Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/21/2025
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
This December and January MVUUF has a very special art show in our gallery. Both Paul and Helga are prominent artists and well-known in art and Pagan communities. They will join us in person on the Solstice for their art show opening following the Sunday Service. Two local artists explore the Pagan roots of Winter Solstice and the darkest time of the year, through images originating in traditions all over Europe. From the Yule Goat to the Solstice Stag, to Mother Night and the Yule Father, these interpretations bring beauty from the past into the present to help bring everyone through winter’s cold, with a promise of light.
Helga Hedgewalker is a Mythopoetic Artist, Priestess and Witch with decades of professional experience in illustration, painting, and graphic design. She’s currently busy with the forthcoming “The Craft of the Wise” tarot deck and book, from Llewellyn Publishing, early 2027. Her work can be seen at HelgaHedgewalker.com and helga-art-store.com
Paul B. Rucker makes Pagan-inspired mythopoetic art in acrylic, pen and ink, pencil, and mixed-media assemblages (including face/body painting combined with digital imaging to create what he calls “camera paintings”). His award-winning work has been exhibited all over the country, with collectors in the USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe. See more of his work at paulruckerart.com and paulruckerart.com/shop Paul and Helga have been art partners for over 13 years, having founded the “Third Offering” art show at Paganicon (tcpaganpride.org/pconartgallery). Together they are co-founders of MCPA (The Minneapolis Collective of Pagan Artists) which later became Mythic Art Circle (mythicartcircle.com).