Video interview about "inside the pause" art exhibit

Interview where I talk about “Inside the Pause” art exhibit at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana

Art Mobile of Montana 2024-25 art exhibition "Connectivity"

I’m happy to share that I was invited to participate in the 2024-25 Art Mobile of Montana traveling exhibition. This year they partnered with Open Air and it’s a fiber art exhibition, titled “Connectivity.”

The Art Mobile of Montana brings curated exhibits, hands-on art lessons, and teacher education to schools across Montana. I’m excited to participate in this year’s exhibition.

I have a video on YouTube documenting the process of making these wall hangings. I used handmade brushes using natural materials. It was great fun for me, and I hope the kids get to try it.

Click image to take you to the YouTube video

New work available at Walking Man Frame Shop and Gallery

I have new paintings available at The Walking Man Frame Shop and Gallery in Whitefish, Montana.

If you’re around July 1st, Thursday, 6-9 PM, come down for the downtown Whitefish Gallery Nights Art Walk, I’ll be there.

Come join me at Kalico Art Center's first Saturday Session

I’m excited to share that I will be the guest artist at Kalico Art Centers Saturday Sessions November 14th, 2020 11-1 pm.

I will be doing a short talk on the making of my Downtown Stories sculpture project. In addition, I will invite each participant to make a tabletop version of their own to take home. It’s open to all ages, and it’s FREE.

Saturday Sessions are education-based opportunities inviting the community to meet and make with local contemporary artists.

I hope you’ll join us.

My artist journey profiled in 406 Woman Magazine

Thank you, thank you 406 Woman Magazine for sharing my creative journey and featuring my work in the summer issue. What an honor to be profiled!

"Deep Time" painting included in online exhibit

I’m excited and delighted that my painting “Deep Time” has been included in the Summer online exhibit Congruence, brought to you by I Like Your Work Podcast. This exhibit was juried and curated by Bridgette Mayer of Bridgette Mayer Gallery. I’m so happy to have my work included among so many talented and visionary artists.

©Heidi Marie Faessel “Deep Time” 2020 48 x 60” acrylic, graphite, pastel, colored pencil on canvas

Quarantine Dreams - Thank You for joining us opening night!

Just wanted to take a moment to honor the collective efforts of everyone involved in our Quarantine Dreams exhibit.

I’m feeling so proud of my fellow artist friends and the incredible work they created for this show!

Also, I’m feeling so grateful to curator Jenny Bevill for leading and shaping this year-long collaboration.

Thank you to everyone who reserved a time slot and joined us in person opening night, and to the really lovely support of the community overall.

And my gratitude runs deep to Kalico Art Center, Alisha and Miche, for going above and beyond, to ensure the success of this, their inaugural exhibit. Their support and professionalism has made this such a wonderful experience!

Thank you Andrea Catherine for the wonderful group photo.

Visit the exhibit (it will be up all summer), or go to Kalicoartcenter.com to view the work, watch video interviews, and to purchase the art online.

Quarantine Dreams - five artists respond to a pandemic

I’m really excited to be participating in Kalico community art center inaugural exhibit this summer. If you're in Kalispell this summer, please visit this brand new community arts center on Main Street. We are very excited to welcome this new organization to the Flathead Valley!

photo credit: Andrea Catherine

Intensive Winter Art Residency

This winter I had the exciting opportunity to occupy a fantastic industrial style studio space, minutes from my home! I treated it like an artist residency, working 6 days a week, not wanting to waste a minute of this wonderful studio space.

My intention was to explore some new materials and techniques, as well as scale up my work. I figured that if everything went really well, upon departure I might have a new body of work. At the very least, I would have expanded my knowledge base, my artistic toolbox, and my studio practice.

Working in a large space, turned out to be a game-changer. One benefit was that I could investigate multiple ideas, materials, and techniques simultaneously. I rotated through many canvases and continued to develop my ideas with soft fiber sculpture that I began last year. In addition, I took a few detours, playing with encaustic monotypes for the first time and working on paper.

Without question, the number one benefit was the ability to see how all the work related to each other as I moved along. For me, this was very informative and helped me to make decisions that I felt strengthened the direction of the work as I moved forward.

Upon departure, I had a solid group of about 12 paintings that held together as a new series, as well as, couple of fiber pieces that I was happy with.

Next, I will be photographing the work, naming each piece, and updating my website. I’m grateful for the opportunities lined up to show my work this summer. More on that later.... 

"Red Rain" will be included in Missoula Art Museum annual benefit auction

I’m super excited to share that my painting “Red Rain” will be included in the Missoula Art Museum 2020 Annual Benefit Auction. Also, new this year - an online bidding system, so check out their website for the details.

See the entire Art Auction Exhibit at the museum Jan. 3 - Jan. 23.

The Benefit Auction will be held on February 3, 2020.

SOLD ©Heidi Marie Faessel 2019 24” x 36” acrylic, pastel, colored pencil, graphite on canvas

Sensing the Wild at Walking Man Gallery and Frame shop August 1-31, 2019

Thank you to the Walking Man Gallery and Frame Shop for inviting me to be their featured artist this August. What fun to participate in the Whitefish Gallery Nights Art walk. Many thanks to all my friends and the local community for their support, and for coming out to celebrate the arts. Also sending a special thanks to Tim Matdies and Kenny Sedaerdahl for contributing their musical talents to make this night especially fun.

Announcing- 'Sensing the Wild' art exhibit Whitefish, Montana

Please join me! I’m really excited to share that I will be exhibiting my recent paintings at the Walking Man Frame Shop and Gallery August 1-31, 2019

Whitefish Pilot Article: Sacred Contracts Exhibit in the news

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS COLLABORATE FOR POP-UP EXHIBIT

Special thanks to our local newspaper, the Whitefish Pilot, for shining the spotlight on our Sacred Contracts art exhibit. Much appreciation to reporter Heidi Desch, who spent time with us talking about this Flathead Women in the Arts one-night-only pop-up art exhibit.

Sacred Contracts Pop Up Art Exhibit - One Night Only

“Strength meets fragility, vulnerability meets hope, and grief meets healing: Sacred Contracts is a

snapshot of contemporary art making in the Flathead Valley. The abstract and conceptual works in the

exhibition deconstruct objects, language, and memory, while weaving together messages of hope,

grief, love, bearing witness, and matters of conscience. The artists showcase a diverse range of

media: paint, collage, fiber, natural and found materials, sculpture, photography, and poetry, and the

works vary in scale from hand-held to a full wall installation. These very diverse pieces come together

to create a landscape of healing.”

"Igniting Flight" painting included in Art2Life Online Exhibit

I’m excited to share that one of my paintings was included in Nick Wilton’s, 1st annual Art2Life Academy online exhibition. It was a wonderful opportunity, as it was juried by Donna Seager of Seager Gray Gallery in Marin, California. 

Igniting Flight 24’x24” 2018 mixed media on wood panel

This year I took Nicholas Wilton’s Art2Life 12 week intensive Creative Visionary Program, which moved me (and my work), forward in so many ways! Including…

- setting up a a productive studio environment,

- optimizing a positive, playful, exploratory mindset

- how to trouble shoot after getting stuck 

- learning to utilize the power of Value, Design + Color to make stronger work

- the opportunity to engage with an artistic community from around the world

- along with a multitude of other resources and tips for artists!!

To view the online exhibit, click here.

Whitefish Pilot Article: Artist Searches For Beauty In Details

Special thanks to our local newspaper, the Whitefish Pilot, for sharing a bit of my story. Much appreciation to reporter Heidi Desch, who wove the threads of our nice conversation into the fabric of this story.  

Above/Below: Winter solo exhibit at North Valley Hospital

Contemporary art exploring the territory above and below the surface of life
 

I had the great pleasure of exhibiting a selection of my 2017 work at North Valley Hospital this Winter. 

The exhibit consisted of 6 collages (incorporating fabric, thread, paint, graphite, and ink) and 6 charcoal and gouache paintings on paper. 

The work explores the idea that we are made up of layers of experience that drive our beliefs and actions.

“Similar to the strata of the Earth, I believe we are made up of layers. Although they exist below the surface they influence how we view the world, ourselves and each other. This work explores the idea that our emotional, physical, and psychological experiences shape us and that they unite us in being human.”

— Heidi Marie Faessel

I loved having the opportunity to share my work in a healing environment, such as the hospital. It seems that each of us could benefit from some healing. Just being human, we suffer - navigating life with a myriad of feelings, emotions, and perceptions.

Our local paper, the Whitefish Pilot, ran an article about the exhibit.