Kelly, a new instructor, is excited to teach you how to paint a dot or mandala type design. In the class you will work back and forth on two items, an ornament and a glass stash jar. In your kit you will get all the supplies needed for the two projects including dotting tools.

2025 workshop classes will be held September 9, 10, 11 at the Korean Village Hwy 20 - Birchmont Beach Rd NE at the Concordia Language Villages near Bemidji, MN.

Men and women of all ages are welcome to share high quality arts/crafts instruction, stimulating demonstrations, international foods menu, entertainment and great camaraderie in a scenic setting.

Visit www.ncacw.com for class and registration information.

North Country Arts & Crafts Workshop: Bellefy's Goat Milk Lotion bar and lip balm

Tuesday, September 9th (3 hour sessions)

Kelly will teach you how to make both a lotion bar and chap stick with goat’s milk and all natural ingredients such as bees wax, shea butter, and other oils. This is a fun class and a great way to know what is in the chap stick you are putting on your lips.

Check out our website for more information: www.ncacw.com

Friday, September 12, 2025

• 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

An event like no other, Warroad Community Potluck celebrates the people, stories, music, and yes, foods, that make up this community. This new play follows a family and their friends as they seek to unravel their loves and aspirations.

For more information, please visit: https://www.warroadriverplace.org/events

Sept. 13th & 20th, 10am-4pm. Shooting Sessions during and after class sessions.

Itasca State Park. Jacob V. Brower Visitor Center Classroom

Class Size Limit: 12

Cost: $100 for BAAC members. $120 for non members. Register at www.bagleyarts.org

This two-day workshop will examine creative ways to capture fall colors. Techniques demonstrated and practiced by participants include:

-Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)

-In-camera multiple exposures

-Panoramic Images

-Infrared (false color) filters

-Shooting water reflections

Day 2 (September 20th) will focus on sharing of images created using the techniques learned on the first day. Participants will also learn about photography projects and how to create and shoot a photography project. Bring your own lunch and beverages. There is a park entrance fee. Wear comfortable layered clothing.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

Grounding practice: A sense of connection with Nancy Friedmann-Sanchez

Free to the public, suggested donation $20

www.nemethartcenter.org | www.smokyhillsinsight.org

In the wake of having to cancel the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference this year, MNWC staff has worked with MNWC faculty to provide our community with a series of 90-minute virtual craft talks with generative or guided writing prompts monthly through November 2025. We’re launching this virtual series with Joni Tevis “Work Experience as Memoir Material” on Thursday July 24th 6-7:30pm.

These virtual sessions are to fall on Thursdays or Tuesdays around the month’s new moon, start at 6pm Central and be hosted via Zoom.

The series fee is $150. You will receive a Zoom link upon successful registration. And we are looking forward to a celebratory Participant Reading in December.

Thursday, July 24, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Joni Tevis – Work Experience as Memoir Material

Thursday, August 21, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Benjamin Percy – Defamiliarization: Writing Across Forms, Breaking Rules, Ignoring Boundaries

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Toni Jensen – Returning to the Well: Familiar Texts in Trying Times

Thursday, October 23, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Jennifer Foerster – Poetics of Listening: A Generative Workshop

Thursday, November 20, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Douglas Kearney – “Better” isn't a plan: Creating Revision Strategies for Poems

Tuesday, December 16, 6-7:30pm Central
Participant Reading

Share your work with the New Moon Series Community! Sign-up will be provided in advance. Times to read will range between 3-5 minutes depending on interest. 

Cancellation Policy

July 24 – Due to the nature of this series Thursday, July 24, 2025 is the last day to cancel and receive a refund. A $20.00 cancellation fee will be deducted from the series fee. The remainder of the fee will be refunded. Absolutely no refunds for the series fee will be made after July 24.

Registration Policy

You may register and attend once the series has begun, but the registration for will not be adjusted or prorated for missed Craft Talks. Thursday, November 20, 2025 is the last day you may register.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Visit: the website for more information

If you’re a writer working on a picture book, email newsletter, zine, art book or literary work, you may want to incorporate images into your work. But you might be asking, where can I find images, and do I need a license to use a certain photograph or illustration?

Join instructors Rachel Werner and Andy Sturdevant for this free, virtual workshop all about sourcing images for your writing—legally and affordably!

This program is a collaboration between The Loft Literary Center and Springboard for the Arts. Register now: https://springboardforthearts.org/.../the-writers-guide.../

This exhibition showcasing new work, showcases 30 artworks spanning a few months creation, explores the unique process employed by Dawn Rossbach, an artist afflicted with aphantasia - the inability to visualize images in the mind’s eye.

Through this exhibition, Rossbach delbes into the intricate mechanisms by which her brain, despite the condition, generates works of art from memory without any external references.

The work will be on exhibit September 12th through October 5th, 2025 with an Artist reception on Saturday September 20th from 1-3pm.

Dawn Rossbach is a fiscal year 2025 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

When: Monthly throughout the summer |4-8 pm on June 21, July 26, August 30, and September 20
Where: Rail River Folk School, 303 Railroad St SW, Bemidji, MN 56601
Contact: Diamond | Contact@SummerMuseFestival.com | SummerMuseFestival.com
Cost: Free to attend | No fee to vend
Who: Open to the public | Seeking creative vendors/ musicians/ food trucks to take part

Summer Muse Festival, a brand new, all inclusive music and creative arts gathering in Bemidji (MN), announces its summer season with 4 planned events. Kicking off with a solstice celebration 4-8pm on Saturday June 21 at Rail River Folk School in Bemidji, each event is a celebration of the creative spirit of the season featuring artists, musicians, and food vendors. The other festival gatherings are scheduled for 4-8pm July 26, August 30, and September 20. Summer Muse Festival is free and open to the public.

Summer Muse Festival is currently seeking creative vendors, musicians, and food trucks. Thanks to a grant from the Minnesota State arts boards there is no fee to attend or apply to be a vendor. Those interested in taking part are asked to fill out the interest form at SummerMuseFestival.com. Vendors and musicians are considered  on a first come, first served basis with the goal to have as many creatives take part as possible. The mission of the event series is to facilitate an environment for the local community to share and experience creative arts.

Event lineups will be posted on Summer Muse Festival’s website and social media as the dates approach. Those interested in finding out more can visit SummerMuseFestival.com or email Diamond at Contact@SummerMuseFestival.com.

The Mask and Rose theater notes this is GREAT OPPORTUNITY for our community , who has limited access to full modern dance performances by world renown companies to enjoy this beautiful art form! Join us as we get together to have a potluck followed by a film screening!

Price is $5.00 for an individual or $15. for a family . No one will be turned away as sliding fee pay what you are able if needed.

Sept. 26th Potluck at 6:00 PM then movie at 7:00 PM
”Tales of Beatrix Potter” J. Frederick Ashton's warm and witty, yet demanding, choreography creates a piece of charm and grace for all ages.

“This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota, through a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund."

Coming up from Springboard for the Arts!

Whether you're looking to brush up on technical skills to support your artistic business or need help building financial resiliency or planning your artistic career, we have resources for you!

Discover analytical and tool-based approaches to manage your time. These tools will help you tackle hurdles related to efficiency, flexibility, and structure to help you reach your artistic goals. Part of a series of workshops presented in partnership with Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council for artists in their region.

Check out Springboard's full calendar of upcoming virtual and in-person offerings for artists: www.springboardforthearts.org/events.

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• 5:00 PM 8:00 PM

A comedy “whodunnit” coming to RiverPlace this fall!

Four women, on their way to an evening at the theater, stop for dinner at the establishment owned by the ex-husband of one of them. Between the salad and entree, he ends up dead. Each has a reason to wish him dead; perhaps one did more than wish. Perhaps it was one of the other guests. Only unwinding the plot will tell which one is the murderer.

Girls' Night Out will have three different endings, so come more than once for a new experience each time!

For more information, please visit: https://www.warroadriverplace.org/events

A comedy “whodunnit” coming to RiverPlace this fall!

Four women, on their way to an evening at the theater, stop for dinner at the establishment owned by the ex-husband of one of them. Between the salad and entree, he ends up dead. Each has a reason to wish him dead; perhaps one did more than wish. Perhaps it was one of the other guests. Only unwinding the plot will tell which one is the murderer.

Girls' Night Out will have three different endings, so come more than once for a new experience each time!

For more information, please visit: https://www.warroadriverplace.org/events

A comedy “whodunnit” coming to RiverPlace this fall!

Four women, on their way to an evening at the theater, stop for dinner at the establishment owned by the ex-husband of one of them. Between the salad and entree, he ends up dead. Each has a reason to wish him dead; perhaps one did more than wish. Perhaps it was one of the other guests. Only unwinding the plot will tell which one is the murderer.

Girls' Night Out will have three different endings, so come more than once for a new experience each time!

For more information, please visit: https://www.warroadriverplace.org/events

A comedy “whodunnit” coming to RiverPlace this fall!

Four women, on their way to an evening at the theater, stop for dinner at the establishment owned by the ex-husband of one of them. Between the salad and entree, he ends up dead. Each has a reason to wish him dead; perhaps one did more than wish. Perhaps it was one of the other guests. Only unwinding the plot will tell which one is the murderer.

Girls' Night Out will have three different endings, so come more than once for a new experience each time!

For more information, please visit: https://www.warroadriverplace.org/events

A comedy “whodunnit” coming to RiverPlace this fall!

Four women, on their way to an evening at the theater, stop for dinner at the establishment owned by the ex-husband of one of them. Between the salad and entree, he ends up dead. Each has a reason to wish him dead; perhaps one did more than wish. Perhaps it was one of the other guests. Only unwinding the plot will tell which one is the murderer.

Girls' Night Out will have three different endings, so come more than once for a new experience each time!

For more information, please visit: https://www.warroadriverplace.org/events

Beginning in 2023, the M has been in partnership with Penny Kagigebi (White Earth Ojibwe/direct descendant) to develop "Queering Indigeneity," a multi-year, multi-generational project focusing on 2-Spirit, Native queer, gender expansive vision in great diversity and celebration.

In seeking out and amplifying voices of Indigenous artists and culture bearers, the M, guided by Kagigebi, hopes to influence both the types of artists who are supported, seen, and centered at the museum, and to show both Indigenous and non-Indigenous visitors a more comprehensive, complicated, and true story of Minnesotan art and artists.

"Queering Indigeneity" will open at the M in the Nancy and John Lindahl Gallery on September 18th, 2025 featuring 16 native artists from the Upper Midwest: Sharon Day, Ryan Young, Delia Touché, Awanigiizhik Bruce, Niibawi Ajijaak, Awanaabe Syverson, Zoe Allen, Naawakamigookwe Lera Hephner, Noah Polk, Madeline Treuer, Chewie Mason, Asin-Gwiiwizens, Sav Jonsa, Giiwedin, Nick Metcalf, and Penny Kagigebi.

A comedy “whodunnit” coming to RiverPlace this fall!

Four women, on their way to an evening at the theater, stop for dinner at the establishment owned by the ex-husband of one of them. Between the salad and entree, he ends up dead. Each has a reason to wish him dead; perhaps one did more than wish. Perhaps it was one of the other guests. Only unwinding the plot will tell which one is the murderer.

Girls' Night Out will have three different endings, so come more than once for a new experience each time!

For more information, please visit: https://www.warroadriverplace.org/events

Instructor: Pamela Edevold

Oct. 17th-19th 2025, 10am-4pm.

Cost: $150 for BAAC Members. $170 for Non-members

Class size of 10. To register, visit www.bagleyarts.org. Bring your own lunch and beverages.

Pamela Edevold continues to experiment with Golden Open Acrylics. In this workshop she will share how she has evolved her acrylic and colored pencil mixed media process to work on black watercolor paper.

The class will work from Pamela’s image of a cat, concentrating on fur patterns and how to work with the black paper to create light and shadow. Students may also bring their own images of an animal to work on when finished with each step of the workshop image. This image may be a photo, a good photocopy, or on a phone/iPad but must be in color.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

In the wake of having to cancel the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference this year, MNWC staff has worked with MNWC faculty to provide our community with a series of 90-minute virtual craft talks with generative or guided writing prompts monthly through November 2025. We’re launching this virtual series with Joni Tevis “Work Experience as Memoir Material” on Thursday July 24th 6-7:30pm.

These virtual sessions are to fall on Thursdays or Tuesdays around the month’s new moon, start at 6pm Central and be hosted via Zoom.

The series fee is $150. You will receive a Zoom link upon successful registration. And we are looking forward to a celebratory Participant Reading in December.

Thursday, July 24, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Joni Tevis – Work Experience as Memoir Material

Thursday, August 21, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Benjamin Percy – Defamiliarization: Writing Across Forms, Breaking Rules, Ignoring Boundaries

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Toni Jensen – Returning to the Well: Familiar Texts in Trying Times

Thursday, October 23, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Jennifer Foerster – Poetics of Listening: A Generative Workshop

Thursday, November 20, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Douglas Kearney – “Better” isn't a plan: Creating Revision Strategies for Poems

Tuesday, December 16, 6-7:30pm Central
Participant Reading

Share your work with the New Moon Series Community! Sign-up will be provided in advance. Times to read will range between 3-5 minutes depending on interest. 

Cancellation Policy

July 24 – Due to the nature of this series Thursday, July 24, 2025 is the last day to cancel and receive a refund. A $20.00 cancellation fee will be deducted from the series fee. The remainder of the fee will be refunded. Absolutely no refunds for the series fee will be made after July 24.

Registration Policy

You may register and attend once the series has begun, but the registration for will not be adjusted or prorated for missed Craft Talks. Thursday, November 20, 2025 is the last day you may register.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Visit: the website for more information

The Mask and Rose theater notes this is GREAT OPPORTUNITY for our community , who has limited access to full modern dance performances by world renown companies to enjoy this beautiful art form! Join us as we get together to have a potluck followed by a film screening!

Price is $5.00 for an individual or $15. for a family . No one will be turned away as sliding fee pay what you are able if needed.

Oct. 30th ( note a last Thursday ) Potluck at 6:00 PM then movie at 7:00 PM

Reimagined for the screen, Hofesh Shechter’s "Clowns" is a powerful reflection on society’s obsession with violence. Directed, choreographed, and composed by Shechter himself, this short but impactful piece questions the lengths to which we’ll go for entertainment.

“This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota, through a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund."

Coming up from Springboard for the Arts!

Whether you're looking to brush up on technical skills to support your artistic business or need help building financial resiliency or planning your artistic career, we have resources for you!

Your portfolio is the core of your promotional material and professional calling card. Focus on the essential elements: sharpening your artist statement, tailoring your artistic resume, and curating and formatting your work samples. Part of a series of workshops presented in partnership with Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council for artists in their region.

Check out Springboard's full calendar of upcoming virtual and in-person offerings for artists: www.springboardforthearts.org/events.

In the wake of having to cancel the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference this year, MNWC staff has worked with MNWC faculty to provide our community with a series of 90-minute virtual craft talks with generative or guided writing prompts monthly through November 2025. We’re launching this virtual series with Joni Tevis “Work Experience as Memoir Material” on Thursday July 24th 6-7:30pm.

These virtual sessions are to fall on Thursdays or Tuesdays around the month’s new moon, start at 6pm Central and be hosted via Zoom.

The series fee is $150. You will receive a Zoom link upon successful registration. And we are looking forward to a celebratory Participant Reading in December.

Thursday, July 24, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Joni Tevis – Work Experience as Memoir Material

Thursday, August 21, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Benjamin Percy – Defamiliarization: Writing Across Forms, Breaking Rules, Ignoring Boundaries

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Toni Jensen – Returning to the Well: Familiar Texts in Trying Times

Thursday, October 23, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Jennifer Foerster – Poetics of Listening: A Generative Workshop

Thursday, November 20, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Douglas Kearney – “Better” isn't a plan: Creating Revision Strategies for Poems

Tuesday, December 16, 6-7:30pm Central
Participant Reading

Share your work with the New Moon Series Community! Sign-up will be provided in advance. Times to read will range between 3-5 minutes depending on interest. 

Cancellation Policy

July 24 – Due to the nature of this series Thursday, July 24, 2025 is the last day to cancel and receive a refund. A $20.00 cancellation fee will be deducted from the series fee. The remainder of the fee will be refunded. Absolutely no refunds for the series fee will be made after July 24.

Registration Policy

You may register and attend once the series has begun, but the registration for will not be adjusted or prorated for missed Craft Talks. Thursday, November 20, 2025 is the last day you may register.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Visit: the website for more information

In the wake of having to cancel the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference this year, MNWC staff has worked with MNWC faculty to provide our community with a series of 90-minute virtual craft talks with generative or guided writing prompts monthly through November 2025. We’re launching this virtual series with Joni Tevis “Work Experience as Memoir Material” on Thursday July 24th 6-7:30pm.

These virtual sessions are to fall on Thursdays or Tuesdays around the month’s new moon, start at 6pm Central and be hosted via Zoom.

The series fee is $150. You will receive a Zoom link upon successful registration. And we are looking forward to a celebratory Participant Reading in December.

Thursday, July 24, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Joni Tevis – Work Experience as Memoir Material

Thursday, August 21, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Benjamin Percy – Defamiliarization: Writing Across Forms, Breaking Rules, Ignoring Boundaries

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Toni Jensen – Returning to the Well: Familiar Texts in Trying Times

Thursday, October 23, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Jennifer Foerster – Poetics of Listening: A Generative Workshop

Thursday, November 20, 2025 6-7:30pm Central
Douglas Kearney – “Better” isn't a plan: Creating Revision Strategies for Poems

Tuesday, December 16, 6-7:30pm Central
Participant Reading

Share your work with the New Moon Series Community! Sign-up will be provided in advance. Times to read will range between 3-5 minutes depending on interest. 

Cancellation Policy

July 24 – Due to the nature of this series Thursday, July 24, 2025 is the last day to cancel and receive a refund. A $20.00 cancellation fee will be deducted from the series fee. The remainder of the fee will be refunded. Absolutely no refunds for the series fee will be made after July 24.

Registration Policy

You may register and attend once the series has begun, but the registration for will not be adjusted or prorated for missed Craft Talks. Thursday, November 20, 2025 is the last day you may register.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Visit: the website for more information

These grants help provide some measure of funding stability by offering operating support to arts organizations and arts affiliates so they can focus on increasing the quality and availability of the arts to their communities. Organizations qualify for funding amounts between $2,000 – $7,000 based on their averaged annual expenses from the past two years. This two-year grant open to any arts organization or arts affiliate. Arts groups formed for nonprofit purposes, with a fiscal sponsor, that plan to use this grant to apply for their own nonprofit status are also eligible.

For more information on this specific grant, please click here.