YAM adult art classes are designed for everyone from beginners to artists who want to hone their skills. Every class is taught by a professional artist who is eager to share their creative process and techniques. These museum-based classes are perfect for lifelong learners and creative members of our community. All adult art classes are available for OPI credits.

Spontaneous Weaving
When: Thursday, October 5 | 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Price: Member $10 | Not-Yet-Member $25

No rules, No Fear, No Experience Necessary! An approach to waving that focuses on free expression and the use of any yarn or thread.

Natural Yarn Dying
When: Saturday, October 7 | 10 AM – 1 PM
Price: Member $10 | Not-Yet-Member $25

Learn to dye yarn naturally using plants, black walnuts, bugs and more! Yarn for dying will be available to purchase during the class.

Not so Urban Sketching at Tippet Rise Art Center
When: Saturday, October 14 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Supply Fee: $30

We are taking our Urban sketching skills to the bucolic Cottonwood Campus at Tippet Rise Art Center. Come along on this adventure with local artist John Kennedy and learn how to sketch incredible sculptures and purposely designed architectural masterpieces. Bring your own lunch and refreshments, we will provide the rest.

Your Day of the Dead Creations
When: Saturday, October 14 | 9 AM – 12 PM
Supply Fee: $30

Ofrendas (altars), sugar skulls, marigolds, and elements of a Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) altars will be shared while making a shrine that honors a loved one who has passed away. Bring a treasured memory to use as inspiration. You will use clay, papers, found objects, flowers, words, paint and more. You can share your creation(s) on your home ofrenda or at the YAM’s public ofrenda available during the week prior to November 3 First Friday and the Mariachi de Colores’ family concert. For more information go to DayoftheDeadBillings.com.

This session is a cultural education outreach project offered in partnership with the Institute for Peace Studies’ Director, Mary Hernandez. Mary will offer the history of this time-honored celebration, and the meaning of the various elements used during this annual remembrance of departed loved ones.

Rock your Mocs
When: Saturday, October 21 | 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Supply Fee: $45

Join Crow Nation artist Lucy Real Bird for an incredible day of beading and moccasin making in preparation for this November’s Rock your Mocs celebration. In honor of National Native American Heritage month, the YAM invites you to design and create your very own pair of moccasins to wear for Rock your Mocs, a worldwide Native American & Indigenous Peoples virtual unity event held annually. This class is for beginning beaders and experts alike. Bring your lunch…this will be an entire day of fun.

Oil Painting Class Series
When: Zorn oil Painting Class begins September 9 | Oil Painting fundamental begins September 16

Learn to use oil paints or refine your skill though a 5-week series class taught by local artist Kevin Harris.

Cancellation Policy

Classes will be cancelled two weeks prior to the scheduled date if enrollment is insufficient. Your enrollment cost will be refunded fully.  Please enroll before then to avoid cancellations.

After registering, if you cannot attend a class, you must cancel a full TWO WEEKS before the class, or your money will not be refunded.

For more information contact:
Marilu Metherell, Adult Education Coordinator
406.256.6804 x250
adulted@artmuseum.org

This monthly program is an important way for people living with early-stage memory loss, including those living with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia and their care partners to connect with others at the YAM. Promoting connection, interaction, and companionship through viewing and discussing artwork and creating art in the studio. The bonds formed at these programs often last throughout the duration of the disease, creating additional support for all involved.

When: Every 3rd Friday | 10:30 AM – 12 PM
Cost: Free

Registration in advance is required. Call 800.272.3900 or email montana@alz.org to register.

September 15
October 20
November 17
December 15

For more information please contact
Alzheimer’s Association

800.272.3900
montana@alz.org

For additional support please contact the Alzheimer’s Association’s free, 24/7 Helpline at 800.272.3900 to speak with information specialists and care consultants.

Join us for this five-week series that will explore the artwork and techniques in the Montana Modernists exhibition.

When: Tuesdays, March 7 – April 4, 2023 | 10:30 AM – 12 PM
Cost: Free

Registration in advance is required. Call 406.256.6804 x250 or email adulted@artmuseum.org to register.

For more information contact:
Marilu Metherell, Adult Education Coordinator
406.256.6804 x250
adulted@artmuseum.org