AAI Calendar of Events April 21 -
2 Valleys Stage Repertory Dance Theatre of Utah Seeley Swan High School 3:00pm
November 3 -
Open Book Club - Kate Davis Raptors of the West Grizzly Claw Trading Co. - 7:00pm
November 4 -
2 Valleys Stage The Cascade Quartet Swan Valley School 3:00pm
May 25-26
Loon & Fish Festival Seeley Lake Elementary Sat. 10-5 — Sun. 10-4
June 29 -
Open Book Club John Maclean - The Esperanza Fire Grizzly Claw Trading Co. 7:00pm
August
month-long AAI Exhibit Big Fork Museum
August 10-11
Art in the Park Lincoln - Hooper Park
August 23 -
Shakespeare in the Park Henry V Double Arrow Lodge grounds 6:00pm free to all
October 12-13
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Tour of the Arts
From Bonfire to Bigfork… The Cultural Arts Corridor blazed its way into 2013! Partnering with the Condon PTA, on January 6th the CAC hosted a Twelfth Night Tree Bonfire fundraiser. Everyone was invited to bring their old Christmas tree to the Mercers’ Two Elk Ranch where chili, hot dogs, and a mug of hot chocolate awaited. (Sale of the mugs, hand thrown and generously donated by Bob Korn, netted AAI about $600.) Accompanied by Seeley Swan Jazz, an impromptu chorus filled the air with songs of the season. Children threw snowballs, snowflakes fell softly, folks chatted as they warmed themselves by the fire—a lovely, old-fashioned, winter, get together. Outreach— At their February business meeting, the Cultural Arts Corridor voted to help expand AAI outreach by adding Lincoln’s “Arts in the Park,” an early August event, to the venues where the AAI booth will be set up. As with the other venues—Littlebird’s Summer Market and the fall Tamarack Festival— the booth will display and distribute materials promoting Alpine Artisans at the same time that it provides individual artists with an opportunity to sell their own wares. It could also be used as a focus for promoting special events such as AAI Scholarships or Shakespeare in the Parks and manned by one or two folks associated with those events. Kathy “Littlebird” Kinzfogl will coordinate the booth activities; contact her for more information (754-2461 or birdfrog@ blackfoot.net). Bigfork Museum— Coming in August is a month-long AAI special exhibit at Bigfork Museum of Art and History. Merrily Dunham reports there will be room for about 60 wall hangings, plus pedestals for 3D pieces. The Museum will also sponsor a reception in conjunction with the opening. Martha Swanson is looking into a similar month-long event at The Artist Shop in Missoula. Tour of the Arts— Preparations are ongoing for the 2013 Tour of the Arts to be held October 12th and 13th. Ten studios and ten guest artists will participate this year. Special thanks to Merrily Dunham who created two prototype brochures for the event; her efforts will allow the brochure costs to come in under budget this year. Open Book Club — Kate Davis not only brought stunning slides to help present her book, Raptors of the West: Captured in Photographs, she also brought a peregrine falcon and a great horned owl! The audience at the Grizzly Claw Trading Co. plied her with questions and got a chance to see the birds up close. Even more exciting, Kate invited everyone to come the following day and watch the falcon fly. The following months saw a concentration of Native American themed books, starting with Douglas MacDonald’s, very informative Montana Before History: 11,000 years of Hunter-Gathers in the Plains and Rockies. William Farr focused more narrowly on the unfortunate experiences of a single Indian with his Blackfoot Redemption: A Blood Indian’s Story of Murder, Confinement, and