Typically, I prefer to introduce each edition of Triptych with a celebration of upcoming exhibitions and events. However, I’d like to devote this piece to a single topic: further funding cuts from Yellowstone County.
Unfortunately, the Yellowstone County Commissioners further reduced the YAM’s allotment of the county museum fund. For decades, our museum has received 25% of the fund annually. In the short span of two years, county funding for the YAM has been reduced from $220,770 to $50,000.
A cut of this size will significantly impact the YAM.
Our longstanding public/private partnership with Yellowstone County allowed the YAM to have a positive impact on the broader community through our education outreach programs and exhibitions. Museum programming fosters creativity, critical thinking, and cultural understanding—skills we should invest in, not abandon.
The Yellowstone County Board of County Commissioners is not currently operating with a level of care that supports the YAM during an already difficult year. Instead, we face a consecutive funding cut at a time when we are addressing significant costs for our historic building. We also remain committed to public access to our exhibitions and programming.
Thankfully, the YAM has a vocal community of supporters who understand the vital role art plays in our lives. In recent weeks, artists, educators, parents, nonprofit organizations, healthcare professionals, and business leaders championed our museum. Thank you for speaking on our behalf and sharing your appreciation for the museum’s role in our community!
During difficult moments, your support provides reassurance that others care deeply for the cultural vibrancy of our city, county, and state.
Please visit artmuseum.org/act-now to learn about ways you can help the YAM move forward.
There will be more difficulties—and more celebrations—ahead, but as always, we will support accessible opportunities in the arts. I look forward to seeing you in the galleries soon. Enjoying exhibitions and museum events are simple, effective ways you can continue to support the YAM!
With gratitude,
Jessica Kay Ogdin
The Deborah Anspach and John Hanson Executive Director
Barbara Schneeman
SUMMER CAMPS AT THE YAM
The YAM welcomes our newest team member!
The Yellowstone Art Museum is happy to share that Barbara Schneeman has joined the museum as Development Director. Schneeman comes to the YAM after more than two decades of serving our community in the health sector. In her former roles, she provided leadership for communication and public affairs in addition to overseeing fundraising and strategy for a foundation.
She is deeply committed to advancing the well-being of our community and brings that passion to the YAM. She looks forward to focusing her energy to help ensure that the YAM remains a beacon of creativity, connection and inspiration.
Thank you, YAM camp families, for another successful summer! 120 students attended Summer Art Academy for our first year at Montana State University Billings (MSUB). MSUB, along with 11 wonderful professional art educators, made Summer Art Academy truly special. We also hosted three fantastic weeks of YAM Camp here at the museum. Each week brought the students’ unique creativity to the artwork they created. All camps culminated in a fantastic student art show, where each student shared the work that they created. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year!
Jon Lodge: Carbon STRATA
September 5, 2025 – January 10, 2026 // Montana Gallery
Sponsors: Riversage Inns, Diane Boyer Jerhoff, Beverly Ross in memory of Sig Ross, Kay Foster & Mike Mathew, Deborah Anspach & John Hanson, Sharon Shannon, Bess Lovec, Jerry & Linda Iverson
Jon Lodge: Carbon Strata Opening Reception, with jazz musicians
Jon Lodge, STRATA: Cumulus Undulatus Fractus Grid N° 1, 2025. Perforated COR-TEN carbon steel, rust clouds, laser welding, 24 x 24 x 148.75 inches, dimensions variable. Loan of the artist.
“Every form is loaded with the psychology of its maker.”
—Joel Shapiro
For the past two years, Billings artist Jon Lodge has worked in his Studio LGX, just three blocks from the Yellowstone Art Museum, to create approximately seventy works for Carbon Strata, the largest exhibition of Lodge’s work to date, and presented during his 80th year. Carbon Strata breaks new ground by reaching beyond gallery walls and into the peripheral spaces of the museum’s architecture: a storage closet, stairwell, elevated window portals, and outdoor environments—echoing the omnipresence of carbon, an element essential for life and the medium of Lodge’s existence.
The materials, execution, and ideas of this exhibition are a result of fascinations he has formed over a lifetime. Born and raised in Red Lodge, Montana, Lodge explored the cavernous spaces of abandoned coal shafts that remained as quiet monuments to an industrial past. At the print shop where his father worked over a letterpress printing the Carbon County News, Lodge was exposed to the rhythm and intervals of black carbon ink transferred to paper. In addition, as a champion runner in high school, he trained along the Beartooth Highway, absorbing the topography, rock strata, and ridgelines that later became conceptual references.
Lodge went on to study jazz at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and became a photographer and art director for the school’s publications. After playing jazz trumpet in Boston, he returned to Billings to work for forty-five years at Artcraft Printers. The improvisation, syncopation, repetition, and call-and-response patterns of jazz are also reflected in the visual rhythms of Carbon Strata, where works unfold in bursts and fractal iterations, much like a jazz composition in which no two performances are alike.
To walk through Carbon Strata is to step into a wildly immersive terrain of materiality, light, fragrance, and movement. With references to geological layers, time,
(detail)
and transformation, each work is composed with a reverence for the materials’ inherent qualities and a conceptual process he describes as a “planned system of randomness.”
Lodge employs a system of randomness to artmaking through experimentation of material surface tension, indirect manipulation, and placement, or by allowing materials to dictate form and balance with their ability to bend, capture moving patterns of light, or fall to the ground. These methods invite each work to be a distinct and authentic expression of the idea and the material itself.
The work follows paths forged by Conceptualist and Minimalist artists Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Dan Flavin—all of whom used industrial materials and processes to remove the artist’s hand, favoring objecthood and neutrality. Lodge’s industrial materials are locally sourced from the gridded commercial neighborhood near his studio: aged papers from Artcraft Printers and Yellowstone Paper Company, COR-TEN steel, patinated through years of rain seepage between stacked layers from Lesman Iron Works, and walnut wood slats from a letterpress, bearing wear from 50–60 years of ink solvents.
What makes Carbon Strata so compelling is the way Lodge builds meaning through objectivity. He doesn’t dictate; he constructs, assembles, and invites. The works are deeply personal yet stripped of sentimentality— layered with biography, memory, material history, and environmental presence, yet always grounded in form and process. This exhibition is both a culmination and an expansion—a reflection of decades of disciplined inquiry and restless experimentation.
In Carbon Strata, Lodge doesn’t just present artworks; he builds a system—a living, evolving ecology of forms. A landscape that pulses with life, listens like jazz, and leaves space for the unexpected.
Threads
November 7, 2025 – January 10, 2026 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery
Sponsors: Linda Shelhamer & Stephen Haraden, Montana Art Gallery Directors Association (MAGDA)
Threads presents a selection of collages, assemblages, textiles, eco-prints, and weavings made by nine women who work as artists, mothers, and art teachers. Ariea Berry (Missoula), Jennifer Combe (Missoula), Cortni Harant (Great Falls), Shonteé Johnson (Browning), Crystal McCallie (Missoula), Caitlin Shelman (Mission Valley), Monica Thompson (Missoula), Maura Whalan (Missoula), and Radium Woolf (Browning) offer diverse perspectives surrounding their identities, place, and heritage, and through their work, explore connections with family, teaching, and the landscape.
The artists/mothers/teachers connected at a Montana Art Education Association art retreat in the spring of 2022 at The University of Montana. MFA candidate Crystal McCallie led a multi-day workshop on sewing and printmaking textile and paper collages. The artists/mothers/teachers found new ways of working with textiles and detritus to explore family, land, and identity with chosen materials.
With these works, the artists/mothers/teachers invite viewers to ponder heritage through a female lens, elevating the domestic, the home, and, as Radium Woolf writes, “oyiisskimaa—making of a nest.” In the case of these women, the nest is built to support their children and their students.
Threads is sponsored by the Montana Art Gallery Directors Association (MAGDA), a state-wide service organization for non-profit museums & galleries, and supported in part by grants from the Montana Arts Council, a state agency funded by the State of Montana; coal severance taxes paid based upon coal mined in Montana and deposited in Montana’s Cultural and Aesthetic Projects Trust Fund; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Monica Thompson, Shiny in the Breeze, 2024. Textile collage, 24 x 36 inches.
Jennifer Combe, Family Remnants 12, 2021-ongoing. Art room scraps, wedding reception napkin, son’s training pants on canvas, 12 x 12 inches.
Maura Whelan, Nesting, 2022. Hand-dyed and screen-printed fabric on paper, 22 x 30 inches.
Of
Neon
& Bones: New Acquisitions
to the YAM Permanent Collection, from 2020 to now 2025 – 2027 // Mildred Sandall Scott Galleries
Sponsors: Larry & Ruth Martin, Gordon McConnell & Betty Loos, Linda Shelhamer & Stephen Haraden, Hilltop Inn by Riversage
Of Neon and Bones celebrates a selection of artworks that have entered the Permanent Collection of the Yellowstone Art Museum within the past five years. The title highlights the variety of materials used by regional artists to explore and express their themes. Materials such as neon and bones speak to remnants of life, rebirth, and the illumination of personal histories; these materials enhance the meaning of the work and, in turn, broaden and deepen our visual experience.
The YAM, guided by the museum’s Collection Plan, a core, living document, carefully considers artworks for the Permanent Collection. Considerations such as an artist’s significance to the region, themes, diversity of perspective, and aesthetic execution and integrity are carefully considered as we build a collection representative of the region’s artistic landscape.
The Permanent Collection is preserved in perpetuity, thereby chronicling the artistic history and cultural heritage of the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountain regions.
Gallery Talk: Representations of Masculinity in the West with Gordon McConnell & Russell Rowland
Thursday, October 2, 2025 // Cash bar at 5 PM; Talk at 5:30 PM
Join us for a conversation on the representations of masculinity in the West, informed by McConnell’s painting The Big Action Picture and Rowland’s new book, Be A Man: Raised in the Shadow of Cowboys.
Gordon McConnell, The Big Action Picture, 2004. Acrylic and latex on floorcloth weight canvas, mounted on Gatorboard, 55 x 135 inches.
Willem Volkersz, Journey (To the Promised Land), 2008. Neon, wood, paint, tile, found objects, 82 x 104 x 46 inches.
Freeman Butts, Skalkaho Pass, Rock Creek and Cathy, 1992. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 56 x 50 inches.
The
Language of the Land: Ucross Native American Fellowship Artists
June 20 – October 4, 2025 // Charles M. Bair Family Gallery & Northwest Projects Gallery
Sponsors: Gordon McConnell & Betty Loos, Homer & Mildred Scott Foundation
The Language of the Land showcases the work of the 2024 recipients of the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Artists, a fellowship intended to foster the creative spirit and provide an immersive experience in the majestic High Plains. Curated by Ucross alumnus Sean Chandler (Aaniiih), the exhibition features multidisciplinary artist Steven J. Yazzie (Diné/Pueblo of Laguna/European ancestry) of Denver Colorado; fine art photographer Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock Indian Nation) of Southampton, New York; and poet and writer Danielle Shandiin Emerson (Diné) of Shiprock, New Mexico.
Through photography, mixed media and poetry, The Language of the Land explores the profound relationship between land, identity, and storytelling.
“The land holds our identity, our stories, and our truth about ourselves,” Chandler said. “Steven, Jeremy, and Danielle have each interpreted their own connection to the land, creating works that are deeply personal and universally resonant. Their art speaks to the strength, resilience, and spiritual connection that Indigenous peoples have with their environment.”
The exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. Additional exhibition support is provided by the Wyoming Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming Legislature.
Left: Jeremy Dennis, Tall Blades, 2024. Photograph, 16 x 24 inches. Courtesy of artist..
Right: Steven J. Yazzie, Wind Cuts Through It, 2023. Archival pigment photograph, 28 x 28 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Gerald Peters Contemporary.
Emerson, On my fingers, 2025. Poem printed on acrylic panel, 33 x 20 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Will James: The Eternal Cowboy
2025 – 2026 // Earl E. Snook Gallery Family Gallery
Sponsors: Gary & Melissa Oakland, Gordon McConnell & Betty Loos, James Thompson
Will James: The Eternal Cowboy explores the archetypal cowboy figure as presented through the work of Montana artist and author Will James (1892–1942). Will James began working on ranches at the young age of 15 and continued working in the cow country throughout his life. James’ artistic portfolio is centered around the cowboy figure, and his famous cowboy novels, such as Smoky (1929) and Uncle Bill (1932), tell of an exhilarating life in the American West. In James’ final novel, The American Cowboy (1942), the book culminates with the declaration: “The cowboy will never die.”
Will James: The Eternal Cowboy examines James’ archetypal cowboy figure through a selection of drawings, writings, and various archival materials from the YAM’s Virginia Snook Collection, and explores the artist’s contemplation of this role within a rapidly changing landscape.
Man and Machine
June 28, 2024 – November 15, 2025 // M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Gallery
Presenting works from the YAM Permanent Collection, Man and Machine considers the role of technology in modern and contemporary artmaking practices. Artists offer insight into the rapidly growing mechanical world and its presence within everyday society. Visitors are encouraged to contemplate this complex relationship through the work of a selection of artists who have integrated machinery into their artmaking or have examined technology’s role in the art world.
In A Nutshell
November 21, 2025 – October 10, 2026 // M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Gallery
Drawing from the YAM Permanent Collection holdings, In A Nutshell presents sculpture and 2D works that explore the themes, aesthetics, and expressions of art made in the Funk and ‘Nut’ Art movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Artworks in a wide variety of media and styles are exhibited for their embrace of the experimental, humorous, and irreverent, and invite viewers into their playful versions of reality.
Otto Dyar, Will James with reins and saddle, c. 1933, Photographic print, 9.5 x 7.75 inches. Gift of Virginia Snook.
Federick Longan, Wind Drawing Machine at Zentz Ranch, 1978, Photograph, 21 x 28 inches, Gift of artist.
Harold Schlotzhauer, The Young Militant, 1971. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 66 inches. Gift of the artist.
(detail) Wesley Anderegg, The First Human Clone, 2010. Mixed media, 46 x 36 x 24 inches. Gift of the artist.
Calling All Artists—Be the next Yellowstone Art Museum Artist-in-Residence!
Now entering its 19th year, the Yellowstone Art Museum’s Artist-in-Residence program is once again opening its doors to artists of all disciplines, offering a unique opportunity to develop your work in a supportive and engaging environment. The residency offers a chance to work where several of Montana’s most celebrated artists have shaped their visions— inside the Gary and Melissa Oakland Artist in Residence Studio, a spacious 800-sq-foot creative hub located at the heart of the YAM’s Visible Vault.
As a resident, you will have the time and space to experiment, reflect, and deepen your practice, while sharing your work in dialogue with the community.
Duration & Dates
Applications are due by Sunday, November 16, 2025, and will be reviewed beginning Monday, November 17.
Our residency program begins in mid-January of 2026. The duration will depend upon the scope of the artist’s proposal and the applicant pool.
How to Apply
Residences are selected based on their work’s merit, interest in public interaction, and the scope of their artistic investigation. To apply, please complete the following application and return it to YAM’s Curatorial Assistant, Kimberly Gaitonde, by email at assoccurator@artmuseum.org or by mail to Yellowstone Art Museum, ATTN: Associate Curator, 401 North 27th Street, Billings, MT 59101:
Resume
Artist Bio and Statement
Concise proposal stating interest and scope of work to be produced while in residence.*
Preference for residency duration and weekly availability.
Images of relevant work with corresponding title, date, medium, and dimensions.
Professional reference(s)
* Housed in the Visible Vault alongside the Museum’s collection, there are some limitations in media use (no open flame, toxic fumes, dust, etc.).
Studio Location & Conditions
The Studio is located within the Visible Vault collection storage building: 505 N 26th Street, Billings, MT 59101.
Artists will have 24-hour secured access to the 800-square-foot Gary and Melissa Oakland Artist in Residence Studio.
Requirements
The Artist-in-residence must maintain at least 20 hours weekly in the studio.
Coordinate occasional school studio visits with the Education department.
Maintain an open studio and Interact with the visiting public during special events such as First Fridays and Art Walk.
Hold an exhibition of the work completed during the residency in the Visible Vault exhibition space.
Housing is NOT provided by the YAM; however, options for community housing accommodation may be available upon request. Availability is contingent on acceptance into the program and dependent on residency schedule, funding, etc.
Recent Artists-in-Residence
Mahin Thorp
July 17 – August 17, 2025
Mahin Thorp is an artist and educator living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Thorp’s mixed media works focus on the intersections between Persian animism and geology. In her work she explores the animistic quality of rocks and how they are distorted and abstracted by human impact. Through site visits, she constructs images of revived landscapes by searching for images, figures, words, animals, and forms imbedded in the stone to express their intrinsic power to absorb our histories. She obtained her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and her BFA from Weber State University. She has been recognized through various accolades such as a Virginia Museum of Fine Art Fellow, Arteles Artist in Residence (Finland) and as a Hopper Prize Finalist.
Manette Rene Bradford
February 10 – June 7, 2025
Manette Rene Bradford constructs imagined allegorical narratives for the histories and ecologies of specific geographic locations through paintings, sculptures, and wall-sized mixed media works. Her practice combines documentation and direct experience of place with historical, ecological, and folkloristic research. The imagery is fantastical, though rooted in historic realities and the observable world. Humanity, other species, and the land are equally important characters in these narratives, enmeshed and inextricable from one another. Scale is employed as a device to invert hierarchies. Through the act of building this work, Manette repeats and imitates our species’ behavioral impulse to possess, anthropomorphize, and project itself onto the landscape and surrounding ecosystem.
Krista Leigh Pasini
July 1, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Krista Leigh Pasini is an interdisciplinary performance artist, trauma informed somatic guide, art doula, critical thinker, and creative events/ new genre public art facilitator. Through her audio/sound work, poetry/ spoken word, dance/movement, and improvisational Fluxus-inspired events, Krista explores ethical engagement, leadership, social dynamics, trauma resilience and the recovery of joy. Her work includes somatic and movement inquiry; contemplative performance-based engagement in relation to place, public and community; and social actions grounded in healing and wellness.
A Special Evening with Barbara Van Cleve
Thursday, October 23 // 4:30 PM Reception // 5:30 PM
Artist Talk
Since her first solo photography exhibition at age 50, Barbara Van Cleve has turned her camera lens to contemporary ranch life — a life she has lived and loved since she was young. Through the decades, Van Cleve has found beauty in ranching life’s dynamic and quiet moments. Her photographic work has been celebrated in over 90 group exhibitions and 50 one-person exhibitions. Van Cleve was recognized with a Montana Governors Art Award in 2022 and recently competed filming the forthcoming documentary “Barbara Van Cleve’s American West” by award-winning Director and Cinematographer Cynthia Matty-Huber.
The YAM is honored to host A Special Evening with Barbara Van Cleve, an intimate artist talk with Van Cleve reflecting on a life behind the lens. The conversation will explore the stories, moments, and wisdom that have shaped an extraordinary career.
As a part of this special night, Van Cleve is generously making a limited selection of her photographs available for purchase to benefit the Yellowstone Art Museum. Available artworks will be exhibited October 23 – November 22. Proceeds will benefit the museum’s exhibitions and educational outreach.
If you have questions, please contact Barbara Schneeman at development@artmuseum.org or 406-256-6804, ext. 225.
Join or renew your membership today to support the YAM and gain access to our exclusive programs for members.
Scan the QR code or visit our website at artmuseum.org/engage/individual-membership.
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Pay by check, sent to the museum’s address at 401 North 27th Street, Billings, MT 59101.
Studio Visit with Jon Lodge
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 // 1 – 3 PM
Members of the Donor’s Circle ($1,000) level and above are invited to a special outing at Jon Lodge’s studio. Renew or upgrade your membership to join us as we explore the studio space and get a look at the creative process behind the Carbon Strata exhibition at the YAM.
Please join, renew, or upgrade your membership to join us! Invitations to follow.
View the Vault
Ranching Artists: Mentors & Friends
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 // 10 – 11:30 AM
Join the YAM’s Curatorial Team for an insider tour of the Visible Vault and a focused look at a selection of works from the Permanent Collection. Discover the variety of regional artists featured in the collection, gain insights into the inner workings of the Vault, and learn about our practices for caring for the artwork in the collection.
All YAM members are invited to join us for November’s View the Vault. We will explore selected works by three Montana artists— Isabelle Johnson (1901–1992), Bill Stockton (1921–2002), and Ted Waddell (b. 1928)—who each balanced ranching with a dedicated art practice. Though their styles differ, their work is connected through friendship, mentorship, and a shared modernist approach to form. Discover how their art expresses a common language shaped by solitude, nature, and the rhythms of ranch life.
Open to all active YAM members and a guest. Members at the Curator’s Circle ($500) level and above will have the opportunity to continue the conversation during the annual members’ luncheon. Formal invite to follow.
Isabelle Johnson, Autumn on the Stillwater, 1970. Oil on linen, 43.5 x 47.5 inches. Gift of Isabelle Johnson Estate
Artist Jon Lodge in his studio.
Oct. 10 2025 @the yAM
Friday, October 10, 2025 // 5 – 8 PM
Admission: $20 adults, $10 kids aged 6 – 17, Free for kids 5 and under
Presented by
Part live art-making performance, part art-bazaar, part live auction, the Monster Drawing Rally is a fast-paced, lively fund-raising event! Multiple rounds of 20+ artists create artworks from start-to-finish while under a 50-minute time limit and in front of a live audience. Each finished piece is then auctioned right away for a flat price of $50. Artists participating in this lively event generously donate their time and talent in support of the museum. Guests partake in a rare and exciting opportunity to watch artists in action and a chance to take home their completed pieces. Ticket holders will also enjoy a live DJ, light snacks and a cash bar.
The Art of Creative Direction: Conversations in Music, Film, & Theater
Friday, November 14, 2025 // 3 – 5 PM
Join us for an illuminating conversation at the intersection of music, film, and theatre. This discussion will feature three distinguished local panelists, each offering a different perspective yet uniting by a shared language of creative expression/direction. The conversation will be moderated by Mario Lopez, the John W. & Carol L.H. Green CEO of the Billings Symphony, whose insights will be sure to guide thought-provoking dialogue. We invite you to be a part of this exchange that celebrates the power of the arts to connect, inspire, and transform.
Featured Panelists:
Brian Murnion, Executive Director, MINT Film Festival / Owner & Strategist, Let’s Canoe (Brand Strategy, Advertising & Design)
Amy Schendel, Fine Arts Coordinator, School District 2 / Music Educator / Multitalented Performer
Dodie Rife, Executive Director, NOVA Center for the Performing Arts/Theatrical Producer & Director
Please call 406.256.6804 or email membership@artmuseum.org to confirm your attendance.
Friday, December 5 // 11 AM – 8 PM
Get ready to mix, mingle, and make holiday magic! WinterFair is a celebration of art, creativity, and community spirit—held in conjunction with the Downtown Billings Christmas Stroll and December ArtWalk. Featuring local artists, artisan foods, and hands-on cheer, WinterFair brings families, art lovers, and holiday shoppers to the YAM.
Sweeten the Season with Sponsorship! For sponsorship information, please contact YAM’s Development Director, Barbara Schneeman, at development@artmuseum.org or call 406.256.6804 x225.
Forest Double-zip Crossbody Bag
Sage Eyeglasses Case
Blue Dress Shoelaces Stolen Riches $20
Van Gogh Socks
B.Yellowtail
$75
Resilience Candle
B.Yellowtail
$35
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YAM Store hours: Wednesday – Saturday from 10 AM – 5 PM and Thursday’s open until 8 PM. YAM members at the Benefactor and above level receive 10% off all YAM Store purchases!
Not in Billings? Call or email Isabelle at 406.256.6804 x245 or retail@artmuseum.org to place an order.
“I’m Inside, You’re Outside” 22" Silk Scarf
Dana Boussard
Elk Ivory Silk Scarf
Cowboy Coffee Candle
Cloudy Babe
Invest in the YAM — the Future of Art and Culture in Our Region
The Yellowstone Art Museum has transformed from a small local art center into the region’s largest and most influential contemporary art museum—a vital hub where creativity, education, and cultural exchange shape the future of our community.
The YAM represents more than a museum—it is an engine for economic vibrancy, cultural tourism, educational enrichment, and community identity. Each exhibition, program, and learning experience at the YAM drives innovation, sparks dialogue and inspires future generations.
To secure this impact for decades to come, we are building a strong and permanent Endowment Fund. A robust endowment is not just financial security—it is the foundation that guarantees the museum’s excellence, accessibility, and relevance for generations. Your investment today ensures that the children, artists, and innovators who walk through our doors tomorrow will experience a world-class museum that uplifts our region’s spirit and economy.
Join us in shaping the cultural legacy of the Northern Rockies by investing in the Yellowstone Art Museum’s future.
Options for Giving to the YAM Endowment
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Multiply Your Impact with the Montana Endowment Tax Credit
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For Individuals:
You may be eligible for a federal income tax deduction, a Montana state income tax credit, and capital gains tax savings when you contribute appreciated assets. Many individuals choose to establish a charitable deferred gift annuity with the YAM, unlocking a Montana income tax credit of up to 40% of the charitable value of their gift—up to $15,000 per individual or $30,000 for joint filers.
For Montana Businesses:
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The YAM Honors Life Time Legacy Society Members
Linda Shelhamer and Stephen Haraden
“As someone who grew up in the country and in schools without art, I didn’t know what I was missing until I started going to museums at almost age 30. I want everyone in our area to get a chance to create and enjoy art. YAM provides this opportunity to everyone as well as supporting our region’s artists. I want YAM to thrive in the future for my grandkids and others.” —Linda Shelhamer
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YAM is my art museum. I hope others think of it as their art museum, too.” —Stephen Haraden
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Jon Lodge: Carbon Strata Opens
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Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM
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Last day of The Language of the Land: Ucross Native American Fellowship Artists
YAM University with Dr. Patricia Vettel-Becker, Conceptual Art, 10:30 – 11:30 AM
Monster Drawing Rally, 5–8 PM
Studio 2nd Saturday: Carbon Copied, 10 AM – 12 PM
Last day for Hardin Middle School YAG Exhibition
Artist Talk and Performance by Jon Lodge, 5 PM reception, 5:30 PM talk/performance
Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM
Summer Art Academy Murals with Beth Korth YAG Exhibition Opens
Introductory Museum Youth Council Meeting, 3:30–5 PM
A Special Evening with Barbara Van Cleve, 4:30 PM reception, 5:30 PM artist talk
Adult Art Class: Drawing the Figure, 10 AM – 4 PM
Dates and times are subject to change. Please check our website artmuseum.org/calendar for any updates and changes.
ArtWalk & First Friday: WinterFair at the YAM, 11 AM – 8 PM
Studio Visit with Jon Lodge for members of the Donor’s Circle level and above, 1–3 PM
FAM at the YAM: Patterns, 4 – 6 PM
Studio 2nd Saturday: Soft Sculpture, 10 AM – 12 PM
YAM University with Dr. Patricia Vettel-Becker, Conceptual Art, 10:30 – 11:30 AM
The Art of Creative Direction: Conversations in Music, Film, & Theater, 3–5 PM
day of Man and Machine
for Artist-inResidence
View the Vault—Ranching Artists: Mentors & Friends, 10–11 AM
In A Nutshell Opens
Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM
Last day for Summer Art Academy Murals with Beth Korth YAG Exhibition
FAM at the YAM: Winter is Here, 4 – 6 PM
Head Start Billings, Laurel, and Lockwood YAG Exhibition Opens
Studio 2nd Saturday: Sensational Senses, 10 AM – 12 PM
Connections at the Art Museum, 10:30 AM – 12 PM
The Yellowstone Art Museum’s spacious Promenade and Great Hall, along with its ever-changing art exhibitions, offer a beautiful setting for your private events. The museum is the perfect backdrop for intimate wedding ceremonies and receptions, bridal showers, and all celebrations.
Scan the QR code or contact Tatum Walker, Rental Coordinator at 406.256.6804 x236 or rentals@artmuseum.org to inquire about a rental space.
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 AM – 12 PM
Members: $10 | Not-yet Members: $20
Register online, by calling 406.256.6804 x238 or email arteducator@artmuseum.org
Every Studio 2nd Saturday class includes touring the galleries and creating art connected to current exhibitions.
October 11 | Carbon Copied
Use various forms of carbon to create artwork inspired by Jon Lodge in his exhibition Carbon Strata.
November 8 | Soft Sculpture
A unique way of sculping, create a squishy sculpture taking influence from the artwork in Threads.
December 13 | Sensational Senses
Sight, smell, sound, and touch; explore art using your senses in the Carbon Strata exhibition then create your own artwork using what you discovered.
YOUNG ARTISTS’ GALLERY
Hardin Middle School
Saturday, August 30 – Sunday, October 12
Summer Art Academy Murals with Beth Korth Saturday, October 18 – Sunday, November 30
Head Start Billings, Laurel, and Lockwood Saturday, December 6 – Sunday, January 18
FAM AT THE YAM
All ages welcome | 4 – 6 PM at the YAM FREE! No advanced registration required. FAM at the YAM is for everyone! Bring children, friends, and grandparents; all types of families are welcome. Create art together with a professional artist and learn about their process. It’s a great way to kick off your First Friday evening.
October 3 | Carbon Strata
Create using carbon and meet the artist Jon Lodge in his exhibition Carbon Strata.
November 7 | Patterns
Using the patterns found in Threads, create a mixed media work of art.
December 5 | Winter is Here
Winter is here! Come create a special family memento using clay inspired by the season.
MUSEUM YOUTH COUNCIL
Ages 13 – 18 | 3:30 – 5 PM | FREE!
Join us as we dive into the YAM’s exhibitions, learn new techniques, and discover your artistic voice. Questions? Email Angel at arteducator@artmuseum.org.
Join us for an introductory Museum Youth Council meeting on October 22nd! Applications will open in September.
Now Open on Saturdays!
Café Hours: Wednesday – Saturday from 11 am – 2 pm
ADULT ART 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. If your YAM Membership has lapsed or is invalid, you will be automatically charged the remainder of the class fee.
Art CLASSES
YAM adult art classes are designed for everyone from beginners to artists who want to hone their skills. Every class is taught by a professional artist who is eager to share their creative process and techniques. These museum-based classes are perfect for lifelong learners and creative members of our community. All adult art classes are available for OPI credits.
Drawing the Figure Saturday, October 25 | 10 AM – 4 PM Cost: $50
In this one-day workshop we will utilize the crystalline allotrope of Carbon (inspired by Jon Lodge’s exhibition Carbon Strata) to explore the human form. Drawing the full human figure in with Florence Academy of Art student, Battista Eaton.
YAM University: Beyond the Object Thursdays, September 11, October 9, & November 13 from 10:30 – 11:30 AM | Suggested donation $10/Class
Join Dr. Patricia Vettel-Becker, Professor Emerita of Art History at MSUB, Brian T. Leahy, Assistant Professor of Art History at MSUB, and local artist and YAM Docent, Fay Golson, for three inspiring tours beyond the objects in our new exhibition, Jon Lodge: Carbon Strata. Together, we will dive into a greater understanding of Conceptual Art and discover how ideas come to life in an artist’s beautiful mind.
Connections at the Art Museum
with the Montana Chapter of the Every 3rd Friday
September 19 | October 17 | November 21 | December 19, 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 cognitive impairment and their care partners through art. Join us to view, discuss, and create art with trained docents and volunteers. No cost to participate.
Big Ink at the Yellowstone Art Museum: A Woodblock Printing Workshop
April 24 – 26, 2026
Registration will be available soon!
The Yellowstone Art Museum is excited to host a workshop with BIG INK next spring. BIG INK, along with their portable presses, make woodblock printing accessible to anyone interested in the process and artform, from beginners to professional artists.
Lyell Castonguay, artist and BIG INK founder, will be on-site at the YAM April 24 through 26, 2026. “The Big Tuna,” a travel-capable, modular press, will make for an engaging and educational workshop where attendees can bring their own relief carvings and be an active participant in the printmaking process.
Due to the nature of this workshop, preliminary educational content and carving must be completed in advance of the in-person activities next April. The sign-up deadline is February 9, 2026.
Registration will be available at bigink.org soon! Workshop updates and additional information can be found at artmuseum.org/educate/adult-education.
We would like to give our sincerest thanks to all members, donors, and sponsors who have contributed and pledged $125 and above. This cumulative list reflects gifts to the YAM given from July 25, 2024, through July 25, 2025, including Art Auction donations and purchases.
$1,000,000+
Deborah Anspach & Dr. John Hanson
$100,000 – 199,999
Anonymous
Lornel Baker
Patricia Burg
Andrea & Joel Long
Bess Lovec
Ted Lovec
Mary Alice Fortin Foundation
Yellowstone County
$50,000 – 99,999
Anonymous
Art Bridges Foundation
Montana Community Foundation
Linda Shelhamer & Stephen Haraden
$25,000 – 49,999
Diane Boyer Jerhoff
Dr. Doug & Karla Carr
Charles M. Bair Family Trust
Margaret Davis & Bruce Ennis
Ruth & Larry Martin
Christine & James Scott
Treacy Foundation
$10,000 – 24,999
Anonymous
Jennifer & Steve Corning
Jane Waggoner Deschner & Jon Lodge
First Interstate BancSystem Foundation
Dona & Paul Hagen
Andrea & Alex Heyneman
Hilltop Inn by Riversage
Cynthia & David Hummel
Kathryn Caine Wanlass
Charitable Foundation
Gareld Krieg
Betty Loos & Gordon McConnell
Montana Arts Council
Montana State University — School of Art
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Diana Norton & Joel Anderson
Gary & Melissa Oakland
Kimberly & Don Olsen
Riversage Billings Inn
Stephanie & Matthew Stroud
Susan Sullivan & Stephen Zabawa
Leslie Taylor
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Sherri Eastman
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Jack McGillis
Par Montana
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Jim Reuter
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Mya Cluff
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Scott Foundation
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Save the Date:
58th Annual Art Auction at the Yellowstone Art Museum February – March 2026 Artist submissions open through November 2, 2025
Event Sponsorships for the 58th annual Yellowstone Art Auction are now available! To inquire about our wide range of opportunities, please contact YAM’s Development Director, Barbara Schneeman, at: development@artmuseum.org .
OUR MISSION
The Yellowstone Art Museum exhibits, interprets, collects, and preserves art, for the enrichment, education, inspiration, and enjoyment of all.
Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program allows the Yellowstone Art Museum to offer free admission. We are funded in part by coal severance taxes paid based upon coal mined in Montana and deposited in Montana’s cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund.
