Region 8A East Visual Arts Festival hosted by Fosston High School

The Region 8A East Visual Arts Festival was held on Wednesday, March 29th at the Fosston High School. Eleven schools participated in the festival with over 160 works of art entered. At the festival, students enjoyed an Art Symposium at the Fosston Library Arts Center that featured two area artists, Heidi Danos and Mike McColl. Five judges judged the entries and students were scored using State High School League criteria and could receive an Excellent, Superior or no rating. Among the eleven schools who participated from the area were Fosston, Win-E-Mac and Fertile-Beltrami. Fertile-Beltrami received 6 excellent ratings and 11 superior ratings, while Fosston received 5 excellent ratings and 2 superior ratings while Win-E-Mac received 1 excellent rating and 10 superior ratings. Annika Shimpa of Win-E-Mac received a Spotlight Award for her Crafts entry while Ella Strom of Win-E-Mac received a Spotlight Award for her entry in 2D Mix Media/Collage. The spotlight artists will have the opportunity to display their award winning piece at the Perpich Center for the Arts in the Twin Cities in May.