Missoula galleries gear up for First Friday

Monte Dolack Gallery
139 W. Front St
“Light in the Wild,” Dolack’s latest, focuses on an idea of creating less of an impact on our wild places. Signed and unsigned copies of the poster will be on sale. The opening reception will be from 5-8 p.m.

Celtic
Connection
114 E Main St
Musical group Gaelic Meadowlark will start the night off playing from 5-6 p.m., followed by the Celtic Dragon Pipe Band, from 6-7 p.m., and The Shamrocks will close the evening with a 7-9 p.m. set.

Gallery
Saintonge
216 N. Higgins
The evening will begin with a mostly blank gallery space. Missoula artist Sam Manno will take a Polaroid photograph of people’s faces as they enter the gallery, then ask them to sign it and hang it on the wall. The work will progress as the night goes on.

Dana
Gallery
246 N Higgins Ave
Their 12th anniversary will host artists Robert Moore and Scott Switzer in the joint-exhibition, “Two Visions.” The gallery will open its doors from 5-8 p.m., and both Moore and Switzer will be on hand for the exhibition’s opening.

NewWest.net
415 N Higgins Ave
Artist Joey Deruy will display his abstract work in the Newwest.net office space. The “Children’s Art Mobile” will be in the alley. Their doors open at 5 p.m., with no set closing time.
The “Children’s Art Mobile” will be in the alley. Their doors open at 5 p.m., with no set closing time.

L.A. Design
337 E. Broadway
Twelve prominent local artists have painted and sculpted violins that were donated by The Missoula Symphony Association & Guild.

Missoula
Art
Museum
335 N. Pattee
Visitors will see two exhibits. The Wide Open will feature photographers Lee Friedlander, Lois Conner and Geoffrey James and their interpretations of the high plains of Northeastern Montana.
“Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran,” is more than 60 works of photography and video by 20 of Iran’s celebrated photographers. The exhibition showcases personal perspectives of contemporary Iran. 5 – 8 p.m.

Wilma
Theater
131 S Higgins Ave
The independent documentary “Secrecy” focuses on the government’s ability to classify information if it would harm national security. The Big Sky Film Series film is part of a monthly screening series highlighting nonfiction film and video. All screenings are free and open to the public.

The Indigo
Gallery
116 W. Front Street
Delicate floral paintings by emerging Missoula artist Leah Snyder, along with Caribbean art from Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao, including Mopa Mopa handmade woodcrafts will be showcased from 5 - 8 p.m.

Noteworthy
Paper & Press
101 S. Higgins Ave
Missoula printmaker Keith Miller is a regular participant in the Day of the Dead Steamroller Print Project and most recently worked with the group Artists for Obama. The exhibit opens Friday from 5:30 - 9 p.m.

The Murphy-Jubb Gallery
210 N. Higgins Ave
New work by watercolor artist Kendall Jan Jubb is on display, including a print of the piece she did for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Coalition. Ceramic artist James Huwes of Oakland is also featured. His work includes abstract, contemporary pieces of the human figure and small abstract pond pieces. Marshall Noice’s contemporary abstract landscapes in oil and pastel are on display as well.

Studio 12
315 N. Patee St.
Noelle Naiden’s dog drawings in pencil are on display in “Bungee & Pogo drawings.” Carol Hofflnagle Keefer’s work – a mix of digital prints and color pencil drawings – are on display as well.

Whooping
Cranes
508 E. Broadway St.
Barbara Lawnga Ashley’s acrylic paintings on stitched canvases are on display. Ashley works with a variety of subject matter and paints eclectic, colorful pieces.  The gallery is also featuring porcelain ceramic works by Lisa Ernst.