Friday, July 31, 2009

ART WALKS

Billings: 5-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7. Artwalkbillings.com.

CALLS FOR ENTRIES

Art residency opportunities: Red Lodge Clay Center. Long-term residency applications due Aug. 1. Redlodgeclaycenter.com.

Artists of the Prairie: Ekalaka. Fine art for nonjuried show in August. $2 per entry; limit 5. Due by Aug. 6. 406-775-6644; cjcarey60@midrivers.com.

Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering & Western Music Rendezvous: Poets, musicians, artists for annual festival Aug. 13-16 in Lewistown. 406-535-8278; lac@midrivers.com; lewistownartcenter.org.

Stillwater Art and Wine Fest: Fishtail. Aug. 15 benefit for Shakespeare in the Parks program. 406-328-4606.

ART SHOWS

Bair Family Museum: Martinsdale. House museum features 17th- and 18th-century Georgian style antiques and furniture, European and American paintings, Native American beadwork. 406-572-3314; bairfamilymuseum.org.

Barbizan Art Center/Linda J. Duncan Studio: 14 N. 29th St., suite 101. Oils, watercolors by Brenda Dean. Through summer.

Big Horn County Historical Museum: Hardin. "Ridin' the Range with Will James." 406-665-1671.

Billings Logan International Airport "Billings Welcomes the World" flag exhibit. Through 2010.

Bradford Brinton Memorial & Museum: Big Horn, Wyo. Free admission before noon every Monday. "Special Treasures of the Brinton." Through Monday, Sept. 7. 307-672-3173; bradfordbrintonmemorial.com.

Buffalo Bill Historical Center: Cody, Wyo. Robert Turner's "Rare Places in a Rare Light"; through July. Reception, 6 p.m.; lecture, 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, July 31. Interactive art in Braun Garden, 1-3 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 20. Michael Haynes' "To the Western Ocean: Paintings Depicting Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," Charles Fritz's "An Artist with the Corps of Discovery: One Hundred Paintings Illustrating the Journals of Lewis and Clark"; through Sunday, Aug. 30. "African Perspectives: Through the Eyes of Nancy-Carroll Draper." Artifacts from Paul Dyck Buffalo Culture Collection in Plains Indian Museum. Whitney Gallery of Western Art: "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone"; through Saturday, Oct. 31. 307-587-4771; bbhc.org.

Carbon County Arts Guild: Red Lodge. Works by Denney NeVille, Mike Flanagan. Through August. Reception, 4-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14.

Charles Ringer Gallery: Joliet. Works by Jean Albus. Through August. Reception, 4-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1.

Children's Museum of Northeast Montana: 98 Hwy 2, Suite 4, Glasgow. "Kaleidoscope," "From Grains to Trains," "Arthropod," "Music Heard around the World," "Native American Star Quilts," tree frog exhibit. 406-228-4386; curiousminds.citymax.com.

Custer County Arts & Heritage Center: Miles City. "From These Hands." Through Sunday, Aug. 23. 406-234-0635.

Danforth Gallery: Livingston. "Rural Impact." Through Monday, Aug. 24. 406-222-6510; pcfadanforth.org.

Del Alma Gallery & Studio: 2507 Montana Ave. David Overturf's "People, Places and Things."

Dubois Museum: Dubois, Wyo. Charlie Moore Ranch Collection.

Frame Hut & Gallery: 1430 Grand Ave. Works by Laurie Wertman, Shirley Shirley, Harry Koyama, Carol Hagan. 245-9728; framehut.com.

Gallery Interiors: 2702 Second Ave. N. "The Flower Show," works by Robert Tompkins, Elliott Eaton, Jessica Zemsky, Connie Herberg, Jessica Smith, Joe Trakimas, Joseph Booth, Betty McGlamery. Through August. 248-2001.

Gallery 126: Dawson Community College Art Gallery, Glendive. M.A. Papanek-Miller's "…and deer began to dance around the fire." Through Friday, Oct. 9.

Garre Fine Art: Livingston. Works by John and Karen Garre. 406-222-7847.

Harry Koyama Fine Art: 2509 Montana Ave. Impressionist oils by Harry Koyoma. 259-2261.

Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture: 770 Railroad Highway, Buildings, farm implements, artifacts portraying life on "the Project" from 1880s to late 20th century. 348-2533; huntleyprojectmuseum.org.

Level 504 Studios: 504 North 20th St. Connie Herberg Studio, 860-6341. Kennedy Stained Glass Studio, Stephen Haraden Studio, Black Tulip Potters Group.

Lewistown Art Center: Lewistown. Paintings by Aaron Schuerr. Reception, 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, July 31. Lewistownartcenter.org.

Lion and Lamb Gallery: 820 Division St. Works by Dori Eccles, Mike Kennedy, M'Lis Dahl, Sue LaFountain. Through August.

Livingston Depot Museum: Livingston. "On the Road Again: Montana's Changing Landscape," "Rails Across the Rockies: A Century of People and Places," "The Livingston Depot in History and Architecture," "Film in Montana: Moviemaking under the Big Sky." Through Monday, Sept. 7. Free admission. 406-222-2300; livingstondepot.org.

Margo's Pottery & Fine Crafts: Buffalo, Wyo. Mary Briggs' terra cotta pottery. Through Saturday, Aug. 8. 307-684-9406.

Montana Photographic Arts: Roberts. Photography by Amanda Allard. Through Friday, Aug. 14. 446-0335.

Museum of the Rockies: Montana State University, Bozeman. "Treasure!"; Through Monday, Sept. 7. "Sheep Ranching in Paradise: The Photographs of John C. Haberstroh"; through fall. Living History Farm; through Monday, Sept. 7. In Siebel Dinosaur Complex: "Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky." Taylor Planetarium open daily. 406-994-2652; museumoftherockies.org.

Open Range Images: Cody, Wyo. Works by Pia Trotter, Dave Burke, Mark Dolce. 307-587-8870.

Phillips County Museum: Malta. "Prehistory and History of the Northwestern Plains" by Larry Lahren, Jerry Brekke and Ray Alt. 406-654-1037.

Prairie Blossoms: 225 N. Broadway. Works by Rabbit Knows Gun. Through October. 655-1052.

Red Lodge Clay Center: Red Lodge. Works by Gerit Grimm; Resident's Farewell Exhibit. Through July.

Richey Museum: Richey. "Accordions"; through July. "ARTIFACTS from A to Z"; through Monday, Sept. 7. 406-773-5074.

Rimrock Art & Frame: 1070 S. 24th St. W. The Stillwater Society, works by Elliot Eaton, Mel Fillerup, Marilyn Hughes-Pinkerton, Nellie Israel, Dennis Kern, Harry Koyama, Jim LeBar, Maggie Mackay, Bob Morrison, Diana Mysse, Nellie Rafn, Luci Scott, Ben Steele. Through July. Rimrockart.com.

Rustic Mountain Furnishings: 2905 Millennium Circle. Dixie Lou Wilson's "Free Spirit Images of Montana." Works by Chuck Kneib, John Langelier, Michiko Conklin.

Sandstone Art Gallery: 2913 Second Ave. N. Works by Dick Cottrill, Louise Payovich, Walt Williams, Leon Rattler. Through July. 656-0381; sandstonegallery.org.

SinClair Gallery: Northwest College; Powell, Wyo. "Roman Holiday" photography exhibit. Through Friday, Sept. 4.

Studio 78: Red Lodge. Oils by Dorci Newman Tremblay. 446-1490.

Sunrise Studio & Art Gallery: 2923 Montana Ave. Works by Lance Johnson, Dixie Wilson, Barb Fasio, Belinda Holloway, Shirley Shirley, Dione Roberts, and student artists. Through July. 294-0199.

Tompkins Tanner Degenhart Fine Art Gallery: 2511 Montana Ave. Works by Robert Tompkins, Karen Tanner, Steve Degenhart. Through July.

Toucan Gallery: 2505 Montana Ave. Works by Don Tiller, Gordon McConnell, Steve Smith, Carol Spielman, Len Eckel, Sue Tirrell, Lynn Munns, Theresa Gong.

Trail End Historical Site: Sheridan, Wyo. "Wedding Belles & Beaux." Through December. 307-674-4589.

Ucross Foundation: Sheridan, Wyo. "The Full Terrain" paintings by Karen Kitchel and Don Stinson. Through September.

Western Heritage Center: 2822 Montana Ave. D. Ben Steele's World War II POW Exhibit; through Saturday, Sept. 19. "Parading through History: The Apsaalooke Nation," "Coming Home: The Northern Cheyenne Odyssey"; through Thursday, Dec. 31. "A Place Called Thorofare: People, Wilderness and Wildlife Management"; through Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. "Echoes of Eastern Montana: Stories from an Open Country"; through 2011. "The American Indian Tribal Histories Project" on permanent display. 256-6809; ywhc.org.

Wildlife Art Studio & Frame Shop: Roberts. Works by Dale Marie Muller.

Yellowstone Art Museum: 401 N. 27th St. First Saturday Dollar Day (Admission free for members; $1, nonmembers), Aug. 1. "Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite"; through Sunday, Aug. 2. "Crossing Borders" by young Wyoming artists in Young Artist Gallery; through Sunday, Aug. 30. "Raided from the Vault: Rarely Seen International Art from the YAM's Collection Vault"; through Sunday, Sept. 20. "A Western Icon: The Art and Stories of Will James and Bronzes by his Friend Charles M. Russell." 256-6804; artmuseum.org.

Yellowstone Gateway Museum of Park County: Livingston. Northern Pacific Railroad photographs.

Yellowstone Medical Building: 2900 12th Ave. N., second-floor concourse. Works by Carol Hagan, Leland Stewart, Howard Zankner. Through August.