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Although the forecast is not for terribly springlike weather, ArtWalk Downtown Billings will welcome spring’s arrival with the opening of its 24th season on Friday, April 6, from 5 to 9 p.m. (more…) Continue Reading →
Earlier this week, at a group lesson for students in the Free Spirit Rock School, Sharon Mulvehill was sitting in on bass guitar. She normally plays a regular guitar, and she wasn’t all that familiar with the bass line for the first song of the night, Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me.” Bill Dickman, the school’s guitar teacher and musical director, who happened to be sitting in on drums, stopped the song and briefly, a little impatiently, told Mulvehill what she should be playing. (more…) Continue Reading →
A “creative reuse” store just south of the tracks in downtown Billings is open for business. The opening comes a bit later than expected, but also unexpected was the flood of donations and offers of help. “It has been so well received,” said Tammy Zemliska, director of the SCRAP Billings store at 21 S. 29th St. “People have been so excited once they realize their stuff doesn’t have to end up in the landfill.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Last winter, Tammy Zemliska and Doreen Hartman met when both were selling repurposed jewelry and home furnishings at Kim & Eddy’s on Montana Avenue. In talking with other artists who were also into repurposing and upcycling, as it’s called, they saw that there was a big need for work and studio space in Billings. They began looking into the possibility of opening a business where they could lease studio space to artists and also sell their creations. (more…) Continue Reading →
In the late 1980s, Vicki Van Buskirk talked five other art gallery and shop owners into staying open late on a Friday night for an “art event.”
“It was a disaster,” said Van Buskirk, then the owner of the Toucan Gallery at 2505 Montana Ave. “Nobody showed up.” (more…) Continue Reading →
