Arts & Humanities

Winona Arts Center is committed to increasing community awareness of the arts by featuring the work of visual artists, providing space for performances, readings, and films, and encouraging participation in workshops, demonstrations, and classes, for children and adults across our community. For the benefit of both art enthusiasts and artists, WAC is home to the Frances Prentiss Lucas Gallery, a performance stage and screening area, the RiverBed Press print studio, The Winona Film Society, and our administrative office.

Founded in 1997 and incorporated in 1998, Theatre du Mississippi is committed to the development and production of high-quality programs in the performing arts, particularly shows that address simultaneously entertain and enlighten our audiences. It is our aim to integrate artistic excellence and originality with a sense of community in the Winona area and beyond.

The Winona Public Library is the public library serving Winona, Minnesota, United States. It is a member of Southeastern Libraries Cooperating, a Minnesota library region.

Winona Creators Collective is building a nonprofit makerspace with shared tools – from table saws and joiners, to 3d printers and embroidery machines, and everything in between for working with wood, metal, fabric, and electronics. Imagine your high school woodshop reimagined like a gym! We offer classes around art, STEM, and business, while offering all the resources you need for your next project, creation, or prototype.

The Winona County Historical Society is dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of materials that document the human history of Winona County.

This two-day storytelling festival provides performances which celebrate and preserve the power and pleasure of our varied cultural traditions and human experiences and promotes the art of storytelling for all ages. We value excellence, inclusivity, equity, diversity, integrity, fun, community, and the power of storytelling. We will encourage excellence in the art of storytelling for all, and bring people together to share our common humanity, in an inclusive and welcoming environment.

River Arts Alliance supports and celebrates regional arts and culture by organizing educational programs, community events, and public art projects while promoting opportunities for artists and facilitating collaborations between organizations in the Winona region.

Project FINE is an organization that helps newcomers integrate into the community. They provide foreign language interpreters and translators as well as opportunities for education, information, referral, and empowerment for immigrants and refugees.

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum engages visitors in meaningful visual art experiences through education and exhibitions that explore the ongoing and historic human relationship with water.

The Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts exists to provide quality arts education and performance by nurturing and encouraging artistic expression in children and adults. Their service to the community ranges from recreational to pre-professional performing and visual arts curriculum and programming designed to provide physical and aesthetic benefits, heightened self-respect, discipline, and confidence.