The Hockaday Museum of Art announces Elizabeth Lochrie: Woman Alone in her Way, a biography exhibit on one of the pioneering women artists of Glacier National Park originally featured in the 2015 A Timeless Legacy exhibit. The display includes Lochrie paintings donated by her family to the Museum and will be shown August 4 - October 8, 2016.

The Hockaday Museum of Art is proud to present paintings from its permanent collection by the important artist Elizabeth Lochrie, one of the original artists featured in the Museum's A Timeless Legacy - Women Artists of Glacier National Park exhibit in summer of 2015. Elizabeth Lochrie's family was so moved by the first A Timeless Legacy and the Hockaday's efforts in raising the awareness of Lochrie's contributions to the art world that they arranged to gift the Museum with 26 of her early paintings. The Hockaday will run the exhibit Elizabeth Lochrie: Woman Alone in her Way, guest curated by artist Jennifer Li, August 4 - October 8, 2016.

Elizabeth Lochrie is celebrated for her incisive, well observed, and affectionate portraits of Native Americans. Throughout her career, she painted more than 1000 portraits of specific people from the Native community, creating a unique historical record of Indian life.

Lochrie was born in the last days of the Old West, and she survived well into the modern age. With a lifespan stretching from 1890 to 1981, she lived through an era of great changes in her native Montana. As a small child, she had been encouraged by her mother to play among the Cree who lived near the family's home in Deer Lodge. She learned their sign language and an enduring love and respect for Native American culture. Her training and unusual upbringing gave her the skills to pursue an artistic career unique in its focus and cultural importance.

As a professional artist, Lochrie travelled by herself all over Montana, visiting tribes and learning numerous Indian dialects. She became well known and respected among the Native American community and worked tirelessly to better their circumstances. As an accepted friend, she bore intimate witness to the waning of the Native American way of life. Through her portraits, she was a sympathetic and prolific chronicler of that process.

Elizabeth Lochrie: Woman Alone in her Way will be shown concurrently with the 2016 A Timeless Legacy - Women Artists of Glacier National Park Premier Art Event & Sale, which will run August 13 through September 10.

The Hockaday Museum of Art is located in the cultural district of downtown Kalispell at 302 Second Ave East. It is housed in a 1904 Carnegie Library building that appears on the National Register of Historic Places. The Museum is a private nonprofit organization, open year-round, Tues-Sat from 10am-5pm. The mission of the Hockaday is to enrich the cultural life of our community and region, and preserve the artistic legacy of Montana and Glacier National Park. For more information, please visit www.HockadayMuseum.org or call 406-755-5268.

August 4 - October 8, 2016
Tuesday - Saturday, 10AM - 5PM
Admission: Adults/$5, Seniors/$4, College/$2, K-12/Free, Members/Free