The Western Heritage Art Show

Happy 30th Birthday WHA!

Show hours are 7pm-10pm Wed., 10am-10pm Thur. thru Sat., and 11am-4pm Sun.
All events are Free to the public. During the show six $50.00 art gift certificates will be given away.
The professional art from over sixty artists is set up on two floors of the Holiday Inn in Great Falls, MT.

The Western Heritage Art Show will have their Preview Night birthday celebration reception and awards presentation on Wednesday March 16th evening in the atrium with music by Jeni Dodd, beginning at 7pm. Join us for cake and conversation with the artists

Thursday's Event

Thursday March 17, 2011
7pm Quick Finish begins
along with a Silent Auction
followed by a Live Auction

The Quick-Finish and Auction are held Thursday evening of the show. The artists are given 1 hour to produce an original work of art of their choice in any medium. The completed works are then presented for auction by Fred Burrows and his daughter Tami of Burrow Auction Service. This is an excellent way for the public to obtain some nice original art and to support the Lewis and Clark Foundation.
The Western Heritage artists have also held shows and performed quick sketches during the Lewis and Clark Festival at the Interpretive Center.

The Lewis and Clark Room open until 10pm on Wednesday only and 10am - 7pm Thursday and 8:30 on Friday and Saturday.
It features a small sampling of what the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and the Portage Cache Store have to offer. There will be displays featuring information on current and future exhibits at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center along with volunteers to answer all of your questions. The Portage Cache store is proud to offer a minute representation of the unique items we carry. Also in the room are a wide variety of furs that people can touch and identify.

Friday's Event

The Paint Around is a Quick Draw with a twist, it is a timed event and the works created are composites of a group of artists.
See it Friday, March 18 poolside at the Holiday Inn beginning at 7pm.

The artists will sign these “one of a kind” artworks, and be auctioned by Auctioneer Ross Fitzgerald

There will be 5-8 artists in different groupings. Sculptors and any style of two dimensional artists are welcome to participate. Each artist begins a piece and works on it for ten minutes. At the ten minute mark, each artist leaves their artwork, brushes, tools, media, and moves to another artist's location and for five minutes works on that artist's work with whatever media and tools are at that location. At each five minute mark, the artists move to the next station, working with whatever they find there. When they arrive back at their own work station, they have ten minutes to finish the piece, or in some cases, fix their artwork. It could get very interesting, and the art work produced will definitely be “one of a kind.” This will be a great opportunity to obtain an original work of art created by several artists while you watch.

Saturday's Event

Join us Saturday March 19th for a New Poolside Event at the Holiday Inn to celebrate our 30th birthday

6pm - Silent Auction begins
7pm - Vignettes by the VagaBond Players
8pm - Presentation by Mike Roberts of Roberts Yogo Company and Big Sky Gold and Diamond Brokers

Beneficiary will be Special Olympics Montana

7pm - In the Atrium - Entertainment - Ken Overcast and Faith Halingstad
8pm - In the Atrium - Peoples’ Choice and Artists’ Choice Awards

Event is FREE to the public with a limited number of seats at tables available for sale

Tickets for tables or individual seats will be available at Yogo Sapphire Jewelry Company at 1219 Central Avenue

Each table seat will include an individual bag of “Yogo Paydirt” (actual Dike material from the Yogo Sapphire Mine) from Yogo Made Enterprises plus hors d’oeuvres

For more details call 406-868-9649