The 25th Alpine Artisans Tour of the Arts is a free, self-guided drive this weekend from Condon through Seeley Lake to Lincoln, with more than 25 artists at 10 studios and galleries.
Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday hours are noon to 5 p.m., the Seeley Swan Pathfinder reported when it previewed the route. Maps are at alpineartisans.org and at the Grizzly Claw Trading Co. in Seeley Lake, and road signs mark the turns off Highways 83 and 200.
The tour opens at the Swan Valley Historical Museum in Condon, where Sharon Lamar, Patti Robinson Grant and first-year ceramicist Darby Gleason are showing work. The Pathfinder noted this will be Grant’s last year on the tour. Nearby, Jeri and Roger Watson of Swan Valley Copper plan to fire enamel bowls at 1,800 degrees, a demonstration the paper photographed in advance. John Mercer’s photography studio, Carrie Darrah’s pottery, Angela Bennett’s watercolors and wood carver Will Katz (Saturday, noon to 3 p.m. at Grizzly Claw) fill out the Seeley Lake stretch. Jean Pocha will demonstrate nature journaling Saturday only at the Alpine Artisans’ Gallery at Seeley Station.
Just west of Lincoln, Annie Allen is marking the grand opening of AnnieSpace, a new makerspace, with porcelain artist Lisa Ernst and jewelry artists Sally Bogaert and Jason Allen. Downtown Lincoln’s 406 MT Mercantile is open Saturday only. The tour also takes in Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild, which recently added pieces by Justin Tyler Tate and Missoula artist Jesse Blumenthal.
Every stop is free. Questions can go to the organizers at jenny@alpineartisans.org or (406) 531-3354, the Pathfinder said.
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