PRESS RELEASE:

Run immediately through April 7, 2006

Contact: Suzi Hudson, WBCA Executive Director, 651.407.0597

Northern Lights Juried Fine Arts Exhibition Winners Announced

This is the 33rd year that the White Bear Center for the Arts has hosted the Northern Lights Juried Fine Arts Exhibition event with Century College in White Bear Lake. The exhibition will be open until April 7th and is on display in the Theater lobby of Century College on the West Campus. There are 82 pieces of artwork in the show this year, including watercolor, pastel, oil, acrylic, photography, mixed media and sculpture. It was open to artists residing in Minnesota and Wisconsin. A special thank you to this year’s judges Judy Blain, Cherie Doyle Riesenberg and Steve Harmon. The following is a list of this year's award winning pieces:

Best of Show:
Norbert Marklin "Harriet Winter Angler"

Awards of Excellence:
Kathleen Krishnan "Friends at the Shore"
Robert Donsker "Bejin (Beautiful Woman) Kyoto"

Awards of Merit:
Catherine Hearding "Arcs and Angles"
Norman Holen "Woman in a Summer Dress"
Susan Zavadil "Hidden Treasure"

Honorable Mention:
Marsie Danielson "Water Sprite"
Heidi Nelson "Brat:Saint"
Alex Spaulding "Tank Me"

Judges Choice:
Judge-Judy Blain: George Robinson "The Clown King Listens to the Egyptian Queen"
Judge-Cherie Doyle Riesenberg: Brian Gardner "Wiemiller House"
Judge-Steve Harmon: Todd Heimdahl "Badlands Bison"

For more information about the White Bear Center for the Arts including art classes and events, go to www.whitebeararts.org.

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