BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.zootownarts.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:f9d4154e-170e-46ad-98ea-4998c1f82622 X-WR-CALDESC:Gallery Opening on Second Friday\, July 12\, 5-8 PM\nExhibitin g in the Blackfoot Communications Gallery through July \n\nView & Purchase Artwork here: https://givergy.us/TheSwansonsDoPrints/\n\nThe ZACC is thri lled to present ’The Swansons Do Prints’\, works by Julie Swanson\, Richar d Swanson\, and Penny Price\, in the Blackfoot Communications Gallery thro ughout July. Works are available for purchase\, and the artists will be pr esent at the opening reception.\n\nABOUT THE ART\nThe Swansons were invite d to exhibit prints in the Blackfoot Communications Gallery this July\, wi th Last Best Print Fest 2024. Julie Swanson Skinner is currently a Print S hop Intern at the ZACC. She is sister to Richard Swanson\, a sculptor and ceramic artist in Helena who has recently developed an interest in printma king. His wife is Penny Price Swanson\, also a ceramic artist and art educ ator. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n\nJULIE SWANSON SKINNER\nJulie Swanson Skinne r focused on printmaking in college at Southwest Minnesota State Universit y and has continued to take workshops and classes over the years. After mo ving to Missoula in 2020 her daughter introduced her to the ZACC where she took several classes\, eventually becoming a volunteer. The work in this exhibit will showcase examples of her work over the past decades. Earlier work was mainly intaglio and lithography. After college\, she found relief printing more accessible and so she focused on woodblock and linoleum pri nts. Recent work has been made possible through access to the ZACC print s hop where she is a print shop intern. \n\nJulie’s images tend to reflect t he natural world\, sometimes with a little playfulness. She enjoys the way layers of color interact on the page and how the carving lines can add ex pression \n\nRICHARD SWANSON\nRichard Swanson’s life-long career in art be gan in his mid-20’s as a studio potter and expanded to multimedia sculptur e in his early 40’s. Since earning his MFA at the University of Montana in 1994 at the age of 50 he has concentrated on large scale public artwork\, multimedia museum installations and interactive sculpture for dance on st age and in the landscape\, all the while maintaining his interest in studi o ceramics. He has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation\, installed over a dozen permanent public art installations\, collaborated w ith choreographers on several dance projects and been invited to do instal lations in several prominent regional museums as well as received career a ffirming grants from the Montana Arts Council\, The Myrna Loy\, the Art Matt ers Foundation among others. Now 80 years old\, he has just begun explorin g the world of linocut prints—his first serious exploration of two dimensio nal space. To get an overview of Richard’s career visit richardswanson.org . \n\nPENNY PRICE SWANSON \nPenny Price Swanson graduated from Concordia C ollege in Moorhead Minnesota with a double major in Art and Elementary Edu cation. While teaching 3rd grade in Boulder\, Colorado\, she joined the Bo ulder Potters’ Guild. There she honed her pottery skills. \n\nPenny reloca ted to Helena\, Montana when she accepted a two-year residency at the Arch ie Bray Foundation. After her Bray residency\, Penny taught half-time kind ergarten in the morning followed by pottery making in the afternoons. This was followed by several years of full-time pottery making. A chance to te ach Middle School art brought her back into the classroom\, teaching linoc ut printing and silk screen techniques. This will be the first showing of her prints in a gallery. X-WR-RELCALID:0e02babc047dd92323251c3ac88f9b16 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20241103T020000 RDATE:20251102T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20250309T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:057bde0b-be57-41dd-b8a9-c109e09e3d93 DTSTAMP:20260505T100344Z DESCRIPTION:Gallery Opening on Second Friday\, July 12\, 5-8 PM\nExhibiting in the Blackfoot Communications Gallery through July \n\nView & Purchase Artwork here: https://givergy.us/TheSwansonsDoPrints/\n\nThe ZACC is thril led to present ’The Swansons Do Prints’\, works by Julie Swanson\, Richard Swanson\, and Penny Price\, in the Blackfoot Communications Gallery throu ghout July. Works are available for purchase\, and the artists will be pre sent at the opening reception.\n\nABOUT THE ART\nThe Swansons were invited to exhibit prints in the Blackfoot Communications Gallery this July\, wit h Last Best Print Fest 2024. Julie Swanson Skinner is currently a Print Sh op Intern at the ZACC. She is sister to Richard Swanson\, a sculptor and c eramic artist in Helena who has recently developed an interest in printmak ing. His wife is Penny Price Swanson\, also a ceramic artist and art educa tor. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n\nJULIE SWANSON SKINNER\nJulie Swanson Skinner focused on printmaking in college at Southwest Minnesota State University and has continued to take workshops and classes over the years. After mov ing to Missoula in 2020 her daughter introduced her to the ZACC where she took several classes\, eventually becoming a volunteer. The work in this e xhibit will showcase examples of her work over the past decades. Earlier w ork was mainly intaglio and lithography. After college\, she found relief printing more accessible and so she focused on woodblock and linoleum prin ts. Recent work has been made possible through access to the ZACC print sh op where she is a print shop intern. \n\nJulie’s images tend to reflect th e natural world\, sometimes with a little playfulness. She enjoys the way layers of color interact on the page and how the carving lines can add exp ression \n\nRICHARD SWANSON\nRichard Swanson’s life-long career in art beg an in his mid-20’s as a studio potter and expanded to multimedia sculpture in his early 40’s. Since earning his MFA at the University of Montana in 1994 at the age of 50 he has concentrated on large scale public artwork\, multimedia museum installations and interactive sculpture for dance on sta ge and in the landscape\, all the while maintaining his interest in studio ceramics. He has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation\, i nstalled over a dozen permanent public art installations\, collaborated wi th choreographers on several dance projects and been invited to do install ations in several prominent regional museums as well as received career affi rming grants from the Montana Arts Council\, The Myrna Loy\, the Art Matte rs Foundation among others. Now 80 years old\, he has just begun exploring the world of linocut prints—his first serious exploration of two dimension al space. To get an overview of Richard’s career visit richardswanson.org. \n\nPENNY PRICE SWANSON \nPenny Price Swanson graduated from Concordia Co llege in Moorhead Minnesota with a double major in Art and Elementary Educ ation. While teaching 3rd grade in Boulder\, Colorado\, she joined the Bou lder Potters’ Guild. There she honed her pottery skills. \n\nPenny relocat ed to Helena\, Montana when she accepted a two-year residency at the Archi e Bray Foundation. After her Bray residency\, Penny taught half-time kinde rgarten in the morning followed by pottery making in the afternoons. This was followed by several years of full-time pottery making. A chance to tea ch Middle School art brought her back into the classroom\, teaching linocu t printing and silk screen techniques. This will be the first showing of h er prints in a gallery. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240712T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240731T180000 LOCATION:in the Blackfoot Communications Gallery SUMMARY:The Swansons Do Prints\, Works by Julie Swanson\, Richard Swanson\, & Penny Price END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR