Exhibits

Support our amazing Bigfork area youth art!

April 4th, 5:30-7pm. "Young at Art".   Local youth exhibit their amazing work!

May 9th, 5:30-7pm. "Art as Therapy" w Annie Allen.

June 13th, 5:30-7pm. Art Collaboration w SKC (Salish Kootenai College). Student and Staff art exhibit.

July 11th, 5:30-7pm. "Our Flathead area wildlife -Artist Perspectives"
Month-long exhibit activities include Bibler Gardens tour and Plein Air outings.

August 8th, 5:30-7pm. "Then & Now" Harry Endsley shares his families collection of David Shaner's ceramics work alongside contemporary Glass Art by local artist Lee Proctor.

About Bruce:

Bruce Miller is a native Montanan now Idaho-based professional photographer and owner of Naturally Wild Photography®. He travels extensively throughout Africa, Asia and Arctic regions in pursuit of compelling images. His photos have been published and used by wildlife conservation organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), such as the Economic Institute for the Empowerment of Women (Kigali, Rwanda), and Bwindi Orphanage & Watoto School in Uganda.

Bruce has traveled on assignment for Photographers Without Borders® and his human-elephant conflict project work is featured on the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society website (www.SLWCS.org) and Photographers Without Borders® publications.

He has donated images for publication in African Wildlife Federation as well as supported Elephants Without Borders (Botswana), Borneo Orangutan Conservation, India Tiger Conservation, and Gorongosa Restoration Project (Greg Carr Foundation). Three of Bruce’s Africa images were selected and published in the Africa Geographic 2017 Yearbook and was an Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year finalist for 2019. Numerous other images have been published by various wildlife organizations and other media outlets.

Opening reception and lecture: November 8th

Kyren is currently developing an ROV program here in the valley. Teaming up with the Bigfork Art & Cultural Center and Julie Bottum, funding was awarded for an introductory archeological study of Flathead Lake.  Kyren and a specialized group of local historians are collaborating to survey submerged indigenous historic sites.  His ROV program includes partnering with Sea Scouts, a program sponsored by Boy Scouts of America. This program educates youth about our local shipwrecks and how they too can contribute to documenting Flathead history. 

So, what historical treasures is Flathead Lake hiding?  Pursuing marine archaeology and science communications will always be what drives Kyren to explore what is below the surface.  Should you share these interests, you do not need to travel far.  The thrill of finding lost history could be right outside your backdoor.  

J.P.’s bronze sculptures 

Pam grew up as a creative personality coming from a life that demanded more of 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.