Arts North International is an international juried exhibition at the Hopkins Center for the Arts that showcases the work of thirteen different classes of media by artists from the United States and abroad. The Hopkins Center for the Arts in Hopkins, Minnesota, is a vibrant venue that hosts exhibitions, performances, a theater company, and art classes for children and adults. Prize money is distributed to more than 50 awards. Below are photographs of a few of the artworks that I enjoyed on a recent visit. This exhibition is on display until February 25.
Patty Carmondy Smith (Minnetonka, MN), Galactic, mixed media mosaic. First Place Glass.John Salminen (Duluth, MN), Wl Series #3, Chicago, transparent watercolor. First Place Watercolor.Gary Carlson (Rush City, MN), Paradise Lost, found object assemblage. Award of Merit Overall.Gordon Coons (Minneapolis, MN), Washita 1868: Remember Our Relatives, cedar smoke. Award of Excellence Overall.Leilani Norman (Bellingham, WA), Nine Eighteen, acrylic and pencil on wood panel.Daniel Monroe (Fullerton, CA), Collapsed, ceramicBeth Peck (St. Paul, MN), Wendy in Bathroom, oil on gessoed Arches watercolor paper. Best of Show.Denise Howard (Santa Clara, CA), The Past from the Future, colored pencil, Neocolor II wax pastels. Second Place Drawing.Sharon Draghi (Scarsdale, NY), Reckoning, archival pigment print. First Place Photography. Marci Hamilton Memorial Award.Yeqiang Wang (Topeka, KS), Return to Classicism – The Milkmaid, oil on canvas. First Place Oil.Pamela Carberry (Two Harbors, MN), Waiting, linocut. Friends of the Hopkins Center for the Arts Award.Polly Norman (Edina, MN), Juggling, pigment ink on fine art paper. Second Place Prints.Thomas Siciliano (Eden Prairie, MN), Yardstick Obelisk, repurposed object assemblage. Third Place Sculpture. Robert Meyer Sculpture Award.Kyle McKenzie (Joplin, MO), Another Unity, oil on panel. Second Place Oil.Karla Rydrych (Minneapolis, MN), For Billy, shoes, muslin, embroidery flossJoan Sowada (Gilette, WY), This Ongoing, fabric. First Place Fiber & Textiles.Stephen Yuen (Honolulu, HI), Shower Trees on Kumukahi Study #77, original 2d view of 3d model, archival inkjet print.Gail Arnold (Irving, TX), My Story, clay. Cari Rock Memorial Award.Mary Ann Lomonaco (Larchmont, NY), Pins, fiber, mixed mediaJean Hawton (Redwood Falls, MN), Want It Done Well, Have Her Do It, vintage wool skirt, machine, hand stitched silk, wool. Sterling Award.Laurie Schafer (Yucca Valley, CA), River Rocks, mixed media, fiber needle felted fibers. Third Place Fiber & Textiles.JuliAnne Jonker (Apple Valley, MN), Isabella Grace, oil on panel. Robbin Gallery Award.Lynn Golberstein (Minneapolis, MN), Recursive Revisited, handmade paper, birch bark, tree branches. Third Place Mixed Media.Faith Ku (Havre De Grace, MD), The Web of Life 3, porcelain. Second Place Ceramics.Rita Dungey (Bloomington, MN), Marginalia, mixed media on canvas. Lise & Andrew Spence-Parsons Award.Bonnie Cutts (Cedar, MN), Softly Spoken, acrylic on canvas.Jessie Rasche (Brookings, SD), Road Work Ahead, oil on panel.
