We went into town yesterday to do some laundry at the Speedy Wash laundromat. So. Exciting. We waited while our stuff finished the wash cycle, then while things dried we headed around the corner to check out the Yellowstone Art Museum.
This is a relatively small museum (it is Billings, after all) but they've got a good collection of contemporary art. We were pleasantly surprised.
One of the exhibitions up now is a show entitled: Herb & Dorothy: Fifty Works for Fifty States. Herb and Dorothy Vogel were unlikely art collectors, and if you don't know about them and if you like quirky documentaries, you should check out this fabulous little film.
Late afternoon cityscape I took with my iPhone through the shade screens upstairs in the museum:
We found an Art-O-Mat downstairs in the lobby and got ourselves some $5 art.
We chose a package from our friends at Boxfotos: inside was a print, a pinhole camera (the box), and instructions, woohoo!
We decided we'd stop at a liquor store to replenish our supply of Blanton's and I'd seen this place with all its neon on our way past the other day:
We stopped, but turned out it's not a liquor store…it's a bar and grill. Oh well.
I love Herbert and Dorothy Vogel. I had the pleasure of meeting them once about 15 years ago when I worked at the museum and they’re amazing. The documentary on them is really good! Yay art!
Oh that’s very cool, Tif! I heard (from the guy at the front desk at the Yellowstone Art Museum) that Herbert died about 6 months ago and there’s another documentary coming out that will be a continuation of the first one.
Thanks for the tip on the documentary about the Vogel’s. We watched it last night…amazing people! Safe travels!
Steph: Glad you enjoyed it! -Laura