Friday, September 8, 2017

WaterWorks Art Museum

Today Bob and I visited Miles City's WaterWorks Art Museum (WAM.) The WAM, formerly the Custer County Art & Heritage Center (CCAHC), houses the WaterWorks Gallery and has been in operation since 1977. Located in a park overlooking the Yellowstone River, the Museum is housed in the concrete basins of the 1910 WaterWorks that produced Miles City’s drinking water for over sixty years.

The museum is downstairs where the water tanks used to be, and it is a very cool place. But it is the artwork that takes your attention. Here are a few of my favorite pieces.

Ross Contway's Little Chief, in bronze, 2010.

Painted Bear-Ghost of the Forest, by Greg Sullivan, mixed media on leather.

Yellowstone Grizzly Study, oil on linen by Jerry Inman.

This giany puppet head is from a workshop for area teens. It is a work in progress and is made entirely from cardboard, paint, and a wooden stake for support.

Bob and I couldn't resist buying this handmade ceramic mug for our toothbrushes. It's a beauty.

The weather here in Miles City has been warm, mid 80s to mid 90s, and tomorrow will be 98 degrees. Nights are in the mid 40s. We have covered our motorhome windows with insulated foil panels in preparation for tomorrow's heat. Temperatures will be dropping a little on Sunday and Monday but we may be staying in tomorrow.

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