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ECRAC is looking for volunteers!

Consider joining the ECRAC Board of Directors The East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC) helps make everything the Pine Center for the Arts does possible. You can help ECRAC continue to improve art access in our region by becoming a Board Member. ECRAC’s...

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Woodfired Ceramics by Broc Allen 

Sponsored by Sauser's Hardware Broc Allen, a talented wood-fired ceramic artist from the north woods of Wisconsin, has been making waves both locally and internationally. Firing a remarkable 500 cubic foot anagama kiln that he built 17 years ago, his intricate process...

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Creatures & Characters

By Jennifer Scammahorn and Donna Budzynski Many of us are fascinated by nature. We feel awe when we walk out into the open sky; calm as we trek through a living forest. Nature gives us a magical truth through its cycle. Seasons bring challenges and tragedy. Creatures...

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The Sketchbook of Andrew Arellano

Andrew Arellano is a local artist based out of Nowthen, MN. Andrew is a self-taught artist who as a kid, would sit in the cotton fields of West Texas and draw his father's tractors. He continued to pursue his passion for art at the Art Institute of Colorado. Where he...

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Nature, Places & Patterns

by John C. Niemi & Mary Bradley John is a graphic artist by training, who uses a camera to define the visual field – the shape, texture, light & shadow within the viewfinder to capture nature’s patterns and the patterns in nature. John says “I don’t travel to...

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