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Current Hours: Tuesday- Saturday, 11am–4 pm Facebook Instagram Youtube Map-marker-alt About Board of Directors + Staff Mission and History OpportunitiesVisit Plan Your Visit Contact UsPrograms and Events Tours Educational Workshops, Classes, Talks Traveling Medicine Show Youth Classes Workshops & Classes Artist Talks Art Trunks Virtual Tours & Talks Education Online Educator Workshops Arts in the Park Artist Wilderness Connection Residency Plein Air Painters of the Flathead Plein Air Glacier Paint Out GAM Gala + Art Auction Community Events Scholarships Youth Member EventsExhibitions Current, Upcoming, & Past Student/Youth Exhibitions Children’s Discovery Gallery Members Salon Exhibition ProposalCollectionsShopGive Membership Planned Giving Sponsorship: Events and Exhibitions Endowment Fund, Artwork Donations Whitefish Community Foundation Great Fish Community ChallengeVenue RentalsArts in the Park0 items About Board of Directors + Staff Mission and History OpportunitiesVisit Plan Your Visit Contact UsPrograms and Events Tours Educational Workshops, Classes, Talks Traveling Medicine Show Youth Classes Workshops & Classes Artist Talks Art Trunks Virtual Tours & Talks Education Online Educator Workshops Arts in the Park Artist Wilderness Connection Residency Plein Air Painters of the Flathead Plein Air Glacier Paint Out GAM Gala + Art Auction Community Events Scholarships Youth Member EventsExhibitions Current, Upcoming, & Past Student/Youth Exhibitions Children’s Discovery Gallery Members Salon Exhibition ProposalCollectionsShopGive Membership Planned Giving Sponsorship: Events and Exhibitions Endowment Fund, Artwork Donations Whitefish Community Foundation Great Fish Community ChallengeVenue RentalsArts in the Park0 items The Artist-Wilderness Connection Artist-In-Residence Program AboutThe Artist—Wilderness—Connection Residency connects artists with the public and our wild lands in Northwest Montana. In 2003, the Glacier Art Museum, Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, Flathead National Forest, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest have joined forces to create this unique residency. In 2024, the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest was added to the partnership. During the summer, selected artists hike into a remote backcountry cabin 5-15 miles from the trailhead in the Flathead National Forest or Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest for 5 and up to 16 days to create work in a beautiful, remote setting, which is then shared in a public presentation or workshop with the community. To date, over 60 artists have participated in the program, which consists of three components: Artist Residency, Forest Experience, and Community Extension. Artists benefit from having a remote setting to focus on their art and the community benefits from the work and presentations created from the artists’ experiences Apply APPLICATIONS FOR 2026 ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED. PLEASE CHECK BACK IN NOVEMBER 2026 FOR 2027 DEADLINES. Apply for the Artist Wilderness Connection Residency here —-> using our google form. No cost to apply! For any questions regarding your application, please email [email protected] or call (406)-755-5268. Deadline to submit an application is January 26, 2027. Thank you! Apply Here! AWC Fact Sheet Residency Cabins & Dates 2026 Artists Granite Cabin (Great Bear Wilderness): Ginny LeflerRaised on the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, Ginny Lefler is a quilter and textile artist now living in NW Montana. Her work seeks to explore human relationship with the land, the role textiles play in daily life, and where the two intersect. She is interested in the history evident in textile work, and how we carry that history forward into our own lives. Lefler’s works are inspired by stories, photographs, memories, inherited traditions, and places near and far; seeking to make works that are functional and will grow and change with time.www.etsy.com/shop/ConfluenceQuiltsinstagram.com/confluencequilts/ Pretty Prairie Cabin: Karen MintonKaren Minton is an artist based in Whitefish, MT, whose current work explores the concepts and methods of the Tonalism movement of the late 1800s. Through a careful study of light, value, and mood, her oil paintings draw from familiar landscapes, transforming them into meditative spaces that invite viewers not just to observe, but to be immersed in a sense of peace and stillness.www.karenminton.cominstagram.com/kmintonartist/ Shaw Cabin: Madeleine “Maddie” Tucker and Emily RoachEmily Roach is a wildlife biologist and artist who uses her knowledge and experiences with wildlife to inspire her art, and vice versa. She explores themes of nature and wildlife, striving to convey a sense of whimsy with accurate portrayals of the natural world. One of her main goals is to ignite a sense of empathy and connection between her audience and the subjects in her pieces. Emily specializes in watercolors but enjoys incorporating other mediums into her work as well. Her mission is to get others engaged in nature and art and to foster easygoing and creative spaces for others. In her free time, she loves hiking or backpacking with her dog, painting (obviously), snowboarding, aerial silks, and crafting of any kind. larksong-studios.squarespace.cominstagram.com/larksong_studios/ Maddie Tucker is a visual artist and musician born and raised in Missoula, MT. She began creating art as a little girl, drawn to the natural world as her primary subject matter. In college she took an oil painting class on a whim and fell in love with the medium. Since graduating in 2020, she’s continued to hone her craft primarily as an oil painter, and began participating in local art markets in the summer of 2025. An avid trail runner, climber, and mountain biker, Maddie has always found peace in movement. She tries to infuse her artwork with the electricity that she feels when she’s in motion, or observing the movements of the world around her.maddietuckerstudios.cominstagram.com/mads_music_art/