Northwest Minnesota Annual Art Exhibit Awards Recepption

The Awards Reception and Program will be on Saturday, April 25 to Honor Exhibit & Of the Year Award Winners. That day the exhibit will open at 2:30 PM with mingling, light refreshments, and live music. The awards program will start at 3:30 PM. The Year Awards will be presented to Jewelry Artist Rebecca Rosenkrans for the NW Star Award — Lifetime Achievement, Visual Artist Samantha Harrill for Artist of the Year, and Actor and Theater Director Jane Anderson for Arts Advocate of the Year, in addition to the art exhibit awards. The Exhibit and Reception are open to the public and free to attend. Many pieces of art are for sale, and the public is encouraged to shop. Purchases can be marked as sold and picked up on April 25 after the reception. The exhibit provides an opportunity to see what our regional adult and student artists are creating in their studio spaces and in the classroom. The reception is a wonderful day of celebrating the arts in our region.

Adult artists from our 7 county- service region (Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Pennington, Roseau, and Red Lake Falls) and students from 7 schools have entered 114 pieces of art, including oil, acrylic, watercolor painting, photography, pencil drawings, pen and ink, pottery, sculpture, fiber art, digital, glass mosaic, and mixed media and are competing for $2,300.00 in cash awards. Attendees at the exhibit can vote for People’s Choice. Exhibit cash award winners will be chosen while the exhibit is on display by Alice Blessing, a qualified juror from Bemidji. They will be recognized and receive their check at the Artist Reception.

The exhibit is at Warroad RiverPlace at 103 State Avenue, Warroad and will be open for the public to view art and vote for People’s Choice Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 AM to 5 PM.

Funding for these awards is provided by the McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota State Legislature