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Main Stope Gallery exhibits work by local artist Rachael Marjamaa

The Main Stope Gallery at 14 S. Dakota St., in Butte will have a special opening from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday for the exhibit of local artist Rachael Marjamaa. Marjamaa has as her inspiration the Finnish art of ryijy, which is a fiber tapestry art

Renaissance master Raphael honored at New York's Met museum

Renaissance master Raphael honored at New York's Met museum

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and now Raphael: New York's prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicating a retrospective to the third of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance. The exhibition opening Sunday traces Raffaello di Giovanni Santi's journey, from his training in his native city

50th annual powwow to take place in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse this weekend

50th annual powwow to take place in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse this weekend

This weekend, the American Indian Council (AIC) will host MSU’s 50th Annual AIC Powwow in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse — a milestone event celebrating Indigenous culture, community and continuity. For Indigenous communities across the U.S., powwows are not just social gatherings, according to Michaiah Pease, an environmental engineering student

C.M. Russell Museum raises over $5.7 million at Great Falls art sale

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — The C.M. Russell Museum announced results from its annual exhibition and sale following a sold-out weekend event. The museum reported more than $5.7 million in total sales from The Russell: An Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum. The annual event

Elementary students invited to enter poster contest

Elementary students invited to enter poster contest

Montana Highway Patrol and the Montana Attorney General’s Office are inviting elementary school students to participate in a poster contest. Applicants must be in elementary school, and their submissions should reflect why they appreciates law enforcement. Artwork should be showcased using at least one of the following: acrylics, watercolor,

India's historic haveli homes caught between revival and ruin

India's historic haveli homes caught between revival and ruin

Once the grand residences of Mughal-era nobility, the Indian capital's haveli homes now stand at a fragile crossroads -- a handful lovingly restored but many more sliding quietly into ruin. Across Old Delhi -- the 17th‑century walled city founded as the Mughal capital Shahjahanabad -- cracked facades, shuttered gateways

Matisse's last years cut out -- but not pasted -- at Paris expo

Matisse's last years cut out -- but not pasted -- at Paris expo

The final years of Henri Matisse's artistic life, marked by the Nazi occupation of France and a brush with death and surgery, will light up a twilight retrospective opening next week. From Tuesday, the Grand Palais in Paris will see a reunion of seminal series by the late