10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Enjoy coffee, croissants and a critique from painter Sunnie LeBlanc. Members/$5, Non-members/$10.

Participants are invited to enjoy coffee & croissants while one piece of their current work is critiqued by a professional artist. Painter Sunnie LeBlanc is the October guest artist at the Hockaday for Crits & Croissants: A Saturday Morning Artists' Critique.

The Hockaday Museum of Art's Crits & Croissants forum gives those who create art a chance to have their work reviewed by professionals. Artists 15 years of age and older may bring one or more pieces of their recently created artwork for critique while enjoying coffee and croissants. Participants are invited to join painter Sunnie LeBlanc on October 8 from 10:30 AM - 12 PM.

Sunnie LeBlanc submits that "your art should not match their sofa. Looking at your art from all directions will be the focus of this month's session along with color harmony and composition."

LeBlanc graduated from Boston University with both a BS and MS degree. She is a member of the Outdoor Painters Society (OPS), a signature member of the Fort Worth 15 (FW15), and has painted in plein air competitions in Texas, Montana and New England. She has had a solo show "On the Rocks" at the Bigfork Museum of Art in 2010 as well as at the Fort Worth Art Center and is currently working on a series of historic barns titled "American Castles" for exhibition in 2014. LeBlanc was selected for the Painted Violins for the Fort Worth, Texas Symphony in both 2009 and 2011.

When not painting, Sunnie is a docent emeritus at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas and at the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, Montana.

Sunnie LeBlanc is represented by Samarah Gallery in Whitefish, Montana and the Adobe Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas, Her work may also be seen at the Fort Worth Art Center, Bigfork Art & Cultural Center and the Hockaday Museum of Art.

Crits & Croissants - A Saturday Morning Artist's Critique is held every 2nd Saturday of the month, September - May in the Hockaday's classroom, with a $5 participant fee for members, $10 for non-members.

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 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. 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.