The Mobile Art Gallery 2026 season is coming soon!!
Art of the Stamp
Art of the Stamp will celebrate the impactful history of the postal service in our democracy through in ArtReach St. Croix’s own Mobile Art Gallery. This year the Mobile Art Gallery walls, totaling 22 linear feet, will be filled with original artworks–a “stamp collection” of sorts highlighting the history of stamps as a method of public art distribution. Developed in 2016, the Mobile Art Gallery exhibitions change from year to year. The Mobile Art Gallery can be found out and about from May through October.
All forms of creative work are encouraged. All media, subjects and styles are welcome including—but not limited to—painting, fibers, printmaking, sculpture, glass, pottery, jewelry, mixed media, photography or video. Artists living and/or working in the St. Croix Valley are especially encouraged to submit applications.
Art of the Stamp came about after the NEA changed the NEA Big Read grant guidelines after the January 2025 deadline. The new guidelines required an AMERICA250 event either with our Big Read or as a stand-alone project. This additional project is required by the NEA.
2025 Fall Exhibition
Artwork featured from the group show, “The Water Where We Live”, originally exhibited at A House Unbuilt’s Art & Water Space in partnership with the Brown’s Creek Watershed District. This exhibition amplifies the hidden stories living in the Brown’s Creek Watershed as well as the ways we can protect the water that flows there.
2025 Summer Exhibition
This year roaming poems fill the Mobile Art Gallery with “Poets of Place,” highlighting the importance of poetry and creativity in the St. Croix Valley. Speaking on personal experiences, the impacts of nature, and the beauty and complexities of life. ArtReach is pleased to announce five St. Croix Valley poets as this year’s Poets of Place; MP Flandrick, Daniel Kilkelly, Adam Pieri-Johnson, Kate Seitz, and Aaron Sparby. The Poets of Place will be featured artists before the open mic during Arrow Broken Poetry Collective’s monthly event along with a Chapbook Launch. Read the Poets of Place poems online for free here: Poets of Place Poems
Poets of Place and the 2025 season of the Mobile Art Gallery is supported by the St. Croix Foundation, RBC Foundation & Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Previous Exhibits
Artwork, once captive has gone free and the 2024 season of the Mobile Art Gallery was supported by the St. Croix Valley Foundation and RBC Wealth Management Foundation. Thanks to Stillwater Collision and Mechanical for loaning a truck for the season.
Our Summer 2023 exhibit was In A New Light featuring photography by the youth of Northwest Passage.
In A New Light and the 2023 season of the Mobile Art Gallery is supported by the St. Croix Valley Foundation and RBC Wealth Management Foundation.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions in the summer of 2020, the live music performances by Blue Hazard were cancelled. In the spirit of supporting artists during the pandemic, ArtReach received permission from MRAC to use the grant funds that would have been used for the public performances to instead pay for the production of a new music video. Please enjoy!
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.