You Are Here: Love Letters to Lester

May Faire Festival 2025

With a nod to the trail signs found on Minnesota’s multi-use trails, You Are Here aims to share stories about Minnesota’s natural wonders while expanding access to the arts through collaborative creative experiences. Down the road, the hope is to also expand access to the visual arts through the display of artworks in the outdoor places we celebrate and enjoy.

Love Letters to Lester is a neighborhood postcard project that I introduced at May Faire Festival at Spirit of the Lake Community Arts on May 17, 2025. While attending the festival, folks were invited to write an answer to the prompt “What I love about Lester is….” on one postcard. On another, they filled out their address so that a stranger, can share their own response to the prompt. The stories will be archived and then the postcards will be mailed off to the project participants to share in the connection to this fine neighborhood. Photos from the Lester Park neighborhood and natural areas are on the front side of the postcards.

This project is ongoing and may develop and expand. To keep updated, visit @youareherduluth on Instagram.

Love Letters to Lester is supported in part by a state grant: Susanna Gaunt is a fiscal year 2025 recipient of a Creative Individuals Grant front the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.