For 2 decades I helped clients create their dream homes. I learned a lot along that journey and want to share.

I’m Kara Keel, a photographer driven by creativity behind the lens, using light and perspective to capture emotion, tell stories, and create meaningful visual experiences.

Augustin is a filmmaker and program coordinator/instructor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

My art practice has been evolving for more than forty years. Initially inspired by the avant-garde movements of the 1960s, I was later drawn to conceptual art, which challenged traditional ideas of form and aesthetics and led me to question their relevance.

Bread in the Meadow is a neighborhood bakery located in Esko, Minn. We create artisan breads and pastries, selling primarily at the Carlton County Farmers Market in Cloquet

I grew up in Texas and there was a lot of clay around where I lived. As a child, I fell in love making things out of clay

Director of the Fond du Lac Reservation Museum, Sculptor, Culture Bearer

Visual artist and art educator

I am a painter and muralist fascinated by the way science fiction suggests a future for humanity transformed by environmental changes and technological innovations.

Farmer-florist, photographer, painter offering classes, a you-pick flower farm, florist studio, art and photography studio, recently relocated to Barnum from Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota area.

I grew up in southern Indiana and like a lot of kids, I imagined all kinds of futures. When I was about eight, I remember thinking I either wanted to be an auto mechanic—my dad was a shop teacher, though I didn’t know anything about auto mechanics—or I wanted to be president of the United States. Those were the two things in my head.

Following my passions after more than 20 years as a leader in big business

In a world where most people now live in large urban settings far removed from the natural world, I wish to use my art to bring the beauty of nature into their homes, work and public spaces.

Hello! I’m Molly! I love to photograph people. This includes crisp, clean portraits, along with artsy lifestyle photos and candids. Editing styles are hard to describe, but I keep coming back to words like “gooey” and “rich.” I enjoy meeting you at your favorite places so that your session is special and meaningful to you. I am a super laid back person, so I always hope to make you feel comfortable and not rushed. I just want everyone to have a good experience while capturing moments in photos. I feel so honored to get to do that.

I hope to use the bookstore to promote local authors and host book signings. Since opening, the reception from the community has been overwhelmingly positive. One of the local high school students gave me the best compliment ever when she said she’s never going to Barnes and Noble again!

We use regenerative growing practices and never use any chemical products on our plants, cut flowers or dried herbs. We utilize a no-till method, do all the work by hand, and are always working on revitalizing the soil health of our field.

I bake rustic sourdough breads at home using simple ingredients, patience, and lots of love. Here you’ll find fresh bread with a crispy crust, soft crumb, and an authentic flavor that tastes just like home.

4 Quarters Holdings offers beef, pork and chicken grown using organic methods. Farm practices include rotational grazing, winter forage production, small grains, cover cropping and forestry.

Our Sleds are Functional artwork! Each sled is caringly crafted through each step of the process and expertly steam-bent into a traditional curl and classically joined to ensure that individual sleds are as beautiful as they are durable and functional.

The Green House is your one stop shop for all your planting dreams. We offer annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, houseplants, trees, shrubs, and vegetables all grown from seed or cuttings right here in Carlton Minnesota and supply plants to Superior, Wisconsin

I come from a family of artists, and I always admired what they did. As a child, I was drawn to creating things myself. I grew up in the country, and around the age of 8 or 9, I spent a lot of time alone. I was the youngest sibling, and my brothers and sisters were much older than me. My main companion was our German Shepherd,

Polish Farmer is a small farm operated out of Moose Lake, Minnesota. We provide nutritionally dense, chemical-free, heirloom dry beans, along with other seasonal produce.

We grow happy pigs. How do we do that? We provide them with a low-stress environment where they are pastured outside 365 days a year, have access to housing, fresh water, BIG wallows of mud, love, patience, and good feed. Our main goal is to provide our community with responsibly-raised food so we chose specific breeds that we knew would flourish in our area.

Great Northern Seafood provides the worlds finest wild caught Alaskan Sockeye Salmon which is flash frozen at the waters edge and delivered directly to your door.

I paint where you sit. I am a chair artist. Many of my chairs have been given as gifts for a special occasion or event. Your choices are endless. “Chair-ish” the memories!

Our goal with all of our farming is to have a very educated customer base. I want people to really understand what we do—not just at the surface level, but deeper.

At the Food Farm our passion is providing high quality food for our CSA members and a sustainable livelihood for our farmers, while improving the productive capacity of our land. This is possible by cooperating with the natural and human communities

I’ve loved a melody a long while, born into a musical family. I’ve learned it’s not for everyone, but it is for me. Overall, it’s easy to share, and in many occasions add a joy. Though in all that, I realize my biggest creative outlet would be writing.

What’s really important to us is staying true to being a community theater — a place where everyone has an opportunity to be involved.

I taught dance within different area schools through Community Ed programs, teaching classes right within the school buildings. I taught in Moose Lake, where I had quite a few students for many years.

When I was three or four years old, my sisters—who are about 12 or 13 years older than me—used to babysit me while they worked at a Chinese restaurant on the South Side of Chicago. I actually learned how to count in the back of that restaurant,

I am a guitarist from the Moose Lake MN area. I specialize in performing a wide array of genres as fingerstyle, instrumentals. I incorporate the use of a looper pedal in his performances. Spencer is also a music educator, wind band director, and composer.

Like many creatives, I move fluidly from one arena to another. Preparing tasty meals with locally sourced ingredients is part of my daily practice and feeds both my body and my soul.

We see our work as an opportunity for beauty as well as function – a chance to uplift you, inspire you, and add something lovely to your days! Join with us in embracing the beauty in each moment

For me, making maple syrup isn’t about profit—it’s about rhythm, place, and tradition. What began over two decades ago with a few taps for curiosity’s sake has grown into a seasonal ritual rooted in the land I call home.

I graduated from Carlton High School in 1970 and departed the area to eventually earn a living as a musician.