Posts by Lisa Staudohar

Tom Petrie on Charlie Russell

Tom Petrie on Charlie Russell

June 30, 2022 | by

For 53 years, The Russell Exhibition & Sale has been a staple of the Western art world. The premiere fundraiser for the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, The Russell offers consigned major historic and contemporary Western artworks for sale. This year, The Russell returns with incredible artwork, in a new location, the Montana ExpoPark in Great Falls, from August 18 through 21 and introduces ‘The Suites at The Russell’ which features more than 100 artists displaying miniature galleries to showcase and sell their work. Tom Petrie is a former chairman of the C.M. Russell Museum Board of Directors
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Finishing Touches: An Interview With Erik Petersen

Finishing Touches: An Interview With Erik Petersen

March 1, 2022 | by

Artists often have interesting backgrounds most of us never hear about or read about. Erik Petersen is one of them. Many notable sculptors—such as Susan Kliewer and Kim Kori—started out working at bronze foundries. Deborah Copenhaver Fellows started her own foundry, while Kim Obrzut did much of her own foundry work when she first began to cast bronzes. Ken Rowe, a well-known taxidermist, is very hands-on during the bronze process as is John Coleman who even did his own patinas. Read the full article in the March/April 2022 issue. Photo courtesy of Willie Petersen
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