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SUMMER
EXHIBITIONS |
Rails, Trails and A Road -- 75th
Anniversary Celebration of Going-To-The-Sun Road: Featuring
contemporary works by Sherri Saleri Sander, Nicholas Oberling, Lynn
Tippetts, Mark Ogle, Roy Hughes, Ed Gilliland, and Nancy Cawdrey,
plus newly-displayed classics by John Fery, Leonard Lopp, Joe
Abbrescia, J. Anderson & T.J. Hileman, and Adolph Heinze;
Bicycle Eclectic --
Greg Siple and others; Ace of Diamonds by
Ace Powell;
Quiver -- David Secrest;
Crown of the Continent: Glacier National Park Permanent
Exhibition; Hugh Hockaday;
Earl E. Heikka; Winold Reiss; O.C. Seltzer;
Ralph Earl
DeCamp; Charles M. Russell
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All K through 12 and Flathead Valley Community College students
admitted FREE in 2008
Thanks to a generous grant from Pacific Steel and Recycling
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Rails,
Trails
and a Road
75th Anniversary Celebration of Glacier National Park's
Going-To-The-Sun Road
June 26 – October 18
A summer-long celebration of Glacier National Park and
the remarkable highway which crosses the Crown of the Continent.
Paintings, sculpture, and spectacular photography devoted to
the Great Divide!
Artists include: Sherri Saleri Sander, Nicholas Oberling, Lynn Tippetts, Mark Ogle, Roy
Hughes, Ed Gilliland, Nancy Cawdrey, Joe Abbrescia, Fred Kiser, T.J. Hileman, Leonard
Lopp, Winold Reiss, John Fery, O.C. Seltzer, Adolph Heinze and MORE.
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Where's Mama? by Mark Ogle
Oil on Canvas. |
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Bicycle Eclectic
NATIONAL BICYCLE TOURING PORTRAIT COLLECTION
May 27 to July 8, 2008
A collection of photographs
depicting a colorful cast of touring
characters, captured on film in or near
Missoula, Montana by ace photographer Greg
Siple, plus a collection of ride-able
two-wheeled artworks, and related bicycle
art -- guaranteed to surprise you.
A MAGDA sponsored exhibit. |
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Quiver
by David Secrest
On loan from the
Artist
The Hockaday is proud to display David Secrest's
Quiver on a continuing basis. We invite you to read the brochure
kept with it!
David Secrest has maintained a permanent and full-time metal sculpture
studio since 1978 in Somers, Montana.
From Secrest's Artist Statement:
I have grown to understand my work as having been a path from
intrigue to intimacy with the material and tools that I use. From this
has grown the understanding of form as it relates to structure -- and
texture as it relates to the perception of form.
My intimacy with and growing mastery of metalworking gives me a
foundation from which I can explore techniques and processes that have
not yet been explored or utilized in the field of creative arts...
My intention is to keep questions open.
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Quiver, looking along the Hockaday's north gallery windows.
See more about Secrest and
Quiver HERE |
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Buffalo Berry Pickers -- Oil on
Canvas |
Powell: Ace of Diamonds
Permanent Exhibition
Rotating Displays
Asa Lynn Powell spent most of
his life in Montana. He was raised near
Glacier National Park and worked for the
Park as a wrangler early in his life. He
observed Charlie Russell at work, and was
inspired to make his own career -- painting
and sculpting traditional images such as
Cowboys, Indians, Western Landscapes,
Horses, Lodges, Cabins, and Wildlife.
He was extremely prolific, creating an
estimated 12,000 to 15,000 paintings and
sculptures in his lifetime.
Come by and see the Hockaday's Ace
Powell donations from a formerly private
family collection! |
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Crown
of the Continent:
Glacier
National Park Exhibition
Ever-Changing, Rotating Displays
Capturing the nostalgia and grandeur of Glacier
National Park, the glory days of the Empire Builder Railroad, the Blackfeet Nation, and those who chose to settle in this
majestic part of
Montana.
Crown of the Continent features works by significant authors,
photographers, and painters as well as Park collectibles, including
vintage maps and hand-tinted photographs. While artists may change from
time to time, our west gallery always features the art and culture of Glacier
National Park.
The Hockaday Museum is proud to host this permanent
exhibition -- focused on preserving the artistic legacy of Montana and
Glacier National Park.
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Artists include Charlie Russell, Winold Reiss, Ralph Earl DeCamp, Joe Scheurle, Fred Kiser, T.J.
Hileman, Roland Reed, John Clarke,
O. C. Seltzer, Mark Ogle, Nick Oberling, John Fery, Adolph Heinze, along
with artifacts from writer James Willard Schultz, and other luminaries. |
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NEW! Elk in
Glacier National Park by John Fery
Click HERE to see a
larger view
Oil on Canvas -- 29.5 x 13.5 in
Hockaday
Museum Art Acquisition Fund |
John Fery (1859 -
1934)
Johann Nepomuk Levy was born in Strasswalchen, Austria on March
25, 1859 and grew up in Pressburg. He enrolled at
the Vienna Academy of Art. When he moved
to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1883, Johann
legally changed his name to John Fery in
order to better adapt to his new
country.
He returned to Europe, where he married
Mary Rose Kraemer. After their first
child was born in 1885, he went back to
Milwaukee with his family. His work finally
caught the attention of Louis Hill of the
Great Northern Railway, who hired him for the "See America First" campaign.
From 1910 through 1913, Fery completed an amazing 347 major oil paintings. They decorated Glacier
National Park lodges, ticket agent offices, and depots
from St. Paul to Seattle. |
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Jackson Lake
by John Fery circa 1914
Click HERE to see a
larger view
Oil on Board -- 9 x 17.25 in
On loan
from the C.M. Russell Museum and gift of
Robert Scriver |
In 1914 Fery
was "loaned" to the Northern Pacific Railway to paint scenes
of Yellowstone National Park. The Hockaday is proudly showing the
painting Jackson Lake from this
series.
In 1925, Louis Hill again called on Fery.
The contract required Fery to produce four
to six large canvases monthly, and he spent
the next four summers painting in Glacier.
In 1929, the Ferys moved to Orcas Island, Washington to be
closer to their children. A new studio was built, but a fire
destroyed all the paintings Fery had finished for the Great Northern. |
Watch for
the opening of our new
Special Collections Gallery!
Devoted to the works of
Cowboy/Artist Ace Powell (1912 - 1978)
Thanks to the
generosity of Pat & Don McClarty
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Mary by Frank Tetrault
Wood Sculpture 50 x 36 inches |
NATURE & SPIRIT
Frank Tetrault
Lower Gallery
May 22 to June 29, 2008
FINAL WEEK!
Frank Tetrault has been carving wood into
materworks of art for well over a decade. Tetrault, a
fourth-generation Flathead resident, made public art around
the city of Kalispell for the KAOS project, and his
massive bear Huckleberry graced the Kalispell Mall in
the early 2000's.
Tetrault helped represent the State of Montana at the Lake
Geneva Ice Sculpure Finals in Wisconsin, along with teammate
John Rawlings.
The Hockaday Museum is featuring Tetrault's fine carvings,
from Biblical figures to majestic wild animals in a special
exhibit in our first floor gallery. |
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