Current Exhibits
Lacey Holmen "Western Pride" in Gallery I
Artist Lacey Holmen
The James Memorial Art Center is excited to present Lacey Holmen’s “Western Pride” exhibit in Gallery I during the month of November.
Lacey says her creative passion includes watercolor, acrylic and occasionally wood. As a learning and growing artist, she believes dipping into more than one art technique helps improve in other facets. She describes her style as “more realism, for I need that subject matter to create a unique art piece.“
Although animals have always been Lacey’s main subject matter, horses became her focus ever since the passing of her father in 2013. “Horses have unique lines throughout their body from the muscles when running, to the neck turn. The brush strokes create each detailed movement of the horse.”
Lacey was raised in the Bisbee-Egeland area until graduating in 2004. Growing up in a small town, Lacey was never educated in art. With the help of her grandmother Mavis, she has been drawing since the age of 3. She later attended MSU Minot and fell in love with techniques of watercolor and acrylic and graduated with a BA of Arts in 2012. After graduating college, she dabbled in photography, not doing much with painting. After the passing of her father in 2011, she picked up a paint brush and hasn’t put it down since. The birth of her style of painting has developed with her bright watercolors and magnificent acrylics.
Daphne Clark "Prairie Princess" in Gallery II
Artwork by Daphne Clark from the book “Prairie Princess” by Jessie Veeder.
The James Memorial Art Center is honored to host Daphne’s art in Gallery II during the month of November.
Daphne was raised in rural North Dakota, near the Montana border, where she spent much of her adolescence at her grandparent’s ranch; chasing cows, building fences, milking cows and helping check for spring calves. She has always loved to be outside enjoying the nature that North Dakota and Montana have to offer. Over the years, Daphne has watched the ranching life and quiet natural areas in North Dakota and Montana disappear, giving way to an oil-based economy.
Daphne writes, “Every day in America, there is a loss of rural areas. Through my paintings, I am trying to capture this lifestyle, and the land before it disappears altogether. I want to provide a window into the world of the people who work here and commemorate the disappearing landscape and animals in these areas.
I have lived all my life near the border of North Dakota and Montana, and it is here that I spend time in these rural areas. I can step out my door into the landscape I want to paint either on location or from my reference photos. I use impressionism to convey how I see these places and their beauty.
I believe there is a story in these rural areas just waiting to be told to the rest of the world and I want to tell that story.”
"Since 1887: The Williston Cemetery" in Gallery II
“Scenes in the Cemetery” will be on exhibit from October 3rd to the 28th in Gallery II.
Photographer Monica Tininenko-Reuter and local historian Adrienne Stepanek have put together a beautiful exhibit featuring Riverview Cemetery spanning over a century.
Riverview Cemetery will be forever the final resting place for thousands of persons, young and old, who are and will be buried in Williston’s cemetery. The site was founded 135 years ago with the death and burial of 13-year-old Gustaf Marelius, who died suddenly from appendicitis while staying with his father at the boarding house of pioneer homesteader Fannie Cates.
Throughout many years and in all seasons, people find the cemetery grounds a place of solitude to walk or drive through on a daily basis.
A variety of informational brochures and maps are available at the cemetery office or Williston Public Works. Please contact them at 701-577-3951 or 701-577-6368 for office hours.
NOTE: This exhibit is different than the wonderful display featured at the Williston Community Library recently.
