Tinworks Art is a new non-profit art space in Bozeman, Montana. Tinworks connects artists and community through inclusive art experiences in non-traditional spaces, enriching the social and cultural fabric of Bozeman and the Mountain West. Tinworks is free to all.
Tinworks is pleased to announce a significant new work by artist Agnes Denes. Wheatfield—An Inspiration. The seed is in the ground can be found at Tinworks’ field, the corner of N Ida and Cottonwood Avenues in Bozeman’s northeast neighborhood.
Denes invites the Bozeman community to participate in the artwork this spring by planting wheat in any available land, creating a city-wide wheatfield in solidarity with Wheatfield—An Inspiration. Packets of wheat seeds will be available at Tinworks in early May. Small mills for processing harvested wheat will be onsite at Tinworks in the fall.
You can become a part of the art now by completing Questionnaire, an artwork first begun in 1979 in which Denes poses questions about the most pressing issues facing humanity, inviting answers and solutions from the community.
Image credits: 1. Wheatfield—A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan—With Agnes Denes Standing in the Field, 1982. Photo: John McGrail, courtesy Agnes Denes and Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects. 2. Wheatfield—A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan—With Statue of Liberty Across the Hudson, 1982. Copyright: Agnes Denes, Courtesy Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects.
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I don’t trust nobody but the land, 2023, refurbished light cabinet, vinyl letters
Tinworks Art: In Conversation brings together artists, writers, scientists, and creative thinkers from various fields to discuss the topics of our time. Monthly from March through June, Tinworks will convene thought leaders from the region and beyond for a pilot series On Food and Farming. The conversations have been developed in consideration of artist Agnes Denes’ new work, Wheatfield—An Inspiration. The seed is in the ground.
Tinworks welcomes young artists to explore the world of art through all of their senses with Tinworks Art camps for kids! This summer, we are offering week-long morning camps for 1st through 8th graders.
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