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July 10, 2025 4 mins

From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above. 


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‘Hidden Herald’ returns with new audio stories around St. Paul


Last year, Jamie Davis of St. Paul stumbled upon Wonderlust Productions’ mini audio stories, scattered about St. Paul. Season two of Hidden Herald kicks off this weekend, with a new batch of five-to-ten-minute audio stories written by Minnesota playwrights and recorded by professional actors.


This weekend’s launch includes a scavenger hunt with prizes. Maps with the audio play locations are available for purchase starting today at several St. Paul businesses, listed here. To listen — this weekend and beyond — simply scan a QR code printed on a durable decal on the ground.


Jamie describes the wonder of discovering a new story: You scan [the QR code], and you are transported into a brief five-to-ten minute audio play that takes place in the place where you're standing.


It's kind of like a scavenger hunt all year round, because you can find these stickers all over the place, around Lake Phelan, on Payne Avenue and in downtown St. Paul.


Some of the plays are definitely kid-oriented, and some of them are not. Last year, there was one that took place in Mears Park that was a genuine horror story that gave me the chills. Some of the plays have a content warning at the top, if need be.


Pro tip: bring some headphones or a portable speaker so you can hear them better.


— Jamie Davis


Favorites from St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour in one accessible location


Cindy Ihlenfeld is a visual artist from Mahtomedi who serves on the board of the Weisman Art Museum, and she recommends seeing “A Culture of Pots” at White Bear Center for the Arts, on view through July 25 in the Ford Family Gallery.


She notes that, for those with limited mobility, this exhibit is an accessible way to attend a pottery tour


Cindy says: “A Culture of Pots” is an exhibition of the artists that are typically part of the St. Croix Valley pottery tour in spring. And there are 68 artists, and I think 218 of their favorite pieces.


The most delightful thing about it is that one of the resident artists at the White Bear Center for the Arts has created a display that looks very much like what the artists have in their yards during the pottery tour. It feels very intimate because of the way the structure is built to display the pots.


— Cindy Ihlenfeld


People at Play


Lou Ferreri, a visual artist from St. Paul, appreciates

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