Art Camp

March 23, 2024 - April 15, 2024

Plains Art Museum & NDSU Renaissance Hall (650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo)

Art Camp, a celebration of regional student artists, begins on Friday, April 12th with activities for high school students and teachers at NDSU’s Renaissance Hall in downtown Fargo (across the street from the museum). Organized by NDSU’s School of Design, Architecture and Art (SoDAA), this day features interactive workshops, studio sessions with professional artists, and a Juried High School Exhibition at Plains Art Museum. The event continues on Sunday, April 14th for elementary and middle school students, with an exhibition of their work and family-friendly art activities throughout the museum. Art camp is a celebration of discovery, creativity, and the joy of making art!

Ongoing Exhibitions

No Time For Despair

Ongoing
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

Ongoing
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.

Ongoing
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

Ongoing
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

Ongoing
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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