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 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!
Sketching Spring Flowers in Watercolor w/ Kathleen Moore
Sold out!
In the workshop, develop a feel for watercolor sketching to capture the vibrant beauty of flowers with guest artist Kathleen Moore!
Gallery Tour
Join a docent on second Saturdays for a short public tour of the MoNA Galleries!
Sculpting Sustainability: Solutions for Skagit Food Waste
Join WSU Skagit Extension and MoNA for a fun & family-friendly afternoon celebrating sustainability!
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 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!
Bonnie Whiting & Timea Tihanyi: Corpus to Corpus - Ceramic Sonification Performances
There will be three short sonification performances by composer and percussionist Bonnie Whiting on the Corpus to Corpus ceramic sculptures by exhibiting artist Timea Tihanyi from the MoNA Ceramic Invitational 2025.
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!
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!
Flowers for Mother’s Day: A Card-Crafting Workshop w/ Kayla Williams
Learn to create beautiful flowers with papercraft techniques, and get playful with art, all while using mixed media to wow mom this Mother’s Day!
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 Creative Response to Trauma
Join us for the MoNA Book Club, where we’ll discuss books along the current Outside In exhibition’s theme Creative Response to Trauma, with a librarian from the La Conner Swinomish Library.
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!
Gallery Tour
Join a docent on second Saturdays for a short public tour of the MoNA Galleries!
Writing’s on the Wall: An Open Mic on Artistic Practice
Local poets are invited to read their original poems in the galleries along the theme of artistic practice and inspired by the 2025 MoNA Ceramic Invitational exhibition!
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.
2025 MoNA Art Auction
Save the Date!
MoNA’S 33rd ANNUAL ART AUCTION — SATURDAY, JUNE 7
The stars are aligning…
More details and announcements are coming soon!
Art & Science Camp 2025
Join us at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Reserve and the Museum of Northwest Art for a fun-filled week of art and science activities!
MoNA Link Summer Institute 2025
Educators can earn up to 21 clock hours in this three day training focused on arts integration into classroom learning!
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!
Artist Panel w/ Patti Warashina, Tip Toland, Claudia Fitch and Emily Counts: Radical Empathy, the Power of Memory and the Freedom of Irony
A selected group of artists from the MoNA Ceramic Invitational 2025: Patti Warashina, Tip Toland, Claudia Fitch and Emily Counts, will discuss the role of the ceramic medium in their artistic and human practice.
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!
Fabric Mache Bowls w/ Kate Dwyer
Sold Out!
In this workshop, learn how to make a fun and functional art piece with teaching artist Kate Dwyer!
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!
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.
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!
Painting Daffodils w/ Kristin Frost
Sold out!
Paint lovely daffodils and learn watercolor techniques in this relaxed watercolor workshop with Kristin Frost!
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!
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!