We’ve doubled our listenership every year, and after three years we have nearly 20,000 downloads, not only demonstrating the interest in Native American art but also placing the podcast between the top 15%-10% or top podcasts weekly listenership. Finally, it feels good that Plains Art Museum is a national leader in showcasing Native American and Indigenous art at the high level it should be shown.

Malena Handeen exhibition
“A Sampling of Paintings”
On display March 14th – May 4th

Reception and Artist Talk:
Thursday, March 28th, 6-8pm
Artist talk at 6:30pm

Collection representing various eras of her work in paint from the 1990’s up to 2024.
https://www.malenahandeen.com/

On View in Studio K from March 19 - April 27, 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 21st, 2024

About the Installation:
​For the Birds: A means to create, not waste; is a visual examination of physical and fiscal resource use. A play on words, For the Birds… is a literal description of the pieces in the installation, as well as an example of creation using waste and recycled materials, made possible with the fiscal support of guaranteed income. 

On View in Kaddatz Building Community Room March 19 - April 27, 2024

Opening Reception: 5-7PM Thursday, March 21, 2024

About the Exhibition (in the words of Olson):
​I will create plaster torso portraits of women constructed from plaster tape embellished with plastic. We are awash in plastic in every aspect of our lives. This project raises awareness that plastic is both a precious resource and a pervasive environmental pollutant. We are also becoming aware that it is inside us. This body of work highlights the complex relationships we have with plastic, the beauty of the human figure and how all women are objectified. These torso portraits will illustrate how women are taken for granted as producers of children, unpaid household laborers and as decorative objects. Each woman that is cast will have her own narrative fixed to the inside of the plaster cast. These narratives and portraits will explore the double bind that women face today; no matter who you are or what your shape or size; you are still criticized for who you are or what you look like. I want to create thought provoking pieces that highlight the environmental crisis, gender inequality and the hyper sexualization of women. I see connections between these separate issues, and I will use these pieces to explore these complex ideas.

On View in the Main Gallery from March 19 - April 27, 2024

Opening Reception: 5-7PM Thursday, March 21st, 2024This event is free to attend and open to the public.​About the Exhibition (in the words of Youngbird):Inde’Wiisagendam (My Heart Hurts) is a collection of multilayered, multifaceted monotypes using the dress as a metaphor. The dress addresses a wide range, of social issues, injustices and biases.   

n us at The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum for an exclusive showcase of “John Scott Postovit: Myth and Legend” exhibit, running from Friday 5 April to Sunday 9 June.
Members of the Rourke and their guests are invited to special reception for the upcoming exhibit Friday 5 April from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Following the Members Preview, all are welcome for the Public Opening of the exhibit on Saturday 8 June from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Sherry will present a gallery talk at 2 p.m.

View “John Scott Postovit: Myth and Legend” and all of our exhibits during public viewing hours Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

Holmes Spun Theatre is back! Our beautiful theatre opened in May 2001 with the original Holmes Spun Theatre show written by Mary Otto and Lynn Hummel. HST told a tongue-in-cheek history of Detroit Lakes and Becker County. Our 2024 version of HST continues that same tradition and brings you up to date with all the wonderful changes in DL over the past 20+ years. Written by Brent Gerber, HST III incorporates some of the treasures from the original and also the 2012 version of Holmes Spun II. Do not miss this fun revue of our community told through humor, music, and song and performed by your friends and neighbors!