Artist Spotlight

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Interviews with artists from northwest Minnesota.

Interviews with artists from northwest Minnesota, in collaboration with the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council.


167 Pieces

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Caption: Debbie Aune
Longtime Greenbush-Middle River art teacher Debbie Aune has been named the "Artist of the Year" by the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council! A down-to...

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 08:50
Caption: Bonnie Stewart of Fosston MN
Fosston's Bonnie Stewart is that very "Rock Star"...... find out more!

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 12:06
Caption: Art Teacher Andrea Halverson of Goodridge MN
Art teacher Andrea Halverson and high school student Carter Lee Johnsrud of Goodridge MN tell their stories of awesome, award winning artwork!

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 10:42
Caption: Kathy Erickson of Middle River MN
Musician Cathy Erickson of Middle River, MN recently received the "Northwest Star Award" from the NW MN Arts Council. Her decades of music making ...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 21:12
Caption: Karen Goulet of Bemidji, MN
Karen Goulet is Program Director at the Mikanan Gallery at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji and she has a great story on promoting and supportin...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 10:50
Caption: "Freedom" Painting
Kate Hammer of Roseau and Mike Anderson of Crookston discuss a current exhibition at the NW Minnesota Arts Council gallery, located at Northland co...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 15:27
Caption: NW MN Arts Council Director Mara Hanel
Mara Hanel, Director of the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council - based in Warren, MN - is busting at the seams with news and information concerning a...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 12:47
Caption: Second Premier in Thief River Falls, MN on 3-18-23
The 1972 snowmobile action movie "It Ain't Easy" is making a "second" enhanced premier on Saturday, March 18th in the same theater as the original ...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 11:20
Caption: FilmNorth of St. Paul MN
Eric Mueller is the “McKnight Fellowships in Media Arts Administrator” at FilmNorth in St. Paul. He discusses what FilmNorth is, and how they prov...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 08:28
Caption: Sarah Fossen
Sarah Fossen is the Executive Director of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA), based in the Twin Cities. She discusses funding from the legislat...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2023
  • Length: 08:30
Caption: Northern Lights Concert Association of Roseau MN
Mitchel Johnson of Roseau, MN is the President of the "Northern Lights Concert Association" and he shares details on how his regional group brings ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 08:33
Caption: NW MN Arts Council's "Artist Spotlight"
Artist and art teacher Christine Foster of Thief River Falls is literally "enamored" with nature/creation and depicts that beauty in her paintings ...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 08:09
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Bert Foster is a photographer from Thief River Falls, MN. He and his wife Christine Foster have an exhibit at the NW MN Arts Gallery, located on t...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 08:21
Caption: Artist Janet Johnson of Roseau MN
How does heat and art blend together? Tune in!

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 10:22
Caption: Mara Hanel - Director of the NW MN Arts Council
Retired wildlife biologist Ross Heir of Crookston, MN has been recognized for his outstanding work in watercolor and etching of nature and animals ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 08:42
Caption: Empire Arts Center
Kathy King of the Empire Arts Center of East Grand Forks-Grand Forks is directing "Hand On A Hard Body" and the performance will NOT be held at a u...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 10:57
Caption: Poet - Desdamona
Poet "Desdamona" will soon be sharing her expertise and poetry writing skills to the students of Roseau, MN High School. She incorporates effectiv...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2022
  • Length: 16:43
Caption: Mary Balstad of Bemidji, MN
Mary Balstad of Bemidji, MN was born and raised in Fosston, MN and has produced a short film called “The Pear”, with funding from the NW Minnesota ...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 13:20
Caption: Pottery of Kate Hammer - Roseau, MN
Pottery artist Kate Hammer of Roseau, MN was told by her Uncle - many years ago - to make something pretty out of dirt. She has done just that!

  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 12:45
Caption: Karen Engevik of Roseau, MN and Friends
Roseau, MN pottery artist Karen Engevik has a love for horses on her northwest Minnesota farmstead. She has skillfully transformed that passion in...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 08:51