Haendel owns and individualizes the world of popular culture by re-drawing it in his own vision–-cleverly manipulating scale, composition, and juxtaposition to uncannily transform ordinary images into witty perspectives on contemporary life.

Haendel focuses on black-and-white drawing installations. He recently had a solo show, “Questions for My Father,” a film installation, made with Petter Ringbom, at the Harris Lieberman Gallery in New York.  His public art project, “Scribble,” was installed on the side of a building at 441 Broadway in New York in 2009.  His works are in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art.  He graduated magna cum laude from Brown, and received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

It’s about time we threw another Cottonwood favorite, the BYOA show! Personally, this is our favorite show because it brings out the crazies. Round up your work, round up your friends because this is your chance to show the other artists around Bozeman what you do. Honored guest Will Shirey will be on hand giving lessons on life and love.

Bring your work to the show ready to hang. Any and all mediums highly encouraged-painters, printers, clay tossers, performance nerds, sculpturians, footage finders all welcome! All ages! BYOB! Free Admission and No Commission!

All donations to the Cottonwood greatly appreciated!

The Camera Club of Bozeman has been in existence since the late 1940s, surrounded by year-round activities, special events, and some of the most photogenic places in the world. It has monthly meetings with a variety of how-to workshops, field trips, friendly/constructive photo critiques, pro-photographer presentations, and even spontaneous coffee shop get-togethers between meetings. All levels of photographic experience and expertise are welcome to participate. Some members use point-and-shoot cameras, others are honing their skills with DSLRs, and some diehards still shoot film. Photographers in the area are encouraged to join in and share the fun of photography with the members – meetings are typically held every fourth Thursday at the Willson School, 404 West Main, Board Room 120, 7:00 PM.

Exhibiting amateur photographers are: Anne Danahy, Bob Potter, Cheryl Taylor, Robert Howell, Deb Berglund, Dennis Young, Howard Bethel, Ken Shelly, Kristine Brandstetteer, Mary Armstrong, Matt Williams, Pam Linn, Pat Devine, Rob Potter, Sarah Phillips, Stephen Scott, Scottie Scott, Sid Brosten, Tamera Frank, Tiffany Feisthamel, Tom Eggemeyer, Linda Stuber, Patty Bauchman, Ed Thomes, Steve Culliton, Shelburn Murray, Laura Rotherham, and Steve Hample.

The Bozeman Public Library is committed to promoting the visual and aesthetic enhancement of the Bozeman community through this ongoing presentation of rotating exhibits of public art in the Library. Proposals must be received by April 30, 2012. Incomplete or late proposals will not be considered. For complete description of the program and guidelines, visit www.bozemanlibrary.org/about/art.php. For additional information, please contact Paula Beswick at 406-582-2426 or director@bozemanlibraryfoundation.org.

We invite you to come meet the artists at a wine and cheese reception on the evening of Friday, February 10^th from 5-8 p.m., during the Emerson Galleria Art Walk.

Every summer, the winter snow of the Montana mountains melts, and gradually flows toward the ocean.  This year, artists Charlie Capp and LA Hoffman will be embarking on an creative art adventure to follow that water. They will be traveling by kayak from Capp’s family ranch in Stevensville, MT, and follow the course of the rivers all the way to the Pacific Ocean.  The project is called “Summit to Sea”, and will be a 1,101 mile journey through four states, and a portion of Canada.  Along the route they’ll document the communities linked by the water, from the creeks of Montana, to where the Columbia river finally mingles with the sea.

“We’re not just going to be exploring the rivers of the American West,” said Capp.  “We want to see how the rivers, and a precious resource like water, have affected and shaped the communities that share it.”  Before they hit the river this summer, though, their first mission is fundraising, and they’re using a very 21st-century strategy to do it.

“We’re utilizing Kickstarter to raise funds for the project,” said Hoffman, “a relatively new, web-based strategy for getting art projects funded by a crowd of users, rather than relying on large grants, which are becoming increasingly rare.”  Capp and Hoffman are trying to raise $8,500 by midnight on February 29th, and so far the Kickstarter campaign is working, though they haven’t quite reached their fundraising goal yet.

“It’s a really scary process,” said Hoffman.  “You really put yourself out there, and hope that others will find your project interesting, and each time you see a backer choose to support your project, you breathe a little sigh of relief, because someone else out there believes in it too.”

The process can be nerve-wracking for artists because they’ll only receive pledged funds from Kickstarter if the campaign is successful.  “It’s literally all-or-nothing,” said Hoffman.  “On the one hand, our project’s backers know that their contribution will only be used for successful projects, but for an artist, it’s a little hard to know that you’ll lose any funding that doesn’t reach your goal.”

Capp and Hoffman, like most Kickstarter artists, also incentivize browsers of the site to become backers by offering rewards.  In Capp and Hoffman’s case, these rewards can be as simple as a screen-printed postcard, or as complex as a bundle of art that includes a copy of the travel journal they’ll be publishing when their trek is completed.

“We really want to encourage everyone we can to back the project,” said Capp.  “Whether they simply believe in the spirit of the project, or they want to get some of our artwork as a reward, we want to have as many people hear about the idea as we can.”

More information about the Summit to Sea project can be at Capp’s website:  www.lens-capp.com, or at Hoffman’s site:  www.loriehoffman.com.  Their Kickstarter campaign can be found at www.kickstarter.com/projects/lahoffman/summit-to-sea.

“Vernacular photography is just a fancy way to say ‘other people’s old snapshots,’” explained Goodman. “I just love to look at old photos of people, especially people who seem to have a bond of some kind. I can sit for hours plunked down with a box of old photos studying people’s postures, their expressions, their clothing, their surroundings and piecing together my own story for each photo.”

For this series, Goodman represented each vintage black and white photo in vibrant oil color on 16×20” canvas panels. The pairs of people might be sweethearts or married couples, relatives or just close friends. What brought them together–and why this moment was captured–is left to the viewer.

“I tried to be true to the photos even when it went against my good sense,” said Goodman, “because I think the unexpected compositions and the odd surprises you notice in snapshots are part of what makes them interesting to look at.”

Goodman’s 14 Love Stories drawings will be on display at the Flying C, upstairs at the Community Food Co-op at 908 W. Main in Bozeman from Feb. 1 – Feb. 28. The Flying C is open Mon.-Sat. 7am-7pm and Sun. 8am-7pm. Additional drawings and Goodman’s notes about the development of the series are published at goodwerks.wordpress.com.

Exhibits rotate approximately every four months, and are selected by the Zoot Committee for the Arts (ZCA). Application materials deadline is February 17, 2012 COB.

When Zoot founder and CEO Chris Nelson planned Zoot’s new headquarters building he required an unusual design element: space for a dedicated, first-rate art gallery. “Art spurs creativity in the work place and we wanted to have that environment here. It’s also important to provide local artists with a venue to display their works.” says Nelson.

All work sold through the gallery is commission-free. Underwriting is provided for artists’ opening receptions.

Public hours are 9 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. For further information and to download the application materials visit the Zoot art gallery website at www.zootartgallery.com or contact Darcy Barry, the gallery coordinator, at dbarry@zootweb.com

Haendel owns and individualizes the world of popular culture by re-drawing it in his own vision – cleverly manipulating scale, composition, and juxtaposition to uncannily transform ordinary images into witty perspectives on contemporary life.

Haendel focuses on black-and-white drawing installations. He recently had a solo show, “Questions for My Father,” a film installation, made with Petter Ringbom, at the Harris Lieberman Gallery in New York.  His public art project, “Scribble,” was installed on the side of a building at 441 Broadway in New York in 2009.  His works are in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art.  He graduated magna cum laude from Brown, and received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

The Ellen Theatre will host Bozeman’s second Pecha Kucha Night  Wednesday, January 25. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the first presentation starting at 7:20 p.m. Pecha Kucha (peh-chak-cha) offers anyone with a passion or a vision–designers, artists, inventors, architects, adventurers, entrepreneurs—an opportunity to share their ideas with the community during a fast-paced, friendly social hour. There’s just one catch–you only have 20 slides x 20 seconds each, a total of 6 minutes, 40 seconds!

Kent Davis, teacher, performer and comedian, will serve as MC. Presenters for the Jan. 25 event (with presentation titles) include: Michael Newhouse (Read It and Weep: Adventures in Bad Typography); Chris Dorsi (Human Habitat: The Evolution of Efficiency); Chrysti Smith (Nike’s Echo: The Gods Among Us); Cindy Christin (Playing with Blocks); David Fortin and Michael Spencer (Bales, Taters and Farm-atecture); and Dede Taylor (The Town that Jell-o Built).

Additional presenters include: Melissa Dulin (Community, Spirit, Respect—The Experience of Taiko Drumming); Bobbi Geise (The Extinction of Play); Scott Bosse (Death, Sex and Resurrection: The Unbelievable True Story of How Wyoming Got Wild and Scenic); Ole Nelson (Extrusion of the Sketch); Jonquil Nelson (Use It or Lose It: Reconnecting Seniors to Their Gardening Roots); and Greg Young (Collaborate, Create and Celebrate).

Pecha Kucha (sounds like chit-chat in Japanese) was created by a Tokyo architectural firm in 2003 and has grown to about 450 cities around the world. More information is available on Facebook at pecha-kucha-bozeman or by emailing pechakuchabozeman@gmail.com.