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This artwork, by Therese Jacobson, is part of the "Black Lives Matter" exhibition in the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council Gallery at Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls. (Submitted image)
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Arts council to open 'Black Lives Matter' exhibit in Thief River Falls

Annelisa Roseen recreates the look of celebrities using her own face. (Images courtesy of Roseen)
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Duluth artist channels Diane Keaton, Amy Winehouse, Kit Harrington and more in yearlong makeup project

Collaborating with Carl Young, creator of the traveling “North Dakota COVID Memorial Project,” Shane Balkowitsch captured “North Dakotans Departed” on glass by using an early form of photography known as wet plate collodion. Special to the Forum
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2020 leaves artists with a lot to say in North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival

Paul LaJeunesse, assistant art professor at the College of St. Scholastica, poses for a portrait Wednesday, Nov. 25, in front of a mural he painted in Lincoln Park. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com)
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Duluth artist talks travels, teaching and making murals

Michelle Bennett of Wolfskull Creative has photographed and helped market many Duluth bands and small businesses including: Superior Siren, Tender Ness, Whole Foods, Karen McTavish and Dave Hoops. Bennett is photographing Kelly Schamberger, a student of Great Lakes Academy of Fine Art. Schamberger is working on art for her virtual senior show, and the project is to help her market herself as a professional artist after graduation. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
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Minnesota photographer brings 'realness and grit' to help brand musicians, clients

Ronald Duis, a resident of Canby, Minn., cuts out an area from the metal exterior of old fire extinguishers to reveal an arrangement of figurines he situates on the base. The four extinguishers currently on display at Past & Present Home Gallery in Alexandria include themes of law enforcement, volunteer firefighters and tractors. (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press)
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Minnesota man uses old fire extinguishers to create themed art

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Blair Treuer works on her “Becoming” collection on Friday, Nov. 27, in her home east of Bemidji. (Jillian Gandsey / Forum News Service)
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Minnesota artist tells spiritual, familial stories through fabric

St. Cloud artist Karen Krey is spreading a little cheer during the COVID-19 pandemic through sidewalk chalk murals of classic paintings -- with their famous subjects wearing masks. Courtesy of Karen Krey
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St. Cloud sidewalk chalk artist spreads joy with masked paintings

Chad Caya's mural of wheat and the North Dakota sky is being painted on the side of the Rhombus Brewing Company's south wall. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
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Wheat mural on downtown brewery contributes to city's public art scene

Dakota Community Artists-in-Residence Akipawin, Fern Cloud, shows buffalo bone brushes she uses to paint. Photo courtesy of Akipawin / Fern Cloud
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Minnesota woman recreates Native American art from the past

Edie Barrett of Ortonville knew the instant she saw it that this image created by Malena Handeen was the one to cover her first collection of poetry. “I think it’s poetic,” said Barrett of Handeen’s image. “I could not have dreamed of a better image than this one.” Book cover image
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Western Minnesota holds their hearts, pulls these artists together

"Yoruba Guitar," an archival digital print by Tim Duffy, will be among the more than 50 works to be auctioned during the North Dakota Museum of Art's first live, online auction Nov. 21. Duffy, of Hillsborough, N.C., is a folklorist and photographer whose works are in the collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art and The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. (Photo courtesy of the North Dakota Museum of Art)
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North Dakota Museum of Art to hold first live, online art auction

Vickie Arndt is the Public Arts Commission's new gallery director
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Public Arts Commission names new director to manage three public art galleries

"The Amazing Grace of the Bald Eagle" by Lisa Buchweitz won Best in Show in this year's North Dakota Governor's Photo Contest. Photo provided by North Dakota Tourism / Special to The Forum
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Winning photographers announced for ND Governor's Photo Contest

Staff from Isle Royale National Park transported five hand-woven mats, called anaakanan in the Ojibwe, or Anishinaabe language, made from cedar and sweetgrass, to Minnesota's Grand Portage National Monument in September. Courtesy of Grand Portage National Monument
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Rare Ojibwe woven mats relocated from Isle Royale to Grand Portage in NE Minnesota

A piece of artwork titled "Pink Floyd," by Beau Bakken, of Hallock, Minn., is on display in the exhibition, "Bakken: The Artistry of Father and Son," at the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council Gallery in the Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls, Minn. , through Nov. 30. An artist reception is planned from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the college. (Submitted image)
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Artist reception for father, son artists set for Saturday in Thief River Falls

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Northwest Minnesota Arts Council announces deadlines for arts grant applications

At the North Dakota Museum of Art, some images in the "Art in Isolation" exhibition reveal people's creative responses to the effect of the pandemic on their lives. Photo by Matthew Anderson
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North Dakota Museum of Art reopens Tuesday with launch of 'Art in Isolation' exhibition

Mary Bauer and Martha Keifenheim arrange pottery during the Muddy Water Clay Center Fall Festival. Ann Bailey/Grand Forks Herald
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Outdoor Fall Festival in Grand Forks showcases area artists

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Muddy Waters Clay Center to host outdoor fall festival Saturday

Colleen Kellen sits in the car with her son, John, during a recent "joyride" together. Carolyn Lange / West Central Tribune
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A journey in Alzheimer's disease documented during travels in Minnesota