Save The Date
September 25 – October 4, 2026
Art Along the Lake is a ten-day, self-led art tour along Minnesota’s north shore of Lake Superior during peak fall colors. From Tofte to Grand Portage to the Gunflint Trail, this event offers the unique opportunity to meet local artists in their home studios and gain insights into their creative processes. Whether you’re revisiting a favorite gallery or meeting an artist for the first time, there’s always something new to discover and beautiful scenery to enjoy along the way! Many locations showcase guest artists’ work, and all venues are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
2025 Artists & Galleries
Host Artist
Adrea Davina Beres Ceramics
31 Old Ski Hill Rd, Grand Marais | Stop 16
Adrea creates modern, ceramic tableware, décor, and jewelry for your everyday rituals and adornment.
Host Artist
Betsy Bowen Studio & Gallery
301 First Ave W, Grand Marais | Stop 14
Betsy has been hand printing her woodcuts in the historic church since 2002. The workspace includes the work of other local makers in various forms.
Guest Artist
Brittany Foster
Hosted By Frykman Art Studio
306 Cty Rd 44, Grand Marais | Stop 2
Handmade in Ely, Brittany’s work is inspired by the woods and the city. She creates unique jewelry with twisted wires, tiny saw work, and bright brass accents.
Guest Artist
Britt Malec
Hosted by Adrea Davina Beres Ceramics
31 Old Ski Hill Rd, Grand Marais | Stop 16
Britt is a watercolor painter, mobile maker, and community song leader inspired by Slavic and Nordic folk art and the botanical landscape around her.
Guest Artist
Cooper Ternes
Hosted By Nan Onkka Prints
1510 W 5th St, Grand Marais | Stop 5
Cooper’s work is a modern interpretation of the wooden bowls in the Scandinavian folk tradition. He creates beautiful objects intended for daily use.
Host Artists
Dan and Lee Ross
4678 E Hwy 61, Hovland | Stop 21
rosssculptureprints@gmail.com
Stone, clay, glass and monoprints. Come and enjoy Dan and Lee’s work in the landscape that inspired it. For 10 days each fall they welcome visitors.
Host Artist
Elise Kyllo
Works in Wool
29 Pincushion Drive, Grand Marais | Stop 15
Elise creates colorful, whimsical and practical art with wool, sharing her work in a renovated Airstream trailer and a tent as a temporary studio space.
Host Artist
Gina Adams
Birds on a Cup
219 Arrowhead Trl, Hovland | Stop 23
Visiting the Little Red Studio is a quaint experience. The studio is also a family home. It is an intimate space, and filled to the brim with wonderful art!
Host Artist
Hannah Palma Ceramics
2955 E Hwy 61, Grand Marais | Stop 19
Hannah’s ceramics grow from the earth, carved with nature’s motifs and shaped by its rhythms. Each vessel holds a story of transformation – both in the wild and within.
Guest Artist
Jamie Rex
Hosted By The Wilder Woodshop
152 Cty Rd 6, Grand Marais | Stop 4
Jamie is a knitwear designer who creates small batch, hand-made knits driven by her obsessive need to play with color and fiber.
Guest Artist
JD Jorgenson
Maine Prairie Studio | Hosted By Frykman Art Studio
306 Cty Rd 44, Grand Marais | Stop 2
JD works with wild clay to create functional and sculptural ceramics. He strives in his process to understand these clays through its strengths and limitations.
Gallery
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery
115 W Wisconsin St, Grand Marais | Stop 9
Nonprofit gallery celebrates regional artists past & present. Now hosting the Plein Air Grand Marais exhibit, in partnership with Outdoor Painters of Minnesota.
Host Artist
Jo Wood Bead Art
357 Cty Rd 14, Grand Marais | Stop 18
Jo delights in the shapes, colors and patterns of botanical elegance. Her intimate impressions of nature are framed works of bead embroidery on hand felted wool.
Gallery
Joy & Company
16 First Ave W, Grand Marais | Stop 12
Joy and Company houses the work of local makers and assists all people in pursuing their creative dreams. Art supplies and knowledgeable staff waiting for you.
Host Artist
Julie Arthur
Wifman Weaving
19 Music Row, Tofte | Stop 1
Julie’s studio is full of fiber rich in colors, textures, handspun yarns, silks, wool and cottons. The weavings are both artworks and functional.
Guest Artist
Katy Attleson
Ebenezer Stone | Hosted By Gina Adams
219 Arrowhead Trail, Hovland | Stop 23
Katy draws inspiration from nature; the created world as a catalyst for creativity. Each piece is handmade to capture the unadulterated beauty of each material.
Guest aRTIST
Linda Jensen
InsightArts | Hosted By Nancy Carlson Studios
4718 Chicago Bay Rd, Hovland | Stop 22
Linda’s clay work replicates the characteristic surface of natural birch, while playing with textures, subtle colors, peeling bark & functional forms.
Host Artist
Linda Ricklefs Baudry
905 W 1st St, Grand Marais | Stop 6
Linda’s ongoing relationship with nature and her fascination with texture and color are expressed through botanical printmaking, pastels, and birch bark weaving.
Host Artist
Lou Pignolet Bowls
20 Tamarack Trail, Hovland | Stop 24
Lou makes artistic bowls on a lathe from local wood, including rare aspen burl. Visit his shop to experience these unusual bowls and see how they are made.
Host aRTIST
Marcie McIntire
Ningii Ozhitoomin
103 Store Road, Grand Portage | Stop 25
Ningii Ozhitoomin Ojibwe Art Gallery showcases traditional and contemporary Ojibwe art. Jewelry, accessories, and clothing are handmade by Marcie McIntire.
Host Artist
Mary Sannerud
Sannerud Studios
306 Cty Rd 48, Grand Marais | Stop 3
Mary creates felt textiles for the home – wall hangings, rugs, runners, wearables, and art installations.
Guest Artist
Maxene Linehan
Hosted By Frykman Art Studio
306 Cty Rd 44, Grand Marais | Stop 2
Maxene mixes media – paint, collage, and free-form paper weavings – to create colorful original abstract images that she has never seen before.
Guest aRTIST
Meadow Carr
Lilly Photography | Hosted By Jo Wood Bead Art
103 Store Rd, Grand Portage | Stop 18
Meadow, born and raised on the North shore, is an opportunistic nature photographer with an eye for both the grand and petite.
Guest Artist
Megan Jorgenson
Maine Prairie Studio | Hosted By Frykman Art Studio
306 Cty Rd 44, Grand Marais | Stop 2
Megan creates functional and sculptural ceramics with an emphasis on the relationship between surface, form and the use of two dimensional processes on clay.
Host Artist
Nancy Carlson Studios
4718 Chicago Bay Rd, Hovland | Stop 22
Nancy Carlson Studios is the first cabin on Chicago Bay Road with a pretty view of the Hovland Dock. Park on the side of the road. All are welcome.
Host aRTIST
Nancy Hemstad Seaton
318 S Hungry Jack Rd, Grand Marais | Stop 17
Nancy creates fused glass and watercolors that capture the spirit of the woods and waters surrounding her home on Hungry Jack Lake.
Host Artist
Nan Onkka Prints
1510 W 5th St, Grand Marais | Stop 5
Nan creates multicolor woodcut prints inspired by the forests and lakes of the northwoods. She offers original woodcut prints, greeting cards, and other goods.
Host Artist
Neil Sherman
4194 Cty Rd 69, Hovland | Stop 20
Neil’s representational plein air oil landscape paintings, studio paintings and original etchings aim to reveal beauty where it often goes overlooked.
Gallery
North House Folk School
500 W Hwy 61, Grand Marais | Stop 7
North House Folk School teaches traditional northern crafts. The school store features one-of-a-kind handcrafted items made by local and regional artisans.
Guest Artist
Paula Gustafson
Hosted By Linda Ricklefs Baudry
905 W 1st St, Grand Marais | Stop 6
Paula is a landscape painter in Grand Marais. She opts to paint outside on location, weather permitting. It is a tradition and an obsession.
Host Artist
Rebecca Barrett
The Wilder Woodshop
152 Cty Rd 6, Grand Marais | Stop 4
Functional wood art pieces created for cooking & entertaining. Meticulously handcrafted, embodying elegance & durability. Woman-owned and -operated.
Gallery
Roam & Whimsy Co.
2nd Ave W & W Hwy 61, Grand Marais | Stop 8
Join us in our wonderfully whimsical space full of curiosity and creativity. We believe in the magic of adventure and the beauty of the unexpected.
Guest Artist
Ruth Ann Pszwaro
Hosted By Sannerud Studios
306 Cty Rd 48, Grand Marais | Stop 3
Ruth Ann Pszwaro works in mixed-media drawing to explore how perspectives and boundaries can be influenced, maintained, or reconsidered.
Host Artist
Sharon & Steve Frykman
Frykman Art Studio
306 Cty Rd 44, Grand Marais | Stop 2
The Frykmans create in glass, metal, wood and stone. Their studio houses workspaces and a gallery with a sculpture garden overlooking a woodland meadow.
Gallery
Studio 21
Grand Marais Art Colony
21 W Hwy 61, Grand Marais | Stop 13
The Grand Marais Art Colony, established in 1947, fosters the exploratory growth and experimental power of contemporary artists.
Guest Artist
Susan Hayes
Hosted By Nancy Carlson Studios
4718 Chicago Bay Rd, Hovland | Stop 22
Susan works in batik, a unique wax resist process using dye on cotton fabric.
Gallery
The Big Lake
12 First Ave W, Grand Marais | Stop 11
The Big Lake is an approachable art gallery and gift shop, with items that reflect the beauty and lifestyle of the North Shore of Lake Superior.
Gallery
Tim Vahle
Vahle Fine Art
9 1st Ave W, Birch Alley #2, Grand Marais | Stop 10
Visitors will enjoy a personalized experience that includes a collection of plein air and studio landscape paintings from the north shore and other US locales.