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In just a couple weeks we'll have 13 amazing acts performing for their chance to be crowned the Beast of Bozeman and take home the $1,000 grand prize!
Join us on Saturday, March 7 to enjoy local performers, support the arts, and partake in a thrilling showcase you won't want to miss. Your vote decides the winner, so come help us crown the 2026 Beast of Bozeman!
Saturday, March 7
Doors Open at 6pm
Show begins at 7pm
Emerson's Crawford Theater
Tickets from $25
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WINTER SESSION 2
Begins next week
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Seize the moment! Signup to learn, create, and connect with our community! Winter Session 2 begins NEXT WEEK!!
Mondays
- Intro to Watercolor with Emily Gonzales
- 11am-1pm
- Intro to Portrait Drawing with Emily Gonzales
- 3pm-5pm
- Intro to Drawing with Emily Gonzales
- 6pm-8pm
- Metalsmithing I with Sally O'Neill (Mondays & Wednesdays for 3 weeks beginning February 23)
- 6-8pm
- Metalsmithing II with Sally O'Neil (Mondays & Wednesdays for 3 weeks beginning March 23)
- 6-8pm
Tuesdays
- Metalsmithing I with Sarah Pardee
- 3pm-5pm
- Intro/Intermediate Acrylic Painting with Samantha Hinckley
- 6pm-8pm
- Metalsmithing II with Sarah Pardee
- 6pm-8pm
- Handbuilding Ceramics- Intro/Int. with Allie Buck
- 6pm-8:30pm
- Wheel Pottery- Intro/Int. with Chris Bieniek (1 spot left!)
- 6pm-8:30pm
Wednesdays
- Handbuilding Ceramics- Intro/Int. with Christine Sutton
- 9:30am-12pm
- Wheel Pottery- Intro/Int. with Lauren Woods
- 9:30am-12pm
- Intro to Drawing with Emily Gonzales
- 11am-1pm
- Intro to Watercolor with Emily Gonzales
- 2pm-4pm
- Intermediate Drawing with Emily Gonzales
- 6pm-8pm
- Wheel Pottery- Intro/Int. with Robyn Till (1 spot left!)
- 6pm-8:30pm
Thursdays
- Graphite Figure Drawing- Intro/Int. with Martijn Swart
- 6pm-8pm
- Wheel Pottery- Intro/Int. with Chris Bieniek
- 6pm-8:30pm
Fridays
- Linocut Printmaking I with Samantha Hinckley
- 3-5pm
- Linocut Printmaking II with Samantha Hinckley
- 6-8pm
Saturdays
- Wheel Pottery- Intro/Int. with Lauren Woods
- 9:30am-12pm
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VU JÀ DÉ
Gracefully Descending
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Vu Jà Dé: Opposite of Déjà Vu, is an immersive, interactive, unrepeatable music and art collaboration featuring Pete Strom plus 20 local and national artists, musicians, dancers, poets, and more.
*Artist reception to follow the experience. Meet the artists and musicians, connect with one another, and maybe an impromptu surprise or two.
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Though it’s hard to explain, I can say three things:
- It’s not your typical concert / show
- I’m confident you will be delighted that you came
- It will only happen once
4+ years ago I was diagnosed with stage IV cancer. I felt pretty lucky that I didn’t have much a of bucket list, but one thing was crystal clear. I wanted to share some things that matter to me via a show of some kind, create an experience for my community in Bozeman, where no one really knows me as a singer / songwriter. The vision was to collaborate with some of my favorite artists I’ve become friends with over the years and share their genius with you all as well. This particular configuration of creativity will only happen once. I’d like you be there so we can see what happens together.
Big Love,
Pete
Saturday, February 21
Doors at 5:45pm
Films start at 6:15pm
Emerson's Crawford Theater
$55 General Admission
Use access code: EMERSON
*Every ticket supports HRDC Bozeman, with 100% of proceeds going directly to the Warming Center and Fork and Spoon. Please select the level that reflects your ability to give; higher levels increase our collective impact. All tickets include the same level of access to the event.
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Winner of the Grand Jury Award at Sundance, Seeds interweaves the stories of three Black generational farmers to create a collective and intimate portrait of farming today, Seeds is a moving and powerful exploration of their lives, joys and struggles as well as the fragility of legacy and owning land.
With remarkable intimacy, the film documents their everyday lives—cotton harvesting, chasing cows, dealing with broken machinery, and financial precarities. The camera relishes simple moments—conversations through car windows, candy from grandma’s purse as it captures moments of warmth, joy, and fulfillment—turning them into striking vignettes that honor the families’ connection to the land and each other.
Seeds world-premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim. The film has gone on to screen at major festivals worldwide, winning several awards and being shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar.
Sunday, February 22
Doors at 6:30pm
Film begins at 7:00pm
Emerson's Crawford Theater
$12 General Admission
$10 Students
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THE MOUNTAIN CLOWN AND OTHER FOUL ANIMALS
John Henry Haseltine
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John Henry Haseltine's The Mountain Clown and Other Foul Animals
Jessie Wilber Gallery
Opening reception February 27 6:00-8:30pm
Performance at 7:30 (rsvp details to come)
The Mountain Clown and Other Foul Animals is an irreverent jab at our cultural mythologies, specifically our Western and Pioneering narratives. Utilizing toys, puppets, performance and comics in addition to painting, Haseltine explores how both self-produced folk art and kitsch mass production equally contribute to the legacy of western mythology. He’s interested in the parallels between historical western expansion and contemporary gentrification in the region, as well as the ways stories can be manipulated to represent local and personal identities.
Haseltine is a self-taught painter primarily inspired by American primitive painting and regional folk art, as well as mid-century kitsch and punk adjacent art from the 70s and 80s.
His first book, Westward & Miserable, a collection of paintings and stories gathered from his past gallery shows, was published by Elk River Books in September 2024. The Mountain Clown & Other Foul Animals, his first solo museum exhibition, opened in October 2024 at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings.
This exhibit is in partnership with the Montana Art Gallery Directors Association (MAGDA) and Danforth Art Museum
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CALDERA
Christopher Campbell
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Christopher Campbell's Caldera
Lobby & Weaver Room Galleries
Opening reception February 27 6:00-8:30pm
My method is slow, but once moving through the land I work assuredly and intuitively, I find there is little equivocation over what to photograph. I question little when moved to expose a sheet of film. The questions come after. I believe there are always far more questions than answers. The heavy lifting, after I put a photograph out into the world, is up to the viewer. If I have done my job the weight should be manageable in its own way by anyone willing or able to take the time.
Most of my photography these days utilize a 4x5 view film camera. I develop the film in my dark room and then scan the resulting negatives into my computer creating digital files. I will then make subtle adjustments of light value similar to what I might do in the dark room, utilzing Photoshop and Lightroom. I then make 5x7 inch inkjet prints which I can use to evaluate and plan my film prints. Once I have decided what I want to make a silver gelatin print of, I return to the darkroom with the original negative and fully process that into a final archival silver gelatin print. A final note of clarification: the creation of a silver gelatin print does not utilize digital technology at all. All adjustments affecting elements of value, tonality and contrast are made manually in the darkroom.
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IN GOOD COMPANY
MSU Student exhibition
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In Good Company is a student exhibition featuring work by Montana State University artists, hosted at the Emerson. The show brings together a wide range of artistic voices working across diverse media and approaches. It highlights students at different stages of their practice, creating a space where experimentation, process, and polish coexist. Painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and hybrid forms are presented side by side, emphasizing conversation rather than hierarchy. In Good Company celebrates being in dialogue, with peers, materials, and ideas, while capturing a collective moment within the MSU art community.
Artists:
Elsie Bachman
Logan Boye
Garret Dominick
Kayelynn Hess
Jonathan Lau
Olive Lyngholm
Jack Perkins
Isabel Pope
Lucie Rabidue
Emmet Renner
Sylvie Skibicki
Kailey Stevens
Victoria Stoner
Helen Strelow
Phoebe Tripp
Carol Umstead-Raschmann
Ophelia Van Leeuwen
Work will be on display in the popup gallery located in Galleria Hall from February 13-April 17.
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Register for Summer Art Camp!
Emerson Art Camps run weekly from June-August, Monday-Friday 9am-3pm. This full-day camp encourages creative exploration and learning while playing outside and meeting new friends! We welcome children ages 5-12.
Sessions are filling quickly!
This year's all new and amazing themes:
- June 15-19 The Art Apprentice
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(ages 5-8) FULL
- (ages 9-12)
- June 22-26: The Art Apprentice
- (ages 5-8)
- (ages 9-12)
- July 6-10: Sculptor's Studio
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(ages 5-8) FULL
- (ages 9-12)
- July 13-17: Sculptor's Studio
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(ages 5-8) FULL
- (ages 9-12)
- July 20-24: Art & Architecture
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(ages 5-8) FULL
- (ages 9-12)
- July 27-31: Art & Architecture
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(ages 5-8) FULL
- (ages 9-12)
- August 3-7: Plates & Prints
- (ages 5-8)
- (ages 9-12)
- August 10-14: Plates & Prints
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(ages 5-8) FULL
- (ages 9-12)
| | Gift Cards for Valentines Day! These digital cards are perfect for giving the gift of inspiration & creativity. You input the desired amount and send it to the recipient to redeem. There is no expiration and they can be used for art classes, workshops, or summer camps! | | |
NEW TO YOU ART SALE
DONATIONS
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Donate your original art to our New to You Art Sale!
Our third annual New to You Art Sale will take place on April 30 and May 1! Mark your calendars for this super-fun treasure hunt, plus, donors receive early-bird access to the sale.
This is a wonderful time to clean out your spaces and pass along original artworks that you no longer display! Donations of original art (paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, ceramics, etc) may be dropped off at the Emerson, across from the Jessie Wilber Gallery, Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm. No mass-produced art, please.
Email outreach@theEmerson.org with any questions or to sign up to volunteer!
| | Swing through Galleria Hall to shop local art! | | It was so fun hosting these students for Schools in Galleries today! Inspired by John Henry Haseltine's Mountain Clown and Other Foul Animals, they created their own comic strips following an educational tour of all three galleries. | | GALLERY AND STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE | | |
If you're an artist or creative business owner, we welcome you to apply for a space in the Emerson. Fill out an inquiry form and let us help you find the perfect fit!
To walk through our available studios, swing by the Emerson during business hours Monday through Friday 9am-5pm, or fill out the inquiry form below.
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www.theEmerson.org
(406) 587-9797 | office@theEmerson.org
111 S Grand Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715
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