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  • WAG AOM Reception To Feature Myers' Easter Eggs

    Mary Fahlgren, For the Courier|Mar 4, 2020

    Just in time for Easter, Jason Myers will have 30 of his exquisitely designed and handmade sugar Easter eggs at the Wheatgrass Arts & Gallery's Artist of the Month reception, located at the gallery, 523 2nd Ave. S., Glasgow. This is Myers' second year to take on this endeavor at the gallery, which has proven to be eye-candy for anyone visiting the gallery during its show. Each piece is made of a sugar and water solution that is molded in an egg shaped form. The surface is then decorated with...

  • Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery October Artist of the Month Supports Lustre Up And Coming Artist

    Mary Fahlgren, For the Courier|Oct 2, 2019

    In support of up and coming artists, the Wheatgrass Arts & Gallery is excited to host Halle Paige Reddig as its October Artist of the Month. Seventeen-year-old Halle grew up in Lustre, Mont. Like many artists, as a child Halley would spend hours painting and coloring. Eventually her abilities and dedication to her art matured to the level of sketching lifelike images of those objects around her. By the time she was a sophomore at Wolf Point High School, art became a serious endeavor for her....

  • Artist of the Month Reception

    Mary Fahlgren, For the Courier|May 29, 2019

    When the Fort Peck Summer Theatre matinee is over, extend your evening of Northeast Montana's fine art culture by stopping by the Wheatgrass Arts & Gallery, 523 2nd Ave. So. in Glasgow. During the months of June, July and August, the Gallery will be hosting its Artist of the Month receptions on the first Sunday of each summer month from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wine and dessert will be served. June's Artist of the Month is Janet Sullivan. Sullivan's love of painting has led her to a 45-year career as...

  • Ann Patterson Bishop:

    Mary Fahlgren, For the Courier|May 1, 2019

    The Wheatgrass Arts & Gallery (WAG) is expanding its horizons, its artist horizons, that is. A longtime friend of WAG owner Mary Fahlgren, Ann Patterson Bishop has agreed to show her extensively known art work during the month of May. Please join us on Friday, May 3, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery, 523 2nd St. So. for an artist's reception. Unfortunately, Patterson Bishop will not be able to be present at her reception but you can "Visit the Artist" and even check out her...

  • Artist of the Month Reception at the WAG

    Mary Fahlgren, For the Courier|Sep 26, 2018

    The Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery will host Keely Perkins at its Artist of the Month reception on Sunday, Oct. 7, from 3 to 5 p.m. Perkins' artwork reflects her constant amazement of nature, both flora and fauna. She loves the legend of creation, the way an animal or color or plant can represent a person or omen. She loves how all creation is connected and that connection is not something that is built, but has been always been inside of us. She is influenced by color and pattern, the mismatch of...

  • Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery July Artist of the Month

    Mary Fahlgren, For the Courier|Jul 4, 2018

    The reception for the Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery Artist of the Month, Heather Snell, will take place on Sunday, July 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery, 531 2nd Ave. So. Please note the change from Friday to Sunday for July and August only. Artist Heather Snell is a Lakota/Dakota artist who resides on the Ft. Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Reservation. Primarily a self-taught artist with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and adventure, she enjoys experimenting with many...

  • Wheatgrass Artist of the Month: Sherry Childers

    Mary Fahlgren, For The Courier|Mar 2, 2016

    The Amber Moth is where Sherry Childers has been creating one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry and wearable art since 1994. This month, Sherry will be sharing her artwork with the Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery. Using a variety of mediums from natural gemstones, coral and jade to bone, horn and recycled materials, Sherry has created necklaces, ear rings, brooches, lanyards and custom-made pieces. Her signature showpiece is an eye-catching, glass-ladened bowling ball mounted on an iron stand. The Dragon Eye necklace is a particularly unique and...

  • Wheatgrass Artists of the Month: Audra Cornwell Ortega and Elizabeth Shipstead

    Mary Fahlgren, For The Courier|Feb 3, 2016

    Audra Cornwell Ortega, a fourth generation Valley County ranch family, is a ranch wife and mother of two. Audra grew up on the family ranch near Glasgow and educated in Hinsdale, MT. In 2012, she married Mike Ortega and together they continue the tradition of family ranching. In 2014, Audra was gifted a digital Canon camera. Her passion for photographing the daily and seasonal chores and pleasures of ranch life was born. Today, Audra is driven to share with others the life she leads as seen...

  • Wheatgrass Artist of the Month: Carol Ann Oster

    Mary Fahlgren, For the Courier|Dec 9, 2015

    Carol Ann Oster, Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery’s Artist of the Month, is well-known in Valley County for her exquisite art work. Carol Ann has spent all of her life living in Eastern Montana. The goal she sets for her art is to express the beauty of the Montana prairies; specifically Eastern Montana. This includes the people, animals, vegetation, and natural and manmade structures. This expression is made through the use of a variety of mediums on paper including watercolor, pastel, ink and pencil. During the month of December, Carol will be s...

  • Wheatgrass Gallery: Artist of the Month

    Mary Fahlgren, For The Courier|Sep 23, 2015

    He came into the gallery in the morning in a small crowd of regular customers. I thought they were together, or maybe he needed to pick up his laundry, but when I asked if he was a friend of theirs, she said she'd never met him. I looked closer and saw his hands were muddled with oil paint that matched the specks on his jeans. Rather bluntly, I asked who he was. He replied, "Paul Rolfes. I'm an artist, and I was told to come to your gallery." My curiosity drove me into conversation with this pai...

  • Wheatgrass Gallery: Artist of the Month

    Mary Fahlgren, For The Courier|Aug 5, 2015

    To know her paintings is to know Barb Hansen, the Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery's Artist of the Month, August 7-31. Barb's paintings not only share with the viewer her love of nature, but are also witnesses to the beauty of God's creation. Barb began her love of nature at an early age. Her father would take her on walks through the countryside pointing out the native plant species and local birds. He would teach her how to observe and identify her environment and their common names. When Barb was...

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