Agnes Story Presents Mandala Meditations | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Agnes Story Presents Mandala Meditations

June 25, 2026
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The Four Corners by Agnes Story.
Agnes Story ’79

Agnes Story ’79 presents her newest exhibition at the Arts Bonita Center for Visual Arts, titled Mandala Meditations. With a background as a lifelong maker and a 25-year career as an elementary art educator, the work she created draws on a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and later creative study through The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron. The earliest pieces began with the calming, meditative structure of mandalas and the geometry of traditional quilt motifs. Using specialty papers and hand-painted papers, quilt-inspired patterns were cut, arranged, and layered into circular compositions that emphasize balance, rhythm, and color.

Recent work has shifted fully to drawing and painting, replacing collage with hand-rendered interpretations inspired by 19th- and early 20th-century textile patterns, including research drawn from Susan Meller’s textile designs and Russian textiles. Developed through sketchbook studies and digital refinement, final works are created on Arches paper with acrylic, ink, markers, and watercolor, with newer pieces introducing landscapes and symbols as the work continues to evolve.

Mandala Meditations
Arts Bonita Center for Visual Arts (Bonita Springs, FL)
May 28, 2026 –June 27, 2026

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