Surface Design Association offers first Montana exhibit
Whooping Crones Gallery in Missoula hosts the inaugural Surface Design Association Show in November and December. The opening and artists’ reception coincides with First Friday festivities, 5-8 p.m. Nov. 7.
The show includes fiber art, wall pieces, screens, wearable-art and 3-D work from the organization’s statewide membership. Also on display during the opening is the SDA Swatch Library, a national collection of fiber swatches demonstrating different textile techniques.
Montana members participating in this show include Cathryn Mallory, Dianne Wilder, Marty Hannon, Nancy Erickson, Michele Weaver-Knowles, Joan Renne, Michel Colville, Carol O'Bagy, Cynthia St. Charles, Gail Cluff, Katy Nygard, Kim Kapalka, Brooke Atherton, Georgine Forgatch, Carla Pyle, Louise Barker, Karen Burton, Judy Parkins and Laura Cater-Woods.
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“Turbo rockers” Saliva and Drowning Pool tour Montana
Saliva and Drowning Pool kicked off a new tour on Oct. 17 that brings the two bands, plus Tantric and Jet Black Stare, to Missoula, Butte and Great Falls. The new tour dates come as the new video for Drowning Pool’s latest single “37 Stitches,” recently named Blender’s breakout video, pervades internet music sites. It also coincides with Saliva's fifth album, Blood Stained Love Story, resounds with a previously untapped level of passion, energy, sincerity and melodicism. Read more
Fundraiser set for Aunt Dofe’s Hall of Recent Memory
Like a hole finger-poked in the soil, Aunt Dofe's (rhymes with loaf) Hall of Recent Memory provides a place for artists to grow. In these challenging times, curator Dave Kirk not only encourages artists who might not have a place to show their work, but inspires them to push beyond their limits and examine their own processes … It is never easy to admit, but now, more than ever, this gallery is asking for help. Read more
Art Notes: News about Montana artists
Read about notable accomplishments by Kalispell photographer Trevon Baker, Belgrade artist Jess Jordan, Kalispell carver Jerry Simchuk and three Missoula-area quilters in this installment of Art Notes.
Read moreSanctioned vandalism at Art Splat!
Art renegades are invited to paint their own art or just toss paint balloons on the gallery walls at the Yellowstone Art Museum during Art Splat! Go crazy and paint the canvas-draped gallery at YAM from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. YAM will supply paint, super soakers, paint balloons, water pistols, paintbrushes and rollers – hands, fingers and other tools are welcome. Read more
National Folk Festival taking applications from artisans
Organizers are accepting applications for vendors to sell their work at the Montana Arts Marketplace during the 71st National Folk Festival, July 10-12 in Butte. Openings are available for 25 Montana-based artists/craftspeople and 20 Native American artists who will be selected through a juried process and have the opportunity to sell their products to thousands of attendees at the event.
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RMBT premieres documentary and “A Birthday Jewel”
Never one to rest on her laurels, Charlene Campbell, artistic director of the Rocky Mountain Ballet, is already choreographing new works for “A Birthday Jewel,” a celebration of the company’s 10th anniversary. The company has also scheduled two screenings of “A Cowboy, Indians and Tutus: Taking Montana to China,” a documentary about the troupe’s recent trip to China. Read more • (2) Comments