• Sip and Sketch Skulls with Jason C. Poole

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, October 16 Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $30 MNHC members, $35 non-members REGISTER HERE! Find the beauty of line and form in MNHC's extensive skull collection. You will enjoy access to grizzly bear, great horned owl, and Tyrannosaurus rex just to name a few. Missoula based artist, Jason C. Poole will start […]

    $30 – $35
  • Sketching and Drawing for the Nature Journaler with Jason C. Poole

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, November 2 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center $30 for MNHC members, $35 for non-members REGISTER HERE! Learn top tricks for making sketching and drawing part of your Nature Journaling experience. Pens, pencils, and watercolor along with some sketching basics can start you down a life long journey of looking […]

    $30 – $35
  • Felted Animal Portraits with Melissa Thompson

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, November 9 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center $30 for MNHC member, $35 for non-members REGISTER HERE! Join artist and previous MNHC Artist in Residence, Melissa Thompson, for a unique animal portrait art class at MNHC! Take inspiration from our vast collection of specimens to create an animal portrait using […]

    $30 – $35
  • Nature Journal Book Binding

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, November 16 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $20 MNHC members, $25 non-members REGISTER HERE! Create a blank nature journal with simple Japanese-style stitch binding. Nature Journals record our observations, reflections, and natural phenomena. And they are works of art in their own right. Accentuate this role of 'journal as art piece' by choosing […]

    $20 – $25
  • Creature Comforts—Decorate Sugar Cookies for the Solstice

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Monday, December 16 Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $35 members, $40 non-members Winter holidays are for cookies! Take your decorating skills to the next level with Zootown Cookies. Instructor Michelle Couture will teach you four woodland-themed sugar cookie designs in a relaxed and creative setting. You will leave with new […]

    $35 – $40
  • Sip & Sketch: Create a Phenology Wheel

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, December 18th Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $30 for MNHC members, $35 for non-members Are you looking for a reflective, inspiring, fun new project for 2025? Start a daily phenology wheel! Phenology is the study of change in the natural world – when flowers bloom and go to seed, when birds […]

    $30 – $35
  • Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Sketching in Your Nature Journal with Jason C. Poole

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday January 25 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $40 for MNHC members, $45 for non-members (some scholarships available. Call 327-0405 for information) REGISTER HERE! Illustrator and incurable sketcher, Jason C. Poole, will help you hone your nature journaling skills during this class. Incredible reference specimens from MNHC's collection including mammals, birds, […]

    $40 – $45