Art for Earth Day Gallery Hop happens this Saturday and the students at UMD will open their studios for demonstrations and activities all afternoon, Saturday April 22. Campus events also include a reception and awards at the Annual Student Exhibition at the Tweed Museum of Art. UMD Art + design students Gannon McDonald and Jenna Casura join us to share the highlights of Saturday's Open Studio celebration. 1pm-4pm: Open Studio 4-6pm: Annual Student Exhibition Reception 5pm: Annual Student

People around the world will be celebrating the 47th Earth Day on April 22, 2017 and here in Duluth this mantel is shared through the arts. The Annual Art for Earth Day Gallery Hop is a self guided tour through local galleries where you can meet local artists, take classes, watch demonstrations and buy art. The largest venue events include music, food and art for the whole family at the Tweed and Open Studios with UMD Art & Design, The Duluth Art institute, The 315 Gallery at Washington

This week a unique intersection of art and science is on display in the Duluth community. Catch "Black Gold: Lake Sturgeon Zine Release and Art Exhibit," at Pr øve Gallery with a gathering and panel discussion about the most ancient fish around - the sturgeon. You can see over 40 sturgeon works of art on display in large format at Pr øve Gallery plus pick up the zine, a printing off all the images. All proceeds from the sale of the zine go toward traveling this exhibit to communities on the

Next week ceramic artists Molly Streiff and Andrew Rivera open their senior art exhibit at the Tweed Museum of Art. Seniors in the UMD School of Fine Arts, Streiff and Rivera are showing their work together after many years of sharing studio space and throwing pots side by side. Inspired by ceremonial vessels used in burial and the daily rituals surrounding food and drink, their exhibit spotlights ritual in life and in death. Their exhibit "Ritual" is on display Tuesday April 4 - April 9 at the

Over the next few weeks I will be covering the senior art students in the UMD School of Fine Arts as they share their final exhibitions before graduation in the spring. Currently in the Tweed Museum of Art is Nevada Littlewolf's "This is What Democracy Looks Like. " Opening Tuesday March 28th is a show of ceramic sculpture from artist Erica Kachinske in a show "called "Innermost , about queer people and the space they take up." The Tweed student shows have a public opening reception on Tuesdays

This Sunday the international film festival "Building Bridges" kicks off at Zinema 2 in Duluth and it's free. Hosted by the UMD department of Foreign Languages and Literature, the festival opens with classics like "The Cranes are Flying" about World War II but also includes contemporary film " American Dreams in China" from 2013. At a time when global understanding is critical, this festival seeks to build bridges between cultures with films from Russia, Latin America, India etc. The cultural

What The ...Feminist! is a new exhibit opening this Wednesday in Duluth in honor of International Women's Day, an annual worldwide celebration of women and their contributions.

Although the consumption of art is a personal experience, talking about it with others really adds the flavor. This spring the DAI Art Film Series returns to Zinema 2 with post film discussions in collaboration with the Duluth Art Institute and art professionals from the region.

St. Scholastica art professor and painter Paul LaJeunesse has a big project ahead. He has been selected as the first Artist-in-Residence in a new, Lincoln Park Craft District residency program for March through June, 2017. With the exciting revitalization of the Lincoln Park neighborhood, this upcoming public art project will be fun to see unfold. LaJeunesse plans to create a public mural on one of the buildings in Lincoln Park during his residency. This is not the first public art project or

A collection of new work is up at the Red Mug Coffeehouse of the work by painter Alexa Carson. An art school and illustration graduate, she shares her passion for wildlife through painting. Her current show is called " Usual Suspects " where she shares pieces that reflects the wildlife that you might encounter here in the Northland. From bears to birds, Carson's work is light-hearted and primarily acrylic paint on canvas with some antique book collage as well. Alexa Carson's show " Usual