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CLASSES AND EVENTS
The Marketplace on Main is proud to offer several classes and event spaces to the community and its neighboring areas. Anyone is welcome to attend!
True Montana Event!
Saturday, May 30, 2026 from 10AM-2PM
Where: Marketplace on Main
What: Join us at the Marketplace on Main for a day filled with fun! Stop by The Gallery to experience Lynn Shield’s “True Montana” art reception, sample delicious teas from Lake Missoula Tea Company, and don’t miss Tracy Brissette’s special pop-up art reception.
Lake Missoula Tea Company Tea Tasting: Sample and learn about Lake Missoula's Teas! Enjoy both hot and iced tea, including one black tea, one green tea, and one herbal variety, as well as some of what we already offer in Artique Brew. Jake will provide an overview of tea's color varieties, its origins, health benefits, and plenty of information about where and why they source their tea from smaller, artisan farms.
About Artist Lynn Shield's "True Montana" Collection: True Montana explores the quiet relationships between wildlife, landscape, and time. These paintings place familiar animals of region in moments of pause, often paired with oversized native flowers, birds, or insects - small presences that soften strength and slow motion.
Rather that depicting Montana as rugged or untouchable, this series looks at tenderness within the wild: power that listens, movement holds still, growth happening before it is complete. The animals carry, wear, or share their environment, suggesting a reciprocity between land and life rather than dominance over it.
These works are less about spectacle and more about attention - inviting the viewer to notice the brief, gentle moments that make this place feel lived in, loved, and deeply alive.
About Local Cut Bank Artist Tracy Brissette: Tracy Brissette's interest in art started at a very young age. She comes from generations of artists and poets, and she doesn't remember a time when she wasn't surrounded by beauty and talent.
Tracy's vivid imagination brought her into the world of fantasy fiction, and a game of Dungeons and Dragons with friends led to her publishing her own novel, Rhiannan's Quest, in 2014. From there, she has made forays into poetry, painting, and sculpture. At times, her artwork originates with her poetry, and other times one of her paintings or sculptures will inspire her to write.
Watercolors and acrylics, recyclables and natural materials are the mediums used in her creations. Her paintings range from vaguely realistic to utterly fantastical. Dragons, wizards, unicorns, and castles have found their way into her Fantasies Under Glass Collection, and her miniature cottages are a study in unexpected details.
Lynn Shield Fine Art Reception
May 22nd - July 15th
Where: Marketplace on Main Gallery
What: Lynn Shield is a contemporary Western artist recognized for her vibrant, colorful paintings that celebrate wildlife, horses, cowgirls, cowboys, and the Western way of life. Inspired by Montana's natural beauty, Lynn chose to pursue her passion and become a full-time artist. She creates striking works using traditional watercolors alongside Brusho watercolor crystals, allowing her to achieve rich, luminous color and depth. Visit her website: https://lynnshield.com/
Her True Montana Collection will be on display in our Gallery from May 22nd through July 15th for view and purchase.
Teri Loring Dahle Art Reception
July 13th - Mid Septemeber
About: Artist Teri Loring Dahle will have a display in our gallery from July 13th to mid-September. More info to come!
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