Watermark Art Center presents three weekends of December shopping, classes, and Artist Showcases. On Saturdays December 7 & 14 we’ll have our Shop 505 artists stationed throughout the center demonstrating and/or talking about their work and offering new work from 10:30 to 2:30pm. If you miss these special meet-n-greet days, Shop 505 will be open…
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 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.
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.
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…
A group show featuring artists living within the Mississippi Watershed, Great Lakes or Red River of the North. July 11 – September 22. Opening reception: July 11, 5 – 7 p.m.
Mixed Messages Acrylic Paintings by Lonnie Knutson. Aug 9 – October 25. Opening reception: Aug 9 | 5 – 7 p.m.
Psychedelic themes by painter Tawnee Corning. August 9 – October 25. Opening reception: Aug. 9 | 5 – 7 p.m.
CELEBRATION of Poet Carol Ann Russell’s work “ITALIA – Passeggiata” at the Watermark Art Center Watermark Art Center will host a program of original poetry, music and art on September 4, 2019. The event begins at 7 p.m. with a reception for the poet Dr. Carol Ann Russell, soloist Dr. Cory Renbarger, pianist Dan Will,…
