Plan to attend ~ Save the Date

Southwest Minnesota Arts Council 2024 Annual Celebration 

~Showcasing Nobles County~

~No tickets required • All are Welcome~

You are invited to join us in celebration of the arts and artists of our 18 county & two 2 sovereign nations of our region:

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Most events to take place at the Memorial Auditorium of Worthington

*This year's event is a free-will donation to cover food costs*

~Schedule of Events~

Join us at the SW MN Arts Council’s Annual Celebration as well as a grant-funded project in the Worthington community: Dia de los Muertos. Experience a full day of art activities and cultural events. Join the Celebration!

Above: Worthington Memorial Auditorium lobby

Above: Artist Gustavo Boada next to Dia de Los Muertos Catrina sculptures

Above: Sculpture by artist Gustavo Boada

Above: "Artists & Dabblers in the Jacqueline Hambleton Family" exhibit at the Nobles County Art Center

Most events are held at Memorial Auditorium (besides the 2-4 pm tours listed)

View Map + Details on locations

•Noon (12 pm): Unveiling of two larger than life-sized, commissioned catrina figures by artist Gustavo Boada 

•12-1 pm: Hispanic food tastings: tamales, esquites & pan de muerto*

(*since there are not ticket registrations for this event, food availability is first-come first-serve)

•1-1:45 pm “Skeletons in the Closet: A Day of the Dead Story” by Little Coyote Puppet Theatre 

•2-4 pm: Local arts organizations open for public tours/visits (various locations in Worthington): View Map + Details on locations

• Minnesota West Community College Art Department: Gallery exhibit featuring Bobbie Alsgaard-Lien from Rushmore plus hallways of student artwork
• Creative Healing Space (located at MN West art classroom #413): art activity and organizational information led by their co-creators Suree Sompamitwong & Leah Gossom
• Crailsheim Bridge sculpture at Chautauqua Park
• Memorial Auditorium: Lobby gallery featuring local & regional artists from the Nobles County Art Center Collections
• Nobles County Arts Center: Gallery featuring “Artists & Dabblers in the Jacqueline Hambleton Family” plus two rooms of artists exhibiting their work including: Dawn Bishop, Kelly Henkels, Adrienne Herbert and Kimberly Jansen
• Wind Dancer sculpture and Turtle mosaic community mural at Sailboard Beach
• Celebrating Worthington Mural on the VFW building
• ArtMobile: located at the 10th Street Pavilion (corner of 10th St. and 2nd Ave.) with an art activity led by Artmobile co-creators *if weather does not permit, ARTMOBILE will be inside the Nobles Co Art Center

•2:30-4:30 pm puppet making workshop by Gustavo & Julie Boada **Class size is limited to 30 participants. Please email thememorialauditorium@ gmail.com if you intend to participate. There is also a class on Sunday if Saturday's is full. Email thememorialauditorium@

gmail.com for details!**

•4:30 pm SMAC Happy Hour cash bar (local wine/beer) and appetizers from Round Lake Vineyards and dessert pastries* from local baker, Whip & Mix: (*since there are not ticket registrations for this event, food availability is first-come first-serve)

•5:30pm SMAC Annual Meeting plus honoring ceremony for

• 2024 Prairie Star, Brent Olson of Ortonville
• 2024 Prairie Disciple, SammyJo Miller of Marshall



•6:30 pm Performance from Worthington Azteca Dancers & live music from La Banda Bandante

•7:30 pm "Spirit of the Region" Raffle Drawing event closes afterward

Looking for more arts events to attend? Check out our regional arts calendar!

We are continuing to post both in-person and virtual arts events in our region on our website calendar. If you have events to let us know about, please email the details to info@swmnarts.org! Remember, these don't have to be SMAC grant funded events, just arts events in our 18-county region!

Have something that's not an event, but an arts opportunity, like a RFP or call for local artists? We'll add it to our opportunities posts! Send us those, too!

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS!

2024 SW MN Arts Council BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Big Stone - OPEN

Jackson - Eunice Woodberry

Lincoln - Mark Wilmes

Meeker - Darlene Kotelnicki

Pipestone - Erica Volkir

Rock - Shawn Kinsinger

Chippewa - M E (Maggie) Fuller

Kandiyohi - Ana Serrano

Lower Sioux/Cansa'yapi - OPEN

Lyon - Dr. Erin Kline

Murray - Tiffany Holmes

Redwood - Su Kyung Lee

Swift - Jessica Mata

Cottonwood - Anna Johannsen

Lac qui Parle - Kristine Shelstad

McLeod - Lisa Hill

Nobles - Cheryl Avenel-Navara

Renville - OPEN

Upper Sioux/Pezihutazizi - OPEN

Yellow Medicine - OPEN

The Southwest Minnesota Arts Council (SMAC) is a non-profit organization committed to promoting and encouraging the development of the arts in the eighteen counties and two sovereign  nations of southwestern Minnesota by serving as a source of funds and technical services which enable local organizations, educational institutions, and individuals to sponsor and/or create and promote the arts in their communities.

SMAC receives funding from individuals, businesses, organizations, schools, cities, counties, private foundations including the McKnight Foundation, an allocation from the State of Minnesota, and a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, made possible by the voters of Minnesota.