Recruitment for Artist Wilderness Connection started
Applications for the Artist Wilderness Connection, Artist Residency Program will open on January 6th.
Artists from a wide variety of disciplines, media and styles apply for the 2023 Artist Wilderness Connections, Montana’s unique collaborative artist-in-residence program managed by the Hockaday Museum of Art, Flathead National Forest, the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation and Swan Valley Connections. You are invited. , this year is the 19th year.
Registration begins online tomorrow and closes on February 17th. Individual and group collaborations from all artistic styles and mediums are invited to apply. Online applications and complete program information are available at www.hockadaymuseum.com/artist-wilderness. The selected artists will be announced on March 17th.
The 2023 Artist Wilderness Connection Program invites two artists to a secluded woodshed in the Bob Marshall and Great Bear Wilderness Area of Northwest Montana for one to two weeks in July, August, or September. , writers, or musicians stay and produce art. Inspired by nature and the experience of living in the wilderness.
After completing their residency, artists will work with the Hockaday Museum of Art and other program partners to share their backcountry experiences through free community outreach programs and exhibitions, and contribute their representative artwork to the Artist Wilderness Connection program. donate.
For more information about the program or the application process, please contact Kathy Martin of the Hockaday Museum at 406-755-5268, education@hoccadaymuseum.com. Teresa Wenum, Flathead National Forest, 406-758-5218 or Rebecca Powell, Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, 406-387-3808.
Metropolitan Opera Live HD: Fedora
The Whitefish Theater Company and the Whitefish Performing Arts Center are jointly presenting the fourth live on-screen performance of the Metropolitan Opera Live for the HD 2022-2023 season. Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating “Fedora” will perform at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 14th at 10:55am.
Fedora returns to the Met after 25 years. A Russian princess, Fedora Romanzov, tracks down Count Loris, who murdered her fiancée. But in true operatic form, she falls in love with him, but ends up betraying him by mistake and eventually ending her life after he denounces her: the Italian ultra-romantic girlfriend Fedora is packed with memorable melodies, eye-popping arias, and explosive conflicts.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students, cash only, and sold at the door only.
father daughter winter ball
Tickets for the Whitefish Theater Co. (WTC) 8th Annual Father-Daughter Winter Ball are on sale now. A great gift idea for dad and daughter (or daughter) for the holidays.
This special evening takes place at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish on January 27th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and is open to fathers and daughters of all ages. Enjoy elegance, a special dance and a night your daughters will never forget.
Winter Motor Fun at the Miracle of America Museum
Visitors to the Miracle of America Museum will learn more about (and ride) select early snow transport vehicles during the museum’s second annual Winterfest, Saturday, January 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. can do.
About 100 years ago, people equipped bicycles with runners in the front and studded tires in the back to carry them through the snow. With the advent of the internal combustion engine, winter-loving innovators developed machines for use on snow. By the 1920s, the first machines, now called snowmobiles, appeared. Compared to today’s sophisticated and powerful models, these early machines were much slower, often cumbersome and sometimes difficult to operate, but they offered winter recreation to a new audience.
Machines that are usually part of a static exhibit come to life as museum volunteers start the engines and provide rides and demonstrations of historic snow machines and other snow vehicles.
Additionally, visitors can ride in two vintage vehicles used in Glacier National Park. A Snowcrawler built by a member of the maintenance crew at the East Glacier Shop and the historic 1952 Tucker he replaced it with his Snowcat. Western Montana Vintage Snowmobile Enthusiasts attendees will also bring their sleighs and provide rides.
The day is a fundraiser for the non-profit museum, with regular admission prices and hot chocolate and apple cider for $1 a cup.
Donations are accepted to cover the cost of non-ethanol premium gas required for all historic vehicles. While the emphasis may be on snow machines, you’ll find exhibits of vintage and historic skis, snowshoes, and clothing used in Montana winters.
Museum founder Gil Mangels is also looking for volunteers to drive some of the vehicles and hopes to invite snow sports groups and companies that want to demonstrate or display their products during the event to join in the fun. increase.
Please call 406-883-6804 for more information.