Official Guide to Art Week Great Falls, Montana March 15th-19th, 2023
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portfolio • 43 1 The premier Western Art Week showcase exclusively featuring Internationally known Native American Artisans Pacific Steel & Recycling • 4 Seasons Arena • MT ExpoPark • Great Falls www.nacdcfinancialservices.com Fine Arts & Crafts • Daily Raffles Sammy Bird Jennifer White Missouri River Dance Company Saturday Performance by Louis Still Smoking Valentina LaPier M A RC H 17 - 20, 2022 celebration of native plains artists Edmond Albert Sonja Albert Carlin Bear Don't Walk Sammy Bird Belinda Bullshoe Albertine Crow Shoe Jesse Desrosier David Dragonfly Michael Fast Buffalo Horse Chanel Harwood, Ray Harwood, Jr. Reese Harwood Cyndi Hughes Valentina LaPier Robert Martinez, Lyle Omeasoo Lindy Racine Cyndy Running Crane Louis Still Smoking Tillie Torpey Jim Trueax Jennifer White Lola Wippert Indian National Finals Rodeo Celebration of Native Plains Artists Celbration of Native Plains Artists Event Schedule Thursday, March 17 Show opens | 10am-8pm Friday, March 18 Show Opens | 10am-8pm Saturday, March 19 Show Opens |10am-8pm Sunday, March 20 Show Opens | 10am-3pm Montana Expo Park 400 3rd St. NW his bright palee with pink and magenta set against deep blues and purples. His work depicts indigenous people and traditions in the present and the past. Louis Still Smoking joins the Celebration of Native Plains Artists again. Still Smoking was born and raised in Browning on the Blackfeet Reservation and came from a family of artists. He has been painting professionally for 22 years and refers to his work as "Impressionistic realism." Still Smoking strives to release the very essence of the person in his portraits and hopes it resonates with the viewer. His painting, "Annie," is of his great- grandmother, Annie Wall, also known as Yellow Swi Fox Woman, whom he refers to as "the last known botanist on the Blackfeet reservation." e Celebration of Native Plains Artists is the largest show during Western Art Week comprised exclusively of Native American artists and craers." e Missouri River Dance Company's award-winning Native American dancers and drummers with their thunderous, colorful performance on Saturday om 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Artist events and daily raffle drawings will also be held. Admission is ee. Artist events and raffle drawings will take place each day. e show is ee and open to the public. Artists Location Map: Page 41