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First Friday: New Work from August Christian
Sculptor and collage maker, August Christian is returning to Lake Missoula Tea Company with this year’s new work. His art is highly detailed and rich with story. We’re excited to see what he’s been making!
Lil House Pies will have hand-made and delicious tea-infused pie slices for sale as well!
Free and open to the public, 5-8pm at our tea bar in Missoula, MT at 136 E. Broadway.
Monthly Tea Talk & Tasting: Ancient Tea Trees of China
Deep into the most biologically and culturally diverse area of China live forests of ancient tea trees, some of which have been producing tea for over 1000 years. Come taste delicious tea from these trees and hear about our experience with the incredible region of Yunnan.
Free and open to the public at our tea bar in Missoula (136 E. Broadway) from 6-7pm.
ART TALK WITH CERAMICIST MICHAEL McCOLLOUGH
Michael McCollough explores surface variation while searching for the right feel that keeps one reaching for a certain mug day-after-day. During this art talk conversation, McCollough will give us an intimate view into his work and process. We will also sample a well-suited green tea, Heritage Green! Free and open to the public.
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McCollough is a recent post-baccalaureate student in the ceramics department at University of Montana and a recent resident at Clay Studio of Missoula. Check out McCollough’s instagram here.
First Friday: South Korea, A Photographic Sampling
Join us for a photographic sampling by Winter Ramos of the vibrant country of South Korea. There will also be slices of hand-made local pies for sale by Lil House Pies and live music by the talented local vocalist, Lindsey Stormo. Free chilled tea too!
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Winter Ramos currently lives in Missoula but hails from the Kingdom of North Idaho. He is currently at the University of Montana, School of Journalism. It was through this program that he traveled to South Korea, where this body of work is focused.
Find more about Lil House Pies at https://www.instagram.com/lilhousepies/
and more on Stormo at www.bellsfromlinden.com
Monthly Tea Talk & Tasting: Elephant Friendly™ Tea
Come listen to Lisa Mills, the representative for the Elephant-Friendly™ certification program, talk about elephant habitat in the tea world. Taste delicious teas from certified farms in India as well!
Monthly Tea Talk & Tastings happen on the fourth Thursday of every month from 6-7pm at our tea bar. Free and open the public.
First Friday with Angela Anderson and Isaac Operandi
Monthly Tea Tasting: Colombian Tea, Thursday July 26th, 6-7pm
Come taste and compare a variety of Colombian black and green teas!
Also, learn about what makes Bitaco Tea a unique social and environmental force in Colombia.
This will be at our tea bar in Missoula, Montana. Free and open to the public.
ART TALK WITH CERAMICIST CHRIS DROBNOCK
Join us 6-7pm Friday, July 13th for a conversation with Chris Drobnock, a current LMTCo Potter-in-Residence, about his work and his views on functional ware! LMTCo Art Talks only happen a few times a year so don’t miss it! Free and open to the public.
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Drobnock is a current resident at Clay Studio of Missoula and has a BFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and an MFA from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
“Functionality is a truth, historically and ultimately assumed or pronounced utility objects that, collectively, we have faith in. The clay material is of the physical world and records touch as it is handled. Color choice and formal decisions are playful and methodical, used to mimic blurry vision in the periphery of our point-of-view or to react to the thought that the everyday object might exist like a John Cage-style of ‘silence,’ that nothing is ordinary; that nothing is, in fact, sacred.” -Chris Drobnock
Find out more about Chris Drobnock here.
July First Friday: Carlsmith’s Scenes of the West
Explore the rural West through the black-and-white film photography of Holly Pilialoha Carlsmith. Also, Lil House Pies pop-up pie stand will serve LMTCo tea-flavored pies!
Join us Friday, July 6th from 5-8pm!
Holly Pilialoha Carlsmith
“Being born and raised in a small town in Montana, the rural setting is often a forgotten piece of America. My photo series depicts the rural and decrepit past of America across several states in the West. This country founded on freedom and my photos, as well as myself, want to display the beauty of the old and free nature within the less desired parts of the world.”
Monthly Tea Talk & Tasting: Healing Herbs
Have you heard of devil’s claw or marshmallow root? How about jiao gu lan, the “immortality tea,” or dong quai, the wonder root? We will explore the exotic world of healing herbs Thursday, June 28th from 6-7pm.
This will be at our tea bar in Missoula, Montana. Free and open to the public.
