5/29/2023 0 Comments Meander art![]() ![]() This year’s new artists are Bryan and Peggy Mooney, selling barnwood frames, furniture, home décor and custom pieces at Moonstruck Creations near Granite Falls Mary K. Soine, who will exhibit his original folk art, home accessories and watercolors at his home studio at River Bank Folk Art in Granite Falls (530 Prentice Street), features a wide variety of shorebirds in his art, but chose the avocet because it is “native to the Meander area,” and the bird’s black-and-white coloring was “ideal for a block print.” One of the Meander featured artists, Curt Soine, created the woodcut of an American Avocet – a long-billed bird often found wading in the shallows in the Prairie Pothole region of Minnesota – that decorates this year’s brochure. The event’s total sales exceeded 2019’s pre-pandemic totals by 16%. Nearly forty percent of visitors – some of whom traveled from out of state – reported that it was their first time attending the Meander. “After our quarantine pivot to an online-only art auction, last year’s Meander visitors came roaring back,” says Kristi Fernholz of the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission. ![]() The art crawl remains an engine for economic activity. On September 30 and October 1 and 2, 2022, the Meander Art Crawl returns to studios, farms and galleries to showcase the work of 40+ regional artists, both repeat exhibitors and new. Once again, all are invited on a free self-guided tour of the vibrant arts scene along the Upper Minnesota River Valley this fall.
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