Duluth Art Institute
2006 Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition
November 10, 2006–March 4, 2007

The Duluth Art Institute is pleased to announce the 2006 Arrowhead
Biennial.  This exhibit showcases the work of 44 of the most exciting
artists in the upper Midwest.  Named after northeastern Minnesota’s
Arrowhead region, the Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition has been a
continuous thread in the cultural fabric of Minnesota since 1919. This
Biennial also ushers in the anniversary of the Duluth Art Institute’s
incorporation in 1907.

Forty-five works by 44 artists residing in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North
and South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, and Ontario, Canada will be
displayed in the 2006 Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition.  Over 150 artists
submitted work for the jurying process, representing over 400 works of
art.  A full-color catalog promoting and documenting the exhibition will
be available at the opening on Friday, Nov. 10.  Catalogs will include
images of all work in the exhibition, award winning images for first,
second and third prizes, honorable mentions and a statement from juror
Laurel Reuter.

Laurel Reuter is Director of the North Dakota Museum of Art.  Reuter
founded the Museum as a student gallery on the top floor of the
Memorial Student Union on the UND campus in the early 1970s while a
graduate student in the English Department.  According to Reuter, her
goal was "to build the best small museum in America."  While frequently
asked to apply for much higher paying directorships elsewhere, she says
she has stayed in North Dakota because "she hasn't finished what she
set out to do." 

The Duluth Art Institute’s programs and services are made possible
through the support of contributing members of the Duluth Art Institute,
City of Duluth, St. Louis County, and the Bush Foundation, Depot
Foundation, Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, Jerome
Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Wildey H. Mitchell Family
Foundation, 506 Campaign, the Minnesota State Arts Board through an
appropriation by the State Legislature, and a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts.