Student Creativity at the Fair

K-12 Competition entries by Roseville students

Student Creativity at the Fair
Art shown here starting top left by: Eleanore Ternes, Natali Jorgensen, Django Curtain, Penelope Lindberg, and Alex Carey

Students from Roseville are so talented and creative! Don't miss these beautiful works of art and handicrafts by kids and teens from our community at the Minnesota State Fair.

The Fair offers a K-12 competition for art, writing, tech, engineering, and other creative endeavors. The entries could be created at school or at home. The following students from Roseville submitted photos of their work to the Roseville Reader. The grade levels indicate the grade most recently completed.

Look for their work in the Education Building (unless otherwise noted) at the Minnesota State Fair through Labor Day!

Alex Carey - 11th grade

Photography: a green sea turtle basking in the sun.

Photo by Alex Carey

Django Curtain - 8th grade

Pen & Ink Portrait Drawing

Pen and Ink portrait by Django Curtain

Rosa Donaldson - 3rd grade

Poetry

Rosa Donaldson by her blue ribbon winning poem

Amelia Gustafson - 7th grade

Crocheted pizza blanket

Amelia Gustafson's pizza blanket

Natali Jorgensen - 12th grade

28 pieces of art and 3 pieces of writing, one for each K-12 category
Pictured: A select number of her submissions

Art by Natali Jorgensen


Penelope Lindberg - 5th grade

Five entries (two pictured): colored pencil, pastel, printmaking, painting, sculpture

Left: Painting; Right: Pastel by Penelope Lindberg

Emma Porter - 1st grade

Quilt: "I Love You"

Photo of Emma Porter and her quilt in the MN Quilt Show

Ellen Porter - 4th grade

Quilt: "Big Red Heart"

Ellen Porter at the MN Quilt Show

Eleanore Ternes - 12th grade

Adult division entries (Fine Arts): two yellow birds in a lilac bush, farm house with water wheel, pumpkin, hot cocoa, and paper lanterns.
Junior division entry (Education): Cartoon frog

Cross stitch submissions by Eleanore Ternes

Photo credits: All photos courtesy of the contest participants.

Thanks for sharing your MN State Fair entries with the Roseville Reader!

Creative Activities and Fine Arts entries by adults from Roseville coming soon. Make sure to subscribe to get the rest of the State Fair coverage and future local news about Roseville right in your inbox.

More coverage of Roseville residents at the State Fair:

State Fair 2025 - The Roseville Reader
The Great Roseville Get Together at the Minnesota State Fair.