Fri, January 27, 6:30 p.m.

Please join us for a slide presentation by the Holter Museum’s current Cultural Crossroads Artist-in-Residence, Wanxin Zhang! If you missed Wanxin’s gallery talk last weekend or even if you were there, this presentation is not to be missed. Wanxin will show images of his work beyond the pieces presented in his current exhibition at the Holter, ” A Ten Year Survey” (on view through March 18, 2012) This will be Helena’s last chance to meet and learn more about one of today’s most talented contemporary ceramic artists.

Free for all!

Call 442-6400 ext. 115 with any questions.

Take advantage of a week of Lunar New Year Activities at the Holter Museum and ExplorationWorks!  Families, teens, and interested community members are invited to the Holter Jan 23 – 26 from 3:30-5:45 to take part in constructing a Giant Dragon Puppet to be paraded in celebration of 2012 as part of The Year of the Dragon Family Day at the Holter Museum on Saturday, January 28 and ExplorationWorks on Sunday, January 29.  Beginning at 10:30 am on January 24^th – January 27^th, families of young children can gather in Little Sky Country at ExplorationWorks for a variety of activities designed for the creative, young mind.  Activities will include creating hand-held dragon puppets, paper lanterns, coins inspired by those of the Orient and a tabletop fireworks display—no explosives necessary!  Chinese tradition believes Dragons bring good luck to people, and they reflect qualities that include great power, dignity, wisdom, and good fortune.  The Holter Museum’s Dragon Building Experience is sponsored by North Fork Technical Service and is free to all, materials are provided, including snacks for all who help.  Please call the Holter to let us know you’re coming.  406-442-6400  x115.  All activities at ExplorationWorks are free to members or with paid general admission, $8 for adults, $5.50 for kids.

Ages 3–7 • 10:30–11:45am

Holter Museum docents (volunteer museum educators) teach these popular workshops for children ages 3 to 7 and accompanying adults. The workshops are fun and challenging—and include viewing art, stories, movement, music, and hands-on art activities.

Cost: $5 members per child; $7 non-members per child

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Intermediate: Students have a good foundation in the fundamentals of art including the principles of design and composition and a level of proficiency in the technical aspects of a given medium. “I’ve taken a few classes…I did a lot of this in college…”

All Levels: Students from experienced beginners to advanced will have individualized instruction within the given structure and definition of the class. A range of student abilities will be represented.

Are you tired of having hundreds or thousands of photographs scattered across your computer’s hard drive, or stuck in the cumbersome iPhoto software! Focus on what you love about photography with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software, an intuitive digital darkroom and efficient assistant designed for serious amateur and professional photographers. You’ll wonder how you ever survived without this remarkable tool that easily organizes, edits, and showcases all of your images. A Saturday morning photo fieldtrip will bring new perspectives to your photography.

Tuition: $115 members / $155 non-members

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Create large abstract works with acrylic paints and collage techniques. Each session will feature a different approach to making abstract works. Image slides and art books will provide references and ideas for students.

Tuition: $120 members; $160 non-members

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Have fun creating small oil landscape sketches that can be works of art in themselves, or the inspiration for larger paintings. The focus will be on color mixing, simplified composition, gesture and brushwork. Make your own small masterpiece after examining some relevant works of 17th-20th century master painters.

Tuition: $70 members; $110 non-members

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Ukrainians are famous for their colorful eggs. Learn the traditional art of Pysanky and create your own beautiful Ukrainian eggs. Pysanky is a wax relief process for the design, followed by layers of dyeing. When waxing and dyeing are complete, the egg is blown, the wax is melted and wiped, and then the egg is varnished.
* Enrollment is limited to 8 students.

Tuition: $65 members; $105 non-members

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Ability: all levels welcome
Materials: please bring a sketchbook or drawing paper, pencil, any flat textural items you may wish to use, cheap latex gloves, and an x-acto knife if you have one.

The collagraph is one of the most accessible methods of printmaking. This class will allow students with or without traditional printmaking experience to explore the basics and the possibilities of the collagraph process with Missoula artist Bev Beck Glueckert. Prints are created by experimenting with various textural materials and intaglio/collagraph printing techniques. Non-toxic inks, paper, and other materials included.

Tuition: $70 members; $110 non-members

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