Annual Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibit Winners Announced
NW Minnesota Art Exhibit Winners include Artists Debbie Aune, Richard Jensen, Heather Sabian, Dennis Kinkead, and Glen Heppner.
The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council is excited to announce the Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibit Winners. Student and adult artists residing in a seven-county region including Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Pennington, Roseau and Red Lake recently entered into the Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibit and competed for $2,300.00 in cash awards. The winners were recognized at the Northwest Minnesota Artist Reception in Warroad on August 26.
“Covid Gothic” by Kansas Jensen won 1st place in the student category
Exhibit cash award winners were chosen while the exhibit was on display at the Discovery Development Hub, 201 Lake Street NE, Warroad from August 13 to 26 by qualified juror and Region 2 Arts Council Grants Manager Holly Alcott. “I humbly thank you for the opportunity to experience all these beautiful works of art. What an amazing amount of talent in one room, both by adults and students. I was completely blown away by some of the works that obviously came from and spoke to our shared struggles against the COVID pandemic this last year. To all of you, those who received awards and those who did not, know that the decisions were very difficult because the art works in this exhibit were of great originality and quality. You should all be proud of your work – well done!” Alcott said.
“Daddy and Son” by Debbie Aune won 1st place in the Adult Category
Exhibit Awards include:
Adult Winners
1st Place $500 Debbie Aune of Gatzke in oil painting “Daddy and Son”
2nd Place $300 Heather Sabian of Crookston for sculpture “Skin Hunger”
3rd Place $200 Dennis Kinkead of Hallock in sculpture “Alarmed Dragon”
Merit $100 Nick Reitzel of Karlstad in oil painting “Track of the Wolf Pack”
Merit $100 Richard Jensen of Crookston in sculpture “Crow Mother”
Summit Kuehn’s painting “Princessa Eagle”
Merit $100 Summit Kuehn of Roseau in painting “Princessa Eagle”
Merit $100 Nancy Vraa of Red Lake Falls in folk/traditional fine craft “Home Spun Origin”
Merit $100 Glen Heppner of Warroad in oil painting “Jordan”
People’s Choice $100 of Irene Bertils of Crookston
Heather Sabian of Crookston with her 2nd place sculpture “Skin Hunger”
Student Winners
1st Place $300 Kansas Jensen of Goodridge in acrylic painting “Covid Gothic”
2nd Place $150 Aubree Bonham of Fertile in mixed media “No Evil”
3rd Place $100 Alexis Jalbert of Ada for sculpture “Sushi”
Merit $50 Brennon Collins of Greenbush for hand-colored intaglio print “Lake Lounging”
“Sushi” sculpture by student Alexis Jalbert of Ada won 3rd place
Merit $50 Eskyla Manriquez of Ada in sculpture “Air Jordan 1 Chicago Black Toe”
Merit $50 Macrina Herbel of Fertile for drawing “Vignette”
Merit $50 Donavin Hagen of Goodridge for printmaking “Bandit”
Merit $50 Riley Saurdiff of Grygla for drawing “Pencil Pachyderm”
People’s Choice $50 Kansas Jensen and Aubree Bonham
Fifteen exhibit pieces of student and adult art were chosen to be included in the Traveling Art Exhibit, which will travel this next year to area libraries. Watch for the schedule to be announced and for it to arrive in your community.
