Art Show Reveals Area Student Talent
STAPLES, Minn. (12 May 2017) -- The public now has a better understanding of what area art teachers have known all along: our students are loaded with artistic talents and abilities.
Over 200 pieces large and small made up of colors bold and soft, uniquely textured fabrics, shiny metals, or repurposed wood shared space on the tables, walls, and temporary display stands of the Centennial Auditorium Lobby, May 11-12, as part of the Freshwater/National Joint Powers Alliance Student Art Show.
The annual show featured artwork from students grades 4-12 from BerthaHewitt, Browerville, Crosslake Community School, Pequot Lakes, Pillager, Pine River-Backus, Staples-Motley, Swanville, and Verndale school districts.
Submission categories included: crafts, digital art, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, pottery/ceramics, print-making, and sculpture. The top three pieces in each category received awards. Pieces that were near the top three in a category were distinguished with a merit award.
See the full list of results below.
2017 Freshwater Education District/NJPA Art Show Results
| High School Crafts | ||
| Browerville Public School | Kassandra Cisneros | |
| Browerville Public School | Eric Brauch | |
| Staples-Motley High School | Aleesha Carlson | Pinwheel |
| Browerville Public School | Dakota Strom | |
| Browerville Public School | Dustin Martin | |
| High School Digital Art | ||
| Staples-Motley High School | Jack Bendson | Portrait |
| Staples-Motley High School | Liz Flansburg | You Can't Believe Your Eyes |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Molly Refshaw | Bee |
| High School Drawing | ||
| Verndale Public School | Emilia Lintala | Pineapple |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Emily Brunkhorst | Untitled |
| Pillager School District | Jazmin Blowers | Goat |
| Pillager School District | Kendra Beach | Panda |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Madysen Smith | Untitled |
| Pillager School District | Rachael Oie | Wrappedtile |
| Staples-Motley High School | Riley Perterson | Park Bench |
| Pine River-Backus | Elayna Hallbeck | Octopus Eye |
| Browerville Public School | Emily Hinnenkamp | |
| Staples-Motley High School | Alyssa Vanderhoof | Where Hope Lives |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | James Follmer | Untitled |
| Pillager School District | Emily Kautz | Giraffe |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Matthew Follmer | Belial |
| Middle School Mixed Media | ||
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Kayla Griffin | Underwater |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Brit Kratochvil | Untitled |
| Verndale Public School | EMilia Lintala | Parrot |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Elena Grove | Untitled |
| Pillager School District | Quinten Olek | Lab Rat!!! |
| Pine River-Backus | Alyssa Quinn | Self-Portrait |
| Pine River-Backus | Elayna Hallbeck | Self-Portrait |
| Verndale Public School | Taya Brown | Walk it Off |
| Verndale Public School | EMilia Lintala | Pirates |
| Pillager School District | Danielle Conklin | I See the Light |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Matthew FollMer | Child of the Purple Robes |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Matthew Follmer | Untitled |
| Verndale Public School | Tahlia Sandberg | Skeleton |
| High School Painting | ||
| Pine River-Backus | Ally Anderson | Great Dane |
| Pine River-Backus | Hannah Wiedewitsch | Cityscape |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Alison Sommerness | Goat Girl |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Tigerlily Bass | The Last |
| Pine River-Backus | Alyssa Quinn | Night Sky |
| Pillager School District | Emma HopMan | Coffee Painting |
| Staples-Motley High School | Alyssa Vanderhoof | Follow That Dream |
| Pine River-Backus | Judith Reed | Springer Spaniel |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Kelly Hehir | Spring Blooming |
| Verndale Public School | Tahlia Sandberg | Over the French Riviera |
| High School Photography | ||
| Browerville Public School | Emily Hinnenkamp | |
| Lauren Toews | Tranquility (River) | |
| Browerville Public School | Sara Carstensen | |
| Lauren Toews | Grace (Horse) | |
| High School Pottery/Ceramics | ||
| Pequot Lakes High School | Nick Barth | Jug |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Nick Barth | Vase |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Nick Barth | bowl |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Paige Welshan | Platter |
| Pillager School District | Zeke Gilbertson | Tea Pot |
| Verndale Public School | Deven Lundberg | Clay box |
| Verndale Public School | Jasmine Stoeker | Roses |
| Staples-Motley High School | Kelsie Weite | Octo Pot |
| Staples-Motley High School | Millie Klefsaas | Cactus Pottery |
| High School Print-Making | ||
| Pine River-Backus | Julia Sexton | Shapes - collagraph |
| Pine River-Backus | Sabrina Schroeder | Fish - collagraph |
| Staples-Motley High School | Jordan Carlson | Cardinal |
| Staples-Motley High School | Lili Schneider | In the Woods |
| High School Sculpture | ||
| Browerville Public School | Dillon Warren | |
| Staples-Motley High School | Norah Anderson | Field of Nails |
| Staples-Motley High School | Kelsie Weite | Gill |
| Pillager School District | Emily Gordon | 3-D Letter |
| Staples-Motley High School | Kenna Bjerga | Purple Rhino |
| Pillager School District | Rachael Oie | 3-D Letter |
| Pine River-Backus | Autumn Rice | Skull |
| Pequot Lakes High School | Luke Hansen | Untitled |
| Pillager School District | Tristan Pfaff | Uruk-Hai |
| Browerville Public School | Matthew May | |
| Middle School Crafts | ||
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Cameron Mitchell | Op Art Kite |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Isaac Blashack | Op Art Kite |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Alex Tubbs | Op Art Kite |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Ty Quigley Discher | Op Art Kite |
| Middle School Drawing | ||
| Verndale Public School | Alec Lundberg | Shoe Boat |
| Verndale Public School | Jamie Hahn | Shoes |
| Browerville Public School | Faith Zigan | |
| Verndale Public School | Alec Lundberg | Flower |
| Middle School Mixed Media | ||
| Verndale Public School | Abbie McManigle | Zentangle Dolphin |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Aden Rach | Zentangle Frog |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Isabell Ellingson | Zentangle |
| Middle School Painting | ||
| Browerville Public School | Jezebel Hidalgo | oil |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Codey Wolff | Balance |
| Bertha Hewitt School District | Natalie Kuchinski | Untitled |
| Pine River-Backus | Olivia Adkins | Cityscape |
| Middle School Photography | ||
| Browerville Public School | Tyra Myers | Sunset |
| Browerville Public School | Marissa Callahan | Sunset w/City |
| Browerville Public School | Madeline Irsfeld | |
| Browerville Public School | Tyra Myers | |
| Pillager School District | Julia Thomas | Dock |
| Browerville Public School | Marissa Callahan | |
| Middle School Pottery/Ceramics | ||
| Swanville School District | Tyra Powell | Untitled |
| Verndale Public School | Hanna Hinman | Bunny Whistle |
| Verndale Public School | Broc Graba | Clay fish |
| Middle School Print-Making | ||
| Pine River-Backus | Nicole Johnson | Leaves |
| Pine River-Backus | Nolan Olivier | Lion |
| Pine River-Backus | Nicole Haff | Ducks |
| Middle School Sculpture | ||
| Browerville Public School | Trey Lancaster | |
| Elementary | ||
| Motley-Staples Middle School | Lily Albertson | Colors Matter |
| Browerville Public School | Anna Myers | Sunset |
| Crosslake Community School | Jostin Mitchell | A Beautiful Plant |
| Pierz Pioneer Elementary | Julian Westmoreland | Dragon Drawings |
| Motley-Staples Middle School | Kristofer Taylor | Ghost Rider |
| Browerville Public School | Danielle Prather | |
| Browerville Public School | Abby Marxer | |
| Browerville Public School | Blake Irsfeld | |
| Crosslake Community School | Andrew Loeffler | Two Leaves |
| Crosslake Community School | Teagan Johnson | The Silver Fern |
| Browerville Public School | Brady Host |
Sourcewell (formerly National Joint Powers Alliance) is a self-supporting government organization, partnering with education, government, and nonprofits to boost student and community success. Created in 1978 as one of Minnesota's nine service cooperatives, we offer training and shared services to our central-Minnesota members. Throughout North America, we offer a cooperative purchasing program with over 200 awarded vendors on contract. Sourcewell is driven by service and the ability to strategically reinvest in member communities.