Meet at Mia | Minneapolis Institute of Art
April 17 @ 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free
Connect, create, kick back! Meet at Mia is a new series of free Thursday evening events for adults. Get to know us—and each other—with live music, art making, special programs, and unique food and drink (for purchase). No registration or secret handshake required.
Meet at Mia ranges from casual open studios to museum-wide art parties. Find what suits you on the event pages below.
Upcoming Programs
January 16 New Year, New Vibes
It may be gray outside, but Mia is full of color! Join Jennifer Davis as we make the new year a little brighter with custom, collaborative murals on canvas for our studio walls. Experience MAEP artist Roshan Ganu’s take on Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, through her immersive videos and paintings. Bleak Roses provides the tunes.
Art Making Murals with Jennifer Davis, 5–8:30 p.m.
Music Bleak Roses
Exhibition “Roshan Ganu: The Night Blooming Jasmine, 5–9 p.m.
Guided Tour Oh, the Weather Outside!, 6 p.m.
City Hour Open mic
January 23 Manet Day
On artist Edouard Manet’s birthday, get inspired by the Impressionists. Capture a moment in time with Manet-style landscapes in an open studio, and learn about his contemporaries—Monet, Renoir, and others—through film.
Art Making Manet-inspired landscapes with Akiko Ostlund, 5–8:30 p.m.
Music Diane Miller
Visit Impressionism Galleries, G369, G373, G374
Guided Tour Oh, the Weather Outside!, 6 p.m.
Live Recording The Object Podcast, 6 p.m. Reserve free tickets here.
Film Exhibition on Screen: The Impressionists and the Man who Made Them, 7 p.m.
February 6 Institute of Ice
Celebrate Minneapolis Institute of Ice with this special program featuring larger-than-life ice sculptures, an ice bar with cocktails and mocktails, a cider and hot cocoa station, and more!
Art Making Winter lanterns with Amy Mester, 5-8:30 P.M.
Music DJ in the Courtyard (weather permitting)
Ice bar 5:30-8:30 P.M.
Guided Tours 5:30 P.M. and 7:00 P.M.
February 13 Institute of Hearts
Start your Valentine’s Day early at Mia! Take part in our annual Institute of Hearts and leave your heart alongside your favorite work in the collection. Then, make your own work in our studios to the sound of live jazz. Not feeling the romance? Celebrate friendship with live performances by Lazerbeak and Friends or join the Lonely Hearts Club on a tour of Mia’s most tragic love stories.
Art Making Community collage with Akiko Ostlund
Live Performance Debbie Briggs Jazz, 5:30 p.m.
Live Performance Lazerbeak + Friends, 7 p.m.
Experience Institute of Hearts
Guided Tour Lonely Hearts Club, 6 p.m.
February 20 Power to the People
This Black History Month, experience the vibrancy of the Black community in the Twin Cities and beyond. Multi-hyphenate Kprecia Ambers shows that art is accessible to all through the art of tracing. Explore the Black Power movement of the 1960s and ’70s through film, then take a tour of African American art in Mia’s collection.
Art Making with Kprecia Ambers
Exhibition The True America: Photographs by Ernest Cole
Film Screening The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, 7 p.m. (free tickets required, available January 20)
Guided Tour Celebrating African American Art, 6 p.m.
City Hour Open mic
March 6 Closing the Gap
Celebrate the countless contributions women have made to arts and culture this Women’s History Month. Enjoy prints by Impressionist icon Mary Cassatt and make your own art with Alexandra Beaumont. Popular DJ/MC Sophia Eris spins tunes. Explore Mia’s growing collection of women artists on a self-guided tour.
Music Sophia Eris
Art Making with Alexandra Beaumont
Exhibition “Cassatt on Paper”
In-Gallery Conversation Women in Art
City Hour Open mic
March 20 Giants
March 27 Becoming Giants
April 3 On the Shoulders of Giants
April 10 Giant Conversations
April 17 Giant Presence
Happens on the following Dates:
Jan 16, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Jan 23, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Feb 6, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Feb 13, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Feb 20, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Mar 6, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Mar 20, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Mar 27, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Apr 3, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Apr 10, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
Apr 17, 2025, 5:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST
