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Jan
13
to Mar 13
Art Exhibition, Art, Art Gallery, Arts Activities, Artist Talk, Artist Reception, Exhibit, Exhibition, Otter Tail County, Visual, Visual Arts, Visual Exhibit, Visual Gallery
EXHIBITION: "What is Home?" @ LRAC Main Gallery
Event Link: https://lrac4.org/currently-on-exhibit
FEE: FREE and Open to the public to attend.
Current Exhibition "What is Home?"
Lake Region Arts Council is hosting a juried multi-artist exhibition until March 13th, 2025 in the Main LRAC Gallery. The title of the exhibition is, "What is Home?". Artists were asked to create artwork that defines the concept of “Home” for them. This could be a place, a time, an object or a feeling. This exhibition has something for everyone to enjoy and every artist has written an artist statement to explain, “What is Home?” to them. The exhibition opens today, January 13th and we invite you to take the time to visit our gallery and be inspired by the art and learn what “Home” means to them.
The public reception will be Tuesday, January 21st, 5:30-7pm that is open to the public and we will have food and drinks. We will have a guest artist for the public reception on Tuesday, January 21st, Su Smallen Love who will be speaking at 6pm that evening. As a visiting writer to our gallery, Su will spend time with the juried artwork in the LRAC Main Gallery and she will create poems based on the artwork in the gallery and share those writings with us the evening of January 21st. Su has presented at several colleges, universities, and arts organizations including Salmon Literary Centre, Ireland; American Space Madrid/Instituto internacional; and across Minnesota, including Hamline University’s series “Poetry as Vocation” with Robert Bly. Love’s five published books of poetry include Weight of Light (Laurel Poetry Collective, 2004), nominated for the Pushcart Editors’ Book Prize, Buddha, Proof (broadcraft press/Red Dragonfly Press, 2013), a Minnesota Book Award finalist, and The Memoir of Mona Lisa (Salmon Poetry, 2019). Su Love is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Su received additional funding from the St. Croix Watershed Research Station and from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council’s Next Step Fund, made possible with support from the McKnight Foundation.
This juried exhibition is artwork by artists living in the Lake Region Arts Council’s 9 county region. The exhibition features the very best work from our regional artists and is a must see for our gallery visitors. This year the Lake Region Arts Council Gallery Board Committee chose 17 artists living in the LRAC 9 county region. The artists featured in the exhibition are the following; Keith Schmidt, Maggie Peterson, Laura VonBank, Tricia Couson, Torri Hanna, Lrez, Vanessa Sellner, Katy Olson, Dennis Krull, Erika Frikken, Nancy X. Valentine, Samantha Johnson-Purdie, Noni Bjorklund, Deanna Dahlsad, Kandace Creel Falcón, Kevin Zepper and Mary Williams.
The gallery hours are Monday – Thursday 9:00AM – 3:00PM and closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Please email or call before you visit the gallery to ensure that the gallery is open that day. Call the LRAC office (toll free in MN) at 1-800-262-2787 or 218-739-5780 or email LRAC4@LRACgrants.org
"This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Lake Region Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage fund."
Jan
21
to Mar 1
Art, Art Exhibition, Art Sale, Art Sales, Art Show, Artist Talk, Artist Reception, Artists Gathering, Arts Activities, Exhibit, Exhibition, Visual Arts, Visual, Visual Exhibit, Visual Gallery
EXHIBITION: "Whimsy and Wonder A Multi-Artist Exhibition" @ Kaddatz Galleries
EVENT LINK: https://www.kaddatzgalleries.org/current-exhibitions.html
FEE: FREE to attend and open to the public.
On View in the Main Gallery January 21 - March 1, 2025
Opening Reception:
5-7PM Thursday, January 23, 2025
This event is free to attend and open to the public.
About the Exhibition:
This group show features a collection of artwork that captures the essence of joy, whimsy, and wonder in all its forms, from moments of boundless elation to the quiet contentment found in everyday life. Explore a diverse array of 2D and 3D works created by talented artists from the 9-county region of West Central Minnesota, including Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin counties. Whether abstract or representational, each piece is infused with the spirit of celebration and gratitude as we usher in the new year.
Jan
29
1:00 PM13:00
Arts Activities, Art Center, Film, Film Showing, Library, Otter Tail County, New York Mills, Artist Presentation, Artist Talk
FILM SHOWING: "Michael T. Keene Presents: Abandoned – The Untold Story of the Orphan Trains" @ New York Mills Public Library
Event Link: www.nympubliclibrary.org.
FEE: Free and open to all, but preregistration is required: call the New York Mills Public Library (218) 385-2436 or go to www.nympubliclibrary.org.
Film & discussion with Mike Keene
January 29, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m.
Held at NYM NYM Public Library
The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in collaboration with the New York Mills Friends of the Library is pleased to present a film viewing and discussion with author Michael Keene on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.
Join us for an interesting and informative afternoon about the Orphan Trains that brought children from New York to Minnesota and other western states. Attendees will watch the film “Abandoned” and then author Mike Keene will join remotely to answer questions after the movie presentation.
This will be a unique hybrid event with history author, Michael Keene. The program explores the audacious relocation scheme which operated between 1854 and 1929, when an estimated 250,000 orphaned or abandoned children were transported west by train and placed in foster homes, mostly in rural mid-western areas, though there were several local placements. The premise now seems incredible, but it developed in response to a crisis incare for homeless children. Their stories are incredibly haunting and poignant.
Feb
20
2:00 PM14:00
Arts Activities, Artist Reception, Artist Talk, Art Gallery, Art Exhibition, Art, Exhibition, Exhibit, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Visual Arts, Visual, Visual Exhibit
Reception: "M State Winter Exhibits Joint Artist Reception" @ Waage and Charles Beck Galleries
Event Link: https://www.minnesota.edu/fine-arts-events
FEE: FREE and Open to the Public
Join us to recognize two incredible artists featuring their work on the Fergus Falls campus, beginning January 16.
Wending Through Watercolor Batik by Ruth Hanson | Charles Beck Gallery
The Fusion of Fiber and Nature by Mary Jo Wentz | Waage Gallery.
There is a joint artist reception on February 20 from 2-4 p.m. at M State-Fergus Falls.
Feb
22
1:00 PM13:00
"Beginning African American Genealogy Research - The First Steps Presented by Elyse Hill" @ Moorhead Public Library
Event Link: https://www.hcscconline.org/events.html
Join us and the Moorhead Public Library as we
welcome African American genealogist Elyse Hill for Black
History Month. The presentation will focus on how to start
genealogical research, as well as the nuances and ways to
overcome the issues faced by African American researchers.
After her presentation, the event will turn into a workshop
where the audience can work on their own family tree with
the help of Elyse, librarians, and historical society staff who
are already familiar with the databases available at the
library. We also invited those who are interested in local
history to “adopt” a family from Fargo-Moorhead’s original
African American community and research their past so we
can better understand our region’s history.
Elyse Hill lives in Georgia, but she grew up in St.
Paul. Her family ties in Minnesota gave her a fascination
with the region’s Black pioneers. Over the past twenty years
she has helped many individuals and groups reconnect with
their past.
Currently she is working on projects for the National
Parks Service’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
program for which she conducted research on enslaved
individuals who escaped bondage and later settled in St.
Paul and Minneapolis before the end of the Civil War. Her
research resulted in Pilgrim Baptist Church and Pioneers &
Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis becoming the
only sites in Minnesota to date that have been included into
this program.
A special thank you to Dr. Yvonne Condell for supporting Hill's appearance in our community.
