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Timber! Exploring the The history of logging in the Flathead Valley is a

History and Art of the rich and colorful one, and it’s on display at the Bigfork
Timber Industry
Museum of Art & History starting this week. The mu-
seum, celebrating its 35th year at 525 Electric Ave., is
unveiling the new exhibit Friday, March 14, at 5 p.m.
Bigfork Museum of Art & History Wine and light appetizers will be served, and a pre-
Unveiling reception, March 14, 5-7 p.m. sentation will be given showcasing classic logging
tools and equipment and tons of historic photos that
Exhibit on display until April 18 highlight the roots of a cornerstone of the valley’s
www.bigforkmuseum.org
identity.
“It’s interesting when you get into a little town’s
culture,” said Marnie Forbis, director of the museum.
The new exhibit, titled “Timber! Exploring the
2014 Exhibition Schedule
History and Art of the Timber Industry,” will high-
light the hard-working individuals who carved a liv-
APRIL 26-27: Guns of the Old West
ing out of the vast forests in Northwest Montana in

MAY 2-MAY 31: Spring members’ show with the early 20th century. The show will also be pep-
recent work. Begins with reception on April pered with contemporary artwork by local artists
25 at 5 p.m.
that celebrates the outdoors.
“The landscape makes the people but the people
JUNE 6-JULY 4: Birds, Bears & Barns: make the landscapes in some ways, too,” Forbis said.
Works in Wood and photography by Sally “It’s interesting to weave those histories together.
I’ve always been interested in those kinds of things.”
Johnson, David Clough and Greg Thigpen. The dynamic exhibit will embody the goal of the
Reception June 6, 5 p.m.
museum – to marry history and art.
JULY 11-AUG. 9: Montana Pottery II: new “To put the two together is nice. People can have a
works in clay. Reception July 11, 5 p.m.
little more perspective of their surroundings,” Forbis
said.
AUG. 15-SEPT. 21: Earth Works: Work in While the entire valley’s tradition runs deep, the
Metal, Woods and Leather. Reception Aug. exhibit will focus on the logging heritage in Bigfork
15, 5 p.m.
and the surrounding Swan Range. It will tell the sto-

OCT. 3-OCT. 31: Watermedia: Montana ries of settlers who established the early mills and
Watercolor Society. Reception Oct. 4, 5 p.m.
harvested the “ininite forest” that illed Northwest
Montana and became its “claim to fame.”
NOV. 7-NOV. 20: Festival of Trees: Gala, Nov. While gathering research for the exhibit, Forbis
21, 6 p.m.
found herself fascinated by the history. She hopes
residents who view the exhibit will share in that eye-
NOV. 28: Holiday members’ show. Reception opening experience.
Nov. 28, 5 p.m.
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