General Exhibitions
The Green Line Series: An Environmental Art Installation by Stevie Famulari
PUBLIC LECTURE: Thursday, May 10, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. With her new Green Line Series, Stevie Famulari set out to make a bold statement. What if our clothing grew, changed, and even flowered? Utilizing a variety of techniques and materials, Famulari, an assistant professor in NDSU’s landscape architecture department, has created five elegant garments (an opera gown, an asymmetrical gown, a lawn [...]
Jon Offutt: Dakota Horizons
The landscapes of North Dakota are, to borrow a term, legendary. They stretch far and wide, embracing brilliant sunsets over miles of rolling hills, and have been ingrained in the state’s consciousness to the point of being captured on the State Seal. Artists have long treated the North Dakota landscape with reverence and zeal. Fargo [...]
The Return of Sodbuster: Luis Jimenez in Fargo
Most of us know about Sodbuster, the sculpture by Luis Jimenez that once stood at the corner of Broadway and Main in downtown Fargo, the same piece of public art whose future was a focal point of a discussion held at the Museum last October. But here’s a little known fact about Sodbuster: the work [...]
Marjorie Schlossman: A Symphony of Color
Symphony of Color marks Schlossman’s first solo exhibition in seven years and, by far, her most comprehensive. The 68 works here represent a cross section of her career, spanning nearly 20 years of work, and include paintings as well as several of the Roberts Street Chaplets she helped create in 2006. The exhibition was curated [...]
PROJECT Flood Diversion
PROJECT Flood Diversion brings together a number of artists who will use their work to address the issue of flooding. These works pose questions, present ideas, and offer solutions, building stronger relationships between and among artists and audiences along the way. Keep an eye out for these activities happening near you, and watch our blog and [...]
2012 Spring Gala Art Auction Preview
The art auction for our 16th Annual Spring Gala will feature outstanding work across a wide variety of media by 95 artists. All works will be on display in Fred J. Donath Gallery during our Gala Auction Preview exhibition April 21 – May 5. Click any of the thumbnails below to view the full image and [...]
Art on the Plains XI
Art on the Plains is the Plains Art Museum’s signature juried exhibition for contemporary art in the region. Now in its eleventh year, AOP has become an important career builder for emerging artists and a point of pride among more established professional artists. The exhibition is known for presenting the latest trends in art of [...]
The Misfit Cup Liberation Project
Right now, in the recesses of your cupboard, resides a cup. This cup has been long forgotten and left to sit idle for too long. Why is it still in your cupboard? With the Misfit Cup Liberation Project, artist Michael J. Strand has asked participant to bring their favorite rejected cups to the Museum, which [...]
Birch Bark, Clay, Pixels, Paint: New Work in the Museum Collection
See an overview of new art works that have become part of Plains Art Museum’s permanent collection over the past four years in this new exhibition. Since 2007, hundreds of works of art have been donated to the Museum, and several new pieces have been acquired through Museum purchases or commissions. Become acquainted with a [...]
See Acts of Audacious Daring! The Circus World of Judy Onofrio
Ladies and gentlemen! Children of all ages! Come one, come all to this extraordinary exhibition inspired by the drama and showmanship of the American circus. Contemporary mixed-media artist Judy Onofrio’s life-sized sculptures of performers, animals, and circus acts will be exhibited alongside historic examples of circus banners, posters, and carvings from Circus World Museum that [...]
