The 59th Midwestern Invitational Exhibition of Fine Art
on the theme Camelot Revisited
18 June - 2 September 2018 in the Main and East Galleries and the M. Dorian Clemedtson Memorial Sculpture Court

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EVERY YEAR on 18 June, The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum proudly presents the Midwestern Invitational Exhibition of Fine Art to celebrate the founding of Rourke Gallery (on 18 June 1960) and all of the artists and friends who have come to think of our art gallery + museum as home—as our founding director James T. O'Rourke would have it, "an oasis for art."

This year, we welcomed 70 artists work on the theme Camelot Revisited. There are kings, Kennedys, knights, castles, chalices, and many other wonders to behold!

1st Award Medal
Dwight Mickelson 
Moorhead, MN
charred oak remnants
from a prairie fire, gold leaf
Arthur and His Nights

2nd Award Medal
Sue Morrissey
Fargo, ND
oil, oil pastel
Druid Dream

3rd Award Medal
Pirjo Berg
Grand Forks, ND
oil on paper mounted on board
The Walls of Camelot

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Honorable Mentions
Kathleen Ristinen
Menahga, MN
photo composite
Apparition

Laura Youngbird
Breckenridge, MN
mixed media monotype
It's Only Castles Burning

Trygve Olson
Moorhead, MN
woodblock print
Camelot


Award Winners Selected by
Dawn Morgan & John Rowell