August 2024 – White Bear Center for the Arts

Crop Art Students Head to the State Fair

Something seedy is growing at White Bear Center for the Arts. Under the expert guidance of Marta Shore, Assistant Superintendent of Crop Art and Scarecrow at the Minnesota State Fair, a group of artists honed their skills as they learned how to create crop art and submit their work to the State Fair. Starting in…

Mexican Clay Makes a Pilgrimage to Minnesota

White Bear Center for the Arts is prepping to host the Mata Ortiz Pottery Sale again for the first time since its run in 2019. From September 18-21, renowned artists from the small village of Mata Ortiz, in the Northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico will display their pottery at WBCA for a special four-day sale. …

Q&A with Into Nature Judge Michele Combs

When Michele Combs took her first painting class at 38 years old, she couldn’t have guessed she’d become a renowned, award-winning plein air painter. She began her painting journey in an acrylic painting class at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts, the art center where she ended up teaching. When she entered her first painting…