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How Twin Cities Art Fair Artists are making a comeback this summer

By Alicia Eler Star Tribune July 29, 2021 With art fairs mostly back in gear, artists who took a financial hit last summer are seeing people open their wallets once more. When the pandemic swept through the Twin Cities last year, canceling the annual summertime ritual...
In Memory of Tracie Thompson

In Memory of Tracie Thompson

The St. Paul Art Collective is filled with sorrow as we report that Tracie Thompson passed away peacefully with her family on November 9, 2020. She fought a tremendous battle with cancer, and held a positive attitude the entire time from the diagnosis late in May 2019...
Art Hounds: Spaces for beauty and joy

Art Hounds: Spaces for beauty and joy

Emily Bright October 29, 2020 5:49 a.m. Ceramic artist Damien Wolf recommended the vivid plein air paintings of Colleen Cosgrove of St. Paul. Painting outdoors, Cosgrove takes on subjects both large and small, from tomatoes newly plucked from her garden to landscapes,...
3-Day Outdoor Art Festival –  Payne Avenue

3-Day Outdoor Art Festival – Payne Avenue

After 25 years as a federal probation officer, Kelley Gustavson has a new calling: renovating a former Payne Avenue union hall and funeral parlor into a nonprofit jazz and blues venue. Gustavson, who plans to live upstairs from the House of Payne when it’s ready next...