Upcoming Exhibits

Youth Art Month
March 1 – March 25
John Steffl Gallery
Gallery Celebration, March 1, 5 – 7pm
Local talent in the visual arts starts here. In celebration of Youth Art Month the Duluth Art Institute is putting on a juried show of artwork from the Duluth Public Schools. This year we’re featuring the talents of students in the secondary program, grades 7 – 12.  With education funding in constant upheaval, it’s refreshing to focus on the depth of talent we have in our schools and educators.

Join us on March 1st to celebrate the depth of talent we have in our students and educators.

This is the first retrospective exhibition of regional award-winning artist Brian Barber.  It is hard to walk through Duluth without seeing Brian’s work, his illustrations are part of businesses as varied as the Chamber of Commerce to Animal Allies. Brian has been an art director and designer for over 15 years and in the last few years he has illustrated two popular children’s books: “Henry, You’re Late Again” and Jennifer Lynifer’s Alphabet Soup”.  His independent artwork is at once compelling and twisted, friendly and perverse; a fabulous celebration of the bizarre.  

Remember when Ween redid the album cover of All the Great Hits by the Commodores for their own album? Remember when local musician Marc Gartman used that image to promote his Ween cover concert? Album art can be powerful and the Duluth Art Institute is celebrating the visual arts behind music for an art exhibit coinciding with Duluth’s very popular Homegrown Music Festival. Gig posters, album art, homegrown program covers – we’re gathering up local art of local music to display during homegrown week. Call or email if you’ve got something to share: 733-7562 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.