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Student Art Fair featured in February and March
Our 2023 Student Art Fair featured many great pieces from nearly 50 local students. Below is information about the very talented student artists and the awards they received.
Special thanks to our sponsors by MDU Resources Foundation, Central Regional Education Association and Carden Custom Framing. We are also truly grateful for the students' art teachers: Paul Noot (Bismarck High School), Brad Lies (Century High School), Cherise Pfaff (Shiloh Christian School), and Jessica Blend (Blend Private Homeschool).
The Capital Gallery 2023 Student Art Fair Awards
Most Promising Young Artist
First Place: Sophie Portra – The Sulking Statue
Second Place: Emerson Ackerman – Head On
Third Place: Annelise Klein – Rigid Motion
People’s Choice
Ava Abryzo – Grandpa
Award of Excellence
Ceramics
▪ Olivia Bitz – Doughnuts
▪ Maeve Dunlap – Red Bird
▪ Deneé Fredrickson – Untitled
▪ Annelise Klein – Rigid Motion
▪ Isabell Rudy – Corgi
▪ Macie Sebelius – Hound Dog
▪ Katarina Sevart – Flowering Skull
▪ Tatum Spudgenske – One of the Four Evils
Drawing
▪ Ava Abryzo – Grandpa
▪ Kinsley Anderson – Buffalo
▪ Lucy Blend – He Did It for Me
▪ Matsen Delling – St. Clair
▪ Hannah Dorrheim – Reflecting Back
▪ Adrian Harrison – Interlinked
▪ Mintong Li – Moonlight
▪ Ceara Murphy – After Effects
▪ Grace Nelson – Frank
▪ Sophie Portra – The Sulking Statue
▪ Olivia Puliafico – Los Gitanos
▪ KennaDee Quast – Bewildered
▪ Elizabeth Schaibley – Sandman
Mixed Media
▪ Kati Landsberger – Lost and Found
▪ Sophie Lies – Corde à sauter
▪ Mosswell Ryan – Leaving
▪ Cyd Taga-Amo – Growth
Painting
▪ Emerson Ackerman – Head On
▪ Jessie Bean – Broken Strings
▪ Jin Xi Chen – Where All Artists Go to Die
▪ Lola Dendy – Badlands
▪ Lauren Erbele – Azua, Dominican Republic
▪ Alexa Fettig – Hesitance
▪ Rylie Harris – Rudolf
▪ Regan Kummer – Wonderland
▪ Lilli Larson – Fields of North Dakota
▪ Mya Lydeen – Mambo
▪ Dharma Macdonald – The Path
▪ Madison Martin – Missouri Sunset
▪ Isabella Martinez – Liminal Space
▪ Evangelina One feather – Untitled
▪ Jora Shaw – Vakker Natur
▪ Hannah Smithers – Road to Damascus
▪ Matthew Splonskowski – Feeling Rhythm
Photography
▪ Ava Fritz – Bee Happy
Sculpture
▪ Joren Berger – Solitude
▪ Olivia Deadman – Azul the Blue Tounge Skink
▪ Jaelynn Mason – Cooper
▪ Parker McMerty – Orca