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Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Plein Air Workshop – From Borders to Betweens and Beyond
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesHost Studio: Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Oberton Education Room Tuition: $500.00 **As of July 21, this workshop has only one remaining space available. When full, a waitlist will be offered. This workshop is offered as part of Flora & Fauna – The Plein Air Experience, 2023. In this deeply exploratory, yet hands-on plein air workshop, you’ll…
Opening Reception: Flora & Fauna – The Plein Air Experience, 2023
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United States7-8:30 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm. Meet the artists participating in the plein air invitational exhibition at a public opening reception at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) on Thursday evening, September 28. The program will include a conversation with master artists and workshop instructors Kami Mendlik, Fred Somers, and David R. Smith, facilitated…
Plein Air Group Invitational Exhibition
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesGroup Invitational Exhibition by Featured Plein Air Artists | Thursday, Sept. 28 through Sunday, Oct. 1 | 10 am to 5 pm each day | Atrium at MMAM Twelve of the finest plein air painters in Minnesota and Wisconsin have been invited to exhibit a selection of their works in the atrium at the Minnesota Marine…
Book Launch – “Empire” by James Armstrong
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesMinnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. MMAM Event Page James Armstrong, who served as Winona’s first Poet Laureate, will read from his latest book of poems, “Empire,” on September 22nd from 5 to 7 pm at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum. Armstrong retired last spring from Winona State University’s English Department, where he taught…
artsXchange with Amanda Blue
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesMinnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. Register Here The artsXchange program, a collaboration between River Arts Alliance (RAA) and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM), continues with this event led by soprano and RAA member Amanda Blue. What if every rule, lesson, practice about music flipped upside down… How would that shape the way…
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Revived
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesMinnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. mmam.org Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner will be presented as a dramatic reading with musical accompaniment and gallery projections of the original illustrations by Gustave Doré at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum on Friday, September 15th. This event is part of The Big Catch First Look Preview…
artsXchange: A Discussion of Foraged, Found and Recycled Art by Janet Marie Hillis
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesMinnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. Register Here The artsXchange program, a collaboration between River Arts Alliance (RAA) and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM), continues on Thursday evening, August 17 with this discussion led by RAA member and driftwood artist Janet Marie Hillis. What is foraged, found and recycled art? It is…
RAA Art Schmooze during Mississippi Sippin
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesUPDATE: Due to the heat, RAA will set up our information table for tonight's Schmooze inside the atrium at MMAM. Look for us there! Food and beverages will be available for sale on the patio. Minnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. The next RAA Art Schmooze will be Thursday, August 3rd, on…
Book Launch – “REAP, a flora” by Mara Adamitz Scrupe
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesMinnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. shipwrecktbooks.press mmam.org A book launch of “REAP, a flora” by Mara Adamitz Scrupe, published by Shipwreckt Books Publishing Company of Winona, will be held at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum on Saturday, July 22, 2023, from 3-5 p.m. Mara Adamitz Scrupe, the author of six poetry collections,…
artsXchange
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesThe artsXchange program will return on the 3rd Thursday of the month from July 2023 through April 2024. (Except for December, when it will take place on the 2nd Thursday.) Watch for more information to come. Please fill out this form to register to attend Deep Dive: Anatomy of Courtney Mattison’s Undercurrent, an artsXchange discussion led…
CANCELED – Book Launch – “REAP, a flora” by Mara Adamitz Scrupe
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesUPDATE 4/21/23: Due to tornadoes across the southern midsection of the prairie, and canceled flights, this program has unfortunately been canceled. Minnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. A special partnership between the Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) and Shipwreckt Books of Winona presents a Book Launch – “REAP, a flora” by Mara Adamitz Scrupe,…
Poet Athena Kildegaard at MMAM
Minnesota Marine Art Museum 800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN, United StatesMinnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. minnesotamarineart.org On April 14th, from noon to 1 PM, the poet Athena Kildegaard will visit Winona’s Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) to read from her work and discuss how her latest book, Prairie Midden, engages with the history and ecology of the Minnesota prairie. Kildegaard’s presentation will enter into dialogue with…