MoNA Moments

On November 10th, MoNA hosted its second Coffee with Local Artists Event. This time we featured the renowned local artists, Kris Ekstrand & Elizabeth Tapper. 376456

On October 5th, MoNA opened the exhibition, Eve Deisher: Indicator, with a talk by the guest curator, Lanny Bergner. Lanny Bergner was Eve's husband, and he spoke about her art and the exhibition.

On Saturday, May 3, the Museum of Northwest Art hosted a screening of the documentary Dawnland. Dawnland is a powerful documentary about the untold story of stolen indigenous children and the first truth and reconciliation process in the United States. In this MoNA Moment, we have a recording of Rebecca Black who introduced and reflected on this powerful documentary and led a Q & A session. Rebecc...

On April 28th MoNA hosted coffee with local artists Bob Abrams and Chuck Bankuti. These two artists shared their insights and art from their life and work over coffee. Part two features Chuck, a photographer who photographed many Native tribes around the United States.

On April 28, MoNA hosted coffee with local artists, Bob Abrams and Chuck Bankuti. These two shared their art and insights from their life and work over coffee. Part one features Bob Abrams who was an artist for Disney.

On this MoNA Moment, we spoke with a former MoNA Link Teacher, Rebecca Wietzke, about her experience with our MoNA Link program. MoNA Link is an influential two-year professional development program for teachers. To learn more about this program, visit MoNA's website at www.monamuseum.org .

On this MoNA Moments, Susan Parke, the Director Emeritus and Curator of the current shows, continuum...Works from the Permanent Collection and continuum...Works from the Herb and Lucy Pruzan Collection, talks about the development of these exhibitions.

On February 23rd, MoNA hosted a dancer panel with professional dancers and local dance experts including Alethea Alexander and Victoria Watts. The panelists discussed George Balanchine, his impact on the dance world, and his choreography, Western Symphony.

On January 19, 2019, MoNA opened their new winter exhibitions, the 2016 Luminary Award-Winning Artists and the Spell of the West. The Luminary artists included Denzil Hurley, George Rodriguez, SuttonBeresCuller, and Saya Moriyasu. Spell of the West was curated by Lauren Carroll-Bolger and explores how the West was romanticized in art and features performance art. The opening featured talks by the...

MoNA recently opened its new community gallery, Outside In, with an exhibition featuring poetry from current and former Anacortes High School students. One of the poets featured is John Harrison. John shared his poem and his inspiration for this MoNA Moment.

MoNA recently opened its new community gallery, Outside In, with an exhibition featuring poetry from current and former Anacortes High School students. One of the poets featured is Layne Woodward. Layne shared his poem and his inspiration for this MoNA Moment.

On January 5th, MoNA hosted an Artist and Scientist Panel as a wrap-up to the 2018/19 Surge Exhibition.

On December 1, 2018, MoNA hosted a Surge Open House which was a day filled with free activities and events. One of the events was an Artist Talk by Surge contributing artist, Suze Woolf. In this MoNA Moment, Suze Woolf discusses her work and process related to her pieces on exhibition for the Surge exhibit, which was a collaboration between artists and scientists studying climate change.

Coffee with Artists and Scientists featured presentations on the integration of art and science by Rachel Lodge, Cynthia Camlin, and Clarissa Callesen, as well as Q&A with other contributing artists and scientists, including Suze Woolf, Alice Dubiel, and Roger Fuller.