12 – Welcome! Visitor’s Guide
Friday, June 1, 2018, from 5-9 p.m.
Season Members
June ArtWalk
2905 Art
ArtWalk Downtown Billings is ready to cast off the winter blues and embrace the joy of summer. In the second of six events scheduled for its 24th Season, ArtWalk has added two new Season Members to its line-up and welcomes a special music group and three One-Time Participants. It is going to be a great night for ArtWalk aficionados on the streets of downtown Billings! New Season Members include the Joy of Living, featuring photographer Cory Young and CTA Architects Engineers who welcome art/furniture creator Robert Keil and potter John Joyce. Special music is presented by Free Spirit Rock School Band at Seva Kitchen. One-Time Participants include Cassie Crafton Kramer and her “pop up” 504 Square Feet pottery gallery (a vintage Shasta Trailer) on Second Avenue North near Skypoint. Emerging artist Justin Dowler shows exciting new works at Rebels and Razors Barber Club on North Broadway. Subsequent events are planned every other month on the first Friday of August, October and December 2018 and February 2019. So far, the ArtWalk and its loyal following have made a seamless transition to six events per year. ArtWalk locations include art studios, galleries, museums, a downtown church, downtown businesses and other “art-worthy” venues who host artists in a festive outpouring of the eclectic, creative spirit alive in downtown Billings. George Kelting, ArtWalk’s docent, will answer questions and give directions on the sidewalk outside the Downtown Billings Alliance, 2815 - 2nd Avenue North from 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ArtWalk events are free and family-friendly. ArtWalk goes on regardless of inclement weather. Downtown on-street metered parking is free and parking garage rates vary. ArtWalk maps are available at all participating locations and www.artwalkbillings.com. Gallery notes are on the ArtWalk Facebook page and the mobile friendly website.
2905 Montana Avenue. “Linear Velocity : The Art of the Bicycle” curated by Joe Stout, Ted Kim and Jason Wood is the featured exhibit at Art 2905. It is a unique gathering of rare bicycles from private collectors in Montana, artworks and photographs.
Aspinwall 103 N. Broadway. Trevan Hiersche, a Billings-based photographer, shows photos taken locally and as far away as Iceland and Tanzania. Hiersche says his outdoor landscape photography is an exciting way to experience nature.
Barjon’s 223 N. 29th Street. “Sacred Etheric Images,” by Nikki Shiva is an exhibit of fractal art. Shiva’s work, also featured on a downtown utility box wrap and at Yellowstone Art Museum, reflects her interest in other dimensions and the conveyance of love.
“Untitled” by Ruby Hahn at Mann Mortgage
Billings First Church 310 N. 27th Street. Maria Isabel Bonilla from tropical Santiago de Cali, Colombia describes her work as “Tropical Surrealism.” She creates intricate images dominated by color and inspired by her homeland, Japanese comics and primitive art.
