A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
Maggie Panetta

November 28, 2025 – February 8, 2026

Artist reception: Thursday, February 5, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

Maggie Panetta is a graphic designer, muralist, and event promoter from Rochester, Minnesota and owner of Treedome and Pop’s Art Theater. Her bold, playful illustrations and public art celebrate joy, and community through murals, brands, and events throughout the region.

A Few of My Favorite Things, marks a personal shift as she turns her work toward subjects from her own life. Inspired by the spirit of the original holiday song, the pieces celebrate the objects, people, colors, and small delights that shape her memories in a dimensional mural, portraits, and illustrations. Viewers are invited to share their own favorite things in the gallery to collectively recall the things that bring joy to their own world. 

Maggie Panetta is a fiscal year 2025 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.     

Artist Statement:

“A Few of My Favorite Things” marks a new and refreshingly personal direction in my practice—work created not for clients or brands, but purely for the joy of illustrating my own world. Maintaining my graphic, playful style, this collection channels that same bold energy into subjects that are deeply meaningful to me. Inspired by the spirit of the original holiday song, the pieces celebrate the objects, people, colors, and small delights that shape my memories.

Bright illustrations bring these favorites to life: my Nonna’s holiday cookies, the graphic shapes of pasta, and vibrant portraits honoring my late loved ones. My beloved father-in-law and impactful artist Matthew Nelson, and my caring, Italian immigrant grandmother, Josephine Panetta. Each artwork transforms personal history into colorful iconography, with notes of holiday memories throughout. 

Viewers are invited to share their own favorite things on hang tags to collectively recall the things that bring joy to their own world. 

Artist Bio

Maggie Panetta is a graphic designer, muralist, and event promoter based in Southeastern Minnesota, collaborating with small businesses, festivals, city programs, and non-profits to bring brands and public art to life. Since studying studio art at Macalester College (St. Paul, MN), she has been a passionate advocate for community events and arts programming. She has developed countless murals, events, and visual identities across the region, receiving support from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Winona Fine Arts Commission, RNeighbors, and others.

Her illustrative and mural work is known for its bold, playful iconography, which has been applied to merchandise, coffee and beer branding, stage and signage installations, and more. She branded the Riverside Concert Series and Forward Park Concerts, Colorway Coffee and Cafe Steam merchandise, and developed creative work for many regional events including the Night Market, Mid West Music Festival, Rochester Thaw, Boats and Bluegrass, Hennepin Fest, Punktoberfest, Payne Ave Fest, and Roller Disco. Her mural work includes the SE MN Mental Health Crisis Center, Rochester Boys and Girls Club gymnasium, Penz Dental, Garden Party Books, Hanger Clinic, Flowers by Jerry, Zumbro River underpass to name a few. 

Maggie is co-owner of Treedome Vinyl & Vintage, a creative studio and record store, as well as Pop’s Art Theater, an independent micro-cinema she runs with her husband, Nate Nelson.