About
Straight River Arts is all about mentoring emerging artists, collaborating with the community and artists, and bringing together the community through the arts. We are also passionate about bringing the arts to the public: showcasing the many artists who live and work in our region and bringing work from further afield to a local audience. We feel it is vital to ensure that we support both artists and art lovers and provide a vibrant venue to bring both together. We want to make arts experiences accessible to audiences who love the arts as well as to people who might not have traditionally been exposed to the arts but who would enjoy them!
Straight River Arts Staff
TAMI JO RESLER President/Co-Founder
Following a long career in non-profit fundraising, Arts administration and a lifetime as an artist, Tami teamed up with Jessica and Meredith to create a community art festival and thriving Arts Organization.
JESSICA PRILL Treasurer/Co-Founder
Jessica is a co-founder of Straight River Arts, gallery owner, coffee shop owner and jewelry artist. She has always lived in a world of daydreams and imagination and loves to work with silver and stones and fire.
MEREDITH FIERKE Secretary/Website & Design
Meredith is a musician, singer & songwriter. She creates the designs for marketing and maintains the SRA website. She is also the coolest one.
What We Do
Straight River Art Festival
The Straight River Art Festival Is a one-day, juried, event open to all Minnesota Artists in any medium. This year we will feature 25+ vendors with hand-made artwork and fine crafts as well as live music, great food and live art creations!
The festival will be located at Central Park on Saturday, May 31st. Join us for a welcoming atmosphere for the whole community!
Healing Arts Gallery
We currently work with District One Hospital by curating and hanging the work of local artists in the Healing Arts Gallery. This has been a successful effort to beautify our community and give local artists a chance to show (and sell!) work. Apply below! Be sure to include your medium of artwork, 4 images, and a short bio.
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