This time of year, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is known for its elaborate displays of pumpkins, squash and gourds. With more than 400...
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Music is an important aspect to Hispanic culture. I love the idea of Mel Tudisco’s paintbrush dancing across the canvas as it inhabits bold hues and...
Crop Art Creators of the Minnesota State Fair
Creatives plant their entries at the Great Minnesota Get-Together. Seeds give life—in a host of ways. If the exceedingly long lines to view the crop...
@tonkacreatives Showcases Students’ Artwork on Instagram
Minnetonka High School art teacher shares students’ work for all to view and like. Inspired to showcase the talent of young artists, a local art...
Get to Know Your “NEIGHBORS” at Barbara Lidfors’ Newest Installation
Local artist uses her community as inspiration, bringing others’ stories to life via paintings. Currently in the hallway between Minnetonka’s city...
Artist Adam Turman Presents Latest Show at the Arboretum
Twin Cities artist, muralist and printmaker Adam Turman is coming to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum May 9 through July 14 with a solo show, Did...
Painter Annalisa Sawtell Turns the Ordinary Extraordinary
Excelsior artist finds inspiration in the beauty that surrounds her. It’s the flowers waving in the meadow, the emerging spring blooms and the...
Bonnie Bohn Hector Creates Mandalas From Natural Finds
While much of the world was becoming physically and emotionally stagnant during the early days of COVID-19, her creativity was flowing. Then and...
Art in Unexpected Spaces
Ridgedale Center: More than just a retail experience. After last month’s holiday hustle and bustle, trips to any shopping mall might not top...
Painter Finds Inspiration on the Shores of Tonka Bay
Artist Kickliy creates a series of live paintings with Lake Minnetonka as his subject. Hidden in plain sight, on the shore of a small marsh in Tonka...
Artist Chris Foote: A Life Through Pictures
Artist left a legacy of creativity and positivity to his family and community. Respected local artist Chris Foote was a beloved area resident known...
Meet Minnetonka Center for the Arts’ Director
Roxanne Heaton strives to take art center’s programs “to the widest possible audience.” A beloved community organization since 1952, Minnetonka...
Art at the Arb
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum isn’t just a living wonderland of trees, plants and flowers. It’s also a destination for art lovers, thanks to...
Floral Artisan Brings Natural Style to the Forefront
Pain. Waiting. Rising. For floral artisan Dawn Schelle, who grew up in Wayzata, these stages represent everything. From the ashes of a broken marriage…
Upcoming Art Show at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Art at the Arb. Artists come from all walks of life, but it’s not every day you meet a world-renowned painter with a background in...
Villaume-Driscoll Gallery Opens in Spring Park
Gallery offers a friendly abode and versatile pieces. Embraced by the shores of Lake Minnetonka is a family-owned art gallery that is a longtime...
Specialty Shop The Abundant Kitchen Brings Art to the Heart of the Home
Specialty store serves as still life gallery for local artist. Kitchens have long been served the décor leftovers—the “Where do we put this?” and...
Color Fields: ‘A Sense of Time and Kindness’ by Mel Tudisco
For me, style is a self-defined approach to how you furnish your home or choose the garments hanging in your wardrobe. Art can have many stylistic...
Sister Duo Turns Creativity into a Full-Fledged Business
Sisters Anna Hagen and Nikki Hollerich run their own custom wood décor shop, Hagen and Oats, and sell their wares in a number of makers markets and...
Magnum Opus
Miniaturist creates the homes of her imaginative dreams. At first blush, one would think their story began with a chance meeting in Oakland, Calif....
