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6.17.26 Sherri Kukowski
Sherri Kukowski is a mosaic artist who founded Winding River Mosaics. Sherri has a huge mosaic piece in our Great State of Minnesota exhibit. She spoke about the process of creating that piece and making it in separate pieces to be more manageable. There’s an Artist reception for the exhibit on Tuesday, June 30 from 6:30-8:00 PM, in conjunction with the play Frozen. The exhibit is open until Friday, August 28.
A former Arts Advocate of the Year, Sherri is a well-known mosaic artist in our region. She’s in our Artist Booklet, has had art in our annual exhibit. She was also the artist behind the Heritage Wall, a large public piece — the largest she’s ever created — in Badger. She worked with community members who helped her craft the large mosaic.
Finally, Sherri shared that she’s working on a very large piece of public art this summer. She was recently picked up by a gallery on the North Shore that will sell her work. Find Sherri at windingrivermosaics.com or her FB page. Listen for all the details!
11.19.25 Paulette Christianson
Badger artist Paulette Christianson has art in our Traveling Art Exhibit touring the region and the Artists of NW Minnesota Exhibit at our gallery in Thief River Falls. Paulette has led an active life in the arts. She’s worked in commercial art, like advertising via signs, magazines, and newspaper. In fine art she creates what she likes. She’s inspired by nature. She prefers to take a photo and bring it home to capture the image with her painting. She works in pen and ink, pencil, acrylic, and more. Her piece in the Traveling Exhibit is abstract, which she enjoyed creating. Paulette is available for commissions and for school residencies. To aspiring artists she says “Don’t give up .. keep trying.” You can find a listing for Paulette in our Artists of NW Minnesota booklet. Listen to hear more.
6.18.25 Denise Jenson
Nature Photographer Denise Jenson from Badger won 2nd place in the adult category in the annual NW Art Exhibit. Denise spoke about being a photographer, her arts background, taking art classes from the late Roseau artist Francis Karlsson, taking and then selecting the photo that she submitted to the exhibit, composition, and much more. Listen to hear about Denise and photography.