Join us August 18-22, 2021 for Special Edition 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, and art, from oil, watercolor, and sculpture in the classic style to modern contemporary interpretations, bright, vivid and colorful.
Interact with the artists in their showrooms and marvel at their skill witnessing them create custom works at several quick draw events, engage in a variety of events including quick finishes, live auctions, and educational symposiums.
An all-art adventure awaits, with art for your personal style at every price point. You will find artwork that captures alluring landscapes, rugged independence, tenacious adventures, and majestic wildlife. You will find original oil paintings, giclees, bronzes, photography, furniture, sculptures, jewelry, watercolors, prints, pencil sketches, scratch boards, pastels, and more!
Below are event details for Special Edition Western Art Week happening August 18-22, 2021!
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
Details for show events released later year: With over 90 vendors showing the best of the west, you will surely fall in love with something at the Western and Living Design Show during Western Art Week in Great Falls. Everything is custom made and unique to the western world. There are boot makers, furniture makers, clothing and jewelry artisans, nightly live music and of course the best in fine art. For questions, please contact Chuck Fulcher at 406-761-0288 or 406-799-6576.
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 Conway Art Show
Hilton Garden Inn | 2520 14th Street SW
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art Annual Art Auction
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art | 1400 1st Ave N
Details for show events released later year: This is the seventh Annual Missouri Falls Fine Arts Show & Sale held at The History Museum in Great Falls, Montana. This year's Arts Association of Montana featured artist is Steve Nelson. Steve is a recently retired pastor who now has time to paint full time. The community featured artist is Diane Hausmann, Hausmann Studio, Fairfield, Montana. Other artists included in the show are Monica Bauer, Janet Christina, Judy Ericksen, Jean Fleming-Mazur, Nikci King, Barbara Liss, Chary Majerus, Ashleigh McCann, Lynn McLeod, Margi Schindele, Joy Staelens, Becky Scott, and Sandy Walker.
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
Details for show events released later year: The Montana Watercolor Society Art Show is NOW part of the Out West Art Show. Stop by Room 200 to see art from Montana artists using the beauty of water-based paints.
Montana Watercolor Society at Out West Art Show
Out West Art Show | Heritage Inn | 1700 Fox Farm Road
Western Heritage Artists – Footprints on the Trail is a unique and eclectic mix of richly varied art, with that art being the highlight of the exhibits. Our diverse list of artists demonstrates a wide range of styles and mediums. It is more than just an art show, it is an extended family of artists gathering together every year to create amazing pieces for their patrons and everyone to enjoy!
With everyone not being able to gather for some time, we invite you to our August Summer Show which will be a shortened version of our traditional March show. There will be the same fine quality of art and fun our patrons have come to enjoy for the past 40 years, and it will be interesting to see what the artists have been up to! Some of the artists will be demonstrating their artistic skill, others will be just telling stories and enjoying the camaraderie.
Come join the casual, friendly, fun atmosphere with us at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, August 19 – 21, 2021.
Western Heritage Artists Foot Prints 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
Four Seasons Arena | 400 3rd St NW
Details for show events released later year.
Celebration of Native Plains Artists
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
