New to You Art Sale!

THIS WEEK AT THE EMERSON

NEW TO YOU ART SALE

You never know what hidden gems you’ll find at our second annual New to You Art Sale! Beautiful items have been pouring in and there's some seriously cool art to be found. Mark this fun event on your calendar and come shop art to support the arts!

New to You Art Sale

May 1st: 12pm-7pm

May 2nd: 9am-12pm

Emerson Ballroom

This is a fantastic way to support the Emerson during Give Big Gallatin Valley!

Can't make the sale, but still want to be a part of all we do here? Donate today!

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GIVE BIG GALLATIN VALLEY IS THURSDAY & FRIDAY

Give Big Gallatin Valley is a 24-hour celebration of giving, connecting community members with causes they care about, to raise funding for Gallatin County nonprofits. This year, Give Big will be on May 1 & 2, and we are raising funds for two large building projects! We encourage you to come by our New to You Art Sale at the Emerson on those days to shop art to support the arts!

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BOZEMAN DOC SERIES: THE MEMORY OF DARKNESS, LIGHT, & ICE

The Bozeman Doc Series will close its tenth season with the new film from award-winning director, Kathy Kasic, The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice.

The Greenland Ice Sheet, one of the largest ice masses on Earth, plays a vital role in regulating global sea levels. By studying sediment cores from beneath the ice, scientists can uncover clues about how the ice sheet has responded to past climate changes and what these patterns can tell us about the future.

If the ice sheet covering Greenland melted, global sea levels would rise 21 feet, profoundly impacting our planet. How, why, and when could this happen? A few years ago, scientists found lost sediment from a secret sub-ice Cold War base in the Arctic from the 1960s that holds clues to a time when the Greenland Ice Sheet was gone. The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice chronicles the discovery of this sediment and the critical implications of the science to our future.

Kasic will be in attendance and will take part in a panel after the film with Dr. Cathy Whitlock, Regents Professor Emerita of Earth Science at Montana State University and lead author of the 2017 Montana Climate Assessment, and other local experts.

Sunday, May 4

Doors open at 6:30pm

Screening begins at 7:00pm

Emerson's Crawford Theater

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VERGE THEATER PRESENTS:

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN (REVISED)

Based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised) follows a day in the life of Charlie Brown and his friends, including the bossy Lucy, the philosophical Linus, the music-loving Schroeder, the ever-spirited Sally, and of course, Snoopy, the imaginative beagle. This updated version of the beloved musical includes new songs like “Beethoven’s Day” and “My New Philosophy” and additional scenes that enhance the charm of the original while staying true to Schulz’s timeless characters.

May 1 – 4

Thursday – Saturday at 7:00 PM | Sunday at 3:00 PM

Verge Theater

Emerson's Galleria Hall

$35 or pay what you wish

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SUMMER ART CAMP

Our Summer Art Camp has new themes and exciting projects to inspire your little artists! Check them out- space is limited and filling quick!

One-week sessions offered through the summer from June 16 - August 15

Ages 5-12

Monday - Friday 9:00am-3:00pm / $330

This year's camp themes:

Print Makers:

June 16-20
5-8 yr olds: FULL
9-12 yr olds: space available
June 23-27
5-8 yr olds: FULL
9-12 yr olds: space available

Artists & Architects:

July 7-11
5-8 yr olds: FULL
9-12 yr olds: FULL
July 14-18
5-8 yr olds: FULL
9-12 yr olds: FULL

Color in Motion

July 21-25
5-8 yr olds: FULL
9-12 yr olds: space available
July 28-August 1
5-8 yr olds: space available
9-12 yr olds: only 3 spaces left!

Express Yourself

August 4-8
5-8 yr olds: FULL
9-12 yr olds: space available
August 11-15
5-8 yr olds: FULL
9-12 yr olds: space available

EMERSON'S BIRTHDAY & ART WALK

Join us on Friday, May 9 from 5-8pm in our Lobby Gallery to celebrate the 32nd birthday of the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture! We will have our traditional white cake with strawberries and would love our community to come out and join our party!

We are also unveiling new exhibits during our first Art Walk of the season, and some studios upstairs will be open and welcoming visitors, including:

Artists’ Gallery in Galleria Hall with featured artists: Sunny Jaye, Stained Glass Mosaics and Susan Fellerhoff, Jewelry

Montana Dreamweavers Suite 210 with handmade handwovens for the home

UPCOMING EXHIBITS

Becoming Undone

Rachael Marne Jones

Jessie Wilber Gallery, May 9-June 30

Becoming Undone refers to the ini+al state of wonder and panic, before recogni+on takes its’ finite hold and quells any spark of discovery beyond what is already known, recognized and comfortable. This state of being forces one to flounder in suspension, grasping for familiarity while enticing us to settle on possibility. In flux, we are forced to

revel in a state of entanglement, meaning is emerging and decaying simultaneously, an acceptance of the unknown is mandatory to move forward. Using both human engineered and “natural” forms that blend and bleed into one another through their shared proximity and processes of degradation, each sculpture is a physical quandary into blurring the line between anthropocentric and geologic time scales. Constructed chaos, implied/invented phenomena, micro/macro scales, still life and landscapes collide within these poems of the discarded.

My work and studio practice explore relation through the fluid interactions of materiality; using the artifacts produced by their emergence as metaphors for personal experiences, contemporary environmental events and as palpations to the limits of anthropocentric perception. Local, global, and interpersonal relationships are explored

to map a moving target of a sense of place. Time scales are rendered fluid. The archeological quality of clay inspires a deep reverence and responsibility for guiding particles into new forms to evoke a material poetry relevant to contemporary times, while paying homage to their deep histories.”- Jones

LGBTQ2S+ Artists in Montana

Lobby Gallery and Weaver Room Gallery, May 9-June 30

The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture proudly announces the opening of LGBTQ2S+ Artists in Montana, a compelling new exhibition celebrating the creativity, diversity, and resilience of LGBTQ2S+ artists living and working across the state. Curated by internationally recognized queer artist Richard Parrish, this exhibition showcases a dynamic range of artistic media that reflect the rich tapestry of personal identity, lived experience, and connection to place.

From bold to introspective works, the featured artists offer authentic and deeply personal expressions of life as LGBTQ2S+ individuals in Montana. At a time when many in the LGBTQ2S+ community face discrimination and uncertainty, this exhibition serves as both an artistic platform and a powerful affirmation of their enduring presence and impact.

Bauer, Tegan

Boyer, Tristan

Collins, Joshua

Gillan, Brenden

Graf, Shan

Hart, Liv

Karlsson, Ari

Livermore, BT

Marley, Christopher

Monahan, Ferris

Perez, Nicola

Schabacker, Claire