Mayor Bochenski Chooses Paul Gronhovd to Receive Artist Award on May 15

North Dakota Museum of Art Announces Two New Exhibitions

Guy Nelson: Tales from the Understory 

and From Paint to Print: Helen Frankenthaler and the Art of Collaboration

Call for Art

Welcome the Whimsical Art Exhibit 

Submissions Accepted Now Until May 6 

Warren, MN. The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council is pleased to announce a call for art for an upcoming exhibit Welcome the Whimsical: An Art Exhibit Featuring Your Imagination. The deadline for submissions is May 6.

Welcome the Whimsical features other worldly experiences. Think playful, unusual, odd, quaint, imagination, or fanciful art or Dr. Seuss-type images. This exhibit is open to students and adults in our 7 county area (Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Roseau, and Red Lake). Entry for the exhibit is free.

All mediums will be accepted including chalk, oil, sculpture, pencil,  folk art, photography, writing, music, watercolor, acrylic, collage, mixed media, fiber, pen and ink, crayon, clay, pottery, and more! 

The exhibit will be open May 21- August 15 at Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls. Learn more at the Arts Council website at NWArtsCouncil.org. 

Please reach out to NWMAC Showcase Specialist Trey Everett with questions and submissions at treyeverettcreates@gmail.com. Include what you want to submit, how many pieces, dimensions, and attach a photo.

The North Dakota Museum of Art is pleased to announce the new exhibition, Women at War, along with an opening reception that includes a talk by Anne Kingsbury, whose exhibition, Slow Improvisations; A Frame of Mind, is currently on display in the Mezzanine Gallery. The public is invited to the reception on Thursday, January 16, 2025, from 4:30 – 6:30 pm at the Museum. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Parking is free – in front of and adjacent to the Museum. These exhibitions will be on display through March 2025. Women at War is underwritten by the University of North Dakota.

Visitors, patients and employees who walk through the halls or relax in waiting rooms at the new Altru Hospital will likely contemplate and appreciate the artwork around them.

They might not, however, readily grasp its significance.

The Sketchbook Project is the world’s largest collection of national and international artist sketchbooks, featuring 28,000 books created by thousands or artists representing approximately 100 countries. Since its inception in 2006, the collection has been a beloved part of the art world. Contributions range from love letters and diary entries to graphic novels and intricately detailed masterpieces, all inside the pages of five-by-seven-inch, paper-bound books. After this nonprofit decided to close, most of the collection was gifted to the Taube Museum of Art.

ERA NOW, Grand Forks Arts Center, and the Women's Fund are once again co-sponsoring an art show celebrating International Women's Day on March 8, 2025. The Call for Art is out and we would appreciate it if you could help spread the word.

The “Rise & Reclaim” art show will be a month-long celebration of women’s contributions in all sectors of society, family, business, and culture. Art submissions will be accepted through January 30, 2025.

For full details and to submit your art: ⁦https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCaHg_qpr0urXAdw4qje6k-XGQ7EaXzZx0jvvaNw5Nvu-s1w/viewform 

*The words Rise and Reclaim are inspired by... Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise”, and Maxine Waters’ historically uttered phrase, “Reclaiming my Time”.

A New York City-based artist has spent this week in a studio at Minot State University working on pieces with two Minot-based artists which will be incorporated into a 140-foot long mural commissioned by Altru Health for its new hospital in Grand Forks.

Casey Opstad, a Grand Forks native, said the hospital has partnered with the Grand Forks Art Commission to contract or acquire pieces from local and regional artists to furnish its walls, and ultimately commissioned his pitch for the mural, which he has dubbed “Seasons.”

Abby Manock enjoys her work, whether creating something for herself or for a specific client. She takes a systematic yet intuitive approach to the composition of an object, picture plane, or interaction. Abby finds joy in the intersection between her studio practice and commissioned or commercial projects, embracing new opportunities as a way to continually learn and evolve. Her approach allows spontaneity to emerge within a controlled framework, giving her the freedom to explore new directions while maintaining focus.

Fifteen area artists have been commissioned to produce artwork that will be displayed throughout the new Altru Hospital, which is set to officially open in January, Altru Health System officials said.

Construction of the new hospital is expected to be completed Oct. 1. After all systems are checked and approved as functioning correctly by “regulatory bodies and other partners, the first day that patients will (receive care) is planned for Jan. 19,” said Annie Bonzer, Altru’s director of strategy and communications. The hospital is “on track” to meet that target, she said.

An art exhibit about a hot breakfast cereal with origins in Grand Forks is displayed at Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea downtown in the Olive Ann Hotel. On view are four original paintings from a century ago that chronicle an innovative advertising campaign used to promote Cream of Wheat created by some the country’s most important and renown artists of the time. This is the second grouping of four original Cream of Wheat that has been exhibited since January of 2024.