MSUM School of Art Art-A-Fair

January 15 - February 7, 2025
Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gallery

The tri-state annual exhibition features over 250 pieces of regional art and awards over $1,000 in cash prizes to student artists. Every year we feature a collaborative public art project in the Art Annex. This year’s project will be 3 large-scale pixelated post-it-note murals.

Friday, February 7, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Center for the Arts & King Hall

MSUM’s School of Art’s Art-A-Fair is an annual high school art exhibition and workshop day. More than 300 students and teachers from high schools in three states attend hands-on workshops by Visual art, Media Art and Music faculty, advanced students, regional arts organizations, and local artists. Students select from among 26 hands-on workshop topics, including digital design, beginning wheel throwing, caricature art, sculpture, screen printing, advanced painting, body art, comics and illustration, art therapy, media art, music sessions, creative career possibilities and more!

• 8:30-9:15 a.m. Register – Gaede Entrance
  Make school camp in the Hanson Theatre
• 9:00-9:30 a.m. Preview gallery exhibit w/teacher.
  Check your session schedule from University Tickets on your phone. Locate all of your classrooms for the day.
• 9:45-10:50 a.m. Session I
• 11:00-11:45 a.m. Lunch – Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom
• 12:00-12:20 p.m. Awards Ceremony – Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre
• 12:30-1:20 p.m. Session II
• 1:30-2:20 p.m. Session III
• 1:30-4 p.m. Exhibition ends.
  Exhibit closes, work available for pick-up at 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.. Also open for pick-up on Saturday, February 8, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Friday, February 7, 2025
TBD
Hansen Theatre

Now over $6,000 in Awards & Scholarships
A panel of MSUM faculty members will award over $6,000 in cash prizes and $5,000 in scholarships for each of the 8 media categories, plus a best of show award. Separate Best of ND, SD and MN Exhibition trophies will be awarded (contingent upon enough entries for each).

• Painting
• Drawing
• 2D Mixed Media
• Printmaking
• Functional Pottery & Crafts
• Sculpture
• Photography
• Media Arts

A regional art educator will be awarded the Legacy Flame award for their impact on arts education in the region.

The event also features vendors and professional development workshops for teachers.

Sponsors

This event is funded in part with support from the Lake Region Arts Council through a Minnesota State Legislative appropriation, the MSUM Comstock Fund, as well as the following corporate sponsors: