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Artmuseum.org/about/triptych The Official Members’ Magazine of the YAM
© Yellowstone Art Museum, 2021 All rights reserved.
Cover Art: Rudy Autio, Glass Slipper, 2006; Stoneware cone 10; 32 x 16 x 25 inches.
From the director
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. — Audre Lorde We spent almost a year in isolation through 2020, and the Museum remained a constant place for patrons to reflect, break away from the stresses of the pandemic, and be a cultural refuge and place of peace and reflection. Xenophobia and racial intolerance continue to be prevalent topics in the first quarter of 2021 in our country. The YAM, like many of you, is experiencing sorrow and concern for people who continue to be targeted and attacked. Cultural organizations embrace diversity, and we will continue to be a safe place for that celebration. The Museum stands against hate and violence in our own community as well as across our nation. Diversity is part of the fabric of our great nation, and together we must recognize past our differences in order to celebrate our humanity going forward. As we grieve and peacefully protest, we recognize the contributions of our diverse community members, and we lift up their voices. Dr. Anthony Fauci thanked the broader cultural community for its “…commitment to safely maintaining, reinventing, and advancing the arts during such a difficult time. Art in all its forms is vital to the health and well-being of us as individuals and communities.” The Museum is so grateful for the extraordinary acts of kindness and generosity over the past year. Many of you made additional gifts, and in some cases, allowed us to be creative and flexible in how the YAM delivers exhibitions and programs to the community. We could not have made it through 2020 without the Payroll Protection Plan, CARES Act funding, Art Bridges — Bridge Ahead, and the many generous foundation partners, sponsors, individual donors, and members. The Museum adapted quickly, and we will continue to do so moving ahead. The YAM is open, and we look forward to seeing you. We still follow CDC guidelines for your continued safety. Make an appointment and come in to be inspired!
As members of the YAM's Lifetime Legacy Society, Bess and Ted Lovec are enthusiastic supporters of YAM. We are deeply grateful for their thoughtful and generous dedication, service, commitment, and generosity. The Lovecs support the YAM because, “We care about the Yellowstone Art Museum because it gives artists a platform to share their voices, and hearing what artists have to say, stimulates our culture. The YAM encourages us to reflect on the past and consider the new while surfing in the present. Art moves us out of the daily mundane into our imaginations. And, the YAM is such a beautiful space to gather!” For more information about the Lifetime Legacy Society, Planned Giving, or Gifts to the YAM Endowment Fund, please contact Bryan W. Knicely, Executive Director at 406.256.6804 x226 or email director@artmuseum.org.
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2021 Yellowstone Art Museum Golf Tournament Laurel Golf Club — Monday, September 13, 2021 Presented by
The Yellowstone Art Museum launches its first-ever 2021 Golf Tournament as an opportunity for friends to enjoy playing golf and to get to know more about the YAM and its offerings. Participation in this golf tournament supports YAM’s Art Education Programs for children in Billings and the surrounding communities of Shepherd, Park City, Hardin, Crow Agency, and Greybull, Wyoming. All of YAM’s education programs are aligned with Montana’s state education standards and are taught by certified art educators. Art education is vital to a child’s brain development; it strengthens critical thinking and problem solving skills, enhances reading and writing abilities; and improves test scores…everything a child needs to succeed! For more information, please contact Juliana Edwards, at 406.657.8024 or email juliana.edwards@usbank.com.
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Installation view of North x Northwest: Womens's Work, from 2020
North x Northwest: Out of Isolation
July 1 – October 10, 2021 // Northwest Projects Gallery & Charles M. Bair Family Gallery The YAM’s Third Annual North x Northwest juried exhibition features the theme Out of Isolation. The exhibition is intended to introduce new artists to the region, showcase regional favorites, and exhibit emerging artists alongside their more established peers. In addition to Juror’s Award and People’s Choice, the exhibition will fund $5,000 in purchase awards for the YAM’s permanent collection. The exhibition is open to artists of all genders and backgrounds, national and international, working in any fine art or craft medium. This year, the Yellowstone Art Museum asks artists to respond to their time in isolation, after isolation, and the societal changes brought on by COVID-19 and the tumultuous year of 2020. We look forward to artists’ responses to the theme in all art media, and to their broad and personal interpretations. Work must have been created from January 2020 to present, and not previously shown at the Yellowstone Art Museum.
The Autio Collection
July 29 – October 3, 2021 // Montana Gallery Lead Sponsor: Diane Boyer Jerhoff The YAM is proud to feature one of the largest exhibitions featuring the work of both Rudy & Lela Autio. The exhibition will feature ceramics, prints, drawings, paintings, and mixed-media work, some of which have never been publically displayed together. From public to personal, the spotlight is on two of Montana’s celebrated early modernists and their profound influence in the region.
Rudy & Lela Autio
Born in Butte and Great Falls, respectively, Rudy & Lela Autio lived in Montana throughout most of their careers. They were co-founders of the Archie Bray Ceramics Foundation as well as the first artists-in-residence. In 1957, Rudy would become the head of Ceramics at the University of Montana, a position he would keep for 28 years. Lela received an MA in painting and drawing from the University of Montana in 1961, where she was a student of Frances Senska. Over their decades-long careers, both artists would be awarded various accolades, including Rudy receiving the first Montana Arts Council’s Governor’s Arts Award in 1981. Lela would later receive the award in 2015, one year before her death.
While Rudy’s best known work is figurative ceramic vessels, he has worked in a variety of materials and other media. In addition to commissions in ceramic relief and tile murals, he has worked in bronze, concrete, glass, fabricated metal sculpture, and design of colorful tapestries. Lela started as a painter but moved to other mediums, such as abstract soft sculptural works. A technique she pioneered before any artist in the country gained wide recognition in the medium. Over her life she created objects, usually wall hangings, and sculptural assemblages made from fabric, plexiglas, mylar, and plastic. Rudy also credited Lela with his introduction to Matisse, which would influence the three dimensional decor he added to his ceramic vessels. Both powerful artists in their own right, this exhibition will explore each artist’s individual contribution to the development of Montana Modernism, as well as their influence on each other’s artistic practice.
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Rudy Autio, Carousel, 2004; Acrylic on paper; 45 x 40 inches.
Lela Autio, Kids in Ballroom, 3rd Floor Art Building, 1960; Woodcut; 12 x 25 inches.
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Installation view of John Giarrizzo: Work from life Yesterday & Today, 2021
John Giarrizzo: Work from life Yesterday & Today
March 18 – June 20, 2021 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery Lead Sponsors: Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, Charles M. Bair Family Trust Contributing Sponsors: Dr. William & Suzanne Smoot, Dr. Hewes D. & Susan Agnew Rarely does one in our region find an artist who works from life in a classical process from sketchbook to finished painting as John Giarrizzo. Throughout his life as a professor at Northwest College in Powell, and now as a full-time artist, his days involve quiet observation of the human form. This daily art practice has produced numerous sketchbooks and a refined spread of studies and finished paintings, which give homage to themes that have stood large in his life. But what evokes mystery and depth in contrast to these genre-like themes of children at play, men at work, Italians gossiping from benches, and a studio model, are the ever-present Guardians — Renaissance clad figures, pulled from Caravaggio paintings, largely present, but hiding in shadow. The Guardians evoke mystery, and give a nod to the dichotomous aspects of life at a time when contrast and division are ever present among us.
Installation view of New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics & Modernists in the West, 2021
New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics & Modernists in the West March 25 – July 18, 2021 // Montana Gallery
Title Sponsor: Stockman Bank | Supporting Sponsors: Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, Charles M. Bair Family Trust | Community Sponsor: Wipfli The Yellowstone Art Museum is honored to be included in the tour of the Tia Collection’s New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West. This is the second collaboration with the Tia Collection. This exhibition focuses on Taos area artists who began to experiment with interpreting the West through a modern lens. Like the early Montana Modernists, these artists pushed boundaries, adapted new ways of thinking and seeing, and found their own version of place-based Modernism. Many had national influence and a direct impact on our own region. The exhibition’s artists include Joseph H. Sharp, who set up a studio in Crow Agency, not far from Billings. It also includes John Marin and John Sloan, who directly influenced Montana Modernist Isabelle Johnson. Post-Impressionist, Jozef Bakos, like Johnson, strove to imbue his paintings with an emotive quality that went beyond pictorial landscape. They expressed the harsh realities of their often hostile environment in a manner that is not only visually stunning, but evokes the feeling of sublime space. The Tia Collection has assembled tremendous examples of well-known Taos and Santa Fe painters and lesser-known New Mexican painters. We are grateful to the Tia Foundation for the opportunity to share these treasures with the community.
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Installation view of Heidi Brandow‘s work in Marking Time, 2021
Marking Time: Heidi Brandow & Luzene Hill April 8 – June 27, 2021 // M.J. Murdock Gallery Sponsors: Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson, The Homer A. & Mildred S. Scott Foundation The YAM is thrilled to announce a series of annual exhibitions that feature the recipients of the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists. Kicking off this partnership is Marking Time featuring the work of Heidi Brandow (Diné/Native Hawaiian) and Luzene Hill (Eastern Band of Cherokee). The exhibition features powerful drawings and installations from Hill as well as Brandow’s colorful yet thoughtprovoking mixed media work. This exhibition calls attention to larger issues such as the missing and murdered Indigenous women in the US and Canada as well as personal narratives from both artists. Heidi K. Brandow is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work is commonly filled with whimsical characters and monsters that are often combined with words of poetry, stories, and personal reflections. Hailing from a long lineof Native Hawaiian singers, musicians, and performers on her mother’s side and Diné storytellers and medicinepeople on her father’s Luzene Hill, Untitled; 2010; Tea stain, ink, charcoal on paper; 11 x 14 inches. side, she has found that her pursuit of a career in the arts was a natural progression. Primarily a painter, printmaker, and social practice artist, Brandow’s work is centered on the inclusion of Indigenous people, and perspectives in the development of ethical and sustainable methods of creative engagement. Heidi K. Brandow is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts, studied Industrial Design at Istanbul Technical University, and is currently a Master of Design Studies in Art, Design, and the Public Domain at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Luzene Hill is a multi-media artist, best known for socially engaged conceptual installations and performances. Her work reflects interdisciplinary scholarship in visual art, women's studies, Native American culture - topics that are integral to her background and personal journey. Through work informed by pre-contact culture of the Americas Hill advocates for indigenous sovereignty - linguistic, cultural and personal sovereignty. These concepts form the basis for her installations, performance, drawings and artist's books. Recent work, employing indigenous matrilineal motifs, asserts female agency and challenges male dictated hierarchies. An enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Hill lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Russia, Japan and the United Kingdom. Her awards include the 2019 Ucross Fellowship, the 2016 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts, the 2015 Eiteljorg Museum Fellowship and 2015 First Peoples Fund Fellowship. Hill's work is featured in Susan Powers' book, Cherokee Art: Prehistory to Present and in Josh McPhee's book, Celebrate People's History!: The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution, and the PBS Documentary, Native Art NOW!.
Luzene Hill, GoH0012; 2019; Tea stain, ink, and charcoal on paper, 11 x 14 inches.
Heidi Brandow, Everything is everything, 2019; 10 x 10 x 2 inches.
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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. Will James, Untitled, 1920; Graphite on paper; 22.5 x 16.75 inches; Yellowstone Art Museum Permanent Collection, Gift of Virginia Snook (VS1999.28).
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.
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matriarchs of modernism
Ongoing // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries Sponsors: The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, U.S. Bank, Albertsons, Mert & Sue Musser 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. Frances Senska, Jessie Wilber, Isabelle Johnson, and Gennie DeWeese 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 mid-century 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.
Isabelle Johnson, Easter in Montana or Pasque Flowers; 1950; Oil on linen; 22 x22 inches; Gift of Isabelle Johnson Estate (IJ1992.78)
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
Ongoing // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries Sponsors: The Carolyn K. Ennis Family Living Trust, U.S. Bank, Albertsons, Mert & Sue Musser Modern Connections highlights a few of the artists who were taught, influenced, or sustained by artists and educators Frances Senska, Jessie Wilber, Isabelle Johnson, and Gennie DeWeese. 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. 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, and 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.
Theodore Waddell, Angus #124; 1986, Oil on canvas; 47.5 x 36 inches; Museum purchase funded by Miriam Sample (1986.7).
Isabelle Johnson modeled the role of rancher-artist, mirrored by her friend Bill Stockton and students Edith Freeman, Ted Waddell, and Patrick Zentz. Frances Senska’s interest in local clay encouraged Rudy Autio and Peter Voulkos to transform the Archie Bray brickyard into a ceramics residency. Gennie DeWeese turned her home into a place for artists and intellectuals to interact, exchange ideas, and find mutual support. Jessie Wilber’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.
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Friday, June 25, 4 – 8 p.m., Saturday, June 26, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., & Sunday, June 27, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on the Green at MSU-B SummerFair is a time-honored tradition, and a seasonal favorite for the community of Billings. Now in its 43rd year, SummerFair is the largest arts and crafts festival in the region, featuring artisans from across the country. This year, the event will be relocating, and for the first time in over a decade, it will be held outdoors on MSU-B’s beautiful campus. The YAM is happy to add another cultural partner (and downtown neighbors) to an art-full weekend in Billings. This relocation will provide better access to our vendors and patrons. We know that this venue change will only expand the collaborations with SummerFair and other Billings Cultural Partnership member organizations into a much larger cultural weekend. More than 100 artists, community groups, and food vendors participate each year. Artist booths at SummerFair include painting, pottery, art from nature, glass, wood, metal, fiber art, photography, body products, locally made products, and artisan foods. SummerFair is a great place to find that unique gift for yourself or someone special while supporting artists and the Billings Community.
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SummerFair is a fundraiser for the Museum, which meets the YAM’s mission by enriching the community through interactive experiences and creative exchange while collaborating with our community partners. Visitors will enjoy ample parking, accessibility to vendor booths and food trucks, kid’s activities, art demonstrations, and much more! In partnership with MSU-B’s Art’s Department, this year’s event will feature a wide range of art demonstrations, film, and lectures. Following SummerFair on Sunday, Symphony in the Park, presented by the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, is just a short walk or drive down the street in Pioneer Park!
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First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.
FAM @ YAM: Join an artist from the Roosevelt Center in Red Lodge, 4 p.m. on Facebook
Studio 2nd Saturday: SUPER Stuffed Sculpture 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. on Zoom Art & a Story 10:15 a.m. on Facebook & Instagram YAM Teens: It’s the Schist 3:30 p.m. on Facebook Adult Art Class: Intuitive Painting with Loretta Domaszewski 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Connections at the Art Museum 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Last day for Crow Agency Grades 3 – 5 YAG exhibition Park City Kindergarten – 2nd Grade YAG Exhibition Opens
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Summer Art Academy at Rocky Mountain College 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Art & a Story 10:15 a.m. on Facebook & Instagram Summer Art Studio: Figure It Out 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. & 1 – 3 p.m. on Zoom Connections at the Art Museum 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Last day for John Giarrizzo: Work from Life Yesterday & Today Summer Art Studio: Sen-STAIN-tional 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. & 1 – 3 p.m. on Zoom SummerFair at MSU-B 4 – 8 p.m. SummerFair at MSU-B 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. SummerFair at MSU-B 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Last day for Marking Time: Heidi Brandow & Luzene Hill
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.
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North x Northwest: Out of Isolation Opens Summer Art Studio: Painting on the Edge 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. & 1 – 3 p.m. First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.
First Friday 5 – 8 p.m.
Art & a Story 10:15 a.m. on Facebook & Instagram
Last day for Park City Kindergarten – 2nd Grade YAG exhibition
Connections at the Art Museum 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Summer Art Studio: Hanging Out 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. & 1 – 3 p.m.
Last day for Greybull Middle & High School YAG exhibition
Greybull Middle & High School YAG Exhibition Opens Art & a Story 10:15 a.m. on Facebook & Instagram Summer Art Studio: Crazy Big Collage 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. & 1 – 3 p.m. Connections at the Art Museum 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Last day for Matriarchs of Modernism & Modern Connections Last day for New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics & Modernists in the West Summer Art Studio: Think. Blink. Paint. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. & 1 – 3 p.m. Summer Art Studio: Clay Lines 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. & 1 – 3 p.m.
Guests enjoy talking with artists while attending a Quick Finish night during Yellowstone Art Auction 53.
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YAM Camp Ages 6–8: 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Ages 9 – 12: 1 – 3:30 p.m
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YAM Trustee, Kim Olsen, chats with artist, Keely Perkins, at a Quick Finish night during Yellowstone Art Auction 53.
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Guirtarist Arturo Castro perfomrs during a small pop up show at the YAM.
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EDUCATION All educational programming will shift from in-person to online as needed, based on CDC guidelines and YAM safety policies. Check the website for current information. SAFETY. The YAM is committed to a safe and healthy environment for creating art. Masks are a must. Everyone will be asked to wash their hands upon arrival. Social distancing rules apply. All education classes have decreased in size. Art lessons will be outdoors whenever possible. Additional cleaning will take place throughout the day. Be Well. If you have a fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, etc., stay home and recover. Like everything these days, the safety protocols are subject to change as needed.
CHILDREN, FAMILIES, & TEENS Studio 2nd Saturday
Ages 5 – 12 | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Members & Not-yet Member: $8 Register by calling the Museum Art Educator at 406.256.6804 x238 or email outreach@artmuseum.org. Whether you are at the museum or online, every Studio 2nd Saturday class includes touring the galleries and creating art that is connected to current exhibitions. Studio 2nd Saturday classes are currently being offered via Zoom. After registering, students will receive a Zoom link and then pick up art supply packets for creating art at home.
May 8 | SUPER Stuffed Sculpture on Zoom
Sculpt it. Stuff it. Paint it. Make an organic stuffed sculpture inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin.
FAM at the YAM
All ages welcome | 4 p.m. on Facebook 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, learn about their process. It’s a great way to kick off your First Friday evening.
May 7
Join us on Facebook to create art with an artist from the Roosevelt Center in Red Lodge.
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Art & a Story
Children ages 5 and under with families | Every 2nd Saturday, 10:15 a.m. on Instagram & Facebook Free! No advanced registration required. Art & a Story is for families with children up to 5 years of age. Get comfortable in front of a very large piece of art for a story. Every month, we feature a different book and art. It is a quick, friendly time to get excited about art, reading, and the YAM.
May 8 | June 12 | July 10 | August 14
YAM Teens
Ages 12 – 18 | Every 2nd Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. on Facebook
Free! No advance registration required.
It’s free. It’s fun. It’s online on Facebook and has a different project every month. Now for artists aged 12 and up.
May 12 | It’s the Schist
Explore schist sculptures from ancient Indian cultures that are temporarily on special loan to the YAM.
YOUNG ARTISTS’ GALLERY Young Artists’ Gallery Exhibitions Park City Kindergarten – 2nd Grade May 29 – July 4
Greybull Middle and High School July 10 – August 22
Free weekend admission
For participating students and their families for the length of their exhibition.
ADULTS Connections at the Art Museum
with the Montana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association Every 3rd Friday, 10:30 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 Whitney at the Alzheimer’s Association Montana Chapter at 406.252.3053 or email montana@alz.org. If you need additional support, please contact the Alzheimer’s Association free, 24/7 Helpline at 800.272.3900 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. Promoting connection, interaction, and companionship through viewing and discussing artwork and creating art in the studio. The bonds formed at these programs often last throughout the duration of the disease, creating additional support for all involved.
May 21 | June 18 | July 16 | August 20
Adult Education Classes with Professional Artists
Register by calling the Museum Art Educator at 406.256.6804 x238 or email outreach@artmuseum.org.
Intuitive Painting with Loretta Domaszewski Saturday, May 15 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Members: $80 | Not-yet Member: $105 Find your inner expression while experimenting with paint, texture, movement, using traditional and nontraditional materials and tools.
TOURS The Yellowstone Art Museum offers tours for schools, families, and educational organizations for students aged from preschool to adults. All tours are inquiry-based explorations of current exhibitions, based on Visual Thinking Strategies. The accompanying art lesson is connected to the exhibitions. Tours and art lessons are aligned with Montana art education standards. Tours can be designed to accommodate special curriculum considerations at the request of the teacher. Please inform us with specific requests at the time of scheduling. Docents are available to lead bilingual tours in several languages. Check for availability of bilingual docents when reserving your tour.
Virtual Tours: Virtual visits feature inquiry-based tours and artmaking. They are available to classrooms or a mix of school and home-based students.
Virtual Tour with Artmaking Lesson (including art supplies) — $7 Tour the museum and create art with our certified Museum Art Educator in the education studio. (60 minutes) Virtual Tour with Artmaking Lesson (using your art supplies) — $5 Tour the museum and create art with our certified Museum Art Educator in our education studio. (60 minutes) Virtual Tour Only — $3 Learn and explore in the galleries with our knowledgeable docents. This tour is 60 minutes or less, based on the age of the students.
Tours at the YAM: The Yellowstone Art Museum is conducting tours at the museum for very small groups. Please check with the YAM for updates to our safety protocols when reserving. Masks are required. Tour with Artmaking Lesson — $5 Tour the museum with our docents and create art with our certified Museum Art Educator in our education studio. (90 minutes) Guided Tour Only — $3 Learn and explore in the galleries with our knowledgeable docents. (60 minutes) Self-Guided — (General Admission) For groups who want to discover the Museum at their own pace. For more information visit artmuseum.org/enjoy/tours-group-visits, email outreach@artmuseum.org or call us at 406-256-6804 x238. Tours must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance.
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SUMMER ART ACADEMY CAMP
Songwriting | Shane de Leon
Ages 7 – 14 | June 7 – 11, 2021 4 Daily Classes from 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Watercolor Painting | Mana Lesman
Members: $300 | Member Additional Child: $275 | Not-yet Member: $325 Camp brochure and registration form is available online at artmuseum.org/educate/childrens-camps Summer Art Academy is in its 21st season! At this camp, young artists study under professional artists in four concentrated areas, which they choose. Class sizes are limited. Art supplies are included in the cost of tuition. Students bring their own snacks and lunches. Summer Art Academy is located on the campus of Rocky Mountain College. For more information contact: 406.256.6804 x238 or email outreach@artmuseum.org.
Ceramics: Let’s Face It! | Marilu Metherell
Come explore a little hands-on art history. Participants will create Face Jugs that explore our emotional response to the past year. Participants will study a special tradition of pottery made with faces. These traditions can be traced back to Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations and reappear in many cultures throughout history. Participants will honor those traditions learning many different hand building techniques and bring our emotions to life in clay.
Acrylic Painting | Megan Fetters
Ever wanted to know how artists like Van Gogh use color and acrylic paint to create such beautiful and vibrant artwork? This creative class will show you how to use techniques and colors to express yourself in the most colorful way.
Origami | Keely Perkins
Learn a wide variety of traditional Origami, the Japanese Art of Paper Folding. Discuss the history of this art, and learn about its modern applications in medicine and space. At the end of the week, you will have folded a minimum of 14 forms, everything from the penguin to the crane!
Digital Photography Challenge | Mara Pierce
Calling all shutterbugs! Do you love snapping pictures with your smart phone or digital camera, but wish you had more tools to bring your artistic vision to life? This class will beef up your photography skills. Amaze your friends and family with vivid, colorful photos that you take and edit yourself. Tackle a new photographic challenge each day — working on your own, or teaming up with a buddy. Learn basic and extraordinary photo composition, selecting subjects, and playing with color and lighting. Plus, you will have even more fun changing and improving your pictures in our Digital Photo Editing Lab. Bring your own digital camera or smart phone, and don’t forget your artist’s eye!
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Do you like to make music? Write your own lyrics? Do you record sounds and wonder how you can share your sonic creations with the world? Come create a piece of recorded music or sound collage. Create the artwork for a physical and digital release, and learn tips on how to share them with an audience around the world. Whether you are new to watercolor painting or just beginning, learn structured, focused techniques to handle the brush, mix colors and paint. Use your new skills to complete several watercolor paintings, culminating in a piece of your own choice inspired by a wide variety of subject matter images.
Yoga | YungBen Yelvington
Build strength, flexibility, and focus with yoga. This playful and artful class will help you get to know your body and mind in a new way. Create a space for inspiration for your art. You will get your own yoga mat to personalize and build your practice. YungBen will help you create a place to pause and examine your world and your mind when you have a challenge to overcome. YungBen is a skilled yoga instructor, aerialist, acrobat, martial artist, and barefoot runner.
Wearable Indigenous Art | Lucy Real Bird
Come learn the different Indigenous approaches to creating wearable art! Each day participants build on a different skill or continue the skills learned the day before. Different items that can be made are necklaces, chokers, and bracelets. Learn traditional to contemporary skills in creating wearable art.
How to Make a Puppet, No Strings Attached! | Jayme Green We all know a puppet or two: Kermit, Lambchop, Pinocchio, Yoda…and now you have the chance to make one of your own! This class combines live instruction with opportunities to explore creation and imagination at-home as you dive into the basic methods of puppet creation. Participants will focus on construction, plus tips on how to make them work and creating a character. Join Rocky Mountain College Professor of Theater Arts Jayme C. Green for this intro into the world of Puppetry!
SUMMER ART STUDIO CLASSES Ages 5 – 12 | Thursdays: June 17 & 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29 Mornings: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Afternoons: 1 – 3 p.m. Virtual Zoom Classes: $8 for members & not-yet members Classes at the YAM: Members: $10 | Member Additional Child: $8 | Not-Yet Members: $20 Register by calling the Museum Art Educator at 406-256-6804 x238 or email outreach@artmuseum.org At the Thursday classes, you will tour, explore, and learn to create art. Every week focuses on a different exhibition and technique.
June 17 | Figure It Out on Zoom
YAM CAMP 2021 Mornings: Ages 6 – 8 from 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Afternoons: Ages 9 – 12 from 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. August 2 – 6, 2021
Members: $95 | Member Additional Child: $75 | Not-yet Member: $125 Camp registration form is available online at artmuseum.org/educate/childrens-camps Young artists spend a week at the YAM creating art, exploring the galleries, and making friends. Our 2021 theme is “Anything Can and Will Happen.” This summer will feature surprise guest artists, art supplies that you never imagined, enormous works of art, and more. Currently planned to take place at the YAM. For more information contact: 406.256.6804 x238 or email outreach@artmuseum.org.
Dress a model. Draw a model. Explore drawing using lights and darks. Based on the exhibit John Giarrizzo: Work from Life Yesterday & Today. Take home art supply packet included in registration.
June 24 | Sen-STAIN-tional on Zoom
Combine inks with supplies from your own kitchen to create art about what you eat and why. Inspired by the work of Luzene Hill. Take home art supply packet included in registration. The following classes will take place either online or at the museum if CDC guidelines allow us to safely gather. Please check Facebook or call 406-256-6804 x238 for updates.
July 1 | Painting on the Edge
Paint big. Focus on the horizon. Based on art from the YAM’s permanent collection.
July 8 | Hanging Out
Create a 3D work of art that you can hang on the wall. Based on the North x Northwest: Out of Isolation exhibition.
July 15 | Crazy Big Collage
Make a life-sized invisible you using huge paper, vinyl stickers, and more. Inspired by I Refuse to be Invisible, a crazy big collage by Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
July 22 | Think. Blink. Paint.
First, paint blindfolded to discover a new style. Next, add details to create something unexpected. Based on art in the I Refuse to be Invisible exhibition.
July 29 | Clay Lines
Create with clay and then paint with clay. Inspired by The Autio Collection.
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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. This cumulative list was compiled on 4/14/2021.
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Executive Officers Deborah Anspach President Matthew Stroud Vice-President Steve Tostenrud Secretary/Treasurer Kim Olsen Immediate Past President Bryan W. Knicely Ex Officio
Jodi Delahunt Hubbell Lynette Jensen Christopher Jessup Bess Lovec Thad McGrail Trish Matteson Dr. Robert Merchant Gary Oakland Sharon Peterson Dr. Donald Roberts Kevin Red Star Kevin Stenberg Matthew Stroud Susan Sullivan Donna Todd
Emeritus Trustees Carol L.H. Green Gareld Krieg Ted Lovec Larry Martin
Leadership Team Bryan W. Knicely Executive Director John Greenberger Finance & Admin. Director Ryan Cremer Development Director Mary Serbe Education Director Nickolas Olson Marketing Manager Jaci Webb Leadership Team Assistant
Board of Trustees Tari Broderick Juni Clark Katherine Euler Becky Hillier
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