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This virtual art exhibit includes audio and video clips, poems and excerpts as well as the usual visual artworks. Writers and artists producing music, dance, theatre, film and other performance art will be showcased along with visual artists. The exhibit is set up in the form of an online book.

Tony Duran is an award-winning commercial, fashion, celebrity portrait, and architectural photographer. This Winona, Minnesota born artist spent many years working freelance all over the world and has lived in Los Angeles, California for the last two decades. His break into fame occurred when he photographed musician Jennifer Lopez, which subsequently led him to photograph nearly every leading celebrity in the music, fashion, film, and television industries. His works have appeared on hundreds of magazine covers worldwide. On display are…

On display are paintings of historic and contemporary marine scenes by several of the best British marine artists of the 20th century. See works from the MMAM collection by Roy Cross, Montague Dawson, Louis Dodd, Henry Scott, and William Bishop, exploring a variety of subjects such as seascapes, ship portraits, naval battles, whaling vessels, and river steamboats

Nothing permeant except change focuses on periods of transition, both in nature and in our own lives as we finish our college career. This exhibition will be on display in-person in the Watkins Gallery as well as online. Participating artists are Amanda Chapman-Vruno, Megan Cichosz, Kiri Sannerud, and Megan Surface.  The virtual gallery can be viewed at: https://educate.winona.edu/watkinsgallery/ Join the artist talks and reception here: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/94227511442 Meeting ID: 942 2751 1442 Passcode: Sculpture

The Year We Thought About Love is a film featuring LGBTQ youth of color exploring love – within families, friendships, spiritually, and romantically.  The film goes behind the scenes of the oldest queer youth theater in America. In a twist on the common image of LGBTQ youth as victims, the film reveals the troupe members as artists and activists, celebrating the joy and fullness of their lives in thoughtful and hilarious ways. Watch the film on Thursday, April 22nd at…

Children’s book author, Trisha Speed Shaskan is a native of Winona and has achieved success with books like the Q & Ray Graphic Novel Series, Punk Skunks, and farces on fairy tales like Truly, We Both Loved Beauty Dearly!: The Story of Sleeping Beauty as Told by the Good and Bad Fairies and Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!: The Story of Little Red Riding Hood as Told by the Wolf.  To attend the Zoom event, please register online at…

Experience the wide range of high quality art that is created in our region during this event. Artists provide tours of their studios, explain the process of making their art, answer questions and do live demonstrations throughout the weekend.