Join us for Sarah Riley’s art opening! Apps, desserts and wine 5 - 7. Free admission.

Sarah Riley creates art with an innate narrative, filled with imagery of legends and lore from ages past, as well as timeless and contemporary dreams. Riley is inspired and influenced by the human form and nature, both being incredibly diverse and deeply spiritual. 

Learn more at https://artbysarahriley.smugmug.com/

Sarah Riley creates art with an innate narrative, filled with imagery of legends and lore from ages past, as well as timeless and contemporary dreams. Riley is inspired and influenced by the human form and nature, both being incredibly diverse and deeply spiritual.               

Her portraits consist both of faces that she has imagined and people whom she admires for their artistic endeavors and overall significance in her life and in this world.  When Riley creates a portrait of someone, she strives not only to capture a physical likeness, but to also incorporate elements of the subject's personality and demeanor; it proves a unique challenge every time and she absolutely loves it.

Roger Nielsen is the June artist of the month. Join us for his opening on Thursday, June 1st from 5 - 7pm. We’ll provide desserts and refreshments! Roger will be showing new work inspired by a recent trip to Brazil.

Humbird (Siri Undlin) is a Minneapolis based singer-songwriter, poet, and storyteller inspired by the crystalline chill of her home state’s northern winters. Undlin twines experimental folk, environmental Americana, and orchestral compositions to forge an explorative embodiment of the narrative folk song and balladry tradition. Released in September 2019, her debut full length album, Pharmakon, engineered by Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens) and produced by Shane Leonard (Field Report), has been received with remarkable critical acclaim and has amassed nearly 20 million streams since its release. Folk Alley listed “Pharmakon” as one of their favorite songs of 2019 and at the end of week one, the album ranked #19 on the top NACC music charts and by week two was at #1 on the Folk charts - one of only two self-released albums to chart. Most recently she won the 2021 Kerrville Folk Festival’s song-writing competition was able to perform a set at the 49th annual festival this fall. Humbird is currently touring her third studio album, Still Life - released in 2021. Keep your eye out for the next release due in 2024!

A Humbird live performance is intimate and earthy, literal and metaphorical. The band nimbly prances around the lilt of Undlin’s unfaltering fervent and haunting voice - the focal point. Although the songs and stories hold their own, the embellishments the band supply add the perfect splash of timbre and color to deliver a dynamic and engaging performance.

*FREE CAMPING is available for after this event. Brickyard Pottery sits on two acres of land in the north woods of Wisconsin. Although we are not a campground, we recognize that many concert attendees may travel a significant distance for this event. We have ample space for tent camping as well as RV / van camping. A public bathroom is located inside Brickyard Pottery and will be accessible late night and early morning and extending throughout the following day.

Meg Erke is a mixed media artist and illustrator working in collage and painting. Her work is inspired by the natural world (most often the woods, water, and trees of the midwest) and how we look for and find ways to connect with each other through art and nature. She is the author and illustrator of “Minnealphabet:  An Outdoorsy Homage to Minneapolis”, a picture book celebrating the city’s unique connection to natural spaces.  Meg has a BA in Visual Art from Luther College and her Masters of Education from Lesley University.  It was during her undergraduate years that she first fell in love with Book Arts and Painting as forms of artistic expression. It took another decade and leaving her career in middle and high school arts education to find ways to integrate the two mediums together. Meg’s paintings often include found text from salvaged and broken books and her Minnealphabet series includes text from old travel guides about the Twin Cities area.

Rita Panton is a ceramic artist who resides in Minneapolis.  She earned her BFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and in 2020 received an Emerging Artist Grant from the Jerome Foundation.  A plant lover, pastry chef, collector, hiker, and mother, Rita splits her time between the studio, the kitchen, the forest, and her family.

Panton’s work follows the tradition of visual storytelling in clay.  She records her generation’s personalities and frames of mind through drawings.  Her sculptures share glimpses of characters being themselves, often exhibiting attitudes, awkwardness and fears.  Panton explores the themes of hyperbole and balance while creating pieces that are a hybrid of flat and sculptural.

Virginia Streitz is a potter, painter and co-owner of Brickyard Pottery.