Capstone Events – Artists

Features upcoming capstone events for the SEMAC-funded grant activities of individual artists. To update your event details, email communications(at)semac.org with information.

May 2025

5/16/25: Lane Powell, premier of Welded Steel – Celebrating Manufacturing, Stewartville High School Spring Band Concert, Stewartville
5/18/2025: David Kassler, Premier of Quintet in G (The Olympic) for Brass, First United Methodist Church, Austin
5/18/2025: Paul Dice, Chinese Music Ensemble Spring Concert, Carleton College Kracum Performance Hall, Northfield

June 2025

6/5/25: Nathaniel Nelson, Untitled Narrative Short Film, Threshold Arts, Rochester
6/7/25: Steve Harris, grand opening Talking Trails for Lanesboro, Lanesboro History Museum, Lanesboro (ongoing thereafter)
6/14/25: Espoir DelMain, Driftless Water Dance Performance, National Eagle Center Amphitheatre, Wabasha
6/17/25: Rocky Casillas Aguirre, opening date for U are the Universe Art Exhibition, Northfield Arts Guild and Mercado Local, Northfield (exhibit 6/17- 7/26/25)

July 2025

7/9/2025: Brian Johnson, Suite for 3 VCRs and Guitar, Northfield Depot
7/12/25: Stena Lieb, Fibers from the Forest and Farm, Lanesboro Arts, Lanesboro
7/13/2025: JC Sanford, Day 2: Second Annual Northfield Jazz Festival, Friends of Way Park, Northfield
7/22/2025: Lisa Becker, Advocating for Native Plants through Art, Saint Charles Public Library

August 2025

8/9/25: Heidi Bacon, Paving the Way for Pollinators, 1-3pm, The Artist Sanctuary, Red Wing
8/9/2025: Scott Roberts, Lost Hero’s of the Imagination, Owatonna Arts Center
8/15/25: Judy Saye-Willis, Sharing the Knowledge, Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault (exhibit 8/11-9/27/25)
8/21/25: Julie Yost, artist reception for Always Leaving: There Must be 50 Ways to Love Your Leaves, Gallery 24, Rochester (exhibit 8/19-8/30/25)

September 2025

9/6/2025: Michael Speck, Bach at Leipzig by Itamar Moses: a staged reading, Central Lutheran Church, Winona
9/9/25: Jonny Weaver, (How) Can Cartoons Make You Feel? Film Screening and Q&A, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield
9/11/2025: Ivete Vaz, O Gaúcho beyond languages and borders, Northfiels Arts Guild
9/13/2025: Shari Setchell, You do not have to be good, Northfield Arts Guild Theater
9/18/25: Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo, The way of tenderness (work in progress), Northfield Public Library, Northfield
9/19/25: Sarah Vanasse Miles, Chiaroscuro Chronicles: Reinterpreting Narratives of Antiquity through Film Aesthetics, Rochester Beacon Academy, Rochester
9/27/2025: Robbie Brokken, Influential Women, Harmony Public Library
9/27/2025: Megan McCarthy, Surface Currents, Winona Arts Center
9/27/25: Paul LeDuc, Painting with water mixable oils, Chatfield Center for the Arts, Chatfield

October 2025

10/1/25: Natasha Roozen, A Spiritual Dive into Hahawakpa and Land of My Oyate: Explorations in Native Material Culture, Red Wing Arts, Red Wing (exhibit 10/1-10/31/25)
10/3/25: Kate Langlais, artist reception for I Am Minnesota (part 3), Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault (exhibit 9/29-11/15/25)
10/4/25: Susan Waughtal, A Brush With Life, Squash Blossom Farm, Oronoco
10/4/2025: Annie Mack, Wolves of Impermanence, Lanesboro Arts
10/4/2025: Micaiah McNeilus, Through the Lens: Exploring Fish of the Root River, Paddle On Coffee Emporium, Lanesboro
10/12/2025: Libby Schultz, Forging Connections, Chateau Theater, Rochester
10/24/25: Margaret Shaw Johnson, premier of Mallory’s Ghost, Historic Masonic Theater, Winona (performances 10/24-11/1/25)
10/25/2025: Nat Wilson, Folklore of Wild Places, Northfield Depot
10/30/25: Carla Gallina, artist reception for Prairie Dances, Chatfield Center for the Arts, Chatfield (exhibit 11/1-11/30/25)

November 2025

11/15/2025: Martha Larson, Percussive Techniques for the Cello, Northfield Depot
11/30/2025: Andrew Kranz, Drawing Fundamentals, Winona Arts Center

January 2026

1/9/2026: Barbara Schwenk, Climate-sensitive Birds in SE Minnesota, 5-7pm, Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault

February 2026

2/3/2026: La Vonte Thompson, Finding a place, No Name Bar, Winona
2/5/2026: Kate Bauman, Structures & Surfaces, Rochester Community and Technical College Art Gallery
2/12/2026: Kent McInnis, What Lights Our Way, UP Gallery, Northfield Arts Guild

March 2026

3/2/2026: Dawn Tevis, Wild Marbling: Experimental Aqueous Surface Design, Winona Public Library
3/30/2026: Benjamin Gateno, Solo Acoustic Blues Guitr and Voice Performance, Harmony for Mayo, Lips Atrium, Charlton Building, Rochester

April 2026

4/9/2026: Rosei Skipper, Assembling the Artist, Threshold Arts, Rochester
4/9/2026: Melissa Wray, Sewing Rural Seeds of Plenty: Artist Reception, St. Mane Theatre, Lanesboro
4/25/2026: Christopher Tauzell, New Amateur Record, 2026, Palladium Studios, Rochester
4/25/2026: Roger Nelson, Songs for a Time of Endings, Squash Blossom Farm, Oronoco
4/26/2026: Dawn Mikkelson, Becoming Lake City, Lake City Area Arts
4/30/2026: Louis Epstein, premier of The Odyssey: The Musical, St Olaf College, Northfield (performances 4/30-5/2/2026)

July 2026

7/1/2026: Marlene Petersen, Veggie Santa Book Preview, Renewing the Countryside, Zumbro Falls