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Cover Art: Tracy Linder, Wheat; 2007; Leather, dyed grass, polyester resin, fiberglass; 72 x 59 x 49 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
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The ultimate measure of a [person] is not where [s/he] stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where [s/he] stands in times of challenge and controversy. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We will get through this pandemic, and let’s remember to get through it medically and not just socially. Until it is over, we will be vigilant in providing you a safe, clean Museum environment, encourage social distancing, require masks or face coverings, and give gestured handshakes, elbow bumps, and hugs. We do this to keep us all safe in the Museum environment. As we tread the waters of a global pandemic, we are also reminded daily that Black Lives Matter. We must continue to shine a light on racism, racial inequity, unconscious bias, and other systemic barriers. As a leader in the cultural community, I am grateful that the Black Lives Matter movement has inspired so many to reevaluate our words, actions, and what we thought we knew about our world. This is an opportunity for us to understand the perspectives and experiences of others and make a difference in our world for others. The artists in the cultural community should be celebrated by their messages during this time. When words fail us, a picture truly does paint a thousand words. We are launching a new website to better serve our community. We hope it will provide you with better information, more options to engage with the YAM, and keep you connected to events and programs. Keep an eye out for this much needed transformation, and check it out often to stay in touch. Remember, we are here and open for you. Come in and take some personal time to experience the outstanding exhibitions on display. We continue to adapt quickly to the new ways of engaging with you. We have made many changes, and we are continually figuring out how to provide more opportunities virtually. We are also following strict guidelines to keep the Museum safe for you to visit in person. Schedule a time to come in soon…and don’t forget your mask…great art awaits!
Spotlight
The need to continue physical distancing has taught the YAM to look at audience engagement in new ways. We immediately reacted to COVID-19 by getting content online in March, and funding from the Bridge Ahead Initiative helped us with additional virtual engagement with our communities. YAM utilized Bridge Ahead funds to purchase software and audio and video equipment. Using a 360° camera, we can now create 3-D tours of exhibitions. Additionally, we have moved our children's camps and classes to a virtual format when needed, offering participants behind-the-scenes tours of the Museum that would normally be off-limits. Combined with Zoom and Facebook Live, our new technology has allowed us to reach multiple audiences through artist and staff interviews and demonstrations. Our increased online presence helps the YAM to better serve our rural Montana audiences and maintain relevance in their communities.
YAM’s President’s Awards for 2020 Service to the Arts
At the latest Board of Trustees meeting, the President of the Yellowstone Art Museum’s Board of Trustees was pleased to bestow the annual President’s Awards for Service to the Arts. Given out since 2001, these awards recognize outstanding service from philanthropists, artists, and volunteers to the YAM and the art community. In most cases, awardees have given prominent support over a number of years. The 2020 awardees are:
PHILANTHROPISTS OF THE YEAR John & Patricia Burg
John & Patricia Burgs’ commitment to the YAM spans more than two decades. As donors, members, and through Patricia’s time as a docent, the Burgs have been very involved with the museum, and understand that there are many moving parts and so much support necessary to keep us delivering all of our programs. Their steadfast commitment has ensured that we are able to keep these programs operating for over two decades. John & Patricia have understood the importance of the YAM’s capital campaigns and its endowment throughout its history. The Burgs’ gifts—lately emphasizing endowment—are quiet generous, and steady. John & Patricia’s gifts to the YAM cumulatively place them amongst the first ranks of the philanthropists whom we’re proud to count as Legacy Society members.
VOLUNTEER/DOCENT OF THE YEAR Jean Posusta
Jean Posusta is a docent who proactively participates in educational programming at the YAM. Since 2011, she has toured children and adults, always seriously undertaking her training on current exhibitions and best practices for inquiry based learning. The projects Jean has undertaken this past year have had a powerful impact on Museum programming and on docents here and across the state. These include helping to launch the Missoula Art Museum docent program, actively participating in the Art of Memory program. and attending the National Docent Symposium in Washington, DC. Jean is also an author and an artist who often participates in ArtWalk.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR Neltje
Neltje’s paintings, like the artist, are intense, complex, and larger than life. Now in her 80s, Neltje is still constantly learning, growing, and taking on new challenges. For a Wyoming retrospective in 2012, she painted her first 10' x 30' works, The Moroccan Suite. She followed with four wall-scale paintings representing the four seasons. These works anchor her current exhibition at the YAM, offering an experience of sublime beauty that envelops, overwhelms, and, ultimately cradles the viewer. Her fearless energy is an inspiration to anyone who comes in contact with her or her paintings. Living in New York as a young adult, Neltje absorbed the spontaneous energy and improvisational style of the abstract expressionists, whose work she experienced firsthand. Inspired by Joan Mitchell, she learned to channel “a sense of power and joy,” as well as energy and rage. She stated in a 2013 interview, “Rage has been my benefactor all my life, it has driven me to do what I have done...” In 1966, Neltje moved to Wyoming. In her late 30s, Neltje began her excursion into the discipline of Sumi-e painting, the core of her later work.
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Tracy Linder, Shill/Shell (detail), 2018 – 2019; Cottonwood leaves, resin, brass rod. Dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist.
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WOMEN’S WORK
The Yellowstone Art Museum celebrates the 2020 centennial of women’s suffrage with a series of exhibitions foregrounding diverse female perspectives applied to creative work. The series explores work by women, media traditionally defined as feminine, art that honors the social and political contributions of women, and art that highlights women’s often invisible labor.
Tracy Linder: Close Range
November 12, 2020 – January 12, 2021 // Montana Gallery Sponsors: Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, Barb Skelton, The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, U.S. Bank, Anonymous Tracy Linder’s sculptures and installations investigate the connections between humans, animals, plants, and machines, highlighting the struggles and husbandry involved in working the land. Using a wide array of materials, she represents the vulnerabilities, strength, joy, heartache, struggle, cycles, and resilience of life. Working in series, her art embodies work: gloves shaped by laboring hands, leather stitched around tree limbs, plant seeds bonded to animal bones, pods shaped from skin and fur. Linder’s art makes visible her nuanced understanding of the complex and fragile relationship between people and their food sources. Linder’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in numerous public and private collections. She was the first artist in residence to work in the YAM’s visible vault in 2010. This is her first retrospective exhibition in Montana.
Tracy Linder, Wade (Newborn Series), 2014 – 2020; Bronze, sisal, beeswax; 6.25h x 19w x 16d in. Image courtesy of the artist.
“I see both beauty and heartache in death, the inevitability of the circle of life. My art work is an extension of living a life close to the land. I grew up on a family farm and now live on the vast windswept prairie of south central Montana. In this place, I am surrounded by the harsh realities of storms that can wipe out a year’s crop in minutes, by ranchers braving the blustery cold to rescue a newborn calf from certain death, by a community that will drop everything to help extinguish a fire, and a sense of isolation that can be both comforting and profoundly lonely. These experiences are my lifeblood. Through my work, I am imagining the biographies of different species; an empathetic glance into today’s food chain. I use a wide array of materials to explore the vulnerability and strength of my subjects including animal collagen, leather, beeswax, resin, and bronze to recognize the endurable resilience inherent in our environment and the tenuousness of our relationship to it. The serial component of my work requires time, repetition allows for amplification of content. I pride myself on craftsmanship with deeply thought out and well developed subject matter, form, and scale. It is slow work. I invite contemplation.” —Tracy Linder
Tracy Linder, Gloves (series of 50), 2007; Leather, polyester resin, mulch; leather gloves, polyester resin, brass rod; dimensions variable (estimate 8 –9 in. per glove). Image courtesy of the artist.
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Brooke Atherton: Mothers and Daughters
October 15, 2020 – January 10, 2021 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery Sponsors: Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, U.S. Bank “‘Is this what you think being a liberated woman is all about?’ That’s the question my tired mother asked me when I got home in the middle of one night in the 1970s, smelling like wine and sex. That question has followed me through time and across the country, through all the interesting events in my adult life.” Billings-based artist, Brooke Atherton seeks to answer the question in her new exhibition, Mothers and Daughters. Exploring maternal, marital, and sisterly relationships, this large-scale installation features new work using her mother’s antique satin wedding dress, a collaborative series based on trees, and a free-standing installation repurposed from an army tent. Many of her works relate to specific stories and events, with underlying themes of overlapping histories and passages through time and space. By stitching together meaningful fabrics with found materials, maps, calendars, and measuring devices, she creates loose narratives linking geography, gender, memory, history, and craft. In her early adult life, Brooke worked at an archeological dig, excavating the site of an ancient village with a Brooke Atherton, Refugium II: The Tent, 2020; Textile; 168 x 170 in. matrilocal/matrilineal social structure. According to Brooke, “Our work crews were directed by professional archaeologists who were women and our work crews were often more than 50% female. That may not be the norm, but it was fitting for that site.” This early life experience informs Brooke’s work, as archeological grids connect generations of past female figures in her life and beyond. In addition, Brooke is interested in the tools people use to record their journeys, such as maps, calendars, and measuring devices. Materials and labor are central to Brooke’s practice as she layers heirloom fabrics of silk, cotton, and wool worn by her friends and family with found materials, thus linking her personal memories with history and culture. Her techniques include sewing, ripping, burning, and allowing materials to rust, thus inviting collaboration with natural forces and chance. Time threads through all of her work like tiny stitches. Originally from Springfield, Ohio, Brooke received a BFA from Wright State University and has been exhibiting her work since 2007. Her work has been shown in over 50 exhibitions throughout the country, including participating in the annual Yellowstone Art Auction every year since 2012. In 2013, she received the Montana Art Council’s Artist Innovation Award for Visual Arts.
Brooke Atherton, Refugium II: The Tent (detail), 2020; Textile; 168 x 170 in.
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Brooke Atherton, Refugium I: The Dress, 2020; Textile; 133 in.
Women by Will
September 17, 2020 – September 2021 // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries Sponsors: T ed Waddell & Lynn Campion, The Peggy R. Kelley Estate, Susan Scott Heyneman Foundation, Montana Historical Foundation, Will James Society
Will James, They was getting pretty good with a rope, 1932; Graphite on artist board; 10 x 10 in. Gift of Virginia Snook. Published in Uncle Bill: A Tale of Two Kids and a Cowboy, 1932, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 217. VS1993.15.
Drawn from the Yellowstone Art Museum’s extensive permanent collection of Will James’ work, Women by Will features drawings, first edition books, and memorabilia depicting women and girls by Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault (1892 – 1942), a.k.a. Will James. More than 30 never-beforeexhibited drawings depict cowgirls and rugged frontier women shooting rifles, riding broncs, posing on log fences, and strolling down city streets by the celebrated author and cowboy artist.
These drawings, like all of James’ work, combine Western myth with the artist’s personal experience. Will’s male characters are often based on his own likeness: high cheekbones, square jaw, and prominent nose. Many of the women are based on his wife Alice. They met when she was 15 and married one year later, in 1920. Alice was smitten. She gently prodded him to go to art school, to write down his stories, and devote himself to making art. The original drawings from the 1932 book, Uncle Bill: A Tale of Two Kids and a Cowboy, follow the young wannabe cowgirl and boy, Scootie and Kip as they learn to saddle, rope, and ride. Illustrations from the 1928 book Sand show a female rider steer her horse into a charging bull to protect a man on the ground. Others depict domestic scenes on the ranch: a woman in an apron and heels curries a horse, Alice and Bill watch a new foal take its first wobbly steps, and a cowgirl leans against a log fence modeling her fanciest western attire. Generous exhibition sponsors have enabled the YAM to photograph, catalog, and frame all of the work in the exhibition. Most of the work has never before been shown by the YAM.
Will James, The girl would attract the mad cow’s attention by waving them ‘tapideros’ in front of her face, the same way as a bull fighter waves his ‘muleta’ at a charging bull's nose and the sweep of her horns would only touch tapidero leather, 1928; Graphite on artist board; 20 x 15 in. Gift of Virginia Snook. Published in Sand, 1929, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 57. VS1993.83.
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Neltje, Tell me Why Flowers?, 2018, 10 x 30 ft., Courtesy of the artist.
Neltje: Tell Me, Why Flowers? & Dialogue of My Mind
March 21 – October 18, 2020 // Montana Gallery & M.J. Murdock Gallery Sponsors: Paul & Rachel Cox, Diane Boyer Jerhoff, Gareld Krieg, (Tell Me Why Flowers), Larry & Ruth Martin, The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, The David F. & Sara K. Weston Fund, US Bank Neltje’s paintings, like the artist, are intense, complex, and larger than life. In her late thirties, Neltje began studying Sumi-e painting, which she describes as “a highly disciplined art of essence.” This practice became the core of her later work. Her dynamic process of painting alternates between quick, expressive physical movements and intense deliberation. She starts with a single brushstroke. “From there the dialogue begins. One stroke after another, overlapping or apart, sensing a rhythm, a direction, a feel.” Inspired by the end-of-season explosion of color in her late-summer gardens, her series Tell Me, Why Flowers? evokes the spectacular, fleeting, joys of life. Neltje remembers looking down at the flowers in her garden, moved by their beauty and impermanence. “They’re happy and glorious in their own identity and I thought, ‘Nobody ever paints them that way.’” Unlike traditional still-life flower paintings, these works do not represent physical likenesses or moral lessons. She says, “I wanted to do something that was cleaner, clearer, less complicated.” Neltje’s colors and patterns reflect the life and abundance she feels in the presence of nature. “When I’m looking at these individual blossoms they nod in the wind and they give me time to reflect and I come up with memories of being touched with joy.” Dialogue of My Mind is Neltje’s first figurative series, painted as an emotional response to the 2016 elections. The first painting, Threatened, surprised the artist with its specificity, depicting the Capitol Building alongside disembodied faces and gesturing hands. Neltje continued to imagine the human impacts of the rapidly changing political landscape as she worked through the series. Expressive faces are scattered across the canvasses, appearing shocked, fragmented, and disconnected. Heads overlap and merge with diagonal planes and lines suggesting precarious, abstracted interiors. Titles such as Unexpected, Shifts and Collisions, and Off Balance add to the mood of dislocation.
Women’s Work: North x Northwest
May 28 – October 4, 2020 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery Sponsors: Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, John W. & Carol L.H. Green, The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, The Charles M. Bair Family Trust, Anonymous The North x Northwest exhibition series is intended to introduce new artists to the region, showcase regional favorites, and exhibit emerging artists alongside their more established peers. Open to artists of all genders and backgrounds, working in any fine art or craft medium, the theme of the second annual North x Northwest juried exhibition is Women’s Work. Juror, Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Associate Curator of Native American Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, selected 61 works from 441 entries. “I judged in Installation view of North x Northwest: Women’s Work, 2020. terms of quality, artistry, creativity, theme, and a range of mediums and sizes,” she said. “Women’s work is everywhere and in everything we do, yet often remains invisible, unrecognized, marginalized, and undervalued. Encompassing nearly every medium—painting, video installation, textiles, sculptures, photography, and beyond—this exhibition brings together exceptional works of art created by contemporary makers. It reveals an alternative, and a moment to liberate ourselves and think anew. It celebrates the creative, innovative, and always-changing landscape of women’s experience, inviting viewers to consider women’s contributions to our histories, communities, art, humanity, and planet.” Stop in to see the show and vote for People’s Choice, and be sure to check out the YAM’s Facebook video interviews with the artists and the juror. Awards Presentation and video talk by Juror and MIA Associate Curator of Native American Art, Jill Ahlberg Yohe, 5 p.m. (VIP opening) September 17, 2020. The awards presentation will be online through Facebook Live and Zoom, and on-screen in the Murdock Gallery at 5 (for VIPs), 6, and 7 p.m. We will present the Juror’s awards, purchase awards, and people’s choice at 5 p.m. At 5:15 p.m., Yohe will deliver a talk about Hearts of Our People, the ground-breaking exhibition of historic and contemporary work by Native American women, currently traveling to major institutions throughout the US.
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matriarchs of modernism
July 16, 2020 – July 16, 2021 // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries Sponsors: Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, Anonymous Matriarchs of Modernism features works from the YAM’s collection by four influential Montana artists, part of the museum-wide theme of “Women’s Work” commemorating the centennial of women’s suffrage. A companion exhibition, Modern Connections, highlights a few of the artists who were taught, influenced, or sustained by these early Modernists.
Installation view of Matriarchs of Modernism, 2020.
Jessie Wilber, Frances Senska, Gennie DeWeese, and Isabelle Johnson were among the first and most influential Montana artists to embrace Modernist art and values. They mentored students and connected other creatives working in the arts, sciences, and humanities to construct an alternative to the nostalgic cowboy culture of midcentury Montana.
Beginning in the 1940s, these four Matriarchs of Modernism arrived in, or came home to, Montana after absorbing avant-garde philosophy and practice in urban centers. They, in turn, introduced new ways of thinking about art and teaching to succeeding generations of artists. Over their long careers, they each found ways to combine the formal lessons of abstract composition with personal vocabularies based on close observations of the people, places, and things in their daily lives. Their deep connections to place were consistently reflected in their subjects and in their support for Montana’s creative communities. Modernism was a global movement that aligned with the social upheavals brought on by the industrial revolution. Building on late 19th century precedents, artists began reflecting on the realities, hopes, and fears they experienced in the modern world. From the early decades of the 20th century through the 1960s, Modernist art encompassed a broad range of expressions while sharing a few underlying principles: rejection of traditional illusionistic styles and conservative values, formal experimentation and a tendency toward abstraction, and innovative materials and processes. Modernism was generally optimistic, driven by utopian ideals and a belief in linear progress.
Modern Connections
July 16, 2020 – July 16, 2021 // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries Sponsors: Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, Anonymous Modern Connections highlights a few of the artists who were taught, influenced, or sustained by artists and educators Gennie DeWeese, Isabelle Johnson, Frances Senska, and Jessie Wilber. These early Montana Modernists grounded their creative practices in connections with other artists. They mentored generations of artists and overcame intellectual and cultural isolation by creating community.
Installation view of Modern Connections, 2020.
Works of art by their students and peers are featured in this companion exhibition to Matriarchs of Modernism: Rudy Autio, Pete Voulkos, Lyndon Pomeroy, Josh DeWeese, Jerry Rankin, James Reineking, Bill Stockton, Edith Freeman, Theodore Waddell, Donna Loos, Patrick Zentz.
The educational lineage of the Montana Matriarchs merged the Bauhaus philosophy and aesthetics of Maholy Nagy, Edith Heath, and Marguerite Wildenhain with the teachings of abstractionists Hans Hofmann and Wasilly Kandinsky, and regionalist Otis Dozier. Each of the artists learned from Cezanne’s example to depict perspective with color and to emphasize the flat surface of the picture plane. Isabelle modeled the role of rancher-artist, mirrored by her friend Bill Stockton and students Edith Freeman, Ted Waddell, and Patrick Zentz. Frances’ interest in local clay encouraged Rudy Autio and Peter Voulkos to transform the Archie Bray brickyard into a ceramics residency. Gennie turned her home into a place for artists and intellectuals to interact, exchange ideas, and find mutual support. Jessie’s gentle force carved out new channels for creative possibilities in Montana. Special thanks to donors who adopted specific works in Matriarchs of Modernism and Modern Connections: David Orser & Ossie Abrams, Lornel Baker, Trish & Tim Matteson, Margit Thorndal, Dr. William & Suzanne Smoot, Linda Snider.
Lyndon Pomeroy, Isabelle's Sheep, 1987, 33 x 45 x 18 in., Gift of Isabelle Johnson.
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Recent Collection Acquisitions
Bill Stockton, Untitled Ink Study, c. 1948; Ink on paper; 12.25 x 9 in.; Gift of Gaylene and Jean Bordeaux (2020.6).
Detail of Rudy Broschowsky, Sitting Bull, 2019; Spray paint on deep edged panel with resin; 48 x 36 in.; Museum Purchase funded by Linda Snider (2020.4).
Ben Steele, Autumn Trees, 1970; Watercolor; 16.75 x 18.25 in.; Gift of the Ben Steele Family (2020.10.1).
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Jay Schmidt, Uncle Sam, n.d.; Painted wood and mixed media; Gift by Anonymous (2020.8).
Bill Stockton, Conversion of St. Paul, 1968; Welded nails; 33 x 37 x 11 in.; Gift in memory of Bill Eagle (2020.7a–c).
Other acquisitions: Willem Volkersz, Eight Boulders, n.d; Wood, concrete, artificial turf, aluminum; 18.75 x 18.75 x 8.75 in.; Gift of the Artist (2020.5). Carl Bodmer, The Steamer Yellowstone, c. 1839; Etching and aquatint in black with hand-coloring on wove paper; 20.5 x 24.24 in.; Gift of Gareld Krieg (2020.9.1). Bill Stockton, Untitled Ink Study, c. 1948; Ink on paper; 12.25 x 9 in.; Gift of Gaylene and Jean Bordeaux (2020.6). Elliot Eaton, Winter Creek, n.d.; Watercolor; 17.5 x 21.5 in.; Gift in memory of Mary Spelman (2020.11.2). Ben Steele, Upper Razor Creek, 2013; Watercolor; 31 x 39 in.; Gift in memory of Mary Spelman (2020.11.1).
Neil Jussila, Calcie Gulch Summer, 1973; Acrylic on canvas; 35.25 x 29.25 in.; Gift of Gareld Krieg (2020.9.2).
“The primary goal of the Yellowstone Art Museum’s collecting pursuits will be to build upon existing strengths in modern and contemporary art by placing active emphasis on contemporary, avant-garde work originating in Montana’s unique local environment. Stipulating that the collection will always be an exemplar of art of the highest quality, YAM will collect the art of Montana and the surrounding region from all historic periods, favoring artists who are or have been part of the artistic vanguard of their time. Works of art may be collected from YAM exhibitions.” artmuseum.org
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First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.
FAM @ YAM with Keeara Rhoades 4 – 6 p.m. YAM Teens 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Studio 2nd Saturday Book It 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Art & a Story 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Adult Cooking Class Chicken Glorious Chicken 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Last day of Equal: A Work In Progress Awards presentation for Women’s Work: North x Northwest The Art of Memory 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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FAM @ YAM with artists from NxNW 4 – 6 p.m.
Last day of Women’s Work: North x Northwest 2020 Studio 2nd Saturday Mixed Media Painting 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Art & a Story 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Adult Cooking Class Southern Cooking 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. YAM Teens 3:30 – 5 p.m. Brooke Atherton: Mothers and Daughters Opens The Art of Memory 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Adult Art Class Relief Printing with Rebecca Weed 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Last day of Dialogue Of My Mind & Tell Me, Why Flowers? hildren’s Class C Cake Art 10 – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
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COVID-19 YAM’s Leadership Team during a masked meeting.
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Isabelle’s Sheep by Lyndon Pomeroy, practicing Covid-19 safety protocols.
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First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.
FAM @ YAM with Beth Korth 4 – 6 p.m.
YAM Teens 3:30 – 5 p.m. Tracy Linder: Close Range Opens Studio 2nd Saturday BioSculptures 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Art & a Story 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Adult Cooking Class Tour of Asian Cooking 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. YAG Reception for Shepherd High School 5 – 7 p.m. The Art of Memory 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. How to Hold an Elusive Memory Day 1 with Brooke Atherton 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.
FAM @ YAM with Tracy Linder 4 – 6 p.m.
Adult Art Class Book Binding III with Jodi Lightner 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. YAM Teens 3:30 – 5 p.m. Adult Cooking Class Tapas II 6 – 8 p.m. Studio 2nd Saturday Mixed Media Painting 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Art & a Story 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. YAG Reception for Billings 7th & 8th Grades 5 – 7 p.m. The Art of Memory 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
How to Hold an Elusive Memory Day 2 with Brooke Atherton 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Due to Covid-19, all dates are subject to change. Please check artmuseum.org and the YAM Facebook page for cancellations, postponements, or transitions to online events.
Online teaching with Jennifer and Carrie. Generous support for this and other projects provided by Art Bridges.
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Setup for video interview with Neltje. Generous support for this and other projects provided by Art Bridges.
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Remodel of YAM’s courtyard.
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EDUCATION SAFETY CHILDREN, FAMILIES, & TEENS The YAM is committed to a safe and healthy environment for creating art. YAM educators have incorporated versatility into all our programming since March 2020. Children's programming is designed to easily shift online when necessary to ensure safety. For classes taking place at the YAM: Masks are a must. Please bring your own mask. This is for your protection as well as for the safety of other patrons and staff who are also in the building. Temperatures will be taken and everyone will be asked to wash their hands upon arrival. Social distancing rules apply. All education classes will be smaller. Art lessons will be outdoors whenever possible. Additional cleaning will take place throughout the day. This applies to the museum as a whole and to areas used for educational programming. Be Well: If you have a fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, etc., stay home and recover. If your child arrives with these symptoms, in consideration of everyone’s health, they will be asked to leave. (Please let us know in advance of any allergies or other conditions that may have similar symptoms.) Our safety protocols are subject to change. Programming will shift from in-person to online as needed, based on the governor’s guidelines and YAM safety policies. Check artmuseum.org for current information.
FOR EDUCATORS
The Online Art Suitcase is live! This new resource is based on the YAM's 50 year Art Suitcase program in Billings classrooms. Now, 4th grade classroom educators can find inquiry-based standards-aligned art lessons based on art in our permanent collection. Visit artsuitcase.org to explore this resource.
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Studio 2nd Saturday
Ages 5 – 12 | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Register by calling our Education Program Coordinator at 406-256-6804 or email artsuitcase@artmuseum.org. Whether we are at the museum or online, every Studio 2nd Saturday class includes touring the galleries and creating art that is connected to current exhibitions.
Book It | September 12
Play, pause, rewind. Destroy a book. Create a book. Cut it out, paste it in. Based on the work of Molly Haig’s A Little Called Pauline in North x Northwest.
Mixed Media Painting | October 10
Paint, but that’s not all. Start painting then add more from our extensive art supply closet. Inspired by Neltje’s Tell Me, Why Flowers? exhibition.
BioSculptures | November 14
Explore creating art like Tracy Linder by sculpting a translucent biological machine. Influenced by Tracy Linder: Close Range.
Fantastic Fiber Fabrications | December 12
Fabricate a fiber collage, then stitch in your own drawing or words. Inspired by Brooke Atherton: Mothers and Daughters.
FAM at the YAM
All ages welcome | 4 – 6 p.m. Come and go. No advanced registration required.
FAM at the YAM is for every type of family. Bring yourself, children, friends, grandparents, and more. Create art together with a professional artist, learn about their process. It’s a great way to kick off your First Friday evening.
September 4
YAM Artist-in-Residence Keeara Rhoades shares her multimedia process via Facebook at this Virtual FAM at the YAM.
October 2
Create art with a North x Northwest: Women’s Work exhibition artist.
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GREYBULL MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL November 6
Discover new artmaking techniques with Tippet Rise Art Educator & Artist Beth Korth.
December 4
Fabricate a flip book with artist Tracy Linder, inspired by her exhibition Close Range.
Art & a Story
YOUNG ARTISTS’ GALLERY Exhibitions
Crow Agency 3rd – 5th Grades & Hardin 6th Grade August 22 – October 18
Children ages 5 and under with families | Every 2nd Saturday, 10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Shepherd High School October 31 – December 6
Art and a Story is for families with children up to 5 years of age. Join us on Instagram for a story in front of a very large piece of art. Every month, we feature a different book and art. It is a quick, friendly time to get excited about art, reading, and the YAM.
Billings 7th & 8th Grades December 12 – January 17
No advance registration required.
September 12 | October 10 | November 14 | December 12
YAM Teens
Ages 12 – 18 | Every 2nd Wednesday, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Receptions
Shepherd High School Thursday, November 19, 5 – 7 p.m. Billings 7th & 8th Grades Thursday, December 17, 5 – 7 p.m.
Free! No advance registration required.
It’s free. It’s fun. It’s a chance for teen artists to learn new techniques and focus on their own artistic practice. There is a different project every month and time for self-directed artmaking. Now for artists aged 12 and up.
September 9
Join us at 3:30 p.m. on Facebook Live to learn more about YAM Teens and tell us your interests.
October 14
Explore the art of over 60 artists across a huge range of media in Women’s Work: North x Northwest.
November 11
Create sculptures after unearthing artist Tracy Linder’s process in her exhibition Close Range.
December 9
This is your chance to create fiber art after viewing large scale mixedmedia fiber works in Brooke Atherton: Mothers and Daughters.
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ADULTS The Art of Memory
with the Montana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association Every 3rd Friday, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Free with advance registration through the Montana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Space is limited.
Please register by calling the Alzheimer’s Association Montana Chapter at 406-252-3053 x 8125 or 800-272-3900 (Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline) or email MT@ALZ.org. If you need additional support, please contact the Alzheimer’s Association free, 24/7 Helpline at 800272-3900 to talk with information specialists and care consultants. This monthly program is an important way for people living with earlystage memory loss, including those living with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia and their care partners, to connect with others at the YAM. We are promoting connection, interaction, and companionship through viewing and discussing artwork and creating art in our studio. The bonds formed at these programs often last throughout the duration of the disease, creating additional support for all involved.
September 18 | October 16 | November 20 | December 18
Adult Education Classes 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
OPI credits are available for educators upon request. To register online or for more information visit artmuseum.org. Please call our Education Program Coordinator at 406-256-6804 with any questions.
Relief Printing with Rebecca Weed | Saturday, October 17 Learn about the process, tools, and philosophy of relief printing. Use linoleum as the substrate and water based inks to print. This class is designed for the beginner and seasoned printer.
Rebecca received her MFA in Painting from the University of Montana. She teaches at Northwest College in Powell and has also taught Printmaking at Montana State University Billings.
How to Hold an Elusive Memory with Brooke Atherton | Saturday & Sunday, November 21 & 22
Brooke’s art is textile and paper based. Day one, you will focus on basic surface design techniques and adding color in three different ways. Brooke will also take you on a tour of her solo exhibition. Day two, you will assemble a two or three dimensional object (like a wall hanging or a book) with the materials prepared the day before and add elements to personalize the piece. Brooke has a BFA from Wright State University in Dayton, OH. She was the 2011 – 12 YAM Artist-in Residence in the Visible Vault.
Book Binding III with Jodi Lightner | Saturday, December 5 Learn new book binding techniques for personalized handmade books that can be used as sketchbooks or journals. Explore the sewing processes of French Link and Coptic Stitch.
Jodi is an Asst. Professor of Art at Montana State University Billings. She received her MFA in Painting from Wichita State University. Her solo and group exhibitions have been local, statewide, national and international.
Adult Cooking Classes
To register online or for more information visit artmuseum.org. Please call our Education Program Coordinator at 406-256-6804 with any questions.
Chicken Glorious Chicken Saturday, September 12, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Immerse yourself into all the possibilities that chicken provides.
Southern Cooking Saturday, October 10, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Grab your apron and explore the Southern states and their cuisine.
Tour of Asian Cooking Saturday, November 14, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Discover recipes from Thailand, India, Iran, Turkey, and beyond.
Tapas II Thursday, December 10, 6. – 8 p.m.
Learn more easy appetizers and cocktails for your holiday gatherings.
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YAM ANNUAL REPORT 2019 SUMMARY OF REVENUE 1
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1–General Support 25% 2–Government Support 8% 3–Membership 4%
Total Revenue $2,500,929
4–Museum Store, Rentals, & Other 6% 2 3
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5–Contributions to Endowment 5% 6–Admissions 2% 7–Events & Program Fees 18% 8–Endowment 32%
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SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
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1–General Operations 11% 2–Professional Services 7% 3–Financial & Endowment Expenses 2% 4–Depreciation 13% 5–Museum Store & Other 9%
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Total Expenses $1,928,681
6–Repairs, Utilities, & Insurance 13%
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7–Personnel Expenses 45% 6
22,599 Visitors 7,881 Student Contacts 188 Volunteers 12 YAM Exhibitions 7 YAG Exhibitions 650+ spotlights highlighting artwork in the YAM! artmuseum.org
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THANK YOU CONTRIBUTORS We would like to give our sincerest thanks to all members, donors, and sponsors who contributed $125 and above. These donor numbers reflect the dates between 8-3-2019 and 8-25-2020.
$15,000+ Anonymous Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson Dr. John & Patricia Burg Charles M. Bair Family Trust Sidney E. Frank Foundation John W. & Carol L.H. Green Jill Krutick Tim & Trish Matteson Galerie Michael Gary & Melissa Oakland Greg Scott Linda Shelhamer & Stephen Haraden Treacy Foundation U.S. Bank Ted Waddell & Lynn Campion Kathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable Foundation Yellowstone County $10,000 – 14,999 Anonymous Diane Boyer Jerhoff Hardin School District John Heyneman & Arin Waddell Hilltop Inn by Riversage Maggy & David Hiltner Gareld Krieg David Orser & Ossie Abrams Riversage Billings Inn Susan Shelhamer The Osprey Fund $5,000 – 9,999 Dr. Hewes D. & Susan Agnew Axilon Law Firm Paul & Rachel Cox Chuck & Jeanette Cremer Desert Mountain Broadcasting Eide Bailly LLP First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Frank & Shelly Haughton Dorothy & Tom Hull Intermountain Distributing Company Ted & Bess Lovec Larry & Ruth Martin Gordon McConnell & Betty Loos Wayne & Kimberly Nelson Dr. Donald & Carol Roberts Ben Steele Family Jenny Wong Stanley Sibanye Stillwater Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation Charlie & Jeanne Widdicombe $1,000 – 4,999 Anonymous A&E Architects The Albertsons Companies Foundation
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Virginia L. Allen Don & Ellen Alweis Joel Anderson Randy & Cheryl Bentley Clyde Butcher Sonja Caywood Billings Clinic Billings Scheels Tari & Randy Broderick Deborah Butterfield & John Buck Steve & Jennifer Corning Frank & Kathy Cross Crowley Fleck PLLP Jodi Delahunt Hubbell & Todd Hubbell Connie Dillon Lyla Dyer & Cheryl Hudson Faye Golson First Interstate Bank Karen A. Ferguson Donna M. Forbes Michelle & Glenn Foy Ron Glass John Greenberger & Michael Kennedy James Guyer & Jeanie Mentikov Alex & Andrea Heyneman Lee D. Humphrey, Jr. Pam Ivanoff Lynette & Bruce Jensen Edna B. Johnson Charitable Trust Shauna Kerr-Cumin Bryan W. Knicely Shawn Langeliers Julie & Leif Linderman Jon Lodge & Jane Waggoner Deschner Chuck Middlekauff Sheila Miles The Montana History Foundation Moulton Bellingham, PC Mert & Sue Musser Charles Nightengale NorthWestern Energy Kim & Don Olsen PayeWest Insurance Dr. Walt & Mary Peet Perkins Family Restaurants Sharon L. & Garde Peterson Phillips 66 Chaz Riewaldt Kevin & Laurie Riley Mai Wyn Schantz Eric & Laura Simonsen Tom Singer & Evey LaMont Dr. Ronald H. & Karin Smith Ronald Hugh Smith Dr. William & Suzanne Smoot Linda J. Snider Dr. Kris Spanjian & Ray Gilbertson Kevin Stenberg & Vicki Copeland Mark Stevens Stockman Bank Matthew & Stephanie Stroud Margit Thorndal
Toucan Gallery Steve & Pauline Tostenrud United Way of Yellowstone County Willem & Diane Volkersz Walmart Wipfli Ronald J. & Amy Yates Yellowstone Surgery Center, LLC YourCause Estate of Bonnie Yurko $750 – 999 Lornel Baker Gaylene L. Bordeaux Craig Carlisle Dr. James P. & Linda Cornetet David DiGiacomo Don & Marilyn Floberg Laura Heine Jane & Terry Indreland Royal & Norma Johnson Charitable Foundation Kirks’ Grocery Brian & Karyn Mehus Dr. Precious McKenzie & William Stearns Renee & Roger Newman Wetzels Quality Cleaners $300 – 749 Donald W. & Judy Allen Rob Andy Maureen M. Baker Robert & Susan Barnett Bruce & Susan Barrow Edward Barta Daryl & Carol Beam Jeanne & Ron Bender Cindy & John Betka Bighorn Valley Health Center, Inc. Julie Blockey Teresa Brown Rockwood Brown Gilbert Burdett Cenex Harvest States (CHS) Janet Carpenter Dr. Doug & Karla Carr Patrick W. & Carla Cobb Martin & Mary Lee Connell Sherri Cornett & Dr. Steve Kriner Dr. Gordon & Dodie Cox Tyler & Brooke Crennen Crooked Line Studio Joy & Gene Culver David & Mary Lee Darby Bob & Shari Dayton Carmelita Dominguez & Tom Scarborough Teresa & Paul Donato Tom & Joell Doneker Brenda Dugas Bruce L. Ennis & Margaret Davis Katherine Euler Ferro, Willet, & Thompson PLLP Fred L. & Rose Marie Fleischmann
Jareld Fox Donna Frisby & Ken Rambold Diana & Dan Geiger GFWC - Billings Junior Woman’s Club Rita & Karl Giebink Malcolm Goodrich & Judy Williams Jeanne M. Habein Peter & Theresa Habein Marshall Haferkamp Carl & Marriana Hansen Bob & Merilee Hanson Rita W. Heizer Xander Heyneman Dr. Don & Georgia Hicks High Horse Saloon & Eatery Robert E. Hill Holiday Stationstores Darla & Roger Huebner Eric & Allyn Hulteng Dave & Cynthia Hummel Wendy & Jason Jam Chris & Kristie Jessup David & Judy Johnson Shannon Burns Johnson Carole & Everett Jones Pam Jones & Edward Hahn Neil & Gleva Jussila Patricia & Dan Kellermeyer Frank E. & Margo Kelley George Knight Horton B. Koessler Ken Konchel Dr. Stephen & Marilyn Kramer Nyd & Alan Kraushaar Mike Lawler Tracy & Mike Linder Karen Long Dorothy Long Greg Lozoski & Darrah Farrighetti Robert Mackin & Elizabeth Adcock Myrna Martinson William & Kathe McDaniels Dr. Robert & Sharon McDermott Thad & Shannon McGrail Jean McNally Dr. Robert & Linda Merchant Ann & Paul Miller Leigh Morrison Davi Nelson O2 Architects Pepsi-Cola of Billings Debbie Potter Dr. Jeffrey Rector Kevin Red Star & Sunny Sky Red Star Dr. Jim Rollins & Dr. Julie Johnson Louis & Shani Ross Bev Ross Sanctuary Spa Elizabeth Scanlin & Jeff Anderson Schutz Foss Architects Dr. Robert & Nancy Schultz Dr. James E. & Janice Scott
Marcia Selsor Dr. George F. & Olivia Sheckleton Ryan Shore & Claire Habein Bill & Marilyn Simmons Donald & Susan Sommerfeld Kristen & Alan Sparboe Gregory & Lisa Steiner Gilles Stockton Renée Tafoya Ric Taylor Diane Teske Harris Tesseract Dance Collective The GoodCoin Foundation Patti S. Townsend Dr. James E. & Rita Turley Überbrew Underriner Motors Jane Urbaska Dr. Patricia & Richard Vettel-Becker Jim Vincent Shannon Widdicombe Will James Society Suzanne Wilson $125 – 299 Richard & Kathy Aldrich Jenni Aleksich & Andy Bottman Dale & Tomi Alger Linda Armstrong Gale Arvanites Susan Baack & Dan Gross Annette Behm Philip & Nada Bell Lisa & Jeff Berke Donna Bernhardt Joshua Billstein Sandra & Francis Blake Dr. Wiley R. & Marilyn Bland Kristen & Nathan Blanding John Bohlinger & Nancy Cooper John & Marry Ann Bottman Bill & Nancy Boyer Anna C. Brewer James Brien & Hollis Hall Barbara Bryan & Scott Mitchell Judith Burnam Dr. Daniel B. Caplan
Board of Trustees Tari Broderick Juni Clark Katherine Euler Becky Hillier Jodi Delahunt Hubbell Lynette Jensen Christopher Jessup Julie Linderman Bess Lovec Thad McGrail Trish Matteson Dr. Robert Merchant Gary Oakland Sharon Peterson Dr. Donald Roberts Kevin Red Star Kevin Stenberg
Kris Carpenter Lauren E. Carr G.B. Carson The Honorable William & Anne Cole Lynn Conaway Ryan & Holly Cremer Dylan & Malia Dahl Sondra L. Daly Nan Beber Darham James Davis Shane De Leon Adam Delavan Jill Diercks Jan & David Dietrich Michael & Nancy Downing Barbara Dudczak Susan & Art Durnan Dr. Michael & Jeanette Englehart Carolina Escobar Adam Feldner Marc & Cindy Fine Allison Florance Kay Foster & Mike Mathew Cynthia Foster Bradley & Stefeni Freese Stacie & Brett French Angus & Marjorie Fulton Mike & Cathy Glennon Jesse Grandy Jim & Karen Gransbery Jody K. Grant Sarah Grau & Vince Long Dr. Phillip E. & Barbara Griffin Robert & Kathy Griffin Paul Grmoljez & Alice Gordon Jeffrey A. & Kerry Gruizenga Walt & Barbara Gulick Tami Haaland & James Bradley Dona & Paul Hagen Ruby Hahn Steve & Joni Harman Jim & Linda Healow Charles & Carol Heath Melody Heide Edward Hughes & Roberta Anner-Hughes Betsey Hurd
Greg Jahn & Nancy Halter Val Jeffries & Allen Powers Kelly Jensen Kent & Michael Ann Johnson Ginger Johnston Pierre Jomini James L. Jones Heather Kassab & Jason Thallmayer James & Marie Kelly George Kelting Dr. Phillip S. Key & Donna McCool Paul & Phoebe Knapp Warren Donna & Keith Kohnke Lew Kosich Arthur & Sabrina Kraft Rob Kurtzman Diane & Ted Kylander Kathi & Thad Lamey Jennifer Larson Terry Zee Lee Megan Littlefield Frederick R. Longan Doris Loughbom Margaret MacDonald & John Smilie Mac’s Floral Lisa Malody & Laurence DeBoer Ann Marie Maltby Frank & Janet Mann Dr. Thomas J. & Sandra McIntosh Patty McLean Mary McNally Elizabeth McNamer Walter & Jean Mehlhaff Jim & Marilu Metherell Donna J. Meyer Marti & Michael Miller Penny S. & William Morgan Charles & Betty Moses Jeannie Ness Nancy J. O’Brien & Joseph Henan Sherman & Fran Oland Michael & Susan O’Leary Dennis & Nikki Olson Mary Parker David J. Patterson & Mary Palffy Dale & Judith Peterson
Russ & Susan Plath Mur Louisa Quaglia Derek Quick Regina Quinn Jeremy Rabus Michael Ramey Barbara Ramlow Mark & Veronica Restad Suzanne Reymer Kathie L. Riggs Marty Rodabaugh & Don McKay Bernard Rose John & Laura Ross Joseph Roy Theresa & Dennis Rubin Joseph S. Sample Dr. Roger & Susan Santala Mike & Cara Schaer Dr. Rachel Schaffer Patrick & Mary Schelle John Scheuering Amy & Rick Selensky Corby Skinner Joan M. & Tim E. Sleeth Linda Snedigar Per & Nadine Sommer Joe Soneidi Abbey & Steve Sonntag Jacque Stannebein David L. Strong & Amaya Gracia Costas Penelope Strong & Paul Matt Susan Sullivan & Stephen Zabawa Mary Jane & Dr. Stewart Taylor Thomas Tully & Barbara Archer Ron & Echo Ukrainetz Christopher & Barbara Veis Marylyn Vincent Alicia Vorland Elizabeth Waddington Monte Waite Denice Waller Fraser Nathalie Warren Theodore & Barbara Weiss Stephany Westhusin Bill & Joan T. Wilson Leann Zahn
Matthew Stroud Susan Sullivan Donna Todd
Trustees Emeritus Carol L.H. Green Randy Jacobs Gareld Krieg Ted Lovec Larry Martin
Leadership Team Bryan W. Knicely Executive Director John Greenberger Finance & Admin. Director Susan Barnett Curator Ryan Cremer Development Director Mary Serbe Education Director Nickolas Olson Marketing Manager
Executive Officers Deborah Anspach President Julie Linderman President-Elect Matthew Stroud Vice-President Steve Tostenrud Secretary/Treasurer Kim Olsen Immediate Past President Bryan W. Knicely Ex Officio
National Council John Buck Deborah Butterfield Paul Farr Abe Hays William I. Koch Carla O’Rorke Nathaniel Owings Joseph Poindexter Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Mark Stevens
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