January 24, 2025 | 7p - 10p
Tickets: $20 | MMAM Members: $15
With presenting partner, La Crosse Distilling Co.
Celebrate the start of an inspiring new year at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum with a launch party you won’t want to miss! This year’s theme, Rising Tides, will shape our 2025 exhibitions and programming, exploring art’s powerful relationship with water, nature, and resilience.
Be among the first to experience the opening of three captivating exhibitions: Edward Burtynsky: Water, Shelly Mosman: Currents, and the book arts gallery exhibit Once Upon a Shore. The evening begins with an exclusive, artist-led tour of Currents, where Shelly Mosman will share insights into her creative process and the inspirations behind her work.
After the tour, dive into a night of live music and celebration. Enjoy music from David Huckfelt, and artist-inspired drinks from our bar, along with light bites provided by Muddled Thyme. Step outside to our riverwalk and warm up by a crackling bonfire, enjoying the beauty of a crisp winter night along the river.
More than a party, this is a chance to gather, connect, and set sail on a transformative year of art and exploration. We can’t wait to welcome you to 2025.
Launch Party | Schedule of Events
630P. Members Only Exhibition Walk and Talk
Members, we open the doors early for you! Plan to arrive for 6:30p, and we’ll escort you in early so you can join MMAM’s curatorial team for a guided tour of the new exhibitions. → Members register here.
7P. Doors and Water Bar Open
Featuring complimentary lite bites by Muddled Thyme and climate-forward cocktails (Spirited and Spirit-Free) by La Crosse Distilling Co.
Menu: Zucchini Fritters and Tzatziki Vegan Yogurt, Stuffed Mushrooms (Vegetarian), Whipped Ricotta Phyllo (Walnut Lemon Thyme, Red Pepper Hot Honey)
720P. On Stage - Welcome by Executive Director Scott Pollock
A lively welcome by MMAM Executive Director, Scott Pollock, with a brief introduction to the exhibition and program highlights ahead in 2025.
730-745P. Off Stage - Highlights artist walkthrough with Exhibiting Artist, Shelly Mosman
Join a mic’d up Mosman as she provides a little insight into her practice and select works on display.
745-945P. On Stage - Musician: David Huckfelt
Minneapolis indie-folk cult favorite, David Huckfelt performs live in the Atrium, a set of rugged optimistic tunes that cut through layers of the dark in real time.
845-9P. Off Stage - Highlights artist walkthrough with Exhibiting Artist, Shelly Mosman
Join a mic’d up Mosman as she provides a little insight into her practice and select works on display.
10P. Doors Close
Launch Party | All Night
Riverside Bonfire
Wind the night down, riverside, outdoors under the stars, with a s'more to go.
Water Bar Cafe & Provisions Pop Up
MMAM pulls out all the water-inspired food and beverage stops with our social enterprise, the Water Bar Cafe & Provisions pop-up, featuring carefully curated selection of wine, beer and NA favorites that align and move our mission forward.
Tarot Readings
Start your 2025 right, and get your complimentary tarot consultation done by special guest, Gloria Alatorre. When you arrive, be sure to sign up for your 5-minute forecast available all night long.
Members Matter
MMAM Members and Friends, pick up your commemorative Rising Tides membership pin, our annual token of appreciation to all those that go above and beyond with their annual support.
Scavenger Hunt and Surprising 2025 Delights
Roam far and wide round the museum and experience for yourself a variety of dream boards, trivia moments and teasers photos of what our 2025 has in store for you.
Shoppe MMAM
Check out MAMM’s new 2025 Rising Tides merch lineup and featured 2025 artist-inspired items from the MMAM Shoppe.
Artists in Attendance
Shelly Mosman
Shelly Mosman’s (b. 1972) photography career spans over 20 years. A graduate from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, her work is recognized around the world, has been published in Germany, France, Australia, Brazil and the U.S., and with works in the permanent collections of the Plains Art Museum, Rochford Art Museum, and Eiteljorg Museum. She was invited to show in conjunction with Art Basel Miami at Aqua in 2017. She has earned a reputation as a visionary in portrait photography whose contributions enrich the contemporary art scene.
Mosman is known for her narrative-driven imagery that captures the essence of her subjects. With a deep appreciation for storytelling, Shelly seamlessly blends elements of stylistic fashion, nostalgia, and the natural world to create striking portraits that resonate with a timeless quality. Her portraits often feature vintage-inspired props with animals and timeless environments or studio backdrops that enhance the narrative and transport viewers into a world of memories and dreams. Her signature series, Animal Child, epitomizes her unique approach by harmonizing the innocence of childhood with the powerful symbolism of animals, crafting works that are both whimsical and profound.
David Huckfelt
David Huckfelt is a singer/ lyricist /activist and founding frontman of Minneapolis indie-folk cult favorites The Pines. An Iowa native and former theology student, Huckfelt attended the Iowa Writers Workshop before turning his attention to songwriting and performing. With improvisational mastery, Huckfelt’s shows and songs of no-spiritual-surrender have earned him a devoted following from small-town opera houses & theaters to national festival stages like Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Edmonton and Calgary Folk Fests, and the legendary First Avenue mainroom, sharing stages with Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, Bon Iver, Calexico, Trampled By Turtles & more. An early encounter and collaboration with radical Native American poet John Trudell introduced Huckfelt as friend & partner to an array of Indigenous artists & activists including Louise Erdrich, Annie Humphrey & Keith Secola, working for climate justice and tribal sovereignty under the banner of music + resistance. With roots in the same fertile Midwestern soil that produced legendary folk singers like John Prine and Greg Brown, David's new solo work preserves a rugged optimism that blasts through layers of dark in real time with songs that speak volumes, soft & clear.
