2021 Spring Exhibition – Chroma! Back at the Arboretum Reedy Gallery!
View show here
View Awarded Paintings here
Chroma!
- Chroma / kroh-muh /: noun
1. Saturation - A quality of color combining hue and saturation
- Purity and intensity of color
Twin Cities based artist, Carl Oltvedt , will judge the paintings to be accepted into the MNWS 2021 Spring Inclinations Exhibition.
Carl Oltvedt works full-time as an artist in a variety of painting and drawing media. He relocated to the Twin Cities following his retirement from Minnesota State University Moorhead in May of 2015, where he was a Professor in the School of Visual Arts for thirty-two years. Currently, he maintains a studio at the California Building in N.E. Minneapolis. He has exhibited his work at Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis since 1978. His paintings and drawings are included in numerous public, corporate, and private collections, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, the North Dakota Museum of Art, the Plains Art Museum and the Rourke Art Museum. He has completed commissions for corporations and private collectors including Cargill Corporation and Securian Financial. He was a recipient of Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grants in 2014 and 1991, and a Lake Region Arts Council/McKnight Artist Fellowship in 2002.
This juried show is open to all MNWS members who have paid their dues through May 31, 2021. If you are not currently a member of the society, you can join when you submit your painting(s). Each member may enter up to two paintings. The entry fee is $30 for the first painting and $5 for the second entry. Entry fees are not refundable. Complete exhibition rules and entry information:
https://www.minnesotawatercolors.com/exhibitions/
Registration Information
Registration is now closed.
Please make checks out to MNWS and send to:
Diane Pearson
115 West Point Court
Excelsior, MN 55331
Opening Reception
Thursday, March 18th 6pm – 8:30 pm via Zoom
Exhibition Schedule
Schedule for Chroma at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Friday, February 5 – Submission Period Closes at midnight (No late entries allowed)
Monday, March 1 – Accepted works will be posted on the MNWS website
Monday, March 15– 9 am- 2pm Drop off work at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (No late drop offs)
Tuesday, March 16 – 10 am – Hang show at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Thursday, March 18 – 6pm – 8:30 – Opening of show
Friday, April 16th – Show closes
Saturday, April 17th 11 am – 2pm – pick up paintings from Arboretum (No late pick -ups)
Questions: Spring Exhibit Co-Chairs Missy Moore and Diane Pearson
Email: springshow@minnesotawatercolors.com Please include contact information.
Past Exhibitions
| Year | Exhibition | Chair | Location | Award Images |
| 2021 | Chroma! | Missy Moore, Diane Pearson | University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | |
| 2020 | Inclinations | Missy Moore, Diane Pearson | Minnetonka Center for the Arts | 2020 Awards |
| 2019 | Spring Sightings | Mary Deziel | University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | 2019 Awards |
| 2018 | Spring Contrasts | Mary Deziel | Minnetonka Center for the Arts | 2018 Awards |
| 2017 | Dancing With Color and Light | Georgia Kandiko | University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | 2017 Awards |
| 2016 | Nourishing Life Through Art | Georgia Kandiko | University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum | 2016 Awards |
| 2015 | Hydro + dynamics | Laura Hanson | Minnetonka Center for the Arts | 2015 Awards |
| 2014 | Perspectives | Laura Hanson | Silverwood Gallery | 2014 Awards |
| 2013 | Up Close | Laura Hanson | Minnetonka Center for the Arts | 2013 Awards |
| 2012 | Spring Splendor! | Deb Magelssen | Silverwood Gallery | 2012 Awards |
| 2011 | Rejuvenated! | Deb Magelssen | Minnetonka Center for the Arts | 2011 Awards |
| 2010 | Swing into Spring! | Deb Magelssen | Silverwood Gallery | 2010 Awards |
| 2009 | Spring Light | Deb Chapin | Minnetonka Center for the Arts | 2009 Awards |
| 2008 | Spring Splash | Deb Chapin | Colonial Church | 2008 Awards |
| 2007 | Spring Tonic | Deb Chapin | Minnetonka Center for the Arts | 2007 Awards |
| 2006 | H2O Magic | Deb Chapin | Colonial Church | 2006 Awards |
| 2005 | Making Waves | Mary Hanson | Minnetonka Center for the Arts | 2005 Awards |