WATCH & LISTEN
AART Podcast
PODCAST · 2025
Nature, Color, and Creativity
A conversation exploring Kami’s relationship with nature, color, creativity, painting, and her evolution as an artist and teacher.
The Artful Painter
PODCAST · 2022
Surrender to the Process
A long-form conversation exploring curiosity, nature, color, painting, teaching, and Kami’s creative process.
Plein Air Live
PLEIN AIR LIVE · DEMONSTRATION · 2025
Painting the Morning Light
Kami demonstrates her approach to capturing early morning light through color relationships, value, and observation.
PBS / TPT
DOCUMENTARY · 2018
The Wild and Scenic St. Croix
Kami appears as a featured artist in this documentary celebrating the St. Croix River and the people connected to its landscape.
PleinAir Podcast
PODCAST · 2022
Kami Mendlik on Painting, Teaching, and More
A conversation with Eric Rhoads about painting from life, understanding color and value, teaching, Color Relativity, and Kami’s artistic journey.
PleinAir Podcast
PLEINAIR PODCAST · PODCAST · 2019
PleinAir Podcast Episode 113: Kami Mendlik on Setting Art Goals
A conversation with Eric Rhoads about artistic growth, setting goals, improving as a painter, and sustaining a life in art.
St. Croix River Association
ST. CROIX RIVER ASSOCIATION · FILM · 2020
It Takes You
A film featuring Kami as an artist and advocate for the St. Croix River and its surrounding landscape.
Savvy Painter
PODCAST · 2017
Becoming an Artist
A conversation about artistic development, mentorship, motherhood, persistence, perfectionism, and building a life around painting.
Booth Western Art Museum
BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM · ARTIST TALK · 2026
Art for Lunch: Kami Mendlik
Kami presents her approach to translating the illusion of light into paint and discusses the principles behind her work and teaching.
MUSEUMS & APPEARANCES
Realism Live
REALISM LIVE · DEMONSTRATION · 2024
Painting Demonstration with Kami Mendlik
A painting demonstration exploring Kami’s approach to color, observation, and creating the illusion of light.
Bell Museum
BELL MUSEUM · GALLERY TALK · 2024
Moments of Memory: Minnesota Landscapes Painted from Life
Kami leads a gallery conversation exploring painting from life and the principles that inform her approach to landscape painting.