Articles with the Tag: Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana

News from the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana CHARLO – Visitors to the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana on Saturday, Oct. 7, are in for a real treat. Jan Kauffman will be our featured artist at the October “First Saturday” exhibit from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. showcasing a number of her oil pai...

News from the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana CHARLO – Wilderness lovers will enjoy the Sept. 2 “First Saturday” exhibit at the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana featuring local photographer Cordell Hardy, who showcases the interior of the Mission Mountain Wilderness from 10 a.m.-4 p...

CHARLO — Not too many people can say they had artist Charles M. Russell on their front porch in the early morning, waiting for them to wake up to let him in for a visit. But on Sunday, June 2, 1911, another famous Montana frontier artist, Edgar S. Paxson, was in his studio at 6 a.m. just starting to re...
News from Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana CHARLO – The award winning horsehair hitching team of Ron and Shoni Maulding are the featured artists at the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana’s “First Saturday” event from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5. During the day, the couple ...

News from the Greater Polson Community Foundation POLSON — Thanks to the generosity of Greater Polson Community Foundation (GPCF) donors, a total of $468,600 has been awarded to worthy needs and projects in our community from 2009 through mid 2017. The Greater Polson Community Foun...

CHARLO – Sixteen artists and three demonstrators participated in this year’s second annual cultural arts fair on July 8 at the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana. “We try to bring in a variety of artists to represent the diversity of the valley,” said Jo Cheff, one of the event&rsqu...
CHARLO – Summertime fun can be found on the grounds at the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana during the second annual Cultural Arts Fair. Local and regional artists, traditional skills demonstrators, live music, and Indian tacos and fry bread are on tap from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July...
CHARLO – Ledger art is an art form that dates back to the mid-19th century when Plains Indians made sketches to memorialize the deeds of young warriors using ink, watercolors or pencil on the pages of old ledger books. A revival of this art form began in the 1960s and enjoys great popularity today. The...

News from Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana CHARLO — Many visitors to the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana have heard Bud Cheff Jr.’s story; that his passion for collecting Native American and early Montana artifacts began at the early age of 9. When his first found artifact, a war club, wa...
Watercraft check stations open in Pablo, Ravalli The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes took action March 23 to issue a watercraft and trailer closure in response to the potential invasion of mussel populations that were detected in Montana last fall. Effective immediately all watercraft must be...