Exhibits

Upcoming Exhibit

Lake Country Pastel Society – 2026 Judged Exhibit
May 21, 2026 to June 21, 2026
Hosted by: Hopkins Center for the Arts - Hopkins, Minnesota

Call for Entries opens March 1, 2026! Additional information will appear in the March Newsletter. The prospectus for this exhibit can be downloaded in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

Past Exhibits

LCPS 2025 Member Exhibit
Hosted by Boreal Art Loft - 2276 Como Avenue, St. Paul
November 1-29, 2025

Many artists, friends and family showed up to kick-off this year's member show on Saturday, November 1st. High praise was heard throughout the evening for the beauty and variety of work in this year's show.

Craig Britton
Medicine Lake Feathers

Britton painting

Eileen France
Burst of Orange

France painting

Jan Johnson
Winter Trout Season

Johnson painting

Mary Cleary
Bee Balm

Cleary painting

Gwen Solberg
Light Finds A Way

Solberg painting

Lisa Stauffer
Sunnies For The Birds

Stauffer painting

Lake Country Pastel Society – 2025 Judged Exhibit
July 19, 2025 to August 23, 2025
Hosted by: Frameworks Art Gallery – Highland Park, St. Paul

Wow! What an exhibit of high quality paintings do we have up now at Frameworks Gallery. Our Judge, Suzann Beck, even admitted this exhibit of 80 plus paintings was more challenging to judge than last year’s exhibit of over 300 paintings she did in Nebraska. And here are the winners of her efforts!

Stauffer

First Place – Lisa Stauffer for “River Barges”

Wegler Friends

Second Place – Michelle Wegler for “Befriends”

Somers Promise

Third Place – Fred Somers for “Scarlet Promise Called Hope”

Johnson

Award of Merit – Janice Johnson for “Crazy Crow”

Drake

Award of Merit – Kathe Drake for “Buccaneer”

Wegler Memory

Honorable Mention – Michelle Wegler for “Memory”

Stombaugh

Honorable Mention – Karen Stombaugh for “In the Weather of the Heart”

Somers Light

“Sense of Place” – Fred Somers for “Last Hour of Light”

Tierney

“Best use of Medium” – Christine Tierney for “Into the Sunset”

Rodby

“People’s Choice Award” – Kristina Rodby for “Hallow”

The Fred Somers annual award was given to two people this year, in honor of the Fred Somers Studio having been in business for fifty years! The two winners are Lisa Stauffer and Pat Duncan. Congratulations to both of them.