Art is seeing ....with your mind as well as with your eyes. always searching, rarely satisfied. Art & artists should have a common goal - to promote change for the better. Being an artist comes with an obligation ....to breathe new life into old traditions or create new ones that are timeless. JST
Education : Positions : Organizations : Community
2014 …. - Owner / operator, Dreaming River Gallery ( DRG ) Terrace MN
2005-2017 -
volunteer, vice president and art director / Terrace Mill historical museum
2004 …. - owner / operator, Dreaming River Studio, Terrace MN
2000 - artist mentor program, Lake Region Arts Council
1999-02 - Second Floor Gallery curator, Central Square, Glenwood MN
1998-03 - council member, Lake Region Arts Council
1976-80 - studied School of Associated Arts, with David Raven (MFA) & Jerry LeFevre (MFA) St. Paul MN
1974-76 - studied drawing with Dale Duits (MFA)
Awards : Grants
2016 - Arts in Harmony International Exhibition - 2nd place - pastel division - cash
award
2014 - LRAC / Mc Knight foundation quick start artists grant
2013 - Richeson
75 Figure and Portrait Finalist
2009 - Mc Knight foundation individual artists grant, MPLS MN
2002 - purchase commission ( work selected to be presented to LRAC director Sonia Peterson, Fergus Falls MN
2001 - Lake Region Arts Council individual arts award, Fergus Falls MN
2000 - arts volunteer of the year, Central Square, Glenwood MN
2000 - mentor, LRAC artist mentor program ( guided two students )
1991 - LRAC foundation career development artist grant
1982 - 1988 - first place ( Charles Beck - judge ) - best of show & various awards - MN State Fair and Crystal Bay Art Center
Exhibitions
2019: 12th Annual Horizontal Grandeur Fine Art Exhibition - Stevens County Museum
- Morris MN
2019: Growth - (Group show) - Foster Hall Gallery - Hammond WI
2018: Artists
Across Minnesota - State wide group exhibition - McKnight LRAC gallery - Fergus Falls
MN
2017: A World in Black and White w/ M. Jana - Art in the Square Gallery - Glenwood
MN
2016: River Dreams / Impressions of the Chippewa River Valley - Healing Arts Gallery
- Hudson WI
2016: A Prairie Discovery - group exhibition - Stevens History Museum
- Morris MN
2016: Crossing Paths Vol 2 - group exhibition - Phipps Center for the
Arts - Hudson WI
2016: Arts in Harmony International Show - 21st Annual - Elk River
Arts Alliance - Elk River MN
2015: Art in Print 2015 - ( group show ) - Dreaming River Gallery - Terrace Mn
2015:
Juried Rural Landscape show - Aug 1 - Sept 30 - Red Door Art Gallery - Wahpeton ND
2015:
8th Annual Horizontal Grandeur Fine Art Exhibition - July 31 - Oct 30 - Stevens County
History Museum
2015: LRAC / McKnight Gallery Invitational - April 6 - July 31 - Fergus
Falls MN
2015: Arts in Harmony International Show - 20th Annual - Elk River Arts Alliance
- Elk River MN
2014: Art in Print - ( group show ) with P. Joos, S. Gates, M. Conard
- Dreaming River Gallery - Terrace MN
2014: MN Creates/ inaugural exhibition of 28
contemporary Minnesota artists @ the MN State Capitol
2014: LRAC / Mc Knight Invitational
- Lake Region Arts Council - Fergus Falls MN
2013: Tales of Environmental Turbulence
- ( group show ) Ralph Rapson Hall Art Gallery - University of Minnesota - MPLS MN
2013: Richeson 75 Figure and Portrait Exhibition “ Finalist “ ( group show ) - Jack Richeson Gallery - Kimberly WI
2011: Line by Line - ( group show ) LRAC Gallery - Fergus Falls MN
2007: Art on the Plains 9 ( group show )- Plains Art Museum - Fargo ND
2002: Goodbye to Winter ( group show ) - LRAC gallery - Fergus Falls MN
1999: In Search of Thornton & Gates ( with Steve Gates ) - Foster Hall, Hammond Arts Alliance - Hammond WI
1996: Past Images ( solo show ) - District 31 Victoria’s - Woverton MN
1993: Parallel Lines ( with Steve Gates ) - Phipps Center for the Arts - Hudson WI
1992: Environmental Views ( with Steve Gates & Francene Hart ) - Fergus Falls Community College - Fergus Falls MN
1991: Glacial Hills Series ( solo show ) - The Art Gallery - Alexandria MN
1987: Minds…Together ( with Steve Gates & Lee Spinosa ) - Phipps Center for the Arts - Hudson WI
1983: Crystal Bay Juried MN Artists Exhibit ( group show ) - Art Center of MN - Crystal Bay MN
1983: Crystal Bay Juried MN Artists Exhibit ( group show traveling ) - Dayton's 12 Gallery - MPLSs MN
1983: Crystal bay Juried MN Artists Exhibit ( group show traveling ) - Kiehle Art Gallery - SCSU - St. Cloud MN
Publications
2017: Country Acres - May 19 ( Feature story and interview )
2014: Pope County Tribune - Jan 6 and Jan 20 ( Feature story and interview - 2 parts
)
2013: Richeson Figure and Portrait ( hard cover book )
1999: River Falls journal - June 24 - WI / The News, new Richmond - June 24 WI / Pope Co Tribune - May 17 MN
1996: Morris University Register - Jan 11 MN
1993: Pope Co Tribune - Aug 2 MN / Hudson Star Observer - July 1 WI / Hudson Marquee - Aug issue WI
1983: Minneapolis Tribune - June 12 MN
1982: St Paul Pioneer Dispatch - Aug 26 MN
resume
This page is a brief overview of my art resume. For a full copy please email me at: mapleislandmir@hotmail.com
