Art winners

NW Art Exhibit is Open Until April 25 at

Warroad RiverPlace 

Adult artists from our 7 county- service region (Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Pennington, Roseau, and Red Lake Falls) and high school students from 7 schools entered over a hundred pieces of art, including oil, acrylic, watercolor painting, photography, pencil drawings, pen and ink, pottery, sculpture, fiber art, digital, glass mosaic, and mixed media and are competing for $2,300 in cash awards. Attendees at the exhibit can vote for People’s Choice. Exhibit cash award winners were chosen while the exhibit is on display by Alice Blessing, a qualified juror from Bemidji. They will be recognized and receive their check at the Artist Reception. 

Adult Winners:

1st Place $500:  Holly Ellsworth-Crowther of Warroad “Forest’s Queen"

2nd Place $300: Betsy Saurdiff of Grygla "It’s a Keeper"

3rd Place $200: Jodi Peterson a teacher in Ada "Vintage Fish"

Merit $100: Bert Foster of Thief River Falls "Canyon Mermaid"

Merit $100: Cindy Kolling of Gully "Through Morning Fog" 

Merit $100: Ross Hier of Crookston "Golden Silk Orb Spider & Chestnut-breasted Coronet" 

Merit $100: Janet Johnson of Roseau "Remnants"

Merit $100: Jessy Ingalls of Warroad "Woodland Wool Scarf"

 Student Winners:

1st Place $300 Lillian Hansen of Halstad "Bon Jour Cat Teapot" 

2nd Place $150 Brianna Severts of Grygla “Jerry”

3rd Place $100 Kerstyn Lindsey of Ada "Giant Blue Morpho" 

Merit $50 Amber Danielson of Red Lake Falls "Friday from ARK" 

Merit $50 Aryanna Harrow of East Grand Forks "Distinguished Toucan" 

Merit $50 Mahli Holter of Red Lake Falls "Long Awaited Reunion" 

Merit $50 Sydney Schneider of Hendrum "Ow!" 

Merit $50 Melody Voeltz of Lancaster "Great Heron"

Merit $50 Renn Ginther of Roseau “Camouflage”