Art Club: Guest Artist Maggie Thompson
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This evening’s Art Club welcomes guest artist Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe), founder of the local Native-owned textile studio Makwa Studio. Thompson will guide visitors through a brick stitch project using pony beads and yarn.”
Materials are provided and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis; supplies are limited. Activities are designed for all skill levels. No prior registration is required for Art Club. The more you visit, the more you’ll discover.
Gallery admission is free on Thursday nights, 5 to 9 pm. Save time and reserve your gallery admission tickets online. Please note: Individual events during Free Thursday Nights are first-come, first-serve.
Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) is a Minneapolis-based textile artist and designer. She received her BFA in textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2013. Drawing from family history, Ojibwe heritage, and the broader Native American experience, Thompson creates multimedia works that expand and reimagine textile traditions through both natural and synthetic materials. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including at the Detroit Institute of Arts; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; and IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe. Thompson has received numerous awards and fellowships, and her work is held in major museum and private collections. In addition to her fine arts practice, she runs the knitwear studio Makwa Studio. Instagram: @makwa_studio.
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Free Thursday Nights are sponsored by
Lead support for the Walker’s Education and Public Programs is provided by the Pohlad Family Community Engagement Fund.
