Art Events & Exhibits:


From Silent Planes and Ghosts Remains

July 23- August 24
Artist reception Friday, July 23, 5:30 - 8:30 PM

Artists:

• Gabriel Kulka
• Ezra Olson
• Marcy James
• Frank Gonzales

The Danforth Gallery in Livingston, MT will open with a new exhibit, From Silent Planes and Ghosts Remains, Friday, July 23rd during the 2nd Livingston art-walk of the 2010 season. The show will open with an artist’s reception Friday evening from 5:30 – 8:30.

The concept of From Silent Planes and Ghosts Remains, originated in the mind of Bozeman artist, Gabriel Kulka, who has shown his work at the Danforth in years past.  Invited by Park County Friends of the Arts to curate a show at the Danforth Gallery, Kulka has invited 3 additional artists to accompany him in the exhibit. Ezra Olson, Marcy James and Frank Gonzales join Kulka from Bozeman, Missoula and New York, respectively.  Kulka himself also comes from New York. After receiving his degree in fine arts from The Academy of Arts in San Francisco, Kulka ended up in Bozeman, Montana. Using a friends shop in Willow Creek while traveling back and forth between Montana and New York, Kulka found the space and tools necessary to pursue the creations he developed through his minds eye. “I am interested in how people feel in certain environments and how spatial limitations effect an individual. I have an anthropomorphic interest in things, if you will”, says Kulka.

“Gabriel has a “cult like” following. His work has a clean contemporary edge. It draws people in and stops them dead in their tracks”, says Traci Isaly, Danforth director. “His pieces invite you to interact with them. They are rich with detail yet beautifully simplistic in design”. Kulka will be a featured artist in the upcoming August edition of Big Sky Journal, Artist of the West column, written by Michele Corriel. The issue will be on newsstands the second week of August.

From Silent Planes and Ghosts Remains will run through August 24th. PCFA and the Danforth Gallery invite the public to an artist’s reception on the evening of Friday, July 23rd from 5:30-8:30 p.m. A special “members only” preview will be held from 5:00-5:30 for current PCFA members. The Danforth Gallery is located at 106 N. Main Street. For more information about the artists that will be exhibiting in the show or PCFA/Danforth, contact the Traci Isaly at 406-222-6510.

The Danforth Gallery is a non-profit art gallery in Livingston, Montana and is operated by Park County Friends of the Arts (PCFA), a 501(c)(3) community non-profit organization founded in 1974. The mission of PCFA is “To nurture the creation and awareness of art by providing opportunities for contemporary artists and by offering innovative outreach programs, so that our community, especially our youth, can realize the importance of art in their lives.”

Each year, the Danforth offers innovative and exciting exhibitions and programs. Our exhibition season begins in May and runs into December. Many of our exhibitions and programs are made possible by the generosity of our members, who come from the community and across the country. Members are entitled to previews of exhibitions and to discounts on purchases made in “The Back Room”, which is a whimsical space in the back of the gallery, filled with hand crafted gift items and art pieces that are affordable for every art enthusiast.