Hockaday announces third annual 'A Timeless Legacy' exhibition

The Hockaday Museum of Art will feature 28 women artists beginning in August at “A Timeless Legacy — Women Artists of Glacier National Park.”

The show will run from Aug. 15 to Sept. 23 and marks the third straight year the museum has hosted this celebration of women artists. This year’s works will feature landscapes and wildlife from Glacier National Park, along with indigenous cultures and early visitors.

New to the series this year are artists Laurie Lee, Margaret Graziano, Jennifer Johnson, Sandy Scott, Rebecca Tobey and Sally Vannoy. Returning artists include Deborah Berniklau, Shawn Cameron, Stephanie Campos, Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey, Sheila Cottrell, Lori Forest, Linda Glover Gooch, Terry Cooke Hall, Ann Hanson, Julie Jeppsen, Krystii Melaine, Darcie Peet, Stacey Peterson, Heide Presse, Elizabeth Robbins, Sharon Standridge, Sonya Terpening, Echo Ukrainetz and Sarah Woods. Carole Cooke, Kathryn Stats and Linda Tippetts also return from the first two shows.

In the summer of 2014, the Hockaday invited Cooke, Stats and Tippetts to paint Glacier National Park landscapes and then show their art alongside eight other pioneering women artists in 2015. The first “A Timeless Legacy — Women Artists of Glacier National Park” exhibition opened May 27, 2015. It inspired a commemorative book and full-length documentary film.

“A Timeless Legacy” has become a major annual fundraising event supporting the Hockaday and the museum will host a fundraising event days before the show’s opening, on Aug. 12.

The Hockaday is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the show is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for college students. Museum members and children 12 and under will be admitted free of charge.

For more information on “A Timeless Legacy,” the participating artists, and the museum and its mission, visit www.hockadaymuseum.org.

The Hockaday Museum of Art is located in the cultural district of downtown Kalispell at 302 Second Ave. E. It is housed in a 1904 Carnegie Library building that appears on the National Register of Historic Places. The Museum is a private nonprofit organization, open year-round, Tuesday through Saturday. The mission of the Hockaday is to enrich the cultural life of the community and region, and preserve the artistic legacy of Montana and Glacier National Park. For more information, call 406-755-5268.