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The ephemeral nature of art and beauty is an important theme of Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild's 2018 education program, according to BPSW Education Officer Hannah Demma. Demma, who guides children from small Montana communities on interactive tours of Sculpture in the Wild, meets school groups at the Lincoln Ranger Station, where rangers begin the program with a presentation. "This year we're doing bear safety. They've been playing a game with them, and it kind of...
Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild entered its busiest time of the year last week as this year's two artist-in-residence went to work on the newest installations for the park. Unlike some past artists, neither Cornelia Konrads nor Kate Hunt have released conceptual renditions of the work, which may make this year's launch Sept. 29 feel a bit more revelatory. Konrads in particular prefers to keep her concept, a span incorporating lodgepole logs and barn wood, close to...
Adele O'Dwyer admitted she was delighted and a bit surprised at the crowd that filled the Lincoln Community Hall for the first in a series of three Lunchtime Concerts celebrating both the 5th Anniversary of Blackfoot Pathways and the 100th Anniversary of the Lincoln Community Hall. "I don't think a lunchtime concert is a common place event, so I didn't know if the first one, would they respond?" she said. "There seem to be school children and all sorts of different people,...
Sculpture in the Wild's 2018 University of Montana Emerging Artist Anne Yoncha began work on "Tree Talk," a piece intended make the internal physiology of trees, and the networks between them audible, on Monday, Sept. 10. BPSW's first sound-based interactive installation, "Tree Talk" is described as temporary, performative art,and highlights the living presence of the Ponderosa pines within the Sculpture in the Wild. "Tree Talk "is designed to collect data from several trees...
LINCOLN - The fifth anniversary of Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild this September promises to elevate further the surprising art park in this small mountain community. In addition to playing host to renowned sculptors Cornelia Konrads and Kate Hunt who will be working on new installations in the 26-acre sculpture park on the eastern edge of town, visitors and residents will be treated to an eclectic range of musical concerts curated by Composer-in-Residence Adele...
LINCOLN - Five years ago some 60 Lincoln-area residents got together in the school gym to hear of a new vision for this small mountain community. Logging and mining were continuing to fade as foundational components of the area's economy - not gone nor forgotten, but surely diminished. The speaker that evening was Irish sculptor Kevin O'Dwyer, who arrived in Lincoln as the guest of renowned Damascus steel knife maker Rick Dunkerley, whom he met at Pratt Fine Arts in Seattle,...
The Lincoln Community Hall turned 100 years old this year, and it is one of the last log public buildings of its size in Montana. The unique octagonal structure, first dedicated in February 1918, was built by the citizens of Lincoln to provide a centralized home for the social and spiritual well-being to a remote mountain community. That vision has continued today. The list of directors and caretakers over the years include a Who's Who of Lincoln history. They selflessly...
Recently, a group of media took flight with University of Montana professor Rick Graetz to take in the stunning landscape of the southern Crown of the Continent area, centered on Lincoln. This flight highlighted Graetz’s effort to map, explore, and include this landscape of the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest into the coveted Crown of the Continent, which could bring an economic boost for Lincoln. With increased visitors to the area, that tourism influx could assist in cushioning and leveling out the historic b...
Last week, the Trust for Public Lands held the last of three meetings aimed at designing a local trail system that makes walking and biking around Lincoln safer and more appealing. The trail planning effort stemmed from the LOR Foundation grant that also funded Envision Lincoln, and though it's a separate process, it's tied tightly to the vision for the community that was established in those meetings. As the Envision Lincoln organizational meetings drew to close, two of the t...
Annie Allen has spent the past couple years developing the property around her home on Blackfoot River Ranch Road into an art exploration site, hosting classes and get together for artists, students and kids at her studio there. Last weekend, Allen's goal of making the site a spot to reflect and relax among art and nature took another step forward with the help of Jennifer Thompson, an artist, teacher and art therapist from Helena. With the help of Allen and several other...
The Lincoln Community Hall celebrated the historic building's hundredth year as the heart of Lincoln last weekend with entertainment, exhibits and activities that spanned two days and stretched from the Hall to Sculpture in the Wild. The celebration featured an eclectic series of events and activities spread throughout several locations. Classic cars, family friendly and educational booths, exhibits of historic and civic significance, a collection of oral histories from...
Kids taking part in this year's Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild Summer Education Program had the chance to get "Wild About Art" with artists John and Souheir Rawlings last week. Every year, Sculpture in the Wild partners with Lincoln School's POUNCE after school program to host the four-day program that in one way or another looks to history and the natural world as sources of inspiration for artwork designed by the kids who take part. "This was all based on nature...
With the job of coordinating the initial Envision Lincoln meetings behind them, Trust For Public Lands representative Amy MacNamara began working with locals last week on the plans for a trail system for the town and nearby areas. Shortly after Lincoln was awarded the $100,000 grant from the LOR Foundation last year that funded Envision Lincoln, a priority identified by organizers is the need for a trail system around Lincoln that provides safe walking or bicycling routes for...
Last month, Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild took advantage of a new way to raise funds by working with AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile, or smile.amazon.com, is a shopping website run by Amazon that allows shoppers to designate a nonprofit charitable organization to receive .5 percent of the purchase price of the items they buy. “It is Amazon, but with tying in with the greater community who order off them, Amazon has decided to contribute to charities,” said Sculpture in the Wild Artistic Director Kevin O’Dwyer. “They...
Health and Well-being The health and well-being action team, led by Lisa Gibson and Laurie Richards, chose to begin their efforts with an education campaign aimed at increasing safety and reducing crime, and by developing family friendly events for Lincoln. Throughout Envision Lincoln, drugs and crimes reporting emerged as a leading concern for community well-being. At local meetings, Lewis and Clark County Deputy Sheriff Chris Joyce often talks about the need for proper and timely reporting, which can be done anonymously....
