Virtual Awards Ceremony

March 13, 2021, 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Ceremony is the centerpiece of North Dakota’s Scholastic Art & Writing program, recognizing the vital role that arts education plays in cultivating more creative and thoughtful students. During the ceremony we will announce the state’s winners of the literary and visual art competitors on display at the Museum’s Starion Bank Gallery. Hosted by Plains Art Museum, NDSU, and the Red River Valley Writing Project.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is supported in part by Fredrikson & Byron Foundation.

Events Calendar

December 2016

Other Exhibitions

Murray Lemley

July 05, 2025 - January 04, 2026
Fifty Years of Photography and Design

Fifty Years of Photography and Design is a retrospective exhibition celebrating Murray Lemley’s artistic career.

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Floating Beauty

June 07, 2025 - September 28, 2025
Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e

Floating Beauty examines historical perspectives on women and their depiction in art in Edo Period Japan (1615–1858). Made up entirely of woodblock prints created in the ukiyo-e style.

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Rimer Cardillo

August 23, 2025 - February 08, 2026
Deep Ecologies / Sacred Natures / Temporal Geographies 

For more than five decades, Rimer Cardillo’s artwork has offered a powerful commentary on the intersection of politics, economics, and ecological degradation. Since the late 1970s, his practice has focused on the devastating impacts of human activity on the natural world, particularly the alarming decline in animal species and plant life.

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