Alfred Stevens, The Villa on the Cliffs of Sainte-Adresse, (detail) 1884. Oil on canvas. Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
December Second Saturday: Home Edition
Art Lore: Storytelling through Art
Inspired by our collections, exhibitions, local artists, and talented staff and volunteers, virtual Second Saturdays will offer some of our favorite components of the on-site program that you can do at home, plus some interactive elements that we could only offer online!
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many stories could the walls of MMAM tell? Every human, and every artwork has a story.
We invite you to explore your story with online activities you can enjoy in your home. These activities will go live on December 12.
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Second Saturday Art Kits
Art Kits available for Pick Up at MMAM on December 12
Our theme for December’s Second Saturday: Home Edition is “Art Lore: Storytelling through Art.” You’re invited to pick up a storytelling art kit with all of the supplies and instructions to help you imagine a great story. What story will you tell?
All art kits will include a special admission pass for $1 admission for up to five people. Admission pass must be used before May 31, 2021. Please check our website for closures/ hours.
On Saturday, Dec. 12, starting at 10 a.m., we will be offering curbside pickup of 300 art kits at the Museum located at 800 Riverview Drive- until supplies run out. We will have two different art projects — one designed for ages 7 and younger and one designed for children ages 8 and older. Please note that with some accommodations and help from a grown-up, both kits can be fun for kids of all ages. One kit per child please. These will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis — we are not taking reservations.
Second Saturday Storytelling
Stories are a wonderful way to connect with artworks because certain artworks and stories remind us of each other. Watch MMAM Volunteer, Laura Armstrong, read Oh the Thinks you can Think! by Dr. Suess.
Behind the Art: (Definitely NOT) True, Certainly Silly Stories of MMAM Artwork with GRSF!
Join Winona’s Great River Shakespeare Festival Company Members (and professional storytellers) and hear the "maybe-almost-true-or-at-least-interesting-and-always-silly" stories behind some of the extraordinary artworks at MMAM! This video features the talents of Gracie Belt, Victoria Nassif, Benjamin Boucvalt, Valerie Brett, Beth Gardiner, and Leah Gabriel.
Old Time Music with Tanner Brethorst
Join Winona musician Tanner Brethorst as he plays a few fiddle tunes on the banjo and sings an old ballad. Tanner will share some background on old time music and what all goes into making it so special! Thank you to Danny Mathews of The Artist Grid for his video production on this video.
Bingo Overboard: Home Edition
Play this crowd pleasing game - this time with a storytelling theme, and then head over to the Museum to claim your prize. Just tell the staff member at the front desk the secret password “Ahoy Matey!” and they will hand over a surprise prize!
Martin Andreas Reissner, Forest Queen in Winter, 1857. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN, USA.
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum sought the help of its social media followers to create a choose-your-own adventure style story in the week leading up to December 12th’s Second Saturdays: Home Edition. We had participants vote along to create the untrue story behind the painting Forest Queen in Winter (1857), by Martin Andreas Reissner, from the collections MMAM..
Recreated here is each step of the way as our fans chose where the adventure would take us.
We would appreciate your feedback!
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Coming in 2021!
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum is excited to announce Seasonal Saturdays!
Seasonal Saturdays will embody everything we have loved about our Second Saturdays programs over the past three years, while allowing us to sustain this arts access program for 2021 and beyond. Learn more →
Previous Second Saturday: Home Edition Activities
Coloring Pages Designed by Local Artists!
Print out and color either, or both, of these original coloring pages designed by local artists Sarah Johnson and Molly Lyn. Share your results with us!
MMAM Memory Game
Familiarize yourself with artworks in the European and American Collections of the MMAM while playing this fun matching game. Play all four decks!
The MMAM Landscape with Molly Lyn
Winona artist Molly Lyn uses varying color spectrums to create different drawings of the same landscape. Molly uses realistic colors to create something comparable to reality and bright, fluorescent colors to create a more imaginative, dream-like version! Molly has also created a line drawing that you can download, print and color yourself. Email photos of your completed MMAM landscape to hello@mmam.org. We can’t wait to see what you create
Mississippi River Trivia
In the style of the beloved Jeopardy!, play this trivia game and test your knowledge on all things related (and not-so-related) to the Mississippi River. Don’t forget that your answers must be in the form of a question! Best of luck, contestants!
The Fun Continues!
Revisit past Second Saturdays: Home Edition Content and Activities.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
2020 SECOND SATURDAY SPONSORS:
December Art Kits are generously supported by Wesley 4 Winona, an outreach of Wesley United Methodist Church