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Come out to our Rapids Lake Visitor Center for an afternoon of immersive plein air - outdoor painting - with our friends at Outdoor Painters of Minnesota. This is a self-guided painting session where participants will be given their own painting supplies and can paint the landscape from outdoors (weather permitting). Plein air painters will be painting throughout the afternoon and are available to answer questions and help with technique. This is an official We Are Water event.
This is a self-paced drop-in program.
Questions? Contact [email protected] or call (952) 854-5900 (press 1 to reach Visitor Services).
Registration: There is no registration. This is a drop-in event.
This will be an easy outdoor/indoor activity where participants will be standing or sitting for the duration of the program. This is a self-led activity where you can come and go as you please.
We recommend you wear clothes you don't mind getting paint on. Since this will be taking place outdoors (if weather allows), consider wearing layers. All materials will be provided.
Accessibility at the Rapids Lake Visitor Center:
Restrooms and a water bottle filler are available inside the visitor center. There is an outdoor restroom, but no outdoor water fountains. There is dedicated handicap parking available. The Rapids Lake Trail and Forest Loop are flat natural surface paths and the trail leading to both is paved with a slight downward slope. Depending on seasonal trail conditions, natural surface paths may be muddy (summer) or snowy (winter). Paths may not always be suitable for strollers and wheelchairs. It is a 0.1-0.2 mile walk to get to the trailhead from the parking lot. There are no rest areas along the trails, but are present inside and outside the visitor center.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to these events for all participants. Please direct all requests for sign language interpreting services, close captioning, or other accommodation needs at least ten business days before the event to Oscar Hernandez at [email protected].
"We are Water MN" is led by the Minnesota Humanities Center in partnership with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; the Minnesota Historical Society; the Board of Water and Soil Resources; the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources; and University of Minnesota Extension.
We are Water MN is funded in part with money from the Clean Water, Land, & Legacy Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 and by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Photo of plein air painting, courtesy of Lisa Stauffer
Alt Text: A person stands against a lush background while painting the landscape on a canvas set on an easel with paint.
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Rapids Lake Education & Visitor Center, Carver, United States
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