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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!
5.13.26 Jodi Peterson
Ada Borup West High School Art Teacher Jodi Peterson spoke about the glass art process, the connection she feels to ancient glass blowers, her philosophy, how Aikido inspires and directs her, striving to find balance and harmony, teaching, and the classroom. Her fused glass piece “Vintage Fish” won 3rd place at the NW Art Exhibit in Warroad. Jodi explained how fused glass is created (taking sheets of glass and melting a ceramic kiln; then putting it in a mold and slumping it into a shape that she likes). The vintage fish has decals embedded in it, a process that she recently started experimenting with. Her work with glass includes fusing, slumping, casting, and making glass beads.
Jodi’s business, Wolfnest Glass Works, is in a studio above her garage at home where she has a kiln and she teaches bead making.
Jodi was joined by her students Lillian Hansen, Sydney Schneider, and Kerstyn Lindsey. Lillian received 1st place in the student category for her ceramic piece “Bon Jour Cat Teapot.” Sydney won a merit award for ceramic hand called “Ow!”; and shared that the finger kept breaking off the ceramic hand she had created so she decided to include that into the description and make it the focus of her piece. Kerstyn won 3rd place in the student category for her mosaic piece “Great Blue Morpho” a blue butterfly. She won an award for another mosaic piece that she submitted to the state art competition.
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6.4.25 Elizabeth Kitchell-Rockstad
Ada Mosaic Artist Elizabeth Rockstad won 1st place in the Annual NW Art Exhibit in Crookston. She spoke of creating the piece of art that won (it’s part of a series of 3), the materials she used (slate, shale, Ada brick, glass), the background of her process, how the public finds her (Studio413mosaics.com or studio413@ymail.com), taking commissions, workshops she offers, school residencies, and galleries where her work is at. Listen to hear more!
12.6.22 Elizabeth Rockstad
Featured on this week’s podcast was Ada Mosaic Artist Elizabeth Kitchell-Rockstad. Elizabeth has taken the NWMAC’s Teaching Roster Program training (TARP) and is on our roster — (reminder that the NWMAC has a new training coming up in January/February and we're encouraging interested artists to apply). Elizabeth has taken advantage of the training and has taught a number of school and other residencies. Elizabeth has a studio in Ada Studio 4:13 where she offers workshops and classes. She has also received grants and awards from the NWMAC and been featured in many exhibits, including the Traveling Exhibit that is at the Ada Public Library currently. Listen to hear more!