St. Paul Spring 2016 Art Crawl scheduled Apr. 22-24

Over 50 artists represented in open studios and galleries in Midway and Como

The St. Paul Spring 2016 Art Crawl will be held Apr. 22, 23 and 24 in multiple locations throughout the city. Hours are 6-10pm on Friday, 12-8pm on Saturday, and 12-5pm on Sunday.

Now in its 25th year, the Saint Paul Art Crawl has become much more than an open–house–style, art exhibit. It now features performances, events, spontaneous gatherings in studios, and local eateries. On average, 30 venues opened for the Spring Art Crawl including art cooperatives, buildings with art studios, galleries, and community businesses. With over 350 artists participating, it is one of the largest and most loved open arts events in Minnesota, and it is completely free to visitors.

Monitor neighborhood locations for the crawl include:

• FRONT AVENUE POTTERY & TILE CO., 895 Front Ave.: Como clay studio and its artist neighbors invite the public to the community art event, invitational exhibit and sale—try your hands at the potter’s wheel or a free clay workshop; find the functional porcelain and atmospheric firings of Adorae Artworks-Luci Haas; functional wheel-thrown pottery by Brett Monahan; panoramic Midwest landscape photography of Jim Gindorff; watermedia paintings Marion Wolters; functional stoneware pottery of Jason Trebs; watercolors by Judith McLaughlin; functional playfully decorative stoneware by MJ Smith; sterling silver and stone jewelry by Jenny Levernier; landscape-inspired functional pottery by Laura Thyne; the thrown and altered functional ceramic wares of Steve Wicklund; and handcrafted functional ceramics and slab built pottery by Trucks Ceramics.

• BODHI STUDIO, 1563 Como Ave.: pottery, jewelry, and paper cut illustrations of Kara ZumBahlen; photography of Amy Gabriel; and outsider art tableaus of Andrej Peterka.

• CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH, 420 Roy St. N.: presents recent works by artist Michael Okerstrom and photographer Jay Rasmussen.

• INTERACT CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS, 1860 W. Minnehaha Ave.: artists with and without disabilities, and inspire a spectrum of media that are created in their studio.

• BINDERY BUILDING, 708 Vandalia St.; on the first floor find the hardcover bookbinding by E&L Bindery, the pastel drawings and mosaics of Morgan Brooke, and the hand-bound books and greeting cards by Teresa Angelo BookArts; and in Studio 708 the oil paintings of Kyle Pettis.

• DOW BUILDING, 2242 University Ave. W.: Dow Art Gallery and Picture Framing featuring the fiber art of Joan Koiber, botanical ink images by Lina Snouffer, mixed media textiles by Peggy Wright, watercolors by Don Dikinson, pastel paintings of Bart Galle Studio, photography and digital art by North Woods Photos, abstracts and whimsical creature portraits by Susan Gainen, the SubArtParticle Physics of Robert Delutri, oil paintings on copper by Denise Minkler Marych, abstract contemporary multimedia by Nathan Renken; in Studio 150, the porcelain and wood fired pottery of Kevin Caufield; in Studio 164, the contemporary abstract paintings and installations of Greta Claire, and the mixed media paintings and murals of Ryan James Ryoe; in Studio 201A the imagination+paper+paint+charcoal+words of LR Johnson of Blue River Studio; in Studio 201B the collage and mixed media of Tobersonstudios; in Studio B-14 the plush monsters, apparel, and screenprints of Tim Monsters and the photography and jewelry of Madcapzest; in Studio B-4 find the abstract and glitch photography and collage of Joshua W. Murray, the handmade jewelry of Earth Angel Jewelry; and in the Basement, the hand-built clay sculpture of Ann Meany.

• CARLETON ARTIST LOFTS, 2285 University Ave. W.: handmade jewelry bags, pillows and multi-media work by A Sage Designs and Friends, hand bound journals, paper sculptures and photos from The Studio Project, abstract acrylics of Nelson Cain, and DanceSpace with Reiki Laughter, energy work, and stress reduction.

• MIDWAY COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 2500 University Ave. W.: in Studio B5 find the paintings and prints of Louis N. LaPierre; in Studio C1 the hand lettering and upcycled textiles of Lettergirl Gina Sekelsky; in Studio C2 find coats and jackets for the evolved woman by JH Designs; in Studio C7 the landscapes, figurative and still lifes in oil by WS McCarty; in Studio E2 the bronze figurative sculpture of Zahnworks; in Studio E5 the fine art female nudes in nature by Artsy Images; in Studio F1, the environmental sculpture by Alis Olsen; in Studio F5 the art, illustration, and mixed media of Jessica Turtle and the assemblage, paintings and sculptures Jessie McNally.

See the full Spring 2016 Art Crawl catalog at https://issuu.com/saintpaulartcrawl/docs/s16_spac-catalog and more about the crawl at http://saintpaulartcrawl.org.