Join us March 16-20, 2022 for Western Art Week, when Great Falls becomes the Western Art Capital of the World! A complete list of events by day will help you experience every live music performance, quick draw, auctions, artist interactions, and art, from oil, watercolor, and sculpture in the classic style to modern contemporary interpretations, bright, vivid and colorful.
Over 70 artists will remove furniture from the rooms at the Heritage Inn to convert them into min-galleries for a week. Art lovers visit the rooms to get some insight into the artists thoughts and creative process. Events within the event include Quick Draws, Quick Finishes, Cowboys and Cocktails, Live Auctions, Postcards on the Prairie, Living Catalogue, and more.
Out West Art Show
Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road
With over 110 booths showing the best of the west, you will surely fall in love with something. This show has something for everybody. Everything is custom made and unique to the western world. There are furniture makers, clothing and jewelry artisans, nightly live and entertainment, music and of course the best in fine art. The Great Western Living & Design Show is actually 4 shows is one. The Western Living show is Jewelry, Fashion, Art and Furniture. The Legends West Art show is great regional traditional Artists. The Native American Celebration is wonderful original native American arts and culture. The 706 Club is local artists. And The Nancy Cawdrey Gallery will have the Internationally known Artists of the Skull Society.
Great Western Living & Design Show
Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW
Join me, Lynn Contway, for our small, intimate art show with original art by Montana artists, friends of Jay Contway. I also invite you let us Video Tape your stories of your friend and colleague Jay Contway. Tell me about your relationship with Jay and about your collection of Jay Contway art. Your stories are of great value to me as I create an historical record of Jay's accomplishments from student, school teacher, calf roper and artist.
Jay Contway Art Show
Hilton Garden Inn | 2520 14th Street SW
The Studio 706 Artist Guild show will host eclectic artists during Special Edition Western Art Week. All pieces on display will be for sale The Studio 706 Artist Guild Show includes watercolor, oil, acrylic, photography, jewelry, ceramics, and wood carvings. Participatping artists include: Barbara Chigbrow, Wayne Daniels, Alana J. Hastings, Margaret Hayes, Linda Nelson, Darlene Sanford, Bonnie Seaburg, Elaine Sedlack, Renee Teberg, Steve Tilleraas, Linda Willson, and Susan Rennington.
Studio 706 Art Show
Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd Street NW
The 24th Annual Art Auction and Exhibition at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art is the premiere social event in north central Montana connecting art collectors with contemporary art and artists. It is always a summer evening event filled with lively music, dynamic people, and amazing art!
The Auction will be comprised of a sustained online bidding component open to all starting July 30, 2021 running through August 20, 2021, which proved to be successful for us last year! This year there will also be a ticketed in-person VIP Auction Event at The Square on August 20, 2021 at the museum from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art Annual Art Auction
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | 1400 1st Ave N
The 7th Annual Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show & Sale will be held Wednesday, August 18-Friday, August 20 in the historic Ozark Room at The History Museum, Great Falls. This year's featured artists are Diane Hausmann, Hausmann Studio, Fairfield, Montana and Steve Nelson, Great Falls, Montana. Joining them are Arts Association of Montana members Monica Bauer, Janet Christina, Judy Erickson, Jean Fleming-Mazur, Barbara Liss, Chary Majerus, Lynn McLeod, Ashleigh McCann, Margi Schindele, Joy Staelens and Sandy Walker.
Raffle tickets for original art donated by the show artists will be sold to benefit the Val Knight Scholarship for a high school student from Russell and Great Falls high schools. A special raffle for a chance to win an original Val Knight painting will be held. Sponsored by the Arts Association of Montana, Great Falls, Montana.
Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show and Sale
History Museum | 422 2nd Street South
The Russell is the premiere fundraising event for the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, attracting artists, collectors, and patrons from around the country. The auction features important pieces by Charles M. Russell and other historic artists, as well as new work by both up-and-coming artists and nationally acclaimed contemporary western artists. Join us for the auction to be held for the first time on the newly expanded museum campus.
The Russell Sale and Auction
The C.M. Russell Museum | 400 13th St N
Wild Bunch Art Show of 2021 will be held at the Hampton Inn during Special Edition Western Art Week. A variety of creative art will be available from the participating artists. Paintings on traditional and nontraditional surfaces in watercolor, oil, and acrylic as well as wood carvings, pottery, jewelry, bronze sculptures, beading and glass engravings are offered in the show. The Wild Bunch show is known for its friendly gallery styled show. For more information, please contact Nadine Pickthorn at 406-548-5819.
Wild Bunch Art Show
Hampton Inn | 2301 14th Street SW
Kingsley “King” Kuka was a local Blackfeet artist and poet, known for his paintings and lithographs which he called “Kuka-graphs.” He inspired an entire generation of American Indian Artists, and his work is recognized internationally; it is said the Vatican holds one of this paintings in their prestigious collection. Sadly, King Kuka passed away in 2004. His legacy, however, lives on through the creative spirit of his family as his wife Marietta and five children (Kqyn, Kodi, Kokko, Khi, Khol) are active in the arts as well.
First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park Art Exhibit and Sale
First Peoples Buffalo Jump | 342 Ulm-Vaughn Rd, Ulm, Montana
Western Heritage Artists – Footprints on the Trail
Holiday Inn Convention Center | 1100 5th St S
Legends West Art Show is bringing together more than thirty fine artists for the most-anticipated new show this year, joining with the long-established Great Western Living & Design Show held at the Expo Park, Great Falls, Montana. The new show spotlights exquisite artwork in a spacious setting with convenient parking. You’ll find wide range of art mediums and prices from painting and sculpture to photography and metal art. Explore this collection of renowned artists, all together August 19-22, 2021. Admission is free and the show is open to the public. The Legends West Art Show is a show within a show, joining in with the Great Western Living and Design Exhibition and the Celebration of Native Plains Artists at the Montana ExpoPark’s Four Seasons Main Arena.
Legends West
Montana ExpoPark | 400 3rd St NW
