Starlight on Snowdrifts: Beacons of Inspiration During a Season of Darkness
exhibition sponsors
Dave & Cynthia Hummel
Billings-Logan International Airport
Winter 2025/2026
On view now in Concourse B
The Yellowstone Art Museum (YAM) and the Billings Logan International Airport (BIL) are honored to present the second exhibition in Concourse B, Starlight on Snowdrifts. This show features work from around the great state of Montana that was chosen by a jury of educators and art historians from the local area. This jury included Lucy Realbird (Apsáalooke) from the Hardin K-12 Education System, Dr. Ingrid Asplund from Rocky Mountain College, and Dr. Brian Leahy from Montana State University Billings. Together, they chose work that centers on the themes of inspiration and wonder, which is reflected in the vibrant colors and diverse subject matter found in this exemplary show.
The artists featured in this show include:
- Large-scale ceramicist Danielle O’Malley whose work is rooted in environmental consciousness and our complex relationship with the natural world.
- Oil painter, geologist, and backcountry pilot Victoria Bond who finds inspiration from her many travels and views from on high.
- Painter Noah Massey, whose work explores the complex interplay between death, femininity, and the natural world.
- Ceramicist Kelly McLaughlin, who is a current resident at the Red Lodge Clay Center and whose work comes from her experiences in spaces where she feels a deep spiritual connection.
- Photographer Todd Forsgren who is an Associate Professor of Art at Rocky Mountain College and whose photographs here push the connection between photographic material and liquified surfaces.
- Multi-disciplinary artist Maggy Rozycki Hiltner features her large-scale sculptures that represent the human figure through alternative means that explore memory, identity, and psychological states.
- Local Billings painter Gordon McConnell, whose work explores historic and mythical themes from the Old West in contemporary terms.
Together, we hope that these artists and their work give you pause as you travel and allow you to consider the range of approaches, themes, and techniques present in contemporary Montana based art practices. We feel that the presence of such thoughtful and beautiful works inspire travelers like yourselves and invite you to contemplate the deeper potential of human expression and the rich culture that results.
If you have any questions about this show or future exhibitions in this space, please contact Eric Jensen at curatorialassistant@artmuseum.org. You can also follow the YAM and BIL on social media for updates.
