"Welcome Home" | Interact Gallery
Interact is pleased to present Welcome Home: 18 Influential Voices from the Interact Studio, an exhibition that features a few of the many artists who have helped shape our creative legacy.
June 2 – September 3, 2026
Coinciding with Interact's 30th anniversary, Welcome Home highlights six alumni alongside twelve current artists with the longest running tenures, representing a collective 370 years of artistic practice.
To be an Interact artist is to be a member of the studio: a shared, and often collaborative space, where the only prerequisite is the desire to be a professional artist. Interact was conceived of by artists, for artists, as an invitation: Welcome. What do you want to make today? This question, and its spirit of inclusivity and open-endedness, remains central to Interact's mission.
Welcome Home speaks to the potential of sharing creative space and time – a tradition in which so many other artists throughout art history have found meaning and purpose. In an age of heightened isolation and intolerance, that initial invitation, made thirty years ago, remains as radical as ever.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Welcome Home: 18 Influential Voices from the Interact Studio
June 2 – September 3, 2026
Interact Gallery | 1902 Minnehaha Ave. W., St. Paul, MN
ARTIST RECEPTION
Saturday, June 13, 2026 | 1 – 4 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
The opening reception coincides with Interact's 30th Anniversary celebration. Learn more here.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
David Bauman, Bill Borden, Bill Crane, Janice Essick, Ingrid Hansen, Andie Kiley, Laurie M., Chris Mason, Evita Newman, Lucy Picasso, Rosalie Radford, Andy Seymour, Eric Sherarts, Tim Traver, Bob Williams, David Wright, Matt Zimdars.
ACCESSIBILITY
Please visit this page for more comprehensive information. Interact strives to be a welcoming and accessible place for all visitors. If there is something we can do to make it easier to visit us, please contact us at gallery@interactcenter.com. We welcome all suggestions and requests.
Image (above): Janice Essick, Untitled (five figures), 2025, acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 inches.
Image description (above): Essick's painting portrays five figures standing next to each other. The painting is filled with a neon-pink wash that permeates the background and foreground.