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Events
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5 SESSIONS | In this summer art camp in Duluth, instructor Airlea Indaniss DeFoe will teach campers how to make patterns in beadwork using color theory, drawing, and counting by creating beaded wall art that hangs down to create an image.
$50.00 – $80.00
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5 SESSIONS | In this summer art camp in Duluth, instructor Airlea Indaniss DeFoe will teach campers how to make patterns in beadwork using color theory, drawing, and counting by creating beaded wall art that hangs down to create an image.
$50.00 – $80.00
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
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2 events,
5 SESSIONS | In this summer art camp in Duluth, instructor Airlea Indaniss DeFoe will teach campers how to make patterns in beadwork using color theory, drawing, and counting by creating beaded wall art that hangs down to create an image.
$50.00 – $80.00
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others during this dedicated weekly three-hour creative session. Each session includes optional opportunities for group critique and informal feedback.
Register
Free – $10.00
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1 event,
5 SESSIONS | In this summer art camp in Duluth, instructor Airlea Indaniss DeFoe will teach campers how to make patterns in beadwork using color theory, drawing, and counting by creating beaded wall art that hangs down to create an image.
$50.00 – $80.00
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1 event,
5 SESSIONS | In this summer art camp in Duluth, instructor Airlea Indaniss DeFoe will teach campers how to make patterns in beadwork using color theory, drawing, and counting by creating beaded wall art that hangs down to create an image.
$50.00 – $80.00
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Sessions are open to all serious artists, from beginner to expert. Every session includes a live model, starting with short gestural poses and moving into longer holds. Work time is self-directed, no instruction offered. Headphones and water bottles are welcome. Paper, sketching materials, and easels are available.
Free – $65.00
8 Sessions | Learn the basics of throwing pottery on the wheel using the C.O.P.S (center, open, pull, shape) method, and basic handbuilding techniques with instruction from ceramicist and potter Matt Larson.
$330.00 – $430.00
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5 SESSIONS | Have fun playing with clay with this Duluth summer art camp! Campers use the pottery wheel, handbuilding, and decorating techniques to create unique pieces that they can use in everyday life.
$180.00 – $260.00
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
5 SESSIONS | Have fun playing with clay with this Duluth summer art camp! Campers use the pottery wheel, handbuilding, and decorating techniques to create unique pieces that they can use in everyday life.
$180.00 – $260.00
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5 SESSIONS | Have fun playing with clay with this Duluth summer art camp! Campers use the pottery wheel, handbuilding, and decorating techniques to create unique pieces that they can use in everyday life.
$180.00 – $260.00
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others during this dedicated weekly three-hour creative session. Each session includes optional opportunities for group critique and informal feedback. This month's First Wednesdays Creative Studio programming: What is a Critique with Robb Quisling (link below)
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Free – $10.00
Ever wonder what makes a critique actually helpful? Join artist and educator Robb Quisling for a conversation about the purpose of critique, how it can strengthen your creative practice, and how to give and receive thoughtful, constructive feedback. Listen in while you work on your own creative projects in our multipurpose classroom space. Following the presentation, participants are invited to stay for an optional one-on-one critique with Robb to put these ideas into practice. Perfect for developing and emerging artists.
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Free – $10.00
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5 SESSIONS | Have fun playing with clay with this Duluth summer art camp! Campers use the pottery wheel, handbuilding, and decorating techniques to create unique pieces that they can use in everyday life.
$180.00 – $260.00
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1 event,
5 SESSIONS | Have fun playing with clay with this Duluth summer art camp! Campers use the pottery wheel, handbuilding, and decorating techniques to create unique pieces that they can use in everyday life.
$180.00 – $260.00
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Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
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1 event,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others during this dedicated weekly three-hour creative session. Each session includes optional opportunities for group critique and informal feedback.
Register
Free – $10.00
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This Art Night Out is a one-of-a-kind celebration of communication: a postcard-writing party! Enjoy free snacks and drinks, spend a social evening in the galleries, hear an artist talk with artist duo Cody Paulson and Stephen Pestalozzi, and sit down to draft and send postcards, plucked right off the gallery walls, to your friends and loved ones. Bring your mailing addresses—all other writing and mailing supplies are included in the exhibition.
Free – $100.00
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Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
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Free – $10.00
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Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others during this dedicated weekly three-hour creative session. Each session includes optional opportunities for group critique and informal feedback.
Register
Free – $10.00
8 Sessions | This hands-on class includes pottery wheel, altered forms, handbuilding, and glaze demonstrations. Types of vessel construction covered include platters, jars, pouring vessels, other large forms, whistles, and beyond, with plenty of time to craft a body of work based on your own personal ideation/aesthetic in both form and glazing concepts. Bring your own plans and concepts, advance your techniques, and push your work to new growth.
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$285.00 – $355.00
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Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
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Free – $10.00
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Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others during this dedicated weekly three-hour creative session. Each session includes optional opportunities for group critique and informal feedback.
Register
Free – $10.00
8 Sessions | This hands-on class includes pottery wheel, altered forms, handbuilding, and glaze demonstrations. Types of vessel construction covered include platters, jars, pouring vessels, other large forms, whistles, and beyond, with plenty of time to craft a body of work based on your own personal ideation/aesthetic in both form and glazing concepts. Bring your own plans and concepts, advance your techniques, and push your work to new growth.
Register
$285.00 – $355.00
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Meet the minds behind the mermaid at this Art Night Out celebrating not only the short film itself, but also the full breadth of artistry required in the production of a project like Ish Meets a Mermaid.
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Free – $100.00
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Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
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Free – $10.00
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere at the Duluth Public Library's Teen Space. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Registration covers all 26 sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
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Free – $50.00
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others during this dedicated weekly three-hour creative session. Each session includes optional opportunities for group critique and informal feedback.
Register
Free – $10.00
8 Sessions | This hands-on class includes pottery wheel, altered forms, handbuilding, and glaze demonstrations. Types of vessel construction covered include platters, jars, pouring vessels, other large forms, whistles, and beyond, with plenty of time to craft a body of work based on your own personal ideation/aesthetic in both form and glazing concepts. Bring your own plans and concepts, advance your techniques, and push your work to new growth.
Register
$285.00 – $355.00
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1 event,
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere at the Duluth Public Library's Teen Space. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Registration covers all 26 sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
Free – $50.00
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Sessions are open to all serious artists, from beginner to expert. Every session includes a live model, starting with short gestural poses and moving into longer holds. Work time is self-directed, no instruction offered. Headphones and water bottles are welcome. Paper, sketching materials, and easels are available.
Register
Free – $65.00
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Registration Policies
- Tuition must be received one week prior to the class start date and two weeks prior to camp start dates to ensure both your place and adequate class materials.
- If there is insufficient enrollment 7 days prior to event date OR on listed registration deadline, the DAI may cancel the event, notify registrants, and refund all payments including deposits. Last-minute cancellations may also occur for weather, emergency, or instructor illness.
- Class tuition includes a $10 non-refundable registration fee, not including subsequent sessions of multi-day classes. Camp tuition includes a $25 non-refundable deposit due upon registration.
- Students cancelling one week before the first class session or two weeks prior to the first day of camp are eligible for a refund, not including deposits or registration fees. Refunds cannot be made after classes begin.
- Student Members are not eligible for membership discounts on classes.
- No refunds available for fundraiser tickets and other paid special events.
Online registration with credit card payment preferred. To pay by cash or check, contact Jesse Switters jswitters@duluthartinstitute.org. Following payment, check all inboxes for a confirmation email.
Check calendar details for event-specific policies.
Accessibility
DAI Gallery (US Bank Building) events – Accessible parking is available nearby on Superior Street and in the pay lots in the Holiday Center and Duluth Transit Center. An elevator to all floors is available in the US Bank Building. DAI galleries are located on the 4th floor. In-gallery seating available.
DAI Studio (Lincoln Park Building) events – There is accessible parking in the lot at the back door, and a ramp to access the second floor.
Building hours, locations, and driving instructions
Scholarships
Scholarships may become available at times. For more information, or to request a partial or full scholarship for a class or camp, contact Jesse Switters jswitters@duluthartinstitute.org.