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Chris Dillon’s paintings are on display at the Tettegouche State Park Visitor Center in Silver Bay through September.

Art Beat of Hayward
15845 W. 2nd St., Hayward
​​Hours:  Weds.-Sat. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. or by appointment.
Through Oct. 7: Broad Strokes painting group and Helena Fiber Art.

Art Escape
Through Sept. 14
Nine-day celebration of all things art across Bayfield County and Madeline Island. See bayfield.org/art-escape.

Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center
28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais
Sept. 7-14: Artist-in-Residence James Ellis. Meet & Greet Event Saturday, Sept. 13, 4-5 p.m. Held at the A. Paul & Carol Schaap Community Center. 

Cultures, Humanities & Arts on the Iron Range
510 Chestnut St., Virginia
Gallery open Thursdays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featured artist Jessica Bolden.
Free all-ages Open Art Club in the Annex Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Lyric Art Colony meets first and third Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Dovetail Café
1917 W. Superior St.
Through Sept. 30: “These Are Things,” paintings by Adam McCauley and Cody Paulson.
Fika & Fiber, drop-in knitting and fiber arts group Saturdays 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Duluth Art Institute
130 W. Superior St., Suite 400
Open Mon.-Fri., 12-5 p.m.
Through Sept. 16: Heidi Wanzek, “Within the Threshold” and Charvis Harrell, “The Games We Play.”

Duluth Art Institute Lincoln Park Building
229 W. 2nd St.
Free ArtDAI Saturday, Sept. 20, 1-4 p.m.

Duluth Pottery
1924 W. Superior St. Duluth
“Scapes” by Margie Helstrom opening Thursday, Sept. 18, 5-7 p.m.

Edge Center for the Arts
101 2nd Ave., Bigfork, Minn.
Thurs.-Sat. 1-4 p.m.
Through Oct. 4: Terry Boal Leinbach, “Wandering Through Wonder.”

Ely Area Community Hub
760 Miners Drive E., Ely
Through September: Anna Orbovich, “Wildness Observed.”

Fire in the Village
Room 203, Old Central School
10 NW 5th St., Grand Rapids
Free Friday Art Jam Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Grand Marais Art Colony Studio 21
21 W. Hwy. 61
Thurs.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Through Oct. 5: Cecilia Rolando. 
Through Oct. 25: Hazel Belvo, “Walking the Croftville Road.”

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.
Featured exhibit: Anna Johnson Collection Rotation.
Plein Air Grand Marais Festival Exhibit Sept. 13-Oct. 5. Opening reception Friday, Sept. 12, 5-7 p.m.

Joy & Co.
16 First Ave. W., Grand Marais
Art Night Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m.

Kruk Gallery
UWS Holden Fine Arts, 1805 Catlin Ave.
Open Mon.-Fri., 2-6 p.m.
Experimental Gallery through Sept. 25: “For the Joy of Creation” by Prof. Gloria Eslinger.
Kruk Gallery through Oct. 3: “Haunted Shapes” by Zach Nader. 
Gallery celebration Thursday, Sept. 18, 5-7 p.m.

La Pointe Center Gallery
794 Chebomnicon Bay Rd.
La Pointe, Wis.
Open daily 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Opening Saturday, Sept. 13, 4-7 p.m.: ‘Anything Goes’ community art.

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 Sept. 26: 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition.
Through Oct. 31: “Expressing Grief,” group exhibition.

Nice Girls of the North Marketplace
Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Spirit of the Lake Community School
5401 E. Superior St.
Local women-owned art cooperative hosts markets the second Saturday of each month.

Nordic Center
23 N. Lake Ave. Duluth
Open Fri. & Sat. 12-4 p.m.
Through Oct. 9: “Weaving Ancestry,” exploring Norwegian, Swedish and French cultural connections in sculptural basketry by Martha Bird.

Northwoods Friends of the Arts 
Gallery
210 S. River St., Cook
Hours: Weds.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Through Sept. 27: “The Prompts of Open Art,” exhibit by Open Air Art Group. Open Air Art Group meets Mondays 6-8 p.m.

Prøve Gallery
21 N. Lake St., Duluth
Open Weds. - Fri. 4-7 p.m. and Sat. 12-4 p.m.
Through Sept. 30: “Magic Beings: A DSPride Community Art Exhibition.”

Rabbit, Bird & Bear Fine Arts
222 Rittenhouse Ave., Bayfield
An evening with actor/artist Michael Horse Friday, Sept. 12, 4-6 p.m.

Reif Center Gallery
720 NW Conifer Dr., Grand Rapids
Open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday.
Sept.-Oct.: Itasca County Plein Air Painters.

Siiviis Gallery
361 Canal Park Dr., Duluth
Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Through September: 44th Annual Lake Superior Watercolor Society Group Show.

Split Rock Lighthouse
North of Two Harbors on Hwy. 61
September artist: Photographer Mark Ellis. He will be onsite Sept. 27 & 30.

Studio Café
1021 W. Superior St., Duluth
September: “Truths of You and Me,” multimedia by Atlas L.R. Knox Rose. Reception Friday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m.

Tettegouche State Park
5702 Hwy. 61, Silver Bay
September artist: Chris Dillon.

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. 
“All Kinds of People,”  first installment in a series featuring works organized within thematic areas, drawn from the Tweed’s permanent collection.
Through Oct. 16: “No Place Like This,” sculpture by Chris Rackley.

Washburn Cultural Center
1 E. Bayfield St., Washburn
Open Weds. - Sun. 12-4 p.m.
Through Sept. 27: “Wanderlust,” map quilts by Shea Schachameyer.

Wild State Cider
2515 W. Superior St. Duluth
Duluth Summer Market Sunday, Sept. 21, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Local food, art and handmade goods.

Zeitgeist Arts
222 Superior St. Duluth
In the atrium: “Roy G Biv” by Eris Vafias.
In the restaurant: Lisa Perrin-Kosmo.

Artist opportunities

Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
Artist Equity and Operating Support Grant application deadline Sept. 14. Visit aracouncil.org.

Grand Marais Art Colony
2025 Group Residencies and Self-Guided Residencies, deadline Oct. 17. Visit grandmaraisartcolony.org/residencies.