February 7th- March 1st, 2025
an exhibit by
Karl Schwiesow
Opening reception First Friday February 7th from 5-8pm

We are surrounded by things, inundated with significant forms and objects, they locate themselves in our personal hierarchy of importance uniquely from person to person. Karl's creative output aims to create conversation from objects and the language used to define them. He creates artwork which leverages everything from installation-like mixed media sculptures and altered objects to large ceramic sculptural abstractions and paintings which operate as devices to engage in a conversation about the mechanisms of meaning, identity, commodification, and place. His art is rooted in exploring and expanding the physical and associative characteristics of an object’s original intention and to invent formulas which weave together imagery, materials, and concepts in a way that re-frames meaning at which point the object becomes a starting point for dialogue between our shared cultural experiences and assumptions. The work continues to provide unique and insightful results. It is experimental, humorous, pointed, sometimes subversive, and often creates more questions than it provides answers. He creates in, and extract objects from all kinds of environments. Some of which intrinsically bare concepts and notions of latent identity concealed or construed by mainstream culture. Through manipulations and augmentations Karl's work aims to elevate and make visible the facts and fictions of our time. This fact keeps his creative practice inventive, intuitive, and fresh. Come on over and check it out!
Artists Biography
Karl Schwiesow was born and raised in Homer, Alaska. He's been a commercial fisherman, dishwasher, bicycle mechanic, home builder, artist, and business owner. He earned a BFA from Sierra Nevada College (now University of Nevada) and an MFA from the University of Montana; since then, he's been a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Montana in Missoula and the Visiting Artist In Residence at North Dakota State University, a Long Term AIR at the Red Lodge Clay Center, and a Summer Fellow at the Archie Bray Foundation. He currently maintains a creative practice from his home studio and works as Assistant Curator and Art Restorer at Dick and Jane's Spot and Director of The Palace Gallery in Ellensburg.
Karl Schwiesow was born and raised in Homer, Alaska. He's been a commercial fisherman, dishwasher, bicycle mechanic, home builder, artist, and business owner. He earned a BFA from Sierra Nevada College (now University of Nevada) and an MFA from the University of Montana; since then, he's been a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Montana in Missoula and the Visiting Artist In Residence at North Dakota State University, a Long Term AIR at the Red Lodge Clay Center, and a Summer Fellow at the Archie Bray Foundation. He currently maintains a creative practice from his home studio and works as Assistant Curator and Art Restorer at Dick and Jane's Spot and Director of The Palace Gallery in Ellensburg.
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Beth Korth
Artist Statement
Human relationships are a unique dynamic, in which people find themselves in a composite of stories, experiences, and games we all know on some level. Digging deeper into my experiences with others and our stories beyond just a plain exterior to a whole understanding, a subsurface exploration.
My work consists of multi-media processes that negotiate through levels of composited imagery and iconography. I morph the people in my life and stories into familiar animal metaphors and give them free rein in complex compositions to lure and flesh out their struggles and frustrations with one another. I give my characters personal agency beyond their traditional trope with open color field environments to tackle and unravel moments as simply or dynamically as necessary to fully embody an experience in that moment. With the aid of chimera conduit bodies, bright playful colors, cultural iconography, and layering of textures and marks. These interactions allow an opened-up dialog with viewers inviting in their own experiences with personal relationships.
Bio
Beth Korth grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received her BFA from the University of Wyoming in 2013 and her MFA from the University of Montana in 2016. Korth is the art education and visitor center manager at Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana. She currently lives in Roberts, MT with her family.
Follow online @bethdrawsbunnies
Korth in the news:
https://www.escapeintolife.com/painting/beth-korth/
http://www.sculptureinthewild.com/beth-korth.html
https://www.blackfootvalleydispatch.com/story/2021/09/23/features/emerging-artist-beth-korth-brings-avian-whimsy-to-bpsw/2887.html
https://tippetrise.org/news/tippet-rise-art-education-coordinator-serves-as-emerging-artist-at-montana-sculpture-park
https://www.powelltribune.com/stories/artist-in-residence-beth-korth-to-present-at-northwest-college,105644
https://nwc.edu/events/art-exhibition-reception-with-beth-korth2023-10-26-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW-rVC6pj6o
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-montanas-tippet-rise-showcases-artistic-achievement-amid-natural-beauty
Artist Statement
Human relationships are a unique dynamic, in which people find themselves in a composite of stories, experiences, and games we all know on some level. Digging deeper into my experiences with others and our stories beyond just a plain exterior to a whole understanding, a subsurface exploration.
My work consists of multi-media processes that negotiate through levels of composited imagery and iconography. I morph the people in my life and stories into familiar animal metaphors and give them free rein in complex compositions to lure and flesh out their struggles and frustrations with one another. I give my characters personal agency beyond their traditional trope with open color field environments to tackle and unravel moments as simply or dynamically as necessary to fully embody an experience in that moment. With the aid of chimera conduit bodies, bright playful colors, cultural iconography, and layering of textures and marks. These interactions allow an opened-up dialog with viewers inviting in their own experiences with personal relationships.
Bio
Beth Korth grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received her BFA from the University of Wyoming in 2013 and her MFA from the University of Montana in 2016. Korth is the art education and visitor center manager at Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana. She currently lives in Roberts, MT with her family.
Follow online @bethdrawsbunnies
Korth in the news:
https://www.escapeintolife.com/painting/beth-korth/
http://www.sculptureinthewild.com/beth-korth.html
https://www.blackfootvalleydispatch.com/story/2021/09/23/features/emerging-artist-beth-korth-brings-avian-whimsy-to-bpsw/2887.html
https://tippetrise.org/news/tippet-rise-art-education-coordinator-serves-as-emerging-artist-at-montana-sculpture-park
https://www.powelltribune.com/stories/artist-in-residence-beth-korth-to-present-at-northwest-college,105644
https://nwc.edu/events/art-exhibition-reception-with-beth-korth2023-10-26-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW-rVC6pj6o
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-montanas-tippet-rise-showcases-artistic-achievement-amid-natural-beauty
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We're also open for special events throughout the month.
Come join us downtown at 210 W. 4th Ave, Suite X!
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