PHOTOS: Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park
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Visitors check out the oil and acrylic urban contemporary pieces of artist Oriana Gerez, owner of Gerez Gallery in Miami, Florida, at the Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Visitors looks over the work of fine art photographer Eric Reese, of Whitefish, at the Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Visitors look over the work of fine artist Maia Leisz from Sagle, Idaho at the Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Visitors walk through a row of artists' booths at the Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival at Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Visitors check out the work of photographer Patrick Brooks Brandenburg at the Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Visitors check out the oil and acrylic urban contemporary pieces of artist Oriana Gerez, owner of Gerez Gallery in Miami, Florida, at the Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Visitors check out a display of jewelry designs by Charity Shumaker of Back Road Studio in Belgrade at Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Artist Raette Meredith, owner of the Tipsy Brush studio in Kila, uses a palette knife to create a small oil painting outside her booth at Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Scenes from Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park, featuring 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden.
Community organizations will also be holding art and nature activities for the family including The Making Place, Northwest Montana History Museum, Conrad Mansion and Wildtorium.
Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 18 and 19, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 20 at Depot Park, 1410 U.S. 2 W., Kalispell.
Daily admission is $5 at the gates. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit Glacier Art Museum, formerly the Hockaday Museum of Art.
Visitors looks over the work of fine art photographer Eric Reese, of Whitefish, at the Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Visitors look over the work of fine artist Maia Leisz from Sagle, Idaho at the Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Visitors walk through a row of artists' booths at the Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival at Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Visitors check out the work of photographer Patrick Brooks Brandenburg at the Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Visitors check out the oil and acrylic urban contemporary pieces of artist Oriana Gerez, owner of Gerez Gallery in Miami, Florida, at the Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Visitors check out a display of jewelry designs by Charity Shumaker of Back Road Studio in Belgrade at Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Artist Raette Meredith, owner of the Tipsy Brush studio in Kila, uses a palette knife to create a small oil painting outside her booth at Glacier Art Museum's 55th annual Arts in the Park festival in Depot Park in Kalispell on Friday, July 18. Kalispell's longest-running arts and music festival features a lineup of 80 juried artist booths, plein air painters, live music, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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