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Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild Artistic Director Kevin O'Dwyer, with the Blackfoot Pathways Sculpture in the Wild board, announced last week they will be postponing all 2020 summer and fall events in the park. The decision stemmed from concerns for the safety of the artists, board member and the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and from the resulting inability to deliver a full and comprehensive program. The postponement of their events includes the...
During the late summer of 1959 a peculiarly-shaped building rose on the east end of Lincoln's main street. Sporting a design that looked like a square sheet pinned down on opposing corners, yet ready to take flight, Lincoln's Community Methodist Church soon became a landmark for travelers between Missoula and Great Falls. Technically called a hyperbolic paraboloid , the uniquely mid-20th century building soon became affectionately known as the Flying Diaper. This week marks...
April 8 Update.- As of April 15, we haven't heard of any additional updates. please let us know if anything has changed. Thankss always, if we missed anyone, have included inaccurate information or if there are updates we missed, please let us know by a calling 362-4131, emailing us at [email protected] or contacting us via Facebook messenger. Governor Steve Bullock issued a directive April 7 extending the stay-at-home directive and other directs related to COVID-19 until April...
Governor Steve Bullock's stay at home order related to slowing the spread of COVID-19, lasting from March 28 through April 10, expanded on his March 20 order to close certain establishments and to enforce social distancing. Most businesses in the Upper Blackfoot that were open under the original order fall into the essential business category, but there are some exceptions and most that remain open are required to enforce social distancing requirements. The latest COVID-19 rel...
Groomed cross-country ski trails around the Lincoln School track and through Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild and the adjacent Forest Service property received an expansion onto private property this winter, providing greater access to Lincoln skiers and snowshoers. The Lincoln Outdoor Club works with the Lincoln Ranger District every year to groom trails for students to snow-shoe and cross-country ski on. "They have been terrific at keeping up with the trail maintena...
The Lincoln School Board held its monthly meeting Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln School Library. This month’s meeting, which was delayed a week, included updates on school organizations, the resignations of two staff members and the approval of the 2020-21 school calendar. Two staff members turned in resignations, which were accepted. Preschool teacher’s aide Mishayla Fallis, who’s position is being filled by a substitute, is in school to become an elementary teacher. Second grade teacher Loretta Greenough also plans to le...
Envision Lincoln, the community revitalization effort begun in 2017, has been flying below the radar for the past several months, but organizers are working to invigorate the movement with an open house at the Lincoln Community Hall Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. "It will be an introduction to getting Envision Lincoln going again," lead organizer Karyn Good said at a Jan. 10 meeting of several of the core members of the Envision Lincoln group. "We had a break, but we...
Sending a little Hey Howdy Hey of thanks to all the wonderful folds who make the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Thrift Store what it is today. Coordinator Diane Ironi started this little store ten years ago in the Methodist Church garage. She wanted to be able to help people out and make money for the community. And all proceeds that are made do just that. Along with the help of her dedicated volunteer’s Becca O’Leary, Joyce Ferguson, Rosaire Hoffman, Ron Lydiard, Susie Ruff, Syl...
Organizers for the Outdoor Club met last Monday to discuss upcoming events and schedule their first Community Skate night. The club received a donation from The Wilderness Society to fund the skating rink addition which should be here and set up this week. The addition will double the size of the rink they were using last year and arrives just in time, as the Outdoor Club has their First Community Skate scheduled for Thursday, Jan 23 from 4:30-7:30-pm. The event is open to...
Impeachment may be all the rage in Washington DC these days, but public land funding was the reason Laurie Richards made a trip to the nation's capitol last week. Richards, owner of the Wheel Inn and president of the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce, flew to Washington Monday, Nov. 11 at the invitation of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition to talk to lawmakers about the impact the CDT and public lands have on Lincoln and other small towns in Montana. Richards joined Aust...
Impeachment may be all the rage in Washington DC these days, but public land funding was the reason Laurie Richards made a trip to the nation's capitol last week. Richards, owner of the Wheel Inn and president of the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce, flew to Washington Monday, Nov. 11 at the invitation of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition to talk to lawmakers about the impact the CDT and public lands have on Lincoln and other small towns in Montana. Richards joined Austin Phippen of Chama, N.M. and Kevin and Patrick We...
It’s been a little quieter at Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild now that the weather has changed and all the summer activity with artists, students and the Café Night fundraiser have come to a close. Over the summer, articles highlighted the curator’s and the artists’ perspectives, but important insights for the park can come from the volunteers who make all the events and behind-the-scenes planning for the park happen. Several volunteers make all the events possib...
As winter approaches, the Lincoln Outdoor Club is preparing for fun activities including cross-country skiing, ice skating and other outdoor adventures. The club, which was formed more than twenty years ago through the school, has made a comeback in recent years. During a meeting of the Base Camp group in early 2016, then-Seeley School Superintendent Chris Stout came to talk about their very active outdoor club, which was started by a mother there wanted to take the kids...
The early winter storm that brought heavy snow to the much of Montana Saturday and Sunday prompted visiting Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild artists Stuart Ian Frost and Alison Stigora to head out a day early to beat the weather and nearly led to the cancellation of the official launch of the new work. But a handful of locals braved the cold and showed up Saturday afternoon to check it out regardless. BPSW President Becky Garland and Artistic Director Kevin O'Dwyer le...
Stuart Ian Frost's inspiration for his yet-to-be-named piece at Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild, came from a trip to Garnet Ghost town last year. During his visit, he photographed various artifacts and the two things seemed to stand out to him: a crosscut saw blade with an intricate design and a small metal canister in the shape of a house, which he later learned was used to dispense maple syrup. During that site visit, he also toured the Upper Blackfoot Valley...
The Blackfoot Pathways Sculpture in the Wild artists-in-residence, Alison Stigora and Stuart Frost, gave presentations at the Lincoln Library on their work to a room full of community members and sculpture park enthusiasts last Wednesday, Sept. 18. BPSW Artistic Director, Kevin O'Dwyer introduced each of the artists, who discussed their work, including their newest installation pieces for Sculpture in the Wild. Using slide presentations, they spoke of their history, the...
Last Friday morning Alison Stigora was taking measurements and getting lumber ready for the armature of her piece at Sculpture in the Wild. Stigora's sketches for her work show a piece people can interact with, walk into and sit with. The outside will be sheathed horizontally with burnt wood harvested from the the Park Creek Fire burn area. The inside will be vertical tongue and groove pine with benches and an open top, making the sky the ceiling. The inner walls of the...
It's one thing to view art in a gallery, after it's completed. It's a different thing to watch art being created-and that's what people can do Oct. 3-5 in Lincoln. Members of the Montana Painters Alliance-many of them nationally and internationally recognized painters-will be painting the local scenery, during the group's semi-annual "paint out." The artists will be out and about in public, and Lincoln residents and visitors are encouraged to watch and interact with them....
I've always been curious as to how the art and artists are chosen for the Sculpture in the Wild. On a misty Saturday morning, I was able to catch up with Blackfoot Pathways Sculpture in the Wild Curator, Kevin O'Dwyer to talk about this year's artists for the Artist in Residence Program, plans for their work, some upcoming events, and how the park is helping the Lincoln community. During our walk through the park, O'Dwyer was able to provide a lot of insight to how artists...
Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild awaits the arrival of Artistic Director Kevin O'Dwyer and the 2019 Artists in Residence, but the park has been plenty busy already this year. If you've been out to the sculpture park recently, you may have seen the new Memorial Benches and picnic tables. The new picnic tables were acquired through a matching grant through the Montana Department of Commerce. Ten picnic tables, four of them wheelchair accessible, provide an area for...
The Lincoln Council for the Arts discussed the Lincoln Arts & Music festival, along with some upcoming events and their current fundraisers at their monthly meeting on Monday, Aug. 19. In keeping with their mission, they also discussed various ways to bring art-related functions and programming to the school and community. One possible new endeavor may involve a collaboration with the Lincoln Branch of the Lewis & Clark Library. Kate Radford, the new librarian attended the...
While it's been a busy summer at the park, September is historically the busiest time of the year for Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild. For three weeks beginning Sept. 9, BPSW will host two artists, Stuart Ian Frost and Alison Stigora, for the park's 2019 Artist in Residence program. Visitors to the park will be able to see the work in progress as the artists work on their sculptures, and volunteers are welcome to assist the artists throughout their residency. Frost...
The Lewis and Clark County Heritage Tourism Council held their August meeting in Lincoln, with members taking the opportunity to visit the historic Lincoln Gulch Cemetery and meet with the newly established Lincoln Cemetery District Board of Trustees. The Lewis and Clark County Commission approved a resolution April 20 to formally create the administrative board for Lincoln's two cemeteries, a decision that ended a process begun in 2016 with the transfer of the old Lincoln Gul...
A group of seven performers who took the stage at the Delaney Mill TeePee Burner Wednesday, Aug. 7 to read some of their favorite passages from the various plays and poems of William Shakespeare for "Shakespeare in the Wild" Klara Varga of Lincoln, a devotee of Shakespeare, worked with Mary Dietz and Stacey Berquist, a retired high school theater teacher from Great Falls, to bring a group of like-minded fans together for the presentation. Varga persuaded Annette Gardner,...
