Winona Arts Center Celebrates the Big 60

Opening Reception | Sunday | September 11 | 3-5 pm
Winona Arts Center | 228 E 5th St.
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Beginning September 9th and running through October 30th, 2022, the Winona Arts Center (WAC) will celebrate 60 years as Winona’s Home for the Arts. In December of 1962 the Winona Art Group, local art enthusiasts who’d been gathering for years at different locations, decided to take a huge step and create a home for themselves. They purchased the German Presbyterian Church built in 1864 and located at the edge of Winona’s downtown. That building continues to grace the corner of 5th and Franklin Streets and is now the oldest surviving wooden church building in Southern Minnesota.  And the building and the Winona Arts Center, the successor organization of the Winona Art Group, don’t just survive . . . they thrive. 

A busy schedule of films, concerts, classes, workshops and more has been planned. The celebration will be highlighted by a retrospective of works by local artists on display in its gallery over those 60 years along with a timeline of important dates for WAC and the community. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, September 11th from 3pm – 5pm and all are welcome. If you miss the opening, gallery hours are on Wednesdays from 3 to 6 pm and on Sundays from 1 to 4 pm.  

For information on this event and other activities at the Winona Arts Center, please visit www.winonaarts.org.

The Winona Arts Center is a member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.