Current Events

Summer Quest: Portraits that POP!

July 25, 2024 - 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Summer Quest: Portraits that POP!

Join us for summer fun! We will visit the art galleries and gather up inspiration before heading to the studio to make portraits with dimensional features. Registration is required for youth (ages 1-18) and accompanied by an adult. This program is built to engage the family as a whole and adults are encouraged to participate in activities in the galleries and assist kids with project making in the studio.

Summer Quest is an addition to Kid Quest, a FREE drop-in program designed for the whole family to explore and create at your own pace. This program is made possible with funding from Xcel Energy and Otter Tail Corporation Foundation with additional support from Minnesota Public Radio.

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Artist Talk: Inkpa Mani

August 1, 2024 - 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Artist Talk: Inkpa Mani

Join us for a conversation with Inkpa Mani. Inkpa Mani is an Indigenous, Mexican/American artist from Minnesota and Chihuahua, MX. Throughout his work, he blends modern techniques with traditional Native American aesthetics. Based in rural Minnesota, Inkpa Mani creates work that celebrates the beauty of the modern Indigenous world. He focuses on art as a cultural continuum passed down in North America for thousands of years.

Inkpa Mani: What’s in a Name? on view through September 22, 2024

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Low-Sensory Mondays

August 5, 2024 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Low-Sensory Mondays

First Monday of every month from 2-5 PM

We embrace the unique qualities of all who walk through our doors and appreciate that many visitors need to explore the Museum in different ways. For individuals and families who prefer a quiet, less sensory-stimulating environment, we offer Low-Sensory Mondays on the first Monday afternoon of every month. At each event, loud gallery sounds and bright lights are turned down and attendance is limited. Fidgets will be available for checkout.

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Low-Sensory Mondays

September 2, 2024 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Low-Sensory Mondays

First Monday of every month from 2-5 PM

We embrace the unique qualities of all who walk through our doors and appreciate that many visitors need to explore the Museum in different ways. For individuals and families who prefer a quiet, less sensory-stimulating environment, we offer Low-Sensory Mondays on the first Monday afternoon of every month. At each event, loud gallery sounds and bright lights are turned down and attendance is limited. Fidgets will be available for checkout.

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Ongoing Exhibitions

No Time For Despair

No Time For Despair

To say that right now is the ideal time to make art that speaks directly to the people about social justice is an understatement. Because the very nature of art is to undertake or assume the role of a healer by shading light on the human condition.

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Bee in Flight

Bee in Flight

Community artist and school art teacher MeLissa Kossick, who guides youth classes at the Museum on art, gardens, and pollinators, has created an enchanting mosaic design in the Creativity Pathway in the Serkland Gallery called Bee in Flight.

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S.P.A.C.E.

S.P.A.C.E.
Kaleidoscope

The S.P.A.C.E. (Sculpture Pad Art Collaborative Experiment) project is a public art initiative undertaken collaboratively between Plains Art Museum, and the college art departments at North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead, and Concordia College.

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The North Dakota Mural

The North Dakota Mural

Drawing on his childhood memories of the Great Plains, he created a work that speaks to the wide open spaces, huge vistas, and ocean-like skies of the region.

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Fragile Preservation

Fragile Preservation
A Tallgrass Community

While the Tallgrass Prairie is a community made up of a great diversity of species, Fragile Preservation represents a selection of them.

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