Responding to the chaos and upheavals of current affairs and climate urgencies,  At The Edge of Our Lawns turns towards the sky — a distinctive blend of personal memory, ecology, art, and design that reverences the grace of birds and the wonder of insects. With detailed, layered watercolors and drawings, written observation, story, and science, Peterson’s art becomes a visual meditation on the life that continues at the margins of our landscapes, bringing attention to our human desire to find connection and the peace of wild things.

Opening Reception: April 25 from 2pm - 4pm

Artistry proudly presents Looking Out, a captivating solo exhibition in the Confluence Gallery by wildlife and landscape artist Paul Macharia. Known for realistic acrylic and watercolor paintings, Macharia draws inspiration from their youth in Kenya and the native wildlife they encountered there. This new body of work turns a keen eye closer to home, celebrating the animals of Minnesota—creatures observed from the window, in local parks, and at the zoo. Through vivid depictions of movement and fleeting moments in nature, Looking Out invites viewers to experience the thrill of a safari while discovering the beauty of the wildlife just outside their door.

Artist Meet & Greet: Saturday, March 21st from 1pm-3pm

The artwork exhibited in Lines of Resistance, is the outcome of looking directly at the complexities and challenges artists face in capturing the essence of landscape amid a fragmented modern world. Viewers are offered an opportunity to engage with the deeper questions surrounding contemporary art and its relationship with creatures in the landscape. 

Minneapolis-based artist Layl McDill creates whimsical "story sculptures" using the ancient millefiori technique adapted for polymer clay. By layering intricate clay designs and found objects, she builds vibrant, treasure-hunt-like pieces that explore the intersection of childhood wonder and environmental science.

Opening Reception: Saturday, Feb 14th 2-4pm

Free Workshop: "Clay Play" March 28th 12-2:30pm

Kat Corrigan is an award-winning Minneapolis-based painter known for her soulful, vibrant portraits of animals and local wildlife. Her exhibition, Minnesota Neighbors, highlights her deep connection to the natural world of the Midwest.

Discover your holiday magic at Gifts in the Gallery, our exclusive pop-up sale inside the beautifully decorated Inez Greenberg Gallery. Explore a curated collection of handcrafted gems—from artisan jewelry to unique ceramics and wood home goods—created by over 50 talented local makers. Find truly special, unique gifts for everyone on your list!

ARTIST STATEMENT
My work focuses on material exchange, immediacy, aesthetic dialogue and invented territories. Every image, whether objective or nonobjective, is founded on deconstructed historical, cultural, and religious paradigms.  These smashed realities are then reformed into a singular home.  Each painting, drawing, and analog collage is a further examination of this elseworld and its physical and cultural constructs.  I further maneuver these spaces with derelict icons, mixed media elements and soft narration as these languages consolidate. 
​Negotiating the terms of this reality allows me to do the same within my own.

Each year this exciting competition and exhibition brings together Artistry’s talented members. It is always a varied and eclectic collection showcasing many different mediums, styles and techniques. Every year the exhibiting artwork is selected by a prominent member of the local arts community.

Artistry proudly presents Looking Out, a captivating solo exhibition in the Confluence Gallery by wildlife and landscape artist Paul Macharia. Known for realistic acrylic and watercolor paintings, Macharia draws inspiration from their youth in Kenya and the native wildlife they encountered there. This new body of work turns a keen eye closer to home, celebrating the animals of Minnesota—creatures observed from the window, in local parks, and at the zoo. Through vivid depictions of movement and fleeting moments in nature, Looking Out invites viewers to experience the thrill of a safari while discovering the beauty of the wildlife just outside their door.

Tangled Up in Pink, the next visual arts show in the Atrium Gallery by Kelli Nelson. Nelson uses oil and acrylic paint to take you on a wondrous journey in and out of the picture plane, from one painting to another, by alternating illusionistic depths and shallow spaces.

Exhibition Dates:  September 5th-October 19, 2025

Opening Reception: September 5th, 2025 6pm-8pm

Artistry is excited to present its next show in the Inez Greenberg gallery, Mino-Bimaadiziwin. This beautiful collage of Native Artists (Enrolled and direct descendant Native Artists from Minnesota) includes work by Gordon Coons, Ivy Vainio, James Autio, Kent Estey, Sam Zimmerman, Steven Premo, and Tamara Aupaumut. This vibrant and provocative show displays works of oil painting, relief block prints, traditional blankets of cotton and embroidery floss, charcoal and gesso on paper bags, acrylic paint on canvas, glazed stoneware, papier-maché, and much more! Join us for this exceptional show that represents Minnesota’s deepest roots.

OPENING RECEPTION: AUG 23 / 4pm - 7pm

Artistry invites you to step into a world where buildings walk, dogs howl from chimney stacks, and houses drift across star-filled skies. In their latest exhibition, painter Bruce Nygren invites viewers to explore a dreamlike landscape rich with visual metaphor, emotion, and curiosity.

Opening Reception: Sat, Aug 9: 2pm - 3pm

Artistry is pleased to present Groundwork, a two-artist exhibition featuring the work of Cindy Koopman and Margi Grill. Through printmaking, painting, and botanical research, the artists explore the layered intersections of nature and human intervention—offering new perspectives on how we study, shape, and coexist with the plant world.

Working from weekly sessions at the Bell Museum’s herbarium, Cindy Koopman begins her process with scientific observation—drawing preserved plant specimens that have been flattened and arranged not for aesthetic value, but for classification and study. Using laser engraving and experimental printmaking, Koopman transforms these botanical forms into works that reference both natural structure and artificial system. Maps, coordinates, and text embed each piece with a sense of place and purpose, while vivid color and shape push the boundaries of form, inviting us to question how we record and reimagine the natural world.

Artistry is proud to present Savannah Bustillo and Peter Scheidt’s Armatures in the Inez Greenberg Gallery at the Bloomington Arts Center. Peter Scheidt and Savannah Bustillo are two artists who transform everyday materials into powerful reflections on identity, history, and interaction. Scheidt reimagines discarded chairs by dismantling and rebuilding them, blurring the line between function and form while honoring the original object’s craft and character. His surreal, reconfigured furniture invites viewers to reconsider how objects shape our physical and emotional spaces. Bustillo combines making and anthropological investigation to explore spaces in the margins – where identities not easily reconciled are placed. She explores the residues of language, memory, and cultural inheritance through delicate, participatory materials like pulp, tea, and spices. Her work investigates the weight of words and the labor embedded in small, repetitive acts—shaping toothpicks, picking flowers. Together, their practices uncover hidden systems of meaning, inviting audiences to engage with the overlooked and the everyday in entirely new ways.

Artistry is excited to present Alternative Perceptions in Nature by Cindy Fuerstenberg in our Atrium Gallery. While enjoying Fuerstengerg’s work you will discover complex layers that have a story to tell and a reason to look deeper. The result is a tactile and visual feast of harmony that offers the viewer an alternative perception of the natural world. Fuerstengerg is technique and composition driven, interested in how all the various parts can become a whole expression, a representation of some small aspect of the natural world. Her work may include multitudes of fibers, textures of paper, or hand altered fabric. You may also find paint pushed past its boundaries, clay, reclaimed metal, or a trail of rusty bits. She grew up in a first ring suburb of Minneapolis, where small feet could still find dirt paths in the wild green. She relished the solitude and rich tapestry of color and life she found in the arms of Mother Nature. Fuerstenberg needed to know the “why” and “how” of every living thing she encountered. All of these bits and pieces of life, the stories, the impact of humans, and the history of the land are deep wells of inspiration for her.

Artistry is excited to present Blooming: A Celebration of Bloomington Artists that will feature eight artists that currently live in Bloomington. The exhibition includes Janet Adams, Joan Porter-Einsman, Leon Erstad, Les Fordahl, dana gervais johnson, Steve Sack, Jamie (Schumacher) Kalakaru-Mava, and Rocio Zungia. Each artist will exhibit pieces of their work that reflect them as artists. From Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Steve Sack’s sculptures, Les Fordahl’s Mall of America paintings, to Leon Erstad’s stone and glass work, and to Janet Adams and Rocio Zungia abstract pieces. We are excited to show you the range of artists that live right here in Bloomington!

Artistry and the Minnesota Wildlife Refuge are proud to present Badges by Cameron Zebrun. Our interpretation of the natural world can be seen through many different lenses: an emotional response to a sunset, a map bringing order to the random or giving direction to the lost. Nature can be seen as a symbol of spiritual power or a force that must be conquered. With the Badges series, Zebrun investigates landscapes through the shifting themes of history, science, romance and exploration, as well as the textures, patterns, and color of land, water and sky. Using the images of a camera shutter closing, the Badges Series tells many stories all informed by nature through multiple lenses of interpretation.

Artistry and the Minnesota Wildlife Refuge are proud to present The Leaf Has a Song in It by Stephanie Hunder.Her work expresses a desire to place the natural world in a human context, specifically the Minnesota woodlands and prairies where she grew up. Her prints often begin with documented forms and textures drawn directly from the landscape. She combines these images with scientific diagrams as a way to study our contemporary relationship to the natural world. Merging these distinct types of information creates a visual connection between sense and comprehension; the complex, qualitative physical characteristics of the environment, and the simplified constructs we use to think about them.

SPECIAL EVENT: Reconstructing the Self | Figure in Motion is a powerful, one-night-only event on May 17 at 7pm that fuses contemporary dance with visual art in a site-specific performance.

This event is free and open to all. Click here to register.

This March Artistry is proud to present Jessalyn Finch’s solo exhibition Reconstructing the Self. This immersive installation explores body dysmorphia, self-perception, and identity through large-scale charcoal drawings and interactive sculptures. Delving into the dissonance of internal self-image and external perception, this provocative exhibition invites viewers to explore their own interpretations of body and self. We hope our guests leave feeling inspired to see themselves with curiosity and kindness rather than judgment.

Opening Reception: March 7, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 pm
Artist Talk: Friday, April 25, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 pm

Paula Menchen’s stencils, stamps, dyes, and uses resist techniques to create a rich palette of colors and textures. Her work blends the tactility of Japanese Washi paper with painting and printmaking, resulting in intricate, layered surfaces. Through texture and transparency, she explores the harmony of raw materials, nature, and transcendence. She documents objects by creating a material record, stamping them on paper, and incorporating them into her work through collage.

Her process poetically merges the tactile qualities of Washi paper with painting and printmaking, producing evocative, layered compositions that emphasize surface texture and transformative color. Inspired by her time in Tokyo, Paula’s collage work re-examines landscape painting through both Asian and Western perspectives. By experimenting with techniques, she reframes compositions, fragmenting them into abstracted surfaces that challenge traditional representations of space.

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 25, 2025, Noon - 2pm
Interactive Artist Talk: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 1pm - 2pm

Artistry and the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge are excited to announce Under the Canopy by Emily Gray Koehler. Under the Canopy is a collection of traditional woodcuts by printmaker Emily Gray Koehler investigating the flora, fauna, and fungi found in our Midwest forests. Join the artist as she looks up through pines at the Milky Way on a crisp winter night, steps softly into a golden wood enveloped in the scent of fallen leaves, dips her toes in a wooded river at dawn, and studies the delicate ephemeral beauty of a forest floor blanketed in spring flowers. Revel in the artist’s eye as she seeks to remind us of what we have yet could so easily lose.

Artistry is thrilled to have Jon Kamrath, MaryBeth Magyar, and Paul Stapp in the Inez Greenberg Gallery with their exhibitions Public Offerings. They explore the question of what makes something public. What one person sees as a mundane storefront can be a beautiful reminder of the past. Everything we see is full of stories that aren't visible to the naked eye. How does the meaning of something change when only part of it is public? In nature, is anything private? By bringing together these artists, Artistry hopes our audience can find art not only in Inez Greenberg Gallery, but in the world around them.

Artistry is thrilled to present Small Sentiments by Tara Robinson in our Atrium Gallery this winter. She creates works that explore the interplay of memory and identity. Her paintings feature realistic forms paired with emotionally resonant colors. These palettes invite reflection on the bittersweet nature of nostalgia-giving form to the emotions that define our experiences and the objects we encounter, and giving permission to the viewer to find solace in small and past things.

Gifts in the Gallery is a juried, boutique-style holiday sale located in the beautifully decorated Inez Greenberg Gallery. Find unique, one-of-a-kind gifts for everyone on your shopping list. This two-week sale features a stunning array of items—including beautiful jewelry, ceramics, wood-turned home goods, and much more—handmade by over 50 local artists.