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In celebration of the reopening of the Russell Studio and in recognition of the recent historical conservation work that has been completed on the studio and the studio collection, the C.M. Russell Museum is excited to be organizing a summer exhibit that highlights Russell’s ethnographic and prop collection. Artifact into Art: the C.M. Russell Studio Collection will pair together studio props and their counterpart facsimiles that appear in Russell’s finished works. In doing so, the exhibition will help elucidate Russell’s artistic process for museum goers. The exhibition will present an overview of Russell’s studio collection and his collecting habits and examine the important role that his visual props and artifacts played in the creation of his art. It will feature major works of Russell’s art in the museum’s collection and be divided into four sections that look at Women and Interiors, Clothing, Weapons, and Riding Gear.
This exhibition will be on view at the C.M. Russell Museum through December 31st. Guided tours of Artifact into Art and the museum’s permanent collection of Russell works will be offered at 2pm, three days weekly (Tuesday, Friday and Saturday), June 6th through August 26th. Tours are free with museum admission. Please note: there will be no tour on July 22nd. The mission of the C.M. Russell Museum is to collect, preserve, research, interpret, and educate on the art and life of Charles M. Russell; the art and lives of his contemporaries; and the art of preceding and ensuing generations that depicts and focuses on the culture, life, and country of Russell’s West. Learn more at www.cmrussell.org.
The C.M. Russell Museum is located at 400 13th Street North in Great Falls. Summer hours are 10am–5pm, Tuesday through Sunday. •
