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At Rest – acrylic on canvas, 12″ x 12″ copyright Dana M Johnson 2009:  This painting will be on display at Salon Ori for the Month of November

I hope you will join us Friday evening in Stillwater MN at the Stillwater Art Guild Gallery located at 317 South Main Street.  Gina M Winther, Lawrenz Jewelry & myself are showing in what is called the River Room.  Friday night is the start of a two day event called Art on Main there will be several galleries open along the street.  It is going to be a great way to spend a Friday evening and we hope you can join us!

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Studio 308 Dana M Johnson & Lawrenz Jewelry

The Saint Paul Art Crawl kicked off last night and continues today & Sunday!  A great way to spend a cool October weekend.  I’ll be brewing coffee & baking cookies in my studio all day, so stop by, warm up and check out my paintings & special guest Lawrenz Jewelry.  We are in Studio 308 of the Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative.  While you are here there area  many other wonderful artists showing in the building, Marla Gamble & Diane both jewelry designers, Tacoumba Aiken, Alexandra Rozenman, Gina Winther & Mathew Max on 4th floor, Barbara Gilhooly, Tressa Sularz, Ken Friberg’s photography, Patrick Maun (tiny landscapes in the stairwell), Evita Newman & more!  Don’t forget to check out the $5 art vending machine outside the Black Dog Cafe too!

Here are some photos from Friday night at the Lowertown Lofts Cooperative- All photos of guest musicians, “Boys in the Barrels”, a wonderful bluegrass band, were shot by photographer Michael of Construction by Design.

Experiencing Nature in an Urban Environment

TONIGHT!

• Lowertown Lofts Cooperative (Door is in the alley)
• 255 East Kellogg Blvd
• St Paul MN 55101
• 6 – 9 pm

The Preview Below is a concept design by Jeanine Kindlien, Adam Jonas and Korrin Lohman

Urban Arbor: Micro-environments for macro-effects

Experiencing Nature in an Urban Environment

• Tomorrow Night!  6-9pm Hope to see you there!  Click HERE for full details

Today’s Previews are Artists Nou Ka Yang &  Zach Koss