Whitefish Winter Gallery Nights

 

Join us Saturday, February 15th, 6-9PM for a special mid-winter Gallery Nights featuring new and current works by Andrea Brew and new works by Michelle Edland and Maggie Logan.  Fine art and refreshments served.  For more information, call 406-863-ARTS. 

Tim Carlburg - The Purple Pomegranate - February

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring work by Kalispell ceramic artist Tim Carlburg during the month of January. Largely a self-taught potter, Tim Carlburg holds a BS in K-12 Art Education.  He has built, owned and operated Carlburg Pottery (a Veteran Owned Business) since 2008.  Focusing his attention on the micro brewing industry for the past four years, Carlburg sells growlers to micro breweries and bars around the world and has made countless one-of-a- kind growlers for home brewers and micro brew aficionados alike.  Recent endeavors include producing work oriented for local and national Distilleries; as well as the exploration of more politically charged artwork.

Traditional American pottery was often not fancy, nor pretty; it was functional and served a very specific purpose as a cooking, drinking, or storage vessel. Use of this pottery was centered upon the communal acts of cooking, eating, or sharing a drink. It was from this perspective that Tim created his first growler; a half-gallon beer jug that is based loosely upon traditional moonshine jugs. The sense of community, friendship and camaraderie that can be formed and shared over such a communal vessel was paramount to the thought behind it and he hopes that the growler plays a role during that special time of sharing. Made to be used, it is Tim's intention that they will be enjoyed by their owners; not just placed on a shelf. Through use, they will become part of those special interactions and will eventually take on marks of wear; a proud patina that is a direct reflection of where they have been and how they have served.

Meet Tim during Whitefish Gallery Night, Saturday, February 15, 2014 from 6-9 PM. Tim's work will be displayed throughout the month of February.

Meet The Alvars at Stumptown Art Studio December 28

Stumptown Art Studio is featuring an exhibition of limited edition lithographs by Spanish artist Sunol Alvar. The opening reception from 6-9 on that Saturday night is the first opportunity to Meet “The Alvars”, the stunning work of the artist.

The artwork on display consists of 10 different lithographs. The “Carmen Suite” consists of a limited edition grouping of five, signed by the artist and numbered 5 of 20. Each lithograph is preceded by a page bearing a lithographed sketch by the artist, combined with several bars of the music from the opera “Carmen” by Bizet, from which the subject of each lithograph was derived. These pieces are available for sale as a suite. Five additional lithographs in a similar style of Alvar are also on display and will be sold individually.



Alvar was born near Barcelona in 1935. He began painting oils at the age of twelve and continued his art education in Barcelona and Paris. Since a decisive one-man-show in Paris, 1963, he has exhibited regularly throughout Europe, the U.S. Canada and Japan. Stumptown Art Studio is the first Montana location to show his work.

Kim Waldman - The Purple Pomegranate

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring work by Whitefish artist Kim Waldman during the month of December. In her mid twenties after graduating from nursing school, Kim found an old toolbox full of oil paints at a garage sale. She began painting portraits of friends in hats and became interested in self-portraits. A few years later Kim began painting with gouache, an opaque watercolor, and soon combined gouache with ink. Her artwork evolved into colorful and whimsical circus performers, musicians and dancers.

Kim currently resides in Whitefish and recently completed the Montana Artrepreneur Program (MAP) helping her to create a business called Mother Bird Art. Over time Kim felt thoroughly captured by the creative process and this is when birds flew into her work. Maybe it is the beauty of birds--or their vulnerability--maybe their quiet intelligence, but birds have permeated her art and life in a way she never could have imagined. 

Meet Kim during Whitefish Gallery Night, Saturday, December 28, 2013 from 6-9 PM. Kim's work will be displayed throughout the month of December.

Going To The Sun Gallery Celebrates our 22 local and regional Artists!

Thank You for another wonderful year here at Going To The Sun Gallery! 

We have 22 Local and regional Artists who have created their one and only original Pieces that have brought light and beauty into our homes and lives.  Most of our Artists are full time Artists who live right here in the Flathead Valley!  Come join us at Gallery Nights this Thursday in celebration to "Enhancing Our Civilized Wilderness" with these beautiful one of a kind works!

Alan Satterlee, Mark Baumbach & James Boot featured at The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery

Please join us for Whitefish Gallery Nights on Thursday, October 3rd, 6-9PM.  We will be featuring Glacier Symphony & Chorale Executive Director, Alan Satterlee, Whitefish artist, Mark Baumbach, and St Ignatius artist, James Boots.  Fine art, refreshments & live music by Grant Sorlie!!  For more information, call 406-863-ARTS or go to www.thewalkingmanframeshop.com!!  Cheers!

Donald Jones - October - McGough and Company

Donald M. Jones is one of the most prolific wildlife photographers in the nation. His amazing images have graced the covers of nearly 700 magazines. His images have appeared on the interior pages of too many magazines and advertising campaigns to count. 

Don has eight commissioned books currently in publication. It is truly an honor for Wild Reflections Gallery to be in partnership with Don. Don is a Montana based wildlife photographer specializing in all forms of North American nature, from the Arctic to the deserts, swamps to the mountains and all locations in between. Don’s images are created from his overwhelming passion for being outdoors with camera in tow. 

What began as a young boy with binoculars swaying from his neck and a bird book wedged in his back pocket in suburban Chicago, has now transformed into a living dream. All of Don’s photographs are of animals in the wild. Don prides himself on photographing only wild and free animals. Don does not photograph captive animals that are confined to zoos or game farms. His work is authentic and his message is “Keep the Wild in Wildlife.” Don resides in the small northwest Montana town of Troy. His wife and soul mate, Tess, has been a true inspiration for Don. Tess is a remarkable lady and is a constant source of strength for Don during his many long treks into the wilderness. Despite his many accolades and incredible success as one of America's premier wildlife photographers for decades, Don has only recently entered the print market. 

Like his amazing photography, Don brings a level of professionalism and integrity to his fine art prints that are truly refreshing. All of Don’s images are personally signed and numbered limited editions, never digital signatures. True to his ethics in photography, Don’s limited editions are truly limited. The total run quantities and all available sizes are listed and are the only way Don’s images may be purchased. When you buy one of these amazing images you are assured you are purchasing something special and won’t find it later, matted and shrink-wrapped, in a gift store. See Don's work at McGough and Company during October Gallery Nights.

Shelter Fiber Art Exhibition - October - The Purple Pomegranate

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring a juried fiber art exhibition with the theme of Shelter during the month of October. Shelter is one of the basic needs for all living creatures.  What constitutes shelter?  Is it an actual structure or metaphysical?  From the lowliest tent to a mansion, shelter exists in many forms and has many different meanings.  What does shelter mean to you? Fiber artists from throughout the U.S. considered how to represent the theme of Shelter in their fiber art.

Tether by Lori Raines

Twenty pieces were accepted into the exhibit from thirteen different fiber artists. Titles of the work range from 'The Gastro Guest House', 'Tether', 'Searching for Center' to 'My Nest, My Shelter'. The work includes three dimensional sculpture and wall quilts consisting of fabric, felt, paper, stitch, cold wax techniques and more.

Bright Sunshine, Cool Shade by Heidi Zielinski

Please visit the opening of the show during Whitefish Gallery Night, Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 6-9 PM. The exhibit will be displayed during the opening and throughout the month of October.

Waiting by Jan Shanahan

Lindy Johnston - "BeTween" at The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery

Please join us for an exhibit of hand-crafted kites by Lindy Johnston.  "BeTween" will feature a plethora of kites (some more functional then others & some more decorative, but all made with attention to detail & love!)  Fine art, live music by cellist, Lee Zimmerman and refreshments served!  For more information, call 406-863-ARTS or go to www.thewalkingmanframeshop.com.  

 

Stillwater Gallery Presents "Adventures in Woodfiring"

 

Stillwater Gallery

is located within Whitefish Pottery

240 Central Ave. Whitefish

406-862-1417

Mon-Sat 10-6 * Sundays 11-5

Going To The Sun Gallery Proudly Presents Tim Wold, as the featured artist for September!

Tim Wold -  A Montana resident, raised in Cut Bank, Tim was exposed to the breath taking views of Glacier National Park.  His talent was recognized at an early age, and private art lessons in high school led to an art scholarship.  With a degree in art, Tim has worked on his style over the years.  His works, mainly “minis” of Glacier Park and the surrounding area, have been displayed in art shows throughout the West.  

Tim’s words;    “My hope is that when a person looks at one of my miniatures, a much larger memory or emotion is rekindled.”

 

Ke'vin W. Bowers - STUMPTOWN ART STUDIO - September 5-October 1

Coming up on the September 5 Whitefish Gallery Night is an exhibition featuring guest artist Ke’vin Bowers at Stumptown Art Studio.  The artist reception for the opening night takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. at 145 Central Avenue.

"Stay Clear", 30"x40" acrylic painting by Ke'vin Bowers

Born in Havre, Ke’vin is from North Idaho and Eastern Washington.  He has been a regular Santa Fe resident, gallery artist and instructor there.  Ke’vin’s work encompasses the regional people, animals and architecture of the Southwest.  For over twenty-five years he has worked in various mediums including pen & ink, watercolor, acrylics and colored pencils, and in recent years has been concentrating on pastels.   His favorite subjects include women, buffalo, horses, desert landscapes and African animals.

             

A studio painter, Ke’vin has also taught art professionally since 1996.  He is enamored with passing his creative knowledge on to others, and giving someone the ability to create paintings themselves.  Complete details about the artist and his work can be seen on his website, www.ke-vin.com

             

Ke’vin’s work has sold in more than 5 countries, including the American consulate in Saint Petersburg, Russia.  He has shown in art galleries of New Mexico, Idaho, Washington, South Carolina and Texas.

             
Please join us at Stumptown Art Studio for the opening reception with the artist, and to enjoy this vivid display of artwork through October 1.  

Stumptown Art Studio is a non-profit community art center in the heart of Whitefish, Montana.  It was founded in 1995 to offer art opportunities for all ages and art interests including:  classes, workshops, art camps, art parties, a clay cooperative, pottery painting, glass fusing and mosaic-making in the Ceramics Annex, art gift, retail art supplies and exhibits.  

Exhibits hosted at Stumptown Art Studio feature guest artists, group displays and students works, new artwork and it provides a space for emerging artists.  Each month during the Whitefish Gallery Night from May through October, December and February, the work of a different artist is on display.

Open hours to view exhibits and take part in the many other art offerings are:  Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sundays, noon -5 p.m.  After hours parties and birthday parties can also be arranged.  Please visit the web site for continued updates at www.stumptownartstudio.org.
 

Waterlillies Fiber Art - September - The Purple Pomegranate

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring the fiber art work done by the 'Waterlilly' Level 2 Studies in Design, Hand and Machine Stitch class from the Gail Harker Creative Studies Center during the month of September. Students from the class are Patti Olds of LaConner, WA, Nancy Drake of Anacortes, WA, Lynette Barnes of Kelowna, BC and Ruth Lane of Kalispell, MT. During the class, students use their inspirational design work to create exciting and unique portfolios and interpretations of the stitched book through the use of painted, printed and dyed fabric, threads, embellishments and a variety of mixed media techniques. Work on display will include experimental stitch samples, design sketchbooks and innovative stitched pieces or books from an original design. 

Going in Circles - Kantha Stitch - Patti Olds

Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts is located in LaConner, Washington. Internationally known textile and fiber artist, author and educator Gail Harker has the equivalent of a Masters in textile and fiber art as well as Contemporary Embroidery, also known as Stitch. More than 2,000 artists have studied at the Center, which offers certificate and diploma programs in Design and Stitch. Several students have gone on to win national and international awards. Learn more at www.gailcreativestudies.com

Machine Stitched Book - Lynette Barnes

The Level 2 Studies in Design, Hand and Machine Stitch course helps students acquire further skills in design, hand and machine stitch through a series of diverse techniques including painting, printing and dyeing of fabric and threads to create a portfolio of stitched samples. Students add to samples made in Level 1 Hand and Level 1 Machine Stitch courses. This course is conducted over a period of 18 months, in six five-day sessions. The Waterlillies class completed their certificate in February, 2013 and will be displaying samples of their hand and machine stitched pieces as well as hand stitched books.

Distorted Cross Stitch Tree - Nancy Drake

Meet Patti, Nancy, Lynette and Ruth during Whitefish Gallery Night, Thursday, September 5, 2013 from 6-9 PM. Their class work will be displayed during the opening and throughout the month of September.

Print to Stitch with Tyvek - Ruth Lane

Rosella Mosteller, Photography, Great Northern Pasta

Photographic Exhibition at Great Northern Pasta (you, friends, & family welcome) through the month of August

First Thursday Whitefish Gallery Night
235 Baker Avenue, Whitefish, Montana
Exhibition Opening Reception: August 1st, from 6-9 pm
Exhibition: August 1st- September 3rd, 2013
Local photographer Rosella Mosteller, known for her black and white landscapes images presents her traditional and abstract visual perspective with photographs.

Longtime resident, Rosella Mosteller, has applied her creativity in Montana through designing an earth sheltered home, three successful restaurants from interiors to menus, initiating the installation of Barry Hood’s etched glass waterscape in a downtown Whitefish building, founding the Studio now known as Stumptown Art Studio and Ceramic Annex, and a Cultural and Art History club at Stumptown Art Studio.

Mosteller started photographing seriously in nineteen ninety-five. At that time she used her camera as a tool to soak up the European lifestyle in Paris and Italy. Since then years and education have taken her down the
photographic path to focus on black and white fine art landscape imagery. Over the past ten years her photographs have been juried into annual exhibitions at the Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, the Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, and the Paris Gibson Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana.

“I think of my abstract landscape photography as a part of the whole,” Mosteller says. “It is another way to view the traditional. So in that way my traditional landscape and abstract landscape photography connect.” Rosella Mosteller’s black and white imagery combines the overall with the introspective, the traditional with the abstract and demonstrates how they both mutually exist.

Going To The Sun Gallery Enthusiasticlly Presents, Artist Rob Akey

Rob Akey is our featured artist for gallery nights August 1, 2013.  Rob Akey, our hometown Whitefish Artist,  is a graduate of Minneapolis College of Art and design and former Creative Director for Tonka Toys.  Rob also teaches art at Flathead Community College and was voted 2008 Best Local Artist in the Flathead Valley!