First Sunday of every month from 11 AM – 2 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 Sensory Sundays on the first Sunday 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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Enjoy five days of free holiday concerts featuring some of the area’s best musicians! Music begins at noon. Purchase lunch from Chef’s Table and Urban Foods Catering. Explore the galleries for free, shop for artful gifts at The Store with free gift wrapping. Museum memberships make great holiday gifts—members receive 20% off store purchases (10% for nonmembers) from November 28 to December 24.
December 8: Russ Peterson and Concordia Saxophones
December 9: Dave Ferreira Trio
December 10: Fargo-Moorhead Opera
December 11: Lyra Trio
December 12: Sarah Morrau & Bekka Devrie
Enjoy five days of free holiday concerts featuring some of the area’s best musicians! Music begins at noon. Purchase lunch from Chef’s Table and Urban Foods Catering. Explore the galleries for free, shop for artful gifts at The Store with free gift wrapping. Museum memberships make great holiday gifts—members receive 20% off store purchases (10% for nonmembers) from November 28 to December 24.
December 8: Russ Peterson and Concordia Saxophones
December 9: Dave Ferreira Trio
December 10: Fargo-Moorhead Opera
December 11: Lyra Trio
December 12: Sarah Morrau & Bekka Devrie
Enjoy five days of free holiday concerts featuring some of the area’s best musicians! Music begins at noon. Purchase lunch from Chef’s Table and Urban Foods Catering. Explore the galleries for free, shop for artful gifts at The Store with free gift wrapping. Museum memberships make great holiday gifts—members receive 20% off store purchases (10% for nonmembers) from November 28 to December 24.
December 8: Russ Peterson and Concordia Saxophones
December 9: Dave Ferreira Trio
December 10: Fargo-Moorhead Opera
December 11: Lyra Trio
December 12: Sarah Morrau & Bekka Devrie
Enjoy five days of free holiday concerts featuring some of the area’s best musicians! Music begins at noon. Purchase lunch from Chef’s Table and Urban Foods Catering. Explore the galleries for free, shop for artful gifts at The Store with free gift wrapping. Museum memberships make great holiday gifts—members receive 20% off store purchases (10% for nonmembers) from November 28 to December 24.
December 8: Russ Peterson and Concordia Saxophones
December 9: Dave Ferreira Trio
December 10: Fargo-Moorhead Opera
December 11: Lyra Trio
December 12: Sarah Morrau & Bekka Devrie
Join Plains Art Museum and Director & CEO Erin Shapiro for a festive evening celebrating art, community, and the Museum’s exciting future. Enjoy a cash bar, light snacks, a hands-on printing activity, and guided tours of the permanent collection—soon to be reimagined through our Connections capital campaign.
Each guest will receive one complimentary beverage ticket.
General Admission: $60
Member Admission: $50
Not yet a member? Click here to join to support free access to art for all.
Enjoy five days of free holiday concerts featuring some of the area’s best musicians! Music begins at noon. Purchase lunch from Chef’s Table and Urban Foods Catering. Explore the galleries for free, shop for artful gifts at The Store with free gift wrapping. Museum memberships make great holiday gifts—members receive 20% off store purchases (10% for nonmembers) from November 28 to December 24.
December 8: Russ Peterson and Concordia Saxophones
December 9: Dave Ferreira Trio
December 10: Fargo-Moorhead Opera
December 11: Lyra Trio
December 12: Sarah Morrau & Bekka Devrie
First Sunday of every month from 11 AM – 2 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 Sensory Sundays on the first Sunday 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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In celebration of the exhibition Women Artists: Four Centuries of Creativity at Plains Art Museum, the Guerrilla Girls will visit North Dakota for the first time.
The Guerrilla Girls are anonymous feminist artists and activists who expose gender and racial inequalities in the art world. The group formed in New York City in 1985 in response to an international exhibition of art at the Museum of Modern Art that included less than 8% women artists.
At Plains Art Museum in Fargo, only 10.5% of the permanent collection’s 6,000 objects were made by women artists.
What can be done to achieve equality in the arts? When the Guerrilla Girls protests were ignored, they turned to ‘guerrilla’ art tactics, like wheat-pasting posters across Manhattan. This included their famous piece “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum?” that read “Less than 5% of the artists in the Modern Art Sections are women, but 85% of the nudes are female.”
Join us at Plains Art Museum to hear directly from the Guerrilla Girls.
Members receive a 15% discount on tickets! Become a member HERE to receive the promo code to use at checkout. Already a member? Contact development@plainsart.org for your code.
On January 22, 2026, at 6:30 pm, the Guerrilla Girls will deliver their classic presentation with a Fargo twist. (And yes, they will remain anonymous throughout their presentation.) VIP ticket holders will have priority seating as well as an opportunity to meet the Guerrilla Girls before their gig.
The Guerrilla Girls will host two art activism workshops. These workshops are designed to help you find your activist voice for causes you care about. Museum Members also receive a discount on workshop purchases (in addition to a presentation ticket discount), so consider becoming a member today! Click here.
This installation was created specifically for the atrium at Plains Art Museum as part of the exhibition Convergence: Health & Creativity. Inspired by Labovitz’s research on the psychological benefits of art, this piece celebrates the connection between art and well-being.
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The S.P.A.C.E. (Sculpture Pad Art Collaborative Experiment) project is a public art initiative led by Plains Art Museum in collaboration with NDSU, MSUM, and Concordia College. Sculptures are displayed for two years.
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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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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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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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