“The West” has a broad range of definitions, depending on who you’re talking to. For painter Luke Anderson, it’s a place of tension, with an identity that extends well beyond any cliches established by old Hollywood movies. As an artist who’s chosen this region as his...

Like an electrical current, art can run through a community, light up the dark places, and spark discovery. One example is Tinworks Arts, an organization that pairs non-traditional spaces with emerging and established creatives. Located in Bozeman, Montana’s hip northeast neighborhood, the name took hold...

Todd connor’s paintings most certainly conjure the past, but they also aim to go beyond a linear history and instead speak to the primal forces in human nature and our cyclical relationship with the land. His goal is for people to feel like they can...

An old building cloaked in pale pink stucco seems to blush beneath the enormous sky over Montana’s Hi-Line. Cracked, crumbling, and faded by the sun, Sacred Heart Catholic Church sits on the edge of the Fort Belknap Reservation and was built by Jesuits in 1931....

The wall behind Rick Bass glows in the early winter hours like sunlit jars of honey. He is set up to lead a writer’s workshop from a young musician’s Western red cedar-paneled studio. Bass is alone, save for a jumble of dogs and a couple...

When COVID-19 hit and shelter-in-place orders were established in early 2020, the very idea of losing my freedom to roam was nearly as unpalatable to me as catching the virus. For a few weeks, I found myself stumbling around, unsure of how to make use...

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