EVENT LINK: https://plainsart.org/exhibitions/jaque-fragua/

FEE: Free

Ghost Writing

Fred Donath, Jr. Memorial Gallery

April 5, 2025 - March 15, 2026

Ghost Writing is a compelling, mid-career retrospective showcasing work by Jaque Fragua, a contemporary artist from Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico. Fragua works in a diverse array of media, including digital painting, sculpture, installation, and public art. His distinct style is characterized by bold colors and mark-making as well as thoughtful approach to appropriation.

EVENT LNK: https://plainsart.org/exhibitions/wiwahokichiyapi/

FEE: Free

Wíwahokičhiyapi

They Promised Things to Each Other

April 25, 2026 - February 7, 2026

Fred Donath, Jr. Memorial Gallery

Treaties are living documents that are “the supreme law of the land” and remain legally binding agreements that establish the political relationship between Native Nations and the United States government. These agreements have established land boundaries, resource rights, reservations; they determine Tribal Nation citizenship and outline mutual obligations. The Influence of treaties and the policies surrounding them has been profound, shaping both traditional and contemporary Indigenous art and ways of making. This exhibition explores how treaties continue to resonate through Native creativity and expression.

Wíwahokičhiyapi: They Promised Things to Each Other is an overview of treaties in this country with a focus on those that pertain to our region. This exhibition is developed in collaboration with the National Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Plains Art Museum partnered with Lakȟóta Archeologist Tyrel Iron Eyes and Giiwedinnong Treaty Museum’s Logan Monroe, Don Wendl, and Winona LaDuke. Our partners contributed research that informed and shaped the development of this exhibition.

EVENT LINK: https://www.hcscconline.org/treasures-from-norway.html

FEE: Free Tuesday nights: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Standard Rates
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

Treasures from Norway

Treasures from Norway honors the Norwegian immigrants that settled this region during the middle part of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These new Americans came to the United States with little more than the clothes on their back and a few personal effects. These personal items, tangible reminders of family they were leaving and the old country, will be displayed from July 1, 2025 to June 22, 2026.

EVENT LINK: https://www.emceramics.studio/art-project-605

FEE: Free

2025

RIMER CARDILLO

DEEP ECOLOGY

Resistant Allusions

an exhibition in partnership with Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota

Few artists today embody the urgent call of environmentalism as powerfully as Rimer Cardillo.

The Uruguayan-American artist has spent over fifty years building a body of work that mourns, warns and ultimately inspires. His art connects directly to the idea of Deep Ecology, a philosophy that insists we can no longer separate human survival from the survival of all living things.

For Cardillo, this is no abstract theory. His work traces a lineage from the genocide of Indigenous peoples to the extinction of plants and animals, as well as the destruction of earth's ecosystems. It is a continuum of loss, but also a call to recognize that all life is interconnected. Since his student days in Uruguay during the late 1960s, Cardillo has used his art to memorialize what has vanished and warn of what could still disappear. The result is a haunting, beautiful and deeply ethical visual language.

Resistant Allusions, on view at Art Project 605, is Cardillo’s most recent body of work, 26 digital color photographs with woodcut, silkscreen, and drawing.

Deep Ecology unfolds across four partner institutions in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. Audiences are encouraged to visit all four exhibitions, each offering a distinct lens on Cardillo's career.

Location

Art Project 605

605 Washingto Ave

Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Click here to see a map of all four locations.

Artist Reception: Thursday, September 11 from 6 to 8 pm.

Art Project 605 Dates and Hours

September 2-30, 2025

Tuesday–Friday, 10 am to 5 pm

Saturday, 11 am to 1 pm

And by appointment: 917-971-7712

Partner Institution Dates

Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND

August 28, 2025-February 8, 2026

Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN

August 28-September 30, 2025

The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum, Moorhead, MN

January 8-February 8, 2026

EVENT LINK: https://plainsart.org/exhibitions/women-artists/

FEE: Free

Women Artists: Four Centuries of Creativity

Jane L. Stern Gallery

November 1, 2025 - March 1, 2026

Plains Art Museum proudly presents Women Artists: Four Centuries of Creativity, a major exhibition running November 1, 2025 – March 1, 2026, that traces the resilience and innovation of women artists from the early modern period to the present. The exhibition features 40 works from the Museum’s Permanent Collection alongside 37 works on loan from the Reading Public Museum.

EVENT LINK: https://galsguide.org/2025/11/09/call-for-submissions-2026/

FEE: Free to apply

Gal's Guide Anthology— Call for Submissions

Gal's Guide seeks poetry, fiction, and non fiction for its 5th Anthology. Gal's Guide was founded in Indiana but has recently moved to Moorhead, MN. Gal's Guide is a women's history focused non profit, however, for this years anthology they are looking for well told stories no matter the identity of the writer or the main character. 

There are many ways to rebel. Gal’s Guide is looking for fiction & non fiction about all of them.

This is the fifth annual Gal’s Guide Anthology. Previous themes have been Women’s History, Journey, Nourish, and Female Friendships.

Stories/poems/essays will be chosen by a jury made up of board members of Gal’s Guide and a judge from the literary world.

Stories/poems/essays picked for the anthology will be ones that best fit the theme of rebellion, follow the submission specs, and are turned in on or before the deadline.

Writers may submit as many pieces as they like; however, a maximum of three (3) pieces per author will be chosen by the judges for publication in the 2026 anthology.

There is no submission fee.

Deadline is 3/31/26
For more rules and prizes visit galsguide.org

EVENT LINK: https://www.therourke.org/jonathan-rutter-fragile-things.html

FEE: Free

Jonathan Rutter: Fragile Things

On view in the East Gallery from 5 December 2025 - 26 January 2026

Member Preview
          6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday 5 December 2025
Public Opening
          1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday 7 December 2025
               Artist Talk at 2 p.m. 

Jonathan Rutter is a painter, tinkerer, collector, arts administrator, designer, and curator living and maintaining a home studio in Moorhead, MN. He received his BA degree in Studio Art with an emphasis in Painting from Minnesota State University Moorhead and his MFA degree in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Artist Statement
            If I had the words to say it, I wouldn’t need to paint it . . . but I’ll try. In my practice, I spend a lot of time with my subjects and canvases—giving over my full, undivided attention. Allowing myself to become completely absorbed in the things I’m looking at is reflective, meditative, and pleasantly analytical, and helps me to appreciate just how wonderful and strange observable reality—and perception itself—truly is. Attending to the subtle color variations and scars on the skin of a pear, the impossibly fine tendrils of a plant, the light casting across a human figure or the tines of a fork, the exquisite sutures zigging across a monkey’s skull . . . all of these details and more speak to the unlikely journey of these subjects and how precious they are in their impermanence. Existence is weird, lovely, and fragile: look closer and take it in!

          --Jonathan Rutter, 2025

EVENT LINK: https://www.therourke.org/heart-show-entry-form.html.

FEE: Free to apply

The Heart Show: Call Me!

The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum is on the lookout for talented artists to submit artworks for their annual Valentine's exhibition, with special consideration for works that focus on the whimsical, kitschy, and retro vibes of mid-century Valentines!

• Submission Deadline: January 15, 2026

• Submit up to 3 artworks

• Artwork Size: Not to exceed 24 inches in any dimension

• All artwork must be for sale

• Accepted artworks must arrive on or by January 23, 2026

• Exhibition Dates: January 29 - February 22, 2026

Don't miss the chance to be part of this celebration of art, hearts ... and camp! And share this invite with all your dollies and dreamboats!

For more details and to submit your masterpieces, visit https://www.therourke.org/heart-show-entry-form.html.

EVENT LINK: www.Gallery4Fargo.net

FEE: submission fee is $15 per artist for up to five submitted pieces

Call for Artists! – Imagined Worlds

Call for Artists!

Gallery 4 invites artists to submit work celebrating science fiction and fantasy.

This open call welcomes a wide range of interpretations and styles inspired by speculative worlds, futuristic ideas, and imaginative storytelling.

 Deadline: January 24, 2026

 Complete rules & application: www.Gallery4Fargo.net

EVENT LINK: https://galsguide.org/2025/09/02/2025-2026-writing-workshop/

FEE: $150—12 week workshop (A limited number of scholarships are available.)

Feminine Healing & Creativity Writing Workshop

Gal's Guide well-love writing workshop returns. For it's fifth year, this program will 100% online with live sessions as well as self paced videos. Perfect for a new year, a new you!

This year’s workshop will again focus on healing & creativity through an unapologetically feminine lens. Using the Mother Castle method, students will use writing and meditation to heal emotional wounds for creativity to flourish. This tool, developed by Dr. Leah “Riwo” Leach utilizes women’s history, mythology, Buddhist meditation, and compassion. Previous students found immense value in a process that allowed them to heal the hard stuff so they could write.

In this 12-week workshop, students from around the world, will also learn writing critique tools, receive feedback from their fellow writers, and have an opportunity for publication in the Gal’s Guide Anthology. Previous years this workshop was supported by National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Noblesville Creates, Indiana Arts Commission, and The Pacers Foundation.

Gal's Guide is flexible because we know lives get busy. You can take the classes live on Wednesdays, watch recordings, or a bit of both. Registered writers will have access to all pre-recorded videos and digital materials for 1 year. The live classes will not be recorded so that conversations about healing can stay private.

LIVE ONLINE OPTION: Classes will be Wednesday evenings 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Central, January 7 – March 25. Leah will lead the classes live online with group discussion, writing feedback, and questions answered. This version is highly recommended to foster your own unique writing community.

SELF LED VIDEO OPTION: Take the class at your own pace. Watch and pause videos as you need. From January – March you’ll still have access to writer feedback from Leah and your classmates.

*NEW* ONE-ON-ONE TIME: Schedule time with Leah for help with your writing and/or creativity.

WRITING COMMUNITY: Registered writers get access to a private Discord channel within the Gal’s Guide server to build community, ask questions, share stories, ask for feedback, and more.

EVENT LINK: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?class_id=fmct~134846

FEE: $120 ($15/week)

Musical Theatre II— KPOP Golden

Grades 3-4-5

Saturdays 1/10 - 3/7 

3:30pm - 5:00pm  

Tuition = $120 ($15/week)

REGISTER HERE

Students will explore the world of musical theatre, learning vocal technique and choreography from the KPOP sensation as they challenge themselves they will refine their skills in a vibrant, multidisciplinary environment. It's going to be GOLDEN!

Students will perform in a showcase on the final day of class, March 7.

All classes will be held at the Hjemkomst Center
(202 1st Ave N, Moorhead, MN 56560)

EVENT LINK: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?class_id=fmct~134847

FEE: $120 ($15/week)

Musical Theatre III — KPOP Golden 

Grades 6-7-8-9

Saturdays 1/10 - 3/7 

3:30pm - 5:00pm 

Tuition = $120 ($15/week)

REGISTER HERE

Students will explore the world of musical theatre, learning vocal technique and choreography from the KPOP sensation as they challenge themselves they will refine their skills in a vibrant, multidisciplinary environment. It's going to be GOLDEN!

Students will perform in a showcase on the final day of class, March 7.

All classes will be held at the Hjemkomst Center
(202 1st Ave N, Moorhead, MN 56560)

EVENT LINK: https://www.hcscconline.org/gadgetsgalore.html

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.

EVENT LINK: https://theatreb.org/box-office/

FEE: Ticketed event— please see event link for details

Perfect Arrangement

by Topher Payne

February 20th – March 8th

ASL & Sunday Salon March 1st

Directed by Matthew Dryburgh

It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.

PERFORMANCES:

Fridays: February 20,  27, March 6 at 7:30 pm

Saturdays: February 21, 28, March 7 at 7:30 pm

Sundays: February 22, March 1 & 8 at 2:00 pm (matinee discounts!)

EVENT LINK: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=fmbnd

FEE: See website

FMBallet presents: Snow White, The Ballet

FMBallet is thrilled to present a brand-new production of Snow White! Join Snow White on her enchanting journey as she escapes the Evil Queen, finds friendship with the Seven Dwarfs, and discovers the true power of courage, kindness, and love. With beautiful choreography, magical storytelling, and captivating performances, this family-friendly ballet brings the beloved fairy tale to life on stage.

Perfect for audiences of all ages, Snow White is a sparkling addition to FMBallet’s season that promises to delight and inspire.

EVENT LINK: https://theatreb.org/current-season/

FEE: Ticketed event— please see event link for details

EVERY BRILLIANT THING

by Duncan MacMillan with Jonny Donahue

May 1st – 17th

Sunday Salon May 10th & ASL May 17th

Directed by Scott Ecker

Every Brilliant Thing is a powerful, heartwarming, and surprisingly funny play about the lengths we go to for those we love—and the small, beautiful moments that make life worth living. The story begins when a 7-year-old’s mother attempts suicide, prompting the child to start a list of everything brilliant in the world. As the years unfold—through adolescence, love, loss, marriage, and grief—the list grows, abandoned and revived, eventually reaching one million entries. Blending comedy, improvisation, and intimate audience interaction, this immersive experience invites us to walk alongside one individual navigating the shadow of a parent’s mental illness while learning to face their own. Moving and life-affirming, Every Brilliant Thing reminds us that even in our darkest moments, hope can be found in life’s smallest miracles.