YAM Triptych Magazine | Fall 2022

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Cover Art: Gennie DeWeese, Fall Angus, 1997, oil stick on canvas, 53 x 77 inches, Collection of the Yellowstone Art Museum

Thank you to everyone who supported the YAM’s 2nd Annual Golf Tournament and the first ever Gala and Art Auction in September! Artists, sponsors, and attendees came together to make these events a tremendous success for the museum. Critical funds were raised for museum exhibitions and the Education department’s outreach programs. Together, we honored Sally McIntosh and her lifelong dedication to the arts and art education. It was an incredible weekend, and I’m grateful to everyone who helped make it possible!

Exhibitions at the YAM through the end of the year include a fascinating mix of international and local perspectives. It’s wonderful to see the intersections and the differences between the works. I hope you can visit often this fall to experience the full range of work currently displayed.

Along with our K–12 and family programs, there are many new opportunities for adult visitors to connect with the exhibitions this fall! Members can register for the Global Asias Experience, a three-session series for participants to more deeply explore the new Global Asias exhibition, or a full-day writing class inspired by Jane Deschner Waggoner’s immersive installation, Remember me. Gallery conversations will be offered in a mix of languages (see page 7) and a weekly yoga class (see page 14) will meet. We are also excited to host Masquerade again in October — wear your most creative costume! — and WinterFair in December to support local artists during the gift-giving season. Join us for a program or event that excites you! 2022 was full of changes and new adventures for the Yellowstone Art Museum. As we look to the year ahead, the YAM will continue to celebrate the extraordinary artists of this region and exhibit leading artists from around the world. We will expand our Educational work with diverse audiences, including significant outreach beyond the museum walls.

To make this essential work possible, I hope you will offer an end-of-year gift that recognizes and supports all that is happening at the YAM. We appreciate every gift from our dedicated members! Your contributions keep the arts strong in Billings and throughout the region. Thank you!

Cheers,

Photo credit: Amy Nelson from the Billings Gazette.

THE NIGHT GALA & ART AUCTION

The Night at the Yellowstone Art Museum was a celebratory fundraiser, gala and art auction hosted by the museum to spotlight significant artists in the region, honor Sally McIntosh, and recognize the critical outreach work done by the YAM Education department.

Twenty-three premier contemporary artists from Montana and across the region supported the museum by contributing significant works for auction. An exhibition of the auction items opened in August.

On the evening of September 10 guests arrived dressed-to-impress to the exciting sounds of local jazz master Alex Nauman and his three-piece band.

Guests enjoyed a festive cocktail hour featuring passed gourmet appetizers from celebrated Montana caterer, Seasonal Montana, and their accomplished lead Chef Melissa Harrison, a former contestant Top Chef.

The Night gala and auction honored Sally McIntosh. For decades, Sally has encouraged arts education for all ages at McIntosh Art Co, Rocky Mountain College, the Yellowstone Art Museum, and Montana Women’s Prison. Her impact on the arts in Montana has been enormous and it was a privilege to celebrate Sally with so many who have been inspired by her impact. Guests honored Sally’s work by donating to the YAM Education Outreach programs in record numbers.

The YAM extends deepest thanks to each of the artists who participated in this new event. The museum appreciates the individual and business sponsors who contributed to the fantastic evening, including First Interstate Bank, Eide Bailly, Davidson Home Furnishings, Intermountain Distributing, and the RiverSage Inn.

Sally McIntosh, former Adult Education coordinator at the YAM.

Jane Waggoner Deschner: Remember me.

September 11, 2022 – January 15, 2023 // Charles M. Bair

Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery

Sponsors: Larry and Ruth Martin, Jon Lodge, Aunt Dofe’s Gallery, Gordon McConnell and Betty Loos, Linda Shelhamer and Stephen Haraden, Dr. Ralph and Sheryl Costanzo, Mary Hernandez, and Paige Spalding and James Hummell

Jane Waggoner Deschner began work on her project, Remember me: a collective narrative in found words and photographs, in 2015, to respond to what she experienced as the “hostility growing in our country.” Since then, she has handembroidered over twelve hundred found family photographs with texts from obituaries written by anonymous family and friends.

The photographs span the decades of popular black and white photography, chronicling people, places and times. While studio portraits tend toward intentional self-representation, family snapshots often capture random, unintended elements. Obituaries, written by loved ones, are a form of familial self-representation and collective memory. Their shared anecdotes highlight noteworthy aspects of an individual’s life.

The artist pairs each vernacular photo with obituary text written about a different person. “The photos ‘read’ the texts and vice versa, teasing pretension, tragi-comedy and profound truths about the human condition from sentimental artifacts,” Deschner states. “We see our personal truths reflected, through photos and words, in the lives of others.” The immersive installation is both humorous and poignant, weighted by an accumulation of personal stories that span and connect across time and place.

The viewer continually shifts their awareness between the facial expressions and vintage styles represented in individual images, the content of the stitched tributes, the details of the stitching, and the overall installation. Accompanied by mid-century furniture, knickknacks, and mounds of found anonymously hand-crocheted doilies and afghans, the installation alludes to the familiar spaces of homes and offices. The repetition of standard frames and hand-stitched texts imposes a formal framework that contains and unites the sentimental artifacts. This accumulation of collected and remixed memories calls attention to the universal aspects of human experience. The nostalgia evoked creates positive feelings and promotes social connectedness.

Supported in part by a grant from the Montana Arts Council, an agency of the State Government.

Stitch & Sip with Jane Waggoner Deschner

Thursday, September 29 // 5:30 – 7:30 PM // Registration required // $15 Members // $25 non-members

Artist

Friday, October 7 // 5 PM reception with cash bar // 6 PM Q&A followed by catalog signing

“Art of Life”

Saturday, November 12 // 10 AM – 4 PM // Registration required // $25 Members // $35 non-members

Q&A with Jane Waggoner Deschner & photo collector Robert E. Jackson

Writing with Jane Waggoner Deschner & Danell Jones Ph.D.

Jane Waggoner Deschner, from the remember me series (407, SCR[ WA]), 2018, hand-embroidered studio portrait, 8 x 6 inches.

Jane Waggoner Deschner teaches during her Sip and Stitch class held on September 29, 2022.

Global Asias: Contemporary Asian

and

Asian

America Art From the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

October 13, 2022 – January 15, 2023 // Montana Gallery

Sponsors: Montana Tires, Toyo Tires, Diane Boyer Jerhoff

Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art highlights the work of fifteen artists of Asian heritage who draw on a rich array of motifs, techniques, and cultural motivations to construct diverse “Asias” in a modern global context.

Organized by the Palmer Museum of Art in conjunction with the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, the exhibition is divided into three thematic sections. “Exuberant Forms” features work that has the potential to reshape conventional views of abstract art—its composition, palette, materiality, and cultural implications—expanding and complicating the canonical narrative of abstraction. “Moving Stories” brings together powerful prints and mixed-media works that reflect on the experiences of migration, both within Asia and beyond. “Asias Reinvented” highlights two- and three-dimensional works that transform styles and techniques of traditional Asian arts in alignment with the vibes of the contemporary and the cosmopolitan.

Combined, the works in Global Asias suggest the plurality and fluidity of “Asia” as cultural construct and creative practice. The exhibition is guest curated by Chang Tan, Assistant Professor of Art History and Asian Studies at Penn State.

This exhibition is organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation and the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State. Support for this exhibition and related education and outreach programs has been made possible by a grant from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

Connections at the Art Museum Global Asias Series

Every Tuesday from October 18 – November 15 // 10:30 AM – 12 PM // Registration required

The Global Asias Experience Series

Wednesdays November 2, 9 & 16 // 3 – 4:30 PM // Registration required

All sessions limited to 16 participants. $25 for members, $35 for not-yet-members for full series, $15 drop-in for a single

November 2: Traditional Tea Ceremony

November 9: Guided Exhibition Tour, led by YAM Education Staff

November 16: Careful Looking Experience, led by YAM Director Jessica Kay Ruhle

First Friday at the YAM — Global Asias Exhibition Celebration

November 4 // 5-8 PM // Admission is free during First Fridays

4 – 6 PM Fam at the YAM with artist Terri Porta

5 – 7 PM Reception with cash bar // Gallery Conversations in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese

Closing Celebrations with Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation

January 14, 2023 // Time TBD // Registration required

session, as space allows.

Jun Kaneko (Japanese (b. 1942)), Untitled, Tanuki, 2014, glazed ceramic, 75 x 28 x 27.75 inches, Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer, Image: Colin Conces, Courtesy of Jun Kaneko Studio

Akio Takamori (American, born Japan (1950–2017)), Sea Serpent, edition 29/35, 2008, archival inkjet and hand lithography, 41.5 x 26 inches, Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer, Image: Aaron Wessling Photography

Jacob Hashimoto (American (b. 1973)), The Hashimoto Index I, edition 3/19, 2017, woodblock, Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer, Image: Christopher Holloman, Courtesy of Nevada Museum of Art

The Montana Modernists: Shifting Perspectives

November 10, 2022 – June 11, 2023 // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries

Sponsors: Charles M. Bair Family Trust, Linda Shelhamer and Stephen Haraden, Gordon McConnell and Betty Loos, and Dr. Ralph and Sheryl Costanzo

The Montana Modernists exhibition opening on November 10th follows the investigation of twentieth-century postwar Montana art in guest curator Dr. Michele Corriel’s new book Montana Modernists: Shifting Perspectives on Western Art. Examining the emergence of an avant-garde movement in the state, Dr. Corriel profiles the pioneers of this movement, Jessie Wilber, Frances Senska, Bill Stockton, Isabelle Johnson, Robert DeWeese, and Gennie DeWeese. Together, these artists implemented an aesthetic philosophy and a modern understanding of form, color, and abstraction that expanded the way Western art in Montana is defined.

Drawing primarily from the extensive collection of the Yellowstone Art Museum, the exhibition explores the first-generation modernists in Montana through the themes of Place, Artistic Lineage, and Community—all crucial elements in the lives and works of these artists. As the nascent movement grew and took hold across the state, it not only affected artmaking but allowed Montanans access to new ways of viewing themselves, society, and nature, and a way of seeing that had lasting effects on the struggle for a broader, more authentic Montana narrative.

This wave of postwar artists found the need to express themselves differently from the Western illustrative work permeating the state. Their experiences, their point of view, and the changing world they found themselves in required something more. As Robert DeWeese noted, “The art students in 1949 were a completely different lot. They’d been in the war worldwide, and they were hungry for all of it.” It is not a leap to suggest that so many veterans who had seen the world, the war, the dropping of the atomic bomb, the devastation of Europe, and the reckoning with fascism needed a new way to communicate. Isabelle Johnson and Bill Stockton were native-born Montana ranchers, and Wilber, Senska, and the DeWeeses came from elsewhere to teach at Montana State in Bozeman. They were all missionaries of modernism who developed an authentic, personal style of expression in response to the land and society of contemporary Montana. Showing the works of all six of these artists together in one place demonstrates what these artists did and how in their interactions with one another, in their teaching, and, most of all, in the works they left behind, they created an art movement that still resonates today.

Michele Corriel researched these artists for years before writing her book, and this show reflects her deep consideration for each of them. “This project, culminating in a show at the Yellowstone Art Museum, validates the last five years of my academic life. I am thrilled to work with the YAM and to fulfill my personal promise to these amazing artists. I hope to keep their work in the eyes of the public for years to come.”

Corriel is a well-published art writer and has covered the region for the last 15 years. Her Ph.D. in American Art helped to guide her work through the rich history of Montana and to bring light to the largely untold story of modernism in the state. Her book Montana Modernists, published by Washington State University Press, will be available at the opening and for sale in the YAM store.

Ginnie DeWeese, Fall Angus, 1997, oil stick on canvas, 53 x 77 inches, Collection of the Yellowstone Art Museum.

Keeara Rhoades: The Shape of a Corner

YAM Artist-in-Residence (2020 – 2022) August 15 – November 13, 2022 // Mildred Sandall Scott

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The Shape of a Corner is a multimedia installation exploring intersections and transformations of character, condition, and vantage, provoking boundaries to expose, hide or identify. The exhibition includes an original feature-length screenplay, stop-motion animated film, lyrical soundscape, painted and sculpted forms, photographs, and artificial intelligencegenerated studio backdrops.

For two years, Keeara has been the YAM Artist-in-Residence and developed this exhibition in the Visible Vault.

Opening Reception & Artist Talk, Cake with Keeara Thursday, September 22 // 5 PM reception // 6:30 PM artist talk // 6:45 fire alarm

Masquerade Photo Session with Keeara Saturday, October 29 // 7 – 9 PM // Masquerade tickets required

Storytime with Keeara Thursday, October 27 // 6 PM // Ages 5 – 12 // Wear your costume!

Keeara Rhoades, Margins and Arm Ends (a stabilizing Mother’s arm) and Girl with Porcelain Doll, video still from, The Shape of a Corner.

Keeara Rhoades in her exhibition The Shape of a Corner, Image courtesy of the artist.

Women by Will

Ongoing // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries

Sponsors: Karen Ferguson, The Will James Society, The Lloyd Shelhamer Memorial Endowment

Conservation provided by: The Susan Scott Heyneman Foundation, Ted Waddell & Lynn Campion, Charles Nightengale, The Montana History Foundation

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-before-exhibited 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.

A Russell Chatham Day Ongoing // M.J. Murdock Gallery

Russell Chatham was a local legend in Livingston, MT, who found himself inspired by the area’s landscape, especially rainy mornings and hazy sunsets. These scenes became locally known as “Russell Chatham Days,” when the horizon line disappeared, and the sky and land become one ethereal plane. His work grew in popularity as he began making fine art prints, eventually becoming one of the world’s leading lithographers. The Missouri Headwaters series (Featured in this exhibition) was conceived by Chatham in 1985 as a way to expand upon his newly-acquired printing skills. The twelve lithographs portray the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers at Three Forks, Montana, and roughly 10,000 square miles of the Missouri. According to Chatham, “Each print is designed to make a statement. Each month can more or less be distilled into a feeling or mood composed of what actually is at the moment, what has just passed, and what is to come.”

Will James; Untitled; 1920; Graphite on paper; 22 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches; Yellowstone Art Museum Permanent Collection; Gift of Virginia Snook (VS1999.28).

Russell Chatham; Missouri Headwaters Series — May; 1987; Stone lithograph; Gift of the artist (1987.19)

DOG RESCUER, FIX-IT GUY, CHAZ IS BELOVED MEMBER OF THE YAM STAFF

By JACI WEBB

Chaz Riewaldt is a humble man with a vast array of skills and a propensity for speaking what’s on his mind.

His actual job description at the Yellowstone Art Museum is facilities manager, but he is so much more than that. He constructs pedestals and walls to display art, and builds shelves and stand-up work stations for the employees. He’s also the IT guy, the one who set up Zoom meetings so the YAM Board of Trustees and committees could meet virtually during the pandemic. He paints, cleans the carpeting, helps move art. And he greets everyone he encounters with a quip and a smile. In many ways, Chaz is the one person you can always count on to be at the YAM, and he considers maintaining the museum his art, “People ask me all the time, ‘Where is your art?’ I say you’re standing in it.”

He likes to point out that his job title reads, “facilities” as in more than one space because the museum is more than one structure. There is the old portion of the building that was once the Yellowstone County Jail, then the addition, and finally the Visible Vault across North 26th Street from the main structure. In total, Chaz is responsible for 49,000 square feet.

Chaz is one of the longest serving employees at the YAM, and he never dreamed that he would finish his long work history serving at a contemporary art museum.

“This was the last place I thought I’d work,” he said.

went so well, and he started to see himself working in an art museum. Chaz took that leap and never looked back.

But

“A week after I came here, I thought, ‘This is my retirement job.’”

When you hear the keys jangling, you know that Chaz is headed into a room. And he’s always moving, fixing a light here, inspecting a window there. Chaz was born in California and raised in upstate New York. His dad was in the Air Force and the family moved often. Chaz joined the Air Force as well and served as an air passenger cargo specialist. He finished his Air Force career in Grand Forks, N.D., and eventually found his way to Montana. After working for 18 years in the restaurant industry, he put his carpentry skills to use remodeling houses, usually by himself. That’s where Chaz learned to innovate and problem solve to find solutions for repairs and then teach himself the skills needed to make repairs. He was managing the facilities at the YMCA before he came to the YAM.

Just a little more than a year ago, Chaz found another passion — fostering older dogs.

“It started last year. I had a chihuahua that died in March. I rescued Doodle and I connected with Tails As Old As Time.”

The Lewistown animal rescue program pairs older dogs, some with disabilities, with foster pet owners like Chaz. He currently has five dogs, four of which are foster dogs.

“The reason I do old dogs is they just want someone to love them.”

There are two other sources of pride for Chaz — his 33-year-old son Reed Taylor and his 33 years of sobriety. Next time you visit the YAM, stop and say hello to Chaz, and thank him for keeping the art safe and the museum beautiful.

his interview with former director Robyn Peterson

Saturday, October 29, 2022 | 7 – 11 PM

The most creative and awe-inspiring Halloween party in town, Masquerade at the YAM, is back this year for another night of entertainment, dancing, mystics and so much more! Be prepared to be wowed with live performances tarot and mystic readings, Billings’ best costume contest, and our courtyard dancefloor and DJ! Guests will also enjoy cocktails, local brews and creative appetizers by Raven’s Café D’Art.

This year’s Masquerade is themed Hollywood Horror! Nostalgic films from every decade or undead starlets; we invite guests to interpret the theme in any way that inspires their creativity. Guests should note that the theme is NOT required, but rather up for interpretation. We encourage attendees to let their creativity shine when considering their individual or group costumes by hosting the ultimate premier costume contest- and, yes, there will be prizes!

After two years of pandemic related cancellations, we couldn’t be more excited to bring the Masquerade back to our community. You don’t want to miss this sell-out event at the Yellowstone Art Museum. Tickets are available starting September 1 at artmuseum.org. Please check the YAM’s website and Facebook page for exciting event updates.

“…A frighteningly

First Friday at the YAM, 5 – 8 PM

2nd Annual YAM Golf Tournament at Laurel Golf Club

The Night Gala and Art Auction

Jane Waggoner Deschner: Remember me. Opens

Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM

Mint Film Festival screening of Who are the Marcuses? at 1:30 PM

Keeara Rhoades: The Shape of a Corner, Artist Talk at 6:30 PM

Stitch and Sip with Jane Waggoner Deschner, 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Wednesdays in the Murdock Gallery.

October 26 from 10:30 –11:30 AM.

Last day for Michael Haykin: Painting a Pandemic

YAM Teens, 3:30 – 5 PM

First Friday/ArtWalk: Artist Q&A with Jane Waggoner Deschner & Robert E. Jackson, 5 PM reception, 6 PM Q&A

Studio 2nd Saturday: Reductive Raconteurs, 10 AM – 12 PM

Last day for Hardin 6th Grade YAG Exhibition

Asias Opens

Shepherd High School YAG Exhibition Opens

Adult Cooking Class: Recipes Across America, 10 AM – 1:30 PM

YAM Teens, 3:30 – 5 PM

Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM

Yoga at the YAM starts and runs every Wednesday, 10:30 – 11:30 AM

Masquerade at the YAM, 7 – 11 PM

Experience Global Asias: Japanese Tea Ceremony, 3 – 4:30 PM

YAM Teens, 3:30 – 5 PM with artist Keeara Rhoades

First Friday at the YAM, 5 – 8 PM

Fam at the YAM with local artist Terri Porta,4 – 6 PM

Experience Global Asias: Guided Tour, 3 – 4:30 PM, led by YAM Education staff

Montana Modernist Opens

“Art of Life” Writing with Jane Waggoner Deschner & Danell Jones Ph.D., 10 AM – 4 PM

Studio 2nd Saturday: Printed Pattern Palooza, 10 AM – 12 PM

Last day for Keeara Rhoades: The Shape of a Corner

Experience Global Asias: Careful Looking, 3 – 4:30 PM, led by YAM Director Jessica Kay Ruhle

YAM Teens, 3:30 – 5 PM

Reception for Shepherd High School YAG Exhibition, 5 – 7 PM

Adult Cooking Class: Tapas I, 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM

Origami Workshop with Keely Perkins, 10 AM – 1 PM

First Friday/ArtWalk: WinterFair opens 02

Fam at the YAM with Tippet Rise Art Educator Beth Korth, 4 – 6 PM 03

Billings Public Schools 7th and 8th Grade YAG Exhibition Opens 03

WinterFair at the YAM 07

YAM Teens, 3:30 – 5 PM 10

Adult Cooking Class: Southern Cooking, 10 AM – 1:30 PM 10

Studio 2nd Saturday: Cabinets of Curiosity, 10 AM – 12 PM 16

Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM

YAM Teens, 3:30 – 5 PM

CHILDREN, FAMILIES, & TEENS

Check Facebook and our website for updated info and pricing.

STUDIO 2ND SATURDAY

Ages 5 – 12 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Register online or by calling 406.256.6804 x238 or email outreach@artmuseum.org

October

8

| Reductive Raconteurs

Create a visual narrative using positive and negative space with our Artist in Residence, Keeara Rhodes, inspired her exhibition The Shape of a Corner.

November 12 | Printed Pattern Palooza

Explore a fusion of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques inspired by the artwork in the exhibition Global Asias.

December 10 | Cabinets of Curiosity

Build a living space for a miniature version of who you want to be. Based on artwork by Jane Wagner-Deschner in her exhibition Remember me.

FAM AT THE YAM

All ages welcome | 4 – 6 PM at the YAM Free! 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 and learn about their process. It’s a great way to kick off your First Friday evening.

Friday, November 4

Compose your own visual symphony as music moves your artist hand with local artist Terri Porta.

Friday, December 2

Join us in the education studio before you stroll to create a work of art inspired by the season with Tippet Rise Art Educator, Beth Korth.

Friday, January 6

Get inspired by the art in the Global Asias exhibition and then create origami with artist Keely Perkins.

NEW! YAM TEENS

Ages 12 – 18 | Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month starting October 5.

Free! No advance registration required. Back in person at the Museum! It’s free! It’s fun! It’s now twice a month! Explore the museum exhibitions, meet local artists, learn new art techniques, and more!

The 1st Wednesday we dive into the YAM’s exhibitions, learn new techniques, and discover your artistic voice. The 3rd Wednesday is your chance to create in our fully stocked education studio. You can finish a work in progress or start a new project.

October 5 & 19 | November 2 & 16 | December 7 & 21

November 2 will feature Keeara Rhoades, YAM Artist-in-Residence.

YOUNG ARTISTS’ GALLERY

Hardin 6th Grade

Saturday, August 20 – Sunday, October 8, 2022

Shepherd High School

Saturday, October 15 – Sunday, November 27, 2022 Reception is on Thursday, November 17 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Billings Public Schools 7th and 8th Grade Saturday, December 3, 2022 – Sunday, January 8, 2023 Reception is on Thursday, January 5 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM

explore - inspire - connect

REBOOT REBOOT

Join us as we kick off a new year with YAM Teens on October 5th at 3:30 PM in the education studio!

Make art, meet artists, build community, and explore endless possibilities!

YAM Teens will meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month from 3:30-5:00 PM.

On the 1st Wednesday, we will dive into the YAM’s exhibitions, learn new teachniques, and discover your artistic voice.

The 3rd Wednesday is your chance to create in our fully stocked education studio. You can finish a work in progress or start a new project.

Cost: Free Ages: 12 - 17

For more information contact: Angel Shandy Museum Art Educator arteducator@artmuseum.org 406-256-6804 x238

ADULT ART CLASSES

For more information visit artmuseum.org/educate/adult-education. Please email our Adult Education Coordinator, Marilu Metherell at adulted@artmuseum.org with any questions. Register online or call the front desk at 406.256.6804. Space is limited, pre-registration recommended.

“Art of Life”

Writing

with Jane Waggoner Deschner & Danell Jones PhD

Saturday, November 12 | 10 AM – 4 PM

Members: $25 | Not-yet Member: $35 Join visual artist Jane Waggoner Deschner and author Danell Jones to create rich character portraits. Drawing inspiration from Remember me., learn how to write a “Faux-bituary” (fictional obituary) after crafting a developed character study. Enjoy a nurturing setting that allows writers to play, learn, and grow.

Danell Jones has taught literature and creative writing for more than thirty years. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University. She is the author of three books and winner of the High Plains Book Award for Nonfiction.

Jane Waggoner Deschner has been an exhibiting artist for forty years; for twenty years her medium has been the found family photograph. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums nationwide. She is a recipient of the 2019–20 Montana Arts Council Artist Innovation Award.

Origami Workshop with Miles City Artist Keely Perkins

Saturday, November 19 | 10 AM – 1 PM

Members: $15 | Not-yet Member: $25 We are commissioning you for a site specific installation! Come explore the ancient art of paper folding and help us design, create and install origami to celebrate our Global Asias exhibition. No experience required!

COOKING CLASSES

For more information visit artmuseum.org/educate/adult-education. Please email our Adult Education Coordinator, Marilu Metherell at adulted@artmuseum.org with any questions. Register online or call the front desk at 406.256.6804. Space is limited, pre-registration recommended.

SATURDAY CLASSES

10:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Price: $70 members, $80 not-yet-members *$20.00 supply fee included

October 15 | Recipes Across America Explore dishes from across the USA.

December 10 | Southern Cooking Grab you apron and explore the southern states and their addictive cuisine.

January 14 | Here Chicky Chicky Immerse yourself in the possibilities poultry has to offer.

THURSDAY EVENING CLASSES

5:30 – 7:30 PM

Price: $55 members, $65 not-yet-members *$20.00 supply fee included

November 18 | Tapas I Easy appetizers and cocktails for your holiday gatherings.

CONNECTIONS AT THE ART MUSEUM

with the Montana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association

Every 3rd Friday | 10:30 AM – 12 PM

No cost to participate. Registration in advance is required. Call 800.272.3900 or email montana@alz.org to register. This monthly program promotes connection and companionship for individuals living with early-stage memory loss and their care partners through art. Join us to view, discuss, and create art with trained docents and volunteers.

September 16 | October 21 | November 18 | December 16

Connections at the Art Museum Global Asias Series

October 18 – November 15 | Every Tuesday | 10:30 AM – 12 PM

No cost to participate. Registration in advance is required. Call 406.256.6804 x250 or email adulted@artmuseum.org to register. Join us for this five-week series that will explore the artwork and techniques in the Global Asias exhibition.

2022 YELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM GOLF TOURNAMENT

On Friday, September 9, 2022 the museum held it’s 2nd Annual Golf Tournament at the Laurel Golf Club. It was a ton of fun and raised key funds to support art education programs at the YAM. We are grateful to everyone who came out to support the museum!

WinterFair arts & crafts show

THANK YOU CONTRIBUTORS

We would like to give our sincerest thanks to all members, donors, and sponsors who contributed $125 and above. This cumulative list was compiled on 9/1/2022.

$50,000+

Yellowstone County

$25,000 – 49,999

Anonymous

Kathryn Caine Wanlass Foundation Linda Shelhamer & Steve Haraden

$10,000 – 24,999

Deborah A. Anspach & Dr. John Hanson

Charles M. Bair Family Trusts

Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney F. Frank Foundation

Diane Boyer Jerhoff

Mr. Jorgensen

Tracy & Mike Linder

Bess Lovec

Larry & Ruth Martin

Gary & Melissa Oakland

Kim & Don Olsen

Susan Shelhamer

US Bank National Association

Charlie & Jeanne Widdicombe

Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

$5,000 – 9,999

Dr. John & Patricia Burg Hilltop Inn by Riversage Riversage Billings Inn Gareld Krieg

Mary Alice Fortin Foundation

Tim & Trish Matteson

Dr. Donald & Carol Roberts Jim & Chris Scott

$2,500 – 4,999

Randy & Cheryl Bentley

Karen A. Ferguson

First Interstate BancSystem Foundation

Cynthia Foster

Gordon McConnell & Betty Loos

Drs. Robert & Linda Merchant

Kevin Red Star

Barbara Sample

$1,000 – 2,499

Ossie Abrams

B.H.C.S.D

Lornel Baker

Carole W. Baumann

Billings Scheels

Kay Bollinger

Bonnie Burks

Janet Carpenter

Nick & Linda Cladis

The Honorable William & Anne Cole

Steve & Jennifer Corning Joy & Gene Culver

Tiff Davidson-Blades

Wesley & Nicole Fangsrud

Fred Fleischmann

Ashley Grassa

Dr. Jim Guyer & Ms. Jeanie Mentikov

Paul & Dona Hagen

Dr. Don & Georgia Hicks

Jodi Delahunt Hubbell & Todd Hubbell

Dave & Cynthia Hummel

Chris & Kristie Jessup

Pam Jones & Edward Hahn

Frank & Margo Kelley

Bryan W. Knicely

Jon Lodge & Jane Waggoner Deschner

William & Kathe McDaniels

NorthWestern Energy Dr. Walt & Mary Peet

Sharon Peterson

Louis Ross Royal & Norma Johnson Charitable Foundation

Betsy Scanlin & Jeff Anderson Eric & Laura Simonsen Dr. Kris Spanjian & Ray Gilbertson

Shirley Steele

Susan Sullivan & Stephen Zabawa

James & Valerie Anne Taylor Bill & Mary Underriner Will James Society Ron & Amy Yates

$500 – 999

Dr. William & Gail Andrus

Dr. Bruce & Susan Barrow

Jeanne & Ron Bender

Lisa & Jeff Berke

Garry Brayko

Tari & Randy Broderick

Rockwood Brown

Gilbert Burdett

Dr. Doug & Karla Carr

Cenex Harvest States Patrick & Carla Cobb Martin & Mary Lee Connell Dr. Gordon & Dodie Cox

Paul & Rachel Cox

Crowley Fleck PLLP Mary Lee & David Darby Shari Dayton

Thomas & Joell Doneker

Katherine Euler

Michael Fitch

Marilyn Floberg Michelle & Glenn Foy Bess Fredlund

Pat & Brenda Hittmeier

Terry & Jane Indreland

Horton B. Koessler

Dr. Steve & Marilyn Kramer

Dorothy Long

Myrna Martinson

Dr. Precious McKenzie & William Stearns

Jean McNally

Davi Nelson

Susan Ogden Michael & Susan O’Leary

Mary Parker

Deborah Potter

Kevin & Laurie Riley Dr. Jim Rollins & Dr. Julie Johnson

Dianne Root William & Beverly Ryan Dr. William & Suzanne Smoot

Paige Spalding & James Hummel Carol & Jim Spielman Kayli Steadman Gregory & Lisa Steiner Matthew & Stephanie Stroud Leslie Taylor

Dr. Stewart & Mary Jane Taylor Margit Thorndal

Donna Todd Steve & Pauline Tostenrud

$125 – 499

Dale Alger

Virginia L. Allen

Erin Allen

Bill Anderson

Craig Anderson

Lisa Atwood

Susan Baack

Carol Beam

Terry Bentz

Donna Bernhardt

Dan Berry

Wayne Biberdorf

Cameron Blake Sandra Blake

Jeanette Blanchard

Terese Blanding

Diana Blank

Mildred Boyd

Nancy Boyer

Teresa Boyer

Aimee Brown

Virginia Bryan Gary Buchanan Bill Callahan

Joyce Casaus

Amy Chapple

William Choat

Roberta Ciffone

Mona K. Clark

Stephen Coffman

James P. Cornetet

Sherri Cornett

Leslie Crawford

Ryan & Holly Cremer

Bruce D. Crippen

Patricia Crisp

Nancy T. Curriden

Sondra L. Daly

Jeffrey Davis

Laurence DeBoer

David Dietrich

Leona Dillon

Joan Doherty

Eugen J. Dolan

Clarice Dreyer

Brenda Dugas

Karen Durfey

Jackey Emery

Kathleen Enders

Bruce L. Ennis

Ferro Willett & Thompson

Elliot Fogel

Kay Foster

Linda Franson

Denice Waller Fraser

Stacie French

Marjorie Fulton

Edgar Garcia

MaryKay Gartland

Diana Geiger

Leanne Gilbertson

Mike Glennon

James S. Good Kim Gottwals

Jim Gransbery

Paul Grmoljez

Walter Gulick

Ed Gulick

Walter Gusler

Rich Hall

Stephanie M Harper

Brian E. Harrington

Peg Hart

Jim Healow

Steph Hecker

Joan K. Heser

Becky Hillier Clark Hodges

Edward Hughes

Allyn Hulteng

Jeff A. Hunnes

Karen Huso

Valeria Jeffries

Erin Jimison

Tyrel Johnson Dave Johnson Michael Ann Johnson Ann K. Jones

James L. Jones Eric Jore Heather Kassab Aiko Kawano George Kelly James Kelly

George T. Kelting

Susie Kemmis

Phillip S. Key Phoebe Knapp-Warren Donna Kohnke

Kent Koolen

John Koppelman

Monica Kordonowy

Stephen Kramer

Jan Kransky

Nyd Kraushaar

Gary Leete

Jodi Lightner

Julie Linderman Vincent Long

Frederick Longan

Boni Loudon

Janet Ludwig Priscilla Lund

Kenneth Lundgren

Robert Mackin

Lisa Malody Ann Marie Maltby Herbert Mangis Frank Mann

Larry Mayer Robert McDermott Matt McDonald Sally McIntosh Mary McNally Marilu Metherell Donna J. Meyer Ann Miller Anya Mohr

Moira Murphy Law Office, PC

Penny S. Morgan Leigh Morrison Fred Muller

Randy Nafts Ty Nelson Mariellen Neudeck Northside Pawn Nancy O’Brien O2 Architects Allison O’Donnell

Toby O’Rourke David J. Patterson

Laurie Perrodin Dale Peterson Catherine Petterson Russ Plath John Pollock Jean Posusta Paige Presler-Jur Veronica Procter

Executive Officers

Matt Stroud

President

Kim Olsen

Vice-President

Susan Sullivan

Treasurer

Immediate Past President

Deborah Anspach

Board of Trustees

Lornel Baker

Juni Clark

Katherine Euler

Todd Forsgren

Lynette Jensen

Bess Lovec Larry Martin Gary Oakland Sharon Peterson

Kevin Red Star Donna Todd

Beth Pumo

Mur Louisa Quaglia Jaq Quanbeck Mark Randak

Allen Rapacz Mark Restad Keeara Rhoades Thelma Rickels Thomas Romine Jim Roscoe

Bernard Rose George Rosenfeld Jaime Rowlett Betty Roy Theresa Rubin Sheila Ruble Kay Ruhle

Loran Salsbury Colleen Salvatore Rachel Schaffer

Patrick Schelle John Scheuering Barry Scott Sekerak

Amy Selensky Marcia Selsor Steve Shandera Michael Shaw

George F. Sheckleton

Larry Sheneman CB Sherlock Lynn Shield Tom Singer Corby Skinner

Gary Smith

Linda Snedigar Linda J. Snider Brownie Snyder Charles Sommers Randy Spear

Jacque Stannebein

Kevin Stenberg

Erin Stickel

Gilles Stockton

Jeremy Stricker Noelle Sullivan

Beth Sullivan Karen Svenby Timothy J Sweeney Bill Tierney

Kristi Tolliver

Thomas Tully

Douglas Turgeon

Morgan Tyree

Jane Urbaska

Ray Van Tuinen

Lisa Ventura

Patricia Vettel-Becker

Theodore Weiss

Carol Welch

Robert Wells

Betty Whiting

Rebekah Williams

Roger Williams

Suzanne Wilson

Deb Wines

Daniel Wohlgenant

Sandra Wong Caryn Youngholm

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

Leadership Team

Jessica Kay Ruhle

Executive Director

John Greenberger

Finance & Admin. Director

Lisa Ranallo

Curator of the Permanent Collection

Carrie Goe Nettleton

Education Director

Nickolas Olson

Marketing Manager

Diana Geiger Leadership Associate

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