NW Art Exhibit Award Winners

The annual NW Art Exhibit has been judged. The public is able to vote for People’s Choice until the end of the NW Art Exhibit Reception before the program begins on April 25 at Warroad RiverPlace. Winners will be announced during the program. Below is a list of award winners.

Adult Winners

1st place Holly Ellsworth-Crowther’s “Forest’s Queen”

1st Place $500:   Holly Ellsworth-Crowther of Warroad in painting with mixed media for “Forest’s Queen"

2nd Place $300: Betsy Saurdiff of Grygla in sculpture for "It’s a Keeper"

3rd Place $200: Jodi Peterson a teacher in Ada in fused glass for "Vintage Fish"

Merit $100: Bert Foster of Thief River Falls in photography for "Canyon Mermaid"

Merit $100: Cindy Kolling of Gully in drawing for "Through Morning Fog" 

Merit $100: Ross Hier of Crookston in watercolor painting for "Golden Silk Orb Spider & Chestnut-breasted Coronet" 

Merit $100: Janet Johnson of Roseau in mixed media for "Remnants"

Merit $100: Jessy Ingalls of Warroad in textile for "Woodland Wool Scarf"

People’s Choice: TBD 

Student Winners

Student Lillian Hansen’s 1st Place “Bon Jour Cat Teapot”

1st Place $300 Lillian Hansen of Halstad in ceramic sculpture for "Bon Jour Cat Teapot" 

2nd Place $150 Brianna Severts of Grygla in mixed media for “Jerry”

3rd Place $100 Kerstyn Lindsey of Ada in mosaic for "Giant Blue Morpho" 

Merit $50 Amber Danielson of Red Lake Falls in mixed media for "Friday from ARK" 

Merit $50 Aryanna Harrow of East Grand Forks in digital art for "Distinguished Toucan" 

Merit $50 Mahli Holter of Red Lake Falls in drawing for "Long Awaited Reunion" 

Merit $50 Sydney Schneider of Hendrum in sculpture for "Ow!" 

Merit $50 Melody Voeltz of Lancaster in painting for "Great Heron"

Merit $50 Renn Ginther of Roseau in sculpture for “Camouflage”

People’s Choice: TBD