Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art 1400 1st Ave N, Great Falls, MT 59401
YUPO WORKSHOP
Ages: Teen-Adult (Class limit 20)
Instructor: Dawn L. Sievers
Days: August 2,3,4,5,6
Time: 1:00-3:00pm
Class Fee: $66.00 ($60.00 Members)
Supply Fee: $30.00
Yupo painting is a new watercolor technique which allows vivid colors to float on plastic paper. We will experiment with layering, texturing, lifting, and gradations.
PAPER MACHE’ SCULPTURE
Ages: Grades 4-6
Instructor: Terry A. Thall
Days: August 10,11,12,13,16
Time: 9:00–11:30am
Class Fee: $66.00 ($60.00 Members)
Supply Fee: $5.00
Students will learn about various kinds of sculpture using examples in the collection of the museum. Then students will have an opportunity to create large scale sculptures to be displayed on the lawn of Paris Gibson Square and smaller individual sculptures to take home.
Students will explore the world of shrinky dinks through cartoon drawings. Each student will experiment using a variety of mediums on shrinky dinks to create their cartoons. We will then bake them in the oven and watch them shrink!
INTRO TO COIL POTS WORKSHOP
Ages: Teen-Adult
Instructor: Whitney Polich
Days: Mon-Wed Aug 9,10,11; Mon Aug 16, Glazing; Mon Aug 23 Critique/Pick Up
Time: 6:00-9:00PM Class Fee: $77.00 ($70.00 Members)
Supply Fee: $27.00 Clay and Glaze
Students will learn the general history of coil pots and the fundamentals for creating their own pot. The focus will be on form vs. function and controlling the clay. Students will then get the chance to make their own vessel and glaze it.
Contact Person: Lisa Gross, Curator of Education (406) 727-8255, lisa@the-square.org
On Friday, August 6 and Saturday, August 7, The Square invites the public to join us for two evenings of short films by young independent filmmakers.
The Best of the 35th Northwest Film & Video Festival includes twelve films plucked from Northwest Film & Video Festival, a showcase for work by innovative emerging filmmakers held annually in Portland Oregon.
Please note that the program is the same for both evenings. Admission is $5 for museum members; $6 for non-members. Seating is limited, so get your tickets today! This event is sponsored by Bison Ford, MT Cre8tive and American Scorpion Kung Fu.
The Best of the Northwest Film & Video Festival Tour is a collection of films selected by the Northwest Film Center from their annual film festival. The films are packaged together and sent to colleges, museums, theaters, and community centers. The tour allows communities that might otherwise have no access to independent film and video to experience a film festival in their own city, and generates income for the artists represented. The films selected for this year’s tour cannot properly express the breadth of talent in our region, but we hope that it will whet your appetite and encourage you to seek out and appreciate visionary work wherever you can find it.
** The films are unrated; please be advised that some material may not be appropriate for children.
Featured films:
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN POETRY
Andrew Smith, Courtney Saunders / Missoula, MT
Pity the poor poet working in the dumbed-down world of modern marketing.
NOVEMBER’S LIGHT
Cheryl Lohrmann / Portland, OR
This elegiac poem to a least favorite time of year reminds us that summer will always end. Forever.
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN 1947-2007
Margot Quan Knight / Seattle, WA
A woman, well documented by home snapshots –
Kodachrome to digital – ages before our eyes.
WE THREE
Laura di Trapani / Portland, OR
An animated Busby Berkley leg show set in a Dali-esque dreamscape.
SMILE
Julia Kwan / Vancouver, BC
A Chinese family in 1980’s Vancouver, prepares to take a family photo.
TO REMEMBER THAT OUR SKIES ARE THE SAME SKIES
Chris Lael Larson / Portland, OR
Exquisite, State of the art motion graphics poetically render the university of humanity.
THE PULL
Andrew Blubaugh / Portland, OR
Before Andy and john made the transition from friends to boyfriends,
they decided the exact date that they would break up.
COOKIES FOR SALE
Wes Kim / Seattle, WA
Playing like a Warner Brothers Looney Tune,
this live action cartoon
pits a persistent Girl Scout against a grumpy tightwad.
HOLLERINGS / THREE STORIES IN WOOD
Lara Gallagher, Andrew Ellmaker / Portland, OR
Three stories of the quiet revelations and anxieties inhabit a faceless, motionless world.
NICKEL AND DIMIN’ IT WITH BUDDY
Tomas Soderberg / Portland, OR
Buddy is a homeless man in Portland,
Oregon who makes a living returning cans and bottles.
HIRSUTE
A.J. Bond / Vancouver, BC
A time traveler is visited by an arrogant and hairless
future version of himself.
WIND
Chel White / Portland, OR
This allegorical perspective on climate change offers a
haunting and ultimately empowering view of our planet.
Narrated by Alec Baldwin with piano accompaniment
by Thomas Lauderdale.
FREE Live Music on Bert and Ernie's stage.
Music begins at: 7:00 p.m. Stop by enjoy the best food in town, listen to live music, enjoy some wine and/or micro brews, check out the new photos on the West Wall, and meet new friends.
There is new art work currently showing at Bert & Ernie's.
Check out the Urban Art Gallery across the street and then come in, grab some dinner, have a glass of wine and/or Micro Brew, and discuss the artwork just viewed.
Self-guided tour of current Urban Art Project Exhibits.
On the West Wall at Bert & Ernie's will be works of art created by:
One of the artists. Check out the Urban Art Project across the street and then come in, grab some dinner, have a glass of wine and/or Micro Brew, listen to Live Music, and discuss the artwork just viewed.
Urban Art Project 315 1st Ave S
Great Falls, Mt 59401 MAP
The sixteen (16) artist-owners of Gallery 16 have been working in their individual studios prepare one-of-a-kind gifts for holiday giving. Nancy Armstrong will have watercolors and pottery; Pam Cornelius, wheel thrown and slab built pottery; Kay Feist, Judy Ericksen and Linda Walters have thrown pots in all shapes and sizes. Maude Knudsen and Cathy Marquard have created a variety of woven, felted and knitted items. Joyce Ranum; Carol Spurgeon and Judy Gurnsey have paintings and note cards. Judy Gurnsey will also have painted ornaments and holiday decorations. Shirley Rothwell's slab items will include her award winning angels. Pat Ericksen will again have paintings, art pins and cards. Marcia Hocevar will feature hand-painted garments, paintings and mask.
Gallery 16
608 Central Avenue
Great Falls, MT 59401 MAP
Congratulations to Gallery 16 as they celebrate their 40th Anniversary!
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art 1400 1st Ave N, Great Falls, MT 59401
Contact Person: Lisa Gross, Curator of Education (406) 727-8255, lisa@the-square.org
The museum’s main entrance is located on the North, Northwest corner of the building.
Wheelchair access is located on the West, Northwest corner of the building.
YOUR Community Art Museum!
PRESCHOOL
OPEN STUDIO
No Registration Required!
Ages: 3-6 w/parent or caregiver
Instructor: Wende Curry Tuesdays: July 27
Time: 3:30-5:30pm
Price: $4.50 ($2.00 Members) (per student, per class)
Supplies provided by The Square!
Four stations of art and fun are available for your little one and you to explore the wonderful world of art.
INTRO TO CALLIGRAPHY I
Instructor: Ruth McDonald-Gates Tuesdays: July 27
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Class Fee: $89.00 ($80.00 Members)
Supply Fee: $35.00
Students will learn an elegant, graceful alphabet in a step-by-step approach by
covering basic strokes, minuscules
(lower-case letters) and capitals.
INTRO TO CALLIGRAPHY II
Instructor: Ruth McDonald-Gates Thursdays: July 29
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Class Fee: $89.00 ($80.00 Members)
Supply Fee: $35.00
This is a continuation of Intro to Calligraphy.
Students who take this class must have attended Intro to Calligraphy I.
DRAWING ANIMALS
Ages: 5-8
Instructor: Susann Lavold Saturday: July 31
Time: 9:00-10:30am
Class Fee: $33 ($30.00 Members)
Supply Fee: $12.00
Participants learn about the basic anatomy of different types of animals & how knowledge of the bone structure of any animal is vital for creating realistic features. Use of traditional techniques will create a strong 3-dimensional aspect in their drawings.
DRAWING ANIMALS
Ages: 9-Teen
Instructor: Susann Lavold Saturday: July 31
Time: 12:00-3:00pm
Class Fee: $44 ($40.00 Members)
Supply Fee: $12.00
Participants learn about the basic anatomy of different types of animals & how knowledge of the bone structure of any animal is vital for creating realistic features. Use of traditional techniques will create a strong 3-dimensional aspect in their drawings.
YUPO WORKSHOP
Ages: Teen-Adult (Class limit 20)
Instructor: Dawn L. Sievers Monday- Friday, August 2,3,4,5,6
Time: 1:00-3:00pm
Class Fee: $66.00 ($60.00 Members)
Supply Fee: $30.00
Yupo painting is a new watercolor technique which allows vivid colors to float on plastic paper. We will experiment with layering, texturing, lifting, and gradations.
PAPER MACHE’ SCULPTURE
Ages: Grades 4-6
Instructor: Terry A. Thall Tuesday-Monday, August 10,11,12,13,16
Time: 9:00–11:30am
Class Fee: $66.00 ($60.00 Members)
Supply Fee: $5.00
Students will learn about various kinds of sculpture using examples in the collection of the museum. Then students will have an opportunity to create large scale sculptures to be displayed on the lawn of Paris Gibson Square and smaller individual sculptures to take home.
YOGA
Introduction to Yoga with Pamela Quinn, RYT Mondays: 6:00-7:15pm
6-Week Session
$66.00 ($60.00 Members)
Contact The Square for the next session.
Yoga for MS and Limited Physical Ability
with Pamela Quinn, RYT
Open to all Ages! Mondays: 11:30am-12:30pm
6-Week Session
$66.00 ($60.00 Members)
Contact The Square for the next session.
T’AI CHI Beginning T’ai Chi
Ages: Teen-Adult
Instructor: Cynthia Quarta Tuesdays: 5:15-6:15pm
Prices: $30.00 ($27.00 Members)
Next 12 week session begins June 8,2010
Intermediate T’ai Chi Chuan
Ages: Teen-Adult
Instructor: Cynthia Quarta Thursdays
Time: 5:15-6:15pm
Fees: See Rate Chart Below
Advanced T’ai Chi Chuan
Ages: Teen-Adult
Instructor: Cynthia Quarta Mondays
Time: 5:15-6:15pm
Fees: See Rate Chart Below
RATES:
Member Non Member
Monthly $13.50 $15.00
Punch card $27.00 $30.00
(8 classes)
Drop-in fee $4.50 $5.00
Registration Policy
Classes have limited space; registration is required!
Registration is not in effect until payment of class fee has been received.
Register by mail, in person, e-mail or by phone.
The Square’s Hours:
Monday - Friday 10am-5pm; Tuesday evening 7-9pm; Saturday 12-5pm
25% of the class fee is non-refundable in the event of cancellation by the student.
No refunds after the first class.
You must attend the session you register for unless you contact The Square first.
Supply needs vary per class. Please check to see if you are required to purchase supplies for your class.
Please drop off and pick up children on time in the classroom.
Roberta Cooney Art Fund Scholarships are available to eligible children.
For additional information, please contact: Lisa Gross, Curator of Education, 406-727-8255 lisa@the-square.org
Four West Art League
Fourth Floor - The Columbus Center
1601 2nd Avenue North Great Falls, MT
Four West Studio Artists:
Pat Bushly, Drawing and Fibers; Gary Davison, Oils and Metal; Gail Dust, Oils; Kalie Evans, Jewelry; Maryellen Gutucker, Oils; Bernie Hagerman, Oils and Casein; Gudrun Linden, Weaving and Fibers; Janet Sedlacek, Watercolors; Timothy Seery, Paintings; Haley Van Heel, Leather Coats (Fashion Design); Jackie Van Heel, Watercolors and Oils.
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