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July 2020
MMAM: Memories of Titanic
Explore art and objects associated with the loss and shipwreck of RMS Titanic. On view will be a young survivor’s riveting first-hand account of the disaster, including the loss of her father, in her diary and personal letters. Also included are paintings by American artist Colin Campbell Cooper from when he was aboard the rescue ship Carpathia, and a ship model, original telegrams, and more.
Find out more »MMAM: Mark Herman: Landmarks
Mark Herman creates digital images and fine art prints of Minnesota’s favorite natural and manmade landmarks in his distinctive, colorful, and vintage-poster-inspired style. His prints feature beloved locations such as Lake Superior, the North Shore, the Mississippi River, many of Minnesota’s favorite lakes, as well as images of popular parks, iconic buildings, boats, and bridges. www.numericpress.com
Find out more »MMAM: Christy Lee Rogers: Baroque Water Worlds
Hawaii native Christy Lee Rogers creates beautiful, complex, and colorful images of people underwater. Her fluid compositions, choreography, costumes, dramatic lighting, and bold colors make her large-scale digital images appear like 17th century Baroque paintings. Her work is exhibited globally and she is the winner of the 2019 Sony World Photographer of the Year award.
Find out more »The Art of Fine Furniture
The Art of Fine Furniture is an annual exhibit featuring the creations of professional and hobbyist studio furniture makers. TAOFF also offers free educational and inspirational workshops and discussion to encourage professionals and aspiring amateurs alike to think deeper about the works they create and to push themselves to create new extraordinary works using time honored woodworking skills.
Find out more »August 2020
2nd Saturdays at MMAM: Shaping Waters: The Mighty Mississipi
Second Saturdays is an arts access program with the goal of reducing intimidation and increasing comfortable access to the fine arts for everyone. MMAM developed this program to change, expand and enrich the way we connect with our community in Winona, Minnesota. MMAM is enriching its understanding of Winona and tailoring aspects of our programming to help sustain life-long access to the museum.
Find out more »September 2020
MMAM: Christian Vizl: Silent Kingdom
Dive into the world’s oceans with award-winning Mexican photographer Christian Vizl through his captivating black-and-white images. Vizl’s mastery of shadow and light capture the ocean’s creatures as they are rarely seen, at home in the ethereal world beneath the waves. Through three decades of working and photographing underwater, Vizl simultaneously portrays both the beauty and fragile nature of these animals to educate and raise awareness of the threats to the world’s oceans and marine life. www.christianvizl.com
Find out more »October 2020
MMAM: Greg DeGrace: Driftless
With varying degrees of abstraction, Minneapolis painter Greg DeGrace’s paintings reference the Driftless region of Minnesota and Wisconsin, an area that escaped the flattening effects of glaciers during the last ice age. Working in encaustic wax and pigment to create textural paintings, DeGrace references maps, aerial photographs, linear and geometric patterns found in roadways and plots of land with the natural, free-flowing forms of area waterways. His paintings, filled with colors and patterns, create memories of where one has been…
Find out more »2nd Saturdays at MMAM: On Cloud Nine: Exploring the Skies & Landscapes of MMAM
Second Saturdays is an arts access program with the goal of reducing intimidation and increasing comfortable access to the fine arts for everyone. MMAM developed this program to change, expand and enrich the way we connect with our community in Winona, Minnesota. MMAM is enriching its understanding of Winona and tailoring aspects of our programming to help sustain life-long access to the museum.
Find out more »November 2020
Polish Palooza Variety Show
Join us for stories, song, dance, drink and laughs as we explore the Polish immigrants of Winona. This event with feature local actors, singers, dancers and musicians. Written and directed by Jim Vrchota. There will be a 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. performance.
Find out more »Mystery at MMAM
Mystery at MMAM is an interactive, murder mystery event that takes place in the galleries of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum. Search for clues and talk to actors portraying characters from the paintings to discover the who, what, where and why of a murder. Cash bar and light hors d’oeuvres and desserts provided.
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