Minnesota Museum of American Art

http://www.mmaa.org/
50 Kellogg Boulevard West, St. Paul, MN 55102
651-266-1030

Hours: Tues.–Sat. 11am–4pm; Thurs. 11am–8pm;
Sun. 1–5pm

You are invited to experience art. Here. Now. The MMAA is committed to representing the rich cultural and regional diversity of American art and artists—past, present and emerging. Come enjoy the changing exhibitions and events highlighting art, music, film and performances.

Exclusive Museum Adventure Pass Offers

  • $5 off one new membership on day of visit
  • Free artist-designed buttons (up to four per pass)

Passes are limited to general exhibit admission only. Passes may not be applied towards educational and group tours. Special exhibitions and other attractions may not be covered, and other restrictions may apply.

Please visit http://www.mmaa.org/ for specific exhibition information.

Learn more about it at your metro public library

All Ages

American Art: A Cultural History
David Bjelajac, Prentice Hall, 2005
Minnesota Impressionists
Rena Neumann Coen, Afton Historical Society Press, 1996
Metropolitan Museum of Art -Timeline of Art History
website: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
After Lewis and Clark: The Forces of Change, 1806-1871
Gary Allen Hood, Gilcrease Museum, 2006
The American Century: Art and Culture, 1950-2000
Lisa Phillips, Whitney Museum of Aerican Art, 1999
Awash in Color: Homer, Sargent, and the Great American Watercolor
Sue Welsh Reed and Carol Troyen, Musem of Fine Arts, Boston, 2000
Currents of Change: Art and Life along the Mississippi River, 1850-1861
Jason T. Busch, Christopher Monkhouse, Janet L. Whitemore, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2004
Forging a Modern Identity: Masters of American Painting Born after 1847
edited by James W. Tottis, Detroit Institute of Arts, 2005
The Golden Age of American Impressionism
William H. Gerdts, Watson-Guptil Publications, 2003
Minnesota 1900: Art and Life on the Upper Mississippi, 1890-1915
edited by Michael Conforti, University of Delaware Press, 1994
Nineteenth-century American Art
Barbara Groseclose, Oxford University Press, 2000
Painting the Dakota: Seth Eastman at Fort Snelling
Marybeth Lorbiecki, Afton Historical Society Press, 2000
St. Paul's Architecture: A History
Jeffrey A. Hess and Paul Clifford Larson, University of Minnesota Press, 2000
Still Looking: Essays on American Art
John Updike, Knopf, 2005
Women Artists: An Illustrated History
Nancy G. Heller, Abbeville, 2003

Kids

The Painter's Eye: Learning to Look at Contemporary American Art
Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, Delacorte Press, 1991
The American Eye: Eleven Artists of the Twentieth Century
Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, Delacorte Press, 1995
Come Look with Me: Discovering African American Art for Children
James Haywood Rolling, Jr., Lickle Pub., 2005
Late Modernism
Anne Fitzpatrick, Creative Education, 2006
Art Against the Odds: From Slave Quilts to Prison Paintings
Susan Goldman Rubin, Crown Publishers, 2004
Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007
Behind the Scenes. Volume 1, Painting and Drawing
DVD co-production of Learning Designs and Thirteen/WNET, 200?
Can You Hear It?
William Lach, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006
Cave Paintings to Picasso: The Inside Scoop on 50 Art Masterpieces
Henry Sayre, Chronicle Books, 2004
Celebrating America: A Collection of Poems and Images of the American Spirit
Laura Whipple, Philomel Books, 1994
Extraordinary Ordinary People: Five American Masters of Traditional Arts
Alan Govenar, Candlewick Press, 2006
Hands-on America
Yvonne Y. Merrill, Kits Pub., 2001
Landscapes
Penny King and Clare Roundhill, Crabtree Pub. Co., 1996
The Artist's Toolkit
website: http://www.artsconnected.org
Smithsonian Education - Everything Art
website: http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/explore_by_topic/everything_art.html

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Upcoming Events

logo Patio Nights - Every Thursday, June-August 2008, doors open at 7pm
Rain or Shine! In the event of unfavorable weather, the concert will be moved indoors.

In its 5th season, Patio Nights is the longest running weekly outdoor summer concert series in downtown St. Paul. Every Thursday evening is packed with some of the best local music in the Twin Cites. Enjoy great music on our patio overlooking a beautiful view of the Mississippi River. A full service cash bar as well as reasonably priced sandwiches and chips & salsa will be provided by Great Waters Brewery. John Kass from local record label Go Johnny Go will be at each event selling vintage vinyl records from the 60's and beyond.

Admission is $7 Public, $5 MMAA Members, $5 KFAI/Radio K Members. All ages welcome.


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