# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Family Workshop: Drawing and Painting from Nature with Barbara McIlrath
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 02:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Sunday, OCTOBER 4 |  1p - 2:30p
$15 per person (adult or child) $10 Per Member (Adult or child)
For ages 6+. Children 16 and younger must be accompanied by a paid adult.
Family workshop tickets include MMAM gallery admission.
Tickets: https://mmam.org/calendar2/2026/barbara-mcilrath-workshop

About the workshop:
This workshop gives participants the unique opportunity to create their own artwork with exhibiting artist Barbara McIlrath. McIlrath’s paintings and drawings begin with studying the patterns and shapes in the natural world, from land forms, limestone bluffs of the river, plants, trees, clouds, shadows and angles of sunlight. 

In this workshop, participants will paint and draw together using our powers of observation. By selecting natural objects and discovering the patterns and shapes that make up the structure of these objects, participants will find the universal patterns. Explore art materials that you may not have tried before, including paint sticks, charcoal, oil pastels, acrylic paint, even collage. These materials will help you discover new dimensions of the world around us with different tools to make color shapes and lines come alive.

The workshop lasts 90 minutes, with extra time as needed to finish your projects.

This event is part of the Fall New Look Weekend, October 2 - 4, 2026. Celebrate a season of mystery, transformation, and creativity with a full weekend of programing featuring three exhibiting artists including, Andy DuCett (Home(town)), Geo Rutherford (Spooky Waters of the World), and Barbara McIlrath (LandSkyWater).

About the artist: 

Barbara McIlrath earned her BA degree in Humanities at Illinois Wesleyan University, MS degree in Education at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and BFA degree at Minneapolis College of Art & Design, where she received the Vanderlip Award at graduation. She has worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, instructional designer/Mayo Clinic, corporate training consultant and faculty member at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. 

Barbara travels along the Mississippi River between her farm studio in Pepin, Wisconsin and her house in St. Paul, Minnesota. The seasonal color changes of the Driftless Region inspire her paintings and drawings. McIlrath is particularly drawn to the shoreline of Lake Pepin in the historic Village of Old Frontenac, Minnesota, as well as the prairie surrounding her farm in Hicks Valley, near the Village of Pepin. Her paintings range from textured impasto paint mixed with cold wax to delicately layered oils and gouache. She describes her work as “including both carefully observed images of land, sky and water to more abstract compositions, discovered in the process of simplifying, improvising and questioning what I am seeing.”
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/winona/family-workshop-drawing-and-painting-from-nature-with-barbara-mcilrath/200030605975637
- **Event Categories**: Art, Workshops, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Winona
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 800 Riverview Dr, Winona, MN, United States, Minnesota 55987
- **lat**: 44.05718
- **long**: -91.64339
- **full address**: 800 Riverview Dr, Winona, MN, United States, Minnesota 55987

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Family Workshop: Drawing and Painting from Nature with Barbara McIlrath being held?
  - **A:** Family Workshop: Drawing and Painting from Nature with Barbara McIlrath takes place on Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 02:30 pm at 800 Riverview Dr, Winona, MN, United States, Minnesota 55987.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Family Workshop: Drawing and Painting from Nature with Barbara McIlrath?
  - **A:** Family Workshop: Drawing and Painting from Nature with Barbara McIlrath is organized by Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
- **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Minnesota Marine Art Museum's events?
  - **A:** Attendees have given Minnesota Marine Art Museum a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. Minnesota Marine Art Museum has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Family Workshop: Drawing and Painting from Nature with Barbara McIlrath is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Winona, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Family Workshop: Drawing and Painting from Nature with Barbara McIlrath sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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