The 2018 Alpine Artisans’ annual Tour of the Arts invites you to take a tour of local artists at work Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. This popular self-guided tour has expanded to feature the work of over 30 artists in seven artist studios, three galleries and two historical museums in Seeley Lake, Condon, Lincoln and Ovando.
The tour is held annually in mid-October to feature the natural beauty of the Western Tamaracks as they turn a bright yellow and orange, highlighting the incredible natural beauty of the Seeley, Swan and Blackfoot Valleys. Fourteen of the Tour Artists were showcased at the Artists Shop in Missoula during the month of September.
The Tour of the Arts is an opportunity to visit the artists in their studios and see them immersed in their passion. Visitors will be welcomed into their artist lifestyle, learn firsthand about their art and hear their stories of creation.
The tour is continuing our collaboration with two local historical museums featuring eight of the artists: Condon’s Upper Swan Valley Historical Museum and Ovando’s Brand Bar Museum. Each museum is housed in a fascinating historical building, and visitors will enjoy absorbing the local lore and old stories side-by-side with experiencing these artists’ techniques and perspectives.
New to the tour this year are two Seeley Lake and two Swan Valley Studios. Juan’s Photography Studio is back again this year featuring his fine art landscape and portrait photo studio in Seeley Lake. Angelo Pecora’s Sore Saddle Holster & Saddle Co. featuring an old-time working saddle shop featuring saddles, belts, wallets and more is also on the map on the north end of Boy Scout Road.
In the Swan Valley, Roger Watson’s Swan Valley Copper features glass enameling on copper. Thomas Michael’s Swan River Art is an oil landscape studio including wildfire art, landscapes, oils, watercolor, clay and pastels.
The Lincoln Art Haus Co-op, a new artists’ cooperative in Lincoln, Mont., is participating again this year featuring seven artists showing mixed media, weaving, wood sculpture, jewelry watercolor and oils.
The Tour also offers two free movie nights showing the Sundance hit feature film “Walking Out” made by Montana filmmakers Alex and Andrew Smith. Film showings will be Friday, Oct. 12. at the Lincoln Community Hall and Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Seeley Lake Community Hall. Both showings are at 7 p.m.
Tour maps are available in Seeley Lake at the Grizzly Claw Trading Post, in Condon at the Mission Mountain Mercantile and the Swan Valley Library, in Ovando at the Stray Bullet Cafe and at participating galleries and museums and online at: http://www.alpineartisans.org/tour-of-the-arts-folder/.
For further information contact: Jenny Rohrer at 406-754-0034 or email jenny@alpineartisans.org.
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