Everyone was an artist at Chalk Up Helena!, the annual family-friendly sidewalk chalk-painting festival on the downtown walking mall on July 16, 2011, sponsored by the City of Helena Public Art Committee.  Entries are created by families, couples, and groups of friends in addition to chalk art by individual artists.

This year's Chalk Up Helena! award winners were: 

Judges Awards

 10 years old and younger - Scott and Sean Swingley

 11-14 years old - Hannah Harvey

 15-18 years old - Sam Iron Bear

 19 years old and older - Allison Thoussen

 Family - Alice, Ed, Eva, Pilar Santos 

 Professional - Carol Montgomery

Peoples' Choice Awards

 10 years old and younger - Bobbi, Halsey and Kaylee Demontigny

 11-14 years old - Nate Camaret, Edwards Battershell-Carson, Hillary Vega Marin

 15-18 years old - Sam Iron Bear

 19 years old and older (tie) - Charla Cullen; Shelby Dutton 

 Family - Dave, Emmi, Jane Highness

Chalk Up Helena! Photos

 
•  2008 Chalk Up Helena!
   
 
• 2009 Chalk Up Helena!
   
 
• 2010 Chalk Up Helena! Video
   Courtesy of HCTV 
 

          2011 Chalk Up Helena!

Chalk Up Helena! Application Form

Save the dates!

The 2012 Open Studios Tour has been expanded to two days, Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept. 23 to:

-  Accommodate the growing number of participating Tour artists;

-  Give the public more opportunities to tour the studios; 

-  Allow the participating Tour artists an opportunity to visit some of the other Tour artists’ studios.  

The Tour time for both days is noon-5:00 PM.  

Artists can register for the 2012 Open Studios Tour by downloading the artist information form (pdf) (Word).   Organizations can register with the organization information form (pdf) (Word).  

Helena area artists are invited to participate in the 2012 Helena Open Studios Tour, an annual fundraiser by the Helena Public Art Committee (HPAC) to bring more public art opportunities to Helena.  This Tour invites the public to visit Helena area artists at work in their studios and to see the creative process.  The Tour also gives the public an opportunity to purchase art directly from the participating artists.

 Applications are due March 19, 2012.

The Helena Public Art Committee (HPAC) hosted its third annual Open Studios Tour of working artist studios in the Helena area from on September 10, 2011. The Tour gave the public a wonderful opportunity to visit 24 artists at work in their studios, allowing the viewer to learn more about the creative process of art. 

Artists demonstrated their work as they created jewelry, beads, fiber arts, painting, sculpture, ceramics, pottery, gourds, doll-making, basket-making, metal work, graphic design, and architecture. 

Ticket purchasers were eligible for a special prize drawing.  This year's prizes and winners were:

 Cathedral print from Jim Stevens - Fred and Celeste Pfister
Montana Star Quilts book from Linda Parker - Theresa Meek
Gift certificate from Linda Parker - Leslie Smith
One-year general memberships to the Holter Museum - Jill Larson
Oval serving dish from Jim Gilman - Lucy Morell-Gengler
Ukrainian egg from Jo Lee Hawkins - Barb Evilsizer

For more information, please call (406) 447-8491.

See earlier Open Studios Tours.