Sheila Smith, Executive Director of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, shares thoughts on voting for the arts, and the many opportunities and challenges facing the arts in Minnesota at this time. 

Trey Everett of Crookston, MN is the new “Showcase and Training Specialist” with the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC). He’s working on several initiatives to include the Bakken Exhibit – on display now in the NWMAC Gallery on the Thief River Falls campus of Northland Community & Technical College. Trey also discusses the future Black Lives Matter Exhibit, the Tending the Creative Soul Zoom, the Springboard for the Arts virtual open house and Mojo Mondays!

Long-time Crookston, MN resident Rick Jensen is a master woodcarver and teacher of the craft. His story reveals more than just the shavings and shaping of wood!

Artist Candace Osborn of Ada, MN has created an award winning sculpture that’s long on the neck. Find out more!

Retired as a U.S. Customs agent, Soo Line Railroad boiler-man and farmer, Dennis Kinkead (Kin-cade) of Hallock/Lake Bronson, Minnesota has developed a very rare skill of forging sculpture….. from raw steel into delicate birds and many other images from Minnesota’s northwest!