# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Workshop: Cut Paper Lanterns with Sonja Peterson
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 05 Dec, 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat, 05 Dec, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: December 5, 2026  |  9a - 4p
Tuition:  $175  |  MMAM Member Rate: $165
Register: https://mmam.org/calendar2/2026-sonja-peterson

About the workshop:

The Cut Paper Lanterns workshop will be led by artist Sonja Peterson, whose intricate papercut works explore narrative, ecology, and global exchange. This hands-on experience offers participants a unique opportunity to work with a Minnesota Marine Art Museum exhibiting artist. Peterson previously exhibited at the museum in her 2022 exhibition What the Trade Winds Brought, and her work Empire Builder from that series is now part of the museum’s permanent collection, currently on view in the exhibition Fluid.

In this workshop, participants will learn Peterson’s storytelling approach to image-making alongside foundational papercutting techniques. Students will design and construct their own delicate, translucent paper lanterns, layering imagery and light to create luminous, narrative-driven forms.

About the instructor:

Sonja Peterson builds networks of negative space into large-scale, intricate paper cutouts. Mazes of quiet colors and soft shadows give depth to sprawling representations of geo-political and environmental systems, such as the movement of invasive species. Inspired by odd connections, Peterson strives to reveal uncomfortable similarities in morally dissimilar subjects. Peterson enjoys her intricate methodology precisely because it affords her and her viewers the time to explore and question, to perceive and understand more of the whole.  

Peterson exhibited her work in a solo exhibition at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Sonja Peterson: What the Trade Winds Brought, on view May 6 to September 11, 2022. Her piece Empire Builder, is in MMAM’s permanent collection and is currently on view in the gallery Fluid: What is marine art, and what can it be?

“These large works are created by hand cutting paper. My work depicts the impact of invasive species within a variety of eco-systems. I consider how our world has become so interconnected through trade and exploration. At one time all flora and fauna were strongly connected before the giant continent of Pangaea split to create independent continents and islands. Each continent or island then had time to evolve its own unique species. It is only in the last few hundreds of years that our world sped up, natural evolution has been sent in a tailspin as man has explored and traded all over the world very often unaware of passenger species that were brought along. Mankind unaware to what extent they were, reconnecting the world once again, as one, whether it was ready or not. Species were suddenly forced to confront predators that they had never known and had no evolved resistance to survive. Now the question is, does man step in and try to control Nature? How do we find balance in the delicate ecosystems, which have become intertwined and more imbalanced than ever?” - Sonja Peterson
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/winona/workshop-cut-paper-lanterns-with-sonja-peterson/200030231115142
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, exhibitions, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 17

## 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 Workshop: Cut Paper Lanterns with Sonja Peterson being held?
  - **A:** Workshop: Cut Paper Lanterns with Sonja Peterson takes place on Sat, 05 Dec, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sat, 05 Dec, 2026 at 04:00 pm at 800 Riverview Dr, Winona, MN, United States, Minnesota 55987.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Workshop: Cut Paper Lanterns with Sonja Peterson?
  - **A:** Workshop: Cut Paper Lanterns with Sonja Peterson 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:** Workshop: Cut Paper Lanterns with Sonja Peterson 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 Workshop: Cut Paper Lanterns with Sonja Peterson sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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