Museum of Northwest Art

Museum of Northwest Art
	The Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner
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.

References

^ Laskin, David (March 12, 2006). "The Mystic Artists: A Puget Sound Quest". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2022. 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.
^ Fiege, Gale (August 19, 2016). "Museum of Northwest Art celebrates 35 years with special exhibit". The Everett Herald. Retrieved February 7, 2022. 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.
^ "25 years of MoNA". Applause. Skagit Valley Herald. January 26, 2006. pp. 30–31.
^ Updike, Robin (July 3, 1995). "Northwest Art Museum Is On The Move In LA Conner". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 7, 2022. 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.

External links

Museum of Northwest Art website

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[MysticArtistsPugetSoundQuest-1] Laskin, David (March 12, 2006). "The Mystic Artists: A Puget Sound Quest". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2022. 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.

[MoNA35Years-2] Fiege, Gale (August 19, 2016). "Museum of Northwest Art celebrates 35 years with special exhibit". The Everett Herald. Retrieved February 7, 2022. 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.

[svh-3] "25 years of MoNA". Applause. Skagit Valley Herald. January 26, 2006. pp. 30–31.

[OnTheMoveInLaConner-4] Updike, Robin (July 3, 1995). "Northwest Art Museum Is On The Move In LA Conner". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 7, 2022. 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.

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