Jurors Chosen for Arts in Harmony exhibition.

The Arts Alliance is pleased to announce the jurors for the 13th Annual Arts in Harmony national juried exhibition.

Paul Benson is an active backpacker, sea kayaker and gardener who lives in Afton, Minnesota. He has taught art at St. Paul Academy and Summit School for 24 years. Benson received a BS degree from Carroll College in 1972 and a BS degree in art education from the University of Minnesota in 1979. He has been an active member of the Twin Cities art community for 30 years and has served on selection committees for the Minnesota State Arts Board as well as the panel for the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. He has received two Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Assistance Fellowship Grants and an NEA/Arts Midwest Regional Visual Artist Fellowship. His sculpture can be seen at Western Park in St. Paul, Cathedral Church of St. Mark in Minneapolis, Southwest State University in Marshall, and at North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park.

Lin Nelson-Mayson is the director of the Goldstein Museum of Design at the University of Minnesota. She has previously held leadership positions in the museum field including Director of ExhibitsUSA in Kansas City, Curator for the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul, and Deputy Director for Curatorial Services at the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina. She received her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts with an emphasis in painting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and her Master’s of Fine Arts with an emphasis in sculpture and critical writing from The Ohio State University. She served as chair of the Curator's Committee for the American Association of Museums (1992-1994), chair of the Minnesota Association of Museums (1998-2000), and board member for the Association of Midwest Museums (2002-2005).

The Arts in Harmony exhbition prospectus will be available online at the Arts Allinace website:elkriverart.org soon.
For more information call the Arts Alliance office: 763.441.4725.