Ducks Unlimited (DU), the largest nonprofit dedicated to conserving North America’s waterfowl habitats, recently released its Season in Review report examining habitat conditions, weather, and regional waterfowl abundance trends from the 2021–22 season. This year, the report includes an in-depth look at the 2021 drought and...
World-renowned fine art photographer Jeff Corwin’s traveling exhibition Guns in America will find its way to Helena, Montana’s Holter Museum of Art, June 24 through September 11. Timely and germane to chronic gun-related violence in contemporary American culture, the exhibition features Corwin’s late father’s vintage...
Currently in its fourth year, the nonprofit Tinworks Art recently returned to its former digs in an old industrial complex at 719 N. Ida, in Bozeman, Montana’s popular northeast neighborhood. In addition to securing its new permanent location, Tinworks is providing weekend public art events...
This wave of postwar artists needed 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...
For the past 57 years, the Art Association of Jackson Hole has cultivated artistic expression and creativity within the Jackson Hole, Wyoming community by providing instruction, offering studio access, and curating exhibitions, among other things. The nonprofit’s 10,000-square-foot facility includes five studios, an art supply...
The museums, galleries, and curated events that celebrate the arts and artists of the Northern Rockies offer an intimate glimpse at the life and livelihood of the American West. Upcoming calendar highlights include: May 12 – September 5 Master Leather Carving from North America & Japan The Brinton...
When Dave Kirk bought an old mercantile building in Willow Creek, Montana — about 30 miles from Bozeman — with inheritance money from his beloved Aunt Dofe, he converted it into a residence, art gallery, and woodworking studio, establishing a legacy of no-strings-attached support for...
The C.M. Russell Museum has been consigned the acclaimed Charles M. Russell watercolor High, Wide, and Handsome for inclusion in The Russell Live Auction on August 20, 2022. The 1919 painting depicts one of the artist’s most popular subjects: the timeless struggle for mastery between...
Country music singer-songwriter, Montana native, and Big Sky Music Group recording artist Stephanie Quayle has released her self-titled album, which includes popular singles “By Heart” and “Wild Frontier,” as well as brand new material, like “Hang My Hat.” “The Western imagery [in ‘Hang My Hat’] represents...
“Today’s anglers are looking for intelligent apps along with their favorite fly shop,” remarks fly-fishing industry veteran Scott Carver. With that in mind, he and a team of others based in Montana and Colorado created the informative, newly released onWater app that provides detailed digital...