Rotunda, Fireplace and Hope Cook Galleries
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| Mika Laidlaw, "Breathless", Ceramic |
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| Steve Wilson, "The Map I Rarely Look At", Mixed Media (Detail) |
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| Jesse Fredrick, "Early Settler's Homestead, 1862",3d |
19th Annual Prairie Lakes Regional Juried Art Exhibition
19th Annual Regional Exhibition Features 93 pieces of Artwork
Exhibit Opens April 28th in Mankato
“This regional exhibition is an opportunity for emerging and established artists to display their work in a professional setting,” noted Brenda Byron, PLRAC Executive Director. A total of 236 pieces of artwork were entered in the exhibition and a juror selected 93 pieces of art to be displayed. “This exhibition brings together an exciting array of artists’ work reflecting a diversity of attitudes, images and creative energy from the nine county area,” added Byron.
The Opening Reception is Sunday, May 15, 2011, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. The People’s Choice Award will be voted on from April 28th through May 15th and between 1-2 p.m. by those attending the reception, and Awards of $1,200 will be announced at 2:30 p.m.
Sixteen Artists will receive Cash Awards for a total of $1,200. The
award winners are: First Place ($200) Mika Negishi Laidlaw, Mankato – Clay
Sculpture; Second Place ($150) Arnoldous Grüter, Mankato – Mixed
Media; Third Place ($125) Jon Knecht, Mapleton – Mixed Media;
Fourth Place ($100) Pam Bidelman, St. Peter – Oil Painting; Fifth
Place ($75) Ann Kronlokken Widness, North Mankato – Mixed Media.
Merit Awards of $50 each will be presented to ten artists: Kim Bovee,
Henderson – Graphite Pencil Drawing; Debra Evans-Paige, LeSueur – Porcelain
Jewelry; David Hyduke, Kasota – Steel Sculpture; Rochelle Koberoski,
Mankato – Digital Photography; Dale Looft, Montgomery – Photography;
Eric Ouren, Kasota – Mixed Media; Janice Tanner, Janesville – Mixed
Media; Mark Traxler, Mankato – Fibers; Brad Widness, North Mankato – Intaglio,
Chiné Colle; and Abra Wooldridge, Mankato – Acrylic Painting.
The People’s Choice award of $50 will be announced at the reception.
School teachers and students are encouraged to visit the exhibition
as a field-trip. Several schools outside the Mankato area will be busing
students, grades 3-12 to the Carnegie to see the exhibition. Bus stipends
for schools are provided by a grant from the Prairie Ecology Bus Center,
Lakefield. This year over 580 students and teachers will tour the exhibition.
One hundred 5th grade students will also participate in a hands-on
arts activity with Prairie Ecology Bus in May, at Rasmussen Woods.
This 19th Annual Exhibition is coordinated by the staff of the Carnegie Art Center, Mankato; as the recipient of an Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant for this exhibit. For more information about the Carnegie Art Center call or go to their website www.thecarnegiemankato.com. “This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council and is funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.” Information about Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council can be found on their website - www.plrac.org.
Exhibit Dates: April 28th - June 9th
Reception: Sunday, May 15th, 1-3 pm