MoNA Moments

This episode is being released as part of Creative Constellations: MoNA's Youth Education Programs, an exhibition at MoNA that highlights the museum's youth programming. You'll hear from two educators, Nikki Klinger and Lauren Grund, about how they came together to involve a whole school in a salmon art project - one that showcases the creativity of each student. This conversation between Nikki an...

This episode is being released as part of Behind the Curtain: 100 Years at the Historic Lincoln Theatre, an exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Theatre as a cultural hub of Skagit Valley. In this episode you’ll hear from eight people who share what the Lincoln Theater means to them and how they first got involved. Behind the Curtain will be on display in MoNA’s Outside In G...

This episode of MoNA Moments was recorded as part of Energy Transitions, an exhibition curated by the Skagit Valley Clean Energy Alliance. You will hear SVCEA’s Technical Advisor Greg Whiting and artist Don Wesley talk about some of the historical transitions that our outdoor lighting systems have been through. Energy Transitions is on view in MoNA’s Outside In Gallery from October 11, 2025 throug...

This episode of MoNA Moments was recorded as part of Through the Light: The Sublime in Contemporary Northwest Art, an exhibition at MoNA on view from June 28-September 28, 2025. You will hear guest curator Chloe Dye Sherpe provide historical context for Through the Light and interview artists Weston Lambert and Adam Sorensen about their work and their connections to the sublime. You can read more...

This episode of MoNA Moments was recorded as part of the What Were You Wearing installation in the Expression Exchange Gallery, on view during April 2025 as part of Sexual Assault Awareness month. What Were You Wearing was curated by high school student, Nivea Ho in collaboration with Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County. In this episode, you’ll hear Marjie George and At...

This episode of MoNA Moments was recorded as part of the Creative Response to Trauma: A Community Response Exhibition in the Outside In Education gallery, open from October 12, 2024-January 12, 2025. Curated by Brigid Collins Family Support Center and Skagit Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services (Skagit DVSAS), the Creative Response to Trauma exhibition is a collaboration between these two o...

This episode of MoNA Moments was recorded as part of the SOMOS: WE ARE Exhibition in the Outside In Education gallery, open from June 22 to September 29, 2024. SOMOS:WE ARE features work from the Catholic Community Services (CCS) Farmerworker Center Children’s Art Studio program, a free weekly after school program in Mount Vernon for children and families to participate in art-making activities. T...

MoNA Moments is excited to welcome three guests from Children of the Valley (COV), a non-profit after school program dedicated to providing academic assistance, social-emotional learning, enrichment experiences, and mentorship to children in need. Children of the Valley curated a show in the Museum of Northwest Art's Outside/In Gallery called My Roots: Honoring the Cultural Identity of Skagit Vall...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, guest curator Chloe Dye Sherpe interviews artist, Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, and scientist, Dr. Jamie Donatuto, about their collaboration for the 2023 Surge Exhibition at MoNA. Surge: Mapping Transition, Displacement, and Agency in Times of Climate Change is the fourth iteration of this exhibition at the Museum of Northwest Art, where an artist and a scientist col...

This episode of MoNA Moments highlights the original vision and evolution of MoNA Link, MoNA's School Partnership Program through a conversation with three individuals who shaped the program over the past two decades. You'll hear from the founder of the program, Margaret Groff, a studio artist currently living in Port Townsend. She was the first Education Director at MoNA, from 2000 to 2008. She h...

This episode of MoNA Moments is connected to the “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Honoring Our Stolen Sisters” art exhibition, on view in Outside In Gallery at the Museum of Northwest Art until February 5, 2023. Curated by Pat Paul and Candice Wilson, this exhibition was created to remember, honor, and bring awareness to the thousands of Indigenous women and girls who go missing o...

This episode of MoNA Moments is connected to the exhibition, “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Honoring Our Stolen Sisters”, on view in the Outside In Gallery at the Museum of Northwest Art from October 22, 2022 to February 5, 2023. Curated by Pat Paul and Candice Wilson, this exhibition was created to remember, honor and bring awareness to the thousands of Native women and girls w...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear an interview conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist Burke Smithers. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, St...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear interviews conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist barry johnson. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, Still...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear an interview conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist Ries Niemi. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, Still...

In this episode of MoNA Moments you will hear an interview conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist Miggie Wong. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, Still...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear an interview conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist Jody Jolderesma. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, S...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear an interview conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist Lorena Krause. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, Sti...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear an interview conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist Blair Goldstein. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, S...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear an interview conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist Lynn Whitford. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, Sti...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear an interview conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist Lisa Sheets. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, Still...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear an interview conducted by the co-curators of the current exhibition featured in MoNA's OutsideIn Gallery. This interview is with artist Dawn Laurant. The exhibition Standing, Still was co-curated by Danielle New and Hanna Corneliussen, emerging museum professionals and students at the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program. Standing, Stil...

In this episode of MoNA Moments, you will hear a conversation between Maggie Paul, MoNA’s Registrar, artist Rachel Lodge, University of Washington Museology graduate Lianna Hamby, and University of Washington professor & scientist, Dave Peterson, who worked collaboratively on the current Outside In Gallery exhibition, titled Finding Balance: Carbon Storylines 1.1. This show features the artwork of...

On Saturday, January 25th, 2020, MoNA hosted guest curator, Kathleen Moles, to speak at the exhibition opening of Especially Special: A Celebration of Betty Black and her Collection of Art.

On Saturday, December 14th, 20019 The Museum of Northwest Art hosted: A Deep Dive into Eve Deisher's Psyche. Eve's husband and exhibition curator, Lanny Bergner, artist Ann Chadwick Reid, and Poet Jane Alynn had a panel discussion focusing on four of Eve Deisher's pivotal works and eve's poetry and writings pertaining to them. Jane Alynn also read her poem Tree/Figure, which she wrote for the exhi...