Artist Directory

Tina Brown Hjelmstad

Visual Artist: Fiber Art/Fine Art/Fine Craft - Visual Artist: Paintings - Visual Artist: Prints/Digital Art/Graphic Design

"You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need." Jerry Gillies The best thing about my own path is that it is my own path. . .Life has taken me on many different paths... More

Terri Aldrich

Actor - Musician - Singer

Terri Aldrich is the Executive Director of the Minot Area Council of the Arts. The arts are not just a job for Terri they are her passion. She performs pop standards with a light jazz touch as a vocalist with the Gentle Winds Orchestra and Java Jive Jazz and leads her... More

Terry Aman

Actor - Director - Playwright - Writer

I'm a 40-something features guy for a regional daily. I'm a ravenous consumer of media, a media critic and podcaster and am involved with community theater.

Morris Belgarde

Visual Artist: Fiber Art/Fine Art/Fine Craft - Visual Artist: Jewelry - Visual Artist: Paintings - Visual Artist: Sculpture/Pottery

Acrylic paints is what I prefers to do, I have done oil. Make hobby crafts, drums, turtle shells and I don?t do sculpture. He first draws what he see and then puts them away and then paints them. Buffalo, wolfs, Native Americans, dogs, horses; Indian in battle or hunting buffalo,... More

Judy Bell

Visual Artist: Paintings

I am a North Dakota artist who designs each painting to be one of a kind, traditional and contemporary watercolors of elegant flowers and landscapes, in colors both clean and timeless. I enjoy the translucent effects and crispness of colors against the white paper, adding depth in layers of washes.... More

Kari Bennett

Dancer

In the spring of 2004, Kari began her journey into the amazing world of Middle Eastern dance. Tired of spending excessive amounts of time watching bad television on her living room couch, she took a friend up on her offer to check out a local Colorado Springs bellydance class taught... More

Ron Chiles

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Minot Chamber Chorale

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Shan Cunningham

Visual Artist: Photography

Shan Cunningham of Minot, ND is a self-taught botanist and nature photographer. His pictures reflect elements of his complex background: Green Beret medic, firefighter, atuto extrication rescuer, control burn specialist, scientist bent on preserving rare wild plants, blended with a unique Buddist world view. Shan's vision coalesces to... More

joe davis

Poet - Singer - Writer

Joe Davis, a verbal artist, is half of True Soul Brothaz, a spoken word poetry duo formed in Minot, North Dakota in the winter of 07. Anthony “B. Smooth” Noble and Joe “immaculate Wordsmith” Davis bring a fresh new sound to the world of poetry with their unique blend of... More

Arch Ellwein

Actor - Director - Playwright

Over 1400 performances in 16 states since 1996 first person portrayals of colorful historic figures Theodore Roosevelt, Steamboat Captain Grant Marsh, Sgt. John Ordway of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Buffalo Hunter Yellowstone Vic Smith Childrens' interactive theatre programs HiDeHo with Lewis and Clark, Dinosaur Hunter and Treasure Island... More

Jane Kalmbach

Visual Artist: Paintings

Jane rediscovered her passion for art in 2003. Her love of North Dakota and the wildlife she sees is a theme repeated in many of her paintings. Her art reflects her soul, whether through the simple pose of a beloved dog or through the movement of music and scripture she... More

Ceecy Nucker

Actor - Director - Visual Artist: Fiber Art/Fine Art/Fine Craft - Writer

Ceecy is a professional volunteer--she's good for nothing. She's been acting in Minot with the Mouse River Players and Minot Area Theatrical Society for two decades, and writing for the Minot Daily News Arts section for about 6 years. Networking is her avocation, and she enjoys putting people together across... More

Briana Schwan

Musician - Visual Artist: Photography

Briana Schwan was born in Minot, North Dakota. She is currently a student at Minot State University, where she is studying music and photography. She plans to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 2012.

She plays piano with many ensembles in the Minot area, including Java Jive Jazz,... More

Steve Veikley

Composer - Musician - Singer

Steve Veikley (B. A. Music Ed. , UNC Greeley: Arranging/ Composition Diploma Berklee College of Music Boston, MA.) Served in U.S. Army Bands: Played and sang with the Glenn Miller Orchestra led by Buddy Morrow, The Hal McIntyre Orchestra led by Hal McIntrye Jr., The Jack Six House Orchestra at... More

Scott Wild

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Joshua Wise

Choreographer - Dancer - Director

Joshua is one of the most well known dancers, teachers, and choreographers throughout the mid-west region. Joshua has worked with some of the dance industries biggest instructors and choreographers including: Joe Tremaine, Desiree "Dez" Robbins, Sam Watson, Wade J. Robson, Frank Hatchett, Doug Caldwell, Rhonda Miller, Misha Gabriel, Mia Michaels,... More