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Hello to all our happy framers, artists, and gallery lovers!
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we want to take a moment to share our deepest appreciation.
Thank you for being part of our community, for trusting us with your artwork, and for supporting us year after year. Our community thrives because of your creativity, loyalty, and love for the arts. We are greatly thankful and honored to share this journey with you.
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We are pleased to present the winner of our 2025
Juried Art Exhibition artist
Tricia Opstad!
Tricia was selected as our Juror's Choice Artist this year during our 7th Annual Juried Art Expo, her work stood out amongst the rest as being especially unique and skilled.
As a recipient of this award, Tricia received the
opportunity to have her own solo art show in our gallery.
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Tricia Opstad is an abstract artist who grew up in North Dakota and currently lives and works in Missoula, Montana. Tricia makes visual art, sound art, video and dance performance. Tricia's work is experimental and expansive in nature. She pulls from her skills and training as a dancer using embodiment practices in her work. She responds from sensation, emotion, movement, and desire in combination with crafted techniques in composition and style. Tricia’s connection with the land and animals along with daily meditations in nature strongly influence her work.
Phenomenology says our very existence is established and maintained only through mutual and inseparable relationship with the world. I respond to the natural world and my living body experience, which translates to body memory and sensory maps for painting in the studio. In “Eye and Mind”, Maurice Merleau-Ponty shows how schemes for visibility, captured in our flesh, are at the origin of that productive and motor imagination that moves the hand of the painter.
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Tricia's work is influenced by both the Dadaist and Fluxus movements. Along with deep study into history, artist philosophy, crafted composition and techniques, she appreciates the element of chance, momentary impulses, presence practices, trusting the form will develop and emerge to shape outcomes. This approach reflects a rejection of rigid artistic control and fosters a conversation with an unfolding experience in the moment.
| | Today we’re looking back at one of our 1st Framer’s Corners—back when we were still figuring out angles, lighting, and whether anyone would actually want to hear us talk about matting and moulding. Fast-forward to now, and it’s become one of our favorite ways to share tips, show off cool projects, and let you peek behind the curtain. We’ve had such a blast creating these over the years, and we’re so glad you’ve stuck with us for all the fun. | | Click the link here to check out this archived Framer’s Corner—it's a good one! | | |
Hoping to skip some of the Thanksgiving cooking this year?
Interested in supporting the wonderful local businesses that make Missoula special?
Here are a few local options that will cook all or some of dinner for the big day for you.
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FSK is offering sides to go with your perfect Turkey.
Preorder by Nov 21st
Order by email
fsk@gmail.com
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Good Food Store of Missoula is offering a whole Thanksgiving meal all prepared for you click here for more info.
| | | Ah, Thanksgiving—the magical mix of family, food, and mild chaos. There’s laughter, there’s pie, and there’s probably a kid (or two) sprinting through the living room. But behind every perfectly roasted turkey is a very long to-do list. So before you worry about dusting the plants or lighting the “good” candles, take a breath and read our favorite tips to make the day smoother, simpler, and way more fun. | | |
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Normal Business Hours
Friday 11/28
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Small business Saturday
November 29th
| | The holidays are coming to life in our shop! We love this time of year when all the Thanksgiving and Christmas treasures start filling the shelves — cozy, festive, and full of cheer! | | |
This Months Coloring page....
As the days grow shorter here is an activity for the kids to do....
Click, print, color and then bring it into our Art Supply store for a prize!
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Stop into Frame of Mind for all your custom framing, art supplies and more! We look forward to seeing you!
"Because Art's not the same without a frame..."
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