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Support Local Art: Sell Your Nemadji Pottery

–Moose Lake, Minnesota

The Ohly Art Gallery is actively seeking to purchase private collections of Nemadji Pottery. If the time has come to find a new home for your collection consider contacting Judy Ohly at the Gallery. Judy’s email is Judyohly@gmail.com. The gallery’s phone number is 507-261-2223.

Opened in the summer of 2024, the Ohly Art Gallery offers a fine selection of Nemadji pottery to add to your collection as well as expanding the collections of a new generation of collectors. Here’s the exciting part. 20 percent of Nemadji sales go to support the gallery with the remainder going to support the community and the arts.

The gallery also features the creations of 13 diverse local artists offering a multitude of talents including Scandinavian painting on wood, fiber art, custom wood furniture, woodworking using recycled woods, ceramic art, gourd art, Zentangle. paintings in many mediums and artistic pieces from “Sparky” a glass kiln.

Hours are 10 am til 4 pm Thursday–Sunday and by appointment.

From Time to Time

New collectors often ask me where they can find the good stuff.  It is still out there you just have to look.  Antique malls, garage sales, Ebay are all good places to start.  Soon your eyes will be trained to spot the colorful swirl painted pottery and you are on your way.  large

These pieces are on their way to the Lakeside Traders Antique Mall in Moose Lake, Minnesota.  They are made with red Nemadji Clay and Buff Clay from Wrenshall. All three were produced in Moose Lake, Minnesota in the 40’s and 50’s.