Festival Map
Watermark Art Festival Map 2025 ← Back to Festival info This map will be posted throughout the festival grounds. Festival Questions? Inquire at the Watermark Info Tent for Artist, Music…
Weaving Water Workshop with Sarah Nassif
Unleash your imagination in the expanded “Outdoor Family Art Activity Area” with the 2024 Watermark Art Festival hands-on art experience the “Weaving Water Workshop: Landscape of Creativity” with Special Guest Artist Sarah Nasiff.
StorySLAMS
Share your personal stories from memory at Watermark’s Story SLAM events.
Pop-up Outdoor Artists Markets
Next Market TBD. SEP 9 has been cancelled.
2023 Thalea String Quartet July 9
CONCERT July 9 at 7:30PM. The quartet brings their signature vibrancy and emotional commitment to dynamic performances that reflect the string quartet repertoire while celebrating diverse musical traditions from around the world.
“Becoming” with Blair Treuer – Textile Artist
EXHIBIT June 9 – July 29. BOOK SIGNING June 10, 10 – 4pm. This body of work is a celebration and validation of the feminine in all its forms and in all genders. The exhibit is a fantastical story that celebrates her daughter’s journey and ceremonial right of passage into womanhood, and thus into her power.
2023 Third Coast Chamber Collective Festival
CONCERT July 28 at 7:30PM. The opening concert of the third edition of Third Coast Chamber Collective Festival presents timeless works by the greatest classical composers: Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms.
StorySLAM May 2
May 2, 2023 StorySLAM Details and Winners Congratulations to May 2, 2023 StorySLAM winners. Bemidji Brewing was packed with about 90 people in attendance. May 2023 StorySLAM winners (left to…
Aanikoosijigaade – It is Linked
RECEPTION March 18. EXHIBIT March 6-May 20. Aanikoosijigaade – It is Linked. Converging across generations, gender, and media these artists bring their observations about identity and current culture into dynamic visual metaphors.
The Unchosen Ones: Portraits of an American Pastoral – R.J. Kern
RECEPTION & Book Launch Jan 20. EXHIBIT Jan 13 – Mar 25. Four years after “The Unchosen Ones”, R. J. Kern re-photographed many of the subjects of the original series. In some cases, the animal and its handler are photographed together again. In other cases, the child has moved on and replaced the animal with some new pursuit; a tractor, a chicken, a fishing pole.
Short Film Screening
SCREENING: 7pm Saturday, April 1 at Rail River Folk School. Discussion to follow. “A PLACE ON THE EDGE OF BREATH”, a short Documentary co-produced by exhibiting artist Shaawan Francis Keahna.
Storytelling with Mary Moose & Ojibwe Star Stories
Storytelling Feb 3 and Ojibwe Star Knowledge Feb 4 with Mary Moose and Joseph Sutherland
Watermark’s 5th Anniversary Open House
OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATION Dec 3. In celebration of 5 years in our beautiful building and to thank you for being a part of Watermark Art Center’s success the public is invited to an open house on December 3, 2022 from 1 to 4pm with presentations at 1pm.
Autumn Pop-up Market
EVENT Saturday, September 24 from 9am to 3pm. Join us outside on the south lawn for our first ever outdoor pop-up market featuring hand-crafted goods from the region’s finest artisans, local musicians and food.
Bemidji String Quartet
PERFORMANCE Sep 10 at 7:30. Free. Presenting works by Mozart and Grieg.Watermark Art Center will host the Bemidji String Quartet as the last performance of the group’s northern Minnesota tour.
