2019 WESTERN ART WEEK COMPLETE SHOW & EVENT GUIDE

westernartweek.com Wednesday | March 20 10 AM Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | Open until 10 pm 1400 1st Avenue North EVENTS

Kira Fercho Art Show | Open until 10 pm Celtic Cowboy | 116 1st Avenue North 5 PM Out West Show | Open until 10 pm Opening Reception, Live Catalogue, and Live Music Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art Exhibit Reception | Open until 7 pm 1400 1st Avenue North 7 PM Western Heritage Artists Footprints on the Trail Art Show | Open until 7 pm WELCOME Holiday Inn | 1100 5th Street South TO THE WESTERN ART CAPITAL OF THE WORLD! Thursday | March 21 8 AM Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale | Open until 1 pm History Museum | 422 2nd Street South 9 AM Jay Contway Art Show | Open until 8 pm Hilton Garden Inn | 2520 14th Street SW March in Montana Show | Open until 5 pm Welcome to the Western Art Capital of the World! On behalf of the citizens of Great Falls, we are glad you are here to March in Montana Auction Preview | Open until 11 am March in Montana Dealer Show | Open until 5 pm celebrate famed cowboy artist Charlie Russell’s birthday with us. Elks Lodge | 500 1st Avenue South

Each year we look forward to greeting visitors from far and wide as Great Falls becomes the basecamp for artists, 10 AM Out West Show | Open until 10 pm Out West Show Young Masters | Open until 10 pm galleries and patrons. You’ll find authentic Montana people here in Great Falls who are eager to recommend their Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road favorite restaurants, shops, activities, experiences or help you with directions. Western Heritage Artists Footprints on the Trail Art Show | Open until 10 pm Holiday Inn | 1100 5th Street South As Montana’s Basecamp for Art & Adventure, Great Falls offers you a variety of historic, cultural and recreational opportunities. Walk or bike on the 53 miles of River’s Edge Trail, experience North America’s Largest Buffalo Jump and Native Plains Artists | Open until 8 pm National Historic Landmark First People’s Buffalo Jump State Park, ski at Montana’s First Ski Hill, discover the history of 400 3rd Street NW Lewis & Clark’s epic journey at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, explore the world’s largest natural spring, next to Wild Bunch Art Show | Open until 8 pm the world’s shortest river at Giant Springs State Park, snowshoe the Rocky Mountain Front, and so much more. Hampton Inn | 2301 14th Street SW Kira Fercho Art Show | Open until 10 pm Throughout the shows, you will witness a variety of artwork that has been inspired by the West and captures alluring Celtic Cowboy Dark Horse Wine Hall & Snug | 116 1st Avenue North landscapes, rugged independence, tenacious adventures, and majestic wildlife. You will find original oil paintings, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | Open until 5 pm bronzes, photography, furniture, sculptures, jewelry, water colors, pencil sketches, scratchboards, pastels, gun powder, 1400 1st Avenue North and more! The Great Western Living and Design Show | Open until 8 pm Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW It’s going to be an amazing week in Great Falls! Don’t hesitate to get in touch with our Tourism Team if you have any questions regarding your trip, or feel free to give me a call at the number below. Show schedules and event listings can The Russell Skull Society of Artists Suite | Open until 4 pm be viewed anytime at www.WesternArtWeek.com along with details on pet-friendly hotels, microbreweries, outdoor Mansfield Center | 2 Park Drive South recreation opportunities and a full list of all the museums that make Great Falls, Montana’s Museum Capital. 12 PM Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art Fashion Show 1400 1st Avenue North Finally, please know that we are excited to welcome you. We are even more excited to show you why we think you’ll be 3 PM Western Collectibles and Antique Show | Open Open until 7 pm glad you visited Great Falls, and help you plan your trip back. Expect to stay all week as the activities, conversations with Montana ExpoPark Exhibition Hall | 400 3rd Street NW artists, variety of art and Great Falls have more than enough to keep you entertained. Make your reservations now for 4 PM Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale Reception and Scholarship Raffle | Open until 8 pm Western Art Week 2020, held March 18-22. History Museum | 422 2nd Street South Enjoy Montana’s Basecamp for Art & Adventure! 5 PM The Russell Art Preview Party | Open until 7 pm CM Russell Museum of Art | 400 13th Street North Studio 706 Artist Guild | Open until 9 pm Mansfield Center Gibson Room | 2 Park Drive South Bob Kelly 6 PM Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale Val Knight Scholarship Mayor of Great Falls History Museum | 422 2nd Street South 406-870-0212 The Great Western Living and Design Show Live Music | Open until 8 pm Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW 9 AM The Russell Educational Symposium | until12 pm Friday | March 22 Missouri Room in the Mansfield Center | 2 Park Drive South 9 AM Jay Contway Art Show | Open until 8 pm 10 AM Out West Show | Open until 10 pm Hilton Garden Inn | 2520 14th Street SW Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road March in Montana Show | Open until 5 pm Kira Fercho Art Show | Open until 10 pm March in Montana Show Auction Preview | until 11 am Celtic Cowboy Dark Horse Wine Hall & Snug | 116 1st Avenue North Elks Lodge | 500 1st Avenue South Western Heritage Artists Footprints on the Trail Art Show | Open until 10 pm Western Collectibles and Antique Show | Open until 6 pm Holiday Inn | 1100 5th Street South Montana ExpoPark Exhibition Hall | 400 3rd Street NW Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale | Open until 8 pm 10 AM Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale | Open until 8 pm History Museum | 422 2nd Street South History Museum | 422 2nd Street South Native Plains Artists | Open until 8 pm Native Plains Artists | Open until 8 pm The Great Western Living and Design Show, Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW 400 3rd Street NW Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | Open until 5 pm Out West Show | Open until 10 pm Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | 1400 1st Avenue North Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road The Great Western Living and Design Show | Open until 8 pm The Russell Skull Society of Artists Suite | Open until 4 pm Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW Mansfield Center | 2 Park Drive South Studio 706 Artist Guild | Open until 4 pm The Russell Art in Action | until 2 pm Mansfield Center Gibson Room | 2 Park Drive South Meadowlark Country Club | 300 Country Club Blvd The Russell Skull Society of Artists Suite | Open until 4 pm Studio 706 Artist Guild | Open until 8 pm Mansfield Center | 2 Park Drive South Mansfield Center Gibson Room | 2 Park Drive South Wild Bunch Art Show | Open until 8 pm Western Heritage Artists Footprints on the Trail Art Show | Open until 10 pm Hampton Inn | 2301 14th Street SW Holiday Inn | 1100 5th Street South Kira Fercho Art Show | Open until 10 pm 11 AM March in Montana Show Auction | until 5 pm Celtic Cowboy Dark Horse Wine Hall & Snug | 116 1st Avenue North Elks Lodge | 500 1st Avenue South Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | Open until 5 pm Noon DG House & King Kuka Exhibit | Open until 3 pm Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | 1400 1st Avenue North First Peoples Buffalo Jump | 342 Ulm Vaughn Road The Great Western Living and Design Show | Open until 8 pm 12:30 The Russell Runway Show | until 2:30 pm Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW Meadowlark Country Club | 300 Country Club Blvd Wild Bunch Art Show | Open until 10 pm 1 PM Out West Show Supaman Performance Hampton Inn | 2301 14th Street SW Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road 11 AM March in Montana Show Auction | until 5 pm 2 PM Out West Show Quick Finish Elks Lodge | 500 1st Avenue South Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road 2 PM Out West Show Quick Draw 3 PM Out West Show Auction Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road 3:15 Out West Show Auction 4 PM Out West Show Artist Awards Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road 4 PM Out West Show Awards 5 PM The Russell Live Auction Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road Meadowlark Country Club | 300 Country Club Blvd 6 PM The Great Western Living and Design Show Live Music | until 8pm 6 PM The Great Western Living and Design Show Live Music | until 8 pm Montana ExpoPark Four Seasons Arena | 400 3rd Street NW Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW Native Plains Artists Missouri River Dance Company Performance | until 8 pm 7 PM Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale Raffle Winner Drawing The Great Western Living and Design Show, Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW History Museum | 422 2nd Street South The Russell First Strike Friday Night Auction Mansfield Center | 2 Park Drive South Sunday | March 24 9 AM The Great Western Living and Design Show Cowboy Church Saturday | March 23 Montana ExpoPark Four Seasons Arena | 400 3rd Street NW 10 AM Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale | Open until 1 pm 9 AM Jay Contway Art Show | Open until 8 pm History Museum | 422 2nd Street South Hilton Garden Inn | 2520 14th Street SW The Great Western Living and Design Show | Open until 3 pm March in Montana Show | Open until 5 pm Montana ExpoPark Four Seasons Arena | 400 3rd Street North March in Montana Show Auction Preview | until 11 am Elks Lodge | 500 1st Avenue South Native Plains Artists | Open until 3 pm The Great Western Living and Design Show, Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW Western Collectibles and Antique Show | Open until 4 pm Montana ExpoPark Exhibition Hall | 400 3rd Street NW 11 AM Western Heritage Artists Footprints on the Trail Art Show | Open until 4 pm Holiday Inn | 1100 5th Street South MARCH IN MONTANA March 21 Elks Lodge | 500 1st Avenue South Show open | 9 am-5 pm SHOWS Auction preview | 9 am-11 am The 32nd March in Montana sale will feature more than 700 lots of Dealer show | 9am-5pm Western, sporting and wildlife art, sculpture, and collectibles by past and contemporary masters. The 3-day show and 2-day auction March 22 spectacular during Western Art Week will be held at Charlie Show open | 9 am-5 pm Russell’s Elks Lodge. This year’s featured artists include OC Seltzer, Auction preview | 9 am-11 am Edgar Paxson, Robert Scriver, Tucker Smith, Kyle Polzin, Andy Auction | 11 am-5 pm DG HOUSE & KING KUKA EXHIBIT March 23 Thomas, Mark Maggiori, and many more. AT FIRST PEOPLES BUFFALO JUMP Park Open | 10 am–4 pm March 23 First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park Show Open | 12 pm–3 pm Show open | 9 am-5 pm 342 Ulm Vaughn Road Auction preview | 9 am-11 am Auction | 11 am-5 pm

JAY CONTWAY ART SHOW Hilton Garden Inn | 2520 14th Street SW March 21 Show open | 9 am-8 pm Visitors to the Jay Contway Art Show will experience a quiet, friendly atmosphere were exceptional artist share their stories and their art March 22 during Western Art Week in Great Falls. The show is an eclectic mix Show open | 9 am-8 pm of talent. Guests will find contemporary western art, jewelry, wood-working, pottery, and more. Jay Contway, Montana’s own March 23 storyteller in Bronze, is your host. Show open | 9 am-8 pm

MISSOURI FALLS FINE ARTS SHOW AND SALE March 21 History Museum | 422 2nd Street South Show open | 8 am-1 pm Reception & Scholarship Raffle KIRA FERCHO ART SHOW March 20 The 6th Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale features members 4 pm-8 pm Celtic Cowboy Darkhorse Wine Hall & Snug | 116 1st Avenue South Show Open | 10 am–10 pm of the Arts Association of Montana whose creativity includes oil, Val Knight Scholarship | 6 pm acrylic, pastel and watercolor paintings, drawings lithograph The Kira Fercho Gallery Art Show during Western Art Week in Great March 21 prints, ceramics, photography, mixed-media, abstract art, glass and March 22 Falls is not to be missed! Kira is a modern impressionistic oil painter Show Open | 10 am–10 pm calligraphy at the History Museum. Not to be missed during Show open |10 am-8 pm who has training in Russian Impressionism and Western Tonalism. She Western Art Week at the History Museum‘s Ozark Room, the paints what she knows: the land, the people, and the culture of the March 22 Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale hosts a raffle to benefit the March 23 west. Montana in particular. Show Open | 10 am–10 pm Val Knight Scholarship that supports 3 student artists. Two of this Show open |10 am-8 pm year’s featured artists are Ruth Franklin and Alex Smithson. Raffle winner drawn | 7 pm During every moment of the show, you will find Kira who will be March 23 Our artists go beyond western art with a variety of techniques, working on various projects each day. Visit with Kira, watch Kira paint, Show Open | 10 am–10 pm media, and subject matter. The History Museum will sell artwork March 24 and maybe get a demonstration! to benefit the museum’s projects. Show open |10 am-1 pm RUNWAY SHOW AT PARIS GIBSON SQUARE MUSEUM OF ART March 20 Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | 1400 1st Avenue North Museum open | 10 am-7 pm Exhibit reception | 5 pm-7 pm Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art invites you to kick off Western Art Week in Great Falls. This year’s show features a High Noon March 21 Indigenous Fashion Show featuring designs by Alisa Herodes, Little Museum open | 10 am-5 pm Shell Chippewa Cree, Gallery sales, and 6 exhibitions. Continuum | Fashion show | 12 pm Contemporary American Indian Art from the MAM Collection, Sheila Miles, Edd Enders, Monica Thompson, Terry Karsos, and Lee March 22 Steen. Galleries open at 10am with live artist demonstrations. While Museum open | 10 am-5 pm at the Museum, enjoy all 6 galleries featuring contemporary artists. March 23 Museum open | 10 am-5 pm

NATIVE PLAINS ARTISTS March 21 The Great Western Living and Design Show Show open | 10 am-8 pm Montana ExpoPark Four Seasons Arena | 400 3rd Street NW March 22 This show is the premier showcase exclusively featuring Native Show open | 10 am-5 pm American Artisans. Inside the Western Living & Design Show, the Missouri River Dance Company 2019 Celebration of Native Plains Artists will feature artists such Performance | 6 pm-8 pm as Belinda Bullshoe, Shane Abbott, Sammy Jo Bird, Terrance Guardipee, Darrell Norman, Valentia LaPier, John Isaiah Pepion March 23 and others. Experience a journey into Native history and culture Show open | 10 am-8 pm with fine art, traditional dancers, tipis and regalia. March 24 Show open | 10 am-8 pm

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STUDIO 706 ARTIST GUILD Mansfield Center Gibson Room | 2 Park Drive March 20 March 21 March 22 Show open | 5 pm-9 pm Show open | 10 am-8 pm Show open | 10 am-7 pm

OUT WEST ART SHOW March 20 Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road Show open | 5 pm-10 pm Opening reception | 5 pm The Out West Art Show is the largest gathering of western artists Live catalouge | 5 pm on the planet. With over 100 exhibit rooms and 10 major galleries Live music | 5 pm located in the Heritage Inn during Western Art Week, there is truly something for everyone. Lewis and Clark re-enactors will pose as March 21 models for the Quick Draw and Quick Finish. Supaman performs Show open | 10 am-10 pm live on Saturday afternoon, then returns as a model for the Quick Young Masters | 10 am-10 pm Finish later that day. March 22 The exhibit rooms showcase the work of over 200 artists, unique Show open | 10 am-10 pm western shops and galleries, and the finest artists in the country. Quick draw | 2 pm Over 60% of the artists exhibiting at the Out West Art Show and Auction | 3:15 pm Sale have works in the prestigious CM Russell Benefit Auction. All Awards | 4 pm Out West Art Show events are free. The Out West Art Show has new and exciting events, live music, and opportunities to rub elbows March 23 with modern masters. Buyers and collectors from across the US, Show open | 10 am-10 pm Canada, and abroad will be in Great Falls. Supaman | 1 pm Quick Finish | 2 pm Auction | 3 pm Artist awards | 4 pm THE GREAT WESTERN LIVING AND DESIGN SHOW March 21 WESTERN COLLECTIBLES AND ANTIQUE SHOW March 21 Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW Show open | 10 am-8 pm Exhibition Hall at Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW Show open | 3 pm-7 pm Live music | 6 pm-8 pm With over 80 vendors showing the best of the west, you will surely The 15th annual Great Falls Western Collectibles and Antique Show March 22 fall in love with something at the Western and Living Design Show March 22 will be held in the Exhibition Hall at Montana ExpoPark in Great Falls. Show open | 9 am-6 pm during Western Art Week. Everything is custom made and unique Show open | 10 am-8 pm Make your hotel reservations early! Frank Towsley’s Ruana Knife to the western world. There are boot makers, furniture makers, Live music | 6 pm-8 pm Display will be a special feature this year. This show holds the largest March 23 clothing and jewelry artisans, nightly live music, and of course the Ruana display in the world and will be a great show draw. Show open | 9 am-4 pm best in fine art. March 23 All merchandise is limited to antique and collectible firearms, western Show open | 10 am-8 pm memorabilia, Indian relics, edged weapons, gambling items, artwork, Live music | 6 pm-8 pm collector books, and glassware. All dealers must strive to maintain the high quality of this show with the merchandise they display. Admission March 24 is $5 for adults, $1 for children, and children under 18 MUST be Cowboy church | 9 am accompanied by an adult. Admission is good for all 3 days! Show open | 10 am-3 pm

THE RUSSELL | AN EXHIBITION AND SALE March 21 TO BENEFIT THE CM RUSSELL MUSEUM Russell Skull Society of Artists Suite CM Russell Museum of Art | 400 13th Street North 10 am-4 pm at Mansfield Center Mansfield Center for the Performing Arts | 2 Park Drive South Art Preview Party WESTERN HERITAGE ARTISTS FOOTPRINTS ON THE TRAIL ART SHOW Meadowlark Country Club | 300 Country Club Blvd 5 pm-7 pm at CM Russell Museum Holiday Inn | 1100 5th Street South The Russell is recognized as one of the most prestigious March 22 March 20 March 21-23 March 24 Western Art events in the country, attracting collectors, Art in Action Show open | 7 pm-10 pm Show open | 10 am-10 pm Show open | 11 am-4 pm artists, and patrons from around the world. As the only 10 am-2 pm at Meadowlark CC Western Art Week event benefiting the CM Russell Russell Skull Society of Artists Suite Museum, The Russell provides critical funding through 10 am-4 pm at Mansfield Center commissions and premiums that support the museum’s First Strike Friday Night Auction educational programs and cultural outreach, attracts artists, 6 pm at Mansfield Center collectors, and patrons from around the country. Held in the historic Mansfield Center, the 3-day schedule of events and March 23 exhibitions culminate in a live auction featuring important The Russell Educational Symposium pieces by Charles M Russell and other historic artists as well 9 am-12 pm at Missouri Room in the as new work by the country’s most acclaimed contemporary Mansfield Center western artists. Make The Russell your headquarters Russell Skull Society of Artists Suite for Western Art Week. Peruse works for sale by this 10 am-4 pm at Mansfield Center distinguished group of Western artists and mingle with The Russell Runway Show fellow art lovers. 12:30 pm-2:30 pm at Meadowlark CC WILD BUNCH ART SHOW March 21-23 The Russell Live Auction Hampton Inn | 2301 14th Street SW Show open | 10 am-8 pm 5 pm at Meadowlark CC FUTURE SHOW DATES March 18-22, 2020 March 17-21, 2021 March 16-20, 2022

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