East Side
Jazz Team

Friday, June 12th
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
This event is located in the East Gallery where refreshments will be served. Free entry.

Kids Art Day
Saturday, June 27
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Join us on the East Lawn under the tents for a day of free art activities. Artists will be on hand to assist children of all ages as they experiment with painting, clay, origami and more. Includes a balloon artist, demonstrations, face painting, and free popcorn. Free for all!

Dartanyan Brown & Shadric Smith
Country-style Jazz Performance

Saturday, June 27th
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

The Painted Page:
Books and Beyond

July 13th - 17th
9:30 AM to 4:30 PM Daily

A summer retreat with James Bailey, Full Professor of Art, University of Montana, Missoula

Welcome to The Blanden

New Blanden Publications

76 Years of Collecting
Blanden Memorial Art Museum Permanent Collection Catalog

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American Beasts

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Edited by Lindsay E Shannon. Foreword by Margaret A Skove. Text by Margaret A Skove, Mia Fineman, Alan Burdick.

Painter Kate Javens' Named For series is a collection of creatures--moths, horses, birds, fish--that are named for historical Americans. About Andrew Furuseth, a seaman from the early 1900s who was threatened with a jail sentence for a labor injunction, Javens has written, "When I saw a Dorothea Lange portrait of this beautiful man, I was struck by the crow-ness of his visage. A year-and-a-half after, I found a dead crow on the ground, still warm. I bent over him and said, 'Hello Andrew.'" These animals, according to a recent press release, "…represent, to Javens, an altogether admirable altruism and social activism that deserve to be commemorated." This beautifully produced hardbound publication has a foil embossed linen cover and a full color dust jacket. It includes images from Javens' recent works, as well as earlier series' and her rarely seen studio photography.