Current Events

Art + Autism: Summer Artventure

June 29, 2023 - 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Art + Autism: Summer Artventure

Join our summer Art + Autism Workshop at the Plains Art Museum! We will come together to explore wearable art, enjoy a snack, and create a custom cape that represents our unique selves. These sessions are developed and instructed by Plains Art Museum Education Staff and Special Education professionals and are designed for families with children on with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The event is free but registration is required. The family in attendance should not register but plan to attend. Alatera McCann, Community Programs Coordinator, will email the listed primary contact before the event date with a social story and welcome letter.

Parents/caregivers may request an orientation prior to the event – contact amccann@plainsart.org to schedule.

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Low-Sensory Mondays

July 3, 2023 - 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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Book Exchange

August 3, 2023 - 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Book Exchange

Spend the evening at Plains Art Museum celebrating the exhibition Zoetic Spaces with a book exchange. Bring an old, new, borrowed, or banned book to this exchange. We invite everyone to join our safe space to discuss and explore their favorite books. Refreshments will be provided. 

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Ice Cream Sunday

August 6, 2023 - 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Ice Cream Sunday

Visit the Center for Creativity at the Plains Art Museum and join us for Ice Cream Sunday! Celebrate summer’s end and the release of our new fall classes with a delicious scoop of free ice cream and an ice cream-themed art project!

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Low-Sensory Mondays

August 7, 2023 - 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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Weaving Night

August 10, 2023 - 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Weaving Night

Spend an evening at Plains Art Museum making a weaving project in celebration with the exhibition Zoetic Spaces. This evening will give participants the opportunity to gather to conversate and create as a collective. All materials will be provided.

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Museum Uncrated: Downtown Sculpture and Mural Walk

August 23, 2023 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Museum Uncrated: Downtown Sculpture and Mural Walk

Spend a nice August evening with Plains Art Museum staff learning about the public art that is a part of downtown Fargo. This walk will go through some of the major sculptures and murals that make up our lively downtown. 

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Low-Sensory Mondays

September 4, 2023 - 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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