Art Gallery Open
2025-02-15 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-16 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-22 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-23 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-01 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-02 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-08 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-09 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) and 4 more dates | Winona Arts Center, 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, 55987, United States

Drum Circle
2025-02-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-10 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-17 18:00 - 20:00 UTC

Exploring Texture and Pattern in Printmaking Chine-Collé (Chinese Decorative Paper) and Monoprinting
2025-02-19 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
Course Dates: January 29, February 5 & February 19 (3 Week Course)
Course Time: 5:30pm – 7:30 pm
Cost: $150
This three week workshop is brought to us by Preston Lawing, an award winning professor and collaborative printmaker who has worked and exhibited with numerous artists and printers for over forty years.
Preston Lawing taught for 24 years at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, retiring in 2021 as Professor Emeritus in the department of Art and Design. His most recent Dry Point Etching workshop at the Winona Arts Center was well received by a capacity group of energetic, creative students.
This workshop will introduce participants to the technique of Chine-Collé, a Chinese paper collage method that enhances printmaking or painting, adding texture and pattern to the surface.
The course will cover both the practical aspects of creating prints and the historical context of the medium.
Participants will learn how to prepare printing plates while working with a variety of glues and binders, the importance of layering and overlaying paper textures, how to use a variety of printing plates and matrices, work safely in a printmaking studio, and will develop an understanding of the significance of Chine-Collé in art history.
Participants do not need to have strong drawing skills, but a willingness to explore different markmaking choices which should provide lifelong joy of this simple, additive process.
Due to the technical information and processes covered, this course is suited for artists 18 and up. This is a class for adults.
Workshop Fee: $150. All materials are included.
Reserve your spot and register today! Contact Jen at jsbenson50@gmail.com.
Payments are made to the Winona Arts Center and mailed/dropped off at 228 E 5th Street, Winona, MN 55987.
To ensure classes are affordable to all, scholarships are available. Please contact Jen at jsbenson50@gmail.com for more information.

Open Studio
2025-02-20 16:30 - 20:00, 2025-02-27 16:30 - 20:00, 2025-03-06 16:30 - 20:00, 2025-03-13 16:30 - 20:00, 2025-03-20 16:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)

amnesia — Winona Film Society
2025-03-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
A film by Barbet Schroeder
On Ibiza in the early nineties, Jo is a 25 year old music composer from Berlin, who wants to be a part of the nascent electronic music revolution. Martha has been living alone in her house facing the sea for 40 years. They meet and he is intrigued by the cello in the corner she refuses to play and the German language she refuses to speak. “A touching look at unrequited love and neglected memory”—Jordan Mintzer.
Doors open at 6:00pm for gallery viewing.
$5.00 admission at the door.
Directed by Barbet Schroeder. 96 minutes. English, German, French, Spanish subtitles.
This film is dedicated to the memory of Bob Copeland, an avid supporter of the Film Society.

Needle Felting with Deb Nahrgang
2025-03-08 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
$35 members / $40 non-members
Winona Arts Center welcomes Deb Nahrgang on March 8 from 10am to 1pm for a beginner friendly introduction to Needle Felting. Needle felting is an addictive, sculptural craft using wool and specially barbed needles. You will get a chance to take home a completed project — a felted bunny. Class size is limited so register today with Jen at jsbenson50@gmail.com.
Payments are made to the Winona Arts Center and mailed/dropped off at 228 E 5th Street, Winona, MN 55987. Please be sure to reference the class title when submitting payment.
To ensure classes are affordable to all, scholarships are available. Please contact Jen at jsbenson50@gmail.com for more information.

Lynn Aldrich Retrospective: Watercolors by Lynn Aldrich presented by her family
2025-03-09 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY / MARCH 9 / 1:00PM – 4:00PM
EXHIBIT DATES: MARCH 9 – APRIL 20, 2025
This exhibit showcases the lifetime work of watercolorist Lynn Aldrich. She adored the beauty of the northland flora and fauna, which she used as inspiration for many of her pieces.
This exhibit includes paintings of tiger lilies, daffodils, cosmos, northern scenery, and abstracts. Lynn passed away in 2023, but she left us with an abundance of beauty and inspiration within her paintings.

Open Studio Quarterly Spotlight: Monoprints with Dirk Nelson
2025-03-13 16:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Cost $15
Winona Arts Center is excited to offer our first Quarterly Spotlight featuring a Monoprints Demonstration with Dirk Nelson. The focus will be on the use of Stencils, Brayers, Brushes, Watercolor crayons, Textures and Offset printing. Number of Particpants is limited so register today with Jen at jsbenson50@gmail.com.
To ensure classes are affordable to all, scholarships are available. Please contact Jen at jsbenson50@gmail.com for more information.

Flamenco Dance Collective
2025-03-15 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door
Tickets are available at Music Mart (formerly Hardt’s Music) and Eventbrite until March 15 at 4:00pm.
Buy tickets on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/twin-cities-flamenco-collective-tickets-1139109871289
Coffeehouse & gallery open at 6:00pm. Performance at 7:00pm
Coffeehouse will include a special Spanish snack along with coffee/tea, treats, and a cash bar for wine & beer.
Twin Cities Flamenco Collective inspires audiences through its passionate and soulful expressions of Flamenco music and dance along with special guest singer/guitarist Marija Temo.
Twin Cities Flamenco Collective is a group of Flamenco musicians and dancers based in the Twin Cities, MN. It brings the essence of the art and culture of Flamenco to the Midwest. The members are Flamenco guitarist Ross “El Vecino”, dancers Sachiko “La Chayí”, Eva Makiko and La Gracia.
Special guest Marija Temo, described as a “triple threat”, and is widely recognized as a classical/flamenco guitarist, flamenco vocalist, conductor, and former dancer.
For more information visit www.facebook.com/twincitiesflamenco.
Music Mart now accepts credit/debit cards. If paying by check at Music Mart, please make your check out to Music Mart.

Aloners — Winona Film Society
2025-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
A film by Hong Seong-eun
Jina is the top employee at a call center, but despite talking to customers all day, she has shut out the world beyond her headset. At home, she must navigate an incessantly ingratiating new neighbor and an urgent call from her father, forcing her to confront the reason she has isolated herself for years.
“A quietly tragic tale of alienation and the ennui of modern life”—New York Times.
“Poignantly explores grief and the technological walls we build around us”—Rotten Tomatoes.
Doors open at 6:00pm for gallery viewing.
$5 admission at the door.
91 minutes. Korean with English subtitles.

Ukranian Egg Decorating
2025-03-22 12:30 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
Cost: $55 Members, $60 Non-Members
Winona Arts Center welcomes back Jane Bangsberg on March 22 from 12:30pm to 4:00pm for a class on Ukrainian Egg Decorating. You will create beautiful heirloom eggs using a wax resist method very similar to batik. Students will leave class with finished eggs and all of the supplies needed to decorate more eggs at home. Class size is limited so register today with Jen at jsbenson50@gmail.com.
Payments are made to the Winona Arts Center and mailed/dropped off at 228 E 5th Street, Winona, MN 55987. Please be sure to reference the class title when submitting payment.
To ensure classes are affordable to all, scholarships are available. Please contact Jen at jsbenson50@gmail.com for more information.
