Collecting art by artists in this region is a focus for the museum. Tweed Museum, through its collection, is intimately a part of the growth of Northern Minnesota and its rich, diverse artistic cultures. Both Indigenous and immigrant peoples have drawn from the land, the resources, and aesthetic to survive and thrive. The influence of the land and lakes is interpreted through patterns in scratchwork on birch bark containers, designs of beaded garments and moccasins, pottery forms, landscapes, and abstracts. Collection works feature favorite daughters and sons such as David Ericson, Gene Ritchie Monahan, Knute Heldner, Cecelia Lieder, Craig Blacklock, Nadine Blacklock, and Birney Quick as well as nationally and internationally recognized artists George Morrison, Cheng-Khee Chee, and Norval Morrisseau.
Selections from the Collection
