SEPTEMBER 19: “Women & Bumblebees: Minnesota Magical Realism”

In conjunction with Bemidji’s Monarch Festival, join local author Maueen Gibbon for a fiction reading and conversation about discovering Minnesota’s unique magical realism. Gibbon’s photography will also be on display. Free and open to the public. No registration required. Begins at 6:30 on Saturday, September 19 in Watermark Art Center’s Education Studio. Author’s website https://maureengibbon.com/

SEPTEMBER 22: “Exploring Magical Realism” – a generative writers workshop

Additionally, Gibbon will offer a generative writers workshop on Tuesday, September 22 from 6 to 7:30pm in the same location. MORE HERE →

Maureen Gibbon is a 2026 Minnesota Arts Board Recipient and author of four novels and a prose poetry collection. She also wrote a phenology column for the Park Rapids Enterprise for years. She lives in Bemidji.

Watermark galleries are accessible with no admission fee and open to the public Monday – Saturday from 10 to 5pm and located at 505 Bemidji Avenue N. in Bemidji, Minnesota. For more information regarding events, classes and exhibits visit watermarkartcenter.org or call 218-444-7570.

What is “Magical Realism”? It’s a genre of writing styles. Originating in Latin America, magical realism combines elements of fantasy fiction with mundane details of reality. What makes it magical realism and not fantasy fiction is that reality is imposed upon the fantasy, not the other way around.