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Families Turn Out for Littles Art Day

The Plains Art Museum collaborated with other art disciplines to round out their schedule of programming.

July 26, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Plains Art Museum rolled out a schedule of extra kid-friendly programming this Saturday. It was Littles Art Day starting at 8:30 A.M. and going until 11:30. Theatre NDSU, the North Dakota Academy of Dance, and the Fargo Public Library joined forces with Plains to offer a huge variety of art-based activities. There were dance classes,…

Plains Art Museum shows the lives of Japanese women during Edo period

June 19, 2025

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Plains Art Museum has an exhibition of wood block prints on display depicting life for women from the Edo period of Japanese culture. The exhibition is called Floating Beauty: Women in the art of Ukiyo-e. It is an art style of carving images into wooden blocks that have ink applied and pressed onto paper for…

Plains Art Museum Hosts Annual Indigenous Art Fair

May 10, 2025

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Plains Art Museum and Visit Fargo Moorhead hosted their annual Indigenous Art Fair on Saturday. The event invited forty Indigenous makers from the Midwest and across the nation. From paintings, jewelry, blankets, dreamcatchers, and other indigenous crafts. Each vendor showcased their home roots within each of their pieces with high-level contemporary and traditional Indigenous art….

Japanese Crafts at the Plains Art Museum

Families were invited to participate in the creation of their own torn paper collages.

April 20, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. – Families got a taste of Japanese culture this weekend at Plains Art Museum in Fargo. The museum hosted an event sponsored by the Japan Outreach Initiative, or JOI. It taught kids and their parents how to make art in the style of Chigiri-e, which is torn paper collage. Participants created unique artwork using textured paper and vibrant…

Community Meal Serves Food-Insecure in Downtown Fargo

The event also featured a giveaway of warm clothes and necessary personal items.

February 9, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. – Community members needing a warm meal and winter gear to fight the cold found both at the Indigenous Association in downtown Fargo on Saturday. The Fargo-Moorhead Mutual Aid & Direct Action Network hosted their second community dinner. The first time, they made about 60 meals, and ran out within an hour. So this time they prepped much…

LIVE: Sci-fi artistry shines at this year’s Plains Art Gala

May the fourth be with you this weekend at the Plains Art Museum

April 29, 2024

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – May the fourth be with you this weekend at the Plains Art Museum. The museum is hosting its annual Plains Art Gala on Saturday, May 4th. This year’s theme is Sci-Fi Artistry. It’s fitting the gala is on May 4th, a day associated with Star Wars. That’s not the only Star Wars connection to the…

Plains Art Museum receives a record $3 million donation

August 9, 2023

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Plains Art Museum has received a record $3 million donation from one of its own board members. Fargo native Brian Hayer has pledged to donate the money. Hayer is a graduate of Fargo South High School and Arizona State University. The contribution will be the largest gift ever presented by a single donor. “This is a…

Indigenous Art Sale postponed by Plains Art Museum

On the museum's website they announced the Art Fair scheduled on Saturday, November 13 will be moved to the spring.

November 9, 2021

Site Staff,

FARGO, ND (KVRR) – The Plains Art Museum is cancelling the Indigenous Art Sale this weekend. On the museum’s website they announced the Art Fair scheduled on Saturday, November 13 will be moved to the spring. No date has been determined. This would have been the sixth year of the Indigenous Art Fair. The rescheduled date is to be announced…

Social Distancing: Museums Deemed Safest Indoor Place

Study Says Museums Are Safest Indoor Activity When It Comes To Avoiding COVID

February 26, 2021

Site Staff,

Are you absolutely desperate for some sort of indoor activity to get out of the house this winter. Well here you go. Museums are apparently the safest indoor activity, if you’re looking to avoid the coronavirus. A study from the berlin institute of technology says when it comes to indoor activities, going to a museum is the least-risky activity…

Plains Art Museum exhibit showcases 2020 civil rights movements

January 12, 2021

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FARGO, N.D. – Plains Art Musuem opens the Human Rights Festival Exhibit in its third annual showcase. Presented by the Human Family, this year’s exhibit focuses on the civil rights movements in 2020. Pieces show children detained at the border, COVID-19 and racial injustice. The showcase also addresses North Dakota Native American issues. The exhibit will run until January 23rd….