Make December a Watermark Holiday! We have expanded our hours, holiday events and workshops to celebrate Shop 505’s second anniversary. On Sunday, December 8, from 11 to 2:00 pm, join us to celebrate Watermark Art Center’s Anniversary Tickets are on sale now for our Anniversary Stand-up Brunch on December 8 from 11 – 2pm. Shop…
November Shop 505 Featured Artist “One thing that always seemed important to me was that the ‘item’ that I was making would have a use or purpose. Basket weaving makes a great deal of sense to me as it gives me the opportunity to create something not only beautiful but that can be used.”…
November 1 – January 31, 2020. The world puts on a monochrome blanket, forests become transparent and graphical. Sparse colors seem even more vibrant, a snow-laden sky can appear darker than the snow-covered ground, snowdrifts reshape the landscape, and noises are muted.
November 2, in conjunction with the Bring Her Home exhibit, we will have a day of activities designed to increase awareness of the #MMIW movement (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women).
October 11 – November 30, 2019. “Bring Her Home” addresses the epidemic of violence against Native women through paintings, digital work, sculpture, and photography.
The traveling exhibit features original work by 20 Indigenous artists from across the United States and many tribal nations. Through their work, artists tell their own stories and those of the impacted women, families and communities.
October 7 – January 24, 2020. “Looking East” is a combination of Japanese and Western prints and functional-use ceramics. In the world of ceramics, the humble tea bowl had a profound effect on the evolution of pottery and potters.
Meet Marion Angelica Marion Angelica is a biology/art major, arts administrator, academic and returned ceramic artist. Although trained to throw on the wheel, she now exclusively hand-builds her work. She feel that hand-building, and in particular using soft slabs and coils, gives her great flexibility in creating form, using texture and reflecting the luscious nature…
Don Knudson and Marlon Davidson collaborations began after a summer trip to the south shore of Lake Superior. The artists had spent a day on the beach picking up small pieces of driftwood, feathers, and stones. They carried the items back to their studio then at Hand Lake. Don had been constructing a box-like wall…
Don Knudson and Marlon Davidson collaborations began after a summer trip to the south shore of Lake Superior. The artists had spent a day on the beach picking up small pieces of driftwood, feathers, and stones. They carried the items back to their studio then at Hand Lake. Don had been constructing a box-like wall…
In addition to his frequent service as an exhibition juror and art grant panelist, the artist has shown his work in local, regional, and national competitions, and he has also enjoyed several solo exhibitions. He says, “My inclination toward sculpture and painting find form in clay and glaze. The possibility to use these forms to…
“It’s Only Clay”, October 4 – December 21, is a National Juried Ceramics Exhibit & Competition focusing on functional ceramics, judged in the following areas: function, form/aesthetic, craftsmanship, and surface design.
Speak! Listen! Judge! No prior experience necessary. Wednesday October 9th at 6pm. No entry fee. There’s something for everyone at the third and final Poetry Slam in this year’s series, sponsored by the Spoken Word Committee of the Watermark Art Center. The Slam will be held at Red Stu Breakfast Bar in downtown Bemidji located…
Call for Artists & Creative People Watermark Ornament Fundraiser November 30th Submission DEADLINE! All artists and creative people are invited to donate original, handmade ornaments to help support the Watermark Art Center! Ornaments will be on display and for sale in our Shop 505 during the winter holiday season. Ornament donation deadline is November 30,…
There’s always something in the works. Check back soon. We list our classes as events on Facebook, too!
Nibikaang Exhibit Closing Reception & Events will feature guest artist, Monique Verdin (Louisiana’s United Houma Nation) co-writer/co-producer of the documentary My Louisiana Love. She will share her film regarding her community on the Mississippi Delta on September 21, 3 – 5pm. “My Louisiana Love follows a young Native American woman, Monique Verdin, as she returns…
