Creative Educators
Recent Work by Plains Art Museum Teaching Artists
Creativity Gallery
Teaching artists are at the heart of Plains Art Museum. These passionate community arts educators lead a variety of programs– from school tours and art experiences to advanced adult classes. Their artistic practice compliments their work as educators. This exhibition showcases the range of media and vision in our Plains Art Museum teaching artists. Participating artists: Olivia Bain, Carmen Bruhn, Heidi Fedde, Debra Ann Griffey, Emmalee Hazer, Amanda Heidt, Paul Ide, Eric Johnson, Aaron Kirchhoff, Mike Kolesar, Annette Marchand, Ann Arbor Miller, Pasteur Mudende, Chelsea Odden, Carol Prafcke, Hayden Swanson, James Wolberg, and Josh Zeis.
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Aaron Kirchhoff Lake Life, 2017 glass, mixed media Courtesy of the artist -
Hayden Swanson King, 2018 acrylic on plywood Courtesy of the artist
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Pasteur Mudende Untitled, 2018 Oil on canvas Courtesy of the artist
Ongoing Exhibitions
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.
View ExhibitionBee 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.
View ExhibitionS.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.
View ExhibitionThe 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.
View ExhibitionFragile 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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