Apr 2016
Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Camille Dungy
The Spirit Lake Poetry Series presents poet Camille Dungy as a part of National Poetry Month.
Find out more »Feb 2017
St. David’s Day Open Reading 2017
The 21st annual St. David’s Day Open Reading honors the 897th anniversary of the canonization of St. David, the patron saint of Wales. Poets of all skill levels, from novice writers to those with established reputations, are invited to read a single original poem and/or a favorite piece by another author. The event is an designed to showcase the variety of voices in the region and kiss the worst of winter goodbye. The first half of the evening is devoted…
Find out more »Mar 2017
Low Forms, Spells and Superior Siren
Locals Low Forms and Superior Siren join the Denver-based "positive punk" band Spells. All ages. $7 suggested donation.
Find out more »Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Chris Santiago
Chris Santiago is the author of Tula, winner of the 2016 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, selected by A. Van Jordan. His poems, fiction and criticism have appeared in Field, Copper Nickel, Pleiades, and Asian American Literary Review. He holds degrees in creative writing and music from Oberlin College and received his PhD in English from the University of Southern California. A recipient of fellowships from Kundiman and the Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies, Santiago is also a…
Find out more »Lake Sturgeon Zine Exhibition
Lake Sturgeon Zine, traveling exhibition artists Ryuta Nakajima and Darren Houser (faculty with the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Department of Art and Design) and the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program invite people to join them in an avant-garde examination of Lake Sturgeon. Hosted by Prøve Gallery, Great Lakes Aquarium and Pier 123 (Madison, WI).
Find out more »Apr 2017
Black Gold
A reception, zine release and panel discussion in connection with Lake Sturgeon-centric art exhibit “Black Gold.” The exhibit was organized by Associate Professor Ryuta Nakajima and Assistant Professor Darren Houser from UMD’s Department of Art and Design. Don Schreiner, Minnesota Sea Grant (MNSG) fisheries extension educator, and Sharon Moen, MNSG science writer, contributed to the program. Nakajima and Houser will serve as facilitators of the panel discussion. Also on the panel will be Nevada Littlewolf, city councilor/leader of Rural and…
Find out more »Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Jennifer L. Knox
Jennifer Knox is the author of four books of poems. The New York Times Book Review said her latest, Days of Shame and Failure, "hits, with deceptive ease, all the poetic marks a reader could want: intellectual curiosity, emotional impact, beautiful language, surprising revelation and arresting imagery. Her first three books of poems are The Mystery of the Hidden Driveway, Drunk by Noon and A Gringo Like Me. She teaches at Iowa State University.
Find out more »Jun 2017
Neddlework: Rethinking Vulnerability and Resistance
The Needlework display includes pieces made with soft goods, leather, textiles and fiber art. The exhibit creates a "space to see the dynamic and intersectional display of vulnerability and resistance." The opening reception is held June 9 from 7-10. The display will be available until July 15, and can be viewed Thurs.-Sat. from 4-7 p.m. Local participating artists include Candace Lacosse, Karen McTavish, Kirsten Aune and Scot Lunt. The description of the exhibit is as follows: "The fiber arts are…
Find out more »Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Francine Sterle
Duluth's Spirit Lake Poetry Series concludes its 2016-17 season with a reading by Northern Minnesota poet Francine Sterle. Sterle will read from her latest book of poems, What Thread?. She is also the author of Nude in Winter, Every Bird is One Bird and The White Bridge.
Find out more »Oct 2017
Meat & Greet
This event celebrates Prove Gallery’s anniversary and its subsequent growth and will lay out their vision for the future. An evening of refreshments, music (by Raw Space and Seymour), a meat raffle and a silent auction.
Find out more »Nov 2017
Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Bao Phi
Spirit Lake Poetry Series launches it's 21st season with a reading by Twin Cities poet Bao Phi. Coffee House Press describes Phi’s new collection, Thousand Star Hotel, as a confrontation of “the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.” The blunt yet agile style of Phi’s lines forms what he has called a guidebook for Asian-American youth, both autobiographical and activist.
Find out more »Dec 2017
Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Gary Boelhower
Spirit Lake Poetry Series presents local poet Gary Boelhower reading from his book Naming Rites.
Find out more »Feb 2018
Art Reception: “Waking Dreams” by Jane Wunrow
Prøve Gallery hosts the opening reception for "Waking Dreams," a solo exhibition by St. Paul-based artist Jane Wunrow. The exhibition will consist of Wunrow’s multimedia explorations of the subconscious. The exhibit will be on view through March 17.
Find out more »St. David’s Day Open Reading 2018
The 22nd annual St. David’s Day Open Reading honors the 898th anniversary of the canonization of St. David, the patron saint of Wales. Poets of all skill levels, from novice writers to those with established reputations, are invited to read a single original poem and/or a favorite piece by another author. The event is an designed to showcase the variety of voices in the region and kiss the worst of winter goodbye. The first half of the evening is devoted…
Find out more »Mar 2018
Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Ryan Vine
Duluth poet Ryan Vine will read from his new book, To Keep Him Hidden. The collection of poems was a finalist for the May Swenson Prize, the New Issues Prize, the Crab Orchard Series, the MVP Prize from New Rivers Press and also was also selected by Robert Pinsky as a finalist for the 2016 Dorset Prize. Vine's poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, Verse Daily and on National Public Radio. His 2006 chapbook,…
Find out more »Apr 2018
Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Layli Long Soldier
Layli Long Soldier reads from Whereas.
Find out more »20th Anniversary Homegrown Illustration Show
The Duluth Art Institute, in collaboration with Prøve Gallery, presents this exhibition featuring works on paper highlighting the arts and culture of the Homegrown Music Festival over the past 20 years. Emerging artists, established artists, high school art students and children will have the opportunity to share their illustrations of Homegrown "royalty." For many of the high school students and children, this will be their first experience participating in an art exhibition. The show will remain on exhibit until May…
Find out more »Jul 2018
“Minnesota Nice” Opening Reception
The opening reception for "Minnesota Nice," a solo exhibit by local multimedia artist Carla Hamilton. Using film, photography and collage, "Minnesota Nice" seeks to raise awareness of social discrepancies in the realm of human experience. Through the use of visual imagery and the experiential space of the gallery, the exhibit explores the idea that, while being individuals from different backgrounds and heritages, our journeys are more alike than unlike. The exhibition will be on view at Prøve Gallery from July…
Find out more »Oct 2018
Prøve Gallery Meat and Greet Mixer
Prøve Gallery hosts their annual member drive and fundraiser. Refreshments will be served. Also: music, a meat raffle and a silent auction.
Find out more »One event on Oct 13, 2018 at 12:00 pm
One event on Oct 14, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Beatles Cartoon Pop Up Art Show
One event on Oct 13, 2018 at 12:00 pm
One event on Oct 14, 2018 at 12:00 pm
The cartoons of animator Ron Campbell are displayed in this show. Campbell is the legendary animator of the 1968 Beatles film Yellow Submarine and the director of the Saturday morning Beatles cartoon series. All works will be available for purchase.
Find out more »Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Hieu Minh Nguyen
Spirit Lake Poetry Series launches its 22nd season with a reading by Hieu Minh Nguyen. A queer Vietnamese American poet, Hieu Minh Nguyen is a Kundiman fellow and a poetry editor for Muzzle Magazine. His work has appeared in Southern Indiana Review, Guernica, Ninth Letter, Devil's Lake, Bat City Review, The Paris-American and elsewhere. He is author of This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014) which was a finalist for both a Minnesota Book Award and a Lambda…
Find out more »Jan 2019
Spirit Lake Poetry Series: Keno Evol
Spirit Lake Poetry Series continues its 22nd season with a reading by Keno Evol. Evol's poetry has appeared on Twin Cities Public Television and Urban Perspectives, and he is a mentor at the Loft Literary Center. He is also the chair of the Youth Advisory Board for Truartspeaks, a St. Paul nonprofit dedicated to cultivating literacy, leadership and social justice through hip hop.
Find out more »Feb 2019
Demons & Angels: Moments of Clarity
Prøve Gallery celebrates their reopening with a reception for Demons & Angels: Moments of Clarity in their exhibition and performance space, located in historic downtown Duluth. Demons & Angels is an exhibition of new works on paper by local artist Jay Whitcomb and it will be on view until March 1. Music by Norby.
Find out more »Mar 2019
St. David’s Day Open Reading 2019
The 23rd annual St. David’s Day Open Reading honors the 899th anniversary of the canonization of St. David, the patron saint of Wales. Poets of all skill levels, from novice writers to those with established reputations, are invited to read a single original poem and/or a favorite piece by another author. The event is an designed to showcase the variety of voices in the region and kiss the worst of winter goodbye. The first half of the evening is devoted…
Find out more »Apr 2019
John Mark Nelson
Emily Haavik opens for the St. Paul singer/songwriter.
Find out more »Honestly, Tho
Honestly, tho… is an exhibition about the revolutionary nature of vulnerability, bringing together the work of artists in a range of media to focus on expressions of visual and textual intimacy. By visualizing traditionally private moments, relationships, bodies and words, the artworks offer themes of encouragement transformed into resistance and revolution through public disclosure. They testify to the powerful relationships of trust built between subject and artist, and artist and public. Artists included in the exhibition include Chicago-based photographer Marisa…
Find out more »May 2019
The Mask We Live In: A Mental Wellness Event
Northland Healthy Minds and Prøve Gallery present an evening of artistic and creative play. Using paint, markers, pre-cut shapes and collage materials, participants will make abstracted masks and consider the ways individuals wear "masks" in their lives and choose to project themselves to others. All skill levels welcome. Art-making and collage materials will be provided by the gallery, as will snacks and refreshments. RSVP to Megan by emailing megan.halena @ ghci.us.
Find out more »Plys with Purpose 2019
Prøve Gallery hosts the fifth edition of the Plys with Purpose exhibition and silent auction of skateboard decks crafted by local and international artists who share one purpose: the building of skateboard parks. The exhibition remains on view until June 21. Artists have been selected based on the affect they have had in their respective skateboard communities, the influence of skateboard culture in their life, and their willingness to donate their time and talents in contributing to a public skatepark…
Find out more »Jul 2019
Blubby Clubhouse: A Pop-up Exhibition by Heidi Blunt
Prøve Gallery hosts a pop-up exhibition entitled Blubby Clubhouse in its exhibition and performance space in Downtown Duluth. The two-day event shows experimental installation work by local artist Heidi Blunt. Blubby Clubhouse is an exhibition of new work by Blunt, whose emerging voice delights at the intersection of marginalized large bodies and a secret clubhouse of a feminine kid circa 1985. Blunt’s paintings of rounded fat bodies (called “blubbies”) come pouring off the wall with an open invitation for viewers…
Find out more »You Don’t Know Me
Prøve Gallery hosts the opening reception for "You Don’t Know Me," an exhibition of artwork that communicates "epic personal stories" in their exhibition and performance space. The exhibition will be on view through August 30.
Find out more »Sep 2019
Bob Pokorney: 10 New Paintings Opening Reception
Prøve Gallery hosts the opening reception for Bob Pokorney: 10 New Paintings in their exhibition and performance space. 10 New Paintings is an exhibition of new large-scale canvases by painter Bob Pokorney that explore patterns of shadows across the natural and built environment. For more information visit provegallery.com.
Find out more »Oct 2019
Come as You Art
Prøve Gallery holds its annual member drive and fundraiser, Come as You Art, featuring refreshments and music, a meat raffle, meet and greet with collective board members and a costume contest. Music will be provided by Diona Johnson and the Crunchy Bunch DJ collective. Tickets are available at the door for $10 and include admission and a raffle ticket. All funds raised go toward Prøve Gallery programming and exhibits.
Find out more »Nov 2019
Trouble: A Glam-Punk Trans-Rock Love Story
Lynette Reini-Grandell and her spouse of 36 years Venus de Mars read from and discuss the process of writing separate memoirs on their parallel journeys through the ups and down of art, love, rock and roll. They will share writing strategies that have helped them move forward in creating book-length manuscripts and how they've coped with dredging up the sometimes painful past.
Find out more »Dec 2019
Social Justice Social
The Duluth Branch The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Young Adult Committee's quarterly social is partnering with some organizations to make this an event for young adults* who are interested in social justice. Partnering folks include: * Duluth Branch NAACP * Blackbird Revolt * H.O.T.D.I.S.H. Militia * Uuniversity of Minnesota-Duluth Office of Diversity & Inclusion * Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, Inc. * Planned Parenthood Duluth Health Center * Mentor Duluth * Duluth YMCA * CHUM * AFSCME…
Find out more »Jan 2020
Sarah Brokke Opening Reception: Metamorphose
Local painter Sarah Brokke presents Metamorphose, her exhibition of new painting that extrude the sacred from dreams and everyday existence. The exhibition will be on view through Feb. 21.
Find out more »Feb 2020
Sarah Brokke Closing Reception and Artist Talk
Local painter Sarah Brokke presents Metamorphose, her exhibition of new painting that extrude the sacred from dreams and everyday existence. Her artist talk begins at 6 p.m. She will share her inspirations for this latest body of work, her explorations of finding the sacred in the everyday, and the ways that she has opened herself up to the power of her own dreams.
Find out more »Mar 2020
What the Feminist! Community Art Exhibition
Prøve Gallery hosts the opening of the fourth annual What the Feminist! Community Art Exhibition in its exhibition and performance space. Featuring works by local and regional artists, as well as artists from across the nation, WTF! is an exhibition of works of art that advocate for social justice, community action and civic engagement.
Find out more »Apr 2022
COVID-19: Labor Camp Reports
Prøve Collective hosts the opening of COVID-19: Labor Camp Reports, an exhibition showcasing 176 of the 225 posters hand drawn by artist Piotr Szyhalski daily from March 24 to Nov. 3, 2020. The event marks the reopening of Prøve Gallery after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What started as a single drawing slowly morphed into a daily practice for Szyhalski -- a way to reconcile and record the thoughts, feelings and change being wrought in the world.…
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