Just in time for another splendid Montana autumn, the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture is pleased to host three new shows featuring artists from our community. An opening reception is set for Friday, September 9th from 5–8pm.
Feather Light in the Jessie Wilber Gallery showcases the fresh and imaginative work of Richard Parrish. The exhibit incorporates both his signature large scale tapestry glass and his new technique which uses components from his earlier work, high temperatures, and weight to thin the fused glass. Parrish was delighted when the final product resembled feathers that were surprisingly strong for their thinness. His work investigates the intersections and collisions between the natural and human imposed landscape and is concerned with both the physical and temporal conditions, rooted in the landscape of the intermountain west in the United States.
In the Weaver Room Gallery, Salvaged Landscapes 2022 by Trevor Nelson is a thoughtful, engaging exhibit. The photo exhibition was created from the vast landscapes of often outdated or unrepairable objects left in perpetual limbo. These abandoned objects stand not only as imaginative compositions of color, form and texture, but allude to a more striking allegory: humankind’s wasteful and careless treatment of the land. In this work, these discarded elements have been recycled and salvaged by way of art.
Exuberance of Color
Exuberance of Color showing in the Emerson Lobby is a colorful and creative exhibition by Kelly Bourgeois. The exhibit allows the viewer to experience not only how colors influence and play with one another, but how they make you feel. It combines paper quilling and watercolor into an immersive experience in rich warm colors. Visitors are invited to revel in the colors selected for these works, with the hope that they make you feel playful, happy, and exuberant in their presence.
All exhibits are free and open the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10am–5pm. For more details and information about the ‘Schools & Seniors in the Gallery’ tours, please visit www.theemerson.org. Located at 111 S Grand Ave., the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture serves as a primary resource for the arts, arts education, and cultural activities in Southwest Montana. •
