artsXchange
With host, Melissa Janda
Saturday, November 19, 2022 | 10am - 11:30am | MMAM, Oberton Education Room
MMAM and RAA members free | Nonmembers, free with MMAM admission
Registration is required, and space is limited to 25 attendees per program.
Inspire. Be inspired. Everyone welcome.
Glass! Such a compelling, life changing material throughout humanity. For every day use, and also for artistic expression. What makes it so captivating?
We will use the stained glass window in the museum entrance as a springboard for conversation, talking about all the myriad of ways glass has been used as an art medium, and our local connections.
Melissa Janda has worked with glass throughout her 30 year career in art, mainly with leaded glass. She has produced new painted stained glass windows as well as restored antique glass for churches throughout the country. She studied drawing and illustration at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and has lived and worked in Milwaukee and Chicago. She is the lead painter and art department manager for Willet Hauser Architectural Glass in Winona.
About artsXchange:
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum + River Arts Alliance are coming together to bring you a new, monthly informal artist exchange - a chance for artists and creatives from across a variety of mediums to gather for inspiration, exploration and exchange at the museum. Each month, a member from River Arts Alliance, a nonprofit that supports and celebrates regional arts and culture, hosts a 90-minute artist meet-up and conversation with an artist, maker, designer, writer, or another creative person.
The event will begin by gathering in the atrium at MMAM and meeting their artist host. The group will then a take a short inspirational tour of the museum (identifying a couple of signature pieces to spark conversation, chosen by your artist guide), and continue with a meet-up in the Oberton Education Room for inspiring conversation that ranges from anything from technique, to who’s making what, to sales strategies, and other opportunities.
