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August 2023
Little Mo Writers Tour – Watford City
Join us for a public reading, discussion, small group writing workshop and/or young writers bootcamp with authors Debra Marquart, Tayo Basquiat, Erika Bolstad, and David Bjerklie! Event is FREE with registration! - Main session includes a public reading and discussion with the four tour authors. Registration is required for this and all other sessions - The Small Group Writing Workshop session is open to adult participants ages 18+. To get the most of this workshop, participants are asked to submit…
Find out more »Bullet Journaling Monthly Meetup-August
Bullet journaling can best be described as “a mindfulness practice disguised as a productivity system.” Take control of your life with habit trackers, write beautiful to-do lists, and organize your thoughts and feelings in one handy book that you can use for anything! This monthly meet-up is for beginners who want to learn, those just starting on the journey and long-time bullet journalers! $20 for first-timers who will receive a high-quality journal, six colorful tapes, brush pens in your choice…
Find out more »September 2023
After School Art – Fall
Art After School is Back this Fall! Join Miss Jess in this 6 week after school class that focuses on providing a creative and emotional outlet in diverse mediums for students. Original programming. discussion and student interest guide the program. With the Long X Arts Foundation, your child will receive hands-on, interactive, original programming that is specifically tailored to your child’s interests and abilities. This could include but is not limited to: ceramic arts, glass fusion, painting, egg tempera, sculpting,…
Find out more »Feek’s Vision Film Screening
Catch the showing of a revealing new documentary about rodeo's most influential bucking horse bloodline at Six Shooter's Showhall during the Wild West NDRA Rodeo Finals Weekend in Watford City! Special welcome from the filmmakers. Feek’s Vision, is the inspired production of filmmaker and photographer Ken Howie (Special Cowboy Moments, Hardship to Freedom). In the 1930s, C.E. “Feek” Tooke foresaw the end to the availability of renegade horses as rodeo stock and envisioned a program for breeding horses with a…
Find out more »Art for Tots-September
Join you kiddo and Miss Jess in the Long X Arts Gallery for this fun monthly art class geared for tots, preschoolers and kindergartners. Painting, weaving, coloring, drawing, clay and more! $15 per child Saturdays Monthly 10 am - 12 noon September 16 October 21 November 18 December 16
Find out more »Feek’s Vision Film Screening
Catch the showing of a revealing new documentary about rodeo's most influential bucking horse bloodline at Six Shooter's Showhall during the Wild West NDRA Rodeo Finals Weekend in Watford City! Special welcome from the filmmakers. Feek’s Vision, is the inspired production of filmmaker and photographer Ken Howie (Special Cowboy Moments, Hardship to Freedom). In the 1930s, C.E. “Feek” Tooke foresaw the end to the availability of renegade horses as rodeo stock and envisioned a program for breeding horses with a…
Find out more »Western Art Show & Cowboy Poetry Gathering
September 22-23, 2023 During the ND Rodeo Association Finals McKenzie County Ag Expo Celebrate our western heritage at the North Dakota’s Rodeo Finals. Enjoy the art show featuring western artists, makers, crafters and hands on classes and demonstrations and sit down between rodeos to listen to some of the best storytellers in the genre! Then dance the nights away with internationally touring western swing band, Sam Platts and the Plainsmen. Friday, September 22 6 – 8 PM-Western Art Show 7…
Find out more »Birch Biting Demonstration at Western Art Show
Join North Dakota's Poet Laureate Denise Lajimodiere as she demonstrates the art of birch biting during the Western Art Show and Cowboy Poetry Gathering where she will be selling her work as well as reading her poetry. Birch bark biting is a precontact art done by all tribes in the northern hemisphere where there are birch trees. Bark is carefully harvested in the spring, doing no harm to the living tree. The bark is carefully and patiently peeled into layers…
Find out more »Glass Pendant Class at Western Art Show
Join western North Dakota glass artist Kathy Monti for this unique and fun class where you learn to make your own pendant out of glass! 1 pendant for $15 Additional pendants are $10 And make sure you stop by her booth during the Western Art Show to check out and purchase her beautiful glass creations and stay for the Cowboy Poetry Gathering at 4 PM! More on the Western Art Show and Cowboy Poetry Gathering here More on the NDRA…
Find out more »Community Read -Author Talk & Signing
Join Pioneer Gifts and Books and The Long X Arts Foundation as we host a Community Read of "While the Windmill Watched." This story chronicles that decade through the lives of the Pfeiffer sisters, Jackie and Janine, as they grew up on a farm near Menoken, North Dakota. Written in four voices—each sister, the sisters together, and the windmill—the book describes how many of the social and technical innovations that occurred mid-century played out in the daily lives of farmers,…
Find out more »October 2023
Monster Makeup: Intro to Special Effects
Join us in welcoming artist Vastie Castellanos as she teaches us FX Makeup. Special Effects Makeup can be defined as the use of prosthetic sculpting, molding, casting and painting to create advanced cosmetic effects. It can be seen in scary movie monsters like werewolves, aliens and zombies, and it can also change someone’s appearance to look younger, older, and different. We will start off the first week with the basics of special effects makeup. Ages 10-18 $25 per kid/per class Rough…
Find out more »Ceramic Jack-O-Lantern
Join us for the debut of our kiln and paint these adorable ceramic jack-o-lantern jars! All ages welcome. Cost is just $20, and space is limited, so sign up today!
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