Award-winning fiber artist and master weaver Mary Burns will present an artist talk for her exhibition, Women and Water: Woven Portraits from Around the World, on Thursday, June 25, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Carlson Hall at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave., Minneapolis. This event will also feature live music from Sara Thomsen and special guest Sharon Day–one of the extraordinary women featured in this exhibition!

The exhibition will be on display from now through July 29, 2026.

Women and Water: Woven Portraits from Around the World features 29 woven portraits representing 39 women from more than 20 countries, as well as the Arctic and Antarctica. Through intricately woven textile portraits, Burns honors women whose work protects, advocates for, and sustains the world’s waters.