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News & Insights

Newsletter October 2023

10/8/2023

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In This Issue
Prairie Lakes Plein Air 2023 Winners
An Afternoon of Storytelling and Music
​Charcuterie Make and Take with Wine Pairing
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Jewelry Lab Coming Soon!
Volunteers Needed
What's In The Basement?!?
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Schedule Your Gallery Shifts
​Members in the News

Prairie Lakes Plein Air 2023 Winners
Best of Show $1000
Cheryl LeClair-Sommer 
Past Its Hay Day in Oil
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3rd Place $250
Kathy Peterson 
Ducks on Grotto Lake in Watercolor
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Honorable Mention $50
Sponsored by two supportive Art of the Lakes Members
Kerry Kolke-Bonk River Inn in Watercolor
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Honorable Mention $50
Sponsored by two supportive Art of the Lakes Members
Tracy Downing-McDermott I’ll Take Door # 1 in Oil
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Battle Lake Community $250
Grace Haverty Grain Elevator in Watercolor
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Artists' Choice $50 Quick Paint Award
​Connie Reidman
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The end of September brought beautiful weather, the start of Fall colors, and a very successful conclusion of our Plein Air Festival. Here are the winners, chosen from among so many talented outdoor painters.

2nd  Place $500
Shanna Cramer Cattails on Walker in Oil
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People's Choice Award $150
Sponsored by two supportive Art of the Lakes Members
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Emily Vieth Meandering Waters in oil
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Honorable Mention $50
Sponsored by Two Supportive Art of the Lakes Members
Lisa Stauffer Summer Sunflowers in Pastel
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Best of Glendalough $250
Sponsored by Galloping Goose Rentals
Michelle Wegler Dance of the Compliments in Pastel
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People’s Choice $50 Quick Paint Award
Kathy Peterson
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An Afternoon of Storytelling and Music
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October 22 at 2 pm
Creative Arts Center, 112 Main St. W., Battle Lake, MN
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Professional storyteller Paulette Friday lends her humor, compassion, creativity, and unique ways of telling engaging stories to her performances. She has done this throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. 

​She is joined on stage by professional musician Patty Kakac whose music compliments the stories.

​You are in for a very delightful way of spending a lovely Sunday afternoon with these talented women.
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Charcuterie Make & Take
​with Wine Pairing
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November 3, 4-6 pm
Creative Arts Center, 112 Main St. W., Battle Lake, MN
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On the eve of the opening of the deer hunting season, enjoy happy hour with Art of the Lakes at the Creative Arts Center! 

We'll be tasting an assortment of cheeses, meats, & jellies in order to put together our own charcuterie board with instructions from the Bossy Babes BBQ! 

​Along with the charcuterie, we'll have a variety of wines to taste, pair, & compare from the Shoreline!
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Jewelry Lab Coming Soon!
November 4, 10-4 pm
AOTL Gallery​
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Hunting for a great time while making gifts for yourself or a special someone?

Make plans to join Sandy Thimgan, Jammie Niemeyer, Jodi Peterson & Sue Kalseim as they lead you through a variety of jewelry making experiences. Leave with a pair of chainmaille earrings, a wire wrapped pendant, a wood burned keychain, or a collection of beautiful glass beads.

​Registration for one or all of these sessions is opening soon! Check our website regularly. 

Volunteers Needed
With several classes and events coming up, volunteers are needed, especially for culinary classes. If you want to help out, learn something, meet fun people and eat good food, please contact Donna Westerling at the gallery or 612-386-2868.

What's In The Basement?!?
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We've started to clean out the gallery basement, and it's quite a process.

There's a lot of art down there! There is art in the bins, and a lot more was added to make room for the Plein Air exhibit. The basement isn't the best place to store your art, because of the risk of damaging it or losing it.

If you have art that needs to be picked up, please come and get it. If you're unsure, you can call the gallery and we can check to see if you have inventory there. Thank you in advance!

Schedule Your Gallery Shifts
To those of you who haven't gotten your shifts scheduled for 2023, can you please get them scheduled? As of this time, there are nine open shifts before we end our 2023 season. All of them are Friday and Saturdays in November and December. If you need help scheduling, please contact Donna Westerling at the gallery or call 612-386-2868.

Members In The News
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Longtime (and self-described "stealth") member Jewett Benson has written and illustrated a children’s book called A Is For Aeronaut. Jewett says It’s been an 18-year project from conception to printing.

​A Is For Aeronaut, Eve's Alphabetical Quest is a collection of quirky and fun words. Through its word choices, zestful images and definitions this book is meant to be visually fun, as well as stimulating to the reader's interest in the sound and meaning of words.

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Ruth Hanson will be having an Art Show at the Evansville Art Center in Evansville, MN the first 3 weeks of November.

Kristi Kuder will hold an Artist Talk and Reception as part of her solo exhibition at Prairie Renaissance Cultural Alliance in Morris, MN. The reception takes place October 12, 2023 from 5-7pm, with the artist talk at 5:30pm. Kristi's exhibit runs until November 11.

Got AOTL news? Please send stories and images to Tom Kuder, [email protected]
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