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.
2026 Artists & Galleries
Guest Artist
Kim Dayton
Hosted By Rene Block
359 Seagull Lake Rd, Grand Marais | Stop 18
Kim’s mixed media art, which includes paintings and collage, focuses on the Minnesota northwoods and the tall grass prairies of the midwest.
Guest Artist
Marcia Roepke
Hosted By Rene Block
359 Seagull Lake Rd, Grand Marais | Stop 18
Marcia’s paintings are done in watercolor and oils. She lives on the Gunflint Trail and her work is inspired by the woods, water, and sky.
Gallery
Sivertson Gallery
14 W Wisconsin St, Grand Marais | Stop 12
Sivertson Gallery features artists who showcase Lake Superior’s beauty, environment, history, and people, while including the northern regions of Alaska & Canada.
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
Jewelry, accessories, clothing, and beaded wall hangings can be viewed and purchased at Ningii Ozhitoomin Art Gallery. The works are created by Marcie McIntire.
Host Artist
Mary Sannerud
Sannerud Studios
306 Cty Rd 48, Grand Marais | Stop 5
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 4
Maxene’s colorful art combines abstract paintings, collages, and free-form paper weavings. She works intuitively to create new and original images.
Guest aRTIST
Roxanne Richards
Hosted By Linda Ricklefs Baudry
905 W 1st St, Grand Marais | Stop 8
Roxanne relies on the color and energy of her marks to explore the emotional impact of life’s journey and reveal the commonality of the human experience.
Guest Artist
Megan Jorgenson
Maine Prairie Studio | Hosted By Frykman Art Studio
306 Cty Rd 44, Grand Marais | Stop 4
Megan of Maine Prairie Studio creates Prairiewares, a line of functional dinnerware, along with unique ceramics fired in wood and gas kilns.
Host Artist
Neil Sherman
4194 Cty Rd 69, Hovland | Stop 20
Neil’s home studio is a small, rustic, shingle-sided cabin nestled into the woods next door to Judge Magney State Park. Featuring oil landscape paintings and solar plate etchings.
Gallery
North House Folk School
500 W Hwy 61, Grand Marais | Stop 9
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
Nita Anderson
Hosted By Jamie Rex
6 N Broadway, Grand Marais | Stop 14
Nita, a self taught painter, is influenced by her life growing up in a family of early settlers in the north shore commercial fishing industry.
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 7
Nan creates multicolor woodcut prints inspired by the forests and lakes of the northwoods. She offers original woodcut prints, greeting cards, and other goods.
Guest Artist
Jayne Richards
Hosted By Jamie Rex
6 N Broadway, Grand Marais | Stop 14
Jayne is an artist who works in acrylic, watercolor, and ink mediums on canvas paper and birchbark, along with jewelry from Lake Superior stones.
Guest artist
Kris Kieper
Hosted By Rene Block
359 Seagull Lake Rd, Grand Marais | Stop 18
Kris’s needle-felted wool landscapes are inspired by the lakes, forests, and skies of the North Shore, blending wool and color into quiet, textured scenes.
Guest Artist
Ruth Ann Pszwaro
Hosted By Sannerud Studios
306 Cty Rd 48, Grand Marais | Stop 5
Ruth works in mixed-media drawing to explore how perspectives and boundaries can be influenced, maintained, or reconsidered.
Host Artist
Michele Grindal
Deeply Felt Design
4746 Cascade Beach Rd, Lutsen | Stop 2
Michele works with silk, wool, and North Shore materials in multiple types of felting and dyeing. She makes both wearable and home decor items.
Host Artist
Betsy Bowen Studio & Gallery
301 First Ave W, Grand Marais | Stop 15
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 4
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
Kyle Winden
Winden Quilts | Hosted by Michele Grindal
4746 Cascade Beach Rd, Lutsen | Stop 2
Two time MN State Fair ribbon winner, Kyle’s quilted creations will warm your home. From hot pads to bed quilts, her quality crafted items will last a lifetime.
Host Artist
Cooper Ternes
Ternes Woodenware
1640 West 5th St, Grand Marais | Stop 6
Cooper creates beautiful tableware from MN hardwoods. He will be demonstrating daily. He has wooden bowls, kitchen items, and small sculptural pieces for sale.
Host Artists
Dan and Lee Ross
4678 E Hwy 61, Hovland | Stop 21
rosssculptureprints@gmail.com
Stone, clay, glass and prints. Come enjoy Dan & Lee’s work in the landscape that inspired it. Right on Lake Superior, custom designed home & sculpture garden.
Host Artist
Elise Kyllo
Works in Wool
29 Pincushion Drive, Grand Marais | Stop 16
Elise creates colorful, whimsical, functional and wearable art with wool, sharing her work in a renovated Airstream trailer and a tent.
Host Artist
Gina Adams
Birds on a Cup
219 Arrowhead Trl, Hovland | Stop 23
Gina’s little red house is a quaint home/studio filled with color, art, friendships, children, and laughter. Overall, a unique and personal shopping experience.
Host Artist
David Smith
David R. Smith Studio
40 Co Rd 44, Grand Marais | Stop 3
David’s studio & plein air watercolors capture the northwoods spirit, celebrating the beauty and fluidity of the medium at Inviting Cutface Creek Lodge.
Host Artist
Jamie Rex
North Road Knits
6 N Broadway, Grand Marais | Stop 14
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 4
JD Jorgenson of Maine Prairie Studio creates Prairiewares, a line of functional dinnerware, along with unique ceramics fired in wood and gas kilns.
Gallery
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery
115 W Wisconsin St, Grand Marais | Stop 10
A nonprofit gallery celebrating regional artists past & present. Current Show: Plein Air Grand Marais presented in partnership with Outdoor Painters of Minnesota.
Host Artist
Jo Wood Bead Art
357 Cty Rd 14, Grand Marais | Stop 19
Jo uses beadwork and embroidery on hand-felted wool to create intimate images of the North Shore. Her home/studio is just 15 minutes east of Grand Marais.
guest artist
Craig Thompson
Cinnamoncat Studio
40 Co Rd 44, Grand Marais | Stop 3
Craig makes finely finished and unusual wooden utensils. Made from reclaimed salvage, cut-offs, and discarded material from cabinet and furniture makers.
Host Artist
Julie Arthur
Wifman Weaving
19 Music Row, Tofte | Stop 1
Julie’s studio is filled with fibers made into woven objects such as rugs, scarves, and shawls, many made of hand dyed threads or hand spun wools.
Guest Artist
Katy Attleson
Ebenezer Stone | Hosted By Gina Adams
219 Arrowhead Trail, Hovland | Stop 23
Katy draws inspiration from nature. Whether foraged or salvaged, each piece is handmade to capture the raw beauty of each material.
Guest aRTIST
Linda Jensen
InsightArts | Hosted By Nancy Carlson Studios
4718 Chicago Bay Rd, Hovland | Stop 22
Linda’s birchware pottery is inspired by the beauty of birch bark, with natural characteristics of color, texture, and scars, bringing the outdoors indoors.
Host Artist
Linda Ricklefs Baudry
905 W 1st St, Grand Marais | Stop 8
Linda’s ongoing relationship with nature and her fascination with texture and color get expressed through botanical printmaking, pastels, and birch bark weaving.
Host Artist
Sharon & Steve Frykman
Frykman Art Studio
306 Cty Rd 44, Grand Marais | Stop 4
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
All of Susan’s work is done in the batik process. Batik is a method of decorating fabric using a wax resist process and dye.
Gallery
Tim Vahle
Vahle Fine Art
9 1st Ave W, Birch Alley #2, Grand Marais | Stop 11
Visitors to VAHLE Fine Art will experience an intimate, personal shopping experience, featuring original works, prints and more by artist Tim Vahle.
Host Artist
Rene Block
Rene Z Block Art
359 Seagull Lake Rd, Grand Marais | Stop 18
Rene paints contemporary landscapes with oil and watercolor inspired by the Gunflint Trail and surrounding boreal forest in her studio on Seagull Lake.
Guest Artist
Normano Sen
Hosted By Nancy Carlson Studios
4718 Chicago Bay Rd, Hovland | Stop 22
Normano is a writer and photographer.