This week you may see folks around town creating art in public with easels set up in front of vistas of ever-changing light. "Plein Air Duluth: Paint du Nord" returns to the Twin Ports July 9-14, 2017. This is a live painting festival drawing artists from near and far to enjoy time on Lake Superior, painting alone and in groups. By Friday, the work will be ready for showing with an opening reception at Blacklist Ales in downtown Duluth. The celebration is from 5-7 p.m. on Friday July 14, with

This week on Radio Gallery we spotlight a unique collaboration between artists and scientists and workshop open to all. Disciplines overlap in many ways and the systems thinking brought forward by the national project Think Water is applicable to so many ares including the arts. This week we hear from Kathy Neff of the UMD Fine Arts Academy and from Jeremy Solin of "Think Water." At the core is the idea that change depends on thinking differently about research and education today. Held at the

The Duluth Art Institute is opening two summer exhibits on June 29, "Peripheral Vignettes" a solo show of Jonathan Thunder's paintings, and "Play" a group multi-media show about games.

What starts at sundown and ends at daybreak? Northern Spark 2017. Not your ordinary arts festival, Northern Spark launches with a party 7-9 pm Saturday, June 10 at Thresher Square in Minneapolis and the festival goes all night from 8:59 pm Saturday through until Sunday at 5:29 am. Northern Spark , is a fantastic community focused art festival with over 70 art installations, exploring the creativity and culture of public spaces in neighborhoods along the Metro Transit Green Line, the train

With Bob Dylan being an avid artist, it's nice to see the week long celebration of the man and his music, Duluth Dylan Fest, will also include an art exhibit. Dylan has been painting and welding metal sculpture for much of his adult life and his work shares a slice of the many places in the world his career has taken him. Here in Duluth local arts writer and artist Ed Newman has graciously organized the Dylan Fest Art Show with submissions by artists near and far. Expect the love of Dylan to

Although Homegrown is over, we are looking forward to a festival like atmosphere for the month of May. Here on the cusp of summer music festival and art fair season, why waste time? This week Radio Gallery shares a round up of May events to gear up for a summer artsy fun. KUMD is the official radio station of the Duluth Dylan Fest, this year touting two exhibits; historical documents at Karpeles Manuscript Library 5/20-6/30 and a Dylan Themed art exhibit opening Monday, May 22, at 5 pm. Also in

It's Magic Smelt Party Time! Each spring brings the running of the smelt in Lake Superior and although smelting weather is the opposite of summer fun, Duluth has a party and the Run Smelt Run Parade all happening on May 14. Everyone can join local puppeteers to gear up for the fanciful costume parade led by the fish queen and the rowdy Brass Messengers . This week and next you are invited to workshops at the Duluth Art Institute, Lincoln Center, to make sparkly puppets, design fancy costumes and

The Duluth Homegrown Music Festival is just around the corner, kicking off Sunday, April 30th, and Day 2 is dubbed Ancillary Arts Night. Monday's festivities mix art and music with a line-up that feeds the need to talk, talk, and talk some more about Homegrown, the memories of last year, new songs or bands and plans for the week ahead. Monday events include an opening reception for a juried Homegrown Photo Show at the Red Herring Lounge, the Homegrown Poetry Showcase at Sacred Heart Music Center