INT'L PW 2023

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The Northwest Arts Center is excited to announce the 52nd year of the Paperworks juried exhibition at Minot State University. Founded to enhance the visual arts experiences of students, the campus and the regional art community and to build a teaching fine art collection, the exhibitions continually attract excellence in contemporary art each year. INT'L Paperworks continues to welcome artists from around the world. We are grateful to the many artists who have shared their work and passion for art and invite you to view the exhibition.

INT'L Paperworks Juried Exhibition
January 13 through February 17, 2023
Walter Piehl Gallery
Northwest Arts Center
Minot State University
Minot, North Dakota

Juror: Nicole SoukupMinneapolis, MN
Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Reception & Online Viewing:
Thursday, February 2, 2023
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Juror's Talk and Awards
Best of Show, Merit and Purchase Awards to be announced at the reception.

JUROR'S STATEMENT

It is a privilege to have juried the 2023 INT’L Paperworks Exhibition at the Northwest Arts Center at Minot State University. I am grateful to Greg Vettel, Sallie Mitchell, and the team at the Center who made this possible. Additional thanks go to the artists who applied for this opportunity and all those who support the gallery.

Being a juror requires not only selecting the highest caliber artworks presented but determining how they sit in communion with one another. Often this is interpreted as a value statement. It is not. All art has a time and place. Instead, the selected artworks represent fresh interpretations or dynamic presentations. Not only is it an honor to see what’s being made across the region, but the potential of what these artists will create tomorrow is awe-inspiring.

— Nicole E. Soukup


Awards:

Best of Show
Linda Whitney
Valley City, ND, USA
“Ataht - Butterfly Dancer (Big Bright Star Butterfly Dancer)”
mezzotint with applied earth pigments

Merit Award
Jacob Crook
Starkville, MS, USA
“Spill”
mezzotint

Merit Award
Ariana Padovano
Providence, RI, USA
“Fretwork”
woodcut on kozo paper

Merit Award
Brendan Burden
Ottawa, ON, Canada
“Black Modena Bronze Shield”
photography - archival pigment on paper

Merit Award
Susan Heggestad
Vermillion, SD, USA
“Embellishments: Verdant/Synthetic”
silk flowers, acrylic, beading, stitching, doilies on cast paper with polyfil and cotton fabric

Merit Award
Keith Dull
Ashland, OH, USA
“The Pandemica Opens: The Shock Survivalist”
relief


Artists and Works Selected:

 



For More Information

Phone: 701-858-3264 or 800-777-0750 (ex.3264)
E-mail: nac@minotstateu.edu

History
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The History of the Northwest Arts Center
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