Celebrate the Opening Reception for the 2025 Early Career Artist Exhibition from 6 – 8 pm on February 8th! This group exhibition showcases the work of John Armendariz, Elea Besse, Leo Fortune, Sarah Hutchison, Soph Munic, Anh Nguyen, Jennifer Plourde, and Emily Quandahl. From quilts to portraits, ceramics to landscapes, figurative drawings to abstract compositions visitors will delight in the variety and quality of their vibrant work.

At the reception, visitors will get a first look at the cutting edge work on display by these up and coming artists, and have the chance to hear from the artists themselves. There will also be live music and light hors d’oeuvres.

The Early Career Artist Exhibition (formerly Emerging Artist Exhibition) was developed in 2015 to meet the needs of artists with burgeoning new talent; this juried show gives emerging artists an opportunity to display work in a professional gallery setting. Lanesboro Arts is dedicated to supporting the growth of early-career artists as an important function of its mission to serve as a community arts catalyst. Lanesboro Arts Defines an “Emerging Artist” as an individual who has great potential in their artistic practice, but has not yet received major recognition, has not yet been substantially celebrated for their work, and/or has not yet established significant ‘footing’ within their field.

Always free and open to the public, the Lanesboro Arts Exhibition Gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm.

Featured Image: Untitled 2 & 3 by Elea Besse and Along the Ridge by Jennifer Plourde.

 

The 2025 Early Career Artist Exhibition is a part of our on-going Gallery Equitable Systems Reveiw Project. This work is funded in part by Minnesota Humanities Center with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

 

The exhibit is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

For more information visit www.lanesboroarts.org, call 507-467-2446 or email gallery@lanesboroarts.org. The exhibition gallery is located at 103 Parkway Avenue North in Lanesboro.