The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC) is pleased to announce a call for student digital art for a student art exhibit at Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls in January and February of 2022. The medium for this exhibit is digital art and the theme is celebrations.
The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 22, 2021.
The pandemic has shown us the importance of celebrating special occasions with family and friends. We may see more value in observing rites of passage such as births, birthday parties, weddings, and even funerals. This digital art exhibit (in conjunction with regional potter Betsy Saurdiff) celebrates the idea that we can once again get together and celebrate!
Student digital art will be around the theme of celebrations, gatherings, and rituals. All work will be original digital artwork that will be submitted to fit an 8.5 x 11 frame. Frames will be provided.
Betsy’s pottery is created to help us commemorate life’s celebrations. A punch bowl is taken out of storage only when there is a celebration. We elevate the celebration by using a ladle to carefully serve the special drink out of the beautiful open vessel. This exhibit includes punch bowl sets made of porcelain clay. Other items are plaques, crosses, angel wall hangings, mugs, personalized serving bowls, nesting bowls, serving platters and funerary urns. The pottery represents celebrations such as new births, baptisms, first communion and confirmation, graduation, weddings, anniversaries, traditional holidays and funerals. The creative process includes wheel-thrown, altered and hand-built porcelain with a variety of surface treatments. The purpose of each piece is to help celebrate life events.
Please submit digital art to treyeverettcreates@gmail.com. Physical submissions should be mailed to Trey Everett, 414 Houston Avenue, Crookston MN 56716. Submissions do not need to be framed but need to be 8.5 x 11 inches or smaller.
For more information about our exhibits look to our website at www.NWArtsCouncil.org, or if you are an artist interested in exhibiting a body of work with NWMAC, please contact Trey Everett at (218) 280-4917 or treyeverettcreates@gmail.com . This exhibit is made possible with funding from The McKnight Foundation. Please sign up for our e-newsletter on our website home page to see the latest news and grant announcements. Email director@NWArtsCouncil.org or call 218-745-8886 to reach our office during regular business hours.
