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Studio 176 - 2025 Season
Studio 176 - 2025 Season
Studio 176 welcomed Brita Sailer as an artist member.
Studio 176 - 2024 Season
Studio 176 - 2024 Season
Studio 176 welcomed Jesica Smith as an artist member, exhibited a short term pop up with Craig Burle and celebrated its 5th year of being in business!
Jesica Smith
Jesica Smith
Artist Reception - June 23, 2024
Craig Bihrle
Craig Bihrle
Artist Reception - July 11, 2024
Our Birthday! We're Five!
Our Birthday! We're Five!
August 8, 2024
Art Leap 2024
Art Leap 2024
September 23-24, 2024
Studio 176 - 2023 Season
Studio 176 - 2023 Season
Studio 176 expanded it's artists members from one to three. With artist Kent Estey moving on to new adventures, artists Jessica Akre, Bickey Bender and Elizabeth Rockstad joined us.
Bickey Bender
Bickey Bender
Artist Reception - June 6, 2023
Take a break from the 'hot days of summer' and joins us for a reception with the 'one and only' Bickey Bender! Enjoy refreshments, snacks, Art, conversation & stay for the music at 2nd Street Stage!
Artist Bio:
"My work reflects my fascination without the simple pleasures of everyday life. A bird, and old building, a texture - all conjure for me the joy inherent in the basic things of our world. And while exotic locales may appear in my canvases from time to time, it’s the richness of my modest childhood in rural North Dakota that ultimately informs my work.
I grew up in Medberry, North Dakota, the youngest of five children in a town of 20 people. Out three-bedroom house, the property of my father’s employer, Cargill Grain Company, had no running water, no indoor bathroom and no electricity until I turned 10.
We were not materially rich, but I never felt want. Our lives were filled with the bounty of the natural world - the immense sky, heat lightening on a summer evening, the northern lights, talking crows and inquisitive goats. We entertained ourselves with creative play, singing, crafts and practical jokes. When I was five years old I distinctly remember my brother Wayne seating me in the front seat of my parents’s Chevy while he sat in the back, foot on the gas, while I was at the wheel. My mom just about had a heart-attack when she saw
us drive by.
Today I live on a lake outside Park Rapids, Minnesota. In may studio I work with handmade paper, watercolor and acrylics. I integrate leaves, bank, feathers and other natural objects into my pieces."
-Bickey Bender
Jessica Akre
Jessica Akre
Artist Reception - June 15, 2023
Here's a little intro from Jess herself!
"Hi! I’m Jess.
I’m an artist and an art educator. One of my greatest joys is sharing artwork and the experience of making art with others. I am a mixed-media artist who combines collage, paint, and dry media in small narrative artworks.
I studied art and art education at Minnesota State University Moorhead. I graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Art in Art (emphasis in photography) and a Bachelor of Science in Art Education.
After graduation, I began my career as a K-12 art educator and has been teaching full-time since 2011. I received a Master of Art in Art Education from Boston University in 2018. My masters research project explored personal identity through visual art journaling practices. Learn more about art journaling in my blog The Visual Journal."
Elizabeth Rockstad
Elizabeth Rockstad
Artist Reception - July 27, 2023
Join is for the Mosaics of our 2023 artist member Elizabeth Rockstad! Enjoy refreshments, snacks, Art, conversation & stay for the music at 2nd Street Stage!
Elizabeth's Bio:
"Elizabeth Kitchell-Rockstad is a Mosaic artist who creates custom mosaics for residential and public settings, conducts school residencies, community projects and teaches mosaic workshops at her art studio in Ada Minnesota. Elizabeth has been creating mosaics for over 20 years. Her work has been displayed in regional and national art shows and can be seen in many local businesses & schools. Her work is ever changing…using a wide range of materials & found object. Her preferred medium is glass & tile. She is a member of the MN Mosaic guild & Society of Mosaic Artist. After teaching K-12 art for 16 years, Elizabeth took a leap of faith and opened her own art studio, Studio 4:13 in 2011. She has worked with many groups and enjoys the artistic process of creating… from design and brainstorming, all the way through to installation.
When not at the studio, Elizabeth enjoys spending time at the lake with her husband and their two girls. In her free time, she raises miniature donkeys and countless farm cats!"
-Elizabeth Rockstad
Studio 176 - 2022 Season
Studio 176 - 2022 Season
Studio 176 announced this summer it will be exhibiting a series of exhibits this summer, "In Tandem." This unique series will feature two artists each month that either work, live, or have a strong creative connection to each other. In addition, we welcomed Kent Estey to our gallery.
May 2022 - Featured Artist
Kent Estey
Artist Reception - Saturday, May 21st, 4-7 PM
I have always been somewhat of a landscape artist. When I was in school my go-to pieces were always landscape, and I’ve never have done any figurative paintings, they just didn’t appeal to me. I paint reflections of colors and pieces of time, dreams, feelings, calm and sometimes broad motions and movement. I look to the sky, I look across the lake, I peer into the water. Those are the places of inspiration. There will be this flash of light or color in the sky that says “that needs to be painted”. That is my inspiration.
Most times these images are painted in an abstract way, with little or no forethought, beyond the colors and direction or movement of the brushes. For most of my life I’ve painted with oils. It wasn’t until recently that I moved to acrylics. Now that I have used them, I am really enjoying them. I have a fondness for high flow acrylics, inks and metallics. Most recently I’ve added another dimension to my work with copper wire, pieces of hardware and stone. I find these pieces can start a conversation about representation vs it is what it is. I like when people ask, “What is it”….I usually respond with “What do you see?”
June 2022 - Featured Artist
Kay Rossbach & Jay Ross
Artist Reception - Saturday, June 4th, 4-7 PM
Kay Rossbach & Jay Ross
Artist Reception - Saturday, June 4th, 4-7 PM
July 2022 - Featured Artist
Barry Simonson & Ramona Howey
Barry Simonson & Ramona Howey
Artist Reception - Thursday, June 30th 4-7 PM
August 2022 - Featured Artist
Jill Odegaard & Brain Wiggins
Jill Odegaard & Brain Wiggins
Artist Reception - Friday, August 5th 4-7 PM
September 24-25, 2022
Art Leap 2022
Simonson, Rossbach, Grisamore, Estey
November 12, 2022
November 12, 2022
Live Music with Cheery Trudge
Live Music with Cheery Trudge
Studio 176 - 2021 Season
Studio 176 - 2021 Season
Studio 176 worked with the dynamics of the pandemic to hold a reception for young artist Clara Buschner and feature each of the co-owners during the summer of 2021 as COVID had delayed those celebrations.
Clara Buschner
Clara Buschner
Artist Reception - February 14, 2021
Because we love ART, we've decided to celebrate on Sunday, February 14th by holding a Small Scale SDR (Socially-Distanced Reception) Take that Cupid!
We've reconfigured the wall space, brought in some new works, and mostly we are very excited to present the works of Clara Buchner -a young, vibrant emerging artist! Clara was recently featured in the Park Rapids Enterprise as part of an article about how art helps to cope during these unstable times and her work is not only technically brilliant it dives deep reflecting the turbulent states of life.
Do note: because COVID is still a concern for many of our patrons, mask wearing will be required in the gallery. Being the space is small so we will limit the number of people in the gallery so when you arrive take a peek before entering. We greatly appreciate your cooperation with that.
June 2021 - Featured Artist
Laura Grisamore
Artist Reception - June 19, 2021
Laura Grisamore
Artist Reception - June 19, 2021
Flower Zen
Flower Zen
Laura Grisamore is a photographer and artist. She is a native Iowan and studied photojournalism at the University of Iowa. Passionate about the arts and art advocacy, Grisamore is active with arts organizations, served as chair on the Region 2 Arts Council, current board memeber of the Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids Arts and Culture Commission and has worked with local artist, arts organizations, businesses, Park Rapids City entities and the Chamber of Commerce to help develop and implement numerous placemaking projects throughout the Park Rapids and area. She is the owner and operator of Larualee Photography and Gallery, and co-owner of Studio 176. Recently in 2020 she pivoted from portrait work to solely focusing on her art and art galleries.
Grisamore’s work is imaginative, intuitive and explores the world and intricacies within around her. Through the years, her style has morphed from “untouched” urban landscapes and documentaries to fine art photography, she creates from original photographs of Northern Minnesota's natural landscapes, found natural objects and textures. Her recent work “Flower Zen,” printed on large scale metal pieces, captures flowers in a raw and simplistic state. She writes, “I want people to experience these flowers and share the sensations I felt when I let go. Initially when I started selecting and taking photos of flowers last summer I was trying to impose my ideas of what I thought they should look like or what they were creatively going to become post production. I was fussing over the perfect flower, poses and was losing my mind. Frustrated, I finally just let go, let the flowers do what they wanted to, I just let them be and speak to me. It was then that I started to see, really see and listen, really listen to each flower's personality, story, gestures and inner beauty unfolded in front of my very eyes. They have a lot to say and teach us and I am just learning how to see and listen."
July2021 - Featured Artist
Jeremy Simonson
Jeremy Simonson
Artist Reception - July 3, 2021
Artist Reception - July 3, 2021
Underwater - Summer 2021
Underwater - Summer 2021
I love to explore different ways of looking at everyday things using natural elements like reflections, light and refraction. I have a passion for landscape and water and showing how colorful, artistic and abstract even the simplest thing can be when you use the light naturally. One of my favorite subjects for this is water. Water is such a beautiful element when interacting with light and movement. Natural reflections of lakes, rivers and streams offer such fascinating frames, showing movement, a representation of light, its counterpart, giving back. Giving away so much but never telling the truth.
With water, I photograph exactly what I see and do not use manipulation to create or layer the image - just a little extra saturation and contrast to bring out the colors.
For several years I have been taking water portraits of my family at our cabin on Strawberry Lake. At the time I was concerned about protecting our water and wanted to do a series of images that explored my relationship to this natural resource. Of course there is no other subject closer to me than family and my love of nature and the memories made at our cabin in Minnesota. My family would become my subject, surrounded by water, staring directly into the camera surrounded by this precious resource. Adding importance to the water and subject. Deepening my relationship with both family and this resource I wanted to protect. But, after the pandemic hit, this project took another turn.
I moved the subject underwater. Water symbolizing my experience. Water can create such fascinating frames that I thought it needed to take center stage and envelop the subject. Elements like reflection, light and refraction painting over the subject.
I don’t know about you, but I felt isolated and underwater. We all experienced this time through our own lens. Water and light became my paintbrush to explore my own personal struggle of this turbulent time. Reaction, Isolation, Hope, Creation, Struggle. This is how I experienced it. The rest I leave to you and your imagination.
Indigo Skies Workshop
Indigo Skies Workshop
Join Studio 176 Artist Elisa Boushee’s, Indigo Sky Workshop, and discover way to capture and release emotion the the art of painting.
During this 2 hour painting session, Boushee will guide you through painting Minnesota majestic night sky. You will learn artist techniques, style, and experience how to release negative thoughts during the creative process.
Workshop: July 27, 6-8pm at Studio 176 downtown Park Rapids.
Seating is limited: 40.00 per person
Must pre-register: elisaboushee@gmail.com, private message, or contact Elisa Boushee at #218-252-6080 text or leave message and she will contact you with confirmation
August 2021 - Featured Artist
Dawn Rossbach
Dawn Rossbach
Artist Reception - August 7, 2021
Artist Reception - August 7, 2021
Polar Opposites
Polar Opposites
Polar Opposites exhibits the two separate bodies of work I created at the same time, but both take on completely different approaches as direct results of the pandemic. The Abstract Landsape Series was an exercise in finding a way to deal with a toxic environment that challenged me on a personal level I found when I painted the landscapes the focus became the color, the contrast, and the brushstroke which kept me balanced and less anxious which ramped up the last year. Silent Screams became a cathartic process of finding a release for a collection of voices that held anxiety, frustration, or anger. While sorting through old drawings, that I deemed no longer necessary to keep I began to repurpose the paper and gessoed over them. As I explored, I ended up washing portions of the drawings to remove what I considered ugly and chaotic. At that point I felt like it was too chaotic much like our current world and society, so I decided to try and organize and unify the work. Much like how we trying to get back to pre-pandemic days. As I blocked off areas when working on the first one of the series, the emergance of the portrait came through with the square shape of the open mouth waiting to scream. At that point I began to collect “screams” including my own, that were shared with me through the various means; mail, private messages, written on notebook paper left with me. The words are what they wanted to scream out in either the workplace, home, or the community as a whole, but would or could not because they would risk their job, family or place in community. It begs the question – “Does freedom of speech really exist?”
My work often evolves out of conversations I have sparking ideas to express on canvas, mixed media or hand pulled prints. Sometimes, they are simple images that represent nothing more than the sheer enjoyment of an object or our environment, sometimes they are conveying a louder message that should be heard.
September 2021 - Featured Artist
Elisa Boushee
Elisa Boushee
Artist Statement
This series is a reflection of what nature has taught me. Nature’s elements assist the planet with purification, growth, and abundance. Similar to the climate conditions being a force in a season, emotions are a force within the human mind. Learning to embrace the beauty and destruction that allows for transformation and growth. I’m hoping to show in these pieces a path of emotional endurance. Walking through the flames, rising from the ashes, and bathing in the abundance of new life.
Live Music - Cheery Trudge
"A Special Night of Thanks!"
Live Music - Cheery Trudge
"A Special Night of Thanks!"
November 19, 2021
Studio 176 - 2020 Season
Studio 176 - 2020 Season
Studio 176 celebrated several artists including, Heidi Jeub, Tammy Nara, Joe Hobson, Bicky Bender, and Deane Johnson.
Flash in before the Night In!
Flash in before the Night In!
Attending the Beagle Book event? Stop on in before the event and check out what's new. We will be open for a social between 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Cheese. Wine. Chat!
February 8, 2020
Sip and Zoom
Heidi Jeub
Artist Reception - June 25, 2020
Sip and Zoom
Heidi Jeub
Artist Reception - June 25, 2020
Grab a glass of ______and maybe some cheese and crackers, and join us for a conversation around the work of Heidi Jeub. (Zoom Meeting link & login Info below).
Currently the Artist of the Month at Studio 176, Heidi is a painter, bookbinder, public artist, and arts advocate. Her work recently focuses on rural arts and culture, yet, it is always a challenge to talk about the rural, without the idyllic landscapes or stereotypical structures or ideas. Therefore, a conversation is an important part of understanding the work.
"I realized I was making work without concerning myself with the direct market, which gave me freedom. Yet it was isolating. Yet, I couldn't let it go." -Heidi
There will be a slide show of the work, and an opportunity to chat about art, life, and all things current... or past.
Studio 176 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting
Sip and Zoom
Tammy Nara
Artist Reception - July 23, 2020
Sip and Zoom
Tammy Nara
Artist Reception - July 23, 2020
Join us as we host a live Sip and Zoom reception with Tammy Nara. Meet the artist, chat, laugh, enjoy a beverage of your choice - cheese optional! Dress up or not, it's Zoom!
Zoom meeting info:
Studio 176 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Sip and Zoom with Tammy Nara
Time: Jul 23, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Let's Celebrate!
Let's Celebrate!
We are celebrating our one year anniversary! And celebrating with cake (cup cake style) and presents! If your in the area, grab a cupcake and all those who went to our web site and signed up for our email are eligible for presents from us! We are giving away four artworks to celebrate. We will go live and announce the winners shortly before we close.
Sip and Zoom
with artist Bickey Bender
Artist Reception - August 13, 2020
Sip and Zoom
with artist Bickey Bender
Artist Reception - August 13, 2020
Studio 176 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Sip and Zoom with Bickey Bender
Time: Aug 13, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Deane Johnson
Deane Johnson
Artist Reception - September 12, 2020
September's featured artist, Deane Johnson will be in the studio to talk art and photography. Join us from 2:00 - 5:00 for refreshments and conversation
Sip and Zoom
Flower Photography with Deane Johnson
September 17, 2020
Sip and Zoom
Flower Photography with Deane Johnson
September 17, 2020
Deane Johnson our September featured artist will discuss flower photography and composition.
Basic outdoor photo techniques -- light, composition, and conditions
Photo editing using photo programs available on most phones, computers and Adobe Lightroom.
Studio 176 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: "Sip & Zoom" with Deane Johnson
Time: Sep 17, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Studio 176 - 2019 Season
Studio 176 - 2019 Season
Studio 176 opened it's doors on August 8, 2019. It's been "wingin' it" ever since!
Open House!
Open House!
Stop in for appetizers, talk with the four founding Studio 176 artists and enter for a chance to win one of the 4 artworks that will be given away.
August 30, 2019
Art Leap 2019
Art Leap 2019
Stop on in as part of your Art Leap tour! We are open both Saturday and Sunday! 10-5 on Sat and 11-5 on Sunday!
September 29 - 30 ,2019
Christmas Social
Christmas Social
Join us for art, conversation, refreshments, and free chair massages by
Candace of Exhale Massage and Wellness.
December 7, 2019
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