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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS 3 MASQUERADE & WINTERFAIR 4 – 5 ENDOWMENT 6 – 7 EXHIBITIONS 8 – 13 ACQUISITIONS 14– 15 LISA RANALLO 16 – 17 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 17 60th ANNIVERSARY 18 – 19 ART AUCTION 56 20 – 21 PROGRAMMING CALENDAR 22 – 23 ART EDUCATION 24 – 27 THANK YOU 30 – 31
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Artmuseum.org/about/triptych The Official Members’ Magazine of the YAM © Yellowstone Art Museum, 2024 All rights reserved. Cover Art: Ladies toast during an early Yellowstone Art Auction in the 1960’s.
From the Executive Director Happy Birthday, YAM! This year, the YAM celebrates 60 years of contemporary art in Billings! We are delighted to celebrate this milestone with each of you throughout 2024. With special events, exhibitions, and public programs, we will honor our history all year long! Our goal is to welcome our entire community into the galleries during this anniversary year. We are tremendously grateful to the Access for All funding from Art Bridges that has eliminated admission fees at the YAM this year. Please share this with your friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors and invite them to join you in the galleries soon. Throughout the museum, you will find a mix of exhibitions, including the work of Will Wilson, Willem Volkersz, Gesine Janzen, and many others. Pages 8–12 in this issue will tell you more about each of these installations, as well as others that will be on display in the months ahead. Also, in 2024, we want to include your photographs in a newly commissioned artwork for the YAM. Elizabeth Stone, a celebrated Montana artist, is collecting photograph negatives and slides from our community to assemble into a unique artwork that will tell our collective history. Turn to page 13 to learn more about this project and how you can participate! Importantly, with admission now free, our members will see new membership benefits throughout the year. Your membership will make you eligible for special discounts and be your ticket to exclusive, behind-the-scenes experiences. Thank you for supporting the YAM as a member and making our work in the community possible for six decades! We can’t do this without you. Mark your calendars now for all the fabulous programs happening this year. We don’t want you to miss a thing!
Cheers,
Jessica Kay Ruhle Executive Director
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS The YAM welcomes our newest team members!
Katie Bales
Tatum Walker
Angela Carter
Katie Bales, Membership Coordinator, is a fantastic new addition to the YAM’s Development Team and brings years of customer service experience. Originally from Billings, Katie is excited to work with our community partners, as well as identifying new collaborators for the YAM. In 2024, Katie will design new member initiatives and engage new audiences for the museum. Welcome, Katie! Tatum Walker, Rentals Coordinator, brings significant knowledge and energy to her new role. After years of working in the service industry and corporate offices, Tatum is a wonderfully creative new teammate in the Special Events Department. Her work will focus on rental events hosted at the museum by outside organizations, as well as private celebrations including weddings, retirement parties, and more. Prior to her work at the museum, Tatum has fond memories of visiting the YAM with her family. We’re glad to have you, Tatum!
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Angela Carter, Executive Assistant, joins the YAM team with years of legal and corporate experience. She is eager to take on a new role in the non-profit sector and will bring with her innovative strategies and organizational systems. Her work will include a significant focus on the museum’s financial systems. Angela’s role is essential to the YAM, and we are fortunate to add her to the team!
Trish Matteson Trish Matteson, a beloved Yellowstone Art Museum docent since 2011, passed away on November 22, 2023. She was a retired instructor, education advisor, and career advisor who worked at Dawson Community College. As a Docent, Trish focused her passion for education in the Art Suitcase program for the Billings Public School 4th grade students. She joined the Board of Trustees in 2015 and helped lead the YAM’s education department as Chair of the Education Committee. Trish also left her mark on the YAM by volunteering at community events, including Art Auction, SummerFair, and the YAM’s 50th Birthday Bash. In 2017, Trish received the much-deserved Docent of the Year award. She truly believed and embodied that “Art is for everyone. When asked ‘what do you see?’ the response is uniquely yours — there are no wrong answers. Engage, enlighten, and educate yourself with all art has to offer.” Trish is greatly missed, and we are deeply thankful for all that she did for the YAM, for the Docents, and for art education in Yellowstone County.
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Endowment at the YAM The Yellowstone Art Museum celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. We have much to celebrate, thanks to our community leaders, sponsors, members, guests, and staff. What was once a small arts center has grown into the region’s largest contemporary art museum. A place where creative expression, exchange, and education are valued, and all are welcome. As we look to the next 60 years, the continued accessibility for all, the maintenance of the historic building, and the stewardship of the permanent collection, are critical to our growth. How do we continue to build for the future, so that the ones who come after us also experience all that a world-class museum has to offer? The answer is in growing the YAM’s Endowment Fund. A robust endowment ensures the future of the YAM, now and for years to come.
Options for Giving to the YAM Endowment Give directly from your IRA
If you have an IRA and are at least 70½ years old, you may transfer money directly from your IRA to the YAM Endowment Fund.
Take Advantage of the Montana Endowment Tax Credit You may receive a 40% tax credit for making an endowed gift to the YAM. This generous tax credit incentivizes Montanans to give so that nonprofits, like the YAM, can build a strong financial future.
Montana Business Owners
Your business, LLC, or corporation, can write a check for the YAM Endowment and receive a tax credit equal to 20% of the gift.
Ways to Contribute For more information on planned giving, visit artmuseum.org/engage/planned-giving-gifts-to-endowment or scan the QR code. You can also fill out and mail the form on the next page. Please contact your financial advisor as well.
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Will Wilson (b. 1969), Cory Van Zytveld, Director of Events, Four Mile Historic Park, US Citizen, 2013, printed 2018, archival pigment print from wet plate collodion scan, 22 x 17 inches, Art Bridges. Photography by Brad Flowers.
Will Wilson (b. 1969), Will Wilson, Citizen of the Navajo Nation, Trans-customary Diné Artist, 2013, printed 2018, Archival pigment print from wet plate collodion scan, 22 x 17 inches, Art Bridges. Photography by Brad Flowers.
IN CONVERSATION: WILL WILSON
February 16 – June 2 , 2024 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery Sponsors: Art Bridges, Bess Lovec In Conversation: Will Wilson features a selection of works from Diné (Navajo) photographer Will Wilson’s ongoing Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX) project in dialogue with photographs by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952). The exhibition will tour as an Art Bridges exhibition beginning in Winter 2021, having originally premiered at Crystal Bridges of American Art in 2018. Wilson explores the relationship of science, identity, agency, and representation in photography while also considering the lasting legacy of historical photographs on the representation of Native peoples in North America. Wilson responds directly to the work of Curtis, who is best known for his 20-volume The North American Indian (1907–1930), which was created as a way to capture the supposed vanishing race of Native Americans while also helping to shape public perception of Native peoples. Wilson’s ongoing Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX) directly addresses these misconceptions through his use of historical photographic techniques and emphasis on a reciprocal relationship with the sitters, which allows for agency over all aspects of their presentation. Wilson pushes the CIPX project even further with the inclusion of “Talking Tintypes,” which uses AR technology in a convenient app to bring photographs to life. In Conversation is a contemporary exploration of the science of photography but also a response to the historical impact and importance of (self-) representation. In Conversation: Will Wilson features 16 works by Curtis and 17 works by Wilson. The Wilson photographs range from 50 x 40 inches to 20 x 17 inches and include 5 Talking Tintypes. In Conversation: Will Wilson is organized by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. FAM at the YAM: Tons of Tintypes Friday, March 1, 2024 / 4 – 6 PM // Learn more on page 24 Adult Art Class: Tintypes with Todd Forsgren Saturday, April 27, 2024 // 10 AM – 4 PM // Learn more on page 26 Artist Talk with Will Wilson Thursday, May 9, 2024 // Reception at 5 PM followed by Artist Talk at 5:30 PM Support provided by Art Bridges 8 | EXHIBITIONS artmuseum.org
Willem Volkersz, The Wall, 2021, Wood, acrylic/ latex paint, found objects, 48 x 65 x 11 inches, Collection of artist.
Willem Volkersz: The View From Here
April 26 – June 30, 2024 // Montana Gallery Sponsors: R iversage Inns, Larry & Ruth Martin Montana-based artist Willem Volkersz (b. 1939) is a significant contemporary artist known for his neon and paint-by-number-style installations. He was a pioneer in the use of neon in art and developed early and sustaining loves for photography, travel, American roadside culture, Americana, and Folk and Visionary Art. Volkersz came to the United States from Holland in 1953, after the devastation of World War II, and brought with him a rich history that is reflected in his works of art. Volkersz has often said that he has an immigrant’s fascination with America, and as a teenager, he began hitchhiking and driving throughout the American West, camera in hand. The artworks featured in The View from Here were produced over the past 25 years and draw upon the artist’s eight decades of life experience. They touch upon his early life in Holland under Nazi occupation, his immigration to America, and his current life in the Western United States. The artworks also suggest the ways these personal experiences and passions connect to wider social issues of enduring relevance for everyone. Volkersz studied art and architecture at the University of Washington before earning an MFA in painting at Mills College in Oakland, CA. After teaching at the Kansas City Art Institute for 18 years, he went to Montana State University-Bozeman in 1986 to direct the School of Art and teach until his retirement in 2001. He is the recipient of many awards, including a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, grants from the Mellon Foundation and Gottlieb Foundation, and a 2020 Montana Governor’s Arts Award. He has been a visiting artist and lecturer at almost 100 institutions in the United States, Canada, Europe, and China.
Willem Volkersz, Canadian Hero, 1995, Neon, wood, found objects, 78 x 50 x 52 inches, Collection of artist.
Organized by the Missoula Art Museum.
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A COUPLE OF ART LOVERS, Part II: The Generosity of Miriam Sample
November 16, 2023 – August 18, 2024 // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries Sponsors: L inda Shelhamer & Stephen Haraden, Diane Boyer Jerhoff, Patricia & John Burg, Lornel Baker, Bess Lovec, Gareld Krieg, Kim & Don Olsen, Gordon McConnell & Betty Loos On November 17, 2023, the museum opened the second exhibition of a twopart celebration honoring artwork gifted to the Yellowstone Art Museum by Joe and Miriam Sample. With a shared enthusiasm for art and civicminded engagement, the husband and wife duo was unstoppable. One might imagine they had a pact to divide and conquer — Miriam, a supporter of the symphony and theater among other non-profit organizations, also served on the Montana Arts Council and Board of the Yellowstone Art Museum. Joe, a legend in Montana’s media landscape and jazz aficionado shared his passion for the arts through his long-running program on Yellowstone Public Radio, Spreadin’ Rhythm Around, and was also an avid art collector. Joe and Miriam Sample photograph courtesy of the Billings Gazette. For over sixty years, Miriam and Joe bestowed the Yellowstone Art Museum with their philanthropic spirit and love for the arts. Beginning in 1984 with the acquisition of a vase by Rudy Autio, Miriam continued to gift funds to the museum to purchase artworks from Montana’s leading artists. At the time of her death in 2009, two hundred and forty works had been purchased for the collection. Along with grants from the Montana Cultural Trust, the core of the museum’s collection was formed — one which guides our collecting criteria to this day.
Sandra Dal Poggetto, In Situ #2, 2000, Oil, egg tempera, ring- necked pheasant feathers on canvas, 31.5 x 31.5 inches, Museum purchase funded by Miriam Sample.
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Ernie Pepion. Buffalo Jump, 1989, Oil on canvas, 89.75 x 89.75 inches, Museum purchase funded by John Buck & Deborah Butterfield and Miriam Sample.
Not Out of the Woods: New Works and Woodcuts by Gesine Janzen
October 19, 2023 – January 21 , 2024 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery Sponsors: Riversage Billings Inn, Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Bev Ross, Nancy Curriden, Sharon Shannon, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Janzen is a Professor of Art and Head of Printmaking at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. Woodcuts, Janzen’s tradition and muse, connect her to landscapes, places, sensations, and memories—her carved marks create movement and structure, build textures, and express emotions. With her new body of work, Janzen introduces three-dimensional works–large tar paper painting screens and soft sculptures that seemingly tumble out of hand-made books. In Gesine Janzen’s new body of work, foreboding, sorrow, and dread predominate, and her point of view turns inward. The forest speaks to her of fairytales and mystery, where danger lurks. Children become lost in the woods. The trees breathe and move. Moss grows, dries, and hangs in tangles from branches. The mystery of what lies within the ecological complexity of a thick deep forest has inspired folk tales and legends for centuries. As a common motif, the woodland road can be treacherous, but there are also helpers on that path, animal guides and good fairies, for example, and it’s up to the traveler to tell good helpers from bad. In this way, the forest is used as a metaphor for trying times. Gesine Janzen’s artwork has been shown in numerous exhibitions across America. Additionally, her artwork has been published in many professional publications such as Art in Print, and she has been a visiting artist and workshop instructor in Berlin, Germany, and Poznan, Poland. Her artwork is included in numerous corporate and public collections, such as the Hallmark Collection in Kansas City and the Artist/Printmaker Research Collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University. She studied art at Bethel College and at the University of Kansas. In 1998 she received an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa. She was a lecturer in printmaking at the University of Missouri in Kansas City and the Kansas City Art Institute and worked as Assistant Printer at the Lawrence Lithography Workshop in Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri for three years. Gesine Janzen, The Magic Tree, 2023, Woodblock print, 16 x 12 inches.,Collection of artist.
Color-reduction Woodcut Workshop with Gesine Janzen at MSUB | Saturday, January 20 // 10 AM – 4 PM. This class is currently full, you can join the waiting list by visiting artmuseum.org/educate/adult-education Gesine Janzen, An Explanation, 2023, Altered photo album with wood block print, photos, and wire, 10 x 40 x 40 inches, Loan of the artist.
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Will James in Magazines
Keno The Cow Horse Magazine Clipping: VS2001.466 Title: N/A Date: 1919 – 1920 Artist: Will James Medium: Print
June 2023 – June 2024 // Earl E. Snook Gallery Family Gallery Sponsors: Karen Ferguson, The Foundation for Montana History Will James, a French Canadian born as Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, always dreamed of being a cowboy. James was indoctrinated into the world of ranching at a young age and eventually worked as a hand for cattle outfits in Montana, Idaho, and Nevada. However, several injuries and an Army draft into World War I rerouted the cowboy’s career from one who handled horses into one who observed and recorded them instead. Cows, horses, and bears were just some of the subjects that James portrayed in his drawings and writings, ones which told of the raw and exhilarating force of nature in the West. The artist’s ability to realistically capture these rare moments gained him a successful career in illustrating images for various Western magazines. His work was featured in several venues, from the cheapest pulp magazine to premier titles like Sunset Magazine and The Saturday Evening Post. Meanwhile, James practiced storytelling of his own, beginning with his 1920 series “Keno the Cow-Horse,” a forerunner to the chronicling of Smoky. Previews of his books appeared in magazine serial form, and many were later published as full books into the collections from Charles Scribner’s Sons. As he began to concentrate on his novels, less and less appeared in short form, ending this phase of his career in 1935. However, these depictions still provide modern viewers with a unique look at the cowboy and the rancher’s West.
The Blue Book Magazine: A2021.1 Title: Blue Book Artist: Will James Author: Unknown Date: 1931 Medium: Paper (Magazine)
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I Remember Project Commissioned artwork by Elizabeth Stone In celebration of the museum’s 60th anniversary, the YAM is pleased to work with Montana artist Elizabeth Stone on a commissioned artwork that honors the region’s public and personal histories. Elizabeth Stone describes her artistic practice as an “[exploration of] potent themes of memory, time, and materials deeply rooted within the ambiguity of the photographic medium.” With an emphasis on collaboration and community engagement, Stone welcomes participants of all ages and backgrounds to contribute photographic slides and negatives that will become her final work. Donations can be made at the YAM, or at one of several drop-off locations around Billings. Community members are also invited to attend an organized “sewing bee” to assist in the production of the piece. The YAM, along with other partner organizations, will host public sewing sessions with the artist throughout Summer 2024. The final artwork will be installed at the museum in October 2024. Visit the YAM website for more information on drop offs and upcoming group sewing events. First Friday with Elizabeth Stone Friday, May 3, 2024 // 5 – 7 PM artmuseum.org
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2023 Recent 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.
Karen Rice, Mullein, 1998, Dry pigments and charcoal on paper. 42 x 60 inches, Anonymous gift.
Troy Dalton, Lillith II, Not dated, Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 66 inches, Anonymous gift. 14 | ACQUISITIONS artmuseum.org
Tracy Linder, Wind, 2022, Found bovine bones, 7.5 x 3 x 3.5 feet, Anonymous gift.
Willem Volkersz, Paradise Lost, 2023, Wood, acrylic/latex paint, found objects, 22.75 x 35 x 11.25 inches, Anonymous gift. artmuseum.org
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Thank you, Lisa Ranallo by Jake Iverson Lisa Ranallo is a museum lifer. She’s worked in them her whole life, bouncing from state to state and position to position. Even now, as she’s leaving the Yellowstone Art Museum, where she spent five years as registrar and eventually curator, do you know where she’s headed? Even more museums. “Large museums, small museums, different museums,” Ranallo said, “I’ve worked closely with so many different collections.” She’s not kidding. Ranallo’s art career began in college. She attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Studio Art. She later got a master’s degree at the University of St. Thomas, in her native Minnesota. “For somebody who studied studio art and then art history, everybody makes jokes that you’re never going to find work,” she laughed. “But I’ve had a great career.” Ranallo’s been all over, from her beginnings at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C., and even Fallingwater, the house Frank Lloyd Wright built outside of Pittsburgh that’s so iconic it’s become shorthand for American architectural greatness. That many stops gave her a breadth of experience, sure, but it was also a bit transient. Roots were tough to lay down. Until she got to Montana. Despite her Midwest upbringing,
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Ranallo has always felt a connection here. In high school, she schlepped all the way from Minnesota to hike in the Beartooths. And during undergrad she got a job working in a mobile kitchen that fed firefighters. “You could make a lot of money fast,” she said of the gig. But it wasn’t without its complications. The summer after graduation, in 1988, her crew got dispatched to fight the Yellowstone fires, the blazes that charred about 36% of America’s first national park. After the fires died down, Ranallo met up with her father, who was hunting on the Beartooth Highway. “I went up and camped with him, and I was like, ‘I’m gonna move to Red Lodge,’” she remembered. “So that’s what I did.” She also lived in Bozeman for a time, while her then husband was attending school. Their daughter was born there. It was the marriage that pulled her back to Minnesota, and eventually to the East Coast. When it ended, Ranallo had a goal. “How do I find my way back to Montana?” she remembered thinking. She wound up briefly back in Bozeman, but it was a different city than the one she remembered. So she headed south to Wyoming, spending a year as the registrar at the Brinton Museum, outside of Sheridan. She started at the YAM in December 2018, after being hired as the registrar. She later became curator in 2021.
Curator is more public facing than registrar, but both of those positions are a little bit of a mystery to your average museum-goer.
She’ll miss the people the most, she said, especially, “the relationships with artists and my colleagues, which has been really, really great.”
Registrars and curators are sort of like the offensive linemen of the museum world. There may be flashier positions, but nothing gets done without them. Registrars cover the legal end a little more, and curators are more hands-on with the artwork, but their core goal is the same: to look at a collection and figure out how to use it to tell a story. The artists make the art, but nobody would ever see it if people like Ranallo aren’t there to decode.
“I’m fortunate in that I’ve been exposed to so much great art and great people,” she added. “Museum people and arts people are my people.”
“Art helps us understand the world in ways we might not otherwise consider or think about,” Ranallo explained. She’s been a part of myriad exhibitions during her time at the YAM, up to The Generosity of Miriam Sample exhibit that’s on display through August 2024. The one that sticks out the most was the first exhibition she curated, Jesse Albrecht and Sean Chandler’s The Un-Homecoming of Uncle Dirty and Jimmy Cardell. “Those two guys were just so kind and appreciative,” she said. “There was a lot of gratitude that came with that exhibition. And I liked the way it came together.”
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That idea, that art and the appreciation of art is better when we’re working together, has been a theme through Ranallo’s time at the YAM.
She won’t be going too far. Ranallo is staying in Billings, and just started a job as a curator with the Bureau of Reclamation, within the Department of the Interior. She’ll be working with museums in the Missouri Basin area, the largest district the BLM manages. It’s a jump from private to public sector. And there’s more to this than traditional museum curation. Rather than focusing on one museum, she’ll work with institutions in nine states. But every day at the new gig, Ranallo will be using skills she picked up along the way, from Minnesota to Montana, from Frank Lloyd Wright to the Yellowstone Art Museum. And if she ever needs a refresher, her new office is just five blocks from the YAM. “Museums help slow us down and pause and really look and listen and think and reflect,” she said. “Art helps us get outside of ourselves.”
The YAM’s Visible Vault is re-opening in 2024! Starting January 18, visit Writer-in-Residence Anne Holub and Artist-in-Residence Kevin Harris in the Visible Vault. Kevin Harris has studied portraiture and the human figure at and through the Watts Atelier, located in Encinitas, California, for the past four years. Prior to his studies at Watts Atelier, Harris served in the United States Army for 10 years, including two deployments to Afghanistan. Harris is a 2003 Billings Senior High graduate and a 2007 West Point graduate. Prior to his service, he was exposed to and pursued art from a young age through a program called the “Young Artist Studio”. This program was an inspiration for what Harris hopes to accomplish through his YAM Residency and his artistic career.
Anne Holub received a MFA from the University of Montana and a creative writing MA from Hollins University. Her poetry has been featured on Chicago Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and in The Clackamas Poetry Journal, The Great Lakes Review, The Mississippi Review, The Asheville Poetry Review, and Phoebe, among other publications. She has two poems published in the anthology Bright Bones: Contemporary Montana Writing, (Open Country Press 2018). Her chapbook, 27 Threats to Everyday Life, (Finishing Line Press 2023) was a semi- finalist in the press’ New Women’s Voices Competition. Originally from Virginia, and after more than a decade in Chicago, she now lives and writes in Billings, Montana, with her husband, Dan, their two dogs Merle and Rosie, and a sourdough starter named Rhonda. artmuseum.org
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Join us throughout the year to celebrate 60 years of contemporary art at the YAM! 60th Anniversary Art Auction | February 2 – March 3 Yellowstone Art Auction will ignite a year of excitement in 2024 as the museum celebrates its 60th anniversary.
60 Years of YAM Trivia @ Pint Night at Thirsty Street | Thursday, April 25 Join us for a fun evening testing our supporter’s knowledge of the museum, art history, the ‘60s, and more as the YAM hosts a ‘60s themed Pub Trivia Night at The Garage at Thirsty Street. A percent of the proceeds benefits the YAM.
3rd Annual Yellowstone Art Museum Golf Tournament | June 2024 The Yellowstone Art Museum’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament is an opportunity for friends to enjoy golf for a good cause and help grow the Education Endowment Fund.
SummerFair | Saturday, June 22 & Sunday, June 23 The 46th annual SummerFair Arts and Craft Festival will again take place at MetraPark. Rain or shine, the beloved community event will feature local artists and artisans, entertainment, kid’s and family activities, refreshments and more. YAM Docents will host a special 60th Birthday Bash during SummerFair Weekend!
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Monster Drawing Rally | Friday, October 4 Like a monster truck rally but for art! Our second annual drawing rally will take place at the YAM during the October First Friday and ArtWalk featuring rounds of local artists creating original artworks in real time for hundreds of guests. Once finished the works are available for $50 flat to the luckiest bidder.
Masquerade | Saturday, October 26 The most creative Halloween event in Billings, the annual Masquerade costume party is one that guests look forward to every year. This year’s party will have a retro 1960’s vibe and encourages your most creative costumes.
WinterFair | Friday, December 6 Start holiday shopping locally by supporting arts and craft vendors at the YAM’s WinterFair holiday market. This beloved annual community event coincides with the festive Holiday Stroll and Holiday ArtWalk in downtown Billings.
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The Yellowstone Art Auction, the museum’s signature fundraiser, kicks off a year of 60th Anniversary celebrations. The annual art auction is one of the YAM’s most treasured opportunities to spotlight celebrated regional artwork, introduce emerging artists, and to inspire patrons at every stage of collecting. It is a perfect time to be part of this diverse and exciting exhibition and the many events surrounding it, which have brought original art into homes and businesses for 56 years. As the YAM’s largest fundraiser of the year, the Art Auction raises crucial support for the exhibitions and educational programs that the Yellowstone Art Museum presents annually. With so much to celebrate, this is the perfect time to, again, combine the Silent and Live Auction events and invite the community to reflect on six decades of art, culture, growth and the YAM’s exciting years ahead.
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2024 ART AUCTION EVENTS Friday, FEBRUARY 2 | 5 – 8 PM Opening Reception & Quick Draw
You don’t want to miss the first chance to view the full exhibition, including Live Auction pieces and Small Works at the opening night! Mingle with the artists, watch as quick-finish artwork is completed live, and place bids on the Silent Auction while enjoying live music, dancing, and hors d’oeuvres.
THURSDAY EVENINGS: February 8, 15, 22 | 5 – 7 pm Auction Artist Conversations
Join us on the cozy couch in the YAM’s galleries on Thursday evenings during the art auction for drinks and conversations with local artists. Beer and wine at 5 PM. Artist chat at 5:30 PM.
2/8 Judd Thompson | 2/15 Kathryn Schmidt | 2/22 Shane de Leon February 13 | 5 – 7 pm Collecting 101
Hear directly from local art collectors and lovers about the basics of starting collections, picking artwork, and building relationships in the arts community. There will be refreshments available and an opportunity to ask questions following the discussion.
February 25 | 1:30 pm Art Auction Docent Tour
A special docent-guided tour to explore and learn more about the work in Art Auction 56. Grab a friend and pair this tour with lunch at Raven’s Café one week before the auction closes. No reservations required.
CLOSING WEEKEND
Online bidding will be available Friday, February 2 – Thursday, February 29 at Midnight. The 29th will also be the last day to view the exhibition for non-ticket holders. Works purchased online at a premium Buy-it-Now price are removed from additional bidding and marked as SOLD. However, Thursday’s highest online bids do NOT guarantee a sale. Final bids can be placed in-person by ticket-holding guests attending Saturday’s Live Auction Gala. The only way to guarantee your purchase is to Buy-It-Now, register a closing night absentee bid, or attend the gala on Saturday.
Saturday, MARCH 2 | 5 – 9 PM
60th Anniversary Live Auction & Gala
There is much to celebrate as the YAM pays tribute to 60 years of exceptional artists, exhibitry and growth. The Live Auction Gala will conclude the Art Auction with final in-person bids placed on Silent and Live Auction works for ticket holders. Tickets and table reservations for the Live Auction Gala can be purchased on the website or by calling the front desk. For absentee bidding registration or sponsorship information, please contact Precious McKenzie at development@artmuseum.org or 406.256.6804 x 235.
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YAM Teens: Building Books, 3:30 – 5 PM
First Friday at the YAM, 5 – 8 PM
FAM at the YAM: Many Mini-Prints, 4 – 6 PM Last day for The Joseph Sample Collection with Selected Works by Joseph Henry Sharp Studio 2nd Saturday: For the Love of Painting, 10 AM – 12 PM Billings Middle School 5th Grade YAG Exhibition Opens Adult Cooking Class: Winter Favorites, 10 AM – 1:30 PM YAM Teens: Open Studio, 3:30 – 5 PM
Reception for Billings Middle School 5th Grade YAG Exhibition, 5 – 7 PM Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM Adult Art Class: Color-reduction Woodcut Workshop with Gesine Janzen at MSUB, 10 AM – 4 PM Last day for Not Out of the Woods: New Works and Woodcuts by Gesine Janzen
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First Friday & ArtWalk at the YAM: Art Auction Opening Reception & Quick Draw, 5 – 8 PM Art Auction 56 Opens
FAM at the YAM: Art Auction Opening with Beth Korth, 4 – 6 PM YAM Teens: Light and Color, 3:30 – 5 PM Adult Cooking Class: Heartfelt Sweets, 5:30 – 7:30 PM Auction Artist Conversation with Judd Thompson, 5 – 7 PM Studio 2nd Saturday: Clay Creations, 10 AM – 12 PM Collecting 101, 5 – 7 PM
Auction Artist Conversation with Kathryn Schmidt, 5 – 7 PM Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM In Conversation: Will Wilson Opens
Last day for Billings Middle School 5th Grade YAG Exhibition, Reception from 5 – 7 PM YAM Teens: Open Studio, 3:30 – 5 PM
Auction Artist Conversation with Shane de Leon, 5 – 7 PM
Adult Art Class: Art Auction Workshop with Linda Pease, 10 AM – 4 PM
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FAM at the YAM: Tons of Tintypes, 4 – 6 PM
60th Anniversary Live Auction, Silent Auction, & Gala, 5 – 9 PM Last day for the Art Auction 56 exhbition
YAM Teens: Nested Creation, 3:30 – 5 PM Reception for Head Start YAG Exhibition, 4:30 – 6 PM Artist Talk with Ben Pease, 5 – 7 PM Studio 2nd Saturday: This is ME, 10 AM – 12 PM Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM YAM Teens: Open Studio, 3:30 – 5 PM
Oil Painting Courses with Artist in Residence, Kevin Harris, Second block begins, (see page 27)
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YAM Teens: This is Me, 3:30 – 5 PM
First Friday & ArtWalk at the YAM, 5 – 8 PM FAM at the YAM: Costumed Characters, 4 – 6 PM Adult Art Class: Sheila Miles, 10 AM – 4 PM Adult Cooking Class: Classic Aussie, 5:30 – 7:30 PM Slow Art Day Tour, 11 AM
Studio 2nd Saturday: Stack-ASculpture, 10 AM – 12 PM YAM Teens: Open Studio, 3:30 – 5 PM
Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM YAM Trivia Pint Night at Thirsty Street, 5 PM Willem Volkersz: The View From Here Opens Adult Art Class: Tintypes with Todd Forsgren, 10 AM – 4 PM
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CHILDREN, FAMILIES, & TEENS
Scan the QR code to visit the education page on YAM’s website or check Facebook for updates, registration info, and pricing. artmuseum.org/educate
STUDIO 2ND SATURDAY
Ages 5 – 12 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM YAM Members: $10 | Not-Yet-Members: $20 Register online, by using the QR code above. Every Studio 2nd Saturday class includes touring the galleries and creating art that is connected to current exhibitions. January 13 | For the Love of Painting Play with color, light, and space like permanent collection artists in the exhibition Gifts of Miriam Sample. February 10 | Clay Creations Explore shape and form using air dry clay and create a sculpture inspired by Art Auction 56. March 9 | This is ME Create a self-portrait like the many shown in Will Wilson’s exhibition In Conversation and show how you want to be represented. April 13 | Stack-A-Sculpture Spheres! Cubes! Cones! Oh my! Stack a sculpture made of shapes, inspired by permanent collection artist, John Buck. May 11 | Scenic Splendor Construct a scene using paint pens and found objects based on the artwork of Willem Volkersz and his exhibition The View from Here.
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 5 | Many Mini-Prints Make your own mini print in the education studio, inspired by the works of Gesine Janzen and her exhibition Not Out of the Woods. February 2 | Art Auction Opening Join us to celebrate the opening of Art Auction 56 and make your mark with Auction Artist, Beth Korth, Art Educator at Tippet Rise. March 1 | Tons of Tintypes Explore the photography of Will Wilson and learn more about traditional photographic processes. April 5 | Costumed Characters Meet our artist in residence, Kevin Harris, and draw from life using a costumed figure to create a work of art inspired by his process. This FAM at the YAM will be in the VAULT!
YOUNG ARTISTS’ GALLERY Billings Middle School 5th Grade Saturday, January 13 – Sunday, February 18, 2024 Reception Thursday, January 18 from 5 – 7 PM Head Start Saturday, February 24 – Sunday, March 31, 2024 Reception Thursday, March 7 from 4:30 – 6 PM
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SUMMER ART ACADEMY
Ages 7 – 14 | June 3 – 7 & June 10 – 14 YAM Members: $335 | Not-Yet-Members: $375 Sibling Price for YAM Members Only: $300 Register online atartmuseum.org/educate/childrens-camps or in-person at the YAM. For questions email Marilu Metherell at adulted@artmuseum.org or call 406-256-6805x250. Need-based scholarships from the Sally Mcintosh Scholarship fund are available. For an application, email Carrie Goe Nettleton at education@artmuseum.org. Summer Art Academy is in its 24th season! At this camp, young artists study under professional artists in concentrated areas, which they choose. Class sizes are limited. Art supplies are included in the cost of tuition. Students bring their own snacks and lunches. Summer Art Academy is located on the campus of Rocky Mountain College. Classes this year include: Watercolor, Collage, Puppetry, Wearable Indigenous Art, Ceramics, Art Journaling, Stop Motion Animation, Printmaking, Digital Photography, Drawing, Yoga, Painting, Sculpture, and more!
YAM CAMP
Ages 6 – 8 | July 22 – 26 from 9 AM – 3 PM Ages 9 – 12 | July 29 – August 2 from 9 AM – 3 PM YAM Members: $260 | Not-Yet-Members: $300 Sibling Price for YAM Members Only: $235 Register online atartmuseum.org/educate/childrens-camps or in-person at the YAM. For questions and membership discount codes email Angel Shandy at arteducator@artmuseum.org or call 406.256.6805 x238. For Scholarship applications email Carrie Goe Nettleton at education@artmuseum.org. Spend an entire week exploring and going behind the scenes at the YAM and create artwork using all technique and mediums. The final day culminates in an art show where students get to show off their own artwork that was created during the camp.
SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION OPENS April 1, 2024!
YAM TEENS
Ages 12 – 18 | 3:30 – 5 PM 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. Questions? Email Angel at arteducator@artmuseum.org. January 3 | Rescheduled! Building Books January 17 | Open Studio
March 6 | Nested Creation March 20 | Open Studio
February 7 | Light and Color February 21 | Open Studio
April 3 | This is Me April 17 | Open Studio artmuseum.org
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ADULT ART & COOKING CLASSES
For more information scan the QR code or visit artmuseum.org/educate/adult-education. Please email our Adult Education Coordinator, Marilu Metherell at Adulted@artmuseum.org with any questions. Register online or call the front desk at 406.256.6804. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. YAM Museum Members receive 20% off all adult education courses.
Art CLASSES Color-reduction Woodcut Workshop with Gesine Janzen Saturday, January 20 | 10 AM –4 PM at MSUB Members: $50 | Not-yet Member: $65 Join artist, Gesine Janzen to create a three-color wood block print of their own design inspired by the artwork in Not Out of the Woods. Students will learn how to transfer their design onto a block, carve the wood, and print with color inks onto multiple pieces of paper, ending up with an edition of 5–10 finished prints to keep. Art Auction Workshop with Linda Pease Saturday, February 24 | 10 AM – 4 PM Members: $52 | Not-yet Member: $65 Art Auction artist Linda Pease will be in the Education Studio for a day of art making inspired by her work in Art Auction 56. Together we will create compositions on canvas with antique paper and acrylic paint. Sheila Miles Saturday, April 6 | 10 AM – 4 PM Members: $60 | Not-yet Member: $75 Happy 60th Birthday to the YAM! In conjunction with her upcoming local exhibition at Kirk’s Grocery opening April 5 and on view through May 25, 2024 permanent collection artist Sheila Miles will be in house at the YAM for a oneday painting workshop exploring the techniques that make her work so special. Each participant will receive individual attention and she especially loves to share her tricks for working quickly and completing paintings in one session. Come paint with a living YAM legend and leave inspired to support the work of our permanent collection artists for years to come.
Tintypes with Todd Forsgren Saturday, April 27 | 10 AM – 4 PM Members: $32 | Not-yet Member: $40 This beginner’s workshop covers the early photographic process of tintypes. Beginning with the use of large-format and medium-format cameras with direct positive paper images, we then progress to making ferrotypes, a safe tintype dry plate process. Students will learn about basic photographic chemistry and techniques for making images with extremely low ISOs (c. 2). Each student will leave the class with a tintype portrait of themself or a loved one as well as a number of other unique photographic objects that they have collaborated in the making of. Figure Drawing at Tippet Rise Art Center Saturday, May 4 | 10 AM – 4 PM Supply fee: $25 You are in for a special treat! Join Yellowstone Art Museum’s Artist in Residence Kevin Harris for a day of Figure Drawing at Tippet Rise Art Center. We will meet on site there at 10am and draw with live models until 4 PM. Please pack a lunch for yourself and plenty of snacks and refreshments for your day. Water bottle filling stations are available. Supplies will be provided.
Saturday Cooking CLASSES 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM Price: $64 members, $80 not-yet-members January 13 | Winter Favorites Cold weather dishes from around the world. March 23 | The Colors of Mexico Cooking adventures across the varied landscapes of Mexico. May 11 | Fruit Is The Star Sweet and savory dishes highlighting fruit.
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THURSDAY EVENING Cooking CLASSES 5:30 – 7:30 PM Price: $52 members, $65 not-yet-members February 8 | Heartfelt Sweets Grandma’s best-loved desserts. April 11 | Classic Aussie Explore favorite recipes from Australia and New Zealand.
Save the Date:
Urban Sketching Symposium Saturday, May 18 | 10 AM – 4 PM | Free! 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 FREE 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. Join the Urban Sketchers group and gain access to weekly year-round meet-ups in and around Billings to build your portfolio or simply hone your visual literacy skills.
Oil Painting Courses with Artist in Residence, Kevin Harris All courses are 5-week sessions Saturday Sessions $90 | Thursday Sessions $75 First block: February – March Life drawing: Charcoal Costumed figure, Thursday night 6 – 8 PM (Feb 1 – Feb 29) Oil Painting: Studying from the masters, Saturday afternoon, 1 – 4 PM (3 Feb – 2 Mar) Gouache portrait (human/pet): Sunday afternoon, 1 – 4 PM (Feb 4 – Mar 3) Second block: March – April Life drawing: Charcoal Head and hands, Thursday night 6 – 8 PM (Mar 21 – Apr 18) Oil Painting: Still Life, emphasis on color (color theory), Saturday afternoon, 1 – 4 PM (Mar 23 – April 20) Graphite wildlife/pet portrait: 5-week studio reference, Sunday afternoon, 1 – 4 PM (Mar 24 – April 21) Third block: May – June Life drawing: Charcoal portrait, Thursday night 6 – 8 PM (May 9 – June 6) Oil Painting: Studio Narrative/composition, Saturday afternoon 1 – 4 PM (May 11 – June 8) Painterly Charcoal: Wildlife/Landscape, Sunday afternoon, 1 – 4 PM (May 12 – June 9)
YOGA @ THE YAM Every Wednesday 10:30 – 11:30am Drop in anytime! Members $12 Non-Member $17 YAM member $60 for a six-class series Not-yet member $90 for a six-class series
Join us every Wednesday from 10:30 – 11:30 AM in the Murdock Gallery. Yoga instructor and YAM member Sarah Brown will lead these sessions and she will welcome ALL levels. Bring your own mat or borrow one of ours.
CONNECTIONS AT THE ART MUSEUM
with the Montana Chapter of the Every 3rd Friday | January 19 | February 16 | March 15 | April 19, 2024 from 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. artmuseum.org
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