Fargo’s arts community was transported to another world on Saturday during the Plains Art Museum’s 2024 Spring Gala, the museum’s largest fundraising party of the year. Held on May 4, attendees took the theme to heart, celebrating their favorite Star Wars characters, as well as adorning themselves in futuristic costumes. The Forum’s Dave Samson and Anna Paige documented the affair with photos.
Maribeth and Jake Joraanstad share a laugh as they greet guests to the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Ty Betts and Josiah Kopp try their hand in the Pinball Space Lounge during the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Megan Tichy and Brandon Geiselhart enjoy the art on display during the Plains Art Museum’s 2024 gala fundraiser.
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Jaqualine Gervais and Thane Solberg shine the night away during the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Michelle Vasicek arrives for the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Drinks are poured for the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Kieran and Erich Schwab of West Fargo man the entrance for the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Visitors check out the Can-Tea-Na during the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Raquel Mellegaard, an artist and youth teaching artist at the Plains Art Muesem, enjoys the organization’s 2024 annual gala, themed “Sci-Fi Artistry,” on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Natalie and Chad Sparrow enjoy the pinball room during the Plains Art Museum’s 2024 annual gala, held Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Alex Belquist of Fargo takes in the scene during the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Patrons enjoy the art on auction during the 2024 Plains Art Museum spring gala, held on Saturday, May 4.
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Attendees of the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci Fi Artistry look over art on display in the museum. Patrons were invited to take in the museum’s exhibits and bit on art from regional artists during the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year.
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Aisha Ward of Fargo draws photographers at the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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A painting by Jamie Burmeister, with a small bronze figure working to create the artwork, is on auction during the Plains Art Museum’s 2023 Spring Gala, held Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Livewire creats an out of this world environment during the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Fargo Plains Art Museum’s print and ceramic tech Megan Tichy wears her colorful creation during the Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Patrons look over the food selections during the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Danielle Gravon, chief curator at the Plains Art Museum, is captured in action during the museum’s 2024 spring gala, held Saturday, May 4. The museum’s walkway was transformed into a sci-fi themed space ship, part of the overall gala theme, presented by Livewire.
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Alicia Hauff of Fargo is decked out for the star studded evening at the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Dale and Ruth Hetland of Moorhead check out the food options during the Plains Art Museum’s Spring Gala 2024: Sci-Fi Artistry event on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Post Traumatic Funk Syndrom performs during the Plains Art Museum’s 2024 spring gala, held on Saturday, May 4. The sci-fi themed party is the museum’s largest annual fundraiser.
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Patrons mingle during the Plains Art Museum’s 2024 spring gala. The theme, “sci-fi artistry” was carried throughout the museum and its adjacent property, where auction items from regional artists were on display, all with the intent to raise funds for the state’s largest and only accredited art museum.
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Anna Paige is a journalist, poet, and artist with a penchant for storytelling. She’s an editor at the Forum, working with the business and features team. Anna moved to Fargo in 2024 after spending two decades in Montana where she worked as a journalist for several statewide outlets.
