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Call for Art for Community Art Exhibit in East Grand Forks
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Call for Art for Community Art Exhibit in East Grand Forks

The East Grand Forks Campbell Library is now accepting submissions for their annual Community Art Exhibit. Send your name, your phone number, and information about the artwork you would like to exhibit to Andrea at alorenz@egflibrary.org or call the library at (218) 773-9121 for more information. Submissions will be accepted until June 7th.

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Submit your art for the NW Annual Art Exhibit Now
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Submit your art for the NW Annual Art Exhibit Now

You are Invited to Apply for the Northwest Minnesota Annual Art Exhibit

Submissions Accepted Through February 29, 2024

We are pleased to announce our latest “Call for Entries” for the 2024 Annual Art Exhibit. 

The deadline to submit your artwork is February 29, 2024.

This year, the annual Art Exhibit will be in Lake Bronson at the Kittson County History Museum from March 27 to April 21. Artwork will be dropped off on Monday, March 25 in Lake Bronson.

Artists and creatives from our 7 county- service region are invited to enter into this art exhibit and will be competing for $2,300 in cash awards. 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. 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 the Kittson County History Museum, 332 East Main Street, Lake Bronson on Sunday, April 21. 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 application mailed to you, please contact our office 218-745-8886, ext 1 or director@nwartscouncil.org. The application must be submitted no later than February 29, 2024.  

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Attention Metal Artists! Call for Art for Metal Arts Festival
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Attention Metal Artists! Call for Art for Metal Arts Festival

Attention Metal Artists! Call for Artists!

Metal Arts Festival

People’s Choice Art Competition with Cash Prizes

The Prairie Renaissance Cultural Alliance is looking for artists to compete in their Metal Arts Festival metal art competition. This year they are encouraging all artists to showcase their art at the Competition and Live Auction. All mediums are welcome if there is some metal component to the artwork. They are looking for sculpture, welded artworks, mixed media, jewelry, 3-dimensional art, fiber art, etc. All sizes accepted. Be as creative and inventive as you wish – push the boundaries of metal art!

How to participate in the Metal Arts Festival

Create an artwork to enter into the Metal Arts Contest. All works of art entered in the Metal Arts Contest are eligible for $600 in cash prizes, to be awarded by audience voting on the day of the festival. All works of art in the contest will be considered donations to the PRCA and will be auctioned off in a live auction following the contest. Proceeds will benefit the PRCA. Every artist who donates an artwork to the PRCA Metal Art Contest also gets a FREE vendor space to display and /or sell their artwork.

Donated art may be any size, and may be mixed media, but should include some metal materials. (Used and “found” materials are okay.)

Register your artwork by August 25, by emailing prca@prairierenaissance.org. Please include your name, address, phone number, and the approximate dimensions of your piece or pieces of artwork (to help us plan for display), and the value of your artwork. Attach a photo of your piece to your email.

Deliver your artwork to Eastside Park in Morris, MN on Saturday, Sept. 9 th from 9-11 a.m.

For more information, contact Diane Trew at 320-314-2262. prairierenaissance.org.

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Call for Entries for the 2023 Annual Art Exhibit — Submit your artwork now!

Call for Entries for the 2023 Annual Art Exhibit — Submit your artwork now!

The NWMAC is Calling for Entries for the

2023 Annual Art Exhibit. 

The deadline to submit your artwork is 

February 28, 2023!

This year, the annual Art Exhibit will be in Middle River at the Legacy Center in March and April. Adult artwork will be dropped off starting on Monday, March 6 and student artwork later that month. More information will be announced soon.

Artists from our 7 county- service region can enter into this art exhibit and will be competing for $2,300 in cash awards. Artists must reside in Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Pennington, Roseau, or Red Lake counties to be eligible. Both adult and student artists are encouraged to enter. 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 the Middle River Legacy Center on Sunday, April 30. 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 application mailed to you, please contact our office 218-745-8886 or director@nwartscouncil.org. The application must be submitted no later than February 28, 2023.  

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Call for Student Art: Art Inspired by Art
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Call for Student Art: Art Inspired by Art

Call for Student Art

for an exhibition

Art Inspired by Art

The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council is announcing a call for student art in the NW Minnesota region. This exhibit is titled Art Inspired by Art and will feature visual art, writing, and music. Consider submitting illustration, watercolor, acrylics, 3-D works of clay, ceramics, or other 3-D mediums. Written works, such as music lyrics and poetry, along with recorded music will also be considered.

Include a description of the art your work is based on, along with your thought process.

Example of lyrics inspired by a famous piece of literature…

Song: “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” by the Beatles

Inspired by: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Popular Lyric:

"Picture yourself in a boat on a river/With tangerine trees and marmalade skies/Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly/A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.”

Submissions Due May 19, 2023

Art Inspired by Art will be open June-July

NWMAC Gallery

Northland Community and Technical College

Thief River Falls.

Contact Trey Everett at the NWMAC for details. https://northwestminnesotaartscouncil.org/

218-745-8886

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Call for Art - The Art of Addiction
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Call for Art - The Art of Addiction

We are looking for NW Minnesota artists to submit work for an upcoming exhibit — The Art of Addiction at our gallery at Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls. Submissions will join work by Potter Kate Hammer.

All mediums are welcome including, but not limited to sculpture, textile, oil, pen and ink, poetry, creative writing, song, video, mosaic, watercolor, acrylic, collage, clay, photography and more.

The exhibit will be open in March and April 2023. Submissions are due no later than February 20. You will need to submit a photo and description (size, etc) of your work to Trey Everett at treyeverettcreates@gmail.com before that time. Please reach out to Trey with any questions.

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