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Ceramic bowl and other objects on a table with a black background

Member
Artists

Ray Shelerud, “Square Lidded Container;” Bob DeArmond, “Round Lidded Container;” Karen Keenan, “Pedestal Dessert Plate”

About Our Member Artists

Creatives from Duluth & beyond

Many of the DAI’s members are artists themselves—exhibiting artists, teaching artists, learning artists, and working artists both regional and national. Members have access to artist resources and benefits, including rental of DAI studio spaces and a monthly Artist Opportunities eNewsletter. Explore the listings below to discover the diversity of creative voices among DAI member artists.

Cherry Koch, “Minimum Rage,” oil on wood panel, 2022, 32″ x 46″

a painting of a woman at a messy table at a diner

Member Artist Directory

Raymond Allard Drawing, Illustration

Sarah Amistadi Acrylic, Paint, Watercolor

Kirsten Aune Drawing, Fiber

Brian Barber Illustration

Colorful digital composite image with an orange face emerging from a blue, green, and purple textured background

Timothy J Beaulier Photography

Abstract, cloudy encaustic work with black lines radiating from a point and patches of burnt orange, green, blue, and purple in mostly gray

Rita B Bergstedt Encaustic

Carole Bersin Drawing, Paint

Brian Boldon Ceramics, Sculpture

Green-tinted moody painting of cloudy day on the sea

Shelley K. Breitzmann Acrylic, Paint

Handmade brown mug with diagonal lighter splashes

Craig Bruce Ceramics, Sculpture

Book photo with cloudy texture over top, gray and vague

Gloria DeFilipps Brush Photography

Colorful pink painting of a Chicken of the Woods mushroom

Naomi Christenson Acrylic, Fabric Design, Fashion Design, Paint

Carole d’Inverno Paint

Melody David-McKnight Ceramics, Sculpture

Robert DeArmond holding a handmade plate, tan with darker brown drizzled lines

Robert DeArmond Ceramics, Sculpture

A man painting in a studio

Martin DeWitt Multimedia, Paint, Photography

Mary Beth Downs Paint, Watercolor

Claudia Faith Paint

Chalk art of a white-haired Black woman with a lion and chipmunk to the left

Annmarie Geniusz Chalk, Drawing, Glass, Illustration, Stained Glass

Painting of a girl fading into the grayscale wallpaper of a room that appears as an outdoor scene by a river with pink blossoms on a tree

Shawna Gilmore Acrylic, Drawing, Paint

Mikayla Haynes Acrylic, Paint

Colorful abstract floral painting

Margie Helstrom Paint

Colorful painting of Duluth hillside view over rooftops to distant Lift Bridge

Terry Hildebrand Drawing, Illustration, Paint, Watercolor

Circular abstract geometric painting with colorful striped overlapping shapes

Ralph A Hanggi, Jr Paint

A teacher teaches a student about oil paintings of landscapes

Matt Kania Drawing, Oil Painting, Paint

Brown handmade pot with yellow, burnt umber, and dull green stripes

Jan Karon Ceramics, Sculpture

Artist seen from over the shoulder, holding a small round clay object and carving utensil at a work desk

Karen Keenan Ceramics, Sculpture

Kelli Lien Book Arts, Collage, Cut Paper, Paint, Watercolor

Abstract metal art hanging on a wall

Tia Keobounpheng Colored Pencil, Drawing, Fiber, Wood Carving

Ann Klefstad Drawing, Ink Illustration, Sculpture

Ed Labernik Paint, Watercolor

Echo Larson Paint

Loose packing paper multimedia piece up on a blank wall, featuring two or three ghostly figures that may be parents and a pointing child. One figure holds the neck of a giant paper crane on a blue background.

Tali Margolin Multimedia

Loose watercolor painting of koi in blue water

Marlene Miller Acrylic, Multimedia, Paint, Watercolor

Artists Rita Morris and Barry Sands holding their handmade mugs outside in cold weather clothes

Rita Morris Ceramics, Sculpture

Realistic painting of an owl

Becca Mulenburg Oil Painting, Paint

Set of two painted chairs with portraits of moviegoers seated in a theater that are also characters from the movie Psycho

Kris Nelson Acrylic, Paint

Photo of butterflies on pink flowers

Vern Northrup Photography

Deb Northrup

Kathryn E. Lenz P. Drawing, Paint, Sculpture

Abstract art

Robert Patrick Paint

A painting of geese from above looking down at the landscape below

Tight Squeek Press Book Arts, Printmaking

Robb Quisling Paint, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture

Relief print of boats at a dock

Tom Rauschenfels Drawing, Paint, Printmaking

Colorful abstract painting with blue background and yellow center with a fence and colorful flowers hinted loosely

Sue Rauschenfels Paint

Black and white image of a person looking downwards from above at a pot on a pottery wheel

Timothy Gene Riley Ceramics, Sculpture

Watercolor landscape image with colorful blue water and sunset, cliffs with forest, and two deer in the foreground

Linnaea Borealis Rose Drawing, Illustration, Ink Illustration, Paint, Photography, Watercolor

Cut paper symmetrical mandala featuring a tardigrade in the center, houseflies, zebra mussels, lilies, and immortal jellyfish. Primarily blue with dark purple, red, and yellow.

Ellen Sandbeck Cut Paper

Artists Rita Morris and Barry Sands holding their handmade mugs outside in cold weather clothes

Barry Sands Ceramics, Sculpture

Oil painted landscape of a sparse forest with lush wildflowers on a sunny day

Kelly Schamberger Oil Painting, Paint

Tim Sheriff Jewelry

A colorful painted scene full of pop culture and Indigenous history figures in a downtown

Jonathan Thunder Acrylic, Paint

Ivy Vainio

Surreal painting with red, blue, green, and yellow, bold black shadows, and a large moon to the right

Moira Villiard Acrylic, Digital, Drawing, Illustration, Paint, Public Art

Bonnie Norling Wakeman Sculpted relief art, Sculpture

Natalija Walbridge

Landscape of Minnesota lake or river with rocky shore and evergreen trees

Michelle Wegler Drawing, Paint, Pastel

Linocut print of an old domed manmade beehive with a bee above it on a patterned background made of bee-related iconography

Todd White Printmaking

Handmade jug in a donut shape with a hole in the middle and two small handles near the small mouth, copper colors

Julie Ann Zenner Ceramics, Sculpture

A painting of a blue sunset over water, with a moon and owl to the left and three eagles and a bit of land to the right

Sam Zimmerman Paint

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