2026 Participating Poets

Thomas Beran, Patrick Cabello Hansel,
Sharon Chmielarz, Dan Dietrich, Norita Dittberner-Jax, Sara Dovre Wudali, D.E. Green, Catherine Galascione, Rob Hardy, Mary Junge, Mim Kagol, Hannah Kosek, Christopher Kuntz, Vicky Lettmann, Carrie Maynard-Allen, Ken McCullough, Susan McMillan,
Henry Panowitsch, Leo Rose Rodriguez, Steven Schild, Pamela Sinicrope, Elizabeth Spencer, Kelly Travis,
Alia Wakanda

2026 Participating Artists

Chap Achen, Chris Allen, Leslie Batt-Lutz,
Sandy Bot-Miller, Denise Bunkert, Lukas Carlson, Rebecca David, Sarah Flicek, Kendra Gebbia, Katharine Gotham, Mark Granlund, Sonja Hutchinson, Sherri Kruger-Kukowski, Anne Landreman,
Connie Ludwig, Janice Nelson Johnson, Matt Quinn, Mary Rossing, Kelly Schamberger, Craig Snyder,
Kathy Swanson, Richard Swanson, Dan Wiemer,
Dawn Zero Erickson

Jeanne Lutz is the author of Until the Kingdom Comes (2022) and Perfect Days (2025), a book of epistolary poems co-written with Lee Kisling.

In addition to having her work supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Jerome Foundation, the Oberholtzer Foundation, and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, she is a Pushcart Prize nominee, Best-of-the-Net nominee, winner of the Loft Mentor Series for poetry, and the 2026 recipient of a MN Creative Individuals Grant.

Lutz divides her time between the family farm, giving tours at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and traveling. Visit her at jeannelutz.com.

James Turner is a watermedia artist with more than 25 years’ experience, who has entered and been accepted (and rejected) from multiple local and national shows. He has achieved signature status in several organizations including the American Watercolor Society and the National Watercolor Society. 

He paints traditional studio-based watercolor on paper and works in and teaches painting on YUPO.  He participates in plein air events, with significant success (and often failure).

Jim also paints in both representational and abstract modes and enjoys exploring new and experimental techniques.  He has also worked in stained glass and metal sculpture.