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Open AIR Artist Presentation: Melissa Thompson
April 23 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Date: Tuesday, April 23rd
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Montana Natural History Center
Cost: FREE!
“Frontier Bison”
Join us for a fabulous presentation and meet-and-greet with Melissa Thompson, our spring 2024 Artist in Residence! Light refreshments will be provided.
Melissa is a multi-media artist residing in Missoula, Montana. She holds a BFA in drawing from the University of Montana and an MA in prosthetic effects from Falmouth University. She has worked as a tattoo artist for 24 years and has been awarded for her special effects makeup work at the World Bodypainting Festival in Austria and the Prosthetics event in Coventry, England. She has been making faux taxidermy creatures for the last ten years that incorporate a variety of mediums, including felt making, mosaic, ceramic, and many others.
