Grand Marais Art Fair 2022 shows a lot of diversity, a lot of flair

 

The 31st Grand Marais Art Fair is in the books, and once again it drew raves as thousands of people descended on the school parking lot(s) where the festival was held.

This past weekend there were 85 artist booths, four food trucks, and six different musicians on hand to keep folks fed, entertained, and in art for the foreseeable future.

“The Grand Marais Art Colony would like to extend its gratitude to the wider Cook County community for its support of the 31st Annual Grand Marais Arts Festival, held July 9-10, 2022. Thank you – you made it a resounding success,” said Grand Marais Art Colony Co-Directors Lyla Brown and Ruth Pszwaro.

“The uncertainty of the weather on Sunday afternoon unfortunately meant the early closure of Arts Fest and we concede the disappointment that some may have felt. Our decision making priority was the safety of our artists, our volunteers, and visitors to the festival. May we have full sunshine and cool breezes next time!”

 

Brown and Pszwaro offered up thanks of gratitude to the following: Visit Cook County (VCC) and Cook County Commissioners, as well as Angry Trout Café, Betsy Bowen Gallery, Bluefin Bay, Blue Water Café, Cascade Vacation Rentals, Cedar Grove Veterinary Clinic, Chik-Wauk, Coldwell Banker North Shore, Cook County Whole Foods Coop, Crawford Excavating, Drury Lane Books, Grand Marais State Bank, Graywolf Press, Hedstrom Lumber Company, Java Moose, Joy & Company, Joynes Ben Franklin, Lake Superior Trading Post, MCAD/ MFA Program, Mangy Moose Motel, Mediacom, Milkweed Editions, North Shore Federal Credit Union, North Shore Winery, Northern Wilds, Outpost Motel, ProPrint, Sivertson Gallery, Statewide Insurance Brokers, TimberWolff Realty, Wet Paint, World’s Best Donuts, WTIP. Your financial support makes this festival possible.

We are grateful to our volunteers: Julie Arthur, Emma Becher, Sally Berg, Jalene Betts, Kristin Blomberg, Sheila Brown, Mike Carlson, Dennis Chick, Ellen Cooke, Paula Gustafson, Virginia Hahn, Anne Hegg, MaryJane Huggins, Maggie Jones, Janet Kampa, Donna Karnuth, Andrea Larsen, Cheryl Larsen, Autumn Lauer, Nina McCune, Marjorie Markusen, Catherine Meier, Bruce Nowlin, Martin Peper, James Plahuta, Elias Pszwaro, Gordy Salisbury, Danessa Schmidt, Signy Sherman, Owen Slater, Mary Somnis. Your gifts of time and energy make this festival possible.

 

We are grateful to Theo Rex who provided overnight security on both Friday and Saturday, and we are grateful to Melissa Dressely who managed our social media for the weekend. Thank you.

We are grateful to the food trucks who provided excellent fare: The Bad Seed, Crooked Spoon, Crosby Bakery and Fisherman’s Daughter.

We are grateful to our musicians who added to the ambiance of the event: Fred Anderson, Bump Blomberg, Roxann Berglund and Brian Morrison, Jim McGowan, Jim & Michelle Miller, and Joe Paulik.

We are grateful to the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office who stationed their Community Service Officer, Logan Wehner, at the festival for the weekend, providing flexible and necessary support as needed.

 

We look forward to hosting Arts Fest again in 2023 and welcoming all of you to the event.