Duluth Art Institute

We are a community visual art organization with three contemporary art galleries, artist studio spaces, and a robust art education schedule including free community events.

The Duluth Art Institute (DAI) enriches daily life with dynamic, innovative visual arts programming that upholds excellence and promotes inclusive community participation.

The DAI celebrates the vital art scene here, today, and the sense of identity active artists derive from this region—which has always had a strong sense of place, being uniquely situated on the greatest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior. The DAI is committed to contemporary curatorial practices and showcases innovative work via a roster of fresh exhibitions, featuring emerging to professional area artists as well as exceptional statewide and national art.

Our galleries are always free and open to the public. Didactic text, tours, and the Art Night Out artist talk series interpret the work, place it within the global arts context, and stimulate an understanding of process. Free ArtDAI, youth art camps, and year-round educational programming for children and adults enable beginner to professional artists to develop their art forms and expand their practices. Community resources include multipurpose classroom spaces, ceramics studios, a photo studio, and professional development services for artists. Many of these learning opportunities take place at our satellite location, a renovated Carnegie library with historic landmark status now known as the Lincoln Park Building.

By providing community connections, exhibition space, and opportunities for art making and arts exploration, engagement and learning, the DAI nurtures all facets of the visual arts in the Twin Ports.