Open Tuesday - Sunday, 10a - 5p | Thursday 10a - 8p
The “Throwdown” is the grand finale of any group sketch walk. Throw down the sketching you did over the weekend. Share your creations, swap stories, and soak in the diverse perspectives of fellow artists. No critiques, just pure appreciation and inspiration.
Join us at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum for the 2024 For the Love of Water Gala. This event, hosted at MMAM will feature a cocktail hour, seated dinner, and an auction. Enjoy a lovely September evening at the museum, and help MMAM move its mission forward!
G. Faye Dant, author of Hannibal's Invisibles and founder of Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center in Hannibal, MO will present an author talk about her experiences confronting the reality of the past and surfacing overlooked histories in her small river community. Following Dant's talk, Engage Winona will facilitate a conversation about engaging with discomfort in community work.
For two days, artists from the Urban Sketchers Twin Cities Chapter and Urban Sketchers Bluff Country Chapter will come together in Winona to lead sketch walks at five locations around the city on Friday and Saturday. Whether you consider yourself an artist or not, anyone can participate and enjoy any or all of these free opportunities to “Sketch Winona”.
Artist Kar-Keat Chong will lead a workshop on sketching with watercolor and ink. Participants will be exposed to multiple ink medium pens and learn how to sketch and shade with them. Once participants grasp the basic ink sketching techniques, they will learn how to incorporate watercolor into their ink sketches.
What exactly is this ‘urban sketching’ thing? Why are all these artists showing up in alleyways, on bridges, and in our parks and what exactly are they drawing? Hear from a diverse panel of artists, including Kar-Keat Chong, who are at the forefront of a new movement, making waves in the art community with their sketchbooks and radical vision for on-location art making
The Plein Air Experience: Sketching Winona brings you four exciting days of plein air art making on the Upper Mississippi River, featuring a signature studio arts workshop led by Urban Sketchers advocate Kar-Keat Chong, an opening launch event, artist-led sketch walks, and a chance to close it all down by seeing what was created over the weekend at a closing reception.
SPARK! at Minnesota Marine Art Museum is a unique, free program designed specifically for people with memory loss and their care partners. SPARK! programs offer participants an opportunity to enhance their quality of life through social engagement, mental stimulation, and communication.
