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12 • portfolio cm russell museum Charlies March Roundup Lassoing up Some Western Spirit During Western Art Week By Shannon Ruckman he C.M. Russell Museum has filled two days of events in three Great Falls, Mont., locations for Western Art Week. "We are excited to be a part of Western Art Week and celebrate Charlie Russell's birthday," says Duane Braaten, Director of Art and Philanthropy at the C.M. Russell Museum. "We have a whole weekend lineup of events for Charlie's March Roundup." e events start with free admission to the C.M. Russell Museum ursday, March 16, through Monday, March 20. Free events continue Saturday at the C.M. Russell Museum with an art conservation class taught by Morgan Wylder, Associate Conservator of Paintings at the Balboa Art Conservation Center in San Diego, Calif. "She will share her experiences in the fascinating world of art conservation during a free educational symposium," says Braaten. e popular "Art in Action" event returns to Charlie's March Roundup, starting at 10 a.m. in the Meadow Lark Country Club. Tickets for this event can be purchased online at cmrussell.org. Twenty-six artists participate in the Art in Action event and have their art featured throughout Western Art Week. "Visitors can mingle with artists while they create works of art to be auctioned," explains Braaten. "It's like a Quick Draw event, but the artists can start at any stage of completion." Friday evening at the Newberry in downtown Great Falls, visitors can purchase artwork during the ticketed fundraising event, Charlie's March Roundup Art Preview Party and Silent Auction. e silent auction will be online, with bids being made from mobile devices in real time. "We have 100 pieces from contemporary artists new to the C.M. Russell Museum," says Braaten. "ese artists bring new names with modest-sized pieces, which is a good opportunity for collectors to get some artwork." Collectors and art enthusiasts have another opportunity to purchase art during Charlie's March Roundup Live Auction at the Newberry. "We have 100 to 125 lots on an auction stage," says Braaten. "Artwork ranges from contemporary to historic western art." One of the artworks featured in the live auction is Dan Knepper's Fishing Bearfoot, an oil painting of a grizzly fishing the Bearfoot River. is is the second T Susan Eyer-Anderson - Snack Divine • 24"x 18" Oil on Panel – Watch for this painting in Charlie's March Roundup Auction on Friday, March 18th. Charlie's March Roundup features many wild western artists and nine important historical art pieces by C.M. Russell, O.C. Seltzer, Edgar Paxson, Frank Tenney Johnson, Phillip R. Goodwin, and Franz Trevors.

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