You Are Here: Love Letters to Lester

May Faire Festival 2025

Love Letters to Lester is a neighborhood postcard exchange that I introduced at the 2025 May Faire Festival at Spirit of the Lake Community Arts on May 17. 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 could provide their own response to the prompt. The stories were archived and then the postcards were 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.

If you found this page via the QR code on a postcard you received - welcome! I would love if you shared your experience with me via email or by snapping a photo of the postcard and sharing on social media. Be sure to tag @youarehereduluth. Thanks!

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 further expand that access through the display of artworks in the outdoor places we celebrate and enjoy. This project is ongoing, open-ended and likely will develop and evolve. To keep updated, visit @youareherduluth on Instagram. Also, look for another opportunity to participate at this year’s Park Point Art Fair in Duluth on July 28 & 29, 2025. I will be at the Spirit of the Lake Community Arts table with Grey Lady Designs (Theresa Hornstein).

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.