Matt Wallace, Director of the Rural Arts Initiative for the North Dakota Museum of ART (Serving Northwest Minnesota) discusses current exhibits from Ethiopia and Young Dakota Artists – along with an upcoming blues performance by “Big Ron Hunter”, as well as the upcoming Summer Concert Series at the NDMOA.

Sue Fink, Director of the North Dakota Museum of Art (serving Northwest Minnesota) talks about her role, children and the discovery of “art” – plus other activities at the NDMOA!

Danni Master, Collection Care Specialist at the North Dakota Museum of Art (serving Northwest Minnesota), gives a detailed description of her job/role at the NDMOA in the care and maintenance of works/pieces of art – as it relates to environment, climate and other factors that would either maintain or deteriorate the current state of displayed art work. She also promoted the upcoming concert of a Native American Cellist – plus an upcoming exhibit highlighting artwork from the African country of Ethiopia.

The week’s guest on “Northland Spotlight” is Lynette Neppel, Sociology Instructor, on both the East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls campuses of Northland Community and Technical College (NCTC). Lynette is also the Faculty Advisor for the NCTC phi theta kappa honor society.
She discusses her teaching responsibilities, philosophy for instruction in the classroom and her work with students involved with the honors society.

The North Dakota Arts Museum (serving Northwest Minnesota) has a flavorful menu of performing artist and exhibits. Danni Masters, Collections Care Specialist, talks about the sounds of “Big Ron Hunter”, Native American Cellist Dawn Avery and an exhibit featuring Ethiopian Art.