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Avenue of the Arts Festival
Lakeshore Players Theatre, Children’s Performing Arts, White Bear Center for the Arts and the White Bear Lake Historical Society are pleased to announce the AVENUE…
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Arts District Event: Spotlight on a Cause
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WBCA’s Grand Reopening Week
Dear Friends, These past 18 months we’ve been on an incredible journey. In response to our creative community and a thriving Arts District, WBCA has…
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Q&A with Into Nature Judy Andy Evansen
Watercolor artist Andy Evansen will be judging the 2021 Into Nature: International Online Plein Air Exhibition. He will curate this juried art show along with…
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Q&A with Into Nature Judge Marc Hanson
Marc Hanson, along with plein air artists Andy Evansen and Judy Palermo, will be judging this year’s Into Nature: International Online Plein Air Exhibition. You…
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Artist Highlight with Laura Berlage
Laura is a contemporary Renaissance woman living and working on her family’s century-old homestead farm outside Hayward, WI. From fiber arts to creative writing, music…
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Summer 2021 Catalog
White Bear Center for the Arts’ Summer 2021 catalog includes a wide variety of arts activities, classes, and upcoming exhibitions. Click here or on the…
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Artist Highlight with Candice Davis
Candice Davis is a conceptual artist from San Antonio, Texas and working in Minneapolis. Her practice is focused on the use of digital media, installation,…
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Inspired by Kids’ Art with Tim Nyberg
Join 2021 Northern Lights Best of Show artist Tim Nyberg as he teaches you how to create a painting inspired by kids’ art. This is…
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Artist Highlight with Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
What path did you take to become a professional artist? For a brief period during my adolescence, I thought I wanted to be an archeologist, my…
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Annie Hejny Artist Highlight
Abstract visual artist and forest therapy guide Annie Hejny will be teaching with WBCA this Spring in her class Water and Woods: Abstraction and Nature. You can also learn…
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Spring 2021 Catalog
White Bear Center for the Arts’ Spring 2021 catalog includes a wide variety of arts activities, classes, and upcoming exhibitions. Click here or on the…
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Q&A with Rebecca Pavlenko
Discover the world of NOURISH/DEVOUR through this Q&A with Rebecca Pavlenko, the artist behind WBCA’s latest online exhibit. These questions came from members of the…
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Nels Femrite Watercolors: 2020 Sale
Take a stroll around beautiful scenes from California and Minnesota in this catalog of Nels Femrite watercolor paintings. Nels Femrite, founder and former president of…
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Holiday Gift Guide
Art does incredible things. Share inspiration with these gifts! Your purchases support arts programs and artists engaged in White Bear Center for the Arts’ year-round…
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Construction and COVID-19 Restriction Update
Construction and COVID-19 Restriction Update WBCA is navigating construction of its building and campus in addition to COVID-19 guidelines, and continues to explore safe ways…
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Artist Highlight: Sieng Lee
From far away the pillars outside WBCA appear to be covered in an icy shade of blue, reflecting the sky and hinting at the oncoming…
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OSilas Labyrinth Closing Ceremony
The Osilas Labyrinth will be decommissioned on November 19, before the new construction begins. WBCA invites you to walk the OSilas Labyrinth before 3:30 PM…
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Winter 2020-2021 Catalog
White Bear Center for the Arts’ Winter 2020-2021 catalog includes a wide variety of arts activities, classes, and upcoming exhibitions. Click here or on the…
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Artist Highlight: Marc Anderson
Light is the key to Marc Anderson’s plein air paintings. You might recognize the Wisconsin-based painter’s work from WBCA’s Into Nature plein air exhibit, where…
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BOO! Halloween Festivity Contest!
Thank you to all the amazing participants that submitted their creative works to the WBCA Halloween Festivity Contest! There was a range of submissions! Everything…
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Sunday Arts Markets
*Arts Markets Canceled* Sunday Arts Markets were a great way of reconnecting this fall – unfortunately, present regulations now prohibit these events. It showed WBCA…
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Artist Spotlight: Philipo Dyauli
Philipo Dyauli is a self-taught painter, illustrator and draftsman from Tanzania. His work primarily consists of acrylic paintings inspired by favorite painters, African music, films, and…
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Mata Ortiz 2020 Pottery Sale
Mata Ortiz, Mexico is home to a pottery tradition extending back to a lost civilization from 800 years ago. In 2019, artists from Mata Ortiz…
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New Public Art at WBCA
Visit WBCA to see a newly installed public art collaboration between WBCA’s Artist-in-Residence Sieng Lee and Youth & Outreach Director Kyle Frederickson This collaborative artwork…
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Artist Spotlight: Maiya Lea Hartman
Maiya Lea Hartman is an acrylic painter and mixed-media artist living and working in Minneapolis, MN. She works in a diverse range of mediums–from pencil and…
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Fall 2020 Events
There are so many events this fall, you could fill every Thursday in your calendar with something new and different from WBCA! A list of…
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Disquietude: Artist Panel Discussion
Thursday, September 24 7:00 PMLESLIE BARLOW, Curator: What happens in the places of unease and the unfamiliar? If we are able to take the risk…
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Artist Talk: Kelsi Sharp
Click HERE to watch Artist Talk: Kelsi Sharp on YouTube Kelsi Sharp is an African American graphic designer and artist from the American Southwest. Growing…
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Sprayfinger
Watch this virtual lecture with Peyton Scott Russell to hear a brief history of graffiti and the art of creative lettering. As a 2012-2014 Bush…
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BOO! Halloween Festivity Contest
Get creative and get scary! This season WBCA welcomes you to participate in the Halloween Festivity Contest. You can submit anything Halloween related! Make your…
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Las Catrinas for El Día de Los Muertos
Michoacan Artist Leonel Nery demonstrates the art of making La Calavera Catrina. “The elegant skull,” known as La Catrina, has become a festive symbol for…
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Splash!
NOW OPEN: CLICK HERE Celebrating a colorful mix of water media style, subject and talent! Online Awards CeremonyDownload Splash! CatalogLike, Comment & Share on Facebook…
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A Garden of Black Joy with Keno Evol
Live Panel: Thursday, October 8, 7:00 PM WBCA invites you to join a panel discussion with writers from around the world included in the anthology A…
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Disquietude
Show Dates: September 10-November 20Virtual Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 7:00 PM Available now: DisquietudeVideo Tour with Artist InterviewsArtist Panel VideoDownloadable Gallery BookletFacebook AlbumIntroduction &…
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Artist Spotlight: Dan Mackerman
Dan Mackerman, WBCA oil painting teacher extraordinaire, began his career as a teacher in 1984, fresh out of grad school. He received his MFA at…
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Creative Art Kits
From Managing Director Sara Nephew, dropping off Creative Art Kitswith “Mr. Kyle” Frederickson, Youth & Outreach Director Even under the best of circumstances, it can…
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Artist Spotlight: Nancy Hicks
WBCA artist Nancy Hicks will be teaching a brand new virtual class on relief printing this August. They are a new face at the art…
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Announcing WBCA’s Expansion
July 7, 2020 Dear Friends, On behalf of the Board of Directors for White Bear Center for the Arts (WBCA) we are thrilled to announce…
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Calling for a New Story for America
This letter was published on June 5, 2020 by Suzi Hudson, WBCA’s Executive Director. Dear Friends, It has been 11 days since the killing of…
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Castles & Creatures Contest
ENTER THROUGH JULY 11 Post & Tag WBCA on social media or email WBCA Because we can’t all come together to make sandcastles during Manitou…
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Daily Astrology-Inspired Meditation with Karen Parkman
Thank you to Karen Parkman, WBCA’s evening and weekend receptionist, for sharing her passion for astrology and mindfulness practices with the community through the Mindfulness…
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Galloway Culinary
You are going to want to do more than just look at what Ken Galloway has been making. Ken’s Galloway Culinary Facebook page is full…
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May 2: Celebrate World Labyrinth Day with these two at-home activities
Join thousands of people around the world celebrating World Labyrinth Day at 1:00 PM in their local time zone. Last year over 5900 people in 30…
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Two Poems from Oludare D. Obadiya: National Poetry Month
Oludare D. Obadiya was a 2019 WriteNow! high school creative writing contest winner and slated to read as part of WBCA’s April poetry night celebrating…
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Mask Making with WBCA
In addition to being useful, mask making can be fun, and the fabrics may add a splash of much-needed color. Below are examples for sewn…
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Karen’s WBCA Picks: Back to the “Classics”
Click here for Karen’s Spiced Red Lentil Soup recipe mentioned in the interview at the bottom of the page. By Karen Parkman, WBCA Receptionist &…
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Painting Demo Video with Lisa Fertig, WBCA Instructor
Lisa Fertig’s watercolor landscape teaching video is below! WBCA is keeping in touch with its professional teaching artists to see how their work is impacted…
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Reflections with WBCA Teaching Artist Sylvia Benson
by Sylvia Benson During this time of Covid-19, I am staying home and been trying some new techniques with my alcohol inks. It’s rather calming…
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Learn Zentangle with Sue Swanson
It’s safe to say we could all use some relaxing, meditative art practices right about now. WBCA artist Sue Swanson is here to help. Along…
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