to the beginning watercolorist and those looking to review the basics.

Express(ive) Eveningswith Adam SwansonThursday, 6-8:30 PMMay 21$40You see his murals and now you can spend an evening painting with Adam Swanson. He will take you through a step by step process using sketching and acrylic paint to bring to life an animal (TBD)on canvas. Beginner to experienced, there is something for everyone. 21+ enjoy a beverage while attending. All supplies and one beverage included.

MIXED MEDIACollage for the Intuitive Soul with Ann PriceSaturday, 10 AM - 4 PMMay 16$55 Create a symbolic reflection of yourself by crafting collages using your inner wisdom and intuition. Learn collage techniques while constructing a set of wisdom cards that evolve from you. Be your own muse by inviting this powerful process into your busy life. All levels welcome, no experience necessary.

PRINTINGSolar Plate Printmakingwith Matt KaniaMonday, 5:30 - 8:30 PMJune 1$45 ($55 non-members)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTFREE for DAI Members($50 non-members)

Sponsored by:DSACF Morgan Fund

This unique series of seminars will set you on course for building your business, selling what you create vs creating for a market, writing for grants and websites, and photographing your work for proposals and websites. Some dates are still being set as well as locations. Watch your email and check the DAI website for updates.

Entrepreneur and Business Basics with Shasha ManssonThursday, May 7, 6-8 PM

Interested in your art as a business? Find out the basics of business. This seminar covers what you need to know to create art and run a business, basic contracts, and sales processes- specifically how to inspire people to want what you create. You will be inspired to create more of what you want to sell verses what you think people want to buy. Shasha, from the Entrepreneur Fund, is providing one-hour mentor sessions for up to five participants to be scheduled with her.

“Selling Well: What Artists Can Learn from People’s Intuitive Reactions to Famous Art” Special Guest Lecture & Book Signing with Dan HillWednesday, May 13, 6-8 PMLocation TBD

What’s the actual experience people have when standing before a work of art, taking it in? Find out thanks to this unique guest lecture that will be of interest to practicing artists and photographers as well as the general public at large. Hill’s latest book is by far the largest study ever conducted that involves eye-tracking technology and art in order to learn where people precisely look, for how long, and in what order. By adding in facial coding, Hill also captures not only where people look but how they feel about what they’re seeing. Hill’s lecture will address five key insights of value not only to practitioners of art, but also to anybody in the art business (like gallery owners):Insights to be shared from the largest study ever done involving eye tracking and art:

•Why contemporary art beat out modern and old masters for the most engagement

•What kind of titles artists should consider giving their art works to drive enthusiasm

•What kind of themes/subject matter study participants preferred (and why)

•Tips on how to stage gallery exhib-its for optimal impact

•Facial expressions you should detect to help overcome buyer hesitancy

Dan Hill, Ph.D., has given lectures in over 25 countries. Besides front-page coverage in The New York Times, Hill’s other media coverage includes TV appearances on ABC’s “Good Morning, America,” NBC’s “The Today Show,” CNN, Fox, and MSNBC.

$15 materials fee paid directly to the instructorSolar plates, a new approach to traditional printmaking, is a simple environmentally friendly process resulting in images that resemble etchings, lithographs, screen-prints, or lino-cuts which can have photographic effects. Bring your ideas and explore this printmaking technique with award winning artist Matt Kania.

YOUTH ARTHome School Art Classes:

Youth Artwith Liz VandersteenAges 5-11Mondays, 9-11 AMMay 4, 6, 11, 13$100 ($125 non-members)

In-between and Teen Artwith Liz VandersteenAges 11+Mondays, 12-3 PMMay 4, 6, 11, 13$100 ($125 non-members)

Explore various art forms, art mediums, and artists. Get creative and have fun sculpting, drawing, painting, and working with various art materials and found objects from nature including pencils, pastels, charcoal, chalk, paints, adhesives, and clay. The last class will end with an art show of the student’s work.

Regarding COVID-19, Classes, and EventsSince the situation with COVID -19 is ever changing, we ask that you monitor our website and use email for the quickest updates and responses. We will continue to monitor the situation and follow the recommendation for gatherings provided by the CDC. We will be updating our website with any classes changes that need to be made to keep our community safe. We will do our best to reschedule classes and/or offer them online.

For all participants in classes, workshops and studios, please do not attend if you recently traveled outside the country or to an effected domestic destination. Also, if you are showing symptoms of fever, cough or sore throat, please stay home.

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Duluth Art Instit

ute Summer CampsKids Clay Camp with Brett DeBruyneDAI Lincoln Park Building$100 ($120 non-members)

Ages 6-8 Years5 SessionsJune 8-12 | 10 AM - 12 PM

Ages 9-11 Years5 SessionsJune 8-12 | 1 PM - 3 PM

Discovering the combination of ceramics and imagination, kids will transform lumps of clay into sculptural art. Fill your house with unique and colorful three dimensional materpieces.

Teen Wheel Throwing with Liz VandersteenDAI Lincoln Park Building$100 ($120 non-members)

Ages 12-17 Years5 SessionsJune 8-12 | 1 PM - 3 PM

Get your hands dirty while making amazing ceramic art. The artistry of wheel throwing will be covered in this introductory class. All experience evels are welcome.

Half Day Camps

Fabulous Fiber Camp with Aryn BergsvenDAI Fiber Studio$110 ($135 non-members)

Ages 7-12 Years5 Sessions

August 10-14 | 9 AM - 12 PM

August 10-14 | 1 PM - 4 PM

Weave your way through camp exploring the craft of fiber arts: felting, hand dying, loom weaving, bracelet braiding, and more!

Teen Photography Camp with Logan KerkhofDAI Darkroom$210 ($255 non-members)

Ages 11-17 YearsJune 22-26 | 9 AM - 4 PM

This fun photography camp teaches teens about the elements of photography to take better shots. The art of photography will be explored. Delve into photojournalism, studio, portrait, documentary, and street photography. Students also learn how to develop film in a darkroom.

Youth Art Campwith Logan KerkhofDAI Lincoln Park Building$220 ($275 non-members)

Ages 12-17 YearsJuly 13-17 | 9 AM - 4 PM

July 20-24 | 9 AM - 4 PM

Youth are inspired to create work that is uniquely their own. Explore different art mediums and methods using clay, plaster, wire, paint, chalk, oil pastels, and real canvases.

Teen Art Camp with Kristina EstellDAI Lincoln Park Building$210 ($255 non-members)

Ages 12-17 YearsJune 22-25 | 9 AM - 4 PM

Explore art from all angles as you spend time painting, drawing, sculpting, making prints and exploring various art mediums. Be inspired by art history and modern artists working in the field. Learn the value of self-expression and art making. Your technical skills and knowledge of modern artists will expand through the process of making art.

Full Day Camps

Camp tuition includes a $50 non-refundable deposit due upon registration.

Tuition must be paid in full two weeks prior to camp start date. No refunds or tuition credit will be awarded on or after this date.

All full day art camps will end with an art show of the student work on the last day of camp, Friday at 3:30pm.

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The Duluth Art Institute invites all local, regional, and national visual artist or artist collectives, not currently enrolled in a degree seeking program to submit proposals for our 2021 and 2022 exhibition season. Applications reflecting the field of contemporary art and practice will be considered for three gallery spaces housed on the fourth floor of the Saint Louis County Depot. Those applying are welcome to visit our John Steffl, George Morrison and Corridor Galleries and allowed (not required) to consider two or three of the spaces for simultaneous use. Gallery floorplans are available on our website under artist services and artist opportunities.

Deadline: Wednesday June 3rd, 2020 11:59PMApply via Submittable.com.

Requirements:Artist Statement (500 word limit)Exhibition Proposal (500 word limit)Artist Resume or CV (PDF)Up to 10 high resolution images of your artwork (saved as: artist last name_artist first name_title.JPG, TIFF, GIF, or PNG), including up to one 3 minute video.

Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of art professionals that will consider the artistic quality and mastery of material, presentation of an authentic voice, cohesiveness of work, and professionalism of the application.

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Why did you become a DAI Member?

How has art impacted you or your community?

As an art enthusiast, what opportunities do you find at the DAI?

Tonja SellSell, the DAI Annual Member Show People’s Choice Awardee was recognized for her encaustic piece Windflowers. Sell was born in 1968, a Wisconsin native and daughter of glass artisans. Tonja attended the Milwaukee School of Art, where she studied fine arts, drawing and illustration.

Tonja met her husband Matthew at M.I.A.D. After six years in Arizona, they returned to Northern WI to start a family and build their home, studio and gallery near Lake Superior. Tonja continued to develop her work while raising and home educating their four children.

I believe it is important to support the arts in our community in a personal interactive way; unfortunately, due to the size of our region, opportunity is often limited. The DAI provides many creative opportunities for artists in our region, from business development to classes. I want to see that continue and grow.

I am a child of, and parent of artists. My parents are Anton (Jim) and Sue Vojacek of the Oulu Glass, in Oulu, WI., a glass blowing studio that has operated in the area for over 30 years. My parents met in the art department at UWS; I received an art scholarship to attend the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design while attending South Shore High School in Port Wing, WI. I met my husband, Matt, in the design department there. My family has been creating art in the community, sharing their art in galleries, and giving classes for as long as I can remember. Upon returning to the area in 1994, I began teaching art classes here as well. Now I teach art classes in the studio my husband built, teach online, and together with my husband take people on International art tours to Spain, France, Italy, and more. Art permeates everything we do.

I have taught through the institute, taken classes there and exhibited in group and individual shows. I have found it to be a resource for creative business development, networking, and connection in the arts community. I am pleased to support the DAI and hope to see it thrive.

OPEN CALL2021 | 2022

EXHIBITIONS

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way-things I had no words for”- Georgia O’Keeffe If this is you, we want you to teach our classes. The DAI is committed to engaging artists and maintaining a robust roster of instructors in several disciplines of art. We offer classes to youth through elders in painting, mixed media, photography, weaving, felting, printing, pottery and ceramics. We provide the space, marketing, and registration. We offer a pay scale for instruction that includes prep time. Please visit Submittable.com for more details.

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Image Credit: Tonja Sell, Windflowers, oil, cold wax

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Public art provides an avenue of expression, attracts attention, and brings meaning into our everyday lives. The Duluth Public Arts Commission and the Duluth Art Institute are proud to partner, installing artwork in the City Hall Rotunda and the Mayor’s Reception Room. Collectively, we celebrate and honor local artists as we bring our community together through the visual arts.

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The Duluth Art Institute’s programs and services are made possible in part through the support of the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

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April - June, 2020City Hall Mayor’s Reception Room

Tia SalmelaKeoboungpheng

and our inherited memory. Epigenetics suggest that our lived experiences can modify the expression of our genes without changing the genetic code itself and one of my own lived experiences has been integral to my current work.

Nearly twenty years after learning to weave in my ancestral land of Finland in 1995, I was able to see how the time spent with two elder women in the room impressed a sensation of what it might’ve been like to be with my grandmothers. That emotion merged with the motions of weaving and ignited something in me that was passionate and everlasting. Weaving has literally and figuratively become my intuitive language, connecting me to my grandmothers and to a vast lineage of women who worked with their hands. If their DNA and epigenetic memory flows through my veins, the process of handwork brings me closer to them – if only in my perception of experience.”

Image Credit: Tia Salmela Keoboungpheng, BLOODLINE no. 3 (Detail), copper conduit, copper and electrical wire

A Duluth-native and 1995 Central High school graduate, Tia Keo is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in North Minneapolis. She holds a BA degree in architecture from the University of Minnesota, is the co-founder of Silvercocoon, and works across disciplines to support herself as a professional artist. Her modern jewelry-designs have been empowering women since 2007. She is a 2020 & 2017 MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grantee and a 2018 McKnight Next Step Fund Grantee through the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. In 2018 she hung solo exhibitions at the Duluth Art Institute in Duluth, The American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, and Finlandia University Gallery in Hancock, Michigan. Her next solo exhibition will open in spring 2021 at the Art History Gallery at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Her forthcoming project UNWEAVING will be her first temporary outdoor public art installation, happening summer 2020 at Gichi-ode’ Akiing Park in Duluth, and is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the MN State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image Credit: Tia Salmela Keoboungpheng, BLOOD MEMORY, copper conduit, copper and electrical wire

Tia Salmela Keoboungpheng (aka Tia Keo) presents multimedia sculptures in her new series, BLOODLINE. On view in the Mayor’s Reception Room are BLOODLINE no.3 and BLOODLINE no.4, both constructed of copper and electric wire and both representing the artists inquiry into epigenetics. She explains:

“Combining scientific and mythical concepts, I imagine the ways that my grandmothers are part of me despite the fact that I have no lived experience with them. What began as a quest to define the void that I perceive (they would have filled) has led me on a journey of uncovering history that is both fact and inferred.

The undulating copper conduit symbolizes the bloodline, a simplified single channel of lineage. The hanging coils suggest spiraling DNA or umbilical cords of experience and information that inform our blood

14 15DULUTH ART INSTITUTE MEMBER AND DONOR SUPPORT

VISITOR INFORMATIONGalleries and off ices are located on Level Four of the St. Louis County Depot - 506 W Michigan Street. While some Depot museums require paid admission, the DAI is always free to members. Galleries are accessible by elevator. The DAI Darkroom is on Level Two, and the Fiber Studio is on Level One. The DAI Ceramics Studio, Printmaking Studio, and multi-use classrooms are located at the Lincoln Park Building - 2229 W 2nd St. (corner of N 23rd Ave. W).

GALLERY HOURSOpen Daily 9 AM - 5 PM (Labor - Memorial Day)9 AM - 6 PM (Memorial - Labor Day)

BUSINESS OFFICE HOURSTuesday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PM (Please call ahead to ensure we are available to help you.)

PARKINGMetered parking for the Depot is available on city streets, and the Library/Depot Pay Lot - 502 W Michigan Street. A bus transit center is two blocks away with year-round access, and DAI is also accessible by the Port Town Trolley in summer months. Parking for events occuring after 5 pm is free. For the Lincoln Park Building, a small parking lot is available on the West side of the building, as well as on street parking.

FOUNDED IN 1907, the Duluth Art Institute serves our local community and visitors, providing creative opportunities for all skill levels through a variety of disciplines. We also serve local artists with studio space, professional development, and resources to grow their practice and advance their career.

For 112 years, the DAI has contributed to the quality of life in the Northeast region as well as the economic development by attracting year-round tourism.

EXHIBITION PROGRAMThe Duluth Art Institute presents an average of 15 exhibitions every year that highlight regional talent as well as visiting artists. We celebrate craft traditions as well as contemporary voices in the visual arts displaying the work of emerging, mid-career, and established artists in diverse mediums. We offer enhancement programs alongside our exhibitions to provide arts audiences deeper engagement with artists and their work.

EDUCATION PROGRAMWe offer more than 50 arts workshops and classes for youth and adults throughout the year as well as outreach activities throughout the community. Our education program maintains a ceramics studio with more than 35 studio artists, a printmaking studio, fiber studio, and darkroom. Visit our website for more information.

The mission of the Duluth Art Institute is to enrich daily life with dynamic, innovative visual arts programming that upholds excellence and promotes active and inclusive community participation.

DAI STAFFChristina WoodsExecutive Director218-733-7562 cwoods@duluthartinstitute.org

Amy VarsekExhibitions Director218-733-7565avarsek@duluthartinstitute.org

Michelle MisgenEducation Program Manager218-723-1310 ext. 200mmisgen@duluthartinstitute.org

Genevieve HircockOperations and Marketing Manager218-733-7559ghircock@duluthartinstitute.org

Addison MuellerDevelopment and Operations Assistant218-733-7560amueller@duluthartinstitute.org

Robert DeArmondClay Studio Manager218-733-1310 ext. 201claystudio@duluthartinstitute.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORSRobin Washington, PresidentCelia Cameron, Vice President Juli Kellner, TreasurerOlawole FamuleRogier GregoireRobin MurphyVern Northrup

Interested in becoming a board member? Contact Christina Woods at cwoods@duluthartinstitute.org.

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