'North of the 45th' Art Exhibit Opens June

Northern Michigan University's DeVos Art Museum will host "North of the 45th," an annual juried exhibition featuring artists living in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota locations north of the 45th parallel, which is known as the halfway point between the equator and north pole. The show opens June 19 and will be on display through Sept. 4.

The 2026 jurors are: Shane McAdams, an artist, writer, curator and educator from Cedarburg, Wis.; and Shane Walsh, a painter and teacher who splits his time between studios in Milwaukee and New York City. Both are educators at UW-Milwaukee, co-founders of the Door County Contemporary Art Fair and have shown artwork in solo and group shows at galleries and museums, both nationally and internationally.

Artists featured in the North of the 45th exhibition include seven from Marquette: Ezra Asohan; David Berg; Michael Friend; AJ Jensen; Tamara Kartheiser; Russell Prather; and Cameron Wilcox. There are also four from Minneapolis: Abigail Ahlberg; Rachel Collier; Melissa Cooke Benson; and Amanda Hamilton.

Remaining artists featured are: Joe Arts, Wisconsin Rapids; Kurt Babcock, Gwinn; Zachary Betts, Roseville, Minn.; Mary Brodbeck, Calumet Township; Ginnie Cappaert, Egg Harbor, Wis.; Cynthia Cote, Calumet; Nicolas Darcourt, Minnetonka, Minn.; Joy DeNicola. Iron River, Mich.; Larry Godfrey, Gladstone; Lindsy Halleckson, Robbinsdale, Minn.; Camille Hamilton, Alden, Mich.; Rachel Hausmann-Schall. Mosinee, Wis.; John Hubbard, Gwinn; Cheyenne La March, Gladstone; Toni Mendina, Iron Mountain; and Christian Rieben, Kewaunee, Wis.

The museum is open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday. Admission is free.