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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
2 nd
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
2 nd
Place $250 Sculpture Jewelry "Leaf Vessel" by Jennifer Patterson of Alvarado
3 rd
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
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1st Prize:
$500.00: Ivy Bailie, Fosston: “Gooseberry Falls Tree”
Painting
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2nd Prize:
$250.00 Rock Bakken, Hallock: "Moose" Painting
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3rd Prize:
$100.00 Jerome Fuglseth, Fertile: “Mother Wolf and Two Cubs” Wood carving
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Merit -
Drawing: $50.00 Nick Reitzel, Karlstad: “Back From Iraq”
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Merit -
Painting: $50.00 Viola Kvasager, Oklee: “Passing Thunderstorm”
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Merit -
Photography: $50.00 Pamela Altepeter, Crookston: “Rainbow”
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Merit -
Sculpture: $50.00 Carol Kankel, Red Lake Falls: Jewelry
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Merit -
Mixed: $50.00 Robin Foster, Red Lake Falls: “Koi”
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People's
Choice: $100.00 Rock Bakken, Hallock
High School Student Award Winners
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1st Prize:
$150.00 Brittany Greenwood, East Grand Forks: “Guitar" Painting
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2nd Prize:
$75.00 Alexy Johnston, Warren: “Silo” Photograph
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3rd Prize:
$50.00 Christian Boe, Greenbush: “Broken Time” Mixed Media
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Merit -
Drawing: $25.00 Kaia Korynta, Fisher: “M.C. Remix”
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Merit -
Painting: $25.00 Angie Franks, Thief River Falls: “Falling to Pieces”
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Merit -
Sculpture: $25.00 Daphne George, Warroad: “Hera”
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Merit - Mixed: $25.00
Joshua Mercil, Crookston: “Can You See the Handwriting on the Wall”
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Merit -
Digital: $25.00 Melanie Dziengel, Kennedy: “Never Fear”
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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
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1st Prize:
$500.00: LaVonne Forsberg, Thief River Falls: “Majestic View”
Painting
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2nd Prize:
$250.00 Carol Kankel, Red Lake Falls: Jewelry
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3rd Prize:
$100.00 Margaret Anderson, Lancaster: “Winter Enchantment” Painting
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Merit -
Drawing: $50.00 Irene Bertils, Crookston: “Best Friends”
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Merit -
Painting: $50.00 James Howard, Thief River Falls: “The Old Homestead”
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Merit -
Photography: $50.00 Barbara Hansson, Lancaster: “Cattails”
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Merit -
Sculpture: $50.00 Jerome Fuglseth, Fertile: “Woman”
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Merit -
Ceramic: $50.00 Robin Foster, Red Lake Falls: “Raku Vase”
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People's
Choice: $100.00 Rock Bakken, Hallock
High School Student Award Winners
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1st Prize:
$150.00 David Stapleton, Fosston: “Filipino Fruit Stand" Painting
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2nd Prize:
$75.00 Rachel Huderle, Warren: “Over Time . . .” Photograph
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3rd Prize:
$50.00 Sarah Amundgaard, Warren: “Graffiti I” Photograph
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Merit -
Drawing: $25.00 Andrew Sourdiff, Ada: “Flower Abstraction”
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Merit -
Painting: $25.00 Nakita Estling, Warroad: “Iris”
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Merit -
Sculpture: $25.00 Amanda Timm, Thief River Falls: “Old City Rail”
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Merit - Print
Making: $25.00 Anya Bailey, East Grand Forks: “Nurturing Women”
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Merit -
Digital: $25.00 Jocelyn Kraska, Hallock: “Construction”
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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
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1st Prize:
$500.00: John Leopold, Thief River Falls: “St. Peter’s Church: Apse End”
Painting
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2nd Prize:
$250.00 Robin Foster, Red Lake Falls: “Untitled” Sculpture
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3rd Prize:
$100.00 Nick Reitzel, Karlstad: “Evening Ascent” Painting
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Merit -
Drawing: $50.00 Lisa Ruebke, Ada: “Autumn Grove”
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Merit -
Painting: $50.00 Sara Halvorson, Warroad: “Pogona!”
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Merit -
Photography: $50.00 Twylla Altepeter, Crookston: “Old Glory in Medora”
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Merit -
Sculpture: $50.00 Jerome Fuglseth, Fertile: “Deer”
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Merit - Print
Making: $50.00 Jeanne O’Neil, East Grand Forks: “Last Light”
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People's
Choice: $100.00 Loren Olson, Ada
High School Student Award Winners
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1st Prize:
$150.00 Regina Osse, Warroad: “Maxed” 3-D Mixed Media
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2nd Prize:
$75.00 Tom Borowicz, Warren: “Peace” Drawing
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3rd Prize:
$50.00 Amanda Ross, Crookston: “Delicate Aurora” Photograph
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Merit -
Drawing: $25.00 Miranda Fox, Halstad: “Wind in His Hair”
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Merit -
Painting: $25.00 Rachel Huderle, Warren: “Afterglow”
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Merit -
Sculpture: $25.00 Sam Syroravongl, Warroad: “Bubble Eye Koi Fish”
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Merit - Print
Making: $25.00 Brittany Ryba, Warroad: “Unusually Colorful Trees”
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Merit -
Digital: $25.00 Marie Turgeon, Hallock: “Floating in Astral Plains”
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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
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1st Prize: $500.00: Asra Halvorson, Warroad: “Flight”
Printmaking
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2nd Prize: $250.00: John Leopold, Thief River Falls: “Doma
Cathedral in Winter” Painting
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3rd Prize: $100.00: Deb Aune, Gatzke: “My Girls” Drawing
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Merit - Drawing: $50.00: Jessica Pribula, East Grand Forks:
“Fruit Still Life”
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Merit - Photography, Nature: $50.00: Bruce Flaig, Fertile:
“Fall Teasel”
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Merit - Photography, Artistic Effect: $50.00 Carl Dahlen,
Fisher: “Minnesota Winter”
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Merit - Sculpture: $50.00: Marjorie Schafer, Red Lake Falls:
“St. Therese of Lisieux”
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Merit - Pottery: $50.00: Robin Foster, Red Lake Falls:
“Dragonfly Platter”
High School Student Award Winners
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1st Prize: $150.00: Jessica
Mullins, Crookston: “Layers of Reality” 2-D Mixed Media
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2nd Prize: $75.00: Kirk
Hanson, Warren: “Silo” Photograph
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3rd Prize: $50.00: Holly
Schmidt, Crookston: “Consumed” 3-D Mixed Media
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Merit - Drawing: $25.00:
Brittany Johnston, Angus: “Old Shed”
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Merit - Painting/Mixed Media:
$25.00: Adam Pape, East Grand Forks: “John”
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Merit - Sculpture: $25.00:
Sandy Zepada Hurtado, Crookston: “Fighting Temptations”
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Merit - Photography: $25.00:
Megan Maruska, Warren: “Slidin”
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Merit - Digital: $25.00: Adam
Sorum, Oslo: “Star Flower”
Below: Award winning artwork from
Jessica Pribula and Adam Pape
University of Minnesota in Crookston, April 2003
One hundred fourteen adult
and student artists participated in the full exhibit this year.
Adult Award Winners
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1st Prize: Marjorie Schafer and Robin
Bodie, Red Lake Falls (pottery)
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2nd Prize: Jeanne O'Neil, East Grand Forks
(print)
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3rd Prize: Christie Ketring, Fisher
(drawing)
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Merit Drawing: Ami Klegstad, Hallock
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Merit Painting: James Howard, Thief River
Falls
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Merit Photography: Barbara Hansson,
Lancaster
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Merit Sculpture: Corky Miller, Euclid
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Merit Digital: Charlie Lindberg, Kennedy
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People's Choice: James Garber, Warroad
High School Student Award Winners
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1st Prize: Alicia Pietruszewski, Stephen
(photograph)
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2nd Prize: Leigh Bailie, Fosston (painting)
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3rd Prize: Chris Lagasse, Crookston (drawing)
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Merit Drawing: Curtis Bjerke, East Grand
Forks
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Merit Mixed Media: Brett Lynse, Crookston
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Merit Sculpture: Julia Hahn, Crookston
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Merit Photography: Kirk Hanson, Warren
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Merit Digital: Ashley Gubrud, Warren
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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
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1st Prize: Polly Peterson, Warren (print)
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2nd Prize: David Danielson, Roseau
(photomontage)
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3rd Prize: Theodore Schindler, RLF
(sculpture)
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Merit Drawing: David Hammond, Kennedy
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Merit Painting: Bev Hewitt, Lancaster
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Merit Photography: Ken Kalsnes, TRF
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Merit Pottery: Robin Foster, Red Lake
Falls
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Merit Mixed Media: Angela Ecklund, Oslo
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Merit Drawing: Jason Soli, East Grand
Forks
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People's Choice: David Hammond, Kennedy
High School Student Award Winners
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1st Prize: Kat Anderson, Stephen (mixed
media)
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2nd Prize: Jeff Sanden and Curt Bjerke,
EGF (photos)
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3rd Prize: Leonard LaCoursiere, RLF
(sculpture)
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Merit Drawing: David E. Edwards, TRF
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Merit Painting: Kathleen Barrett, East
Grand Forks
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Merit Photography/Digital: Dustin Kalt,
Warren
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Merit Mixed Media: Nikki Boman, Alvarado
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Merit Painting: Adam Pape, East Grand
Forks
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Merit Digital: Amy Webster, St. Vincent
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People's Choice: Leonard LaCoursiere, RLF
Prize winner student Kathleen
Barrett with her painting.

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