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.
Virtual Awards Ceremony
March 13, 2021, 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Events Calendar
December 2016
Other Exhibitions
The Queer Ecology Hanky Project
June 17, 2024 -
January 19, 2025
The Queer Ecology Hanky Project (QEHP) is an ongoing traveling exhibition organized by Vee Adams and Mary Tremonte that features over one hundred and twenty artists from across North America.
View ExhibitionA Little Grey For Color
July 13, 2024 -
March 31, 2025
Donald D. Powell, a Fargo native, was a prolific, award-winning architect and a keen art collector. Powell amassed a sizeable collection of European and American modern art in an array of media. He donated much of his impressive collection to the Plains Art Museum in several installments in 1999, 2000, 2002-3, 2005-9, and 2013.
View ExhibitionEmma Katka
May 18, 2024 -
August 25, 2024
Glimmers of Nostalgia for a Place You’ve Never Been
Emma Katka, a self-taught artist from Grand Forks, ND, seeks solace through emotive photography and collage. Her stomping grounds for creation are often abandoned buildings, the open prairie, old magazines, and wherever inspiration illuminates moments within daily life.
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