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Currently
ON EXHIBIT
Portraits of Winona County People & Places
WCHS Collections Exhibition
December 2 – March 2
In the “Portraits of Winona County People & Places” gallery exhibition, explore 13 select pieces from the WCHS collection featuring portraits and landscapes of the area, now through March 2nd.
Amongst the several portraits in the show is Emma Shelton, who opened her beauty shop in Winona at 63 West Second Street on May 13, 1909. She was born March 1, 1865, in Hot Springs, Arkansas to a black mother and former slave. Her father was African, Irish, and Cherokee. Emma worked in her shop until she was 85 years old as a beautician and podiatrist.
The show also highlights the large portraits of Burr and Clara Blair painted by Nicholas Brewer (1857 – 1949). Brewer was born in Olmsted County Minnesota to a farm family. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and found himself painting portraits of U.S. Grant, Henry Ward Beecher, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and many other prominent people of his time.
The show not only brings you people, but also some Winona County places too. Stop in to see a landscape of Winona, Minnesota in 1867 from Clark’s Lane. It was painted by Alfred A. Sederberg (1830 – 1877), who immigrated to Red Wing, Minnesota in the 1860s where he painted portraits and landscapes.
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PARTNERS
River Arts Alliance
River Arts Alliance became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 2014, focusing on arts education and support for local arts and culture. RAA works directly with artists and other local and regional arts organizations through promotion and collaboration and offers fiscal sponsorship to members who need representation.
RAA currently helps to co-curate the Slaggie Family Lobby at the Winona County History Center along with WCHS and Art of the Rural.
Art of the Rural
Founded in 2010, Art of the Rural is a national arts and culture non-profit organization that works to resource artists and culture bearers across the country to build the field, change the narrative, and bridge divides.
Art if the Rural currently helps to co-curate the Slaggie Family Lobby at the Winona County History Center along with WCHS and River Arts Alliance.
