Silver Bay Library and Tettegouche Visitor Center Host Art Receptions March 6

Silver Bay’s downtown and the Tettegouche Visitor Center on Highway 61 will stage back-to-back art receptions Friday evening, March 6, creating a short, two-stop circuit for North Shore audiences. The original event description frames the night as a "mini art crawl," and the two venues sit about a five-minute drive apart, allowing visitors to move easily between shows.

At Silver Bay Public Library, 9 Davis Dr., the gallery will transition from Eric Soderstrom’s fantasy art (on view through Feb. 28) to a March–April exhibition of works by Brandy and Marilyn Woldstad. Duluthreader lists the Woldstad opening with the exact line: "Through March and April: Brandy and Marilyn Woldstad. Opening reception Friday, March 6, 5:40-6:4 p.m." The printed library time contains a typographical anomaly ("6:4 p.m.") that appears to require confirmation from the library.

At Tettegouche State Park Visitor Center, 5702 Hwy. 61, the schedule shows a February digital-art month featuring Tad Anderson, with a reported reception Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m., followed by a March exhibit by Eric Klepinger. Duluthreader lists Klepinger’s reception as Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m., which places the visitor center event after the library reception as printed in the listings.

Regional listings indicate the two venues routinely coordinate rotating exhibitions and match receptions on the same day when possible; Northshorejournal Co specifically notes that "Each location curates rotating art exhibitions, with receptions coinciding on the same day when possible," and that the exhibiting sites are a five minute drive apart. That proximity and the staggered times printed in local listings underpin the evening’s two-stop format.

Other North Shore and Duluth arts events surround the March 6 date and expand options for a weekend art circuit. Split Rock Lighthouse, north of Two Harbors on Hwy. 61, will host photography by Aramis Wells in March, with "Meet the artist" Saturdays on March 14 and March 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Tweed Museum on the UMD campus is open Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Wednesdays through Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., showing selections titled "All Kinds of People," "A Living Collection: 1950-2025," a Faculty Biennial (through Feb. 27) and "Study Room" through May 9.

Complementary programming includes UMD Kathryn A. Martin Library Rotunda talks — a papermaking talk by Mary Hark on Thursday, Feb. 26, 5:30–7 p.m., and a parchment demonstration by Dr. Alex Korte Monday, March 2, 5:30–7 p.m. In Duluth, Wussow’s Concert Cafe (324 N. Central Ave.) opens "The River Speaks: Art of the Estuary" with a reception Thursday, March 5, 5:30–8:30 p.m. and an open mic; Zeitgeist Arts (222 Superior St.) is showing "Animal Form," works by over 40 artists and poets; and the Sons of Norway monthly meeting at Family of God Lutheran Church, 4097 Martin Rd., will feature "Natural Dyes From a Viking World" with Theresa Hornstein on Sunday, March 8 at 1 p.m.

The printed March 6 schedule positions Silver Bay Public Library and Tettegouche State Park Visitor Center as a combined evening of local art, with specific artist receptions at both sites. The Duluthreader listing shows the library reception time as "5:40-6:4 p.m." and the Tettegouche reception at 7 p.m.; the apparent typographical error in the library time remains visible in the published listings.