The Confluence Center (Western Montana's Home for Nonprofit Events) art program Torrents is thrilled to present a magical evening of art, music, and community! For the month of August we offer Earth’s Bones, a beautiful exhibit featuring four artistic naturalists who highlight the healing power of Nature.

Each artist uses their artwork to try and capture essences from the natural world. Casey Burton reflects on the cycles of decay and transformation in her surreal and captivating ceramic vessels, mourning the passing of time while capturing an elusive moment and concretizing it as a memoriam to memory. Painters Erynn McNeill and Leela Francis both seek to capture the connections of ourselves to the natural world. McNeill’s compositions straddle the worlds of realism and fantasy creating a dreamlike state for the viewer to be sucked into, while Francis uses color and abstracted trees in an attempt to bring the sense of peace one feels when immersed in the woods. And finally, the photography of Kassidy Malcolm and paintings of Madeleine Tucker take the viewer as a passenger on their extraordinary adventures into the great outdoors.


Reception will be First Friday, August 7th, 5-8pm at the Confluence Center at 119 W Main St, Missoula, MT. We are also super excited to premier our newly renovated space out back with live music by Mudslide Charlie! Earth’s Bones will remain on display through August 28th,and can be seen by appointment through the Confluence Center: 406-926-6526.