A Winona State University Indigenous People’s Month Project

Presenting Partner, Minnesota Marine Art Museum 

Thursday, October 6 | 3:30 PM | Minnesota Marine Art Museum

Free admission to MMAM and gallery tour and talkback 

Generously supported by Winona State University

As part of the Winona State University Indigenous People’s Month celebration, the Minnesota Marine Art Museum will be hosting a tour of the museum and of the exhibit of paintings by Karen Savage-Blue, Laughing Waters.

 Karen Savage-Blue is an Anishinaabe artist and member of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe living and working on the Fond du Lac Reservation near Cloquet, MN. Her paintings explore themes of internal reflection, identifying with nature, and exposing transitions from human to natural forms. Her work can be dreamlike and surreal, and she depicts nature in its raw form, creating a platform where thoughts and emotions overcome the tendency to decipher meaning. 

Katie Jo Bendickson, a Dakota visual artist - Karen Savage Blue’s daughter - will be joining the tour remotely to talk about her mother’s work. Admission to the program and Museum is free. No registration is required.