The mission of the Duluth Art Institute is to enrich daily life with dynamic, innovative visual arts programming that upholds excellence and promotes active community participation. A cultural catalyst that has been operating for more than 100 years, the DAI provides the community a rich array of arts offerings as well as a forum for the exchange of artistic ideas across a wide mix of audiences. 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 three galleries encompass 2,500 square feet and are always free and open to the public. Didactic text, tours, and the Artist Talks series interprets the work, places it within the global arts context, and stimulates an understanding of process. An Arts Learning Lab adjacent to the galleries provides art books, reference materials, family activity packs, and other opportunities to reflect and engage with what’s on view. Free Family Days, youth art camps, and year-round educational programming for children and adults enables beginner to professional artists to develop their art forms and expand their practices. Community resources include painting and multipurpose classroom spaces, a darkroom, ceramics studios, a fiber studio maintained by the Duluth Fiber Handcrafters Guild, 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 Center for Arts Education. Enrichment activities are also offered throughout the community, and the DAI has partnered with the Arrowhead Library System, Benedictine Health System, area school districts, and more.