3 days in Montana

How exciting!

Joanne, Kalika, her little Frances Pepper and I went on a girl road trip to the U.S.

Ok, first of all, the youngest of us was not even 3 months old

and she was so mellow and happy about the whole thing.

Here is Frances Pepper on a (flying) blanket.

The destination:

Helena, Montana.

The excuse:

The Archie Bray Foundation 60th birthday.

The "Bray" is a ceramic institute that offers residencies

to artists for up to 2 years.

It's settled on an old brick factory.

which in this case means brick walls

and lots of nooks to hide pottery.

I felt like in a open air treasure chest.

There were conferences, exhibits and demos

with tons of ceramics artists and more or less traditional potters.

(above pic: Josh DeWeese who was the Archie Bray director for 14 years)

one of the brick (!) buildings

with a very diverse exhibit inside...

Jana Evans

artist resident 2011

We stopped in Missoula on our way,

I loved everything I saw

the brick (!) houses,

the atmosphere of a town mixing

stillness of things and a certain "bubbling" of people.

this horse sculpture is actually made out of ceramic.

I wish I had more infos.

this blew my mind quite a bit.

brick factory?

I LOVE bricks.