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Missouri River Dance Company
Traditional Dancers & Regalia
Pacific Steel & Recycling • 4 Seasons Arena • MT ExpoPark • Great Falls
Jennifer White
Kiitoki Linda Pease
The Premier Wester n Art Week Showcase Exclusively Featu ring
Native American Artists and Arti sans. Visit them at:
March 16 - 19, 2023
The Great Western Show
Sammy Bird
Fine Arts • Daily Raffles
Thursday, March 16
Show Opens | 10 am - 8 pm
Daily Raffle Drawing | 5 pm
Friday, March 17
Show Opens | 10 am - 8 pm
Daily Raffle Drawing | 5 pm
Saturday, March 18
Show Opens | 10 am - 8 pm
Missouri River Dance Company
Native Dancers &
Regalia Discussion
4 pm - 5 pm
Daily Raffle Drawing | 5 pm
Live Music by Pollo Loco | 6 pm
Sunday, March 19
Show Opens | 10 am - 3 pm
Montana Expo Park
400 3rd St. NW
CELEBRATION OF NATIVE
PLAINS ARTISTS
Event Schedule
education was from a high school art class.
"I had an amazing art teacher," she says. "Art was
never a career plan – I wasn't even the best artist in
my class – it just happened."
She earned a degree in horsemanship from the
University of Montana Western and was focusing
on her rodeo career when Sammy Jo's artistic talent
was discovered.
"I wanted to create something for a benefit for a
friend fighting breast cancer," she recalls. "I donated
a painting of a rope wreath and a horse. My item was
the highest bid item of the live auction."
Sammy Jo was asked to donate more art to other
local causes and rodeo fundraisers. en, people
offered to pay her to paint.
"It had a snowball effect, I was donating my art for
benefits, and it just escalated from there," she says. "I
have been blessed on my art journey, and I give back
as much as I can."
Sammy Jo's contemporary western art is featured
on canvas prints as well as blankets and coffee mugs.
"I love seeing how my version of western art
compares with others," Sammy Jo says about the
Celebration of Native Plains Artists show, "and
all the people who come together to represent
Native Americans."
