⛳️Mini Golf Magicians:
Your procrastination window is officially closing!
Gather a team, repurpose old artwork, or challenge yourself to build something wildly creative for the course this fall! 💡
⭐Submit your proposal by this Monday, May 18.⭐
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#PuttPuttGolf #MontanaArtists #DIYArt #ArtistOpportunity #minigolfdesign
➡ Seeking Summer Events & Media Interns
👀 Seeking creative, motivated students ready for hands-on experience at a leading arts nonprofit! Support artist events through media, outreach, communications, and residency programming while building real-world skills in the arts.
🔹 $15/hr | Flexible schedule (5–10 hrs/week)
🔹 Apply by May 20
🔹 Learn more in linktree
Yes, sometimes the job does include @drumcoffee if you are lucky.
Deadline extended to May 18!
💡Seeking brilliant artists, tinkerers, dreamers, and designers to build mini golf holes for the Encore! edition of the Open AIR Open Mini Golf Tournament.⛳️
⚡Apply & learn more: Apply & Learn More: /encore
Artists may work individually or in teams to design a playable mini golf obstacle for the tournament at Bonner Park on September 13. Participants should be available in Missoula for installation and will receive materials support from Home ReSource, GAM, and Missoula Mini Golf!
#PuttPuttGolf #MontanaArtists #DIYArt #ArtistOpportunity #minigolfdesign
⭐️Paid Summer Internships
Areas of Focus: Media + Events
🔷Calling hard-working, talented, passionate, creative students looking to gain essential skills and real-world experience at a premier arts non-profit! Interns will support artist events by contributing to event documentation, community outreach, communication efforts, and residency program assistance. Build skills, grow your resume, and work hands-on in the arts.
🔹$15/hour | Flexible hours (5-10 hrs/week)
🔹Potential for a longer-term position + work study
🔹Missoula, MT
Apply by May 20 with your cover letter, resume, and references to [email protected]
superstars pictured here:
🍒@morningstarsusie +@lizzzzzzeeee 🫐
💡Seeking brilliant artists, tinkerers, dreamers, and designers to build mini golf holes for the Encore! version on the Open AIR Open Mini Golf Tournament! ⛳️
⚡Applications due May 11.
Apply: /encore or in the linktree
Artists may work individually or in teams to design a mini golf obstacle for the tournament in Bonner Park on September 13. Artists should be available in Missoula for installation and will receive materials support from @homeresource , @gam_missoula , and extras from @missoula_mini_golf !
Plus prizes and bragging rights!
#montanadesign #missoulainteriordesign #downtownmissoula #minigolf #minigolfartistry #minigolfartist
🌞 Join Miah Chalfant, Open AIR's newest staff member and artist, for a virtual discussion about the connections between cowboy culture and indigenous arts.
🔹Indigenous Art, Indigenous Minds Speaker series
🔹Title: Stories from the Plains: Painted Hides, Ledger, and Cowboy Culture
🔹When: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at Noon
🔹Where: Online
🔹Cost: Free
Upon registration, a meeting link will be sent to you.
Register -> linktree
🔷About the Artist:
Miah Chalfant— also known as Heóvá’é’e (Yellow Hair Woman) — is a contemporary artist, storyteller, and rancher whose work bridges the worlds of her ancestors and the present day. An enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, she was raised in the rolling plains and Wolf Mountains of her southeastern Montana homelands.
She studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she deepened her knowledge of traditional designs rooted in ledger art and painted hides. Through her work, she carries forward these visual traditions, blending them with contemporary color and ideas to create a dialogue between past and present.
Drawing inspiration from ranch life, cowboying, kinship, and the strength of her culture, Chalfant’s work honors her ancestors while sharing the lived experiences of a young Indigenous woman. Through each piece, she uplifts her community and explores new possibilities for Indigenous art in the contemporary world.
✨ @shewhomakesmarks
From the bottom of our hearts: THANK YOU.
✨Your generosity during Missoula Gives, directly supports the 2026-2027 residency season. Because of YOU, we’re getting closer to funding the 23 2026-27 artists-in-residence sessions - including their lodging, daily stipends, and community presentations.
💙 Together, we can ensure that our incoming artists have the essential time, space, and resources they need to create meaningful, place-based work across Western Montana.
✨We just wrapped our 2026 Spring session with 4 powerhouse artists - @kellyannmarie , @m.d.schaff , @folded_poetry & @candacegarlock ! Thanks for all the marks you've left with us, at your sites, at the Blue House, and in Missoula while in-residence!
We celebrate ALL of your creative explorations, play, discoveries, friendships, and accomplishments made this past month. And we hope you pack some of those good vibes and take them on to your next stopping place.
Special Thanks and High Fives to @homeresource , @travelersrestconnection , and @missoulapubliclibrary for hosting this session!
💙
Introducing the Artists-in-Residence who will be joining us for the Winter & Spring 2027 seasons.
❄️ Winter 2027
Laura Lovo (Media Artist) | Home ReSource, Missoula
🌱 Spring 2027
Haley Grunloh (Illustrator) | Emlen Lab, Missoula
Anik Kurkjian (Installation Artist/Sculptor) | Missoula Public Library
Nina Elder (Interdisciplinary Artist) | Home ReSource, Missoula
Ian Carstens (Filmmaker/Writer/Curator) | Travelers’ Rest State Park, Lolo
Aretta Baumgartner (Puppeteer) | Philipsburg Arts Fund & Library
Help Us Cross the Finish Line! 🏁💲🐝
Our residency program isn’t just about making art—it’s about making art accessible. It’s about a puppeteer engaging a rural library, an illustrator bringing science to life in a lab, and filmmakers capturing the sounds and sights of one place.
Your donation today ensures these 2027 residencies are fully funded.
➡️ Support these artists at the link in our bio!
All donations will receive an exclusive digital Thank You basket 🎁✨
#GivingDay #MissoulaGives2026 #OpenAIRMT @lauralovo@haley.s.grunloh@anikkdesign@nina_elder_artist@puppetryaretta
✨We are excited to introduce the Fall 2026 Artists-in-Residence.✨
This group is diving deep into Montana's natural wonders and scientific collections, blending art with the environment in truly unique ways.
🍁 Meet the Fall Cohort:
Arlo Smytheman (Visual Artist/Illustrator) | Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum, Missoula
Anna Moore (Designer/Maker), Tammy West (Mixed Media Artist), Jordan Lefler & Logan Lefler (Photographers/Filmmakers), and Forest Woodward (Photographer) | Flathead Lake Biological Station, Polson
Catherine Lemblé (Photographer/Visual Artist) & Frederik Daem (Writer) | Philipsburg Arts Fund & Library, Philipsburg
Lydia McKinney (Weaver/Seamstress) & Mars Sandoval (Multimedia Artist) | CSKT Bison Range, Charlo
Every gift—no matter the size— goes to supporting art in action across Montana.
This Fall session will activate the CKST Bison Range, the Flathead Lake Bio Station, and extend out to Philipsburg and the University of Montana’s Zoological Museum!
➡️ Support our Fall artists at the link in our bio!
All donations will receive an exclusive digital Thank You basket 🎁✨
#GivingDay #MissoulaGives2026 #OpenAIRMT
@metamorph.tattoo@annaetomoore@tammyweststudios@jordanlefler@logan.lefler@forestwoodward@lydianursaidramlan@mr_sandoval_art@catherine.lemble@free.daem@umzm.bones@philipsburglibrary@umflbs
Can’t believe my Missoula artist residency is coming to an end so soon! This time has been invaluable for exploring new design ideas at the @missoulapubliclibrary maker space. Thanks so much to @openairmt for the opportunity to explore designs like this hand-cut leather continuous sculpture 🥰 Going to pitch it for a client project this afternoon! 🤞🏻
#leathersculpture #contemporarysculpture #handcutleather #sculpturalart #materialexploration
