COMMUNITY EVENTS

Tinworks Art is committed to making art inclusive and accessible to our community, everyone is welcome. We have a variety of free and ticketed events as well as free workshops available covering topics related to our 2024 The Lay of the Land exhibition. Our free workshops require registration due to limited class sizes.  

  • Seed Swap & Crafts: Highlighting locally grown foods, Saturday June 22, Noon-3pm. Swap your unused seeds and enjoy crafts highlighting local Montana-grown foods. Start planning for next year's garden by trading your extra seeds with other plant enthusiasts. Tinworks and local food producers will be hosting art projects for all ages using Montana foods as creative materials. Pick up a free dehydrated sourdough start as well! Free and open to the public. 

  • Tuesday Night Local Artist Workshops (free!) – Tuesdays evenings once a month adults can sign up for these workshops to learn specialized art techniques and gain insight into artists’ processes through making and experimenting. These workshops are free to attend, but space is limited so registration required to allow instructors time to prepare materials. To view project examples and artists’ works please visit the local artist display area in the Family & Community Space. 

    • Tuesday, June 25th, 6:30pm-9pm. Paper to the People with Derick Wycherly. Pull sheets of handmade paper from a vat of pulp through a collaboration with water, natural fibers, and pigments. Layer colorful handmade paper into patterns of your own design.  REGISTER HERE >>

    • Tuesday, July 30th, 6:30pm-9pm. Ceramic Seed Banks & Deepening one’s Relationship to Place with Rachael Marne Jones. Come learn why the Niitsitapi (Black Feet Nation) has called the Gallatin Valley apistsisskitsaahko (The Valley of Flowers) for centuries, while decorating a handmade seed bank for saving & collecting your own seeds! Learn surface techniques such as sgraffito, paper resist and carving into clay to design your own seed bank with your own designs, and/or local flora & fauna. Seed saving etiquette and best practices, the deep history of the Gallatin Valley, as well as ceramic’s intimate relationship to seed saving will be discussed, followed by surface technique demonstrations. Banks will be fired, and ready for pick-up two weeks after the workshop. REGISTER HERE >>

    • Tuesday, August 27th, 6:30pm-9pm. Puzzle Relief Printmaking with Christine Martin. Create puzzle relief prints inspired by installations at Tinworks. Students will be asked to design a 4x6 speedy carve block that is inspired by the wheat field and the glacier installation. Using design basics to carve apart sections of their blocks to create a multi color image. Students would print this project by hand with spoons on mulberry, recycled, and historical papers. REGISTER HERE >>

    • Tuesday, September 24th, 6:30pm-9pm. Weaving Time + Place with Alayna Rasile. With an intuitive and exploratory approach to woven design, a simple frame loom can become a valuable record-keeping tool. This workshop teaches the basics of warping and weaving on a handheld tapestry loom and emphasizes the use of natural and found materials as fiber.  The postcard-sized textiles that result are both a visual and tactile documentation of time and place. REGISTER HERE >>

    • Tuesday, October 15th, 6:30pm-9pm. Wool Felting with Meghan Purcell. Learn the ancient technique of wool wet-felting and deepen your connection to the people, lands, and animal agriculture of Montana. You will learn the basic techniques of felting and be guided toward the making of your own felted wool art amongst a like-hearted community. This class is designed for first-time felters and those with some experience. REGISTER HERE >>

  • Thursday Film Series at Tinworks – Join Tinworks for semi-monthly Thursday screenings of films surrounding topics and themes associated with The Lay of the Land exhibition. Popcorn available for donations and open to the public. Registration not required. 

    • Thursday, June 27, 8-10pm – Gather: The Fight to Revitalize Our Native Foodways. Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. Gather follows Nephi Craig, a chef from the White Mountain Apache Nation (Arizona), opening an indigenous café as a nutritional recovery clinic; Elsie Dubray, a young scientist from the Cheyenne River Sioux Nation (South Dakota), conducting landmark studies on bison; and the Ancestral Guard, a group of environmental activists from the Yurok Nation (Northern California), trying to save the Klamath river. Directed by Sanjay Rawal, Produced by Tanya Mellier and Sterlin Harjo, Director of Photography Renan Ozturk. 1 hr 14 min 

    • Thursday, August 19, 8-10pm – Koyaanisquatsi: Life Out of Balance. An unconventional work in every way, Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi was nevertheless a sensation when it was released in 1983. This first work of The Qatsi Trilogy wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern Hemisphere, in an astonishing collage created by the director, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and composer Philip Glass. It shuttles viewers from one jaw-dropping vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings’ increasing dependence on technology Koyaanisqatsi’s heterodox methods (including hypnotic time-lapse photography) make it a look at our world from a truly unique angle. Directed by Godfery Reggio, Music by Philip Glass, Cinematography by Ron Fricke. 86 minutes. 

    • Thursday, September 26, 7-9pm – The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et La Glaneuse). Agnès Varda’s extraordinary late-career renaissance began with this wonderfully idiosyncratic, self-reflexive documentary in which the French cinema icon explores the world of modern-day gleaners: those living on the margins who survive by foraging for what society throws away. Embracing the intimacy and freedom of digital filmmaking, Varda posits herself as a kind of gleaner of images and ideas, one whose generous, expansive vision makes room for ruminations on everything from aging to the birth of cinema to the beauty of heart-shaped potatoes. By turns playful, philosophical, and subtly political, The Gleaners and I is a warmly human reflection on the contradictions of our consumerist world from an artist who, like her subjects, finds unexpected richness where few think to look. Directed and produced by Agnes Varda, Cinematography by Agnes Varda, Didier Doussin, Stephane Krausz, Didier Rouget, and Pascal Sautelet. 82 minutes. 

  • Field of Dreams, Storytelling Evening with Story Wrangler Bex Frucht, Wednesday, July 24th 7-9pm. Let's share our common ground! Join local Story Wrangler Bex Frucht for a down-to-earth evening of true-life tales from community members who will give us the Lay of the Land—sowing connection and imagination through stories rooted in place. REGISTER HERE >>

  • Northeast Neighborhood Summer Stroll – Wednesday, July 31st 4-8pm. This neighborhood-wide celebration brings together folks who might otherwise have never visited Tinworks Art in a fun exploration of all that our part of town offers. The Lay of the Land exhibition will be open for evening gallery viewing hours, enjoy free non-alcoholic drinks, and be sure to get your neighborhood scavenger hunt card stamped for a chance to win prizes donated by area businesses! 

  • Poetry Slam at Tinworks Art, hosted by Bozeman Poetry Collective, Friday September 28th, 7-9pm. Free admission. Sign up to compete for prizes at the Bozeman Poetry Collective’s special Poetry Slam at Tinworks. Selected poets will come prepared with three original poems under five minutes. Submissions can be emailed to: BPCsubmissions@gmail.com by September 15th. Bring your pack to support your performance and gain favor with the judges. Light refreshments provided. Free admission and open to the public. 

  • Wheatfields, Railroads, and Brewers: Exploring Bozeman's Historic North Side. Embark on a historic journey with The Extreme History Project and Tinworks Art. This historic exploration takes you through Bozeman's northside landscape, highlighting the vital roles that agriculture, the railroad, and brewers took in shaping the town's growth. Wander through the heart of Bozeman's agricultural legacy, where towering grain elevators stand as monuments to the industrious spirit of the 19th century. Discover the storied history of the Lehrkind brewing family at the location of the historic brewery, a testament to the vibrant local brewing tradition. As you stroll through the working-class neighborhoods, you'll gain a deeper appreciation for the community's enduring heritage and the hard-working individuals who built Bozeman into the thriving town it is today. Each tour in this series will feature a local expert who will take a deeper dive into their area of expertise. Each tour will start and end at Tinworks Art.