Danforth at the Depot
A Preview of Livingston’s First Art Museum
carol guzman ASPEVIG
Lander’s Barn—Montana
oil on canvas
36 x 24 inches
Generously loaned by the artist
jim barrett
Girl in Red Dress
ink and pastel on paper
40 x 52 inches
2011
Generously loaned by the artist
freeman butts
Untitled
oil on canvas
37 x 43 inches
1992
Generously loaned by Robert Butts
russell chatham
Armstrong Spring Creek
oil on canvas
16.5 x 21 inches
1985
Generously loaned by Jamie and Steve Potenberg
russell chatham
Yellowstone River Suite, Summer
stone lithograph
34.5 x 28.5 inches
1982
Generously loaned by Anna and Max Hjortsberg
russell chatham
Yellowstone River Suite, Fall
stone lithograph
34.5 x 28.5 inches
1982
Generously loaned by Anna and Max Hjortsberg
edd enders
Cottonwood Diptych
oil on wood panels
64 x 80 inches
2016
Generously loaned by the artist
malou flato
Snake
mixed media
36 x 24 inches
2008
Generously loaned by Rosamond Stanton
audrey hall
Knotted Mane
fiber-based gelatin silver print
23 x 18 inches
2003
Generously loaned by Tracy Raich
john garre
The Drinking Club
acrylic on canvas
78 x 54 inches
2010
Generously loaned by the artist
karen garre
Buffalo Cave Painting
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 inches
2016
Generously loaned by the artist
bonnie goodman
Glass Beads
handmade glass beads
approximately 2 inches square
2019
Generously loaned by the artist
parke goodman
Emigrant Peak
oil on canvas
23 x 19 inches
2019
Generously loaned by the artist
sheila hrasky
Sunshine on the Bulls before the Rodeo
oil on canvas
70 x 62 inches
2017
Generously loaned by the artist
traci jo isaly
Lamb Chop Roots for Peace
leather, wood, mixed media
18 inches high
2018
Generously loaned by the artist
amber jean
Tender Tears Replenishing
wood carving, free-standing tree
122 x 32 inches
2013
Generously loaned by the artist
catherine [straub] lunde
Martha’s Place, Wilsall, Montana
oil on canvas
51.5 x 30 inches
2003
Generously loaned by Deborah Erdman
tom murphy
Bison -35°
archival inkjet photograph
on watercolor paper
37.5 x 29.5 inches
2003
Generously loaned by the artist
robert j. newhall & ona magaro
Yellowstone Journey
wood veneer & handmade glass
42 x 42 inches
2016
Generously loaned by the artists
robert osborn
Bobbi Jo Payne
archival injet photograph
30 x 24 inches
2011
Generously loaned by the artist
carla pagliaro
Fifties Hawaii
acrylic on canvas
72 x 48 inches
2016
Generously loaned by Deborah Erdman
parks reece
Shoot for the Moon
lithograph
28 x 43 inches
1997
Generously loaned by the artist
tandy miles riddle
Azaleas, Junipers and Geraniums
oil on canvas
30 x 48 inches
2018
Generously loaned by the artist
aaron schuerr
O’Hair Ranch Cottonwoods
pastel
16 x 19 inches
2010
Generously loaned by Glee and Robert Greenwood
robert spannring
Winter Cast
oil on board
25.5 x 21.5 inches
2018
Generously loaned by the artist
david swanson
Section Crew Working a Wreck
oil on canvas
48 x 64 inches
2010
Generously loaned by the artist
joe wayne
Scotty
bronze
6 x 15 inches
2019
Generously loaned by the artist
Don
bronze
5 x 10 inches
2019
Generously loaned by the artist
john zumpano
Three White Horses
archival inkjet photograph
on canvas
40 x 30 inches
2016
Generously loaned by the artist
Danforth at the Depot
Park County Friends of the Arts, the organization behind The Danforth, has been a leader within Livingston’s arts scene for over 40 years. In 2018, PCFA committed to continue its legacy of refining and redefining the culture of art in this community by launching a plan to renovate the historic Danforth Block on Main Street to create a museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating Park County’s artistic heritage: The Danforth Museum of Art.
Livingston and Park County have a long and deep relationship with the arts and the artists who have influenced the region’s identity by reflecting the area’s land, industries, people, and culture. A range of art as broad as Montana’s Big Sky is produced here: from turn-of-the-century to contemporary, canvas to bronze, mixed media to photography. The work captures the defining aspects of the region—the stunning natural landscapes and untamed wildness, a rarified quality of light, overwhelming and humbling immenseness and scale, and the uniquely Western characters who have made this amazing place home. Life in Livingston and Park County has seduced artists to gather and remain here. From Russell Chatham to Edd Enders, the vision of the region’s artists has both revealed and shaped the qualities of this community.
A meaningful body of the region’s art is housed in private homes all over the county, and the Danforth Museum will become the community venue where the artistic heritage of our region will be able to be publicly recognized and preserved. The exhibit, “Danforth at the Depot: A Preview of Livingston’s First Art Museum,” features works by over two dozen nationally acclaimed and internationally-known local artists. Hosted by the Livingston Depot Center, this sneak peak showcases the type of work that will be part of the Danforth’s permanent collection. True to its nature, however, the Danforth Museum will do more than just catalogue and house art. By revitalizing itself as a host of contemporary exhibitions in a renovated, fresh space, the Danforth will provide innovative educational resources and programs to serve both working artists and the community at large. The Danforth Museum of Art will foster engagement with the arts and share the dynamic story about who we have been, who we are, and who we are becoming.