The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council is excited to announce the Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibit Winners. Student and adult artists residing in a seven-county region including Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Pennington, Roseau, and Red Lake recently entered into the Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibit and competed for $2,300.00 in cash awards. The winners were recognized at the Northwest Minnesota Artist Reception in Warroad on August 26.
ADULT WINNERS
1st Place $500 Debbie Aune of Gatzke in oil painting “Daddy and Son”
2nd Place $300 Heather Sabian of Crookston for sculpture “Skin Hunger”
3rd Place $200 Dennis Kinkead of Hallock in sculpture “Alarmed Dragon”
Merit $100 – Nick Reitzel of Karlstad in oil painting “Track of the Wolf Pack”
Merit $100 – Richard Jensen of Crookston in sculpture “Crow Mother”
Merit $100 – Summit Kuehn of Roseau in painting “Princessa Eagle”
Merit $100 – Nancy Vraa of Red Lake Falls in folk/traditional fine craft “Home Spun Origin”
Merit $100 – Glen Heppner of Warroad in oil painting “Jordan”
People’s Choice $100 of Irene Bertils of Crookston
STUDENT WINNERS
1st Place $300 – Kansas Jensen of Goodridge in acrylic painting “Covid Gothic”
2nd Place $150 – Aubree Bonham of Fertile in mixed media “No Evil”
3rd Place $100 – Alexis Jalbert of Ada for sculpture “Sushi”
Merit $50 – Brennon Collins of Greenbush for hand-colored intaglio print “Lake Lounging”
Merit $50 – Eskyla Manriquez of Ada in sculpture “Air Jordan 1 Chicago Black Toe”
Merit $50 – Macrina Herbel of Fertile for drawing “Vignette”
Merit $50 – Donavin Hagen of Goodridge for printmaking “Bandit”
Merit $50 – Riley Saurdiff of Grygla for drawing “Pencil Pachyderm”
People’s Choice $50 – Kansas Jensen and Aubree Bonham
