MoNA Event Calendar
See what’s happening at the Museum of Northwest Art. Join us for exhibitions, educational programs, museum events and more! You can also view a list of upcoming classes.
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Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12 where you make art using a variety of media, learn from artists and join in a creative community! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Painting Pumpkins w/ Kristin Frost
Working from observation, students will learn to paint a still life of pumpkins in this two hour watercolor workshop.
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12 where you make art using a variety of media, learn from artists and join in a creative community! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Landscape Painting w/ Riley Doyle
This one day oil painting workshop will focus on painting a landscape scene while learning how to employ atmospheric perspective!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Teen Art Club - Special Session! Origami w/ Mike Berry
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12 where you make art using a variety of media, learn from artists and join in a creative community! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Conversations on Conversations: Walkthrough & Reading featuring Poet Josie Emmons Turner
Please join us for a unique event featuring poet Josie Emmons Turner & MoNA's Executive Director Stefano Catalani!
Art Under the Stars
Experience the vibrant art scene of La Conner with Art Under the Stars, a monthly gallery walk held on the second Saturday of each month from 4 PM to 8 PM. This new event invites art enthusiasts to explore La Conner’s thriving creative community while strolling through charming streets filled with stunning artwork, fine craftsmanship, and engaging conversations with local artists.
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12 where you make art using a variety of media, learn from artists and join in a creative community! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
My Adult & Me: Embroidery Painting a Night Sky with Trees & Stars! w/ Rachel Simpson
Make a beautiful starry sky and learn how to embroider in this family friendly mixed media class!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12 where you make art using a variety of media, learn from artists and join in a creative community! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Writing at the Seam: An Ekphrastic Memoir Workshop w/ Jessica Gigot
In this workshop, participants will have the chance to respond to writing prompts designed to engage with the works of remarkable Pacific Northwest artists and promote self-reflection and creative storytelling.
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Book Club on Vitamin P:NW
Join us for the MoNA Book Club, where we’ll discuss books along the the theme of the current exhibition, Vitamin P:NW, with a librarian from the La Conner Swinomish Library.
Teen Art Club - Special Session! Potholder Weaving w/ Christine Olsen Reis
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12 where you make art using a variety of media, learn from artists and join in a creative community! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Teen Art Club - Special Session! Potholder Weaving w/ Christine Olsen Reis
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12 where you make art using a variety of media, learn from artists and join in a creative community! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Weave a Wooden Wonderland w/ Alan Smith
Get in the holiday spirit by creating cozy driftwood houses and cute pinecone animals in this family friendly workshop!
Art Under the Stars
Experience the vibrant art scene of La Conner with Art Under the Stars, a monthly gallery walk held on the second Saturday of each month from 4 PM to 8 PM. This new event invites art enthusiasts to explore La Conner’s thriving creative community while strolling through charming streets filled with stunning artwork, fine craftsmanship, and engaging conversations with local artists.
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12 where you make art using a variety of media, learn from artists and join in a creative community! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Writing’s on the Wall - An Open Mic on Vitamin P: Poetry for Wellbeing
Celebrate the closing of Vitamin P:NW Recent Painting in the Pacific Northwest with poetry! Local poets are invited to read their original works along the theme of Vitamin P: Poetry.
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12, where you bring your creativity to make art, learn from artists and create a Teen Art Club exhibition in Summer 2025! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Gallery Tour
Join a docent on second Saturdays for a short public tour of the MoNA Galleries!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12, where you bring your creativity to make art, learn from artists and create a Teen Art Club exhibition in Summer 2025! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12, where you bring your creativity to make art, learn from artists and create a Teen Art Club exhibition in Summer 2025! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
MoNA Ceramic Invitational 2025: Build Me Up, Tear Me Down, Why Don’t You Love Me Babe Like There’s No One Around?
Image credit: Tip Toland, The Greedy King, 2021; Stoneware clay, glaze and luster paint, chalk pastel, 4" x 57" x 43"
Last Day to View Current Exhibitions
Today is the last day to view the current exhibitions at MoNA!
Peter Millett: Built Forms
At the Seam: The Museum of Northwest Art's Permanent Collection
Outside in Gallery: Creative Response to Trauma: A Community Response / Respuesta Creativa al Trauma: Un Enfoque Comunitario
Galleries will be closed for installation starting Monday, January 13, 2025.
Spoken Word at MoNA: An Open Mic Exploration of At the Seam
Local poets are invited to read their original poems in the galleries as a closing celebration for the exhibition At the Seam: The Museum of Northwest Art's Permanent Collection.
Gallery Tour
Join a docent on second Saturdays for a short public tour of the MoNA Galleries!
Luminary Globe Decorating Workshop
In this family-friendly workshop you will decorate a pre-made luminary globe with brightly colored tissue paper to celebrate our local ecosystem, watershed, and community in Skagit County!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Holiday Origami Ornaments w/ Mike Berry
Create beautiful paper ornaments and holiday gifts with your friends and family, all while learning about the Japanese art of paper folding!
Public Docent Tour
Join a docent on second Saturdays for a short public tour of the current exhibitions!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12, where you bring your creativity to make art, learn from artists and create a Teen Art Club exhibition in Summer 2025! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
The Collectors Club Presents: A Momentous REVELation
On Saturday, December 7th, the Museum of Northwest Art invites you to join MoNA’s Collectors Club to this year’s Annual Acquisition Party: A Momentous REVELation, an exclusive celebration of contemporary Northwest art. Have a first look at the works by four celebrated artists: Claudia Fitch,Etsuko Ichikawa,Jared Rue and Kimberly Trowbridge who have been selected for possible purchase for the Museum’s renowned Permanent Collection. Only one work will be acquired for the collection!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12, where you bring your creativity to make art, learn from artists and create a Teen Art Club exhibition in Summer 2025! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Giving Tuesday 2024
Make a difference this giving season! Join us in celebrating #GivingTuesday and supporting MoNA’s mission of collecting, preserving, interpreting and exhibiting art created in the Pacific Northwest, supporting artists, and striving to integrate art into the lives of all people.
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12, where you bring your creativity to make art, learn from artists and create a Teen Art Club exhibition in Summer 2025! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Sip & Shop
Join us at the MoNA store and explore a treasure trove of one-of-a-kind gifts! Experience the magic with delectable food and drinks, and live holiday tunes.
Don't forget to bring your MoNA membership card to shop for all your holiday goodies at 20% off! And if you're not a MoNA member yet, seize the chance to join in on the holiday fun.
Built Forms: A Walkthrough with the Artist
Join us for a very special event with artist, Peter Millett, as he walks participants through the exhibition Peter Millett: Built Forms.
Image Credit: Peter Millett, Green X, Painted Wood, 11"x11"x6"
Weathering Steel Sculpture in the Northwest
Join Patrick Gallagher (aka Dr. Rust) to learn more about weathering steel sculptures and where to find them!
Teen Art Club
Teen Art Club is a free program for youth in Grades 6-12, where you bring your creativity to make art, learn from artists and create a Teen Art Club exhibition in Summer 2025! Snacks, drinks, and art supplies will be provided. Bring a friend or make new ones and join in the fun!
Early Enrichment
Parents/caregivers and children ages 2-5 years old are invited to participate in fun mornings of art, stories, and sensory experiences led by Museum Education staff and volunteers. This program is free for all participants!
Humanities Washington: Resisting Erasure through Storytelling w/ Putsata Reang
Learn from Humanities Washington Speaker, Putsata Reang, as she discusses the dangers of dwelling on differences and encourages audiences to share their personal stories as an antidote to erasure.