FEE: Adults (Ages 18-64): $12 | Seniors (Ages 65+): $11 | Youth (Ages 5-17): $8 | Children (under 5): FREE

Discounted Rates: Time Travelers: $11 | College Students: $9 | Veterans: $5 | HCSCC Members: FREE | ASCTC Members: FREE | Active Duty Military: FREE

Free Tuesday Evenings: 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Gadgets Galore!

Transforming the American Household

January 17 - June 7, 2026

Third Floor Gallery - Hjemkomst Center

Possers, stereoscopes, landlines, and slide projectors? All of these items were at one point the latest in modern technology and a way to show off to your neighbors. Gadgets Galore tells the stories of these objects, how they changed our lives, and the ways they gave way to the modern world. View the world of the 19th century through vintage stereoscopes, test your knowledge on everyday inventions, design your own invention, and more! This exhibit offers a fantastic blend of science, nostalgia, and hands-on learning for all ages.

Gadgets Galore! Transforming the American Household is a traveling exhibition for from Exhibit Envoy, a nonprofit, and Heather Farquhar. This exhibition is based on the initial iterations at the Hayward Area Historical Society and Los Altos History Museum.

FEE: Free

Alicia Hauff | Homing: Radical Re-Membering

January 31, 2026 - July 5, 2026

Homing is a solo exhibition featuring the work of regional multidisciplinary artist Alicia Hauff. This body of work examines the disconnect between contemporary life and the ecological, ancestral, and somatic systems that have sustained human and non-human communities. Homing refers to “an ability to return to a place or territory after traveling a distance away from it.” The foundational aspects of home include a sense of rootedness, connectedness, belonging, safety, and mutual care. Homing is a re-membering, recovering, and re-commitment to the greater whole of interconnected, interdependent life. Re-membering relates to the embodied act of becoming whole, putting ourselves back together again in care and community. For Hauff, homing begins with getting to know those beings all around us, every day.

Starion Bank Gallery | Plains Art Museum

General admission to this and all exhibitions at Plains Art Museum are free every day of the week.

FEE: Red Door members free to apply

Call for Art: Art for All Exhibition

Red Door Art Gallery – Wahpeton, ND
Deadline for Arrival of Artwork: May 30, 2026
Submission Deadline: May 23, 2026
Exhibition Dates: June 2 – June 27, 2026

Artists are invited to submit work for the Art for All Exhibition, featuring artwork priced at $100 or less. Open to artists residing in North Dakota, Minnesota, or South Dakota, as well as those with a connection to Wahpeton, ND or Breckenridge, MN.

Eligible work includes (but is not limited to): painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, mixed media, wood carving, jewelry, and textiles. Artists may submit 2–3 pieces, and all work must be for sale. A 30% gallery commissionapplies.

Deadline for Arrival of Artwork: May 30, 2026
Submission Deadline: May 23, 2026
Exhibition Dates: June 2 – June 27, 2026

Submission Info:
Submit images and artwork details (title, year, medium, dimensions, price, and description) to director@reddoorgallerywahpeton.com. First-time exhibitors must also include an artist biography.

Additional Requirements:
Artists must be current members of Red Door Art Gallery. All work must be ready to install and remain on view for the duration of the exhibition (unless sold).

Contact:
📞 701-591-1010
📧 director@reddoorgallerywahpeton.com

FEE: Red Door members free to apply

Call for Art: Abstract/Impressionist Art Exhibition

Red Door Art Gallery – Wahpeton, ND

Submission Deadline: June 20, 2026
Deadline for Arrival of Artwork: June 27, 2026
Exhibition Dates: June 30 – August 1, 2026
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, July 10, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Artists are invited to submit work for the Abstract/Impressionist Art Exhibition. Open to artists residing in North Dakota, Minnesota, or South Dakota, as well as those with a connection to Wahpeton, ND or Breckenridge, MN.

This exhibition welcomes nonrepresentational and stylized work across a range of mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, mixed media, wood carving, and textiles. Artists may submit 3–5 pieces(or up to 10 feet of wall space). All work must be for sale; a 30% gallery commission applies.

Submission Info:
Email images and artwork details (title, year, medium, dimensions, price, and description) to director@reddoorgallerywahpeton.com. First-time exhibitors must include an artist biography.

Additional Requirements:
Artists must be current members of Red Door Art Gallery, and all work must be ready to install and remain on view for the duration of the exhibition (unless sold).

Contact:
📞 701-591-1010
📧 director@reddoorgallerywahpeton.com

FEE: Free

2026 Big Art Exhibition

Dates: April 3 – May 26, 2026
Reception: May 14, 2026 | 5:30–7:30 PM
Location: JC Penney Wing, West Acres, Fargo, ND

The 2026 Big Art Exhibition features artwork by participating members of the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists in a wide range of styles and mediums.

Visitors are invited to explore the exhibition throughout its run and attend a public reception on Thursday, May 14 from 5:30–7:30 PM, offering an opportunity to meet and talk with the artists.

This exhibition celebrates the creativity of regional artists and offers a chance to experience a diverse collection of visual art in a public setting.

FEE: Free to attend.

On Exhibit in Three Locations Across Detroit Lakes

You can see the full collection in three locations through Labor Day weekend:

• Becker County Museum – 714 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes – Originals and prints of acrylic, oil, and ink paintings

• Ortenstone Gardens & Sculpture Park – 28499 Randolph Rd, Detroit Lakes  – Large-scale print reproductions along the Aspen Overlook Trail

• Washington Square Mall – 808 Washington Ave, Detroit Lakes – Even more large-scale print reproductions

Free & Open to the Public

The exhibits will remain open during each venue’s operating hours through Labor Day Weekend 2026.
This exhibition is free and open to the public – thanks to Project 412 Wave Maker supporters.

Join us for the Artist Reception
on Saturday, May 2, 2026
from 5 to 7 pm

At the Becker County Museum

714 Summit Avenue in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

FEE: Art show & reception free | Tea $20 per person

Fins & Flowers: Spring Art Show & Mother’s Day Tea

Alexandria Art Guild | Alexandria, MN

Celebrate spring, support local artists, and enjoy a weekend of art and tea at the Alexandria Art Guild’s Fins & Flowers fundraiser.

This special event features a 6"×6" Art Show & Sale alongside a Mother’s Day Tea held inside the Art Center. Browse a vibrant collection of original artwork—small in size but rich in creativity—and enjoy a relaxed tea experience in a gallery setting.

Art Show & Sale:
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7
On view through Saturday, May 23 during tea sessions and open viewing times

Tea Schedule:
Friday, May 8
• 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
• 3:00 PM–4:00 PM

Saturday, May 9
• 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
• 3:00 PM–4:00 PM

Sunday, May 10 (Mother’s Day)
• 11:00 AM–12:00 PM

Tickets:
$20 per person
Available at the Alexandria Art Guild Visual Arts Center or through Guild members
Advance purchase recommended (limited seating)

Proceeds support the Alexandria Art Guild’s mission to provide artist opportunities, community programming, and a vibrant creative space.

FEE: Free

CALL FOR ART: Before We Were Happy

Adult Annual Regional Art Show

New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN

Exhibition: May 26 – July 4

Inspired by the 2026 Great American Think-Off question:

Has the pursuit of happiness made Americans unhappy?

This exhibition explores nostalgia—was the past truly happier, or is that a myth shaped by privilege, exclusion, and selective memory?

We’re seeking visual work that:

• Questions idealized histories

• Challenges nostalgia as comfort or denial

• Explores who happiness was (or wasn’t) for

• Reimagines happiness as evolving, complex, or hard-won

All visual media welcome: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, installation & mixed media.

Submit:

Up to 2 works

Ready to display (framed)

Optional artist statement (250 words) + bio (100 words)

Include medium, size, year, and price (if for sale. Please note NYMRCC retains a standard 30% commission of all gallery sales)

Drop-off: May 19–21

24 N Main Ave, New York Mills, MN 56567

info@kulcher.org | 218-385-3339

Key Question:

Was happiness something we lost or something we were never all allowed to have?

FEE: $12 Adults | $11 Seniors | $10 College Students | $8 Youth 5-17 & Children under 5 are Free.
HCSCC members get in free | Admission is also free every Tuesday night 5-8pm.

Rocks and Hard Places:
Emigration through the Lens of Knud Knudsen

June 12 - September 27, 2026
Hjemkomst Center

The exhibit provides viewers with 30 stunning framed black and white photographs taken between 1870 and 1900 that capture the toil and challenging topography that drove so many people to emigrate, many to Minnesota. In addition to Knudsen’s photographs, exhibit panels explore and contextualize the political, economic, and family pressures that led to above-average emigration from the region.

These immigrant stories from the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries give us a more nuanced understanding of our immigrant neighbors today and the pressures that lead them to leave their homelands.

This traveling exhibit is organized by Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, with support from Lars and Martha Alsaker on behalf of Dan Alsaker and his sister Pam (Alsaker) Hemingway; Alsaker Corporation, and the Hanson Family Foundation.

This exhibit is supported in part by The Arts Partnership with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo; the Alex Stern Family Foundation, and the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation.

FEE: $12 Adults | $11 Seniors | $10 College Students | $8 Youth 5-17 & Children under 5 are Free.
HCSCC members get in free | Admission is also free every Tuesday night 5-8pm.

Bearing Witness Art Quilt Exhibit

October 10 - December 27, 2026
Hjemkomst Center

Opening Oct. 10, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County will display 40 art quilts called Bearing Witness, produced by Studio Art Quilts Association. The theme of the exhibit is “deliberate attempts to eradicate specific populations due to differences of culture, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender expression, and race. Often motivated by those in power, collective trauma and tragedy are part of our past and present.

This exhibition will educate viewers about the perils of antisemitism, racism, homophobia, sexism, and inequity. Our challenge is to remember and learn from the history of The Holocaust and other global genocides and to amplify our shared humanity. Preserving our humanity is at the center of all diversity, equity, and inclusion work, invoking the core of our experiences” (SAQA website).

The exhibit will show at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead Oct. 10 through Dec. 27, 2026. This exhibit will no doubt startle viewers who may be expecting their grandmother’s traditional quilts. Images and artist statements share the artists’ reflection on global atrocities in an art form that expands the tradition of quilt making to include found objects, sculpture, photo transfer, embroidery, and beadwork.

This activity is funded in part by Joe and Muriel Richardson, the FM Quilters (thank you!), the voters of Minnesota through grants through MN State Arts Board and Lake Region Arts Council from a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, the FM Area Foundation, Alex Stern Family Foundation, and The Arts Partnership with support from the Cites of Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo.