Posts by Northwest Passage Gallery

The best way to describe Carole Fure is “spritely.”  Her bright nature matches the bright colors she loves to use for her artwork. Fure is the Burnett Area Art Group’s current featured artist at the Northwest Passage Gallery. Fure’s medium is fiber and textiles. “I have come to appreciate how much I enjoy color,” she…

You might say Carol Goerke Johnson is a late bloomer. At 81, she is the Burnett Area Arts Group’s Fall 2021 featured artist. It’s been a life-long journey, parts of which are captured here. She was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where she grew up; her first experience with art came in the 4th grade. “We…

“It’s great that we can share the language of art together,” says Mike Rygg. He and Rosemary Hultman have shared that language as partners in life and art since 1975 when they met in a meditation class. They are the creative team of Clam River Pottery and their work is on view at the Passage…

After years of planning and fundraising, the new Northwest Passage Gallery has stood ready to create a more vibrant community through access to the arts since its completion in March 2020. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has kept the gallery doors closed, but that is about to change. The Northwest Passage Gallery will be one of…