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NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ART EXHIBITION: WINNERS AND LOCATIONS

2011exhibit location will most likely be at the Kennedy old school building.  

Entry forms available January 1st to participate in this spring's exhibit.  

Library and Community Center, Climax, MN April 21 - 25, 2010

One hundred fourteen adult and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.

Adult Award Winners

1st Place $500 Drawing "Approaching Storm" by Irene Bertils of Crookston

2nd Place $250 Painting "Duluth MN" by Beau Bakken of Hallock

3rd Place $100 Painting "Stitching" by Phyllis Kalliokoski of East Grand Forks

Merit $50 Painting "Orange Spotted Sunfish" by Ross Hier of Crookston

Merit $50 Photography "Going, Going ..." by Kathleen Shulstad of Halstad

Merit $50 Photography "Small Yellow Lady Slipper" by Bruce Flaig of Fertile

Merit $50 Sculpture "Self Effigy" by Corissa Kruse of Thief River Falls

Merit $50 Painting "Symphony in Blue, Audience of One" by Margaret Ehling of Red Lake Falls

People’s Choice $100 Rock Bakken of Hallock

Student Award Winners

 

1st Place $150 Sculpture "Lost at Sea" by Shannon Kaiser of Crookston

2nd Place $75 Pastel Painting "Hibiscus Flower" by Kayla Anderson of Plummer

3rd Place $50 Jewelry "Colors" by Ashley Pruneda of Shelly

Merit $25 Drawing "Wrapped Cat" by Robyn Aune of Gatzke

Merit $25 Computer Art "Summertime" by Cassie Deitz of Warren

Merit $25 Sculpture "Terrapin Station" by Louis Figueroa of Crookston

Merit $25 Mixed Drawing "Summit" by Summit Kuehn of Warrroad

Merit $25 Photography "Quiet Passage" by Krista Jo Kappes of Ada

People’s Choice $50 Miranda Martine of Climax

 

Note: The student portion is on YouTube search for Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibit.

Community Center, Fertile, April 22 - 26, 2009

Over 100 adult and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.

Adult Award Winners

1st Place $500 Sculpture "The Watcher" by Robin Foster of Red Lake Falls

2nd Place $250 Watercolor "Robyn's World" by Deb Aune of Gatzke

3rd Place $100 Mixed Painting "November Woodies" by Nick Reitzel of Karlstad

Merit $50 Oil Painting "Valley Hayfield" by Jean Ranstrom of Alvarado

Merit $50 Photography "Faded Dreams" by Bruce Flaig of Fertile

Merit $50 Drawing "N.A. Girl" by Frank Kahoombaush of Thief River Falls

Merit $50 Sculpture "Nuthatch and Birch" by Jean Reek of Thief River Falls

Merit $50 Painting "Beneath the World We See" Margaret Ehling of Red Lake Falls

People's Choice $100 Rock Bakken of Hallock

 

Student Award Winners

 

1st Place $150 Pottery "Purple Clover" by Kirsten Kleven of Alvarado

2nd Place $75 Mixed "Silence" by Aryanna Ostgaard of Crookston

3rd Place $50 Mixed "What's to Come" by Ashley Woolever of Crookston

Merit $25 Painting "Barn" by Harlen Lundeen of Trail

Merit $25 Jewelry "A Personal Garden" by Tina Patterson of Alvarado

Merit $25 Drawing "Self Portrait" by Sara Mercil of Mentor

Merit $25 Ink Drawing "Season of Autumn" by Hannah Waswick of Thief River Falls

Merit $25 Photograph by Brandon Lien of East Grand Forks

People’s Choice $50 Erika Knutson of Salol

 

note: The June 2009 newsletter features pictures from the exhibit.

 

Roseau City Center and Library, Roseau, April 30 - May 4, 2008

Eighty one adult and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.

Adult Award Winners

1st Place $500 Drawing "Speed" by Lucille Nelson of Argyle

2nd Place $250 Sculpture Jewelry "Leaf Vessel" by Jennifer Patterson of Alvarado

3rd Place $100 Painting "Blue Heron" by Rock Bakken of Hallock

Merit $50 Painting "Autumn Morn" by Margaret Anderson of Lancaster

Merit $50 Photography "James Cooke State Park" by Deb Aune of Gatzke

Merit $50 Mixed "Flame" guitar by Steven Kvasager of Oklee

Merit $50 Computer Art "Bit by Bit" by Steven Reynolds of Wannaska

Merit $50 Wood "Mountain Cabin" marquetry by Gordon Olson of McIntosh

People’s Choice $100 Rock Bakken, Hallock

 

Student Award Winners

 

1st Place $150 Photograph "Beginning" by Alexy Johnston of Warren

2nd Place $75 Mixed "The Outcome" by Josh Mercil of Crookston

3rd Place $50 Drawing "Shadowed Innocence" by Brittany Czapiewski of Oslo

Merit $25 Painting "A World of Color" by Amy Roesch of Crookston

Merit $25 Computer Art "Troll" by Mercedes Lubarski of Warren

Merit $25 Sculpture Clay "This is America" by Calla Blokzl of Crookston

Merit $25 Sculpture Wire "Dance" by Carrie Alme of Greenbush

Merit $25 Photography "Solitude" by Kristen Maruska of Warren

People’s Choice $50 Brittany Czapiewski of Oslo

 

Stephen Arts Center, Stephen, April 11-15, 2007

Ninety adult and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.

Adult Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: $500.00: Ivy Bailie, Fosston: “Gooseberry Falls Tree” Painting

  • 2nd Prize: $250.00 Rock Bakken, Hallock: "Moose" Painting

  • 3rd Prize: $100.00 Jerome Fuglseth, Fertile: “Mother Wolf and Two Cubs” Wood carving

  • Merit - Drawing: $50.00 Nick Reitzel, Karlstad: “Back From Iraq”

  • Merit - Painting: $50.00 Viola Kvasager, Oklee: “Passing Thunderstorm”

  • Merit - Photography: $50.00 Pamela Altepeter, Crookston: “Rainbow”

  • Merit - Sculpture: $50.00 Carol Kankel, Red Lake Falls: Jewelry

  • Merit - Mixed: $50.00 Robin Foster, Red Lake Falls: “Koi”

  • People's Choice: $100.00 Rock Bakken, Hallock

High School Student Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: $150.00 Brittany Greenwood, East Grand Forks: “Guitar" Painting

  • 2nd Prize: $75.00 Alexy Johnston, Warren: “Silo” Photograph

  • 3rd Prize: $50.00 Christian Boe, Greenbush: “Broken Time” Mixed Media

  • Merit - Drawing: $25.00 Kaia Korynta, Fisher: “M.C. Remix”

  • Merit - Painting: $25.00 Angie Franks, Thief River Falls:  “Falling to Pieces”

  • Merit - Sculpture: $25.00 Daphne George, Warroad: “Hera”

  • Merit - Mixed: $25.00 Joshua Mercil, Crookston: “Can You See the Handwriting on the Wall”

  • Merit - Digital: $25.00 Melanie Dziengel, Kennedy: “Never Fear”

  • People's Choice: tied vote so $50.00 Brittany Ryba of Warroad; and $50.00 Brittany Czapiewski of Oslo

City Hall, Hallock, March 22 - 27, 2006

One hundred four adult and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.

Adult Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: $500.00: LaVonne Forsberg, Thief River Falls: “Majestic View” Painting

  • 2nd Prize: $250.00 Carol Kankel, Red Lake Falls: Jewelry

  • 3rd Prize: $100.00 Margaret Anderson, Lancaster: “Winter Enchantment” Painting

  • Merit - Drawing: $50.00 Irene Bertils, Crookston: “Best Friends”

  • Merit - Painting: $50.00 James Howard, Thief River Falls: “The Old Homestead”

  • Merit - Photography: $50.00 Barbara Hansson, Lancaster: “Cattails”

  • Merit - Sculpture: $50.00 Jerome Fuglseth, Fertile: “Woman”

  • Merit - Ceramic: $50.00 Robin Foster, Red Lake Falls: “Raku Vase”

  • People's Choice: $100.00 Rock Bakken, Hallock

High School Student Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: $150.00 David Stapleton, Fosston: “Filipino Fruit Stand" Painting

  • 2nd Prize: $75.00 Rachel Huderle, Warren: “Over Time . . .” Photograph

  • 3rd Prize: $50.00 Sarah Amundgaard, Warren: “Graffiti I” Photograph

  • Merit - Drawing: $25.00 Andrew Sourdiff, Ada: “Flower Abstraction”

  • Merit - Painting: $25.00 Nakita Estling, Warroad: “Iris”

  • Merit - Sculpture: $25.00 Amanda Timm, Thief River Falls: “Old City Rail”

  • Merit - Print Making: $25.00 Anya Bailey, East Grand Forks: “Nurturing Women”

  • Merit - Digital: $25.00 Jocelyn Kraska, Hallock: “Construction”

  • People's Choice: $50.00 Anya Bailey, East Grand Forks

Below: First place winners LaVonne Forsberg and David Stapleton.  Second place winner Carol Kankel.  People's choice winners Rock Bakken and Anya Bailey. 

 

Ada/Borup High School, Ada, April 2005

Seventy three adult and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.

Adult Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: $500.00: John Leopold, Thief River Falls: “St. Peter’s Church: Apse End” Painting

  • 2nd Prize: $250.00 Robin Foster, Red Lake Falls: “Untitled” Sculpture

  • 3rd Prize: $100.00 Nick Reitzel, Karlstad: “Evening Ascent” Painting

  • Merit - Drawing: $50.00 Lisa Ruebke, Ada: “Autumn Grove”

  • Merit - Painting: $50.00 Sara Halvorson, Warroad: “Pogona!”

  • Merit - Photography: $50.00 Twylla Altepeter, Crookston: “Old Glory in Medora”

  • Merit - Sculpture: $50.00 Jerome Fuglseth, Fertile: “Deer”

  • Merit - Print Making: $50.00 Jeanne O’Neil, East Grand Forks: “Last Light”

  • People's Choice: $100.00 Loren Olson, Ada

High School Student Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: $150.00 Regina Osse, Warroad: “Maxed” 3-D Mixed Media

  • 2nd Prize: $75.00 Tom Borowicz, Warren: “Peace” Drawing

  • 3rd Prize: $50.00 Amanda Ross, Crookston: “Delicate Aurora” Photograph

  • Merit - Drawing: $25.00 Miranda Fox, Halstad: “Wind in His Hair”

  • Merit - Painting: $25.00 Rachel Huderle, Warren: “Afterglow”

  • Merit - Sculpture: $25.00 Sam Syroravongl, Warroad: “Bubble Eye Koi Fish”

  • Merit - Print Making: $25.00 Brittany Ryba, Warroad: “Unusually Colorful Trees”

  • Merit - Digital: $25.00 Marie Turgeon, Hallock: “Floating in Astral Plains”

  • People's Choice: $50.00 Miranda Fox, Halstad

Below: First place winners John Leopold and Regina Osse.  People's choice winners Miranda Fox and Loren Olson and Amanda Ross's winning photograph that was purchased by the NW Regional Arts Council.

Warren/Alvarado/Oslo High School, Warren, May 2004

One hundred two adult and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.

Adult Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: $500.00: Asra Halvorson, Warroad: “Flight” Printmaking

  • 2nd Prize: $250.00: John Leopold, Thief River Falls: “Doma Cathedral in Winter” Painting

  • 3rd Prize: $100.00: Deb Aune, Gatzke: “My Girls” Drawing

  • Merit - Drawing: $50.00: Jessica Pribula, East Grand Forks: “Fruit Still Life”

  • Merit - Photography, Nature: $50.00: Bruce Flaig, Fertile: “Fall Teasel”

  • Merit - Photography, Artistic Effect: $50.00 Carl Dahlen, Fisher: “Minnesota Winter”

  • Merit - Sculpture: $50.00: Marjorie Schafer, Red Lake Falls: “St. Therese of Lisieux”

  • Merit - Pottery: $50.00: Robin Foster, Red Lake Falls: “Dragonfly Platter”

High School Student Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: $150.00: Jessica Mullins, Crookston: “Layers of Reality” 2-D Mixed Media

  • 2nd Prize: $75.00: Kirk Hanson, Warren: “Silo” Photograph

  • 3rd Prize: $50.00: Holly Schmidt, Crookston: “Consumed” 3-D Mixed Media

  • Merit - Drawing: $25.00: Brittany Johnston, Angus: “Old Shed”

  • Merit - Painting/Mixed Media: $25.00: Adam Pape, East Grand Forks: “John”

  • Merit - Sculpture: $25.00: Sandy Zepada Hurtado, Crookston: “Fighting Temptations”

  • Merit - Photography: $25.00: Megan Maruska, Warren: “Slidin”

  • Merit - Digital: $25.00: Adam Sorum, Oslo: “Star Flower”

Below: Award winning artwork from Jessica Pribula and Adam Pape


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University of Minnesota in Crookston, April 2003

One hundred fourteen adult and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.

Adult Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: Marjorie Schafer and Robin Bodie, Red Lake Falls (pottery)

  • 2nd Prize: Jeanne O'Neil, East Grand Forks (print)

  • 3rd Prize: Christie Ketring, Fisher (drawing)

  • Merit Drawing: Ami Klegstad, Hallock

  • Merit Painting: James Howard, Thief River Falls

  • Merit Photography: Barbara Hansson, Lancaster

  • Merit Sculpture: Corky Miller, Euclid

  • Merit Digital: Charlie Lindberg, Kennedy

  • People's Choice: James Garber, Warroad

High School Student Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: Alicia Pietruszewski, Stephen (photograph)

  • 2nd Prize: Leigh Bailie, Fosston (painting)

  • 3rd Prize: Chris Lagasse, Crookston (drawing)

  • Merit Drawing: Curtis Bjerke, East Grand Forks

  • Merit Mixed Media: Brett Lynse, Crookston

  • Merit Sculpture: Julia Hahn, Crookston

  • Merit Photography: Kirk Hanson, Warren

  • Merit Digital: Ashley Gubrud, Warren

  • People's Choice: Chris Krapohl, Thief River Falls

                 

Jeanne O'Neil's 2nd prize piece, Christie Ketring 3rd prize piece.

 

Park Place Mall, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota from April 20-21, 2002

Eighty-three adult and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.

Adult Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: Polly Peterson, Warren (print)

  • 2nd Prize: David Danielson, Roseau (photomontage)

  • 3rd Prize: Theodore Schindler, RLF (sculpture)

  • Merit Drawing: David Hammond, Kennedy

  • Merit Painting: Bev Hewitt, Lancaster

  • Merit Photography: Ken Kalsnes, TRF

  • Merit Pottery: Robin Foster, Red Lake Falls

  • Merit Mixed Media: Angela Ecklund, Oslo

  • Merit Drawing: Jason Soli, East Grand Forks

  • People's Choice: David Hammond, Kennedy

High School Student Award Winners

  • 1st Prize: Kat Anderson, Stephen (mixed media)

  • 2nd Prize: Jeff Sanden and Curt Bjerke, EGF (photos)

  • 3rd Prize: Leonard LaCoursiere, RLF (sculpture)

  • Merit Drawing: David E. Edwards, TRF

  • Merit Painting: Kathleen Barrett, East Grand Forks

  • Merit Photography/Digital: Dustin Kalt, Warren

  • Merit Mixed Media: Nikki Boman, Alvarado

  • Merit Painting: Adam Pape, East Grand Forks

  • Merit Digital: Amy Webster, St. Vincent

  • People's Choice: Leonard LaCoursiere, RLF

              

Prize winner student Kathleen Barrett with her painting. 

 

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