Alpine Artisans

04/09/2026

Not to missed! Mark your calendars for this amazing event!!! El Javi's Sunday April 12th @ 3pm located at the Swan Valley Community Hall, Condon MT

03/03/2026

2 Valleys Stage is bringing an incredible Celtic/folk group from Alberta to Seeley-Swan High School this Sunday, March 8, 3 pm. The McDades will raise the house with their amazing music!
Tickets available at the door: Seniors $15, Adults $18, Students are free.

02/02/2026

Join us to hear amazing stories of life in the 'back country' Saturday, February 7 at 2 pm at the Seeley Lake Community Foundation.
Authors Heather Fraley and John Fraley present their new book, "What's Left of Wildness" with outfitter Jack Rich at AAI's Open Book Club.

01/21/2026

11/21/2025

Don't miss the exciting Drum Brothers concert this Sunday, SSHS, 3 pm. Tickets available at the door: Adults $18, Seniors $15, students free. An AAI/2 Valleys Stage event!

10/07/2025

Tamaracks in color! Early holiday shopping! Enjoy many of western Montana's most amazing artist studios during the 24th Alpine Artisans' annual Tour of the Arts weekend, October 11-12. Saturday hours are 10-5 pm, and Sunday from noon to 4 pm. This free, self-guided tour stretches from Condon through Seeley Lake to Ovando and Lincoln, Montana. The tour features 11 studios and galleries and over 25 artists showing and demonstrating their work.
The work of artists on the tour includes jewelry, sculpture, copper bowls, photography, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, chain saw carving, and ceramics. The tour map is available on www.alpineartisans.org, and at the Grizzly Claw Trading Co. in Seeley Lake. Road signs direct you from the main roads.

Here is a TOA description in three parts: Part One. Tour of the Arts in the Swan Valley

Coming from the north in Condon, Montana on Highway 83, the tour begins at the Swan Valley Historical Museum in Condon. Here you'll enjoy the work of three artists, Sharon Lamar, Littlebird Kinzfogl and Patti Robinson Grant showing jewelry, mixed media, large and small driftwood sculpture, fabric birds and watercolor. Directly west from the Museum off Glacier Creek Road, Swan Valley Copper's Jeri and Roger Watson recreate the ancient technique of copper enameling as they fire their bowls at 1800 degrees Fahrenheit! A few miles south, turn west on Guest Ranch Road, you'll find outstanding photography at John Mercer's Swan Valley Images studio, with breathtaking views of the mountains. Guest artist Colleen Harrington will be showing her artwork at the Swan Valley Images Studio.

Coming tomorrow: TOA in Seeley Lake

08/26/2025

Montana Shakespeare in the Park TONITE - August 26, presenting Henry V on the grounds at the Double Arrow Lodge, 6 pm FREE.
Bring a chair and a jacket. Presented by Alpine Artisans' 2 Valleys Stage.

08/15/2025

Tools of the Trade.
Making pastels from minerals. Come and play with us! Sept. 5-7 in Seeley Lake, MT.
https://www.alpineartisans.org/art-workshops

08/14/2025

Nature Journaling doesn't mean you have to draw OR paint. It can be a simple record of what you see at a certain time of year. Sunday, Sept. 7th THE EXPERT in the field will be here to teach us! Valerie Bayer in person! Join in the comraderie of being outside and doing ART!
Register now at https://www.alpineartisans.org/art-workshops