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BACC offers a spectrum of Art workshops and presentations.  Year round workshops and lectures are available in the visual,  digital, dance and music arts.  We encourage you to join us for a wonderful learning experience led by our local Montana artisans.   "Through visual storytelling, art conveys complex cultural narratives that might otherwise be lost"

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🎨 Art - Culture - Community

At the Bigfork Art & Cultural Center

The Bigfork Art & Cultural Center (BACC) is your hometown hub for creativity, culture, and community. Located in the heart of downtown Bigfork, we offer art exhibits, lectures, workshops, and events that bring people together to learn, make, and experience something meaningful.

From gallery shows and museum talks to hands-on art projects and private rentals, BACC is a welcoming space where all ages can connect with the arts and with one another.

Whether you're visiting for an exhibit, attending a lecture, hosting an event, or just dropping into the makerspace, there's always something happening at BACC!

 

🕒 Walk-In “Create-IT” Makerspace Hours

Drop in & get creative!               Starting April 15th!

  • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: Noon – 5:00 PM
  • Friday & Saturday: 11:00 – 6:30 PM
  • Evenings by reservation

Non-Member Fee: Supplies + $15 studio day use fee
No reservation needed—just bring your imagination!

🎉 Private Party & Group Reservations

Celebrate or collaborate through creativity.

Whether it’s a birthday, bridal shower, or a team-building session for your business or organization, the BACC is the perfect place to gather and make something memorable.

🌙 After-Hours Studio Reservations

  • Time: Starts at 6:30 PM (Not available Sundays)
  • Fee: $120 for 2 hours (member rate) $150 non-member.
  • Includes: Exclusive studio access + BACC staff co-host
  • Projects: Priced per activity
  • BYO: Food, drinks, and your favorite people
     

 

🌞 Daytime Classroom Reservations

  • Fee: $90 for 2 hours
  • Location: Upstairs conference room or downstairs Makerspace
  • Projects: Priced per participant
  • Perfect for: Family celebrations, kids’ parties, reunions, or community meetups
     

🎨 Pick Your Creative Project

Choose from a variety of hands-o

Integrated homeschool Arts Class

4 week session for May

The last 4 week session of the spring will include a close look at creating with plant-based materials.  From creating to cooking, kids will have fun exploring a whole new perspective about plants!

Integrated homeschool Arts Class

Paper Succulent Creations

w/ Allyson Fraser of Leaf & Lotus

Join us for a fun and relaxing workshop where you’ll learn to create stunning paper succulents using expert techniques! Choose a base—wooden frame, box, or terrarium—and design your own custom arrangement....
Paper Succulent Creations

Making Paper designs / beginning level

w/ Allyson Fraser of Leaf & Lotus

Join us for a fun and relaxing workshop where you’ll learn to create stunning paper succulents using expert techniques! Choose a base—wooden frame, box, or terrarium—and design your own custom arrangement....
Making Paper designs / beginning level

Copper Jewelry Making, Rings

w/ John Rose

Enjoy crafting your own copper ring with John Rose.  All tools and supplies included in this class.  Come enjoy a wonderful creative experience!

Copper Jewelry Making, Rings

Kids Summer Camp at BACC

June session: Art inside and out!

Join us for the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center's 2025 Summer Art Camp, where creativity and nature intertwine! Designed for young artists aged 6-12, this week-long camp offers a diverse range of activities, including...
Kids Summer Camp at BACC

Sage Series / Activities for Seniors

Sponsored by funds from the Greatfish Community Challenge

The Bigfork Art and Cultural Center is launching a new community initiative, the Sage Series for Seniors, beginning Wednesday, June 18th from 11 AM to 1 PM at 525 Electric Avenue in Bigfork. This monthly program is designed to...
Sage Series / Activities for Seniors

Kids copper crafting class

w/ John Rose

John Rose’s Copper Crafting Class at BACC Summer Art Camp invites kids to explore the magic of working with real copper! Under John’s expert guidance, young artists will learn to shape, emboss, and decorate copper...
Kids copper crafting class

Create your own Copper earrings

 w/ Local Copper Artist, John Rose

Get ready for a hands-on jewelry making adventure at the BACC!  Local Copper Artist, John Rose will guide you through crafting a stunning pair of polished copper earrings.  If you have taken this class before, he will work with you to add new techniques and designs to your final creations!

All Materials and Tools provided.  Once you take this workshop, and our makerspace officially opens you can return at your convenience and create MORE!

Don't wait to sign up, class size limited to 6.

Create your own Copper earrings

Creating Compositions in Alcohol Ink

w/ Amy Trujillo

Creating Compositions in Alcohol Ink with Amy Trujillo (June 28, 1–3 PM) offers a vibrant, hands-on exploration of this fluid and colorful medium. In this engaging class, Amy will guide participants through the basics of...
Creating Compositions in Alcohol Ink

Sage Series / Activities for Seniors

Sponsored by funds from the Greatfish Community Challenge

The Bigfork Art and Cultural Center is launching a new community initiative, the Lunchtime; Sage Series for Seniors at 525 Electric Avenue in Bigfork. This monthly program is designed to foster creativity, learning,...
Sage Series / Activities for Seniors

Kids Summer Camp at BACC

July session: Art inside and out!

Join us for the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center's 2025 Summer Art Camp, where creativity and nature intertwine! Designed for young artists aged 6-12, this week-long camp offers a diverse range of activities, including...
Kids Summer Camp at BACC
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Meet our Instructors

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William Smith

Graphic designer by trade. Artist and teacher by heart.

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William Smith

I have been an artist my whole life. At a young age I would draw every day for hours. I experimented with pencil, charcoal, pen and ink and finally developed a passion for oil painting. I pursed my artistic passion through art classes in school and commercial art classes in high school where everything changed. After receiving a A.A.S. in Commercial Art from Ferris State University, my career took me from newspaper editorial illustration, to design agencies and eventually to owner and creative director of a successful marketing communications firm in Michigan, from which I retired. My wife and I moved to Montana where I began my latest career in Bigfork, designing full-time for an award-winning creative firm. In my spare time, I work in my home studio putting brush to canvas using the beauty that surrounds me for creative inspiration.

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Jennifer Bach

Artist & Transformational Coach

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Jennifer Bach

As an artist and Transformational Wellness Coach I have the unique opportunity to  provide creative workshops for small groups and work teams. Creating in a group format cultivates connection and collaboration. For many people painting and other creative projects are outside their comfort zone, at JB Inspired Living I implement a functional approach to wellness and living. Meaning, we work together to master the Art of Flourishing through Transformational Wellness; Inspiring health and wholeness in all areas of life. All systems of the body...mental, emotional, physical and spiritual, function in tandem with one another. Not one part of our wellbeing is isolated. Creating provides many health benefits to the mind, body and soul.

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Giovanna Carlson

Homeschool & Dance Consultant

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Terrisa Olson

Artist and workshop leader.

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Terrisa Olson

Terrisa is a popular artist and BACC workshop leader!

Terrisa was born and raised in Billings, Mt. As a child she spent summers visiting her Aunt and Uncle's farm in Pryor,Mt. on the Crow Reservation. 
She was greatly influenced  during these visits, gaining a love for the mountains, wildlife and farm life.
  Terrisa is an enrolled member of the Crow Tribe, with  roots  deep in Montana's history.
Terrisa's initial medium was watercolor but through the years has added pastels, acrylics, collage and inks. 
Terrisa has a line of greeting cards, " dipper Cards" and a line of stickers, " Montana Stickers" found at several retailers in Montana.
Terrisa is a Signature member of the Montana Watercolor Society and her work was selected to be in the up-coming Water Media Show at the Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, Mt. She has recently been in the " Our Town Show", Dana Gallery, Missoula,Mt. and the "Resilience Show" at the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center.
Terrisa is an art instructor, in the past she donated, time to teach art at the Rattlesnake  Elementary School. Missoula Mt.  and currently teaches from her home and ships lessons to rural area's in Montana.
 
 
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Grace Powell

Owner Cranky Goose Hill Farm

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Grace Powell

Welcome to Cranky Goose Hill Farm located on the west shore of Flathead Lake in northwestern Montana. We are a small urban farm located in the center of the community of Lakeside committed to providing locally grown cut flowers. 

Started in 2020, our farm was created to fulfill a lifelong desire to be able to farm and provide the beautiful blooms that have always brought me happiness to others.  This lifelong passion has resulted in a ever-expanding collection of annual and perennial blooms. The farm started as a way to provide blooms for ourselves and has grown into my dream job of providing fresh locally grown flowers to our community. 

Cranky Goose strives to provide affordable stunning arrangements and wholesale blooms for just about any occasion that are the epitome of fresh, sustainable, and organically grown. 

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Pamela Beer

Artist and workshop leader.

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Pamela Beer

"Spacious Joy, with emotion, with humor, with love...always" is Pamela Beer's motto!

Pam grew up as a creative personality coming from a life that demanded more a focus on survival than the expression of her creativity.

Each feeling of excitement, burst of pleasure, or dreams of laughter were squelched by the need to navigate through the challenges of being raised rural and poor along with the challenges stemming from that environment.

Through sheer determination and a long career in technology, she finally burst onto the art scene in 2013 with a renewed spirit to make things that brought joy and completeness, not only for herself but to bring uplifting moments to others.

Each work takes many weeks to complete and begins with several layers of an oil paint and cold wax mixture applied with squeegees onto wood cradled panels. More layering and subsequent colors are applied with soft brayers for an effect that is simultaneously bold and subtle.

Her designs often begin chaotic and stormy only to end up in a very joyful dance that emanates from each work.

Life creates her work and she makes whatever resinates in the current.

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Chelcee Humphrey

Art experience leader

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Chelcee Humphrey

Chelcee, a Montana native, has nurtured her love for art since childhood. Exploring various mediums from a young age, she studied art in college and showcased her work at local coffee shops and small galleries in Oregon. Transitioning into the nonprofit sector after graduation, Chelcee continued cultivating her passion for art through teaching classes to underprivileged children and families. Even during the pandemic, her commitment to spreading artistic joy persisted as she conducted virtual classes. Art remains Chelcee's enduring passion and source of fulfillment.

Email: Chelcee@baccbigfork.org

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Schoolhouse Corner

Founded in 1893, The Swan River School has been a beloved landmark in the Bigfork community for over 125 years. In the spring semester of 2018, the students of Mrs. Emslie’s 5th grade glass undertook a project to tell part of their school’s rich history, in the form of short video documentaries that they researched, wrote, shot, and edited themselves.

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Bigfork Art / Cultural Center

We are an creative and educational hub in Bigfork that inspires people of all ages through a wide variety of workshops, lectures, and learning opportunities. BACC shares cultures through art and story stewardship. This is BACC’s way of bridging the connection between our past and the future we wish for our children, ourselves, and our world. As determined by the Internal Revenue Service Code, Bigfork Art and Cultural Center is a 501(c)3 organization, exempt from federal income tax. Bigfork Art and Cultural Center's tax identification number is 366212000. 

525 Electric Avenue
Bigfork, Montana

406.837.6927