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    Erica Dischino / Tribune Jais Lacktorin, left, and Bill Gossman of Gossman Pottery help to install tile pieces painted by community members on a bench Tuesday in downtown Willmar. At least eight tile-covered benches will be installed throughout Willmar. Community members have had the opportunity to paint tiles at various city events and will again at the Art & Culture Trek at Robbins Island on June 27.
    Public art project offers an imaginative place to sit downtown
    WILLMAR — Colorful and creative places to sit are popping up across Willmar this summer. At least eight concrete benches, covered in painted...
    entertainment/art5 hours 22 min ago
    June 15, 2019
    Erica Dischino / Tribune Artist Kerry Texley smiles while speaking about her photography displayed in her home Friday evening for the 15th annual Studio Hop in Willmar. This is Texley’s first time participating in Studio Hop.
    Art for all: 15th annual Studio Hop runs to 5 p.m. Saturday
    WILLMAR — Local artists exhibited their work in their creative spaces Friday evening for the 15th annual Studio Hop. The public had the...
    entertainment/artJune 15, 2019 - 7:13am
    June 13, 2019
    Tribune file photo by Erica Dischino Artist Mark Haen shows how a knife is used for creating oil paintings at his studio space in Atwater leading up to the 2018 Studio Hop. This year's event will be Friday and Saturday.
    Studio Hop:15th annual artists showcase set for Friday-Saturday
    WILLMAR — The 15th annual Studio Hop will again bring art to the masses Friday and Saturday as artists open up their studios throughout...
    entertainment/artJune 13, 2019 - 3:58pm
    June 11, 2019
    Submitted photo / Tribune A Mother's Day mural graced the window of Spurs Restaurant in Willmar in early May. The mural was an Artists on Main Street funded project.
    Creating community gathering places through art
    WILLMAR — Downtown art doesn't have to be a mural on a wall or a sculpture in a park. It can also be a performance by a Latin band, pop-up...
    entertainment/artJune 11, 2019 - 10:36am
    June 8, 2019
    The Nerf ball was invented by Ryan Guyer of St. Paul, who’s also the inventor of the game Twister. Molly Korzenowski / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Science Museum of Minnesota summer exhibit highlights inventors
    Throughout history, many inventions have captured the attention of the world. The Science Museum of Minnesota will be highlighting some of these...
    entertainment/artJune 8, 2019 - 9:42am
    June 6, 2019
    The 2019 Minnesota State Fair Commemorative Art, by R. J. Kern, will be unveiled at the State Fairgrounds on Thursday, June 6, 2019. The piece will be on display in the Fine Arts Center during the 2019 Great Minnesota Get-Together, Aug. 22 through Labor Day, Sept. 2, and can be viewed at mnstatefair.org/commemorative-art/. Kern is the first photographer to be chosen as the State Fair's Official Commemorative Artist. (Courtesy of the The Minnesota State Fair)
    Minnesota State Fair animals featured in commemorative photo
    ST. PAUL — The Minnesota State Fairʼs official 2019 commemorative art is a photo for the first time since the fair started choosing artwork...
    entertainment/artJune 6, 2019 - 9:32pm
    May 30, 2019
    Tom Cherveny Tribune file photo/ Ashley Hanson is working with the City of Granite Falls, and the Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce and Arts Council to launch an artist-in-residency program in the community.
    National grant to support Granite Falls artist-in-residency project
    GRANITE FALLS — A $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts moves the city of Granite Falls closer to its goal of being...
    entertainment/artMay 30, 2019 - 3:29pm
    May 17, 2019
    Artist Jean Honl of Roseau, Minn., who was introduced to the traditional Norwegian art of rosemaling in 1974, is well-known in northwestern Minnesota for her mastery of the decorative art form. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Northern Minnesota artist creates traditional Norwegian folk art
    ROSEAU, Minn. — Thirty-five years ago, Jean Honl fell in love with rosemaling. She took a community education class in 1974 and has been perfecting...
    entertainment/artMay 17, 2019 - 6:00am
    May 9, 2019
    Erica Dischino / Tribune A student looks at a painting titled “Terminus,” submitted in the painting category at the 2019 Minnesota State High School League Region 5A Visual Arts Competition at New London-Spicer High School in New London.
    Art galore: Visual Arts Competition in New London
    NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer High School gymnasium got a little more colorful for the 2019 Minnesota State High School League Region...
    entertainment/artMay 9, 2019 - 11:31am
    April 20, 2019
    Carolyn Lange / Tribune Anna Deleeuw puts the finishing touches on her Easter bunny painting Tuesday at the Community Christian School in Willmar. The after-school class was the third, and final, holiday art project at the school conducted by Alli Freiborg of Gallery on the Go.
    Happy Hoppy Art: Community Christian School hosts holiday canvas art project in Willmar
    WILLMAR — Blank canvases sitting on easels in the art room Tuesday afternoon were quickly filled with colors of spring as nine young artists...
    entertainment/artApril 20, 2019 - 7:43am
    April 1, 2019
    Zoran Mojsilv's exhibition "Time Machine" at the Plains Art Museum. Special to The Forum
    Minnesota sculptor's work turns conversation to immigration
    FARGO — Zoran Mojsilov was a rising art star in his native Yugoslavia (now known as Serbia) in the early 1980s, but when the ruling Communist...
    entertainment/artApril 1, 2019 - 10:49am
    March 21, 2019
    A flask and serving glasses created by Richard Gruchalla and Carrin Rosetti for an exhibition at the Nordic Center in Duluth. Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    When a flask is more than a flask: Minnesota artists consider the container — and its accessories
    A flask is more than a flask. A flask is the starting point for a whole Knights-of-the-Round Table place-setting, with regal green tones. It’s...
    entertainment/artMarch 21, 2019 - 6:10am
    March 7, 2019
    Erica Dischino / Tribune Volunteers reveal the DreamAbility mural during an unveiling party held Monday at the Willmar Community Center.
    DreamAbility unveiling: Collaborative community effort goes into creating mural in Willmar
    WILLMAR — PFF, a nonprofit organization that serves people with intellectual disabilities, unveiled its DreamAbility mural Monday at...
    entertainment/artMarch 7, 2019 - 7:03am
    March 5, 2019
    School classroom with blackboard
    High school bet its future on paintings worth $2.8 million - then learned their real value
    The four works of Asian art were supposed to provide financial relief for the small, music education-focused Pacific Boychoir Academy in Oakland,...
    entertainment/artMarch 5, 2019 - 5:54pm
    March 3, 2019
    Mary Baldwin University (Wikimedia Commons)
    Two artists used Confederate imagery in an exhibit; then came calls to remove it
    Word about the art exhibit spread across the campus of Mary Baldwin University almost as soon as the show opened at the Staunton, Virginia, school....
    entertainment/artMarch 3, 2019 - 2:24pm
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