WHS 1st Semester Art Students Juried Show in Gallery II

The James Memorial Art Center is hosting the WHS 1st semester art students in Gallery II during the month of December.

Students enrolled in an art program during the Fall Semester at Williston High School were invited to showcase their talent during the month of December.

Almost 70 pieces of art in a range of mediums including pencil, paints, digital, marker, pastels, and more have been submitted.

In addition to the juried awards, there will be an additional People’s Choice award so be sure to attend the reception on December 8th to vote for your favorite piece of art!

NOVEMBER EXHIBITS

PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN ARTIST RECEPTION FOR LACEY AND DAPHNE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH FROM 7-8:30 PM.

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.”