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Upcoming Events!
Nyki Fetterman Artist Presentation
Join us for mixed-media artist Nyki Fetterman's Artist Presentation at Home ReSource! Snacks will be provided, and there will be a chance to meet and mingle with the artist,
Optional registration at:
https://form.jotform.com/240516798587170
About the Artist:
Nyki Fetterman is a mixed-media artist, designer, and educator living in Kent, OH. When she’s not making art, you can find Nyki looking at bugs, collecting rocks, or foraging in the woods! Nyki has exhibited work at Praxis Fiber Workshop, Waterloo Arts Gallery, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, and various other galleries. Nyki was the November 2023 Artist In Residence at Akron Soul Train in Akron, OH, and is the Spring 2024 Open AIR Montana resident at Home ReSource in Missoula.
Drop-in Papermaking with Derick Wycherly at The Gathering
Join us on May 4 at Traveler's Rest State Park! Derick Wycherly will lead a drop-in papermaking workshop from 12:30 - 230 pm as part of Saturday's exciting "The Gathering" event, where Travelers' Rest will host a day of Indigenous Artists and vendors from noon to 4 pm!
Making Paper in the Field:
At this introductory workshop, come learn how natural fibers and water can be combined to create sheets of handmade paper. See how a beater turns fiber into pulp. Take turns pulling sheets from colorful vats with molds and deckles. All ages are welcome; participants may get wet.
About the artist:
Derick Wycherly (Chippewa Cree, Rocky Boy, MT) is a visual artist specializing in fine art printing and papermaking. Derick earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (2022) and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI (2011). He served as a printer and studio manager for the etching workshop Harlan & Weaver in New York City from 2012 to 2019. Derick is currently the Collections Manager / Associate Curator of the Montana Museum of Art and Culture.
Scarabic Serenades
Live Musical Premiere!
Tickets are available HERE: https://form.jotform.com/240734892291058
Ticket sales from the musical performance will support the artists involved in this project. The suggested donation is $10 and includes a glass of beer, wine, or bubbly water.
About the May 4 performance:
Composer Jessi (George) Harvey will conduct a three-suite musical score inspired by the mating rituals of the Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle. Scarabic Serenades is a research-based performance of modern/contemporary choreography accompanied by chamber sextet (b-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, marimba, and assorted percussion). The chamber sextet is comprised of student musicians from the University of Montana.
About the project:
Scarabic Serenades is a music & dance collaboration between Julynn Wildman and Jessi Harvey exploring the sexual selection, behavior, evolution & genetics of the Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus).
In 2022, Open AIR Montana Artists-in-Residences Julynn Wildman (choreographer) and Jessi Harvey (composer) spent six weeks immersed in the Emlen Evolutionary Biology Lab at the University of Montana. Their artistic practices flourished with the proximity to live beetles, experimental setups, and experts in the field.
During the 2022 residency, they focused on independent projects, Jessi using elements of rhino beetle mating songs for compositional inspiration and Julynn examining patterns and potentials of arthropod movement and fabricating wearable cardboard beetle armor. Their shared interest in research-based art and multimedia performances led to conversations about a larger-scale collaboration.
Scarabic Serenades will be a 20-minute suite of original dance and music inspired and informed by research of the Emlen Lab. Performed by UM students at the Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium, this documentary reaches across disciplines with equal parts substance and whimsy, fact and fantasticality, to engage a wide audience within and beyond the arts and science communities. The documentary will be filmed at the Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium and will be recorded professionally and available online.
More information is available at https://emlenartistcollab.com/
Facebook Event: Click HERE
About the Artists:
Jessi, also known as George, Harvey is a Montana-born freelance composer and teacher; gardener and reader; thinker, and walker. Works are based in science and nature, integrating social curiosity, humor, and a love of knowledge; described by Seattle Mag as “full of surprises and consistently attention holding” and by commissioner Julia Lougheed as “diving into the absurd corners of the human condition-the moments where you have to laugh so you don’t cry”.
Jessi’s work, by the nature of our conversation, won first place at the 2020 Darkwater Womxn in Music Festival and proposal, fish dance, was an honorable mention for the 2020 Splinter Tongue Call for Proposals. Jessi has worked with Opera Elect, the Art Song Collaborative Project, Strange Interlude, the Onomatopoeia Trio, Karin Steven’s Dance, Julia Lougheed, Olivia Valenza, the Live Music Project and others. One of their favorite projects was the organization of THINGS THAT BREAK, a collaboration with three other women artists, all creating works based on the theme of breaking which was awarded the 4Culture Tech Specific Grant. They have had work featured at the Music by Women Festival (2021, 2019), Darkwater Womxn in Music Festival (2021), and New Music Gathering (2020, 2021). Jessi was a selected composer at Unheard//of Ensemble’s Collaborative Composition Initiative (2021), Laboratoire de musique contemporaine de Montréal (2019), and the Waterloo Contemporary Music Sessions (2018). They were an artist-in-residence at the Rensing Center (2021), Open AIR (2022), and the Denver Botanic Garden's Landline Residency (2022).
Recent projects include Diabelli Recomposed, 50 new variations by women composers from 22 different countries, initiated by musicologist, Claudia Bigos, and The Periodic Table, a work based on Primo Levi’s book by the same name premiered by Charles Abramovic. Outside of composition, Jessi is an avid cook, particularly of potatoes and chilies, constant learner, and watcher of the wildlife in their backyard.
Julynn Wildman is a dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist based in Helena, MT. She grew up in Colorado, splitting her time between the Western Slope and the Denver Metropolitan area. This stoked a lifelong pursuit in the complements and contrast of natural sciences and human cultural vibrance.
Julynn graduated summa cum laude from Bard College at Simon’s Rock in 2013 with a BA in Cross-Cultural Relations and Dance. She pursued coursework in Interdisciplinary Art and Media at Columbia College Chicago before relocating to Helena for a tenure with AmeriCorps, serving at ExplorationWorks! Science Center.
Julynn’s choreography has been featured in student showcases and professional productions alike. She was a contributing choreographer for Cohesion Dance Project’s Resonance ~ an evening of Art Inspiring Art (2018-2020) and, in 2018, presented Death of Others, an original community-based performance exploring grief and empathy. In 2020, Julynn received a fellowship through Intrepid Credit Union and the Holter Museum of Art to create Body in Motion, a dance film and immersive installation exploring evolutionary biology and comparative anatomy.
As a performer, Julynn has danced on many stages and sites throughout Montana, notably as a soloist in Cohesion Dance Project’s Nutcracker on the Rocks (2013-2019) and Resonance ~ an evening of art inspiring art (2018-2020) and as a guest performer in What’s Going On (Vincent Thomas Dance, 2017), Cave (Amber Moon Peterson, 2017), and Beyond Words, the body as narrator (Jennifer Glaws, 2022).
Julynn’s teaching practice is vital to her creativity. She is a Montana Teacher Leader in the Arts through the Montana Arts Council and the Montana Office of Public Instruction. She has taught art, dance, and creative movement in schools, residential living facilities, group homes, dance studios, and non-profit arts organizations. Her span of students includes early childhood, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, and individuals with special needs and physical or developmental disabilities.
Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the performance, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another audience member.
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Danielle O'Malley Artist Presentation
Join us for a free and open-to-the-public Artist Presentation with Danielle O'Malley, Open AIR Summer I Artist-in-Residence at Home ReSource! Refreshments will be served, and there will be an opportunity to meet and mingle with the artist.
Let us know you are planning to attend at our optional registration: https://form.jotform.com/241147410821143
About the artist:
Danielle O'Malley is a multi-media, large-scale, site-specific, installation, and ceramic artist residing in Helena, Montana. O'Malley received their MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Her work is rooted in an environmental consciousness derived from their concern for the Earth's rapidly declining health. In addition to an active studio practice, O'Malley teaches, exhibits nationally, and serves their community as Executive Director for the Art Mobile of Montana and Director for Montana Clay. Most recently, O'Malley has been interviewed on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler podcast, recognized and chosen for publication by Ceramics Monthly, The Surface Design Association Quarterly Journal, The NCECA Annual Journal, and The Studio Potter Journal. She has received multiple local, state, and national grants and was an American Craft Council Emerging Artist finalist. Additionally, O'Malley has been a demonstrating and exhibiting artist at NCECA for the past two years. Their work is in permanent collections at the Northwest Art Gallery, the Taoxichuan Art Center, and numerous private collections.
Genevieve Waller Artist Presentation
Join us for a free and open-to-the-public Artist Presentation with Genevieve Waller, Open AIR Summer I Artist-in-Residence at Missoula Public Library! Refreshments will be served, and there will be an opportunity to meet and mingle with the artist.
Let us know if you are planning to attend at our optional registration: https://form.jotform.com/241147410821143
About the artist:
Genevieve Waller (she/her) is an artist and scholar who creates photograms (cameraless photographs), sculptures, installations, and drawings that deal with excess, substitution, transparency, and the status of everyday objects. She researches and writes about the aesthetic of camp, the history of LGBTQ+ culture, film, modern and contemporary art, and popular music. Originally from Wichita, Kansas, she received a B.A. in art history from Wichita State University, an M.F.A. in photography and art history from Ohio University, and an M.A. in visual and cultural studies from the University of Rochester. She spent a year in Berlin, Germany, as a Fulbright grantee and, for many years, has been a college radio DJ. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado, where she is the founder and editor of the art journal "DARIA: Denver Art Review, Inquiry, and Analysis," which is in print three times per year and online at dariamag.com.
Reilly Blum Artist Presentation
Join us for a free and open-to-the-public Artist Presentation with Reilly Blum, Open AIR Summer I Artist-in-Residence at Moon-Randolph Homestead! Refreshments will be served, and there will be an opportunity to meet and mingle with the artist.
Let us know if you are planning to attend at our optional registration: https://form.jotform.com/241147410821143
About the artist:
Reilly Blum (b. 1998, Atlanta) is a Providence and Atlanta-based artist with a penchant for archival and observational research. Through her creative practice, which spans furniture-making, patchwork quilting, writing, time-based media, and curriculum design, she explores how objects can act as agents of memory. Reilly aims to study public agencies' influence over individual and cultural recollection. She is particularly interested in the policies that drive cultural preservation surrounding heritage crafts, architectural heritage sites, and protected landscapes, such as national parks. Her creative process allows her to investigate what she perceives as a disregard for the transitional landscapes that form the boundaries of these spaces. Through her work, she sheds light on the limitations of human development by exploring what happens when infrastructure starts to fray, architecture fails, nature reclaims territory, amnesia sets in, and the change from one state of being to another begins. Reilly cites Interstate 20, flash floods, and kudzu, three omnipresent features of Atlanta’s landscape, as core influences on her studio work. Reilly earned her BFA in Furniture Design at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2021.
Hannah Laga Abram Artist Presentation
Join us for a free and open-to-the-public Artist Presentation with Hannah Laga Abram, Open AIR Summer I Artist-in-Residence at Garden City Harvest! Refreshments will be served, and there will be an opportunity to meet and mingle with the artist.
Let us know you are planning to attend at our optional registration: https://form.jotform.com/241147410821143
About the artist:
Hannah Laga Abram is a site-specific movement artist and choreographer from Northern New Mexico. A recent graduate of Middlebury College, her work investigates liminal, fraught, and disaster-shaped places, stories, and bodies. She celebrates creaturely physicality through communal movement practice, interdisciplinary art projects, and place-based education. She has worked with ANIMAL Dance, Dance Company of Middlebury, and the All Species Project, and her written work has been published in Airmid’s Journal, The Guardian, and The Santa Fe New Mexican, among many others. She served as Santa Fe’s inaugural Youth Poet Laureate and currently works as a baker in Missoula, Montana.
"Over the Moon" Open Air Fall Fundraiser
Open Air’s Annual Fall Fundraiser - “Over the Moon”
Taking place at the Fairgrounds in the Commercial Building. Buffet style appetizers and dinner. Cash bar. Live and silent auction.
Anteo Fabris Artist Presentation
Join us for and Artist Presentation by sound artist and composer Anteo Fabris at the Missoula Public Library in the Cooper Room on the 4th Floor! Snacks will be provided, and there will be a chance to meet and mingle with the artist.
Optional registration at:
https://form.jotform.com/240516798587170
About the Artist:
Originally from Zurich, Switzerland, Anteo Fabris is a sound artist, composer and software engineer whose work takes root in data transformation. Having used source material ranging from weather statistics to malfunctioning hardware, Fabris explores music automated by design and the existential question of process-based creation. His work has premiered at Carnegie Hall and in various places around the US and Europe. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Boston University and two Master’s degrees from the Yale School of Music.
Designing Generative Music with Anteo Fabris
Open AIR Artist-Led Workshop
Designing Generative Music with Anteo Fabris
Register HERE: https://form.jotform.com/240726803392154
When: Wednesday, April 24, 5-8 pm
Place: Missoula Public Library MakerSpace
455 E Main Street
Missoula, MT 59802
About the workshop:
In this workshop, sound artist and composer Anteo Fabris will demonstrate techniques used for creating generative music. We will listen to and critique each other's work. Works created using SuperCollider, JavaScript, MaxMSP, OpenMusic, and any algorithmic software or process are considered part of this workshop. Together, we will aim to identify common challenges, tools, and advantages inherent in this style of composing. Some coding experience is helpful.
Audience: This workshop is suitable for ages 12+.
What to bring: Participants should bring a laptop with any of the following: SuperCollider, JavaScript, MaxMSP, OpenMusic, and any algorithmic software if they plan to create music.
Cost: The workshop is free, but a suggested donation is appreciated!
Registration: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the workshop begins.
About the Artist:
Originally from Zurich, Switzerland, Anteo Fabris is a sound artist, composer and software engineer whose work takes root in data transformation. Having used source material ranging from weather statistics to malfunctioning hardware, Fabris explores music automated by design and the ambiguity of process-based creation. His work has premiered at Carnegie Hall and in various places around the US and Europe. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Boston University and two Master’s degrees from the Yale School of Music.
Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another participant!
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Melissa Thompson Artist Presentation
Join us for mixed-media artist Melissa Thompson's Artist Presentation at the Montana Natural History Center! Snacks will be provided, and there will be a chance to meet and mingle with the artist.
Optional registration at:
https://form.jotform.com/240516798587170
About the Artist:
Melissa Thompson's work is fluid. It is inspired by animals, plants, and patterns that are seen in nature and town; by folklore, mythology, and by other artists’ work. She works in many mediums, and each project calls for its own individual combination of these mediums. The creatures and characters she creates evoke a presence as though they came from another time or place and draw a sense of wonder from the viewer as to the story behind it.
Bev & Stephen Glueckert Artist Presentations
Join us for Artist Presentations by Traveler’s Rest State Park Spring 2024 Artists-in-Residence Bev and Stephen Glueckert!
Snacks and a chance to meet and mingle with the artists will be provided! Let us know if you are planning to attend at this optional registration form:
https://form.jotform.com/240516798587170
About the Artists:
Bev Glueckert is a 4th generation Montanan living and working in Missoula, MT. She has been making art and working as an art educator for adults and children for over 35 years. Her work, primarily working with printmaking and mixed media, has been widely exhibited throughout Montana and the surrounding region. Bev has been involved in a multitude of community projects in the arts throughout the years, including co-founding Missoula's Annual Festival of the Dead. She served as adjunct faculty in drawing and printmaking at The University of Montana and at the former University of Great Falls. She is a co-founder/ member of the SALTMINE Artists group in Missoula. Bev holds a BA degree in Art from the University of Idaho and an MFA degree in printmaking from the University of Montana.
Stephen Glueckert lives in Missoula, his birthplace. He received a BFA from the University of Idaho and an M.Ed. in Art Education from Western Washington University. He has taught at The University of Montana, Walla Walla Community College, and the University of Papua New Guinea. He spent ten years at the Northwest Children’s Home as a counselor and teacher. He has been a recipient of a Montana Individual Artist’s Fellowship. He is Curator Emeritus for the Missoula Art Museum. A practicing artist, he has written extensively about contemporary artists living and working in Montana.
Derick Wycherly: Artist Talk - Indigenous Art, Indigenous Minds Presentation
Register here for this FREE online event: https://form.jotform.com/240635174014145
Topic Description:
Derrick will discuss his artwork, including current work, and share images from a recent exhibition. Derrick will also share his experiences in his new role working in a museum. To see more of Derick’s work, visit: www.derickwycherly.com
When:
Thursday, April 11, 2023, online at Noon MST
About the Artist:
Derick Wycherly (Chippewa Cree, Rocky Boy, MT) is a visual artist specializing in fine art printing and papermaking. Derick earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (2022) and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI (2011). He served as a printer and studio manager for the etching workshop Harlan & Weaver in New York City from 2012 to 2019. Derick is currently the collections manager of the Montana Museum of Art and Culture.
When the Places Comes Alive with Taylor Stein
Register HERE: https://form.jotform.com/240595891401156
Place: Missoula Public Library
Cooper Space B - 4th Floor
455 E Main Street
Missoula, MT 59802
About the workshop:
When the Place Comes Alive is a creative writing workshop for all ability levels. We will read excerpts from works of fiction with a strong sense of place, then, using three techniques and a series of prompts, each write the place of our choosing. At the close of our two-hour class, anyone who would like to share their writing is welcome to.
Audience: This workshop is suitable for ages 16+. No experience is required.
What to bring: Everything you need for this workshop will be provided. If you have a favorite writing tool or notebook, you are welcome to bring them!
Cost: The workshop is free, but a suggested donation is appreciated!
Registration: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the workshop begins.
About the Artist:
Taylor Stein (she, her) is a writer who moved west to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. Taylor has taught with the University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the Free Verse Writing Project, which amplifies the voices of incarcerated and other historically erased youth across Montana. In 2020, Taylor was an Open AIR Artist-in-Residence at the Moon-Randolph Homestead. Two of Taylor's flash fiction pieces, "Minx, Siren, Norman, Stone" and "Apply Chapstick and Try Again," are available in the Second Edition of the Word Dog Quarterly, her short story "The Wilting House on the Mountain" can be read in Duplicitous: A WriteHive Compilation, and most recently, her manuscript, Bloodlands, was named a Top 50 Finalist in Launch Pad's 2023 Prose Writing Competition.
Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another participant!
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
In-Habit Opening Reception - Butte, MT
In-Habit - Open AIR Group Exhibition!
In-Habit features new work from 19 of Open AIR’s 2023 Artists-in-Residence.
Open AIR works with artists from all disciplines. In-Habit features sculpture, drawing, video, painting, fiber, poetry, printmaking, animation, quilting, photography, and writing, all inspired by the residency experience.
In 2023, artists participated in Open AIR residency sites across Montana. The Missoula sites include Garden City Harvest, Home ReSource, Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium, Missoula Public Library, Montana Natural History Center, and Moon-Randolph Homestead.
Outside of Missoula, the residency sites were at American Prairie, in central Montana; Flathead Lake Biological Station, Polson, MT; Hamilton, MT; Philipsburg, MT; Selway Bitterroot Wilderness; and Travelers’ Rest State Park, Lolo, MT.
The featured artists are local, regional, and national artists.
Montana Artists:
Shelby Baldridge (Missoula)
Michelle Boulé (Missoula)
Aspen Decker (Arlee)
Cameron Decker (Arlee)
Sage Friss (Missoula)
Melissa Kwasny (Basin)
BT Livermore (Butte)
Christine Martin (Butte)
Brandon Reintjes (Missoula)
Kerri Rosenstein (Missoula)
Out-of-State Artists:
Hannah Allen (Kentucky)
Lauren Boilini (Washington)
Erin DiGiovanni (Arizona)
Charlie Dov Schön (Massachusetts)
Jasmine Gutbrod (Rhode Island)
Justine Lai (New York)
Ryn Stafford (Minnesota)
rocki swiderski (Arizona)
Delia Touché (North Dakota)
Butte Exhibition Information:
Foreground Gallery
68 W Park Street
Butte, MT 59701
Exhibition Dates:
February 5 - March 15, 2024
Opening Reception:
Friday, March 1, 2024
5-8 pm
Drawing Birds! With Sage Friss
Open AIR Artist-Led Workshop
Drawing Birds with Sage Friss
Register HERE: https://form.jotform.com/240036153044140
When: Saturday, February 17, 1-3 pm
Place: Montana Natural History Center
120 Hickory St. #A
Missoula, MT 59801
About the workshop:
This workshop is about drawing from life, a tried and true art practice for beginners and experienced artists alike. We will draw birds from the Missoula Natural History Museum’s Collection! The goal of the class will be to draw what you see realistically. We will specifically focus on form, lighting, line weight, proportions, and texture. If artists already have strong skills in life drawing, we will work more on composition, expression, and finishing techniques.
Audience: This workshop is suitable for ages 6+ (with their grown-ups!). No experience is required.
What to bring: Everything you need for this workshop will be provided. If you have a favorite drawing tool or paper, you are welcome to bring them!
Cost: The workshop is free, but a suggested donation is appreciated!
Registration: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the workshop begins.
About the Artist:
My name is Sage (he/him). I'm a surrealist artist living in Missoula. I draw most of my inspiration from animals and nature and spend a lot of time outside. I'm captivated by small details that are often overlooked. I like to create art that feels expensive and makes you wonder about the world around you.
Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another participant!
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Shelby Baldridge Artst-Led Workshop
Artist-Led Workshop
Creating Forms in Paper & Fabric Mache with Shelby Baldridge
Register HERE: https://form.jotform.com/233474514471052
When: Saturday, January 13, 1-4 pm
Place: ZACC (Zootown Arts Community Center)
216 W Main Street
Missoula, MT 59802
About the workshop:
This workshop will begin with some wire working basics to assist participants in creating a small wire armature for their mache. After building a three-dimensional armature to layer material onto, we will mix up the 'mache' mixture and prepare paper and fabric scraps. Shelby will demonstrate how to apply the scraps to the wire, and we will create small, lightweight sculptures together!
Audience: This workshop is suitable for ages 14+. No experience is required.
What to Bring: Everything you need for this workshop will be provided. You are welcome to bring your own fabric scraps or wire if there is something specific you would like to use!
Cost: The workshop is free, but a suggested donation is appreciated!
Registration: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the workshop begins.
About the Artist:
Shelby Baldridge is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Missoula, Montana. She works primarily in sculpture, painting, and installation. Regardless of the medium, Shelby’s work centers on the nonhuman world and draws from themes related to biology, evolution, and the connections between species. Her sculptural work utilizes mass-manufactured materials such as chicken wire, found objects, and repurposed fabric that contrast with the natural, organic forms she creates.
Baldridge was born and raised in Montana, where she enjoyed ample accessibility to the outdoors and cultivated a curiosity for natural sciences like botany and ecology at a young age. She received her BFA in painting from the University of Montana in 2012 and later completed an MFA in Visual Studies from the Pacific Norwest College of Art in Portland, OR. Shelby is thrilled to reconnect to the Missoula art community and currently teaches a Drawing Foundations course at the University of Montana as an adjunct instructor.
Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another participant!
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Artist-in-Resident Online Information Session
Register HERE for the link to join Open AIR for an online information session about the 2024 Artist-in-Resident Applications!
In-Habit Opening Reception
In-Habit features new work from 19 of Open AIR’s 2023 Artists-in-Residence!
The artists in this exhibition experienced a wide range of opportunities and exposure, from working in a public-facing studio space at the Missoula Public Library to living alone in a cabin in the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. Some artists worked alongside scientists at the Flathead Lake Biological Station and American Priaire, while others were immersed in a Philipsburg, MT community.
Open AIR works with artists from all disciplines. In-Habit features sculpture, drawing, video, painting, fiber, poetry, printmaking, animation, quilting, photography, and writing, all inspired by the residency experience.
In 2023, artists participated in Open AIR residency sites across Montana. The Missoula sites include Garden City Harvest, Home ReSource, Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium, Missoula Public Library, Montana Natural History Center, and Moon-Randolph Homestead.
Outside of Missoula, the residency sites were at American Prairie, in central Montana; Flathead Lake Biological Station, Polson, MT; Hamilton, MT; Philipsburg, MT; Selway Bitterroot Wilderness; and Travelers’ Rest State Park, Lolo, MT.
The exhibiting artists are local, regional, and national artists.
Montana Artists:
Shelby Baldridge (Missoula)
Michelle Boulé (Missoula)
Aspen Decker (Arlee)
Cameron Decker (Arlee)
Sage Friss (Missoula)
Melissa Kwasny (Basin)
BT Livermore (Butte)
Christine Martin (Butte)
Brandon Reintjes (Missoula)
Kerri Rosenstein (Missoula)
Out-of-State Artists:
Hannah Allen (Kentucky)
Lauren Boilini (Washington)
Erin DiGiovanni (Arizona)
Charlie Dov Schön (Massachusetts)
Jasmine Gutbrod (Rhode Island)
Justine Lai (New York)
Ryn Stafford (Minnesota)
rocki swiderski (Arizona)
Delia Touché (North Dakota)
DIY Junk Lamps with BT Livermore
Artist-Led Workshop
DIY Lamps with BT Livermore
Register HERE: https://form.jotform.com/233165990134154
When: Wednesday Dec 6, 2023, 5:30-8:30 pm
Place: Home ReSource
1515 Wyoming Street
Missoula, MT 59801
About the workshop:
In this workshop, attendees will use reclaimed and reused materials - brought from home or purchased from Home ReSource – to create a sculptural base for a light fixture.
Depending on the materials you source, these lamps can be simple, complex, rustic, industrial, modern, etc. Over three hours, you should be able to leave with a functional light fixture to brighten up your spaces!
New electrical wiring and light sockets will be provided with registration. Working electrical knowledge is unnecessary, but a willingness to use small hand tools will be helpful.
Audience: This workshop is suitable for ages 14+. Anyone under 18 needs to bring a grownup. No experience is required.
What to Bring: Everyone who registers will be provided with electrical wiring and a socket to build your lamp. Participants should bring found objects to create their lamps or visit Home ReSource to purchase inspiring objects!
Possible items to bring or find in advance:
• Old, empty cans
• Vintage flashlights
• Funky pieces of wood
• Plumbing parts
• Old tools
• Lamp shades or Edison bulbs
Cost: The workshop is free, but a suggested donation is appreciated!
Registration: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the workshop begins.
About the Artist:
BT Livermore was born in Minnesota in 1980 and has pretty much always been making or creating, something, anything, since childhood. In 2005, BT traded in six months of snow for six months of rain and moved west to Portland, Oregon. Even after vowing they'd never go back to college again, BT graduated from Pacific Northwest College of Art with a BFA in Illustration in May 2010, a nice addition to an earlier AAS degree in Web Design from Minneapolis Community and Technical College in 2003. In 2016, BT packed up once again and headed for the mountainous enclave of Butte, Montana, where they currently reside.
BT is currently the manager of the Community Printmaking Studio at the Imagine Butte Resource Center and teaches art workshops whenever and wherever possible. BT's professional skillset these days includes traditional sign painting and gold leaf work, other handmade lettering, illustration, logo design, and screenprinting and letterpress printing. Beyond that, BT also dabbles in woodworking, furniture construction and restoration, and sewing.
Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another participant!
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
GLOW Annual Fundraiser & Art Auction
Join us at GLOW, our Annual Fundraiser & Art Auction at The Missoula Public Library as we celebrate 5 years of creativity and collaboration! The evening includes live and silent auctions, a seasonal tapas buffet, cash bar, and musical performances by Cork and Spark.
GLOW Artist Recpetion
Join us at the Missoula Public Library to meet the GLOW fundraiser auction artists and see their new work!
Lauren Boilini Artist Presentation -Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium
Join us for an enchanting evening of art and nature at the Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium with artist Lauren Boilini.
Come and get engrossed with insects and art as Lauren discusses her work inspired by her Artist-in-Residency at the Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium followed by a chance to meet the artist and chat with the artist. This event is free and light refreshments will be provided,
Registration:
Registration is not required but is appreciated! Register at: https://form.jotform.com/231506288275157
Accessibility:
For any accessibility concerns or questions, please email us at info@openairmt.org.
About the Artist:
Lauren Boilini was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana. She received her B.F.A. in Painting and Art History at the Kansas City Art Institute and her M.F.A. at the Maryland Institute College of Art. As a painter, she also works in installation and public art, completing exhibitions and projects up and down both coasts. Traveling to and participating in artist residencies has been an important part of her practice. She has served as an artist-in-residence at Can Serrat in Spain, Jentel Arts in Wyoming, Soaring Gardens in Pennsylvania, the Studios of Key West, the Creative Alliance and School 33 Art Center in Baltimore, and as a Consortium Resident at the Studio Art Centers International (SACI) in Florence, Italy. She was invited as an artist-in-residence at the Burren College of Art in Ireland and received a full fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center in 2012. She has completed public art projects for the Maryland Department of Public Health and the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport. In 2016 she was awarded a grant to publish a book of drawings. She spent the summer of 2019 as an artist-in-residence at MASS MoCA, working on the sequel, which she completed for a solo exhibition at Furman University in South Carolina in 2020. This past winter, she opened a solo exhibition at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma and is looking forward to being an Amazon artist-in-residence starting in March 2023.. In addition, she currently teaches studio art and art history at the Evergreen State College, Olympic College, and Cornish College of the Arts. Collaborations with a number of different artists in her close-knit community have been vital to the development of her work, and she looks forward to future opportunities to expand that practice. Lauren is also a marathon open-water swimmer and with her immediate family close by, she loves to call Seattle home.
Hannah Allen Artist Presentation -Missoula Public Library
Join us for an enlightening afternoon of art and creativity as fiber artist, Hannah Allen presents at the Missoula Public Library.
Come and see the work that Hannah has created during her Artist-in-Residency at the Missoula Public Library followed by a chance to meet the artist and chat with the artist. This event is free and light refreshments will be provided,
Registration:
Registration is not required but is appreciated! Register at: https://form.jotform.com/231506288275157
Accessibility:
For any accessibility concerns or questions, please email us at info@openairmt.org.
About the Artist:
Hannah Allen is a quilter and fiber artist living in Lexington, Kentucky. Her most recent work “land of our Mothers”, documents Kentucky’s 120 counties with a large-scale quilt dyed with plants harvested by the artist from each of Kentucky’s counties. Formerly she acted as a Civic Artist in Residence working alongside the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Department of Finance, an opportunity made possible by CivicLex and the National Endowment for The Arts. Having grown up in the Lexington art community as a visual art student at Lexington’s School for the Creative And Performing Arts, Hannah experienced a variety of mediums and from a young age, discovered a love of sewing and textile arts. After a long hiatus from art she re-discovered her love of sewing in 2018. In 2019, she was a part of the Rita’s Quilt project, contributing the embroidered Kentucky square. The quilt was displayed at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY in March 2020, and was featured on NPR, BBC, and Atlas Obscura. Hannah's current work expresses the comfort of a handmade quilt, areflection of place, and the unbridled joy of creative freedom.
Artist-in-Residence Online Interviews LIVE from American Prairie! Featuring Brandon Reintjes, Melissa Kwasny, and Delia Touché
Artist-in-Residence Online Interviews LIVE from American Prairie!
Featuring Brandon Reintjes, Melissa Kwasny, and Delia Touché
Register HERE: https://form.jotform.com/232554942949065
When: Monday, October 16, Noon
Place: Online via Zoom
Register for the access code!
About:
Open AIR and American Prairie are thrilled to present a conversation with Fall Resident Artists Brandon Reintjes, Melissa Kwasny, and Delia Touché. The artists have been in residence during the month of October. Join us online to meet the artists and hear about their experiences at American Prairie!
Cost: Free! Registration is required.
About the Artists:
Melissa Kwasny is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Where Outside the Body is the Soul Today (Pacific Northwest Poetry Series, University of Washington Press) and the forthcoming The Cloud Path (Milkweed Editions), as well as a collection of essays Earth Recitals: Essays on Image and Vision. Her first full-length nonfiction book, Putting on the Dog: The Animal Origins of What We Wear, explores the cultural, labor, and environmental histories of clothing materials provided by animals. She is also the editor of two anthologies: I Go to the Ruined Place: Contemporary Poets in Defense of Global Human Rights and Toward the Open Field: Poets on the Art of Poetry 1800-1950. She was Montana Poet Laureate from 2019-2021, a position she shared with M.L. Smoker. Kwasny is the recipient of the Poetry Society of America's Cecil Hemley Award and Alice Fay di Castognola Award for a work in progress, an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellowship, the Montana Art Council's Artist's Innovation Award, and residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Hedgebrook, Ucross, and the Headlands Center for the Arts. She has taught poetry as a visiting writer at both the undergraduate and graduate level, including MFA programs at the University of Wyoming, Eastern Washington University/Inland Pacific Center for Writers, and the University of Montana. She lives in southwestern Montana.
Brandon Reintjes was born in Bozeman, Montana, and grew up in Northern Michigan. He received a BFA in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in curatorial and critical studies from the University of Louisville. He works as a senior curator at the Missoula Art Museum and spends the majority of his time thinking about, looking at, and making art. He has exhibited at the Zootown Arts Community Center and the Brink Gallery in Missoula, MT; Luminary Arts Center in St. Louis, MO; the 930 in Louisville, KY; Turman Larison Contemporary in Helena, Aunt Dofe's Hall of Recent Memory in Willow Creek, MT; with exhibitions in 2023 planned for Aunt Dofe's Gallery and Northcutt Steele Gallery in Billings, MT.
Delia Touché (b. 1994, Devils Lake, ND) is based in the Midwest and has exhibited in the United States at venues such as M Contemporary Art (Ferndale, MI), Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND), The Art Galleries at Austin Community College (Austin, TX) among others. Delia has work in the permanent art collection of the University of North Dakota. She holds a BFA from Minnesota State University Moorhead and an MFA in Print media from Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she received the Gilbert Fellowship.
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Inquiry: A Day of Art & Science
Inquiry: A Day of Art & Science
When: Friday, October 13, 10 am - 3 pm
Place: Flathead Lake Biological Station
32125 Bio Station Ln, Polson, MT 59860
Registration is required:
Register at https://form.jotform.com/232556721133148
About:
In collaboration with Flathead Lake Biological Station, Open AIR presents our second annual conference celebrating art and science at Flathead Lake's beautiful Yellow Bay campus. This day-long event will feature artists, scientists, and educators leading various sessions, including presentations, hands-on activities, demonstrations, and art-making that engage audiences in conversations on place, art, and science.
This event is part of the Fall Open AIR Artist-in-Residence program in partnership with the University of Montana Flathead Lake Biological Station.
Cost: The conference is free, suitable for all ages and open to the public. Lunch will be provided.
Inquiry Schedule 2023
10:00 am Tom Bansak and Stoney Samsoe Welcome and Introduction to Biological Station/Open AIR
10:30 am Monica Elser Microscope Activity - What you can’t see in the water!
11:00 am Nicole Banowetz Petri Dish Sculpture
11:45 Break and Lunch (provided by Open AIR)
12:30 pm Jasmine Gutbrod Lake Water Marble Printing
1:15 pm Sarah Jones Exploring the Herbarium Sheet
2:10 Charlie Dov Schön Soft Science: Data-Based Weaving & Textile Visualizations of Flathead Lake
2:50 pm Closing
About the Artists:
Nicole Banowetz is a Denver(USA) based sculptor who makes sewn inflatable sculptures and delicate assembled forms. Nicole’s work is inspired by the natural world. She addresses human qualities and relationships using the imagery she finds in the animal, plant, mineral, and bacterial worlds. Nicole has lived and worked internationally, creating artwork in India, Italy, Ireland, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Poland, and England, and showing work in large international exhibitions such as The Amsterdam Light Festival, Bad Art Hot Air in London, Open Art in Sweden, and PASSAGES INSOLITES in Quebec City. She has taken part in environmental residencies and exhibitions in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Finland.
Jasmine Gutbrod is an artist, designer, and educator researching the intersections of ecology and social justice. At Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), she received her bachelor’s degree in Furniture Design and Nature-Culture Sustainability Studies and her master’s in Art and Design Education. Through physical object-making, she studies ecological processes and how natural material properties influence behavior, often conceptualizing the borders between inside and outside spaces. She sees art and design as valuable tools for community building and empowerment and innovative education as a pathway for those tools.
Sarah Jones (b. S.L.C. Utah) is a multi-media artist. She was awarded a BFA in painting and printmaking at the University of Utah and earned an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Currently, in Seatle, Jones’ work has been shown throughout the United States. She has been awarded various residencies, including Sante Fe Art Institute, Ucross Foundation, Haystack, Bloedel Creative Residency, Vermont Studio Center, and the Oak Spring Foundation. Jones was a recipient of the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Artist Trust Gap Grant, and Oak Springs Garden Foundation Artist Grant. Jones’ work examines loss, grief and what is hard to see. Currently her work addresses climate change and consequent extinction.
Charlie Dov Schön is an artist and environmental scientist whose work is deeply place-based, engaging with textiles, transparencies, and the natural world. She is a dryer lint collector, a spatial data enthusiast, a found object artist, and a scientific communicator. Her work has been shown at Hamilton College’s Wellin Museum, Boston City Hall, The Essex Art Center, and The Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center.
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Monica Gilles-BringsYellow presents Visual History
Topic Description:
Monica will describe her journey from teaching herself how to paint in her kitchen in 2019 to eventually having solo shows and participating in group exhibitions throughout Montana and the Western United States. Monica will also describe her process in creating a painting, including the research she engages in when starting a painting and how her portraits help to highlight Indigenous women and their histories.
When: Thursday, October 12, 2023, online at Noon MST
Where: Online
Register here for the online event: https://form.jotform.com/232705480154149
Cost: Free
About the Artist:
Monica Gilles-BringsYellow is a self-taught Indigenous artist born and raised on the plains of Montana. In Monica’s paintings, she draws on her background of being an Indigenous Montanan to tell the stories of Native American women and the landscapes they come from. Monica incorporates her cultural knowledge with a layered amalgamation of various techniques, combining inks, gold leaf, and resin with portraits of Indigenous women to present the viewer with a visual history of the connection between people and place.
Monica primarily focuses her portraits on Salish family members, relatives, and ancestors but also incorporates friends and family from other tribes with permission. Monica hopes her art provides Native American representation and tells the stories of Indigenous resilience and brilliance.
Monica's paintings have been in numerous exhibitions and solo shows throughout Montana and the Rocky Mountain West, including the C.M. Russell Art Auction, Radius Gallery (Missoula, MT), The Brinton Museum (Big Horn, WY), KALICO Gallery (Kalispell, MT), Emerson Center for Arts (Bozeman, MT), Arts Council of Big Sky Auction, the ZACC (Missoula, MT), Head Waters Foundation (Missoula, MT), Missoula Art Museum Auction, Big Sky Art Auction, as well as having commissions at the Montage Hotel (Big Sky, MT) and The Meadowlark (MT), as well as several Traffic Signal Boxes in Missoula.
When Monica is not painting, she is a therapist for children.
rocki swiderski Artist Presentation
Join us for an inspiring evening of art and conversation at Home ReSource with painter rocki swiderski.
Come and see rocki's work that was inspired by their Artist-in-Residence at Home Resource followed by a chance to meet the artist and enjoy light refreshments. This event is free and open to the public.
Registration:
Registration is not required but is appreciated! Register at: https://form.jotform.com/231506288275157
Accessibility:
For any accessibility concerns or questions, please email us at info@openairmt.org.
About the Artist:
rocki swiderski (b. 1994, California) is an artist based in Tucson, Arizona. Utilizing object and image making, their work reflects on the role of sentience and modes of human protection as a means of coping and survival. At present, they are focused on barriers, boundaries, natural resources, looking at the sky, and daydreaming about the new world.
The Care and Keeping of Quilts with Hannah Allen
Artist-Led Workshop
The Care and Keeping of Quilts with Hannah Allen
Register HERE: https://form.jotform.com/232504781965160
When: Wednesday Oct 4, 2023, 6-8:00 pm
Place: Missoula Public Library MakerSpace
455 E Main Street
Missoula, MT 59802
About the workshop: Everyone has that stack of family quilts that they are unsure of how to care for or how to use. Come learn how to care for your heirloom quilt and keep your family's material history. During this workshop, you will learn mending, cleaning, and storage techniques to keep your quilts happy and usable for generations to come.
Audience: This workshop is suitable for ages 13+. No experience is required.
What to Bring: Bring an heirloom or family quilt that needs mending. All materials will be provided. If you don’t have a quilt to work on, you are welcome to listen and learn about quilt care!
Cost: The workshop is free, but a suggested donation is appreciated!
Registration: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the workshop begins.
About the Artist: Hannah Allen is a quilter and artist based out of Lexington, Kentucky. Her work expresses the geography of craft, the joy of creative freedom, and the nostalgia of traditional art. Her past work has documented the plant biodiversity of Kentucky's 120 counties in a naturally dyed quilt using plants harvested from each county. Through her former role as an Artist In Residence for her hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, she creatively communicated the importance and impact of the town's Finance Department through non-traditional quilts.
Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another participant!
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Honor Your Inner Creator with Michelle Boule
Open AIR Artist-Led Workshop
Honor Your Inner Creator with Michelle Boulé
Register HERE: https://form.jotform.com/232474925017154
When: Thursday, September 21, 2023, 6-7:30 pm
Place: Moon-Randolph Homestead
1515 Spurlock Road
Missoula, MT 59802
About the workshop:
This workshop is designed to help you tune into your most authentic, creative, and embodied self. We each have a version of this within ourselves, but we haven't always been given the tools for stepping into this truth. Michelle will guide workshop participants through a short centering meditation, her "Moving with Innate Wisdom" practice, and energy healing and guidance for any participants who want to be in the "hot seat." All are welcome. No previous movement experience is required.
Audience: This workshop is suitable for all ages. No experience is required.
What to Bring: This workshop will be outdoors, so dress for the weather! Wear comfy clothes and bring an optional journal and blanket to sit on.
Cost: The workshop is free, but a suggested donation is appreciated!
Registration: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the workshop begins.
About the Artist:
Michelle Boulé is a “Bessie” Award-winning dance artist, teacher, transformational coach, and healer who explores the connections between movement, consciousness, human potential, and creativity. She came to Missoula to connect more deeply with nature and herself (loves it!) after 21 years of living in NYC and traveling the world through her professional dance + healing work.
She’s worked as a collaborative performer with many choreographers, including Bebe Miller, John Jasperse, Deborah Hay, Aine Stapleton, and Miguel Gutierrez (2001-15). She has received numerous awards, including a NYFA Choreography Fellowship, Distinguished Legacy Award (University of Illinois), New Music USA Grant, Boekelheide Creativity Award, Jerome Travel & Study Grant, and residencies from MT Open AIR, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Summer Stages Dance @The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, MacDowell, Yaddo, Bemis, Movement Research, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Michelle has taught at universities and institutions throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Since 2008 she has run a coaching+healing business, helping creatives to manifest their visions with confidence, alignment, and prosperity. To connect with her, follow and DM her on Instagram at @michelle.boule, and go to michelleboule.com to download her free Creative's Guide.
Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another participant!
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Christine Martin Artist Presentation
Join us for a captivating presentation from printmaker Christine Martin! Come and hear Christine dive into the process and work inspired by her Artist-in-Residence with the Philipsburg Arts Fund in Philipsburg.
This event is free and open to the public. Presentations followed by a chance to meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments.
For accessibility concerns, email info@openairmt.org
Registration is not required but is appreciated.
Register at: https://form.jotform.com/231386549711158
About the Artist:
Christine Martin studied Fine Art and Art History at Ohio State University and at the University of Montana. Her previous experience includes: gallery sales at The Mansfield Art Center and The Art Works on Main in Mansfield Ohio; printmaking steward of the print shop at the Imagine Butte Resource Center in Butte Montana; and is a longtime teaching artist of printmaking, life drawing and studio arts. Her work has shown at the Pearl Conard Art Gallery, The Mansfield Art Center, and The Foreground Gallery. She has been featured in several publications and in 2019, she was selected for solo exhibitions in Butte’s Carle Gallery and the Stoplight Art Gallery in Anaconda. Her work was also featured for the cover art of "Iron, Ardent" by Sheila Black and published by Educe Press. She currently lives in Butte Montana where she is the Curator of The Clark Chateau Museum and is the organizer behind the Butte Art Walk since 2021. She also works closely with the Root & The Bloom Collective Non Profit to expand arts and cultural programming to youth and adults in Butte. Since 2022 she has served on the Board of Directors for the Phoenix Arts Alliance located in the Phoenix Block in Butte, which oversees the Imagine Butte Resource Center and the current construction of the Phoenix Fabrication Studios. In her work Christine explores the consequences of unfettered industry through printmaking and painting by using surrealism to talk about the breakdown of local ecosystems.
Erin DiGiovanni Artist Presentation
Join us for an enthralling presentation from Interdisciplinary artist, Erin DiGiovanni! Come and see how Erin encompassed her experience from the Bitterroot Wilderness into her artwork during her Artist-in-Residence through the Selway Bitterroot Frank Church.
This event is free and open to the public. Presentations followed by a chance to meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments.
For accessibility concerns, email info@openairmt.org
Registration is not required but is appreciated.
Register at: https://form.jotform.com/231386549711158
About the Artist:
Erin DiGiovanni is a contemporary artist and educator residing in Tucson, AZ. She received her MFA in 2020 from The University of Arizona, where she is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2D-Printmaking. Her visual research investigates the ubiquitous, discarded and overlooked within the domestic. Erin’s work questions American values and traditions through re-presenting personal dwelling spaces and utilitarian items.
Kerri Rosenstein Artist Presentation
Join us for a enticing presentation from artist Kerri Rosenstein! Come and listen to Kerri present her work inspired by her Artist-in-Residence at Moon-Randolph Homestead.
This event is free and open to the public. Presentations followed by a chance to meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments.
For accessibility concerns, email info@openairmt.org
Registration is not required but is appreciated.
Register at: https://form.jotform.com/231386549711158
About the Artist:
Kerri Rosenstein is an interdisciplinary visual artist and collaborates with various communities as an educator, facilitator, creative director, and wilderness guide – including Pacific Northwest College of Art, Signal Fire’s Wide Open Studios, and Wild Rockies Field Institute. Her personal practice tends to be of a contemplative nature, rooted in ecological values. She is dedicated to ongoing learning and has trained in holistic health, permaculture, wilderness medicine, and heart-based facilitation, as well as degrees in Visual Arts and Psychology.
Intro to Linocuts
Free Adult Drop-in Workshops!
Taught by Open AIR Artist-in-Resident Cristine Martin
Intro to Linocuts
August 2, 5-7 pm
In this workshop, students will create their own small linocut, print it using a mobile printing press, and learn other hand-printing techniques. Students should come to class with a simple black-and-white design in mind for a 5x7-inch project. Students will learn about the history of printmaking and the power of making multiples.
Audience: This workshop is suitable for adults. No experience is required. Folks can attend 1, 2, or all three of the workshops! They are stand-alone, individual experiences.
Cost: The workshops are free!
About the Artist:
Christine Martin is a printmaker and painter from Butte, MT, where she is a printmaking instructor at the Imagine Butte Resource Center and is the Curator of the Clark Chateau Museum. Her practice explores the effects of industrial projects on the natural environment using surrealism.
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Beth Godley Artist Presentation
Join us for an exciting presentation from artist Beth Godley! Come and hear Beth discuss her creative process and see the artwork created during her Artist-in-Residence at Explore the Arts.
This event is free and open to the public. Presentations followed by a chance to meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments.
For accessibility concerns, email info@openairmt.org
Registration is not required but is appreciated.
Register at: https://form.jotform.com/231386549711158
About the Artist:
Born of the frustration with slow pace of societal progress, Beth Godley uses collage and paint to express her affective and emotional situation. Through her work she explores women’s lives, abstraction, and the environment. She is inspired by ideas, coffee, bright skies, and recycling. The use of craft techniques and found images can be seen in her work. She maintains separate a practice of glass. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Introduction to Monotype Printmaking
Free Adult Drop-in Workshops!
Taught by Open AIR Artist-in-Resident Cristine Martin
Introduction to Monotype Printmaking
July 26, 5-7 pm
In this workshop, students will create their own Monotype prints. Monotypes are unique prints made by pressing paper against a painted or inked surface. In this class, students will learn different techniques to create unique effects. Students will experiment with different inks, oil pastels, and objects such as feathers, string, and fabrics to create exciting effects. Students will use a small printing press and will leave with their own unique projects.
Audience: This workshop is suitable for adults. No experience is required. Folks can attend 1, 2, or all three of the workshops! They are stand-alone, individual experiences.
Cost: The workshops are free!
About the Artist:
Christine Martin is a printmaker and painter from Butte, MT, where she is a printmaking instructor at the Imagine Butte Resource Center and is the Curator of the Clark Chateau Museum. Her practice explores the effects of industrial projects on the natural environment using surrealism.
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org
Design and Create an Art Mobile!
Explore the ARTS:
Design and Create an Art Mobile!
Free event
In the art mobile workshop, you will make a well-balanced kinetic mobile with wire and your choice of material.
You'll learn to make jump rings and learn about balance.
We will look at examples of art mobiles and discuss design.
Please register at www.explorethearts.art/workshops
Letterpress Card Making workshop
Free Adult Drop-in Workshop!
Taught by Open AIR Artist-in-Resident Cristine Martine
Letterpress Card Making workshop
July 19, 5-7 pm
Learn how to set type and create your own card or postcard. Students will use a small mobile press and traditional lead type to create their own message and print it onto cards. Cards can then be decorated with collages or monotypes and linocuts in later workshops.
Audience: This workshop is suitable for adults. No experience is required. Folks can attend 1, 2, or all three of the workshops! They are stand-alone, individual experiences.
Cost: The workshops are free!
About the Artist:
Christine Martin is a printmaker and painter from Butte, MT, where she is a printmaking instructor at the Imagine Butte Resource Center and is the Curator of the Clark Chateau Museum. Her practice explores the effects of industrial projects on the natural environment using surrealism.
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org