There are four exhibit venues in Fergus Falls:

A Center for the Arts          www.fergusarts.org

Kaddatz Art Gallery       www.kaddatzgalleries.org/

Prairie Wetlands Learning Center     www.fws.gov/midwest/pwlc/

MN State Community College      www.minnesota.edu/fergusfalls/

July 7

The Artists’ Reception was Thursday 5 - 8 pm at the Kaddatz.

July 28

Lecture by Lee Frelich, Ph.D., Forest Ecologist on

the Boreal Forest and Lake Aggassiz Plain.

Thursday  5:30 - 6:30 pm at the Kaddatz.

Taking I-94, the charming city of Fergus Falls

is about two-and-a-half hours north of the Twin Cities.

The Center for the Arts, built in 1921 as a legitimate theatre stage, was renovated in the 1990s and reopened in the fall of 1995.  It’s mission is to connect artists and audiences by providing inspiring experiences.  The lobby is an exhibit space for varying artists to exhibit.

Kaddatz Galleries is the former Kaddatz Hotel that opened in 1915.  In 2001 Artspace in Minneapolis purchased the building.  Apartments are rented to local artists, while the nonprofit Kaddatz Gallery on the first floor fosters visual arts education in addition to exhibiting the work of local artists.  The Kaddatz Gallery is across the street from A Center for the Arts.

The Prairie Wetlands Learning Center is the first residential environmental education center operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and focuses on the understanding of prairies and wetlands.  The Prairie Wetlands Learning Center sits on the Townsend Waterfowl Production Area, a 330 acre tract just outside Fergus Falls, Minnesota. The site includes both native unbroken and restored prairie, over twenty wetlands and an oak savannah.  Over 180 species of birds have been identified at the Center, as well as a wide variety of native prairie grasses and forbs.  Pen and ink drawings of plants related to trees of the botanical art project will be exhibited at the Prairie Wetlands.

The Minnesota State Community and Technical College of Fergus Falls will exhibit Minneosta Native Plants as part of the botanical exhibit.