• 9/17 Friday Night Art Conversation with Wou Browne

    Join us on Friday September 17th at 6pm for our host artist is Wou Browne. Wou is an amazing young artist who has a studio at The Rumriver Art Center and he will be sharing his thoughts on his art and his creative process. https://occ.sn/qGv4hHC9

  • Emerging Artists Mentorship Program

    The Rumriver Art Center just completed its second year of it’s Emerging Older Adult artists program. The program is a 12 month program where a older adult emerging artists gets to work with a mentor. The emerging artists are chosen from applications from older adults in the North Metro and then paired with artist mentor.

  • New Art Hanging at Allina

    Rumriver Art Center has art on display at Allina’s Customer Experience Center in Coon Rapids, MN (8880 Evergreen Blvd, Coon Rapids, MN 55433). The current gallery show features the art of Jerry Jorgenrud and Bill Hogan. They have a variety of watercolor paintings on display. Check out some of their work below!

  • Halloween Events

    Throughout the month of October we have a lot of fun Halloween activities including the Anoka Halloween Paint Night, Kids Coloring Contest, Halloween Glass Mosaic Class, Clay Sugar Skull Class, and a Clay Haunted House Class! CLICK HERE for more information and registration!

  • New Art Hanging at Allina

    Rumriver Art Center has art on display at Allina’s Customer Experience Center in Coon Rapids, MN (880 Evergreen Blvd, Coon Rapids, MN 55433). The current gallery show features the art of Anita Cholewa & Cheryl Barr. They have a variety of watercolor paintings on display. Check out some of their work below!

  • Abstract in Motion Gallery Show

    July 17, 2021 – August 9, 2021 Rumriver Art Center is hosting a new art show titled Abstract in Motion in its gallery.  The gallery show features the artwork of mentor, Jerry Jorgenrud and his mentee, Bill Hogan. They participated in Rumriver Art Center’s 2020-2021 Emerging Artist Mentorship Program for Older Adults Ages 55+. The purpose of… Read More

  • Emerging 55+ Artist Mentorship Program

    Rumriver Art Center is excited to announce that it will be offering an Emerging 55+ Artist Mentorship Program in 2021-2022. The mentorship program will begin in November 2021 and end in July 2022. The mentors and mentees will be selected from the pool of applicants to participate in the program. All mentee applicants must be ages 55+. There is… Read More

  • New Art Hanging at Allina

    Rumriver Art Center has art on display at Allina’s Customer Experience Center in Coon Rapids, MN (880 Evergreen Blvd, Coon Rapids, MN 55433). The current gallery show features the art of Dave Woessner. He has a variety of photographs on display. Check out some of her work below! Dave Woessner’s Bio: My passion for photography… Read More

  • Spring 2021 Vitality Arts Virtual Gallery Show

    Rumriver Art Center has a Vitality Arts Program for Older Adults Ages 55+. We offer 8 week courses in a variety of mediums throughout the year. At the end of each 8 week session, we have a culminating event to celebrate the talents and artwork of our Vitality Arts program participants. Since the pandemic, we… Read More

  • NEW Mask Policy/COVID-19 Precautions

    We are optimistic that the CDC and the State of Minnesota have relaxed some of the COVID-19 policies. However, in order to maintain a safe environment, we will continue with precautionary measures at the Rumriver Art Center.  Outdoor drop off and pick up for camps and classes Hand sanitizing and disinfectant policies are still in… Read More