Gallery exhibits published March 9, 2022

Willmar, through March 15, WEAC, 611 Fifth St. S.W., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and when the building is open for events; works by Willmar Senior High School students.

Willmar, through March 22, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, Ridgewater College Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Building; “Layered Realities” exhibit by Bryan Holland, who focuses predominantly on animals. In addition, the exhibit features figurative works using old master paintings as templates to explore personal interests, ideas and techniques and a series of box sculptures. For more information, contact Andrew Nordin at a ndrew.nordin@ridgewater.edu

Granite Falls, through March 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, or call 320-564-4039, K.K. Berge building, 807 Prentice St.; CAIR 2.0 artwork by the Community Artist in Resident. The Emerging Artist Gallery exhibit is “Verdant One,” Swedish-inspired block prints by Anya Kalk.

Bird Island, through March 30, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, evenings and weekends by appointment, call 320-365-1011, Cultural Centre, 640 Dogwood Ave.; "Textiles in Code" by Heather MacKenzie; artist reception, March 25, 7 to 9 p.m.

Willmar, through March 31, during business hours on second level; Don Houseman has two exhibits, “Aadizookaan” paintings and woodcuts depicting Ojibwe sacred stories and legends and “Barns Are Noble” acrylic paintings of American barns.

Madison, through March, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays, or contact 512-626-9972, Kristine at kristine.shelstad@gmail.com, 601 First Street; 50 collage, assemblage and sculptural pieces by Janice Anderson.

Marshall, March 10 through April 29, 8 a.m. to noon, 1 to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, Southwest Minnesota Arts Council art gallery, 114 Third St. N. Make an appointment or call/email to see if open, 800-622-5284 or info@swmnarts.org . “Drawing to Painting: May I Have This Dance…” by David Strom of Windom features 12 large-scale acrylic paintings that visually relate to and pair with 12 previously created pen and ink drawings. Artist in-person reception 5 to 7 p.m. March 10; virtual artist talk, 5:30 p.m. March 17, email SMAC staff at info@swmnarts.org for the Zoom link to join.