Future Events & Past Activities!

 

Members Show September, 2025 “North Shore”, Siiviis Gallery. 
August 18,19,20 Workshop with David R. Smith @ SOLAC. 
Third Thursday evenings, September through May.  Our first meeting will be Monday September 23, 5:30pm at the Spirit of the Lake Art Center in Lakeside (SOLAC).  All following meetings will occur on our usual third Thursday at SOLAC.  Meetings are for members only.   
April 2024  Show “Celebrate Our Earth” was in April, 2024 at Lizzards Art Gallery, 11 West Superior Street, Duluth, Mn.
August through October, 2023 We had a show at Cedar Coffee Company, Two Harbors.  Reception September 7, 2023.
October 7 through November 3, 2022 We had a show, “Up North”, at Tettegouche State Park, Silver Bay, MN.

 

Past Activities!
The following are some images from the LSWS’s Gatherings, Activities, or Showings.

Josey Nielsen introduced some friends to watercolor painting using our kits. 

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Thank you John Salminen for regaling us with stories of the local watercolor world: past, present and future. Congratulations to Erin Renier for receiving the Members Choice award for her painting and to Chris Dillan who’s painting won the People’s Choice award.  Thanks also to Kurt Mead and the Friends of Tettegouche graciously who hosted our event in November, 2022. 

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We have demos, lectures, and art critiques at our meetings.  (Click to expand the images.) 

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We had a great show in July of 2022 at the Johnson Heritage Post Museum gallery in Grand Marais.  We had 67 paintings representing 24 of our members. 

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Here are images of our last LSWS Exhibit held at Pizza Luce in Sept 2019 “Paint Duluth” Opening Reception very well attended – 3 paintings sold

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LSWS Exhibit June 2019 “Color” at Duluth Pottery a beautiful exhibit with fun reception well attended.

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A fun year end banquet celebrated at the Dry Dock with a Silent Auction fundraiser May 2019.