We provide opportunities to artists,
in all stages of their careers,
for growth, exploration and creative risk-taking.

Burl Gallery is a women led & operated, community gallery where audiences can experience
the diverse languages of cultural producers, artists, and arts organizers.
The gallery serves as an entry point, playground, and test site; challenging artists to play and flex their creative muscles.
At Burl Gallery, we believe art is for everyone, and we strive to showcase artwork by
professional, emerging, and mid-career artists of all backgrounds and experiences.

Our Mission

Provide EQUITABLE & ACCESSIBLE exhibit opportunities for artists in all stages of their careers;
serving as an incubator that cultivates GROWTH & WELL BEING through
EXPLORATION, COLLABORATION and CREATIVE RISK TAKING.

Values & Vision

Accessibility | Equity | Growth | Well Being | Exploration | Collaboration | Creative Risk-Taking

We support cultural producers by providing space to publicly present new and experimental work. We enrich
the community by providing artists and audiences unrestricted access to diverse cultural experiences.

A Bit of Lowertown History

In 1989, the City of Saint Paul invited Artspace to redevelop the six-story warehouse built in 1908 by the Northern
Pacific Railway. The result was the Northern Warehouse Artists’ Cooperative (NWAC), a self-governing,
democratically run artists’ cooperative, one of the first such live-work spaces in the country to be developed.
The Burl Gallery (formerly AZ Gallery) made it’s home in a rustic street-level storefront in 1997, now situated next to
CHS Field and the St. Paul Farmer’s Market.