The purpose of the Stillwater Public Library Gallery is to provide education and arts enrichment through exhibits and displays, to increase community involvement in the library, and to provide an enjoyable environment for the library’s users.
The library’s gallery exhibits typically change every two months and feature the work of contemporary area artists. If you are a local artist and are interested in holding a show at the library, learn about the gallery terms, space, and publicity.
2025 Shows
In the Gallery: You’re Just Seeing Things by Ian Valor
March - April 2025: The bold colors and minimalist lines of Ian Valor's works are on display in the gallery through April. The art explores the question "Am I just seeing things?" and plays with perception to challenge how we see and interpret the world. This...
In the Gallery: Bound by Nature
January - February 2025: In January and February 2025, Stillwater Public Library's gallery will feature the work of three local artists in the exhibit Bound by Nature: Antlers, Clay, Stones, Sticks. The show explores the artists' deep connection to the natural world...
2024
November – December: The Poetry of Painting by Dan Petrov
September – October: Karen Chan & Student Art
July – August: Lena Wolf Rothman & Spike Carlsen
May – June: A Brush with Nature by Charlotte Schuld and The Smallest Show on Earth by Trudi Schaefer
March – April: Robert Snyder
January – February: Youth Artists (Students of Lena Wolf Rothman)
2023
October – December: We Are Water
July – September: art•ist:er•ik slet•ten ret•ro•spec•tive
May – June: Waterworks by Catherine Hearding
March – April: NEA Big Read in the St. Croix Valley gallery show featuring aging adult artists and caregiving adult artists
January – February: Nature in Art and Imagined Vignettes by Beth Marcus
2022
October – December: James Beck
August – September: Michael Slagle
June – July: Holle Brian & Fred Brian
April – May: Photo Essay by Ne-Dah-Ness Rose Greene
February – March: Home is Where the Art Is
December 2021 – January 2022: Gayle Brunner Frandrup
2021
December 2021 – January 2022: Gayle Brunner Frandrup
October-November: A Tale of Music & Art by Michael DeMeglio
August-September: Water, White Pines, & Wildflowers by Sarah Lilja
June-July: Classic & Vibrant Still Life Oil Paintings by Karen Tan
2020
January-February Textiles – Traditional and Modern 2020 by St. Croix Valley Rug Hookers (and beyond)
2019
November-December: Recollections by Susan Strand-Penman & Jerilyn Strand
September-October Views from Within by Becky Benson
July-August Twelve Months in the Midwest by Bruce and Tamy Leventhal
May-June Memories into Art by Rita Zawislak-Brandt
March-April Surreal Landscapes by Kristin Prideaux
January-February Fiber Favorites
2018
November-December Nature Photography by Craig Blacklock
September-October Michael Gordon and Nick Earl
July-August Jamais vu: To See Anew by Charlotte Schuld
May-June Within An Exhibition of Drawings by Jennifer Davenport
March-April The Secret Camino by Ann Gregory
January-February Flora and Fauna Creating Art With Wool One Loop at a Time
2017
November-December Diana Hatchitt
September-October Digital Vision Quests by The Western Wisconsin Photography Club
July-August Virginia Lovness
May-June Jimmy Longoria
March-April Tim Nyberg
January-February Town and Garden by the St. Croix Valley Area Rug Hookers
2016
November-December Pebbles in the River by Tomy O’Brien
September-October Emily Haddad
July-August Gregg Rochester
May-June Oil and Water with Dianne Ginsberg and Jeanette Richards
March-April Laurie Schneider
January-February St. Croix Valley Area Rug Hookers
2015
November-December Myrlah Olson
September 2015- October David Parker
July 2015-August Melissa Belanger
May 2015-June Sharon Weiser
March-April Every Day Brave with Douglas Limon, Rachel Limon, Gavino Limon, Melvin Losh & Tom Lindfors
January-February Wynn Davis
2014
August -September Marie Olofsdotter
July-August Sue Hedin
May-June Edie and Richard Abnet
March-April Beverly Van Dell
January-February Carl Cedergren