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Former name | Valley Museum of Northwest Art |
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Established | 1981 |
Location | 121 N 1st Street, La Conner, Washington, U.S. |
Type | Art Museum |
Website | monamuseum.org |
The Museum of Northwest Art (also referred to as MoNA) is an art museum located in La Conner, Washington, and is focused on the Northwest School art movement, which had its peak in the mid-20th century. [1] [2] The Museum was founded by Art Hupy in 1981. [3] It moved to its present building in 1995. [4] An annual celebration of Northwest artists encompasses the MoNA auction, supporting museum programming.
I made the 60-mile trek north from Seattle to La Conner ... The drive is as magical as ever, but arrival proves disappointing. The Museum of Northwest Art, though rich in holdings of the Big Four, currently has none of their work on display.
Originally the dream of the late Northwest photographer Art Hupy, the museum began in 1981 as the Valley Museum of Northwest Art, with a focus on the well-known Northwest artists Morris Graves and Edmonds' Guy Anderson, who had lived in Skagit County, and their compatriots, Mark Tobey and Kenneth Callahan.
In September, the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, now housed in the sweet but impossibly small Gaches Mansion on the edge of downtown La Conner, will move a few blocks away to a commercial building being remodeled to function as a museum.
48°23′30″N 122°29′45″W / 48.3916°N 122.4957°W
| |
Former name | Valley Museum of Northwest Art |
---|---|
Established | 1981 |
Location | 121 N 1st Street, La Conner, Washington, U.S. |
Type | Art Museum |
Website | monamuseum.org |
The Museum of Northwest Art (also referred to as MoNA) is an art museum located in La Conner, Washington, and is focused on the Northwest School art movement, which had its peak in the mid-20th century. [1] [2] The Museum was founded by Art Hupy in 1981. [3] It moved to its present building in 1995. [4] An annual celebration of Northwest artists encompasses the MoNA auction, supporting museum programming.
I made the 60-mile trek north from Seattle to La Conner ... The drive is as magical as ever, but arrival proves disappointing. The Museum of Northwest Art, though rich in holdings of the Big Four, currently has none of their work on display.
Originally the dream of the late Northwest photographer Art Hupy, the museum began in 1981 as the Valley Museum of Northwest Art, with a focus on the well-known Northwest artists Morris Graves and Edmonds' Guy Anderson, who had lived in Skagit County, and their compatriots, Mark Tobey and Kenneth Callahan.
In September, the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, now housed in the sweet but impossibly small Gaches Mansion on the edge of downtown La Conner, will move a few blocks away to a commercial building being remodeled to function as a museum.
48°23′30″N 122°29′45″W / 48.3916°N 122.4957°W