The mission of the DAI is to enrich daily life with dynamic, innovative arts programming that upholds excellence and promotes active community participation.
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- Location:
- Duluth, MN, 55802
- Phone:
- 218-733-7560
- Mon:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Tues - Fri:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
10:00 am - 5:00 pm - Sat:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Sun:
- 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Artist Nexus Every First Wednesday of the Month Lincoln Center 2229 West, 2nd Street 6:30 – 8:00 PM – Free Ar...
Duluth Art Institute
Join the DAI for a gallery reception to celebrate the new work on display. 3 Galleries of Art + Free Food and Drink
Bring a friend...bring a few friends celebrate our rich visual arts in the Twin Ports.
Free and Open to the Public.
Time:5:00PM Thursday, December 10th
Location:DAI Galleries @ the Depot
Thursday, November 5 8:00pm PBS 8/31 Venture North Hand-crafted yarns fascinate weavers, artists and designers in Grand Marais; Duluth Art Institute students travel ...
Call for Artist Submissions The Ceramic Arts in Minnesota December 10, 2009 – March 28, 2010 D...
Duluth Art Institute
The DAI is taking fall by storm this year with a splashy reception for three featured visual art exhibitions now in the galleries at the St. Louis Heritage & Arts Center – aka: the Depot on Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 5 – 8 PM. The party and the exhibitions are free and open to the public.
The exhibits to be celebrated are:... The Modern Primitive: New Work by Gary Swanson - John Steffl Gallery; Victory: New Work by Aaron McLeod - George Morrison Gallery and Full Circle: Contemporary Native American Beadwork – St. Louis County Historical Society, Fesler Gallery.
Time:5:00PM Tuesday, October 6th
Location:DAI Galleries, The Depot
Duluth Art Institute
Gary Swanson is an artist from Solon Springs, WI who has devoted his life to elementary art education. He recently received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin Superior.
Swanson’s anthropomorphic assemblages evoke a surprisingly wide array of emotions: from detachment, loneliness, and despair to humor, love, and... caring. This installation of works will both entertain and confront the gallery visitor.
Artist Statement:
I have always been fascinated with the art of primitive cultures, and watching children create art for the past 28 years has certainly helped to shape my eye. “The Modern Primitive” is a cross-fertilization of materials in assemblage sculpture where I am exploring the commonalities and contrasts inherent in natural organic forms and discarded manufactured objects. This congregation of wall mounted figures reflect metaphors of antique tools and tinker toys: ancient artifacts and art movements, influenced from Primitivism, Early Modern and “Outsider Art.”
Time:10:00AM Thursday, August 20th
Location:John Steffl Gallery, The Depot
Duluth Art Institute
Artist Statement:
Printmaking usually serves as the best conduit for representing my ideas. I adore the fusion of hand-made and mechanical sensibilities this medium offers. Most importantly, reproduction imbues a picture with considerably more power than a single image. It’s this act of duplication that transforms an or...dinary image into an icon. Throughout history, powerful rulers and organizations have gained authority by propagating their iconography using many mediums- including coins, stamps, posters, flags, and photography. In the contemporary world, most of us recognize this power through corporate branding. The goal is one icon, immediately recognized by millions, trusted to represent a clear and consistent ideology.
Victory explores these grand narratives and the symbiotic relationship between American consumers and the War on Terror. As an artist and a veteran, I feel compelled to use my work to deconstruct the character of our imperialism. God blesses the United States for spreading freedom and peace around the world. If something goes wrong, it was surely an honest mistake. Technology will always be there to save us, there’s no problem that can’t be solved quickly by finding the right product, and anyone that doesn’t share our ideology is inherently flawed and must be fixed. Above all, a happy citizen is never denied the opportunity to be entertained. This is the natural and inevitable order of things. Nothing can stop the progress of our country because we expect miracles and, by George, we get them.
Time:10:00AM Thursday, August 27th
Location:George Morrison Gallery, The Depot
Duluth Art Institute
August 5 – October 24, 2009
Full Circle: Contemporary Native American Beadwork
Fesler Gallery
Combined Gallery Reception, Tuesday, October 6, 5-8 PM
Funded in part by the Jane S. Memorial Fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and the generous donors of the Depot Foundation
Starting with this exhibition of Na...tive American Beadwork, the DAI will begin a new craft-based gallery initiative in collaboration with the St. Louis County Historical Society. This new program is designed to connect the region’s indigenous and traditional craft-intensive arts with new audiences via placement in the Historical Society’s Fesler Gallery on the main floor of the Depot. Placing contemporary craft intensive regional arts – including Native American art – in the Historical Society’s defined space will assist in drawing connections and showing how arts are an integral part of our culture. It will also showcase the strong tradition of craft in this area. The opportunity to collaborate with the St. Louis County Historical Society in terms of display space, research expertise and related artifacts will serve to increase audiences for both organizations and enhance the display through putting these art forms in historical context. Visitors to the Depot will benefit through the integration of art and history. Through didactic materials, visitors will be given a historical and social understanding of how these art forms evolved and developed in our region.
Marcie McIntire is an artist who creates traditional Ojibwa beadwork, appliqué, ribbon work, and clothing. Her work has been featured in regional craft exhibitions and in museum gallery settings. Kurt Buffalo is a young Ojibwa artist who focuses on the creation of jewelry using traditional beadwork. His work is well known to the craft fair circuit. This is one of the first opportunities for his to show his work in a gallery setting
Time:10:00AM Wednesday, August 5th
Location:Fesler Gallery @ The Depot
Duluth Art Institute
Tuesday, August 4th at 5:30 pm
Astronomical Heresies: A Survey of Weird and Fantastic Ideas about the Solar System Jim Richardson and Allen Richardson of Gonzo Science FREE
Forget everything you’ve learned about space in this free gallery talk at the Duluth Art Institute. The guys of Gonzo Science will delight and amaze... with their irreverent take on the science of the solar system.
Time:5:30PM Tuesday, August 4th
Location:DAI Gallery @ the Depot
Duluth Art Institute
Tuesday, July 28th at 5:30 pm
Tour the Smithsonian Exhibit
FREE
What else is out there? Are we the only ones? Explore some of these big questions with staff from the Alworth Planetarium as they guide you through an exploration of our solar system’s planets and moons.
Time:5:30PM Tuesday, July 28th
Location:DAI Galleries, The Depot
Duluth Art Institute
FINAL FREE MOVIE MONDAY
Monday, July 20th
6:30 Gallery Tour
7:30 In the Shadow of the Moon
FREE
On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin walked on the surface of the moon. The Duluth Art Institute celebrates the 40 year anniversary of the moon landing this July with the exhibit: “Beyond: Visions of Planetary La...ndscapes,“ from the Smithsonian Institution currently in the DAI galleries at the Depot.
Enjoy a free open house of the Duluth Art Institute galleries before watching In the Shadow of the Moon, a film where Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Stephen Armstrong share their personal experiences in this 2007 documentary that celebrates curiosity, courage, and the wonder of our universe.
This program is part of two months of enhancement programming surrounding the Duluth Art Institute’s exhibit “Beyond: Visions of Planetary Landscapes “ from the Smithsonian Institution. Other July events include a free gallery Tour & Talk with Marshall Alworth Planetarium on Tuesday, July 28 at 5:30 PM at the Depot and a Space Train with music by Tangier 57 and stargazing stop beyond the city lights on North Shore Scenic Railroad - Tickets: $25 and include drinks and pizza. Learn more at duluthartinstitute.org
Time:6:30PM Monday, July 20th
Location:Zelda Theater & DAI Galleries inside The Depot
Duluth Art Institute
CONTACT PERSON: Anne Dugan, 218-310-4703, annie@freerangefilm.com
Tuesday, July 14th
12 noon
Brown Bag Lunch Lecture with the Marshall Alworth Planetarium
At the Duluth Art Institute
FREE
Slip away from work and learn a thing or two about the universe. Join staff from the Alworth Planetarium as they guide you through an exploration of your planetary neighborhood.
Time:12:00PM Tuesday, July 14th
Location:DAI Galleries-The Depot
Duluth Art Institute
Friday, July 31st
9pm-1am
Space Train with music by Tangier 57
$25
Enjoy live music from Tangier 57 as you set out on our rocket ship to the stars (well, just a train to look at stars, but use your imagination). We’ll launch at 9pm from the Depot, arrive beyond the lights of the city, disembark and stargaze with experts ...from the Arrowhead Astronomical Society, then return home by 1am. You’ll be served pizza (remember ‘the horta’ episode from the original star trek?) and two drink tickets – try out the “Buzz Aldren Moonpunch” tang cocktail.
Call or email the Duluth Art Institute to get your tickets today – 218-733-7560 or getart@duluthartinstitute.org
Duluth Art Institute
Monday, July 6th
6:30 Galleries Open
7:30 Conquest of Space
FREE
Enjoy a free open house of the Duluth Art Institute galleries before taking in this celebrated sci-fi cult classic. Conquest of Space follows a team of American astronauts as they leave their space station on the first mission to mars. Religion, science, a...nd men in snappy uniforms – what more can we give you? Free snacks? OK!
Use the back entrance to the Depot to enter events. This program is part of two months of enhancement programming surrounding the Duluth Art Institute’s exhibit “Beyond: Visions of Planetary Landscapes “ from the Smithsonian Institution. Learn more at duluthartinstitute.org
Time:6:30PM Monday, July 6th
Location:Duluth Depot
