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SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY Support from the Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation includes many nonprofits throughout Montana including organizations such as these:
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athy and Peter Halstead have C known each other since they were 16. They grew up in families that for generations have sought to bring art and education to communities both in the United States and abroad. They were later classmates at both Columbia and NYU. Cathy is an abstract painter, who has exhibited around the world. Peter is a pianist, photographer, and poet. He has published several volumes of poetry and photos, and is working on a six-volume piano series, “Pianist Lost”, for Albany Records. Two volumes of his poetry are currently available.. Cathy worked with her father in the liquor company he founded with her in 1972, and ultimately became president and chairman. Cathy and Peter founded the Digital Lab in the library at Brown University. She also serves on the board of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
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The Manhattan School of Music, The Curtis Institute of Music, the La Jolla The Meaning Playhouse, Hawaii Opera Theater, Behind the Name The San Francisco Symphony, and the Aspen and Vail Music Festivals. Tippet was Cathy Halstead’s mother’s In England, it has helped produce name. It came from a book about a and preserve the repertoire of The cat named Tippy. Cathy could only say National Theatre, The Royal ShakeTippet, and one day she called her speare Company, and Shakespeare’s mother that, and it stuck. She passed Globe. away at a young age and in loving The Halsteads were inspired to memories of her, Peter and Cathy found Tippet Rise by the Storm King named the center after her. The land Art Center in New York, and by the is what is referred to as a “rise” in many institutions they have been geological terminology, as the ranch fortunate enough to work with, as a is entirely situated on a bench which way to share all the things they love: rises in altitude, moving from 4500 music, sculpture, poetry, and nature. to 6800 feet. Peter and Cathy Halstead have always loved the West and have In addition, Cathy and Peter researched for years on a place to celebrate it through art and music. After are trustees of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation, which makes more than a number of trips in different states, Montana was chosen for its unique ninety grants annually to charities landscapes, its people, and its true in the United States and England. Grantees include The Juilliard School, and authentic impression of the west.
Absarokee Community Foundation Absarokee Volunteer Fire Department Fishtail Community Council Nye Area Volunteer Fire Department Nye Community Foundation Red Lodge Area Community Foundation Red Loge Volunteer Firefighters Association Stillwater Valley Watershed Council Stillwater Protective Association
Education Absarokee Vocational Advisory Council Billings Public Schools Friends of Stillwater County Library Montana State University Montana State University College of Arts and Architecture Montana State University College of Agriculture Red Lodge Public Schools Foundation Skip’s Kids University of Montana University of Montana College of Visual and Performing Arts
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Join us for a summer of art, music and nature! Tippet Rise is a new cultural destination in Montana dedicated to a unique experience of classical music and contemporary sculpture in the breathtaking landscapes of the Beartooth Mountains’ foothills. Featuring outdoor sculptures and commissioned artworks by internationally acclaimed artists and concerts performed by world class musicians, Tippet Rise promises enriching experiences in settings that celebrate the lines between nature, art, and architecture. Founders Cathy and Peter Halstead based the concept of the center on the belief that art, music, architecture and nature are inextricably linked in the human experience. “There are moments in music when we are figuratively struck by lightning,” said Peter Halstead, “when suddenly the gap between a sound and an emotion is bridged.” Cathy Halstead agrees, comparing the meeting of music, landscape and sculpture at Tippet Rise to the experience of performances and celebrations at the ancient Greek amphitheaters or Stonehenge. Spend the day at Tippet Rise. Visit the Art Center; ride an electric shuttle to the
Meet the Team! Peter Halstead, Founder Cathy Halstead, Founder Alban Bassuet, Director Christopher O’Riley, Music Director Lindsey Hinmon, Director of Outreach and Logistics Pete Hinmon, Director of Operations Ben Wynthein, Ranch Manager Melissa Moore, Communication and Administration Manager Sarah Bird, Guest Creative Director and Producer Mickey Houlihan, Videography & Photography
seven outdoor sculptures placed throughout the property; hike or bike miles of maintained roads and experience scenic landscapes, quiet canyons, rolling foothills and spectacular views of the Beartooth Mountains. Pack a picnic or enjoy the food and beverages served onsite. Bring your family and explore Big Sky Country in ways you have never imagined. For more information visit www.tippetrise.org.
Some of the Team at Tippet Rise: Ben Wynthein, Ranch Manager; Pete Hinmon, Director of Operations; Alban Bassuet, Director; and Lindsey Hinmon, Director of Outreach and Logistics
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WHAT WOULD ISABELLE THINK? DAVID OLTROGGE Absarokee Montana
my experience. She had toured Europe extensively and had studied art on the continent many years before. Her wizened, deeply furrowed face would break into an equally deep smile as I described great concert halls, David Oltrogge has lived in Absarokee for 63 basilicas, and music venues, as well as the amazing galyears. He is a contractor as well as a lifelong leries, paintings, frescoes, tapestries, and statuary I had visited—a glimpse of the best music and art of the world. practicing “working” composer, performer, Who would have dreamed that such art and music would worship leader and aficionado of most things take place on the foothills of her youth: the breathtaking backdrop of the Beartooth Mountains, the hills and deep musical. The following are excerpts from an canyons that graced her paintings? editorial Oltrogge wrote in April 2016. Through the Halstead’s vision and generosity, as well as an army of artists and artisans, trades and tradesmen, As I followed the evolution of the Tippet Rise Music and and engineers and engines, Tippet Rise Art Center will Art Center project near Fishtail and Absarokee, I kept asksoon be a reality right in our backyard. The possibilities ing myself “what would Isabelle think?” I am referring to the center brings to the area are exciting. our own Isabelle Johnson; one of Montana’s great artists Dozens of people in the region have been employed and teachers upon whose family heritage land much of the Halstead as the culmination of a long search for the throughout the construction and development phase, development is taking place. This land was a trust bequest perfect place to pursue their vision of a music and art and there will be more durable opportunities in the future. In addition, the music and art that will rise up in the to the Montana State University Foundation to promote center of considerable ambition and size. foothills of the Beartooth Mountains will be amazing. and endow education in Montana in 1992 following the In the early 1970’s, when I worked occasionally on Best of all, Tippet Rise has given the area an infusion of passing of Isabelle and her siblings. The bequest of the the Johnson ranch, I often received invitations to coffee spirit and pride. We are the new home to one of the most Johnson land was an important asset for the foundation or lunch with Isabelle and her sisters, Pearl and Grace. unique art, music, and nature experiences in the world and even more so when the land became available for sale. During one such visit because I had recently returned The property was purchased by Peter and Cathy from a concert tour of Europe, Isabelle was curious about and the possibilities of that fact include much- needed
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Left: “A Lonely Business” Isabelle Johnson’s Montana, is the title of a book on Johnson’s life and work, funded by the Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation. The book was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Yellowstone Art Museum featuring Johnson’s pioneering Modernist paintings. Above: Isabelle Johnson, East Fiddler Creek, 1967, oil on canvas, 36 x 46 inches. From the collection of the Yellowstone Art Museum
stimulus, a new direction and new raison d’être. Local economies also will prosper as visitors discover this gem. During my 63 years in Absarokee, I have seen that change comes with a great deal of angst and consequence, good and bad, but without change, communities atrophy and die. Through an amazing accident of fortune, Absarokee and Fishtail will be the nearest communities to the best kind of change. Tippet Rise is a development with a mission statement of careful use and preservation; a delicate repurposing of very small parts of a large tract of land; and a partnership of land, art, and music populated with sheep, cattle, and wildlife under measured intentional stewardship. In addition, the facilities are vanguard models of sustainable energy efforts and water conservation. The Halsteads have demonstrated their genuine commitment to the area with generous gifts to local fire departments, schools, educational outreach, the Yellowstone Art Museum, the Billings Symphony and others. We are seeing a rare synergy of great vision meeting great means. Let us be hospitable and gracious hosts to Tippet Rise Art Center, which brings enormous promise to our communities. I recently wrote a song for my church which echoes the missional purpose of its denominationOpen Hearts, Open Minds, and Open Doors. That is not a bad creed for us to practice as we welcome Tippet Rise to the neighborhood: open hearts, open minds, open doors. What would Isabelle think? I am certain she would be pleased.
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Outreach Activities Enhance Student Education Tippet Rise Art Center actively supports the Rise with O’Riley that culminated performing common purpose of keeping art as a vital part on stage with him. of the education of today’s youth. By connect- University Collaboration ing with the community, the art center supUniversity of Montana has created a graduports educational programs with local schools, ate level summer course at Tippet Rise entitled universities, and community organizations. “Neo Geo: Site Specific Art.” The course Art Workshops includes site-specific art research, provided Educational activities encourage the through three presentations from established overlap between world-famous artists inauthors and artists in the field. Lecturers stalling outdoor sculptures with interaction include Lucy Lippard, Dan Flores, and Patrick from students from local schools. Activities Zentz. include hands-on workshops with renowned Montana State University’s Honors College artists, such as Stephen Talasnik who interis sending 20 students to spend a weekend acted with 12 students from Fishtail and Nye at Tippet Rise in July. The course, entitled schools during his installation of “Pioneer”, “Tippet Rise Expedition”, allows students to and artist Patrick Dougherty, who taught experience world class performances, attend 20 Red Lodge grade school students how to rehearsals, and meet visiting musicians and transform willow branches into whimsical artists. In addition, the students will tour the sculptures—similar to his installation “Day- art center’s facility inside and out, and explore dreams”. the land, sculptures and architecture. Lindsey Hinmon, who spearheads educaMaster Classes tion outreach, said Tippet Rise plans on growFacilitated by Tippet Rise Music Director, ing the educational component to involve more concert pianist Christopher O’Riley, Tippet schools, colleges and universities across the Rise offers master classes to area musicians, state and beyond in the future. such as the Magic City Strings of Billings, For more information contact Lindsey, which spent a weekend of instruction at Tippet lindsey.hinmon@tippetrise.org.
Sculptor, Stephen Talasnik, puts on a workshop for students from local schools.
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‌Alban Bassuet is director of Tippet Rise Art Center where he leads the design, construction and oversees day to day operations. He is an internationally recognized acoustician, venue planner and designer who has worked on the design of a number of performing art centers around the world. Prior to his position at Tippet Rise, Alban trained at the acoustic and music laboratory IRCAM in Paris, learning specialist skills in 3D immersive sound. He then practiced the design of performance spaces for 15 years at the design and engineering firm Arup in New York and led multi-disciplinary design teams on projects. Alban is motivated by the transcendent quality of sound that forged his experience while conducting extensive research into renowned historical music spaces at the start of his career. He has since designed and crafted more than 250 acoustical spaces, including the new Stavros Niarchos Opera House in Athens, Greece, the Le Rosey Concert Hall in Switzerland and the new Constellation Performing Art Center in Boston. Alban is also recognized at the forefront of installation and performing arts through collaborations with artists interested in breaking the mold of the traditional platforms of representation of the arts. Synthesizing his experience working with artists, Alban has developed an edge for designing truly modern contemporary venue environments such as the performance space at Brown University, the Twilight Epiphany in Houston and the pop music center in Taipei.
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Tippet Rise is excited to have classical pianist Christopher O’Riley overseeing the center’s music programming. O’Riley, a renowned musical arranger of songs by alternative artists, and a passionate advocate for the next generation of classical musicians, is the host of the National Public Radio program “From the Top.” Acclaimed for his engaging concerts and broad repertoire, O’Riley’s music spans pre-baroque to present- day, introducing new audiences to classical music by performing piano arrangements of music by Radiohead, Pink Floyd and Nirvana alongside traditional repertoire. O’Riley has performed numerous times in Billings at the Alberta Bair Theater and is
pleased to be back in Montana as a member of the Tippet Rise team: “Tippet Rise is home to some of the greatest pianos on the planet. The significance of that fact, coupled with the anticipation of hosting some of the world’s most celebrated pianists, enhances the eclectic visionary atmosphere of the art center.” O’Riley and one of the featured musicians at the center this summer, cellist Matt Haimovitz, often tour and record together. O’Riley also spearheads master classes with visiting artists and an artistin-residency program for Tippet Rise’s education program. Visit him at www. christopheroriley.com.
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BEHIND THE SCENES: LINDSEY AND PETE HINMON
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Every organization has its share of unsung heroes. Lindsey and Pete Hinmon step up to that role with style at Tippet Rise. This couple, originally from Colorado, ensures that day to day operations at the Center run smoothly. As director of outreach and logistics, Lindsey’s responsibilities range from coordinating workshops with visiting artists and grade school children from area rural schools, to managing every detail of large tour groups, visiting artist and musicians. She also spearheaded education partnerships with MSU and UM. In addition, Lindsey facilitates art education programs for rural schools in the area which are made possible through grants from the Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation. Lindsey’s husband, Pete, is director of operations. Pete focuses on the day to day operations of the facilities at Tippet Rise, including hands-on knowledge of the state-ofthe-art physical plant. He also coordinates the installation of the sculptures and art at Tippet Rise. Over the last several months, Pete has been interviewing, hiring, and training 34 seasonal employees, many from the Stillwater Valley.
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Above: Music students have the opportunity to perform with master musicians such as concert pianist Christopher O’Riley. Top left: Solar panels generate electricity for the Center and charge the electric vehicles that shuttle visitors throughout the property. Bottom left: Tippet Rise utilities are installed in an underground concrete structure that seems to disappear into the landscape.
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Performance Spaces at Tippet Rise The siting of the Olivier Music Barn, its orientation to the mountains, and relationship to the surroundings were designed by Oehme, van Sweden & Associates (OvS), landscape architects, who participated to create an immersive experience in the art, music and natural beauty of Tippet Rise.
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Tippet Rise features two principal performance venues, the Olivier Music Barn and the Tiara Acoustic Shell, with design concept and acoustics developed by Director Alban Bassuet in collaboration with a team of engineers from Arup. Local timber craftsmen Gunnstock Timber Frames have served as lead designer for the projects. The scale and proportions of the 150-seat Olivier Music Barn were inspired by the powerful spaces where Haydn and Mozart expected their works would be performed. A contemporary innovation—a high ceiling suspended above the boxlike space—lends an elevated, ethereal character to the deeply resonant acoustics, but is designed to mimic
the pitched roof of a traditional wood barn. The Olivier Music Barn is also home to Tippet Rise’s visitor center, a state-of-the-art screening room equipped for 4K highdefinition film projection and 3D immersive sound installations. Tippet Rise is applying for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification for the Olivier Music Barn. A moveable acoustic shell without walls, the 100 seat Tiara features a partial ceiling whose corners redirect sound toward the audience, creating vibrant and enveloping acoustics. The design allows for 360° views of the rolling hills, with the Beartooth Mountains in the distance.
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Committed to the Land and Environment Clean energy and sustainable facilities are high priorities for Tippet Rise. The Center has accumulated one of the most sophisticated collections of renewable systems in the region, which will be available to visitors, experts and students to view and study. Features include the following: Power is generated through 8,000 square feet of photovoltaic panels. The solar panels can generate electricity from both the top and bottom allowing them to collect reflectivity from snow during the winter. Electricity not consumed by the Center is directed to the power grid. Tippet Rise’s agreement with Beartooth Electric allows all extra electricity generated by the Center to be shared with the community (a process called distributive generation). Heating and cooling is accomplished through a geothermal ground source, using the thermal capacity of the earth resulting in heat exchange which then feeds air conditioning and heating units eliminating the need for polluting compressors or boilers. Land around Tippet Rise’s buildings continues to be reseeded with native grasses in anticipation of future grazing. To avoid using excessive ground water resources, a 100,000 gallon tank is installed under the Center’s before it is released into the ground. parking area to act as a catchment basin for rain water Visitor traffic is accommodated using electric vans. and snow melt. These vehicles will be in the parking area awaiting the The septic system uses a leach field, situated away from natural flowing water, allowing water to be cleaned public while being charged from the sun-powered elec-
tricity of the photovoltaic collection. The solar powered electric vans significantly reduce carbon monoxide emissions and will offset the carbon footprint of the art center’s construction in just five years.
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ISHTAIL, Mont. – Ben Wynthein is a man of two worlds: a dyed-in-the-wool Montana ranch manager with an uncommon receptiveness to artistic, urbane mores. Wynthein manages the ranch at the Tippet Rise Art Center opening this summer. Set on an 11,500 acre working cattle and sheep ranch, Tippet Rise will host worldclass classical music performances and exhibit large-scale outdoor sculptures. The central idea behind Tippet Rise is that art, music, architecture and nature are intertwined. Everything about the place – from the design and orientation of its musical performance venues to the placement of its artists’ housing and studios – is a celebration of Montana’s landscape, one that includes livestock. “That is the crux of my position, stewarding the land in such a way that it’s healthy,” Wynthein said. “Cattle and sheep rejuvenate the grasses, the native grasses. If stewarded properly, they benefit the land by mimicking the bison and other grazing animals this land developed with. It’s the natural rhythm of the land.” The property is being managed to support wildlife and undo the effects of decades of less carefully-directed grazing. One dry creek is flowing again and supporting seasonal trout and dozens of new solar-powered stock ponds and troughs have redirected hungry livestock to previously underused rangeland. Wynthein sees Tippet Rise as an opportunity to upend stereotypes rural people might have about out-of-towners and artists, whose tastes and habits sometimes clash with country sensibilities. He also sees a chance to challenge disapproving attitudes about ranching that abound in some genteel circles. “People will be coming to the art center from all around the world and many will be standing on a ranch for the first time,” Wynthein said. “I want the land to be as healthy as it can be in all aspects so they leave with a better perception of the ranching industry.” Tippet Rise doesn’t own livestock. Instead, it keeps Please see Land, H20
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Land Continued from H18 about 320 Black Angus cow/calf pairs, 1,600 Rambouillet ewes with lambs and 700 yearling lambs owned by Lehfeldt Land & Livestock in Lavina, Mont. The animals are due to arrive on the ranch May 15 and stay through Nov. 1. To be able to graze such numbers without denuding the land, Wynthein has made water development one of his priorities. “Livestock are like people,” he said, “they’ll only go so far for lunch.” The water development – a combination of overhauled old springs, stock ponds and solar and gravity-powered tanks – has distributed stock to more areas of the ranch Sheep help rejuvenate the range land by eating noxious weeds like leafy spurge, cheatgrass and and in so doing stimulated thicker, healthknapweed that rob soil of its nutrients. ier grassland, as well as raising the capacity for more wildlife like elk, deer, antelope, grasses, which in turn mitigates fire danger. careful record keeping, which consists of mountain lions and black bears and birdlife using GPS to monitor weed control points, The sheep have helped rejuvenate the like Huns, turkey, Bluebirds, Robins and photographs, longhand notetaking, and, range land, too, by eating noxious weeds Western Meadowlark. like leafy spurge, cheatgrass and knapweed critically, getting on a horse to check things “Using sunlight and gravity, we can out. that rob soil of its nutrients, crowd out native grasses and cause erosion. Wynthein make water travel three-quarters of a mile “Being on a horse lets me look at the also spot sprays herbicide and uses ground grass conditions, where the weeds are and away,” Wynthein said. equipment and bugs to control weeds and Grazing cattle help grasses regenerate what the water conditions look like,” Wynthein said. “It’s part of land stewardship.” and maintain soil conditions that optimize pests where needed. Wynthein does most of the ranch work Wynthein keeps track of his progress by plant stimulation. They also manage the
himself – including building a firetruck and four fire stations holding 40,000 gallons of water total throughout the property – although he hires out big excavation projects to local contractors. This summer, he’ll also oversee two or three Peruvian sheepherders and two Montana State University students. To jumpstart rangeland regrowth and beat the weeds, Wynthein uses a trencher to minimize the soil disturbance and a no-till drill to reseed native grasses in areas torn up by his water projects, as well as by the 15 miles of roads put in across the ranch for visitors. Wynthein also uses the no-till drill to interseed native grasses back into the landscape in areas where he has sprayed out cheat grass and other invasive weeds. Beginning this summer, small groups of visitors will tour the place in electric vehicles and golf carts to view the sculptures, access remote, small-scale concert venues and take in the views: the jagged, snowcapped peaks of the Beartooth Mountains, the steep canyons threaded through with lodgepole pines and western firs, and the thriving native prairie grazed by well-managed sheep and cattle. “What if people come from the art world and leave with a good perception of ranching in Montana?” Wynthein mused. “How are they going to know if they don’t come and see for themselves?”
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Shakespeare Comes to Fishtail The Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company creates theater at its best, made in Stratfordupon-Avon and shared around the world. All of the special screenings will be held in the Olivier Barn. Tickets are $10, and available on line at www.tippetrise.org.
HAMLET
6pm, Sunday, July 17 As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world. Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2014) directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy.
CYMBELINE
6pm, Friday, October 21 Cymbeline is a ruler of a divided Britain. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. But a powerful figure behind the throne is plotting to seize power and murder them both. Melly Still directs Shakespeare’s rarely performed romance.
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Antony Sher returns to the RSC to play King Lear, one of the greatest parts written by Shakespeare in this, one of Shakespeare’s most epic and powerful plays.
KING LEAR 6pm, Friday, November 6 As age begins to overtake King Lear, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. Misjudging his children’s loyalty and finding himself alone in the wilderness, he is left to confront the mistakes of a life that has brought him to this point.
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IF YOU GO Admission: The Art Center is free to the public, but has limited daily admission. Please pre-register to confirm your visit at www.tipprise.org. Families are welcome. For groups larger than ten, please contact lindsey.hinmon@ tippetrise.org. Location: 96 South Grove Creek Road, Fishtail, Montana, about 60 minutes from Billings. Hours: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10am to 6pm from June 17 through September 30. Concerts: Fridays at 6:30pm, Saturdays, 2pm and 6:30pm Parking: All visitors park near the Olivier Music Barn. To mitigate dust and erosion, Tippet Rise visitors cannot drive on the property. Sculpture Tours: Electric vans pick up guests every 30 minutes at Olivier Music Barn. Complete tour takes two to three hours. Hikers and bicyclists welcome. Hiking and cycling trails available around the sculptures. Food: Wild Flower Kitchen and Catering will sell food daily. A barbecue is available every Friday and Saturday at 4pm. $10 for adults, free to kids 18 and under. Visitors are welcome to bring their own picnic. More About Tippet Rise: For information visit www.tippetrise.org, or call Melissa Moore, Communications Director, 406-426-5063.
Located in Fishtail, Montana, Tippet Rise Art Center is nestled in the shadows of the Beartooth Mountains, roughly midway between Billings and Bozeman and a couple hours north of Yellowstone National Park.
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