Night Club

from page 1 themselves are interdisciplinary artists who enjoy contemporary and experimental art. They also plan to host other events at the gallery this summer, such as performances, art fairs and film screenings. Beatrez and Noble don’t show their own artwork at Night Club art gallery; they exhibit in Minneapolis.

The 1,900-square-foot space is a product of St. Paul Downtown Alliance’s Grow St. Paul program that pairs start-up businesses with vacant storefronts and provides short-term rent-free leases. Beatrez and Noble applied to the program last fall and were thrilled to be selected. Their space was formerly the Red Sea Market convenience store.

“We would like to keep running the gallery space even beyond the six months that the Downtown Alliance has provided us with,” said Beatrez. “We learn so much during every single show that we have.”

Noble said the gallery is funded through the commissions it receives on the sale of artwork. They also look for other funding sources.

“We got a $10,000 grant last year from the Midway Contemporary Art visual arts fund and we gave that to artists as a stipend to participate in a show and cover shipping costs.”

While this is the second exhibit at the gallery, it’s the owners’ 11th overall. Their journey as gallery owners began after each graduated with a master of fine arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in the spring of 2020. At that