Hopper/Hammershøi by Michael Banning

By Andrea Bubula | September 20, 2019

Congratulations to Groveland Gallery artist, Michael Banning, whose exhibition “Hopper/Hammershøi” opened this past week at the Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center in Nyack, New York. This exhibit is the culmination of Banning’s research, artmaking, and collaboration with American Art scholar, Kirsten M. Jensen, Ph.D.  In the summer of 2018, Banning traveled to the…

Read More

Tom Paquette – Exhibition & Book

By Andrea Bubula | October 5, 2018

This summer and fall, Tom Paquette had the opportunity to exhibit the paintings he made over the past three years illustrating his travels along the Mississippi, from source to gulf. From April through August, his exhibition titled “America’s River Re-Explored” was on display at Winona’s Minnesota Marine Art Museum. Currently, you can find this exhibition…

Read More

Michael Kareken Prints at Highpoint Center for Printmaking

By Andrea Bubula | September 27, 2018

A newly completed series of monoptypes by Michael Kareken were recently published by Highpoint Editions and are now on view at Highpoint Center for Printmaking. The exhibition, “New Monotypes“, includes a selection from Kareken’s 30+ black-and-white watercolor monotypes exploring the Pacific Northwest landscape where he grew up. Not only can the work of Michael Kareken…

Read More

Groveland at the State Fair

By Andrea Bubula | September 25, 2018

This year, the Minnesota State Fair set a new record by attracting over 2 million people over its 12 day span. 2018 was also a great State Fair year for Groveland Gallery artists Joshua Cunningham, Rod Massey, and Larry Hoffman. Joshua Cunningham was one of 12 artists selected to participate in the fair’s artist in…

Read More

A Summer of Success – Richard Abraham

By Andrea Bubula | September 22, 2018

Congratulations are due to Richard Abraham! With each summer comes a new season of plein air festivals. This year, Groveland Gallery artist Richard Abraham achieved a summer of success, being awarded “Best Sense of Place” at the Plein Air Grand Marais and “Best of Show” at the Plein Air Hudson. (Featured above, Abraham’s “Best Sense of…

Read More

Award of Excellence in Oil – Richard Abraham

By Andrea Bubula | May 17, 2018

Earlier this month at the Santa Fe Plein Air Fiesta in New Mexico, Groveland Gallery artist Richard Abraham was given the “Award of Excellence in Oil” for his painting Rito Alamitos (12″ x 16″, pictured above). The image is currently on display at the Sorrel Sky Gallery in New Mexico through May 18.  

Read More

Residency for Charles Lyon

By Andrea Bubula | May 17, 2018

This October, Groveland Gallery artist Charles Lyon will be spending two weeks out at Brush Creek Ranch in Wyoming as part of their residency program. The Brush Creek Arts Foundation enables artists to professionally develop their work in a relaxing and inspiring setting. We look forward to see what artwork will come from this concentrated time…

Read More

Groveland Gallery, Minnesota State Arts Board Grantees

By Andrea Bubula | January 11, 2018

Earlier this week the Minnesota State Arts Board announced its 2018 grantees. Groveland Gallery is pleased to share that among those who received this year’s Artist Initiative grants, two Groveland Gallery artists were included: Michael Banning and Rod Massey. Michael Banning will create a series of large-scale paintings of interiors derived from scale models created…

Read More

Joshua Huyser at SooVAC

By Andrea Bubula | November 1, 2017

From November 4 – December 24 new work by Joshua Huyser will be on view at SooVAC in Minneapolis. The exhibition is titled “Here and There” and presents, as gallery describes, “a selection of watercolors depicting singular objects, such as a juice glass, and a silver gift bow. Joshua Huyser’s astute contemplation of these items,…

Read More

Augsburg Art & Identity

By Andrea Bubula | October 14, 2017

In fall of 2016, Augsburg University selected approximately 25 artists to create artwork for their new science, business and religion building – the Hagfors Center. Two of Groveland Gallery’s artists, Amy Rice and Tiit Raid, were selected to create site-specific artwork for this building. To learn more about Tiit Raid’s commission, see his Augsburg video…

Read More