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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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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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