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Living an Artful Life!

10/27/2026

From the Ortonville Public Library:
We have a new art program to announce: "Stitch and Sip" will be held the last Monday of the month in the Ortonville Library Media Center. This is an open, casual program where crafters and artists can either bring their own supplies, or utilize our brand new, expanded public art/craft supply offerings! We have canvases, paints, markers, sketch pads, embroidery kits, fancy pens and pencils, knitting and crochet supplies, adult coloring books, clay, scrapbooking materials, beading kits, and more! We also have a wide variety of herbal teas to sample and share! No registration required.

09/30/2026

Kicking off October will be the annual Upper Minnesota River Arts Meander, and are area is rich with fantastic artists. Big Stone County artists exhibiting include Don Sherman at his Ortonville studio, and at the Red Barn, Neva Foster, Patti Kasky, Stephanie Folk, Anne Dietz and Pam Stueve, John G. White at his home studio as well as Jean Menden at her studio alongside Big Stone Lake. Come out and support our local artists, then Meander along down river. This is one of the longest running and highly respected art crawls in Minnesota and well worth your time.

09/02/2026

Congratulations to Dan Wilson for becoming our new SMAC board representative from Big Stone County. Dan's mural in Clinton is a beauty and well worth the trip to view. SMAC 's annual meeting will be in nearby Madison starting at 4:30 p.m. at the Merc with a free-will donation to cover food. After the business meeting the event will move to the Prairie Arts Center for an entertaining program. Artists are asked to donate items for the basket raffles. Check with Dan on delivering your donations.

09/02/2026

Our Artist of the Month is columnist and author Brent Olson, who has just published his latest work of fiction "Neither Collar nor Crown." It is available at OMG in Ortonville, or through Amazon. Pictured is the first of what will eventually be a three book series, "Ice on Fire." His "Inadvertent Cafe" is a collection of essays from when he received grant money to create a gathering place in his hometown of Clinton by the same name, in a building that has since been demolished.

08/03/2026

Congratulations to our August artist, Norah Hartman, a senior to be at Ortonville High!

07/03/2026

Our artist for July is silversmith Jean Menden, who has a lakeside studio and is an original Meander artist. She is open for receiving visitors.

07/03/2026

Our artist for July is silversmith Jean Menden. She has a lakeside studio and is one of the original Meander artists.

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P. O. Box 42
Ortonville, MN
56278

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