Arts & Culture

“Area Voices” is a segment on the KAXE Morning Show that focuses on the art and history of Northern Minnesota. Host Andrew Dziengel looks back at some highlights in 2025.

For the fourth time, Bemidji High School students are participating in the Empty Bowls project at the Wild Hare in Bemidji. Teacher Sarah Stewart talks about the project and why it’s important for students to get involved.

White Earth Nation artist Kent Estey talks about the challenges artists face in making a business out of their art, his art history and his inspiration.

The $5,000 grant from the Region 2 Arts Council is intended to allow Indigenous creatives from Northern Minnesota the opportunity to further their work.

Bemidji artist Nicholas Jackson joined “Area Voices” on the “KAXE Morning Show” to discuss his return to art and his unique approach to commissions.

The Taste of the Arts tour is Saturday and Sunday. Find maps at Sunrise Foods or Wildflower Cottage in Bemidji or online.

Cultures, Arts and Humanities on the Iron Range, or CHAIR, is the new name for the Lyric Center for the Arts in Virginia. Their mission is to provide opportunities for people of all ages across the Iron Range.

The Brainerd-based organization already budgeted the $20,000 to support its summer opera production, and it will need to make up the funding elsewhere.

The nonprofit will recognize its anniversary with an event on May 8, 2025, at Passport, formerly known as Sage on Laurel, in downtown Brainerd.

Volunteer photographer Lorie Shaull documented the maple syrup season this year. She visited three hobby maple sugaring sites, capturing the process's creativity and the end product's sweet rewards.