DETROIT LAKES
— The Holmes Art Show is back for its 20th year!
More than 30 regional artists will fill the Midwest Bank Ballroom at Detroit Lakes’ Historic Holmes Theatre on Nov. 9-11. Show hours are 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, and 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11.
“Right now, I think we’ve got exactly 34 (registered artists) — that’s up from last year,” said Carmen McCullough, the theater’s visual arts coordinator. “There was definitely more interest (from artists) this year, so that’s exciting.”
McCullough added that there’s “a nice mix” of new and familiar artists, and while it doesn’t appear that any of them will be doing live demonstrations this year, they usually don’t know about that “until the last minute.”
For those who want to learn how to create their own art, there is a unique opportunity going on during this year’s show, McCullough added.
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“There will be an open life drawing class going on in the Art Cellar that Friday (Nov. 10) at 10 a.m.,” she said. “It’s fairly new. We have an artist collective group that wanted to start a six-week, open drawing session where people can bring in their paintings, pastel or pencil drawings and exchange ideas about life drawing.”
The class lasts approximately one hour, and it will be held every Friday until Nov. 17. The Holmes Art Cellar is located in the theater’s basement.
And that’s not all that’s happening during the art show weekend, McCullough noted. “The Becker County Museum (which shares a box office and gift shop with the theater) will have its Da Vinci exhibit open on Friday and Saturday from 10 am.m to 5 p.m., and there will be live music going on during the art show on Thursday and Friday.”
Classical pianist Greta Johnson will be performing in the ballroom on Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and musicians Fern Belling and Todd Voss will be performing there on Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “It’s always fun to have live music,” McCullough said. “It adds to the ambiance.”
In addition, the Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center’s
Engage group
(a social club and activity group for DLCCC members age 50 and up) will be serving up homemade treats and coffee in the ballroom during all three days of the art show, with proceeds to go to support Engage activities throughout the year.
Last but not least, there will be events going on in the main theater following the art show on all three days, starting at 7:30 p.m.
On Thursday, Nov. 9, the theater will host a showing of the 2008 movie musical, “Mamma Mia,” on the theater’s giant screen; admission is just $5 per person).
Then on Friday, Nov. 10, there will be another film screening: The local premiere of the 2022 short film,
“Rising,” directed by Tiffany Besonen,
an artist and public school teacher. who lives with her family on a 110-year-old Finnish farmstead in northern Minnesota. Admission to this event is a free-will offering.
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On Saturday, Nov. 11, a live tribute to the Swedish super group ABBA, called “ABBA-solutely Fab,” will be staged on the theater’s main stage. Tickets for this show are $30 for adults and $15 for students, and may be purchased at the theater’s website,
dlccc.org/holmes-theatre.html
(where you can choose your own seats), in person at the theater’s box office (806 Summit Ave., Detroit Lakes), or by phone at 218-844-7469.
