Please join us for the Aizada Imports Trunk Show on Monday & Tuesday, December 2nd & 3rd, 10-6PM+!! This annual event features handmade felted creations & accessories from Kyrgyzstan. Hats, slippers, clothing, rugs, dolls, scarves, wall-hangings & much more for the perfect holiday gifts!! Light refreshments & holiday cheer! For more information, please call 406-863-ARTS!!
Please join us for Whitefish Gallery Nights this Thursday, October 3rd, 6-9PM. We will be featuring works by Glacier Symphony & Chorale Executive Director, Alan Satterlee, Whitefish artist, Mark Baumbach, and St. Ignatius artist, James Boot.
Alan Satterlee-Pen & Ink: “I like paintings and drawings with a lot of repetition in them. I think this is part of a therapeutic process for me…while I draw and repeat patterns, it gives me time to think in a rather free-form way with somewhat controlled distractions.”
Mark Baumbach-Mixed Media: “True Magnetic West” features new works by local Whitefish artist and young father extraordinaire!
James Boot-Watercolor w/handcrafted framing by James & son, Nathan Boot: “Living close to nature and experiencing the changing season in the wilderness surroundings of Montana brings a harmony and inner peace to my life which I try to reflect through my art.”
Mark Baumbach-To Become Less
Alan Satterlee-City by the Sea
Please join us on Thursday, September 5th, for “BeTween”, an exhibit of hand-crafted kites by St. Ignatius artist, Lindy Johnston. Fine art, live music by cellist, Lee Zimmerman and refreshments! For more information, please call 406-863-ARTS or go to http://www.whitefishgallerynights.org!!
“I grew up in Libby, where traditional Eddy and box kites did not offer much entertainment due to the lack of steady wind. Then, in college, I discovered “fighter kites” native to the Himalayas and Japan. My first kites were made to replace the ones I flew until they became non-repair-able, Grandmaster kites, still imported from southeast Asia. Often flown at the beach, these maneuverable and intimate kites are well-suited to light breezes of mountain regions-for many reasons they are my favorite kites to make and fly. From the start I began developing my own surface designs. At that time in North America, few people made paper kites, preferring to use durable fabric. Traveling to kite workshops and festivals introduced me to wonderful people around the world and I learned to split bamboo from kite masters from Asia. In China I discovered that other kite makers put radish shapes on kites and I learned that my decorative themes were not necessarily as original as I thought! My kites are often traditional, sometimes abstract. Preferred materials include ages bamboo, collected papers and scraps, maps and my own markings. Many kites are part of a series never complete-I think of these kites somewhat like mono-prints, related yet unique and although I try to be consistent in cataloging them, some get away. Not all kites fly well, they either fly or attempt to fly or else they are not kites, but about kites. With exposure, paper kites fade, get damaged, yet that does not necessarily detract from their art. Some serve as tools to explore relationships twixt time and tactile, earth and word, person and heaven. Some are just for fun!” -Linda “Lindy” Johnston
Please join us this Thursday, August 1st, 6-9PM for “Hanging On: Portraits of an American Rodeo”, featuring images taken at the Blue Moon Rodeo in Columbia Falls over the past few years by Chicago photographer, Kurt Kramer. For more information about gallery nights in Whitefish go to http://www.whitefishgallerynights.org or call 406-863-ARTS. Fine art, refreshments & a little live music. Cheers!
French Horn
Island
Ghost
Please join us for our next Whitefish Gallery Nights event on Thursday, June 6th, 6-9PM. We will be exhibiting Whitefish artist, Judy Cockrell. “Beginning to Come Unwound” will feature a variety of colorful acrylics on panel, from fish to french horns. Fine art, refreshments & a little live music! For more information, call 406-863-ARTS, go to http://www.whitefishgallerynights.org or find us on Facebook!!
Stephen Braun
Join us for our first Whitefish Gallery Nights Exhibit of the season, featuring a selection of FVCC Ceramics Festiva Conference instructors/participants!! Thursday, May 2nd, 6-9PM. Fine art, refreshments & a little live music!! For more information, call 406-863-ARTS or go to http://www.whitefishgallerynights.org. The Ceramics Festiva Conference will be May 22nd-25th at Flathead Community College, for more information on that, go to http://www.ceramicsfestiva.com!!
Check out our gallery page-I’ve been adding images from some of our wonderful artists!! We feature Andrea Brew, Cherlyn Wilcox, Danny Kraus, Justin Anthony, Mark Baumbach, Robert Seymour, Mimi Werner, Stephanie Pointer, Essie Roberts, Sean Heavey, Rink Davis, and introducing this year, Judy Cockrell, Lindy Johnston, Fred Warf & Kurt Kramer. I have a lot of photo uploads to do!!! Also, watch for our Whitefish Gallery Nights line-up coming out soon here, on Facebook & http://www.whitefishgallerynights.org!!
Talk about baby steps. We exist!! Now I just need to spend a day uploading pictures for our framing & gallery pages!!
Well-we are working our way into the realm of the website world! We are ready to be able to feature what we do to more folks! Be patient with us as we are still kind of old-school and learning the … Continue reading
The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery 