Twenty-five regional artists and craftspeople have been invited to fill an empty downtown space with fine art, handcrafted items and occasional music. The Pop –Up will become an art gallery filled with paintings, ceramics, mixed media, photography, handcrafts, jewelry and books. Music will be part of the space, with musicians staged on a raised, front window platform. Artists will also do rare demos in a similar raised space, capturing pedestrian and in –gallery curiosity.
Artists include painters Dan Weimer, David Culver, Dan Lager and Art Kenyon, deaf artist Cynthia Weitzel, book author and illustrator Lauren Stringer, sculptors Al Wadzinski and Richard Spiller, photographers Chap Achen and J. Nathaniel Dicke, bead and found object artist Pat Kraemer, ceramicist Matthew Krousey and Ingrid Rogers, letterpress by Richard Stephens, mixed media artist Mark Abrahamson and fabric artist Maurice Stenerson. Southern Minnesota crafts include felt wool mittens, rug and quilt makers, one-of a kind Red Wing Pottery, and toys from Lark Toys. Hours are October 3-12; Fridays, 3-7, Saturdays11-5, Sunday 11-2. Grand opening October 17, 5-8 pm. October 18-November 22: Sat 11-5, and, by Appointment. For more information, contact wendy@downtownredwing.org or call (651) 301-0633.
