ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art galleries Watermark Art Center
505 Bemidji Ave N. 444-7570
Gallery North
Ramsey Gallery
BSU Bangsberg Fine Arts Center Lower Level
310 4th St. NW 444-9813
Talley Gallery
Northwoods Gallery Frame & Gift
Touché Gallery
218 3rd St. NW
BSU Bridgeman Hall 755-3708 BSU Hobson Memorial Union 755-3760
Watermark Art Center 505 Bemidji Ave. N. 444-7570 watermarkartcenter.org Mon.-Wed. 10-5, Fri.-Sat. 10-5, Sun 12-4 Established in 1982, the Watermark Art Center has moved into its newly remodeled building in downtown Bemidji. It is a nonprofit, member-supported organization dedicated to encouraging the growth and development of art in the community. The center provides gallery space for exhibitions, music, poetry readings and social events for many organizations. It displays national, regional and local artists in group exhibits, solo shows and installations featuring a new exhibit each month from February through December. Member artists display and sell their work in the Gallery Shop on site. The center sponsors the monthly First Friday Art Walk and Art in the Park, the annual summer art fair in July.
Sculpture Walk Every May, members of the Bemidji Sculpture Walk Committee install sculptures chosen for display and sponsored by local businesses or private individuals in Bemidji. The pieces are chosen from artists representing a wide geographic area who agree to allow their sculptures to be on display for a year on the streets of downtown, along the waterfront and on Paul Bunyan Drive. Every year at least one sculpture is purchased for permanent display. Maps showing the locations and names of the sponsors are available at the Tourist Information Center.
First Friday Art Walk Bemidji is unique in this area for it is the focal point for many arts endeavors for visual artists. First Friday of the month is an opportunity for individual artists to display their work. Sponsored by and coordinated by the Watermark Art Center, local businesses host First Friday receptions when artists can meet with the public in a social setting for informal discussions about their work. The exhibits are installed for the month at each venue, enjoyed by the customers and also a�ord an opportunity to purchase art work from an artist.
Bemidji Community Theater Ernie Rall 755-8942 or 218-280-1265 bemidjicommunitytheater.org BCT is a non-profit organization whose mission is to give the general public an opportunity to explore their interests in acting, directing, set construction, costume design and front of house activities such as program designs and box o�ce management. Productions include dinner theater, melodrama, musicals, children’s theater and comedy.
Bemidji Area Community Band Glenn Seibel 759-0777 The Bemidji Area Community Band is open to anyone high school age or older. The band generally performs at 7 p.m. every other Sunday, beginning with Father’s Day in June, on the lawn outside of Bangsberg Fine and Performing Arts Complex. Rainy day concerts are held in Thompson Recital Hall in Bangsberg on the campus of Bemidji State University, Birchmont Drive and 14th Street.
Mask & Rose Theater Collective Cate Belleveau 760-2211 maskrose57@gmail.com A non-profit women’s theater collective primarily devoted to presenting multi-genre works for and by women playwrights. Works are thought provoking and may contain adult material. They also produce children’s and musical theater, and an array of drama classes including playwriting.
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