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.
ARTISTS TALK SEP 26 AT 6:30. EXHIBIT Aug 11 – Oct 21. Mixed Media artists and longtime friends come together and share their abstract works of hard lines and shapes.
RECEPTION: May 12 5-7pm. EXHIBIT: May 12 – August 26. M. E. Fuller Is a Minnesota visual artist working primarily on canvas and paper using acrylics, watercolor, and mixed media. Her most recent works depict abstract and energetic landscapes and mindscapes.
EXHIBIT May 26 – Sep 2, 2023. “Clans Gather” was created as an acknowledgement that all life is interconnected.
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.
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.
OPEN HOUSE May 5, 4 – 7pm. EXHIBIT May 5 – May 25. Enjoy artwork created by area middle school students featuring photography, painting, mixed media and more!
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.
EXHIBIT Feb 3 – May 12 (updated). This show celebrates the women artists in the collections and their contributions to the art world. Women have been part of the history of art since the beginning. But women have never been accepted and valued the same as male artists.
RECEPTION Feb 10. Exhibit Feb 10 – April 28.The lively, whimsical paintings explore the stories experienced by flora and fauna hidden in the forest on one warm spring day. The artist’s brush strokes and color choices were influenced by discoveries made when she explored this unseen and unheard world. The lively, whimsical paintings explore the stories experienced by flora and fauna hidden in the forest on one warm spring day. The artist’s brush strokes and color choices were influenced by discoveries made when she explored this unseen and unheard world.
OPEN HOUSE 11am – 3pm on Saturday, April 1. EXHIBIT April 1 – 28. Enjoy artwork created by area High School students featuring photography, painting, mixed media and more!
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.
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.
RECEPTION Jan 14, 2 – 4pm. EXHIBIT December 8- extended to February 25, 2023. The artwork of the local Native grassroots organization “Manidoo Ogitigaan” Or Spirit Garden, reflects their desire to revitalize art forms and cultural knowledge in a meaningful way that bridges gaps in order to build lasting relationships and a cultural legacy. To protect and preserve resources for generations to come, all materials were gathered in a manner akin to the original inhabitants of the land and processed in a way that is not harmful.
Storytelling Feb 3 and Ojibwe Star Knowledge Feb 4 with Mary Moose and Joseph Sutherland
