YAM Triptych Magazine | Winter 2023

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS 3

MASQUERADE & WINTERFAIR 4 – 5

EXHIBITIONS 6 – 9

ACQUISITIONS 10 – 11

ART AUCTION 12 – 13

PROGRAMMING CALENDAR 14 – 15

ART EDUCATION 16 – 18

DIANA GEIGER 19

THANK YOU 22 – 23

From the Executive Director

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The Official Members’ Magazine of the YAM © Yellowstone Art Museum, 2023 All rights reserved.

Cover Art: Sandra Dal Poggetto, American Fork No. 10, 2014 oil, soft pastel, charcoal on canvas, 90” x 104”

As we embrace the excitement and anticipation of a new year, I want to first thank everyone who made 2022 a successful year. Many thanks to the artists, YAM staff, Board of Trustees, museum members, donors, volunteers, and community partners who contributed time and talent to exhibitions and programs. Over 11,090 visitors engaged with the YAM in 2022 and their experiences were shaped by the hard work and enthusiasm of many key partners.

I especially thank the generous patrons who added to the YAM’s permanent collection last year. Thanks to their generosity, we added 110 works of art to the museum’s collection. A selection of those acquisitions can be seen on pages 10–11.

Now we look forward to another year of creativity and engagement! Our calendar is full of upcoming artist and curator talks in the exhibitions, as well as art-making opportunities for students and adults. From urban sketching to gallery talks, there is something for every arts enthusiast! We hope to see you in the galleries and classrooms often in 2023 as we host familiar events and experiment with new programs. Our newest event will take place during the closing weekend of Art Auction 55. Mark your calendars to attend the YAM’s first ever Monster Drawing Rally on Saturday, March 4. This incredible event will be a wildly fun and energetic night connecting attendees to the creative process and with every work of art immediately available for purchase. In 2023 YAM exhibitions will continue to spotlight contemporary artists here in Montana, and from around the world. The Montana Modernists: Shifting Perspectives is currently on display and examines the emergence of an avant-garde movement in the state by groundbreaking artists Gennie DeWeese, Robert DeWeese, Isabelle Johnson, Frances Senska, Bill Stockton, and Jesse Wilbur. This exhibition is not to be missed and the guest curator, Dr. Michele Corriel, will speak in the galleries on Saturday, January 28. In April, we celebrate Juane Quick-to-See Smith with an installation of rarely seen prints by her from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibit coincides with two works from the YAM collection traveling to the Whitney Museum of American Art for a retrospective of her career.

On behalf of all of us at the YAM, we are thankful for your membership. From exhibitions to K-12 school tours and adult education, your support makes the excellent work of this team possible. This year, we hope you visit often and bring a friend or neighbor with you. Most importantly, we hope you find inspiration for your new year in our galleries and programs!

Cheers,

Photo credit: Amy Nelson from the Billings Gazette.

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

The YAM welcomes our newest team members!

Laura Krapacher, Registrar, is the newest member of the Curatorial team. Laura moved to Montana from Baltimore, MD and most recently worked at The George Washington University Museum, the Textile Museum, and the Keith Haring Foundation.

Hillary Skinner, Leadership Team Associate, works with the YAM’s staff leadership and Board of Trustees to assist with all the work of the museum. Outside of the office, Hillary enjoys a quilting practice and time outdoors with husband Michael, and pup Charlie.

Precious McKenzie, Advancement Director, leads the museum’s Development team, including special events and membership. Precious previously worked at Rocky Mountain College and has served on non-profit boards, including for This House of Books and NOVA Center for the Performing Arts.

It is wonderful to start the new year with each of their expertise and talent.

Thank you, John!

In January, John Greenberger retires from his role as YAM Finance and Administration Director. We thank him for all he has contributed to the museum! John was first introduced as a member of the Board of Trustees in 2015. He was elected as Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair at the annual meeting in 2016. He served in that role until July 2017 when he left the Board and became YAM’s Finance and Administration Director. Between his time as a Trustee and his work on the staff, John has been a key part of museum leadership for over seven years. We wish him all the best in retirement and hope to see him in the galleries often.

Legacy Gifts to the YAM

Long-term estate planning is an important part of financial planning. Charitable bequests and planned gifts empower individuals and families to support the organizations they value most. A clear and detailed estate plan can also minimize tax and administrative burdens on loved ones. Planned gifts to the YAM allow the museum to continue the important work of arts programming and education in our community.

To learn more about making a bequest or planned gift to the Yellowstone Art Museum, please email development@ artmuseum.org. Our team can share valuable information and help you create a plan that secures your legacy.

As always, thank you for your support!

Laura Krapacher

Hillary Skinner

Precious McKenzie

Master Printer: Robert Blackburn (1920–2003)

November 10, 2022 – June 11, 2023

// Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries

Thirteen compositions of bold color and form by influential artist, master printmaker, and modernist Robert Blackburn are now on view in the firstfloor gallery, coinciding with the long-running exhibition, The Montana Modernists: Shifting Perspectives. Blackburn, an internationally known artist, exhibited throughout the United States and worldwide. His work is held in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Howard University, and many others.

Blackburn grew up during the Harlem Renaissance, becoming involved with several art programs funded by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Most notably, the Harlem Art Center (1937 – 1942) was a meeting place for artists, writers, and dancers. There, he befriended fellow artists Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and was first introduced to lithography. This was a rich period of cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity, where Blackburn was mentored by a collaborative and innovative community.

In 1941, Blackburn received scholarships to the Art Students’ League, where he studied painting and apprenticed in Will Barnet’s printmaking studio. In 1948, with Barnet’s help, he started the Printmaking Workshop located on 114 West 17th Street in New York City. The workshop welcomed artists worldwide, and became a lively communal space nurtured by Blackburn’s philosophy that “artists of all ages, colors and backgrounds could flourish together while developing themselves and the creative potential of the printmaking medium.” In 1949 he was designated a Master Printer by the National Academy of Design.

When the Abstract Expressionist Movement captured the imagination of the commercial gallery world in the 1950’s and ‘60s, printmakers had few real exhibition opportunities. The lithographic medium was so strongly associated with the social realist style of American art of the 1930’s and ‘40s that few galleries conceived of its potential as an expressive medium for this new movement. However, by following the formal boundaries of Cubism, Blackburn found incredible flexibility in printmaking, leading him to discoveries about form, color, surface, ground, and figure. His still-lives and engraved collage compositions, created out of geometric forms, became translucent and opaque surfaces of color and shape.

Between a fellowship in Paris (1953 – 54) and working as a master printer at Universal Limited Editions (ULAE), Blackburn became a significant force. He introduced American artists, often for the first time, to the potential of the lithographic medium and printed editions for Larry Rivers, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Motherwell, and Helen Frankenthaler.

In 1962 Blackburn returned to the Printmaking Workshop full-time. His innovative, masterful expertise helped to define the overall aesthetic of the American “graphics boom.” Among his many awards are Skowhegan Governor’s Arts Award and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Award in 1992.

This exhibition is generously on loan from the Nelson/Dunks Collection.

Installation view of Master Printer: Robert Blackburn, 2022.

The Montana Modernists: Shifting Perspectives

November 10, 2022 – June 11, 2023 // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries

Sponsors: Charles M. Bair Family Trust, Linda Shelhamer and Stephen Haraden, Gordon McConnell and Betty Loos, and Dr. Ralph and Sheryl Costanzo

The Montana Modernists exhibition opening on November 10th follows the investigation of twentieth-century postwar Montana art in guest curator Dr. Michele Corriel’s new book Montana Modernists: Shifting Perspectives on Western Art. Examining the emergence of an avant-garde movement in the state, Dr. Corriel profiles the pioneers of this movement, Jessie Wilber, Frances Senska, Bill Stockton, Isabelle Johnson, Robert DeWeese, and Gennie DeWeese. Together, these artists implemented an aesthetic philosophy and a modern understanding of form, color, and abstraction that expanded the way Western art in Montana is defined.

Drawing primarily from the extensive collection of the Yellowstone Art Museum, the exhibition explores the first-generation modernists in Montana through the themes of Place, Artistic Lineage, and Community—all crucial elements in the lives and works of these artists. As the early movement grew and took hold across the state, it not only affected artmaking but allowed Montanans access to new ways of viewing themselves, society, and nature, and a way of seeing that had lasting effects on the struggle for a broader, more authentic Montana narrative.

This wave of postwar artists found the need 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 a completely different lot. They’d been in the war worldwide, and they were hungry for all of it.” It is not a leap to suggest that so many veterans who had seen the world, the war, the dropping of the atomic bomb, the devastation of Europe, and the reckoning with fascism needed a new way to communicate.

Isabelle Johnson and Bill Stockton were native-born Montana ranchers, and Wilber, Senska, and the DeWeeses came from elsewhere to teach at Montana State in Bozeman. They were all missionaries of modernism who developed an authentic, personal style of expression in response to the land and society of contemporary Montana. Showing the works of all six of these artists together in one place demonstrates what these artists did and how in their interactions with one another, in their teaching, and, most of all, in the works they left behind, they created an art movement that still resonates today.

Michele Corriel researched these artists for years before writing her book, and this show reflects her deep consideration for each of them. “This project, culminating in a show at the Yellowstone Art Museum, validates the last five years of my academic life. I am thrilled to work with the YAM and to fulfill my personal promise to these amazing artists. I hope to keep their work in the eyes of the public for years to come.”

Corriel is a well-published art writer and has covered the region for the last 15 years. Her Ph.D. in American Art helped to guide her work through the rich history of Montana and to bring light to the largely untold story of modernism in the state. Her book Montana Modernists, published by Washington State University Press, will be available at the opening and for sale in the YAM store.

Montana Modernists Coffee Celebration with guest curator Dr. Michele Corriel

January 28, 2023 // 2 PM exhibition preview followed by curator talk and book signing.

Installation view of The Montana Modernists: Shifting Perspectives, 2022.

Jane Waggoner Deschner: Remember me.

September 11, 2022 – January 15, 2023 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery

Sponsors: Larry and Ruth Martin, Jon Lodge, Aunt Dofe’s Gallery, Gordon McConnell and Betty Loos, Linda Shelhamer and Stephen Haraden, Dr. Ralph and Sheryl Costanzo, Mary Hernandez, and Paige Spalding and James Hummell

Jane Waggoner Deschner began work on her project, Remember me: a collective narrative in found words and photographs, in 2015, to respond to what she experienced as the “hostility growing in our country.” Since then, she has handembroidered over twelve hundred found family photographs with texts from obituaries written by anonymous family and friends.

The photographs span the decades of popular black and white photography, chronicling people, places and times. While studio portraits tend toward intentional self-representation, family snapshots often capture random, unintended elements. Obituaries, written by loved ones, are a form of familial self-representation and collective memory. Their shared anecdotes highlight noteworthy aspects of an individual’s life.

The artist pairs each vernacular photo with obituary text written about a different person. “The photos ‘read’ the texts and vice versa, teasing pretension, tragicomedy and profound truths about the human condition from sentimental artifacts,” Deschner states. “We see our personal truths reflected, through photos and words, in the lives of others.” The immersive installation is both humorous and poignant, weighted by an accumulation of personal stories that span and connect across time and place.

The viewer continually shifts their awareness between the facial expressions and vintage styles represented in individual images, the content of the stitched tributes, the details of the stitching, and the overall installation. Accompanied by midcentury furniture, knickknacks, and mounds of found anonymously hand-crocheted doilies and afghans, the installation alludes to the familiar spaces of homes and offices. The repetition of standard frames and hand-stitched texts imposes a formal framework that contains and unites the sentimental artifacts. This accumulation of collected and remixed memories calls attention to the universal aspects of human experience. The nostalgia evoked creates positive feelings and promotes social connectedness.

Supported in part by a grant from the Montana Arts Council, an agency of the State Government.

Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian America Art From the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

October 13, 2022 – January 15, 2023 // Montana Gallery

Sponsors: Montana Tires, Toyo Tires, Diane Boyer Jerhoff

Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art highlights the work of fifteen artists of Asian heritage who draw on a rich array of motifs, techniques, and cultural motivations to construct diverse “Asias” in a modern global context.

Organized by the Palmer Museum of Art in conjunction with the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, the exhibition is divided into three thematic sections. “Exuberant Forms” features work that has the potential to reshape conventional views of abstract art—its composition, palette, materiality, and cultural implications—expanding and complicating the canonical narrative of abstraction. “Moving Stories” brings together powerful prints and mixed-media works that reflect on the experiences of migration, both within Asia and beyond. “Asias Reinvented” highlights two- and three-dimensional works that transform styles and techniques of traditional Asian arts in alignment with the vibes of the contemporary and the cosmopolitan.

Combined, the works in Global Asias suggest the plurality and fluidity of “Asia” as cultural construct and creative practice. The exhibition is guest curated by Chang Tan, Assistant Professor of Art History and Asian Studies at Penn State. This exhibition is organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation and the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State. Support for this exhibition and related education and outreach programs has been made possible by a grant from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

Closing Celebrations with Heart Mountain Foundation’s Executive Director Aura Sunada Newlin

January 14, 2023 // 11 AM – 1 PM // Join us as we welcome Heart Mountain Foundation to conclude our celebrations of the exhibition.

Jane Waggoner Deschner, from the Remember me. series (407, SCR[ WA]), 2018, hand-embroidered studio portrait, 8 x 6 inches.

Jun Kaneko (Japanese (b. 1942)), Untitled, Tanuki, 2014, glazed ceramic, 75 x 28 x 27.75 inches, Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer, Image: Colin Conces, Courtesy of Jun Kaneko Studio

Photographer Ken Blackbird

December 15, 2022 – March 25, 2023 // M.J. Murdock Gallery

Ken Blackbird (Assiniboine, Gros Ventre) grew up on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. After leaving the reservation at age nineteen, he worked a succession of jobs as a welder in Texas and as a forest ranger (and emergency firefighter) in Yellowstone National Park. In 1992 Blackbird graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism and set out on an extensive internship around the country, which most notably included the Chicago Sun Times. Blackbird says he just fell into photography as a necessary part of journalism. However, his personal work comes from a different motivation:

“I’m looking for light. I’m looking for the layers of composition. I’m always looking at eyes, hands, backgrounds. I’m looking for someone doing something different. I’ve never thought of it as fine art. I just love taking photographs.” —Ken Blackbird

Jaune Quick-To-See Smith

March 23, – April 30, 2023 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery

In celebration of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s retrospective, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith: Memory Map, opening April 19 – August 2023, the YAM will exhibit twelve works by Smith from the permanent collection. Smith’s paintings, drawings, and prints, grounded in personal and political identity themes, layer energetic brushwork and markings with collaged materials and references to Indigenous traditions.

Born January 15, 1940, at the St. Ignatius Mission of the Flathead Indian Reservation, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, a citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, received an Associate of Arts Degree at Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington, in 1960, a BA in Art Education from Framingham State College, Massachusetts, in 1976, and an MA in Visual Arts from the University of New Mexico in 1980. Smith has received numerous awards such as the Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award, New York, l987; the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters Grant, 1996; the Women’s Caucus for the Arts Lifetime Achievement, 1997; the College Art Association Women’s Award, 2002; Governor’s Outstanding New Mexico Woman’s Award, 2005; New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, 2005. Art Table Artist Honoree, New York, 2011; Visionary Woman Award, Moore College, Pennsylvania, 2011; Elected to the National Academy of Art, New York, 2011; Living Artist of Distinction Award, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 2012; NAEA Ziegfeld Lecture Award, 2014; The Woodson Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015 along with four honorary doctorates: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1992; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1998; Massachusetts College of Art, 2003; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 2009.

Smith’s work in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Quito, Ecuador; the Museum of Mankind, Vienna, Austria; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

The Whitney retrospective will travel to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and includes two works from the Yellowstone Art Museum’s permanent collection: Tongass Trade Canoe (1996) and Ronan Robe #2 (1977).

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Painted Pony Series: Beadwork, Mixed media on paper, 29.5 x 42 inches, 1985.12

Ken Blackbird, Grand Entry at Rocky Boy Celebration, 1991, Photographic print, 22 x 30 inches, Gift of the artist and David Orser & Ossie Abrams

2022 Permanent Collection Acquisitions

The Yellowstone Art Museum is continuously growing the permanent collection through generous gifts and museum purchases. All acquisitions build the museum’s collection of modern and contemporary art from the Mountain West region. In 2022, the YAM accepted 110 exceptional works of art into the permanent collection. A selection of those artworks is included here.

In early 2022, Carla O’Rorke, long-time supporter of the Yellowstone Art Museum, gifted twenty-five objects from her private collection. Works by some of Montana’s most influential artists date from the late 1990’s to early 2000’s. Several of these artworks are currently displayed in the exhibition The Montana Modernist: Shifting Perspectives.

left image: Frances Senska, Bird Sculptures, not dated, Glazed ceramic, 3.5 x 2.5 x 4 inches, Gift of Carla Phelps Phelps O’Rorke in memory of James F. O’Rorke, Jr.

left bottom image: John Giarrizzo, Carousal Study 4, 1998, Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, Gift of Carla Phelps Phelps O’Rorke in memory of James F. O’Rorke, Jr.

bottom image: Gennie DeWeese, Snow Scene, 1998, Oil stick on canvas, 32 x 70 inches, Gift of Carla Phelps Phelps O’Rorke in memory of James F. O’Rorke, Jr.

Similarly, works gifted from the collection of Ossie Abrams and David Orser, strong supporters of the YAM, strengthen the museum’s permanent collection of prominent artists, Kevin Red Star and Sheila Miles, among others.

top left image: Kevin Red Star, Kingfisher, 2000, Hand-colored lithograph, 34.25 x 45.25 inches, Gift of Ossie Abrams and David Orser.

top right image: Sheila Miles, 2 Houses, 1989, Mixed media, 22 x 29.5 inches, Gift of Ossie Abrams and David Orser.

The museum also purchased work in 2022. The YAM Board of Trustees funded the purchase of American Fork No. 10 by Sandra Dal Poggetto in September. This addition strengthens the museum’s representation of Dal Poggetto’s abstract works of the American West. Following the exhibition, Jesse Albrecht & Sean Chandler: The Un-homecoming of Uncle Dirty and Jimmy Cardell, the YAM purchased works by both Albrecht and Chandler. These works offer complex perspectives as expressions of unheard experiences relating to generational trauma and the effects of war. These acquisitions — and others added in 2022 — enhance the museum’s ability to tell the visual stories of the region and the broader world.

Bottom left image: Jesse Albrecht, Culture Killer Killer Culture (It’s a Trap (Jonah’s Tomb)), Underglaze, decals, glaze on low-fire clay, 17 x 9 inches, Museum purchase.

Bottom right image: Sean Chandler, Going On, Under, and Over the Golden Gate, 2022, Oil, oil paint stick, and charcoal on canvas, 72 x 170 inches, Museum purchase.

left image: Sandra Dal Poggetto, American Fork No. 10, 2014, Oil, soft pastel, charcoal on canvas, 90 x 104 inches, Museum purchase.

left image: Patrick Zentz, 30 Years: A Prairie Memoir, 1980–2000, Mixed media, 11 x 11 x 11 inches each, Gift of Patrick and Susan Zentz in Memory of Jean Dunkin Hedley.

February 2 – March 5, 2023

The Yellowstone Art Museum announces the 55th annual Yellowstone Art Auction! Art Auction 55 will spotlight the artwork of our regional artists, up-and-coming talent, and inspire patrons who are beginning their collections.

The Art Auction 55 exhibition will be on display in the YAM’s galleries from Thursday, February 2 through Sunday, March 5. This year’s auction will feature several events and artist talks. Artist talks will take place on Thursday evenings during the run of the exhibition. Final sales and our closing celebrations will take place the weekend of Friday, March 3. More details on the surrounding events, ticketing, and bidding registration can be found on the YAM’s website and social media.

Bidding will be online and accessible to all wishing to participate through the YAM’s website: artmuseum.org.

The YAM will once again host a separate gala and live art auction in September.

The Art Auction raises crucial support for the exhibitions and educational programs that the Yellowstone Art Museum presents to the community year-round. The YAM is dedicated to showing our appreciation to our regional artists, patrons, and partners by giving back to the community, not only through outreach and education programs, but by bringing in exhibitions that provide a platform to engage in critical conversations concerning modern art and culture.

Stay up to date and get your tickets by visiting the auction webiste at artmuseum.org/engage/yellowstone-art-auction or scan the QR code:

2023 ART AUCTION EVENTS

Friday, FEBRUARY 3 | 7 – 10 PM

Opening Reception & Artist Celebration: A Night at the Speakeasy

Artists, guests, and patrons will enjoy craft cocktails from Blind Bison, live jazz band by The Jessica Fiveland Quartet featuring Parker Brown, Erik Olson, Jessica Fiveland, and Bill Honaker, dancing, and late night snacks. Password required! Tickets $20 (free for auction artists).

THURSDAY EVENINGS: February 9, 16, 23, & March 2 | 5 – 7 pm

Auction Artist Conversations

Join us on the cozy couch in the YAM’s galleries Thursday evenings during the art auction for drinks and conversations with local artists. Beer and wine at 5 PM, Artist chat at 6 PM. Thursday evenings are free at the YAM from 5 – 8 PM.

CLOSING WEEKEND:

The final weekend will be open to in-person bids ONLY! Online bidding will close Thursday, March 2 at Midnight.

Friday, MARCH 3 | 5 pm

YAM’s First Monster Drawing Rally

What exactly is the YAM’s Monster Drawing Rally? Part live art-making performance, part art-bazaar, part live auction, the YMDR is a fast-paced, lively event! During a “Monster” Drawing Rally, artists create artworks from start-to-finish while under a 1-hour time limit in front of a live audience. Attendees can bid on the works after they are created. The YMDR offers a rare and exciting opportunity to watch artists in action and a chance to take home their completed pieces, all while supporting a good cause! 5 – 8 PM, event free to artists and museum members, $10 for non-members, $5 for college students with campus ID.

Saturday, MARCH 4 | 5 – 9 PM

Live Closing Celebration

Don’t miss your final chance to bid on artwork from Art Auction 55! This festive night for artists, friends, and patrons will include specialty cocktails, delicious food, live music, and — most importantly! — exceptional art. The night will have final bidding on auction items, quick finish artists creating artworks on-sited, AND an opportunity to bid on exclusive packages including memorable travel, unique dining, and live local performances. Tickets for this event are $25 per person and free to YAM Members at the Contributor level and above. Information on table sponsorships can be found on the YAM website.

Sunday, MARCH 5 | All day

Final Day to View Exhibition

Sunday will be the final day to view the Art Auction Exhibition in person. Purchasers can pick up their new works starting Tuesday, March 7 during business hours or by appointment.

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Studio 2nd Saturday: Creature Creations, 10 AM – 12 PM

Adult Cooking Class: Here Chicky Chicky, 10 AM – 1:30 PM

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Adult Cooking Class: Exotic Desserts, 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Studio 2nd Saturday: Art Auction Exploration, 10 AM – 12 PM

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Auction Artist Conversations, 5 – 7 PM

Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM

Adult Art Class: Art Auction Workshop, 10 AM – 12 PM

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Adult Cooking Class: African Cooking II, 10 AM – 1:30 PM

Adult Art Class: The Art of Urban Sketching with John Kennedy, 10 AM – 4 PM

Art Explorers with Art Educator

Angel Shandy, 4 – 5 PM at the Billings Public Library

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Crow Agency 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade YAG Exhibition Opens

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Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM

Adult Cooking Class: European Cooking II, 10 AM – 1:30 PM

Adult Art Class: Plein Air Painting with Jerry Inman, at Tippet Rise Art Center, 10 AM – 4 PM

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CHILDREN, FAMILIES, & TEENS

Check Facebook and our website artmuseum.org for updated info and pricing.

STUDIO 2ND SATURDAY

Ages 5 – 12 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Members: $10 | Members sibling rate: $8

Not-yet Member: $20

Register online or by calling 406.256.6804 x238 or email arteducator@artmuseum.org

Every Studio 2nd Saturday class includes touring the galleries and creating art that is connected to current exhibitions.

January 14 | Creature Creations

Create your own creature using clay and color. Based on sculptures by Jun Kaneko in Global Asias.

February 11 | Art Auction Exploration

Explore Art Auction 55 and create art inspired by the work of local artists.

March 11 | Multi-Monoprint

Create one-of-a-kind prints with mono-printing techniques like those in the exhibition Master Printmaker: Robert Blackburn.

April 8 | Shifting Perspectives

Explore and play with oil pastels using multiple techniques to create a work of art inspired by Gennie DeWeese’s work in Montana Modernists.

ART EXPLORERS

Ages 9 – 12 | March 23 & 30 | 4 – 5 PM

Free! No advanced registration required.

Join YAM’s Museum Art Educator, Angel Shandy, at the Billings Public Library for a special workshop with their Tween art program, Art Explorers.

FAM AT THE YAM

All ages welcome | 4 – 6 PM at the YAM

Free! No advanced registration required.

FAM at the YAM is for every type of family. Bring yourself, children, friends, grandparents, and more. Create art together with a professional artist and learn about their process. It’s a great way to kick off your First Friday evening.

January 6

Explore the ancient art of paper folding with artist Keely Perkins. Inspired by the Global Asias exhibition.

February 3

Join Art Auction 55 artist Isabel Bonilla to create a sparkling work of art based on her unique technique.

April 7

Join us for a community printmaking workshop and learn multiple printmaking techniques in connection with Robert Blackburn’ exhibition Master Printmaker.

A NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION

with Kaoru Mori

Families Welcome | Thursday, January 12 from 5:30 – 7 PM $5 a person or $20 for a family

Learn the Art of Japanese Calligraphy and write your own resolution for 2023! Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator, Kaoru Mori will introduce us to Japan’s Calligraphy and New Year’s Resolution writing traditions.

YAM TEENS

Ages 12 – 18 | 3:30 – 5 PM at the YAM

Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month

Free! No advance registration required. Make art, meet artists, build community, and explore endless possibilities.

The 1st Wednesday we dive into the YAM’s exhibitions, learn new techniques, and discover your artistic voice. The 3rd Wednesday is your chance to create in our fully stocked education studio. You can finish a work in progress or start a new project.

January 4 & 18 | February 1 & 15 | March 1 & 15 | April 5 & 19

YOUNG ARTISTS’ GALLERY

Billings Public Schools 7th & 8th Grade

Saturday, December 3, 2022 – Sunday, January 8, 2023

Reception on Thursday, January 5 from 5 – 7 PM

Billings Public Schools 5th Grade

January 14 – Sunday, February 19, 2023

Reception on Thursday, February 2 from 5 – 7 PM

Explorers Academy

Saturday, February 25 – Sunday, April 2, 2023

Reception TBD

Crow Agency 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade

Saturday, April 8th – Sunday, May 14th, 2023

Free admission to Crow 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade students and their families.

CONNECTIONS AT THE ART MUSEUM

with the Montana Chapter of the

Every 3rd Friday | 10:30 AM – 12 PM

No cost to participate. Registration in advance is required. Call 800.272.3900 or email montana@alz.org to register. This monthly program promotes connection and companionship for individuals living with early-stage memory loss and their care partners through art. Join us to view, discuss, and create art with trained docents and volunteers.

January 20 | February 17 | March 17 | April 21

Art Connections: Montana Modernists

March 7 – April 4 | Every Tuesday | 10:30 AM – 12 PM

No cost to participate. Registration in advance is required. Call 406.256.6804 x250 or email adulted@artmuseum.org

Join us for this five-week series that will explore the artwork and techniques in the Montana Modernists exhibition.

ADULT ART & COOKING CLASSES

For more information visit artmuseum.org/educate/adult-education. For questions email our Adult Education Coordinator, Marilu Metherell at adulted@artmuseum.org. Register online or call the front desk at 406.256.6804. Space is limited, pre-registration is required.

Art CLASSES

Explore the Art of Encaustic Painting

Saturday, February 18 | 10 AM – 2 PM

Members: $35 | Not-yet Member: $50

Join Art Auction 55 Artist Candace Forrett and enter the fascinating art of encaustic painting through this basic introduction of the medium. Class includes a brief historical and contemporary background, an introduction to materials and processes. Students will gain hands-on experience using basic techniques as well as access to a wide variety of reference materials.

The Art of Urban Sketching

organized by local artist, John Kennedy

Saturday, March 18 | 10 AM – 4 PM

Visit the YAM website for individual workshop information and cost.

Are you ready to elevate your sketching into a more memorable visual experience? Sharpen your pencils and join artists from Billing’s own Urban Sketchers for a day of pop-up workshops and on-site demos at the museum. Learn the basic framework of urban sketching and discover the tools used to create on the fly. Jump into the world of rendering perspective, then study color and layout with the artists to help tell your story in a fresh new way.

Plein Air Painting

with Jerry Inman at Tippet Rise Art Center

Saturday, April 22 | 10 AM – 4 PM

Members: $40 | Not-yet Member: $55

This on-site painting workshop will celebrate the life and legacy of Montana’s own Isabelle Johnson. We will meet on location at her family’s sheep farm, now home to Tippet Rise Art Center. Bring your own lunch, snacks, and plenty of water to head out for a day of artistic development under the direction of Plein Air artist Jerry Inman. Learn to paint like a true legend inspired by this amazing landscape. Back update due to weather will be April 29 if needed.

SATURDAY Cooking CLASSES

10:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Price: $70 members, $80 not-yet-members

*$20 supply fee included

January 14 | Here Chicky Chicky

Immerse yourself in the possibilities poultry has to offer.

March 18 | African Cooking II

More exciting recipes out of Africa!

April 22 | European Cooking II

Traveling to Europe again!

THURSDAY EVENING Cooking CLASSES

5:30 – 7:30 PM

Price: $55 members, $65 not-yet-members

*$20 supply fee included

February 9 | Exotic Desserts

Discover how other countries satisfy their sweet tooth with unique ethnic recipes.

March 30 | Old Fashion Favorites

A new take on time-honored family recipes.

May 11 | Curries Around the World

Go on a global culinary adventure with curry dishes from India, Thailand, Japan, Jamaica and more.

WORLD TRAVELER AND ARTS ADVOCATE: DIANA GEIGER

By JACI WEBB

Traveling the world and serving in communities across the globe enriched Diana Geiger’s life and made her appreciate being around family, like the Yellowstone Art Museum family.

Diana has served as the Executive Assistant since 2016, with a 16-month break during the pandemic. Even though she loves to travel with her husband, Dan, Diana also enjoys supporting the YAM management team and the board, and she’s proud of her work at the museum. Diana retired at the end of 2022 and trained her replacement Hillary Skinner.

Diana believes that the YAM is the heart of the cultural community in Billings and found her work at the museum to be most rewarding. “The YAM is one of the cornerstones of our cultural community,” Diana said.

Prior to being at the YAM, Diana served 10 years as Executive Assistant to Larry Olson, President of L.A. Olson and Associates, Inc., an architectural and engineering firm in Billings, and worked in Haifa, Israel, as an Executive Assistant to Fariborz Sahba, a world-renowned architect.

Diana is deeply spiritual and committed to community service. For decades, she and Dan have completed community service projects on behalf of the Baha’i Faith. From 2001 to 2003, she and Dan traveled to 15 countries in 15 months engaged in service and economic development projects.

Among her most memorable experiences was assisting at a refugee camp in New Zealand where she taught youths from warring Arab countries how to jitterbug. The young men also taught her their Arab dances. In Lucknow, India, Diana was swept into a wedding parade as she watched the bride in her gorgeous red spangled gown, walking with hundreds of guests in the street behind the groom on a white stallion. The bride kissed Diana’s cheek as she walked next to her, and Diana later found out that having a stranger join the wedding walk is considered a blessing to the couple.

Diana is also an Interior Designer. She was just starting a big project in Scottsdale, Arizona, last December when YAM Finance Director John Greenberger gave her a call. The YAM needed Diana and she returned in January to her previous post. “It was a good time for me to come back to the YAM. It’s so nice to be back among friends,” she said.

Her favorite artist is Russell Chatham, and, in her free moments, Diana loves to walk through the Seasons exhibition featuring the subtle, ethereal landscapes depicting every month of the year. Since Jessica Ruhle took over as Executive Director at the YAM in early 2022, Diana said she enjoyed listening to her describe art. “While I appreciate beautiful works of art, to hear Jessica describe a work of art is more beautiful to me than the piece itself,” Diana said.

Village Museum in Africa

Elephant Orphanage in Nirobi, Kenya Baha’i House of Worship in Santiago, Chile

Now Offering Dinner&Brunch!

First Friday Dinners starting January 6, 2023

Dinner service from 4:30 – 7:30 PM

Sunday Brunch starting on February 5, 2023

Brunch service from 10 AM – 1 PM

Located inside the YAM. Regular hours are Tuesday – Friday from 11 AM – 2 PM.

SUPPORT THE YAM WITH EVERYDAY PURCHASES!

You can support the Yellowstone Art Museum with purchases you are already making! Local retailer Gainan’s Flowers and national retailer Amazon both have ways for you to contribute to the YAM when you make a purchase. See below for additional details.

At Gainan’s Flowers — When ordering online at gainans.com, simply select the “Helping Hands” pulldown menu on the order form and choose Yellowstone Art Museum to receive your contribution. This program supports the museum whether you’re sending flowers across town or across the country!

With Amazon Smile — When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon donates 0.5% of your eligible purchase to the charity of your choice — at no cost to you! Amazon Smile offers the same products at the same prices as the traditional Amazon website. Be sure your purchases contribute to the Yellowstone Art Museum by logging into Amazon Smile and selecting the YAM as your organization to support.

Thank you for funding key projects at the YAM through everyday purchases!

THANK YOU CONTRIBUTORS

We would like to give our sincerest thanks to all members, donors, and sponsors who contributed $125 and above. This cumulative list reflects gifts to the YAM given in 2022. Gifts received after 12/31/2022 will be reflected in the next issue of Triptych.

$100,00+

Yellowstone County

$24,999 – 49,999

Anonymous

Sidney F. Frank Foundation

Kathryn Caine Wanlass Foundation

Linda Shelhamer & Steve Haraden

Treacy Foundation

$10,000 – 24,999

Anonymous

Deborah A. Anspach & Dr. John Hanson

Gary & Norma Buchanan

Dr. John & Patricia Burg

Bair Family Trusts

Hilltop Inn by Riversage

Riversage Billings Inn

Mr. Jorgensen

Larry & Ruth Martin

Gary & Melissa Oakland

Jim & Chris Scott

Susan Shelhamer

Matthew & Stephanie Stroud

Charlie & Jeanne Widdicombe

$5,000 – 9,999

Lornel Baker

Steve & Jennifer Corning

Paul & Rachel Cox

First Interstate BancSystem Foundation

Paul & Dona Hagen

David & Maggy Rozycki Hiltner

Gareld Krieg

Jon Lodge & Jane Waggoner Deschner

Bess Lovec

Tim & Trish Matteson

Rimrock Subaru

Paige Spalding & James Hummel

U.S. Bank National Assoc.

Morgan & Dan Warthin

$2,500 – 4,999

Randy & Cheryl Bentley

The Honorable William & Anne Cole

Joy & Gene Culver

Katherine Euler

Karen A. Ferguson

Ted Lovec

Gordon McConnell & Betty Loos

Drs. Robert & Linda Merchant

Kim & Don Olsen

RBC Foundation

Kevin Red Star

Dr. Donald & Carol Roberts

Dr. Kris Spanjian & Ray Gilbertson

Susan Sullivan & Stephen Zabawa

$1,000 – 2,499

Billings Scheels

Bonnie Burks

Deborah Butterfield & John Buck

Brian Christenson

Tiff Davidson-Blades

Sherri C. Eastman

Christopher C. Goulet

Ashley Grassa

Dr. Jim Guyer & Ms. Jeanie Mentikov

Erin Hurbi

Terry & Jane Indreland

Intermountain Distributing Company

Pam Jones & Edward Hahn

Frank & Margo Kelley

Dr. Steve & Marilyn Kramer

Dr. Precious McKenzie & William Stearns

Richard McRae

Drs. Robert & Linda Merchant

Davi Nelson

NorthWestern Energy

Dr. Walt & Mary Peet

Sharon Peterson

Barbara Ramlow

Louis Ross

Mr. Scott Johnson

Gary And Kay Ruhle

Eric & Laura Simonsen

Linda J. Snider

Shirley Steele

Lillian Corning Thompson

Steve & Pauline Tostenrud

Bill & Mary Underriner

Ron & Amy Yates

$500 – 999

Katherine Branch Ball

Kay Bollinger

Garry & Kathy Brayko

Tari & Randy Broderick

Rockwood Brown

Lisa Bruno

Janet Carpenter

Dr. Doug & Karla Carr

Jesse Chipman

Patrick & Carla Cobb

Martin & Mary Lee Connell

Isha Contway

Dr. Gordon & Dodie Cox

Crowley Fleck

Sondra Daly

Mary Lee & David Darby

Shari & Bob Dayton

John DeBoo

Katherine Euler

Fred Fleischmann

Marilyn Floberg C/O

Dana Bjornson

Michelle & Glenn Foy

Bess Snyder Fredlund

Diana & Dan Geiger

William & Kimberly Gottwals

Ed Gulick & Shelly Ellison

Marshall & Gwen Hafercamp

Greta Hagg

John Hanson

Joan Haseltine

Stacey Jacobs

Lynette & Bruce Jensen

Diane Boyer Jerhoff

Horton B. Koessler

Jenny Kosco

Clementine & Andrew Lindley

Dorothy Long

Myrna Martinson

Sally McIntosh

Jean McNally

Denny Menholt

Laura Millin

Ty & Mendy Nelson

Susan Ogden

Opportunity Bank

Toby O’Rourke

Melissa Propp

Kevin & Laurie Riley

Dr. Jim Rollins & Dr. Julie Johnson

Mark Sanderson

Betsy Scanlin & Jeff Anderson

Carrie Schellenger

Dr. William & Suzanne Smoot

Paige Spalding & James Hummel

William Stearns

Gregory & Lisa Steiner

Parker Swenson

Margit Thorndal

Donna Todd

U.S. Bank Foundation

Will James Society

Yellowstone Bank

$125 – 499

All Pro Paint

Dale & Tomi Alger

Erin Allen

Virginia L. Allen

Craig Anderson

Lisa Atwood

Susan Baack & Dan Gross

Brooke Baracker

Robert Barnett

Carole W. Baumann

Carol Beam

Ben & Lindsey Beasley

Annette Behm

Christa Beiriger

Jeanne & Ron Bender

Lisa & Jeff Berke

Donna Bernhardt

Jane & John Berns

Dan & Kay Berry

Wayne & Jean Biberdorf

Ted Blair

Sandra & Francis Blake

Cameron & Sandy Blake

Jeanette Blanchard

Dr. Wiley & Marilyn Bland

Terese & Keith Blanding

Justin Bloom

Ruth Blott

Meagan Boschert

Nancy Boyer

Suzanne Bressler

Chandra Brown

Virginia Bryan

Nora Buchholz

Tony Bureau

Crystal Burkett

Joyce Casaus

Colleen Chlapowski

Roberta Ciffone

Nick & Linda Cladis

Mona Clark

Alexander Clark

Stephanie Clifton

Stephen & Victoria Coffman

Lynn Conaway

Shannon Conroy

Kirby Corbey

Dr. James & Linda Cornetet

Sherri Cornett & Dr. Steve Kriner

Martha Crandall

Leslie Crawford

Ryan & Holly Cremer

Bruce D. Crippen

Patricia & David Crisp

Cynthia Crist

Nancy T. Curriden

Mr. Davis & Mrs. Berru-Davis

Amy Davis

Misty Deleon

Jan & David Dietrich

Leona Dillon

Lisa Dinkel

Joan Doherty

Lewis & Marilee Duncan

Karen Durfey

Echo Arts

Jackie Emery

Marine Emond & Mark Hastings

Brian Epley

Carlie Evans

Ferro Willett & Thompson

Elliot Fogel

Foreman Enterprises

Todd Forsgren & Mika Yoshitake

Kay Foster & Mike Matthew

Cynthia Foster

Linda Franson

Ms. Denice Fraser

Stacie & Brett French

Angus & Marjorie Fulton

Heather & David Gaitonde

Edgar Garcia & Tiffany Burnam Garcia

MaryKay Gartland & Tom Lynaugh

GFWC — Billings Junior Woman’s Club

Leanne Gilbertson

Mike & Cathy Glennon

Dr. Jim & Peggy Good

Jim & Karen Gransbery

Elizabeth Grauman

Deborah Greene

Dr. Paul Grmoljez & Alice Gordon

Jeffery A. & Kerry Gruizenga

Walter & Barbara Gulick

Laura Gundlach

Walter & Terra Gusler

Rich & Sally Hall

Dr. Brian & Molly Harrington

Jim & Linda Healow

Steph Hecker

Erin Heringer

Joan & Jeffrey Heser

Clark & Jenna Hodges

Heather Holland

Dr. Paul & D’anne Holley

Anna Howard

Jodi Delahunt Hubbell & Todd Hubbell

Edward Hughes & Roberta

Anner Hughes

Eric & Allyn Hulteng

Dave & Cynthia Hummel

Allen & Karen Huso

Katherine Jabs

Val Jeffries & Allen Powers

Shannon Jensen

Nicole Jenswn

Erin & Chris Jimison

Tyrel Johnson

Lindsay Johnson

Judy Johnson

Ann & Jerry Jones

Eric & Katherine Jore

Heather Kassab & Jason Thallmayer

Aiko Kawano

Samie Keller

George T. Kelting

Susan Kem

John Kennedy

Gracie Kerr

Dr. Phillip Key & Donna McCool

Paul & Phoebe Knapp Warren

Donna & Keith Kohnke

Kom Daddy

Semisi Kongaika

Kent Koolen & Susan Nybo

Derick Kopp

John & Michelle Koppelman

Monica & James Kordonowy

Donald Korf

Mike & Jan Kransky

Erin Kuzela

Diane & Ted Kylander

Marlena Lanini

Mark Lee

Gary & Brooks Leete

Jodi Lightner

Vincent Long & Sarah Grau

Frederick Longan

Boni Loudon

Priscilla Lund

Kenneth Lundgren

Jeryl Macauley

Robert Mackin & Elizabeth Adcock

Linda Madsen

Lisa Malody & Laurence DeBoer

Herbert & Gerry Mangis

Frank & Janet Mann

Maya Mansukhani

Lorraine Marsh

Rossco & Iva Martin

Deborah Mattern

Larry & Joyce Mayer

William & Kathe McDaniels

Dr. Robert & Sharon McDermott

Jessica McKee

Mary McNally & Monte Smith

Stephanie Melmer

Jim & Marilu Metherell

Donna J. Meyer

Caitlin Miars

Elke Michaelis

Peter Miller

Martha Mitchell

Anya Mohr

Moira Murphy Law Office, PC

Laura Moore

Donielle Mourich

Janice Munsell

Meredith Munson

Randy & Jeanne Nafts

Tracy Neary

Mariellen Neudeck

David Niemi

Martin Noyd

Patrick Oleary

Brittanie Paquette

Mary Pickett Parker

Jordan & Gwynn Pehler

Dale & Judy Peterson

Catherine & Maurie Petterson

Rajeev Pillai

Russ & Susan Plath

John & Diana Pollock

Dr. Victoria Porter

Jean Posusta

Jason Preble

Paige Presler-Jur & Dr. Jess Jur

Veronica Procter

Beth & Kenneth Pumo

Mur Louisa Quaglia

Jennifer Quanbeck

Jaq Quanbeck

Dr. Mark & Chris Randak

Penelope Rangel

Allen Rapacz

Adrienne Reynolds

Keeara Rhoades

Ann Rhoads

Heidi Ridley

Mary Ritchie

Carolanne Rohrs

Thomas Romine & Susan Walton

Jim & Lin Roscoe

Bernard Rose

George & Heather Rosenfeld

Beverly T. Ross

Jaime Rowlett

Robert & Sheila Ruble

Dale Ruff

Jessica Ruhle

Loren Salsbury

Ron Sanchez

David Sawyer

Dr. Rachel Schaffer & Deborah Schaffer

Sharon Scharosch

Patrick & Mary Schelle

Karen Scherting

John Scheuering

Anthony Schmidt

Vanessa Schultz

Barry & Arlee Scott

Dr. James E. & Janice Scott

Amy & Rick Selensky

Marcia Selsor

Mary Serbe

Steve & Kathie Shandera

Dr. George F. & Olivia Sheckleton

Larry & Nina Sheneman

CB Sherlock & Jim Polakowski

Lynn Shield

Tom Singer & Evey LaMont

Corby Skinner

Gary Smith & Halcyon LaPoint

Nisi Smith

Dawn Smyre

Linda Snedigar

Charles & Jolynn Sommers

Jacque Stannebein

Nancy Steel

Kevin Stenberg & Vicki Copeland

Erin Stickel

Gilles Stockton

Dr. Beth Sullivan & David Floerchinger

Noelle Sullivan

Karen Svenby

Timothy Sweeney

Brooke Taylor

Leslie Taylor

Dr. Stewart & Mary Jane Taylor

Bill & Debbie Tierney

Michelle Timmons

Stephanie Toews

Kristi Tolliver

The Honorable Chuck & Joanie Tooley

Toucan Gallery — Allison O’Donnell & Mark Sanderson

Tom & Ruth Towe

Rev. Gary Treglown

Jane Urbaska

Ray & Carol Van Tuinen

Lisa Ventura

Richard & Dr. Patricia Vettel-Becker

Justine Waggener

Jennifer Webber

Ted & Barbara Weiss

Carol & John Welch

Robert & Rita Wells

Ed & Pat West

Betty & Paul Whiting

Rebekah & Brock Williams

Sharisse Williams

Suzanne Wilson

Luci Wollschlager

Sandra Wong

Marilyn Zarycki

Executive Officers

Matt Stroud

President

Kim Olsen

Vice-President

Susan Sullivan

Treasurer

Deborah Anspach

Immediate Past President

Board of Trustees

Lornel Baker

Juni Clark

Katherine Euler

Todd Forsgren

Lynette Jensen

Bess Lovec

Larry Martin

Gary Oakland

Sharon Peterson

Kevin Red Star

Donna Todd

Leadership Team

Jessica Kay Ruhle

Executive Director

Lisa Ranallo

Curator of the Permanent Collection

Precious McKenzie

Advancement Director

Carrie Goe Nettleton

Education Director

Nickolas Olson

Marketing Manager

Hillary Skinner

Leadership Team Associate

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM

The Yellowstone Art Museum invites YAM members at the contributor level and above to a private luncheon with celebrated artist Sandra Dal Poggetto.

will be mailed and sent electronically. If you would like to adjust your membership level to attend this special event, please contact us at 406.256.6804.

OUR MISSION

The Yellowstone Art Museum exhibits, interprets, collects, and preserves art, for the enrichment, education, inspiration, and enjoyment of all.