River Arts Alliance supports and celebrates regional arts and culture by organizing educational programs, community events, and public art projects while promoting opportunities for artists and facilitating collaborations between organizations in the Winona region.
April 23-25 | 10:00am-5:00pm Southeast Minnesota and Northeast Iowa bluffcountrystudioarttour.org/ The Bluff Country Studio Art Tour is celebrating our twentieth year! This year we have twenty-five locations with a wide range of artists. There will be painters, potters (with sculpture and functional pottery), jewelry makers, wood sculptors and functional wood creators, fiber artists, and glass…
May 6, 7, 8, & 9 | 8:00am-5:00pm Mississippi Mornings Art Studio 40341 LaMoille Drive | Winona, MN mississippimornings.com/ There are 100 miles of garage sales in Minnesota and Wisconsin in towns along the river – but you won’t find another one like this! Since the event was cancelled in 2020, a group of artists,…
Sunday | April 18 | 2:30-5:30pm Island City Brewing Company H3OJazz.com Over the past four years, the monthly Jazz Jams at Island City Brewing Company have offered an afternoon of family-friendly fun and a chance for area musicians to jam with the H3O Jazz Trio. In April, the Jazz Jam will introduce a whole new…
Friday | April 9 | 3:30-5:30pm may end early, depending on how many readers participate Zoom (details below) Local writers are invited to bring a short piece of your writing to share with us. As always, feel free to use these prompts, change them, or ignore them and write your own idea. For this meeting,…
mca.smumn.edu/classes-programs/visual-art/ Did you know that there are a multitude of special techniques that can be applied using colored pencils? Join MCA for this online art class to learn these special techniques that can be applied to create highlights, shading, blending, shapes, and more. Each week will explore a new topic, technique, and artist(s). Participants who…
Sunday | March 21 | 2:30-5:30pm Island City Brewing Company H3OJazz.com H3O Jazz Trio and Island City Brewing Company are thrilled to announce the monthly Jazz Jams will begin again on Sunday March 21, 2021 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the taproom. Out of an abundance of care for patrons, the indoor event will…
Friday | March 12 | 3:30-5:30pm may end early, depending on how many readers participate Zoom (details below) Local writers are invited to bring a short piece of your writing to share with us. As always, feel free to use these prompts, change them, or ignore them and write your own idea. For this meeting,…
Sunday | March 21 | 12:30-2:30pm mca.smumn.edu/classes-programs/dance/virtual-summer-dance-intensive/ Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts (MCA) is excited to announce that we will be offering an 18th annual Summer Dance Intensive. The 2021 Intensive will be virtual with the potential for an in-person determined by COVID circumstances. We offer a wonderful well-rounded and personal experience for intermediate and…
In order to continue to offer its members an opportunity to showcase their work while respecting social distancing and COVID concerns, the 2021 River Arts Alliance Member Exhibit and Showcase has gone online. This new format allows all RAA members to be included. The exhibit, which has been held at the Blue Heron Coffeehouse and…
Friday | February 26 | 7:00-8:30pm Bright Light Stories in the Night | Facebook Join Southeastern Minnesota Poets for Bright Light Stories in the Night. One of Scott Lowery’s poems has been chosen for this one-of-a-kind deep winter arts event from Rochester. Local celebrities will read from an e-chapbook of new poems by SE MN…
