Submitted Photo Some of the juried selections are shown at Northwest Art Center, which will hold a public reception today for its annual student art show.

The Northwest Arts Center presents its Annual Juried Student Art Show with a public reception today. Art will be on view in the Walter Piehl Gallery until April 24.

The exhibition of the work of Minot State University students has been an annual campus tradition since the 1970s and is key to preparing students for a professional gallery experience, according to a news release from the arts center. Students can submit work in any medium, and entries this year span painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media collage and more.

“This will be the first exhibition since students have been back in the Art Department,” said Northwest Arts Center Director Greg Vettel, referencing the recent Hartnett Hall renovation. “We’re excited to see student artwork created in our new space for the first time.”

The competition invites area and regional artists, educators and other art professionals to serve as jurors each year. This year the Northwest Arts Center welcomes Rachel Alfaro, local museum professional and MSU Alumna. Alfaro is the executive director of the Taube Museum of Art in Minot and serves on the board of the Minot Area Council on the Arts and is board president of the North Dakota Art Gallery Association. She is a mixed-media textile artist.

The public reception and online viewing will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Scheduled is a juror’s talk with Alfaro and awards presentation at 7 p.m. The reception can be attended either in person or online from the Northwest Arts Center’s social media.

The exhibitions are available for viewing Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 1-5 p.m. It is closed holidays. The Walter Piehl Gallery is located on the lower level of the Gordon B. Olson Library at Minot State University, with its own entrance on the south side of the library. The exhibition and related events are free and open to the public.

The Northwest Arts Center and programming is supported in part by a grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts, which receives funding from the state Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.