Plein Air Experience: Drink + Draw Meetup at Peter's Biergarten
- Peter's Biergarten 54 E 3rd St Winona, MN 55987 United States (map)

Plein Air Experience: Drink + Draw Meetup
Friday, October 3, 2025 | 5p - 7p | Peter’s biergarten
Celebrate the energy of the Plein Air Experience with one of our favorite traditions! Join artists, participants, and workshop students for a relaxed evening of art, conversation, and community. Bring your sketchbook, grab a pint, and enjoy the creative energy that makes Plein Air Weekend so special. All are welcome!
This event is part of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum’s Upper Mississippi Plein Air Experience: Boats, Bridges, and Backwaters, a weekend of workshops, exhibitions, presentations, and public programs in Winona, MN. Now in its third year, the Upper Mississippi Plein Air Experience brings together two creative communities committed to making artwork out of doors: today’s urban sketchers and traditional plein air painters. Staged from MMAM, known for its stunning location on the Mississippi River in Southeast Minnesota’s Driftless Region and a world-class art collection, the Upper Mississippi Plein Air Experience is quickly becoming the fall destination for painters and sketchers alike.
Location
Peter’s Biergarten
54 E 3rd St
Winona, MN 55987
The Upper Mississippi Plein Air Experience 2025: Artist Demonstrations
Friday, October 3 | 12:30 - 2:30p
Historic Wagon Bridge
Latsch Island, Winona
Plein air artist, Bob Upton, will be doing a live demonstration of his painting at the Historic Wagon Bridge on Latsch Island. This demonstration is outdoors, free, and open to the public to watch or to paint along.
This plein air artist demonstration is part of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum’s Upper Mississippi Plein Air Experience: Boats, Bridges, and Backwaters, a weekend of workshops, exhibitions, presentations, and public programs in Winona, MN.
Friday, October 3 | 3-5p
Lake Park (meet at Winona Visitor’s Center parking lot)
Plein air artist, Hannah Heyer, will be doing a live demonstration of her work at Winona’s Lake Park. Participants should plan to meet at the parking lot of the Winona Visitor’s Center at 3p. This demonstration is outdoors, free, and open to the public to watch or to paint along.
This plein air artist demonstration is part of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum’s Upper Mississippi Plein Air Experience: Boats, Bridges, and Backwaters, a weekend of workshops, exhibitions, presentations, and public programs in Winona, MN.
Friday, October 3 | 5 - 7p
Celebrate the energy of the Plein Air Experience with one of our favorite traditions! Join artists, participants, and workshop students for a relaxed evening of art, conversation, and community. Bring your sketchbook, grab a pint, and enjoy the creative energy that makes Plein Air Weekend so special. All are welcome!
Saturday, October 4 | 9 - 11a
Prairie Island Road N (just north of the intersection with Riverview Dr)
Winona’s own Urban Sketcher, Jim Richards, will be doing a live demonstration of his work in the gardens of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum. This demonstration is outdoors, free, and open to the public to watch or to paint along.
This plein air artist demonstration is part of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum’s Upper Mississippi Plein Air Experience: Boats, Bridges, and Backwaters, a weekend of workshops, exhibitions, presentations, and public programs in Winona, MN.
Saturday, October 4 | 12 - 2p
MMAM Gardens
800 Riverview Drive, Winona
Plein air artist, Pam Luer, will be doing a live demonstration of her work in the gardens of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum. This demonstration is outdoors, free, and open to the public to watch or to paint along.
This plein air artist demonstration is part of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum’s Upper Mississippi Plein Air Experience: Boats, Bridges, and Backwaters, a weekend of workshops, exhibitions, presentations, and public programs in Winona, MN.
Saturday, October 4 | 2:30 - 4:30p
Mertes Slough Landing, WI-54 Trunk, Fountain City, WI 54629
Minnesota artist, Jim Clark will be doing a live demonstration of his work at Mertes Slough Landing, just over the bridge to Wisconsin. This demonstration is outdoors, free, and open to the public to watch or to paint along.
This plein air artist demonstration is part of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum’s Upper Mississippi Plein Air Experience: Boats, Bridges, and Backwaters, a weekend of workshops, exhibitions, presentations, and public programs in Winona, MN.