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The Fargo-Moorhead Opera invites you to an extraordinary artistic experience: Franz Schubert’s Winterreise performed by the remarkable Joshua Kohl at Plains Art Museum on Thursday, May 15, and Sunday, May 18.

This iconic song cycle takes on unprecedented depth through a unique collaboration between music and visual art. As each of the 24 songs unfolds, you’ll be immersed in the emotional landscape of the cycle, accompanied by 24 original abstract paintings created specifically for this performance by acclaimed local artist Marjorie Schlossman.

Marjorie approached this project with remarkable sensitivity—reading the English translations, absorbing the music, and responding with intuitive visual interpretations. A pillar of our local arts community, her generosity and artistic vision have transformed Winterreise into a shared experience of remarkable depth.

The Fargo-Moorhead Opera invites you to an extraordinary artistic experience: Franz Schubert’s Winterreise performed by the remarkable Joshua Kohl at Plains Art Museum on Thursday, May 15, and Sunday, May 18.

This iconic song cycle takes on unprecedented depth through a unique collaboration between music and visual art. As each of the 24 songs unfolds, you’ll be immersed in the emotional landscape of the cycle, accompanied by 24 original abstract paintings created specifically for this performance by acclaimed local artist Marjorie Schlossman.

Marjorie approached this project with remarkable sensitivity—reading the English translations, absorbing the music, and responding with intuitive visual interpretations. A pillar of our local arts community, her generosity and artistic vision have transformed Winterreise into a shared experience of remarkable depth.

Discover how Labovitz integrates community engagement and cutting-edge research into her practice to create art that uplifts and inspires. Free.

Celebrate the opening of Murray Lemley: Fifty Years of Photography and Design, featuring five decades of photography. Enjoy light refreshments, meet members of the curatorial team, the museum’s senior staff, and experience an exhibition that honors memory, place, and visual storytelling. Free.

This curatorial team-led tour offers insight into the cultural, social, and artistic contexts that shaped ukiyo-e during Japan’s Edo period (1603–1867). Free.

Join Theatre NDSU, ND Academy of Dance, Fargo Public Library, and Plains Art Museum for a day full of art and activity with your little ones ages 5 and under. Choose your own art adventure from dance class, art activities, drama exploration, music class, and story time. Older siblings and families are welcome to participate! Littles Art Day is an entirely FREE art event for families. See the schedule above to plan your day of fun!

• 8:30-8:50 AM: Music, Story Time, Art
• 9-9:20 AM: Dance, Drama, Art
• 9:30-9:50 AM: Music, Story Time, Art
• 10-10:20 AM: Dance, Drama, Art
• 10:30-10:50 AM: Music, Story Time, Art
• 11-11:20 AM: Dance, Drama, Art

This curator-led tour highlights Lemley’s long history with Plains Art Museum as well as his large body of photographs that capture the quiet poetry of everyday life, from urban streets to rural landscapes.

This Artside Chat promises a conversation with a special guest focusing on Rimer Cardillo and the multi-site exhibition Deep Ecologies / Sacred Natures / Temporal Geographies. A leading voice in environmental art, Cardillo’s work spans more than five decades and reflects a sustained commitment to ecological consciousness, cultural preservation, and sacred symbolism. This conversation will explore the philosophical and visual frameworks of Cardillo’s practice—from his early printmaking in Uruguay to his sculptural installations that draw from reliquaries, altarpieces, and endangered ecologies. With reverence for land, memory, and spiritual continuity, Cardillo’s work invites us to reflect on our own entanglements with the natural world—and the urgent need to protect it. Free.

Deep Ecologies / Sacred Natures / Temporal Geographies – This curatorial team-led tour promises a deeply engaged discussion about the interconnectedness of all living beings and the imperfect balance of living in, with, and through ecological contradictions.