Manette Rene Bradford (b. 1978, St. Paul, MN) constructs imagined allegorical narratives through painting, sculpture, and wall-sized mixed media works for specific geographic locations, historical moments, or ecological conditions. Manette combines historical, ecological, and folkloric research with her own direct experience of place to develop her work. Through the act of building these narratives, she engages with and imitates humanity’s behavioral impulse to possess, anthropomorphize, and project itself onto the land and its biosphere, and the impression that is left as a result.

Beth Korth grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received her BFA from the University of Wyoming and her MFA from the University of Montana. Korth is the art education and visitor center manager at Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana. People find themselves in a composite of stories, experiences, and trials. My work digs into my own experiences with others and our stories beyond just the exterior to a whole understanding. Using multi-media processes that negotiate through levels of composited imagery and iconography and 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.

Mya is a ceramic artist living in the small town of Belgrade, Montana. Originally an Oregonian, she uprooted her PNW roots in 2017 to move to Montana and immerse herself in the rich clay culture found in the Big Sky state. A mother of two children, Mya is intrigued with the psychological, political and interpersonal ramifications of the maternal experience, and uses her own experience as well as the experiences of her peers to inform her work. She also draws much inspiration from written accounts on Motherhood, feminist literature, and folklore. Mya has been included in many group exhibitions, and exhibited her first solo show in the summer of 2021 at the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture in Bozeman, MT. She received her BFA from the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon, during which she had her first child, and her work has focused on the maternal experience ever since her undergrad thesis body of work which highlighted the transition to motherhood.