Dreamscapes

museum-wide

Come daydream at the MIA. Dreams are a window to the imagination. And imagination is a key ingredient in creating art. Be inspired by paintings by Maxfield Parrish and Yves Tanguy, then create your own dreamscape. Hear silly and sweet bedtime stories told by Katie Knutson of Rippling Stories. Listen to dreamy harp music by Andrea Stern. Go on a hunt in the museum?s galleries to see how dreams, sleep, and imagination unlock artists? ideas. And stop by a dream interpretation booth and find out what your dreams mean--or interpret the dreams of others.

Free.

Third Thursday

museum-wide

Dream of Eames? Nutty for Noguchi? Tonight's for you. Prep for the MIA's Design & Antiques Fair (Sept. 24-26 at the St. Paul Armory). Soak up 300 years of furniture design in the new exhibition "Chairevolution!" Drop in on a light and lively set of talks about furniture and antiques by the experts. Take in a cardboard furniture-making workshop and take home plans to make your own recycled pieces of livable sculpture. And check out the future of design in some YouTube videos that go from the practical to the preposterous.

Live music by The Idle Hands.

Free; refreshments for sale.

Special Event: MAEP Gallery Event for Eun-Kyung Suh's "The Voided" and Mayumi Amada's "Kuon: The Eternal Flow of Time"

MAEP Galleries

Dialogue led by Frenchy Lunning and Rich Lee in the galleries, plus Third Thursday events. Free; refreshments for sale.

Masters of American Watercolor: Winslow Homer and John Marin

Pillsbury Auditorium

Martha Tedeschi, president of the Print Council of America and curator of prints and drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, will speak at the inaugural meeting of the new Prints and Drawings Affinity Group. Tedeschi organized a sucessful exhibition on Winslow Homer's watercolors and is now completing the catalogue for one on Marin's. An authority on the subject, Tedeschi will show images, including details that will give people the sensation of looking closely at the works.

Tedeschi received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and is author of publications on the prints, drawings, and watercolors of Winslow Homer, John Marin, James McNeill Whistler, and others.

Admission: $15; $10 for MIA members; free for Print & Drawing Affinity Group members.

To reserve tickets, call (612) 870-6323 or reserve tickets online ».

Design & Antiques Fair

St. Paul Armory

Featuring eclectic and affordable objects for a range of tastes and budgets--furniture, vintage accessories, silver, glassware, paintings, and posters--from dealers around the country.

Dealer Talks will be on Friday and Saturday.

Show admission is

$10 general public; $5 for MIA members.

Art of the Native Americans: The Thaw Collection

Coming Soon!

Sunday, October 24, 2010—Sunday, January 9, 2011
Target Gallery
Ticketed Exhibition (FREE for members!)

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