Pictured during the artists award presentation ceremony (left to right): Grace Chipman, Aberdeen Area Arts Council executive director; AACF board members Hannah Walters and Megan Biegler; winner Katelyn Bretsch, honorable mention; Debra Many Carson, first place; Blake Bierman, People’s Choice; Dawn Menning, second place; AACF board member Lindsey Swenson and chair Heath Johnson. (Not pictured: Carol Weber Green, third place.)
The Aberdeen Area Community Foundation (AACF) and Aberdeen Area Arts Council (AAAC) recently announced the prize winners of the Downtown Art Project, in which ten artworks were installed on Main Street business windows.
The following were awarded:
First Place: Deb Many Carson
for “Thunder,” at Anytime Fitness, 321 S. Main St.
The Downtown Art Project is a partnership of the AACF, AAAC and the Knight Aberdeen Fund of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The artworks were submitted in response to a Call for Art with a theme of “Prairie Living.” A judging panel selected the artworks to be displayed. It is the fifth year in a row for the Downtown Art Project. The art will remain on display into the fall.
The Project thanks the Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau for its support as well as all downtown businesses that lent their windows for the project.