Author Talk with Cindy Owings
August 24 @ 4:00pm
AUTHOR TALK with CINDY OWINGS
Sunday, August 24th @ 4 pm at ‘Live From The Divide’
Montana artist Cindy Owings will share from two books.
Her latest book, Ralph Home: A Painted Story of Friendship, features bright
watercolor paintings and cherished anecdotes about the objects Cindy
purchased from the late artisan goods dealer Ralph McHenry at his Four
Corners Antiques shop and later at his Montana Expressions showroom.
The Purple Blanket memoir tells the 23-year story of how a wool coat and
home goods manufacturing business began in Cindy’s living room and grew into
a 5,000-square-foot factory on Bozeman’s historic North Wallace Street.
Women-owned businesses in the 1980s were rare, yet Cindy Owings Designs
(COD) excelled in a male-dominated fashion industry by creating outerwear
that celebrated Rocky Mountain wildlife, heritage, and the use of wool.
Although the COD factory was far from the epicenters of fashion, New York
City’s 5th Avenue boutiques, Oprah’s “Love It” List, and sitcoms regularly
featured Cindy’s designs.
COD coats and the original artwork from Ralph Home will be on display. Books
are for sale and for signing.
This event is free, but seating is limited.
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