GALLERY EXHIBITION

Project Lead: Interact teaching artist, 

Joli Grostephen

EXHIBIT HOURS

Friday, January 23, 2025

5:00pm - 7:00pm

STUDIO LOCATION

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts

1860 W Minnehaha Ave

St Paul, MN 55104

EXHIBIT LOCATION

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts

1860 W Minnehaha Ave

St Paul, MN 55104

SYNOPSIS

In the Gallery with Interact offers students a rare opportunity to immerse themselves in the creative process within Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts’ brand-new gallery space in Saint Paul. For the full three weeks of J-Term, students will work daily in this inspiring environment, guided by a professional Interact teaching artist and collaborating directly with Interact’s own community of visual and performing artists. The project emphasizes learning by doing: students won’t just study art, they will make it, side by side with practicing artists whose perspectives and methods bring fresh energy to every session.

The residency culminates in a public exhibition that showcases the work of both students and Interact artists, highlighting the creative dialogue and shared exploration that happens in the studio. This is a chance to experience what it means to create in a professional arts space—where collaboration, experimentation, and community are at the heart of the process. For students interested in visual art, or simply in discovering how professional artists work, this J-Term project provides a unique and inspiring entry point.