Some Pieces Whisper
EXHIBIT Sep 16 – Jan 10, 2025. This exhibition showcases prints and ceramics that, though modest in size and subdued in palette, invite deep reflection and calm.
Smart Wars
RECEPTION Oct 4, 5-7pm. EXHIBIT Sep 3 – Nov 30, 2024. The costumes share the story of indigenous reality where forces unite to protect what we’ve been given.
2024 Bi-Annual Members Show
Sep 6 Reception. EXHIBIT Sep 6 – Oct 25, 2024. Member artists submit their own work for this juried exhibit. A variety of mediums are featured including photography, textiles, paintings, glass & more!
For the Love of Trees – Sue Rauschenfels
EXHIBIT July 12 – Sept 28, 2024. OPEN HOUSE July 12, 5-7pm. Sue Rauschenfels’ For the Love of Trees paintings are created from the heart and rooted, grown and developed from a childhood spent exploring outdoor play. Her rendering of this new trees series using vibrant color, mark making, textural elements of collage and mixed media.
Bi-mawadishiwewaad – When They Come to Visit
EXHIBIT May 17 – August 17. RECEPTION June 28. Zimmerman reimagines the symbolism of the Ojibwe clans while incorporating the landscape of Lake Superior’s North Shore.
Water is Life
EXHIBIT opens May 3, 2024. Contemporary artists continue to engage with water as a subject and medium for artistic experimentation. Environmental concerns, climate change, and the impact of human activities on water ecosystems have inspired artists to address ecological issues through their work.
Reassemble
EXHIBIT Jan 22 – Mar 23 (updated). In taking apart and making anew, Breen addresses the need to create more just and sustainable systems. Her work reflects on the collective power needed to change the garment industry and protect the planet.
Endanakiiyaan – “Where I am on Earth”
RECEPTION Dec 9, 2-4pm. EXHIBIT Nov 18 – Feb 9, 2023. Land, sky, and water are often the subjects of Estey’s paintings. Bold and bright colors reflect his feelings and emotions as he captures the beauty of his surroundings.
Lake Itasca: True Source of my Inspiration
RECEPTION Friday December 1, 5 – 7pm. EXHIBIT Dec 1 – Feb 24, 2024. Bedford is moved by the significance of living close to the Headwaters of the Mississippi River. Her paintings, full of color and emotion, have an expressive quality and also an abstract nature, yet refer to an image or scene from her new home in the North Woods of Minnesota.
Poetry SLAMS
Next SLAM Feb 15 at Fozzies. Watermark’s Poetry SLAMs are competitive events in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. Poets are not required to memorize their poems and are welcome to use notes.
StorySLAMS
April 18 “Northern Voices” a special storytelling event. Stories are shared live from memory, in a friendly competition where anyone with a tale to tell is invited to take the stage.
It’s Only Clay 2023
RECEPTION Nov 3, 5 – 7pm. AWARDS at 6pm. EXHIBIT Nov 3 – Dec 23.” It’s Only Clay” is a juried ceramics competition focusing on, and dedicated to, functional clay vessels. Submissions are judged in four areas: function, form/aesthetic, craftsmanship, and surface design.
The Heart of Design
EXHIBIT Extended through Dec 2023. The most successful works of art utilize design elements to hit an emotional cord in the viewer. These prints and ceramics were developed using principles of design to maximize connections with the viewer.
Illuminated Terrains, Amber Jensen, Textile Artist
EXHIBIT Sept 8 – Nov 25. Reception TBD. Jensen is a painter, textile artist, and teacher working out of her downtown Minneapolis studio. Her work is an invitation for viewers to join her in a fantastical world of imagination that’s grounded in the often elusive sense of place, home, and shelter.
Ninanda-minwaajim – “I seek to tell a good story”
RECEPTION Sep 15. EXHIBIT Sep 9 – Nov11. Joyce Arndt was cut off from her cultural identity during much of her childhood. As a toddler, she was placed in foster care and became homeless as a young woman. Knowing that her identity as a Native American was portrayed negatively because of stereotypes and racism, she began to use art as a way to portray her people in a positive light.