Local Art Seen: A Lizzard's Walkthrough During Downtown Duluth Arts Walk

“Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.” 
—Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

Last night Superior Public Library hosted its 8th Annual Love Your Local Artist event in its newly renovated space near the corner of Tower and Belknap. If you don't have a library card, or have never been to the Superior Library, you owe it to yourself to go simply to see and appreciate the massive Carl Gaboy paintings that circle the perimeter of the interior.

Simultaneously, the Downtown Duluth Arts Colllective (DDAC), not to be confused with the Duluth Public Arts Commission (DPAC), opened its arms for the final Friday Downtown Arts Walk. 26 venues had their doors open, many of them sharing a welcome mat of various snacks and smiles.

Lizzards Gallery and Framing was one of the venues I dropped into, in part because I've been looking forward to the opening of the Murphy and Murphy art show in a couple weeks. The work, by Robin Murphy (sculptor) and Scott Murphy (muralist, painter) has been dropped off. The team will soon be re-arranging the space for this big occasion.

The pictures on this page feature a few of Robin Murphy's pieces (titles not yet affixed) and a few pictures by Alexa Carson whose paintings of birds I enjoyed looking at.

There's a pair of new exhibitions coming to the Joseph Nease Gallery. Karen Owsley Nease will be showing new paintings she produced to accompany the Duluth Symphony. That will be a two-week exhibit, followed by a longer display that we'll write about later. There's also a Biennial in the wings at the DAI.... I will let you know details as they emerge.

You can tell that this is the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood...
because he has her name tattooed on his arm. (below)

Do you have a favorite art venue in the Twin Ports? 

Tell us about it in the comments below.

Music & Art Reminders
1. Tonight is last night for One Week Live at Beaners. It will be Youth on tap tonight, featuring the Holy Hootenanners, The Langertsons and 10-year-old Edward Ojard. Expect to be surprised at how talented these kids are.
2.  The Goin' Postal Fall Art Extravagnza will be in two weeks, October 12. This will be Superior's biggest multiple art event yet, and perhaps ever. 7 Venues, 9 Music Groups, 100+ artists... The Fall Art and Music Festival will serve as a kickoff for Superior's North End Days. I hope you will join us. Venues include the Spirit Room, Thirsty Pagan, Framing by Stengl, White Cedar Studio, Art on the Planet, VIP Pizza and Goin' Postal.
3. Jeffrey Larson is giving a live painting demonstration today at The Lynhall, from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m.

Meantime art goes on all around you. Get into it.