{"id":657614,"date":"2026-08-26T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/657614\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:12:14","slug":"minnesota-artist-stephanie-mirocha-features-in-exhibit-at-the-jaques-art-center-brainerd-dispatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/657614\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota artist Stephanie Mirocha features in exhibit at The Jaques Art Center &#8211; Brainerd Dispatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AITKIN \u2014 The Jaques Art Center is hosting an exhibit by visual artist Stephanie Mirocha, presenting 40 artworks centered around the theme of life paths in connection with nature and its cycles in the backdrop of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers move through three sections into which the exhibit is divided centered on sense of place, journey of the heart and return. The three sections are titled with the headings Garden: Beginnings; Earth: Expanding; and Universe: Returning. Each section consists of up to 14 2D paintings and one 3D kinetic sculpture\/mobile.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Stephanie Mirocha.\"  width=\"330\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.forumcomm.com\/dims4\/default\/0e789e9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1355x1807+0+39\/resize\/330x440!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum-communications-production-web.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F80%2F34%2Fa7fe79ee4f31bf8c9749dc14a291%2Fpromo-shot-02-stephanie-mirocha.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI0NDBweCIgd2lkdGg9IjMzMHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Stephanie Mirocha.<\/p>\n<p>Contributed<\/p>\n<p>Mirocha\u2019s career as an artist over the past 26 years has focused on creating artworks infused with the joy of life and expressing the beauty found all around us in all its aspects. With watercolor, acrylic, silk painting, or oil media and using various styles, she translates themes on an emotional as well as conceptual level through her art, often connecting nature and science.<\/p>\n<p>The art opening reception will take place from noon-3 p.m. Sept. 12. Mirocha will give an artist talk at 1 p.m., giving visitors a chance to meet the artist, learn backstories of the artwork\u2019s process and ask questions. Refreshments will be served at the reception for viewers to enjoy as they stroll through the exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating art in the heart of north central, rural Minnesota, The Jaques Art Center has hosted rotating art exhibits from regional artists for over 30 years. In addition, the museum portion of the art center offers a permanent collection of artwork from the art center\u2019s namesake, Francis Lee Jaques, a renowned wildlife artist and creator of the murals at the University of Minnesota Bell Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The Jaques Art Center is located at 121 2nd St. NW, Aitkin, in an historic Carnegie Library building acquired from the city in the early 1990s and repurposed, carrying that public legacy forward in its current use for the nonprofit organization championing the arts for future generations to enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AITKIN \u2014 The Jaques Art Center is hosting an exhibit by visual artist Stephanie Mirocha, presenting 40 artworks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[267],"tags":[277954,277957,277958,365,362,363,364,86714,131275,366,18,117,19,17,277955,6878,277956],"class_list":["post-657614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-art-displays-in-aitkin","tag-art-exhibits-in-aitkin","tag-art-exhibits-in-brainerd-area","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-brainerd","tag-brainerd-dispatch","tag-design","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jaques-art-cente","tag-minnesota","tag-stephanie-mirocha"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117162458903044965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}