Calling All Artists

Are you interested in featuring artwork in the atrium gallery? Submit an Exhibition Proposal.

Contact Andrea Kavert by email or at (406)582-2425 with questions.

November

Mimi Matsuda

 Artist Bio

Ever since childhood, Mimi Matsuda has drawn animals and been surrounded by them. She had pet chickens, rats, birds, and fish as a kid and studied biology in school. She grew up exploring for salamanders, fishing for trout and watching birds and mammals in the evergreen forests of Oregon. After graduating from college with a degree in biology, she worked at her dream job in the National Parks, as a National Park Ranger Naturalist for Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks.

Artist Statement

Mimi paints to encourage people to emotionally connect with nature, sometimes through sheer beauty, sometimes through humor. She hopes these connections will lead to preservation and protection of wild lands and animals. She works in soft pastels, acrylics, oils, watercolors, colored pencil, and enjoys the challenges of the variety of media. “The humor in my art seems to cross boundaries of age and culture. If people has an emotional connection to the natural world, which is easy through humor, it is my hope they will care enough to save it.”

A portion of proceeds from Art in the Atrium benefit the Bozeman Public Library Foundation. For more information contact: Andrea Kavert.