Studio Arts Programs

Learn the basics of natural dyeing and fiber art skills with MMAM exhibiting artist, Karen Goulet (White Earth Ojibwe Nation/Métis), Dr. Tammy Greer (Houma), and Weaving Water Workshop founder, Sarah Nassif.

MMAM will host a public Weaving Water Workshop on Saturday May 18 from 3:00-5:00pm. Registration is preferred, but not required. Drop in and become a part of a pop-up public indigo and fiber art studio designed by Minneapolis artist Sarah Nassif. Sarah and her Weaving Water Workshops create space for people to gather, play with natural dye and fiber, and share personal connections to textile traditions, water bodies and the Mississippi River.

Artist Kar-Keat Chong will lead a workshop on sketching with watercolor and ink. Participants will be exposed to multiple ink medium pens and learn how to sketch and shade with them. Once participants grasp the basic ink sketching techniques, they will learn how to incorporate watercolor into their ink sketches.

This two-day workshop with instructors, Mary Beth Magyar and Lisa Truax, teaches participants to use press and texture molds, make sprig molds, incorporate natural objects, use templates, and hand building techniques to create unique pieces of functional pottery and sculptural objects.

In this deeply exploratory, yet hands-on plein air workshop, you’ll be mentored by two of Minnesota’s master painters, Fred Somers and Kami Mendlik, as they impart and share their philosophies and approach to studying directly from nature.

Join David R. Smith on a Watercolor Journey outdoors, learning the most valuable watercolor concepts and techniques.  This workshop will save you countless hours of trial & error by demonstrating an effective approach to painting outdoors that will open new doors of discovery and creativity. 

Twelve renowned plein air painters will display their work in the atrium and shoppe of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum Thursday, September 28 through Sunday, October 1, from 10am - 5pm each day. The Plain Air Invitational Exhibition is free to visit, but the galleries of MMAM do require admission.