A promotional image for the Northern Spark festival, adorned with Ojibwe pictographs.

The acclaimed Northern Spark festival returns to the Twin Cities from June 12-27. This year’s festival has a deliberate emphasis on healing, transformative art  within the larger theme of Alchemy. The festival is designed to draw artists and the public together in creative, unconventional ways over a two-week period.

For full festival details, visit: 2021.northernspark.org.

The Northern Spark Festival is made possible through funding from the Knight Foundation, Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation, Bigelow Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support, and individual donors.

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