Check out Willem Volkersz's sculpture "Childhood (Lost)" at the Missoula Art Museum while Dolce Canto fills the air with music. The a cappella group will begin its performance "Gaudete: A Celebration of the Season" at 6 p.m.
The Angel Band's Ellie Nuno and Stuart Williams will make Sotto Voce's customers want to dance, with their unusual combination of the fiddle and the concertina. The music begins at 5:30 p.m.
Voted Missoula's best musician by the Independent, John Floridis will play in Brooks and Browns at the Holiday Inn from 6-9 p.m. Free wine will be served at the beginning of the guitarist's show.
Live music will accompany Melissa Lent's exhibit "The Silent Interaction" at Hunter Bay Coffee. Lent's collection of photographs displays traditional photomontage processes.
Gettin' in the spirit
The work of Iranian children's book author and illustrator Rashin Kheiriye will be on display at the Dana Gallery's Holiday Art Show. The exhibit, called "To Be a Woman," features simple, collage-like paintings of women.
The Clay Studio of Missoula kicks off December with a Holiday Exhibition and sale. Browse a variety of ceramic work by local artists and Clay Studio residents to find the perfect gift.
Jewelry, paintings, prints and other gifts made by local artists and crafters will be sold at the Handcrafted for the Holidays event at Lambros ERA on North Higgins Avenue.
Get in the spirit at A Carousel for Missoula, where a holiday art show will feature work from carousel volunteer artists. The carvings and other works of art will be on display and for sale — with proceeds to benefit the carousel and the Dragon Hollow play area — through Christmas.
Gettin' down
with wilderness
Winners of the University of Montana Wilderness Association's annual Wilderness Photography Contest will be on display at The Break Espresso. The 13 winning photographs will make up the 2012 Montana Wilderness Association Calendar, which will be on sale at the event.
More pictures of Montana's wild places will grace the walls of The Dark Room in the Wilderness Institute's collection of wildlife and landscape pictures.
Other things TO SEE
Laurel's own Jessie McGee will show her collection of paintings at Zootown Brew. McGee, who turned to art after a 2007 brain injury, paints interpretations of her own photographs.
Sports fans can take a break from all the artsy-fartsy stuff at Computer Central, where sports artist Dan Stromme will show his "Painted Jerseys" collection. Custom orders for the sports memorabilia art will be taken at the event, which goes from 5-7:30 p.m.
See what Montana used to look like at Montana Art and Framing's "Artful History Reproductions," a collection of maps from the state's territorial days and beyond.
A group effort from local artists Steven Krutex, Jonathen Marquis, Brandon Reintjes and Travis David Smith is The Brink Gallery's December exhibit. Called "Reshuffle," the display features a variety of mediums representative of each artist's style.
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