Find a story that speaks to you.

Immerse yourself in a tapestry of diverse artistic expressions and cultural viewpoints across our six galleries. Our bold and socially engaged exhibitions bring regional voices into conversation with contemporary and historical artists from across the country and around the world.

Exhibitions & Collections

Aaron Coleman: Come, Go Back, Child

Come, Go Back, Child is an exhibition of recent work by multidisciplinary artist Aaron S. Coleman whose art practice examines the entangled histories of race, religion, and power in the United States. Coleman’s densely layered prints, sculptural assemblages, and mixed-media installations explore contemporary Black experiences and critique systems of white supremacy.

FMVA Studio Crawl Preview

Each year, Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists (FMVA) presents the Studio Crawl, a popular, free event that gives the community access to professional artist studios.

Clear as Mud

Clear as Mud brings together the work of Annie Lee-Zimerle and Brian Zimerle, two artists whose practices navigate memory, materiality, and the quiet complexities of everyday life to reconsider the promises and contradictions of the American Dream.

Know Your Treaty: Wiwahokichiyapi

Treaties are living documents that are “the supreme law of the land” and remain legally binding agreements that establish the political relationship between Native Nation and the United States government. These agreements have established land boundaries, resource rights, reservations; they determine Tribal Nation citizenship and outline mutual obligations.

Threads of Offering

Thương Hoài Trần (she/they) is an interdisciplinary Vietnamese American artist whose immigrant experience informs their identity and creative practice.

FMVA Studio Crawl Preview

Each year, Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists (FMVA) presents the Studio Crawl—a popular, free event that gives the community access to professional artists’ studios. The Studio Crawl is an opportunity for people to meet artists, see demonstrations, and buy their work.

S.P.A.C.E. 2024-2026

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.

2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition

This exhibition celebrates the vision, ingenuity, and talent of North Dakota teen artists. Since 2015 Plains Art Museum and Red River Valley Writing Project have partnered to serve as the state affiliate for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

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.

The heart of the museum.

Catch a glimpse into the vault, the heart of our 6,000+ piece collection, representing 200 years of North American art. Our visible collection storage offers visitors a closer look at our exceptional collections of prints and Native American art.

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