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Mississippi Sippin

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Mississippi Sippin

Savor The Tastes And Sip The Terroir Of The Driftless

Join us at MMAM for the last Mississippi Sippin of 2022! This is our opportunity to keep the museum galleries open late and your chance to bring friends to taste the terroir of the Driftless region - we’ll serve a curated selection of spirited and spirit free-beverages riverside. 

This year’s series is inspired by the exhibition currently on display, Sonja Peterson: What the Trade Winds Brought. Explore Sonja Peterson’s work which casts native plants clashing with invading cultures, explores historical events merging with present-day environmental dilemmas and amplifies how the effects of globalization are intertwined with commerce, consciousness, and food systems.   


September 6 | 5-7pm

Craft Night + Makers Market

Featuring five regional makers.  A pop-up regional makers market. And live craft demonstrations. Oh, the beverages are pretty next level too.  And did we mention the food?  

Join us, and a special contingent from the American Craft Council - a national nonprofit organization that connects and galvanizes diverse craft communities and traditions to advance craft’s impact in contemporary American life and to keep craft artists and the community connected, inspired, and thriving. Promotional copies of the award winning American Craft available. 


Jovy Rockey - Jovy Rockey Jewelry

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Jovy Rockey is a self taught metalsmith who has been working with metals and gemstones since 2012. Her jewelry is inspired by her appreciation for simplicity and modernism. You'll see the use of curves, geometric shapes, clean lines, and negative space throughout her work. Using primarily Sterling Silver and Brass along with semiprecious gemstones, Jovy creates pieces that are modern, yet still carry an organic feel and timeless design. All of her jewelry is hand fabricated using traditional metalsmithing methods, inlcuding cold connections and hand-forging. Jovy’s studio is located in downtown Winona, MN and is connected to her brick and mortar store, ORNO Gift + Home.


Peet Fetsch - Tally Mark Press

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Tally Mark Press is artist / designer / printer Peter “Peet” Fetsch. Peet screen prints unique greeting cards, art prints, and posters. He lives and works in the Winona, Minnesota area.

Peet's passion for graphic design and screen printing was sparked by a love for good, clever design especially music packaging and gig posters. After earning a BA from St. Olaf College, Peet earned a BFA in Visual Communication from the College of Visual Arts - which included a year abroad at the HAWK (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst) in Hildesheim, Germany.

After working as a designer in a number of small, Minneapolis graphic design firms and then running a cooperative design and print work space in downtown St Paul called Big Table Studio, Peet moved back to the Winona area, where he grew up. When Peet is not pulling screen prints in his studio, you will probably find him bicycling, camping, canoeing, cooking, or listening to his latest vinyl LP find.


Andrea Fisher - Lark Design House

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LARK is a hand-crafted print, accessory and clothing design house located in La Crosse, WI by artist and designer Andrea Fisher. Andrea creates limited edition print collections for both digital printing and in-house, hand-pulled screen printing. Her prints are used to create soft goods like bags and accessories as well as LARK's seasonal clothing collections. LARK’s focus is on fashion and style that is unique, modern, artisan and distinctive.


Will Brzezinski - Positive Spin Ceramics

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Positive Spin Ceramics is the work of ceramic artist Will Brzezinski. Will lives and produces his work in Winona, MN situated in the beautiful bluffs of the driftless region. Initially introduced toceramics in high school, he went on to graduate from UW-Stout in 2015 with a BFA in Fine Arts with a concentration in Ceramics.

Will like to create objects that people can use and appreciate daily. Through an organic intuitive process, he tries to express the happy, joyful feeling he has while making in the overall aesthetic of the pots. Rhythm, line, and repetition are elements and principles that Will chooses to focus on in his work because they are things we can get lost in. Creating space and pause in our ever


With a commitment to craftsmanship and locally sourced quality materials, Moonshot Studios designs and crafts everyday objects and functional tableware. Moonshot Studios collaborates with some of the world’s most wonderful makers, designers, chefs and scientists. These collaborations are built upon a strong foundation of a like-minded aesthetic and aspirations.  Moonshot Studios is engaged in an ongoing investigation with clay. Inspired and influenced by shapes and textures in the natural world, wares are often constructed from locally harvested sand, rock, stone and other materials that are tested and reabsorbed into clay bodies. The Studio is currently testing and recording various form of impact on clay bodies. The outcomes tend to be organically uneven forms that are shaped to function.


Bike-In | Paddle-In | Row-In | Drive-In

FOOD & DRINK

Food and drink will be available for purchase. The offerings will vary week to week.

Culinary partners: Heirloom Seasonal and Featherstone Farms

Beverage partners:  Garvin Heights Vineyards (Winona, MN), South by Southeast Brewing Company (Rochester, MN), John the Baptist Beverage Company (Lake City, MN), Island City Brewing Company (Winona, MN)

ADMISSION

There is no entry fee for Mississippi Sippi’, but general admission fees do apply for the galleries.  MMAM’s galleries are open until 7pm on Tuesdays, July through September 5. For more information on getting to MMAM, and admission prices for the galleries, visit: Hours, Admission, & Location.  MMAM Members are always free!  Learn more about becoming a member: Membership.

MEMBER BENEFITS

Members receive $1 off each drink! Please show your membership card at the time of your purchase to receive the discount. Members also receive free gallery admission, everyday.  

INCLEMENT WEATHER ALTERNATIVE

In the event of rain or inclement weather, Mississippi Sippin will be moved inside the atrium of MMAM. There will not be cancellations due to weather.


SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS

Presented in partnership with Featherstone Farms, Heirloom Seasonal Bistro, Garvin Heights Vineyards, Island City Brewing Company, South x Southeast Brewing Company, John The Baptist Kombucha Company, and Sonja Peterson: What the Trade Winds Brought Media Partner, Visit Winona.

MMAM gratefully acknowledges sustaining support from our Board of Directors; the Winona Foundation, the Winona Community Foundation, and other generous contributions from foundations, corporations, individuals, members and volunteers.   


 

This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council.