Supporting the Arts in the Winona Community
The Winona Arts Center celebrated its 50th year in 2006. Over the years, the member owned and operated Arts Center has been an important forum for the arts in our community – visual art, music, film and the spoken word.
Our Mission
The Winona Arts Center is a creative network committed to increasing community awareness of the arts by featuring the works of artists. It provides an intimate and unique space for performances, exhibits, and other media, and encourages public participation by providing classes and workshops for children and adults.
Our History
Founded in 1956, the Arts Center has a colorful history. After seven women spent the summer of 1956 painting and enjoying art together, they approached the city council about renting Lake Park Lodge so they could continue to meet during winter months.
The Gallery
The Center does not keep regular office hours, and the gallery is opened only through the generous help from our volunteers. Currently the gallery is usually staffed on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
If you plan on visiting the gallery, please consider calling ahead (507 453-9959) to make certain a volunteer is scheduled. To request a gallery visit on days other than the staffed days, please leave a telephone message or contact us by email (contactus@winonaarts.org).
Get WAC News & Event Information
Sign up for our email or U.S. Mail newsletter and postcards. You can choose one or both methods to receive the information we send out.
Has Something Changed?
We often get some of our mailings returned to us from the U.S. Post Office because people have moved (we send out many of our mailings by bulk mail to save us money - bulk mail is not forwarded).
Please let us know if we need to correct/change your address in our list.
Become a Member
Becoming a new or renewing member helps support the Winona Arts Center.
While we aren't big enough to offer fabulous member benefits, we can offer you the great feeling you'll get when you become a member-owner of the Winona Arts Center
Member-artists
Take a look at our member listings
Any member can have a listing - visual artists and performing artists!
Teach a Workshop
The Winona Arts Center and local artists often collaborate to offer the classes and workshops for the community.
If you are interested in teaching a class or workshop please let us know.
Member-Artist Listings
Our member-artists are provided a free listing on this website.
Often people and businesses ask us for information about local artists and ways to contact them. We would like to offer artists the opportunity to be listed on our Member-Artists page. Listings will include artist's name and contact information as well as a thumbnail image, brief description of the artist's practice and a link to the artist's website (if applicable).
Please volunteer!
Volunteers are the foundation of any non-profit organization!
Please consider volunteering at the center.