Whitefish Goldsmiths

Whitefish Goldsmiths is presenting Zach Morrison for Octobers Gallery Nights. Zach is a 25-year old Whitefish native whos predilection for art began early, but was honed through academic bordom. Lifes everyday difficulties pushed him to use art as an eventual escape, and led him to a deep appreciation for expression. His fascination with the worlds unique creatures, deep appreciation for music, and struggle with indecision, has inspired a majority of his work. Come on out and enjoy this years last Gallery Nights.

Contemporary Ledger Art at The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery

Join us Thursday, October 6th, 6-9PM for the last gallery nights of the season. We will be featuring Contemporary Native American Ledger Art-primarily Terrance Guardipee Last Gun. For more information, please call 406-863-ARTS. Please join us for fine art, refreshments & live music.

Stillwater Gallery

Stilwater Gallery will be closed for the October Gallery Night.

We encourage you attend the other galleries and have a fun night!

Thank you for another great season - and we will see you next year!

Chrystal Higgins - October - The Purple Pomegranate

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring work by Whitefish basket maker, Chrystal Higgins during the month of October. Chrystal took her first basket weaving class in 1997, instantly became hooked, and started teaching others how to weave in 1999. Chrystal specializes in unique gourd and contemporary baskets, as well as antler baskets, a great deal of which is special order consignment baskets. Always striving to expand her knowledge, she constantly experiments with new materials and techniques, in a multitude of basket forms.

Chrystal's original basket designs have been awarded numerous Best of Show awards, as well as winning several local, state and national awards. Partly because she always sneaks in lots of tips and techniques during class time and strives to make basketmaking a fun and stress-free time for all of her students, Chrystal has been given the nickname of "Montana Wild Woman" by her basket-weaving buddies and students.

Meet Chrystal during Whitefish Gallery Night, Thursday, October 6th, 2011 from 6-9 PM. Chrystal’s work will be displayed during the opening and throughout the month of October.

Going To The Sun Gallery Presents,Artist, Jeff Manion For Gallery Nights September 1st! !

Born in Hartford, Ct. 1964. Jeff grew up with a love for fishing the outdoors and art. He attended Howell Cheney Techinical School in Manschester Ct., where he started his training as a machinist and toolmaker. Working in the trade for over 20 years Jeff pursued painting whenever he could, taking classes in painting from artist Beth Ellis, Jim Wilcox, Luke Frazier and Dave Wade. Along with study through many art books and painting on location.

In 2005, Jeff moved to the Flathead Valley in Montana to be closer to the wildlife, mountains and the western art world.

Jeff has participated in the 2003 "top 200" arts for the parks, the 2007/2009
Charlie Russell auction, The 2007
Bozeman Western Art Auction. The miniature auction at the Hockaday Museum, the annual 2003 plien aire paint out with the Hockaday Museum and the saddle up paint event with the Bigfork Museum of Art and History.

Stephen Isley Presents Colt Idol

Stephen Isley Presents the Art Work of Colt Idol, Thursday, September 1st from 6 PM to 9 PM.

This talented young artist, born and raised in the Flathead Valley, graduated from Whitefish High School in 2009. He studied and worked with his father, Dick Idol, who is a well-known sculptor and painter. Colt is currently attending Montana State University Art School in Bozeman.

Colt's oil paintings, on cotton and linen canvas, clearly show a natural sense of color and visual perception. Please join us for this Thursday's Gallery Night event to meet Colt and view his work.

Join Us!

Jena Ponti-"Idiomatic" at The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery

Please join us for our opening exhibit of "Idiomatic", featuring Whitefish artist, Jena Ponti. Jena will be sharing her whimsical, mixed media pieces inspired by various idioms. Above-Dust Bunny and Lipstick on a Pig!! Fine art and refreshments as part of Whitefish First Thursday Gallery Nights on September 1st, 6-9PM. For more information, call 406-863-ARTS.

Traci Staves & Matthew Springer Show at Stumptown Art Studio

Two artists are being featured for the September exhibition line-up at Stumptown Art Studio. The opening reception for Beads of the Art and Bare Spirits takes place on Thursday, September 1 from 6-9 p.m.

In Beads of the Art, jewelry artist Traci Staves translates her passion using seed beads and other mediums into works of art. "There is something so powerful about these tiny little objects," says Staves. "Their magic is spellbinding and it can take total controal of one's mind and soul. Ask any serious beadher and they will tell you it is a passion, an addiction, an obsession." She explains how she utilizes the three months of glorious inspiration all around to fuel her creative spirit for the next nine months of winter. Staves also loves teaching and sharing her love of creating and making beads with others. Beaded necklace by Traci Staves

Matthew Springer's Bare Spirits capture many of the activities and landscapes that inspire him by living in this corner of Montana. "There is something majestic in big mountainous silhouettes when the graduated layers slip into one another and the world becomes a vaguery of two-dimensional color," he says. "Black into blue. Yellow slipping behing a curtain. It is happy hour at its finest and the extended twilight periods in the Flathead are one of the reasons I love being here." To capture the spiritual rise of these moments, Springer has paired this series with depictions os "Raven" to encapsulate the appropriate energy of his artwork.



Oil painting by Matthew Springer

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, student works, new works and provide exhibit space for emerging artists. Each month during Whitefish First Thursday Gallery Night season from May through October, 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-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Please check the web site at http://www.stumptownartstudio.org/ for continued updates.

Ethos Paris Presents...

This month Ethos is showcasing two artists ~ David Nielsen & Joseph Pesina.

Ceramic Artist Joseph Pesina is originally from Door County, Wisconsin (the "thumb" of the state!) Through the medium of Clay and Fire Joseph expresses what he sees and feels in nature. Pesina began his professional career in Wisconsin at the Peninsula Art School in Fish Creek. In 2009-2010 Joseph was the Artist in Residence at the Clay Studio of Missoula, he was also invited to and completed a Residency at The Pottery Workshop in Jindezhen, China in 2008. Along with his creative endevours, Joseph has also worked as a production potter for over 10 years in both Wisconsin and Montana. Joseph now lives, works and studies in Whitefish, Montana with his wife, Astrid.

David Nielsen is an abstract painter whose depictions of everyday scenes are cast through abstract eyes, giving his work a unique perspective and originality. David is a gratuate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. He is the receipent of the Mid-venture Award and was also given the opportunity to further his education, studying in Hamburg, Germany on a scholarship through Foreign Cultural Studies. In 2002, Nielsen was selected into the Peninsula Art School Emerging Artist Program in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, where he and Pesina worked together for the first time. David and his wife Laura currently call Madison, Wisconsin home.

This month these two artists come together again, showcasing their progress through the years. Join us for their opening reception during Whitefish Gallery Nights September 1st from 6-9 p.m. Ethos is located at 525 Railway Street.

September - Lisa Rideout - Horseshoe Nail Jewelry

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring work by Whitefish jewelry artist, Lisa Rideout during the month of September. Searching for a change of lifestyle for she and her son, Lisa Rideout decide to move from her home in Kansas City, Missouri, to Montana about eight years ago. As she readied herself for this huge change, her cousin gave her a cross made out of horseshoe nails to hang on the car’s rearview mirror. It became the symbol of family, strength and hope for their new life as they came across country, through the Rockies to the Flathead Valley. That trip was a long one and the horseshoe nails that dangled from the mirror became a great source of inspiration to her as she found a new home and settled in Whitefish.

One day, about five years ago, she discovered a box of rusty horseshoe nails in a friends barn sale and she snapped them up in a second—establishing the first inventory for RideOut’s HideOut, the name of Lisa’s creative business. She made gifts for family and friends from the horseshoe nails, and then moved on to selling necklace designs with the other jewelry she created as a hobby. Today, Lisa’s wearable art has grown from men and women’s neckware, to bracelets, to children’s necklaces and accessories. Each horseshoe nail is hand-crafted to fit a specific design in her product line, with the more elaborate pieces including colored wiring and crystals for that extra bit of bling we all love to show off once in a while! Her designs continue to evolve and change as customers repeat her visits and as new people discover her work.

Meet Lisa during Whitefish Gallery Night, Thursday, September 1st, 2011 from 6-9 PM. Lisa’s work will be displayed during the opening and throughout the month of September.

Thursday August 4th Going To The Sun Gallery Presents Nick Oberling and Jennifer Li for galery nights

Nick Oberling Montana's landscape painter has been exhibited at the C. M. Russell Museum and is in the permanent collection of the Hockaday Museum of Art. He is a founding member of the Montana Painters Alliance. He has been a selected Quick Draw artist and participant at the C. M. Russell Museum's Auction of Western Art and the Montana Land Reliance and Treasure State Art Auctions. He has been Artist in Residence at Glacier National Park and the Helena National Forest. Nicholas Oberling was educated at Cornell University and studied painting under the atelier system at The Art Students League of New York for a decade. His biography is included in Who's Who in America.

Jennifer Li studied painting for twelve years at the Art Students League of New York under distinguished realist painters Harvey Dinnerstein and Frank Mason. She has been painting professionally since 1990.

The New York Times has described Jennifer Li's work as "straightforwardly beautiful" with an "an element of the weird". Her work has been noted for its imaginative and evocative content and for the high quality of her technique.

Her work has been featured at the Holter Museum in Helena, Montana, the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco, the Union League Club in New York, and the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, Montana.

Marylou Patterson-E3: encaustic, expressions & explorations at The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery

Please join us for an evening of fine art, refreshments & live music, Thursday, August 4th, 6-9PM as part of Whitefish Gallery Nights! Presenting Marylou Patterson!

Marylou grew up in Illinois, raised four children in Texas and now lives in the Flathead Valley of Montana. She used her creative talents and interest in education, teaching art in elementary schools and community programs. She now has Trail Marker Studio where she creates her E 3 works in wax and mixed media.

"I love color and texture
and playing through art.
Manipulating handmade papers,
ephemera , threads and yarns
and random found objects
gives me moments of wonder to create images.
My formula, E 3, encaustic, expressions and explorations
allow me to manipulate pieces for the viewer
to have simple thoughts, celebrations of life and memories, new and old."

Marylou Patterson-Trail Marker Studio

August 4 Gallery Night - JOHN ASHLEY: CURIOUS BY NATURE

The exceptional photographs of John Ashley will be featured at Stumptown Art Studio from August 4 through August 30, 2011. Curious by Nature combines two of Ashley's passions--photography and conservation--in the form of fine art photography. His images remind you of the natural beauty and humor of wild places and wild critters.

(pictured above: "Leap of Faith" by John Ashley)

Ashley earned a biology degree from the University of Montana, and became an award-winning photojournalist at newspapers in Florida and Montana. By 1982, he was ranked by the National Press Photographers' Association as one of the top three photojournalists in the Southeastern United States. Along his path, John worked as a biologist for many years--mostly with the National Park Service--working to conserve California Condors, Bald Eagles and his favorite, Harlequin Ducks.

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 gifts, retail art supplies and exhibits.

Exhibits hosted at Stumptown Art Studio feature guest artists, group displays, student work, new works and provide exhibit space for emerging artists. Each month during the Whitefish First Thursday Gallery Night season from May through October, 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-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Please check the web site at http://www.stumptownartstudio.org/ for continued updates.

Stephen Isley Jewelry Presents Michael Sterling Bryant

"My inspiration comes from the creatures as I see them in my mind's eye."

Stephen Isley will present Michael Sterling Bryant, wood sculptor and wildlife artist. The reception will be held Thursday, August 4th from 6PM to 9PM as part of Whitefish's "First Thursdays Gallery Nights."

Michael is an internationally acclaimed and award winning artist. The uniqueness in his work is the cummulative result of many years of experience, skill and knowledge. The artist has mastered the anatomy of birds, mammals and fish.

During the past six years Michael has been honored with numerous First Place Awards throughout the United States and Canada.

Please join us. Meeting Michael will be the highlight of your evening.

From The Fields - August - The Purple Pomegranate

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring works by three Flathead Valley fiber artist during the month of August. Carole Moseley, Sally Kimmel Glutting and Becky Pallies-Jacobsen will have a group show entitled 'From the Fields'.

Carole feels that nature is a marvelous evolution with its beauty, surrounding us with every shape and color imaginable. She feels her pieces are a learning process, what makes her happy and what are pleasing to the eye. Different techniques are used to make this happen. Fibers of many types are the source of Carole's process. She especially enjoys using natural fiber for her base design and then using man made fibers for detail. She uses a combination of stitching, beading and computer generated fibers, different techniques to add texture and details.

Sally's interpretation of the theme was to think about green. To think about the meanings of green, the heart chakra, color of hope and renewal. Sally talks about her work "I like to create pieces that make me smile; pieces that invitee you to look closer, read the little messages and enjoy the details. These pieces are inspired by nature, labyrinths, social awareness, and of course, humor. I like to experiment with texture. Techniques include use of fiber, beads, wire and photography as well as fabric to capture ideas."

Becky considered "From the Fields" which set her mind to wandering through fields of flowers, berries, oil and ice and finally led her to a central theme of "contrast." She found her contrast in both color and texture. Experimenting with different techniques this year has encouraged the pieces that Becky will be sharing in the show.

Meet Carole, Sally and Becky during Whitefish Gallery Night, Thursday, August 2nd, 2011 from 6-9 PM. Their work will be displayed during the opening and throughout the month of August

Ethos Paris Presents

Opening Reception Tonight

July 7th from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Ethos is located on Railway across from Depot Park

Rob Akey Featured Artist

July 7th Gallery Nights, Going To The Sun Gallery is proud to feature Rob Akey Whitefish Montana artist. From majestic Glacier peaks to the open eastern prairie, his oil paintings evoke empirical truth, beauty and spiritual qualities that define a sense of place and surpass simple protrayal.

A graduate of Minneapolis College of Art and Design and former Creative Director for Tonka Toys, Rob also teaches painting at Flathead Valley Community College and was voted 2008 Best Local Artist in the Flathead Valley (Daily Inter Lake).

Rink Davis-A Celebration of Life at The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery

Please join us Thursday, July 7th, 6-9PM for an exhibit with Montana Sculptor, Rink Davis. "A Celebration of Life" will be featuring ceramics & bronzes from 1960s-present work. Come meet the artist, enjoy fine art, refreshments & music!!

Rink Davis was raised in Portland, Oregon. At the age of 13 he moved to a ranch on the Montana/Wyoming state line. The self-taught artist was sculpting by the age of 20. At the urging of a college art professor, he kept at it. He began to enter juried shows, capturing Best of Sculpture and Best of Show awards. He turned pro in hes early 30's and shortly thereafter was offered the opportunity to study at the American Academy of Rome. But with a wife and three children, he decided against it. The rewards still cam. Concentrating on what surrounded him, the environment and Indian culture, he continued to sculpt. He was included in the first "Crafts of America" show at the Baltimore Museum of Arts. His works are now in corporate and private collections. Presently , his work can be seen at 103 Rolling Green Place, Missoula, Montana or The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery in Whitefish, Montana.

"Some critics have described art as the highest level of expression of an age. My inspiration comes through my belief in the reverence for life given to us by our creator, finding its fullest expression in love for one another and its fulfillment in the family. The thread of love that weaves itself through these relationships is what I try to capture. My intuitive nature is captured in the medium that I work in, whether it be clay, wood, welded steel or bronze. I have gone from a figurative expression to total abstraction and then back to the figurative using the chosen medium to dictate the symbols or shapes and their relationship to each other to make unusual creations. In 55 years of sculpting, I have chosen to communication my vision of life with all its changing complexities and subtleties as a celebration of where I live and learn."

Rink Davis

Jerry Meislik - The Purple Pomegranate - Photographs

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring work by Whitefish photographer, Jerry Meislik during the month of July. Jerry is an avid photographer who has been pursuing his passion for imaging for nearly fifty years. For many years, he shot with film cameras but recently has transitioned to digital photography. He loves the artistic control and freedom offered by processing the images himself.

Jerry's photographic interests include nature, wildlife, scenic photos and abstracts. He is particularly fascinated with patterns, textures, light, visual puzzles and abstractions. Living in Montana, he is captivated with the ever continuing changes in light, color and climate offered by the landscape. Jerry also loves getting down on the ground and photographing animals and children at their level and from unusual angles. Many of Jerry's images seize the fleeting moment that is often missed with the naked eye but captured in images.

Jerry's other interests include bonsais and he is a published author of books and articles about bonsai. He is a semi-retired Ophthalmologist and enjoys hiking, skiing, snowshoeing and computers.

Meet Jerry during Whitefish Gallery Night, Thursday, July 7th, 2011 from 6-9 PM. Jerry’s work will be displayed during the opening and throughout the month of July.

Stephen Isley Jewelry

Stephen Isley will feature the work of Pat Branting at the Whitefish Gallery Night on Thursday, July 7, 2011 from 6PM to 9PM.

Pat grew up loving the outdoors in North Platt, Nebraska. Graduating from the University of Nebraska, she earned a BA in education and an art minor. In 1976 she moved to Bozeman, Montana where she continued to paint and be inspired by the mountains, lakes and rivers. The wildlife present in these settings influences much of her work. Retired from a teaching career of 34 years, she now has more time to paint.

This painting, entitled "Last Light on the River", is oil on canvas 36" X 24" and is available at the gallery.

Pat is passionate about the study of light and the intriguing shapes and patterns created by light. She says light is the key ingredient for each subject, from nature's little treasures to majestic mountain scenes.

JULY 7 - "Fish Frenzy" - STUMPTOWN ART STUDIO'S Annual Theme Exhibit & Auction Fundraiser

One of Stumptown Art Studio's most popular events-- the annual theme auction & fundraiser-- takes place the evening of July 7 during First Thursday Gallery Nights. Fish Frenzy is this years' theme with over 25 local artists donating one-of-a-kind fish themed art just for the event.

Then, for one night and one night only on July 7, the Fish Frenzy concludes by means of a silent auction. The opening reception accompanied by refreshments begins at 6 p.m. Bidding will continue throughout that evening and finish in a frenzy at 9:30 p.m.

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, student work, new works and provide exhibit space for emerging artists. Each month during the Whitefish First Thursday Gallery Night season from May through October 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-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. & Sundays, noon-5 p.m.

Richard Parrish Glass Work: Jest Gallery

Please join us at Jest Gallery for new works from Bozeman, Montana glass fusion artist Richard Parrish. His bright and colorful pieces are just the thing for the dreary rainy weather. Make sure to stop by and see his latest pieces.

Fashion and Photography

Join Us

for

Fashion & Photography

Featuring Famed Montana Photographer

Randall Roberts

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Art Walk Thursday

June 2, 2011

At Ethos Paris

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Randall works with Bromoils, a photography medium akin to Etching that creates truely one-of-a-kind pieces. His subjects range from Architecture to Wild Horses to Landscapes. Tonight we will be presenting some of his most thought-provoking Landscape pieces that are sure to please the senses in every way!

Ethos Paris is located at 525 Railway in Whitefish, across from Depot Park.

Mark Baumbach-Say Yield to See-at The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery

Please join us for "Say Yield to See"-an exhibit of abstract-style landscapes by Whitefish artist, Mark Baumbach!! Thursday, June 2nd, 6-9PM. Fine art, live music & refreshments served! For more information, please contact 406-863-ARTS!!

Student Spring Show & Ice-Cream Social - JUNE - Stumptown Art Studio

Art students of all ages will be featuring their creations from 2011 in this extravaganza of artwork ranging from drawing and painting, mixed media, sculpture and clay. An opening reception on Thursday, June 2 from 6 - 9 p.m. is accompanied by the popular "create-your-own-artistic-ice-cream-treat" event for young and old alike. Families are welcome to this special exhibition honoring our youngest community artists at Stumptown Art Studio.


(Oil pastel batik painting by
Finn Anderson)






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, an artists' cooperative, painting pottery, glass fusing and mosaic making in the Ceramics Annex, art gifts, retail art supplies and exhibits.

Exhibits hosted at Stumptown Art Studio feature guest artists, group displays, student work, new works and provide exhibit space for emerging artists. Each month during the Whitefish First Thursday Gallery Night season from May through October a different artist is featured.

Open hours to view exhibits and take part in the many other art offerings are: Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. & Sundays, noon - 5 p.m.

Stephen Isley Jewelry June 2, 2011 Gallery Nights

Stephen Isley Jewelry will feature "Busy Woods" artist, Wayne Murray on Thursday, June 2, as part of Whitefish First Thursday Gallery Nights. The reception will be from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. "Busy Woods" creates ducks and loons, each individually hand crafted from 100 year old cedar fence posts. All are welcome.

June - Deb Stika - The Purple Pomegranate

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring work by Whitefish artist, Deb Stika during the month of June. Upon deciding to retire from a career as an Art Director in Minneapolis, Deb sought just the right environment for pursuing her own art. She found Whitefish, Montana and it was love! Deb settled in, Projectmyplace.com was born and she started the first installment of drawings called Project Whitefish. These drawings are a visual narrative of what Deb feels makes a place a home. Deb has drawn the iconic buildings of Whitefish such as Nelson's Hardware, the Presbyterian Church, Montana Coffee Traders, The Buffalo Cafe, Third Street Market and City Hall.

Many of the places in Deb's collection have undergone iterations of looks and even functions in their lifetimes. You will discover some of them have even changed since she drew them! But one thing remains constant, the comfortable hometown feeling that is indelibly book-marked in Deb's soul.

Meet Deb during Whitefish Gallery Night, Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 from 6-9 PM. Deb’s work will be displayed during the opening and throughout the month of June.

Raffia and Seeds from Madagascar

Organic Raffia from Madagascar
All Ethos raffia is 100% organic and is harvested, processed and crocheted into original Paris Ethos accessories according to Fair Trade practices. Our raffia initiative in Madagascar is our oldest partnership, established in 2002 with a cooperative of local women artisans. Ethos also helped train the local marginalized women to fabricate original accessories such as hats, bags and necklaces that are exclusive to the Ethos line. Today our Fair Trade partner is thriving in Madagascar and pays its artisans 50% higher than the local rate for their work.

Natural Sustainable Resource
The raffia palm (Raphia farinifera or R. ruffia) grows to 60ft and is a sustainable organic resource that grows in abundance in Madagascar. The enormous leaves of the palm are composed of 80 to 100 leaflets, which are peeled from either side of the palm fronds then hung out in the sun. Once dry, they are collected and sorted into different classifications, pressed and dyed. The finished raffia is not only soft, pliable and strong but is also non-shrinking. This natural fibre also offers excellent colourability.

Featured tonight at Ethos Paris - 525 Railway Suite 101 - Across from Depot Park!

Whitefish Goldsmiths

Whitefish Goldsmith is excited to present Jodi Monahan, an up and coming artist from Missoula Montana. Jodi's passion for painting was unearthed while she was designing a Touch of Tuscany room in her home and wanted a fresco painted. That room project began a journey into a painting emphasis on the exploration of anything Italian, with special attention paid to the Tuscan region and the colors it brings to life. This wonderful, creative world of oil on canvas and oil on textured board allows you to use her art to stay connected to the feelings, tastes, and rich colors of the region in your in your everyday life. Being married to an Irishman from Butte Montana, her body of work adds a bit of Irish and Celtic tradition. Jodi's sense of family history is richly evident in her paintings with Irish and Italian influences. Meet Jodi at Whitefish Goldsmiths on May 5th from 6-9pm, 420 Third Street Whitefish.

Jest Gallery May Opening

Please join us May 5th for new works from many of our most favorite artists including Laura Miller, Louise Lamontagne, Shawna Moore and our newest artist Michael Haykin. Live music with Dan Dubuque from 6-9 p.m. See you then!

Introducing Youth Image Project at The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery

Please join The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery for a fundraising event and introduction of Youth Image Project! YIP's mission is to empower at-risk teenagers by providing photographic training with which they can share their personal vision, expand their skill sets and advance their life opportunities.

The basics of event...
What: Presenting donated works from local, regional and internationally-renowned documentary photographers in support of Youth Image Project. Participate in a raffle and silent auction for the opportunity to take home a professionally framed print with 100% of all proceeds benefiting YIP. Learn more about the program, mission and commitment to local youth and meet YIP staff and board members. Learn how you can become involved or just stop by to say hello!!
When: Thursday, May 5 2011 6-9PM
Where: The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery, 305 Baker Avenue, Whitefish, MT

More about the gallery event...
Dozens of award-winning photographers will be featured, whose works have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Newsweek and National Geographic as well as student work from similar successful existing educational photographic programs around the country.

Thank you to all the photographers, Visual People Design, Photo Video Plus and The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery for all the kind donations given in support of this event!!

Local supporters include Healing Arts Project, Youth Court Services, CASA for Kids and Child & Family Services.

For more information contact Jennifer DeMonte @ (406) 270-3377 or visit the website at www.youthimageproject.org

Photo credits:
Lido Vizutti-Flathead Beacon Photographer
Slope of Horses-Jennifer DeMonte-Executive/Program Director of Youth Image Project
Images in banner-faces kindly "borrowed" from local Whitefish youth!!

Rosella Mosteller - MAY - Stumptown Art Studio "Reading Between the Lines"

Stumptown Art Studio is pleased to be featuring its original founder, Rosella Mosteller, in the photographic exhibition: Reading Between the Lines. A resident of Whitefish, Montana for 31 years, Rosella Mosteller has been involved in the arts since the beginning. She started photographing seriously in 1995. At that time, she was intrigued by the emotional content of Parisian cemeteries and later, how that translated into a multi-media work of art. Years and education have taken her down the photographic path to focus on black and white fine art landscape imagery.
(pictured at right by Rosella Mosteller:
"Winter Writing, Volume Two, Line One Hundred)

In Reading Between the Lines, she presents her traditional and abstract visual perspective with photographs. This exhibition is part of completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she was awarded a summer portfolio grant in 2007. Other awards she earned include a Talbots Scholarship in 2007 and a merit scholarship from 1999-2001 at the Art Institute in Chicago. Over the past 10 years, her photographs have been juried into annual exhibitions at the Hockaday Museum of Art.

"I think of my abstract landscape photography as 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." Reading Between the Lines Combines the overall with the introspective, the traditional with the abstract and demonstrates how they both mutually exist.

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, camps, art parties, an artists' cooperative, painting pottery and glass fusing in the Ceramics Annex, art gifts, retail art supplies and exhibits.

Exhibits hosted at Stumptown Art Studio feature guest artists, group displays, student work, new works and exhibition space for emerging artists. Each month during the Whitefish First Thursday Gallery Night season from May through October a different artist is featured.

Hours of operation to view exhibits is Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. & Sundays, noon - 5 p.m. (Closed on May 30 for Memorial Day holiday).

Rick Kom - May - The Purple Pomegranate

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring work by Kalispell artist, Rick Kom during the month of May. Rick learned to draw from his father at an early age. Growing up in northern Idaho, he learned to love its abundant wildlife and natural beauty. He now lives minutes from Glacier National Park with his wife, Shannon, and their two dogs, Koko and Ollie. A self-taught artist, Rick developed a technique in watercolors, clayboard, acrylics, and colored pencil that captures in deepest detail the eyes, fur, and feathers of his beloved animal subjects.

Rick is passionate about meticulously detailed wildlife art. His unique clayboard technique is quite similar to scrimshaw on ivory. Nothing but a sewing needle is used to intricately etch a black India ink surface revealing a layer of white Kaolin clay underneath. Opaque watercolors are then gently brushed into the exposed clay lines, giving his animal subjects a life like appearance.

Meet Rick during Whitefish Gallery Night, Thursday, May 5th, 2011 from 6-9 PM. Rick’s work will be displayed during the opening and throughout the month of May.

Going To The Sun Gallery Presents: Rochelle Lombardi Bronze Artist and Jeweler And Bronze Artist Jack Muir!

Going To The Sun Gallery Presents Jack Muir and Rochelle Lombardi for Gallery nights in June! Come celebrate the Bronze art of Jack Muir and The Bronze art and Jewelry of Rochelle Lombardi.

Montana artist and gallery co-owner Rochelle Lombardi comes to her art with the passion of her love for wildlife as well as domesticated animals who share her life space. She has been featured in Western Art Magazine as well as our own Montana Woman magazine and has art featured on the cover of Rural Montana Magazine. Rochelle is a bronze artist and an accomplished Jeweler. Come and view her new selection of Spectacular Colored Diamonds, Blue and Yellow, set in Rings and earings in 14k White gold. Along with an array of Sterling Silver Creations, and many beautiful bronze sculptures.

Jack Muir Was born and raised in Great Falls, Mt. His interest in art began at an early age with a visit to the C.M. Russell Museum. After receiving a degree in Fine Art from the Montana State University, Jack wet on to cofound Kalispell Art Casting in 1978. Kalispel Art Casting is currently one of the largest art casting foundries in the west, employing over 45 people. Jacks sculptures can be found in many private collections and are available in fine art galleries across the country.

Now semi retired, Jack spends his time getween Montana, wher he sculpts and Mexico, where he and his wife Sydney Anne sail on their 40' sailboat, "Tambourine"

Please join us June 2nd 1st., Thursdays Gallery Night, featuring the pottery of Robert Markle a local artist from Columbia Falls, Mt. This is a wonderful opportunity to view new works of art as well as meet the artist in person at MiCasa Pottery.

Upcoming Gallery Nights

This is the time of year, when all the galleries are getting together and planning for upcoming Gallery Nights. We'll be updating this blog and our Facebook page soon with the participating galleries. But I thought you might want to mark down the dates in your calendar so you can plan on attending each month. The dates this year are: May 5th, June 2nd, July 7th, August 4th, September 1st and October 6th. Or if you can't be bothered with all that, just remember to come to downtown Whitefish on the first Thursday of the month starting in May. We'll be open from 6-9pm with refreshments and wonderful local art. We'd love for you to stop by!