Bozeman As We See It: Work by Adair Peck and Paul Heaston

This September, tart will show the work of two artists rendering their own unique takes on Montana classics.

Adair Peck presents life size papier mache dogs and trophy heads.  Adept at capturing gesture and form, Adair raises a common childhood art material to a new level with the addition of intricate japanese papers and humorous take on a Montana game room classic, the trophy head.  Part caricature and part tribute, these animals charm and compel.

Working on a much smaller scale, Paul Heaston has spent the last year sketching each of block of Bozeman’s Main St. in small moleskine notebook.  The sketches are then scanned and digitally printed, resulting in an astonishingly detailed record of the buildings of Main St., brick by  brick, block by block.  The show includes a sketch of the block damaged in the natural gas explosion in March of this year.  A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these prints will be donated to the Downtown Relief Fund.

Opening reception on Friday, September 11th 5-8p.m, in tart, room #107C of the Emerson Center, 111 S. Grand Ave.,  call 582-0416 for more information.  The show will be on display from September 11th through October 8th.

“tilt”: altered monotypes by Kerry Corcoran @ tart

Using trees as a foundation, Bozeman artist Kerry Corcoran prints, paints, draws and collages layers of texture, pattern and calligraphic characters to create writhing, animated pieces that “tilt” a bit off center.  Drawn to the imperfection of old, gnarled trees and the history they contain, Corcoran creates richly textural pieces that draw the viewer into a maze of visual narrative.

Opening reception on Friday, August 14th 5-8p.m, in tart, room #107C of the Emerson Center, 111 S. Grand Ave.,  call 582-0416 for more information.  The show will be on display from August 14th through September 9th.

Gabriel Kulka and Jennifer Pulchinski @ tart

Jennifer Pulchinski

Barbed Wire, Ink, Rocks, Wood, Wax, Wire and String, featuring work by Gabriel Kulka and Jennifer Pulchinski, explores the minutely detailed and the enormously abstract.  Sculptor Gabriel Kulka creates tiny sculptural assemblages with found objects, exquisitely crafted frames, and cast figures with out of proportion limbs.  These little worlds are perfectly tattered and exquisitely odd.  Jennifer Pulchinski crafts large panels of wood with abstracted prints of barbed wire rendered in layers of ink and paper, as well as woodblock prints of faces done in her trademark slightly off kilter way. Together, the two artists present a body of work both prickly and compelling.

Gabriel Kulka

Opening reception on Friday, July 10th 5-8p.m, in tart, room #107C of the Emerson Center, 111 S. Grand Ave., call 582-0416 for more information.  The show will be on display from July 10th through August 12th.

@tart: Drawings of fathers and daughters by Courtney Blazon

This series of drawings by Missoula artist Courtney Blazon explores the relationships of fathers and daughters in her own unique, brooding, and slightly off-kilter way. With incredible attention detail and a rich imagination, Blazon crafts a series of intimate views into one of the most primary and powerful human relationships.

The show will be on display until July 9th.

Opening reception on Friday, June 12th 5-8p.m, in tart, room #107C of the Emerson Center, 111 S. Grand Ave.,  call 582-0416 for more information.

Brittany Nelson benefit @ tart

tart recently moved to a larger space across the hall in the Galleria. At the upcoming Art Walk on Friday, May 8th 5-8p, in addition to the Head Start photography show, they are excited(!) to announce a special benefit show:

Help send former tartist and talented photographer Brittany Nelson to the prestigious Cranbrook Academy Art! Donated artwork from MSU students, faculty, and local artists will be priced to sell! This is a great opportunity to pick up photography prints and artwork at extremely affordable prices. The sale will also feature a silent auction of several photographs from the renowned artists and professors of the MSU Photography program!

Nelson now has a web site featuring several portfolios of her delightful and imaginative work.

Head Start Preschool Photography Show

TART presents a series of photographs by 3-5 year old children from Livingston’s Head Start program.  Given digital cameras and minimal direction by their teachers, two groups of children from low income and at risk families explored their world through the lenses of their cameras.  The results are at times abstract, at times documentary, and at times startlingly canny snapshots of the world around them. The title of the show is Looking at things all on my own.

Opening reception on Friday, May 8th 5-8p.m, in TART, room #107C of the Emerson Center, 111 S. Grand Ave.,  call 582-0416 for more information.

Bridger Alternative Benefit Show @ tart

Opening reception Friday, April 10th 5-8p.m.

This show will feature work by Bridger Alternative High School students and MSU ceramics students. New this year, the students of BAS will also unveil a line of t-shirts and hoodies featuring art by students, and a series of reproductions of original drawings and paintings. Proceeds from the sale of this work will go toward a scholarship fund for economically challenged B.A.S. students to pursue further art education.  Local businesses have generously donated  gift certificates for coffee, tea and meals which will accompany the purchase of each affordably priced bowl, mug or jug.  The show will be on display through the end of April.

Rose Caplette rugs @ tart

A truly native Montanan, Rose Caplette brings an instinctive gift for dynamic color combinations to her rugs, hand-crocheted from recycled fabrics. Maybe somewhere in her DNA, female ancestors from her Crow Indian heritage help her out: Crow beadwork uses vibrant juxtapositions of color for dramatic designs. Maybe being “other-abled”–Rose is an adult with Down’s Syndrome–gives her the ability to be intuitive in her work. Either way her rugs are the inspired, vivid one-of-a-kind creations of  a unique young lady.

An opening reception with an artist’s demonstration and refreshments will be offered during the Emerson’s 2nd Friday artwalk on Friday, January 9th  5-8p.m, The show will be on display through the end of January.

green holiday bizaar @ Refuge

Late breaking news from tart: We are collaborating with one of our favorite local businesses – Refuge Sustainable Building Center – in a Green Holiday Bizaar this Thursday evening.  It was a good feeling to walk around tart and realize how many of the the tartists are using recycled, environmentally friendly and/or sustainable products.  You’ll get to see those products and much, much more at Refuge this Thursday, December 18, from 5-8p.m. Prefix Dinner Studio will provide delicious vittles and a raffle will raise money for Sonoran Institute and Red Feather.

April Hale @ tart

Equal parts metalsmithing and taxidermy, these works by April Hale highlight the humble detritus of highways and byways. Fur, bones, and teeth combine with metal to create odd, haunting things of beauty. The show will be on display through the end of October. Opening reception during Hatch artwalk on Wednesday, October 1st, 5-8p.m.