NL-S Fine Arts

09/22/2026

Get your per-order in for this very special book! Your purchase will support the NLS Educational Foundation and future projects that benefit the students in our school district. Book launch is coming soon!!

BE AMONG THE FIRST TO OWN 📖🐱
Four Cats in a Cottage written by Dorcas J. Gravley & Illustrated by Morgan Thein, Autumn Foshaug, and Katie Haglund.
This endearing lesson about acceptance and inclusion will be a family favorite!

Click the link to pre-order your copies today!
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Books will be available for pick up starting October 29 at our Book Launch event.

09/18/2026

By Shannon Urban Every year in the fall, Kari Weber’s Intro to Art students paint various uplifting designs on rocks to be placed on a table at the local Out of the Darkness Walk that takes place every year at Robbin’s Island. Every year, the 6 foot tables starts out completely full, and by the....

09/10/2026

Our first big deadline in the HS Art Room is fast approaching. Art students have until 3:00pm Monday to finish their studio space murals!

08/27/2026

School starts on Monday in the high school and the Fine Arts Department is ready for another great year!

05/19/2026

Have a great summer, Wildcats! 🖌️🎨🐾☀️

05/13/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Visual Arts Award Winners!
See photo captions for details.

05/12/2026

05/04/2026

Tomorrow is our annual Senior Art Show and Fundraiser! We have amazing artists from the high school presenting their art along with ice cream to eat served to you in handmade pottery, and NEW this year - PORTRAIT DRAWINGS in the upstairs mezzanine!
Hope to see you there!

04/24/2026

The MSHSL Region 5A Art Festival was hosted at NLS this year with a dozen schools participating in the exhibition. Shout out to Rambow Printing, Unity Stamp Co, The NL Little Theater, Ridgewater College, and the Willmar Barn Theater for providing tours and art activities today. Students left with smiles on their faces and medals around their necks!

NLS walked away with 17 Superior Medals, 8 perfect scores, and FOUR Best in Category wins!

04/14/2026

It’s spring in the Middle School Art room.. and that can only mean one thing- creative chaos in the best way! 🎨🖌️

We’ve got a little bit of everything happening right now, and this week everyone is diving into clay! Recently we had our first Explore WIN day where students folded origami cranes and turned the sidewalk into a full-on chalk gallery out front.

We wrapped up 3rd quarter on a high note- 8th graders tackled some seriously impressive 2-point perspective castle drawings, and 7th graders proved that even shoes can be works of art with their observational drawings 👟✏️

Here’s to finishing the year strong…with plenty more messes, masterpieces, and fun moments in between!