Arts News
UMC Sponsors Women’s History Month “With Her Hands” Fiber Art Celebration
The University of Minnesota is holding an upcoming Women’s History event March 3 - 14, 2025. Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society, and through a fiber art event they would like to further educate and generate engagement focusing on fiber art in the Red Lake River area community. This Women’s History Month event is intended to bring awareness of the strong tradition and knowledge of women and the fiber arts.
Consider displaying your work as well as sharing your presence during a social on Monday, March 3 from 5-6:30 PM. They are preparing a welcoming space for individuals, like you, with unique skills and various skill levels to come together and display your fiber arts and informally share about your art. While knitting, crocheting, quilting, spinning, weaving, dyeing, embroidery, and stitching come to mind, they hope to include any other textile crafts that support fiber art. They would like this collaborative event to encourage individuals to learn, explore and participate in future textile arts culture in rural Minnesota.
Monday, March 3, 2025
Sargeant Student Center, first floor
Northern Lights Lounge and the International Lounge
Women’s History Month Fiber Art Reception with modest hors d'oeuvres, 5 PM - 6:30 PM
Registration is free, you may sign up at: z.umn.edu/fiberart25.
Apply for the Annual Art Exhibit
You are Invited to Apply for the
Northwest Minnesota Annual Art Exhibit
Submissions Accepted Now Through February 28
We are pleased to announce our latest “Call for Entries” for the 2025 Annual Art Exhibit.
The deadline to submit your artwork is February 28, 2025.
This year, the annual Art Exhibit will be at the University of Minnesota Crookston from Monday, April 7 until Sunday, April 27. Artwork will be dropped off on Monday, March 31 from 10 AM - 7 PM at UMC.
Artists and creatives from our 7 county- service region are invited to enter this art exhibit and will be competing for $2,300 in cash awards. The first place prize for adults is $500! Artists must reside in Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Pennington, Roseau, or Red Lake counties to be eligible. Both adults and high school students are encouraged to enter up to two pieces. Exhibit cash award winners will be chosen while the exhibit is on display by a qualified juror. They will be recognized and receive their check at the Artist Reception at UMC on Sunday, April 27. Artists are welcome to have their work in the exhibit available for sale.
See https://northwestminnesotaartscouncil.org/nwmnartsexhibit-apply for more information, including the exhibit entry rules and directions. If you would like the entry form mailed to you, please contact our office 218-745-8886 ext 1 or director@nwartscouncil.org. The entry form must be submitted no later than February 28, 2025.
Need help completing the application form? Follow this step by step guide here.
Ross Hier Exhibit + Artist Reception in Crookston
Please stop by an exhibit featuring work by Crookston artist Ross Hier from September 23-28 at the University of Minnesota Crookston. You are invited to an artist reception for Ross at the University of Minnesota Crookston on Monday, September 23 from 5:00-6:30 PM in Bede Ballroom with light hors d'oeuvres and beverages provided. The gallery, which will include items on display from the University's wildlife museum, will be open for viewing during daytime hours through September 28 and groups are welcome. If interested in bringing a group to campus, please contact Jess Bengtson at jessbeng@crk.umn.edu or call 218-281-8432.
Hier worked as an assistant area wildlife manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for 35 years and was an adjunct instructor at U of M Crookston for 15 years before retiring. He is a self-taught artist whose love of nature shines through in his watercolor and acrylic paintings, drawings, and duck decoys.
Hier’s art has been showcased at a number of exhibits in several states and he has won regional and national awards including the Northwest Artist of the Year by the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council in 2022 and the Jay N. “Ding” Darling Memorial National Award by The National Wildlife Society for Wildlife Stewardship through Art in 2020. He was also a featured artist on Prairie Public TV in 2023.
To learn more about Hier, visit https://crk.umn.edu/news/u-m-crookston-feature-artist-ross-h-hier-gallery-and-reception-september-23-28