#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 20%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Wazhashk (aka Muskrat) Love It’s Complicated Series – iPhone 2020 Muskrat, though a modest creature is quite complex.…
VIRTUAL EXHIBIT AVAILABLE >> One isn’t born a winner or loser, but a chooser. This theme is explored in this series. As we look at them, they look back, allowing us to think about how we choose winners and the repercussions for the ones not chosen.
Montana Mermaid Blues This is my contribution to the collective love and good wishes for a struggling man who sings healing and laughter from the truth in his heart. A Selfish Kind of Love Poem My sister is a loyal person. Much more than me in many ways. When it comes to music she has…
VIRTUAL WATERMARK: My Misi-ziibi Detour blog by Karen Goulet, Wezhichigewaad exhibit by Thomas Stillday, The Unchosen Ones exhibit by RJ Kern, Art@Home Online classes with Jill Oakes, and Bemidji Youth Exhibits. Message from the Executive Director → Watermark Art Center and all activities scheduled in the Center location are closed to the public until further…
VIRTUAL EXHIBIT AVAILABLE >> Exhibit: March 6 – May 30, 2020.
Artist Demonstration: April 25, 12-3pm.
Thomas comes from a family of “Makers” and his art honors the traditional designs and knowledge that have been gifted to him by his elders. However, as a true artist, he has been pushing the designs into new compositions and colors that keep the visual language fresh and contemporary
Join us for Bemidji’s 4th annual walk and events for Missing and Murdered Indigenous people. The WALK (Facebook Link to Event): Participants will Meet at Northwest Indian Community Development Center [NWICDC] in Bemidji, MN on February 14, 2020 @ 10 AM starting with an Opening Prayer, the walk will begin at 11 AM and continue…
RESCHEDULED for MAY 16: Watermark Art Center regrets that the networking session and panel discussion, “Making Their Mark – Women Artists in Rural Midwest Communities,” is cancelled for Saturday, March 14. The event has rescheduled for May 16. The art center will be open as usual from 10 – 5pm.
Small Business Saturday lands on November 30 this year. In keeping with the spirit of shopping local on the 30th – SHOP 505 will be featuring special displays of one-of-a-kind items each priced at $30 and under. Make Watermark your stocking-stuffer shopping stop. We have made it easy for you to give original handmade items…
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 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.
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.
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…
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,…
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.
