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About The Holter

The Holter Museum inspires, connects, and heals our community through contemporary exhibitions and innovative arts programming.

Embracing the belief that art vitalizes and strengthens our community, the Holter Museum of Art seeks to stimulate creativity, curiosity, and collaboration through visual arts. The Holter Museum of Art is dedicated to nurturing the creative spirit and making the visual arts accessible to all through exhibitions, education, events, and partnerships.

History of the Holter

The Holter opened in 1987, providing a space for the Helena community to experience contemporary art in central Montana. The museum has grown tremendously since that time, thanks to a successful capital campaign in 2002, adding 6,500 square ft. to create a dynamic 17,000 square ft. facility. Our museum is considered one of the finest in the state, consisting of five exhibition galleries, an education center, and a collections & research center. Offering between 15-20 rotating exhibitions each year, innovative art education for all ages, community-based events, artist residencies, lectures, receptions, and more – the Holter is among the premier cultural centers in the region.

Our Values

The Holter Museum of Art has the capacity to encourage community representation through participation and access to exhibitions, arts programming, events, and partnerships in our community. The Holter acts as a conduit for the creative and innovative minds in our community, showing the impact arts and culture have on values, opinions, health and wellbeing. 

The Holter strives to provide better access to lifelong arts learning opportunities that ignite creativity and encourage expression. Our programming opens unique and accessible pathways to learning about current issues and ideas, while also promoting collaboration and self-discovery. 

Our mission is not just exhibiting art – we interpret it, teach it, help create it, preserve it, and build community through it. We capture the imagination of patrons of all ages through exciting exhibitions and powerful art education. We fuel our community’s curiosity and vision by exploring diverse perspectives and cultures – including contemporary Native American culture – within Montana by celebrating contemporary regional artists in our collection, and through our collection, we seek to preserve for future generations the record of our time and place in history. 

Our Staff

Christina Barbachano

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

406-442-6400 x 105
executive@holtermuseum.org

Kelley Crevier

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR 

406-442-6400 x 102
kelleyc@holtermuseum.org

Ramsay Ballew

CURATOR

406-442-6400 x 104
ramsay@holtermuseum.org

Anna Lund

EDUCATION DIRECTOR

406-442-6400 x 10
alund@holtermuseum.org

Hannah Harvey

EVENTS, STORE & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

406-442-6400 x 109

hannah@holtermuseum.org

David Spencer

STORE ASSITANT

406-442-6400 x 101
david@holtermuseum.org

Gianna Sherman

ART EDUCATION ASSISTANT

406-442-6400 x 08
gianna@holtermuseum.org

Jolene Grieve

FINANCE DIRECTOR

406-442-6400 x 106
accounting@holtermuseum.org

Trent Emmart

FACILITIES & CUSTODIAN MANAGER

406-442-6400 x 101
trent@holtermuseum.org

The Holter Board

Officers

Board President: Robyn Kiesling, Helena College

robyn.kiesling@helenacollege.edu 

Vice President: Carley Smith, SMA Architecture + Design

carleys@architects-sma.com

Secretary: Dawn Gallinger, St. Peter’s Health
DGallinger@sphealth.org

Board Members

Corey Palmer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana

corey_palmer@bcbsmt.com

Keith Meyer, Shodair Children’s Hospital Foundation

kmeyer@shodair.org 

Andrew Page, Page & Co. Bookkeeping LLC

pagecobm@gmail.com

Carlos Joaquin Pimentel, RMCU

carlos78@icloud.com

Meghan Peel, Department of Public Health & Human Services

mpeel@mt.gov

Murry Warhank, JMG Attorneys
mwarhank@jmgm.com

Land Recognition

Please note that this recognition is actively being worked on. 

The hope is that this verbal/written acknowledgement of indigenous lands goes beyond the intent of recognition and holds the Holter to actively working with Helena’s tribal communities to listen and respond to expressed needs and wants, and to have programming designed with and for native voices and for the greater Helena community. 

The Holter Museum of Art recognizes the land in and around Helena, Montana and the space upon which the museum stands as traditional Blackfoot and Salish Kootenai territories, and at one point in time, Shoshone territory as well. This recognition is meant as an acknowledgement of the space the museum holds within colonized lands and the significance, as a cultural and educational space, the museum must place on Indian Education for All and on the representation of Native voices within the contemporary arts world. 

For more information and resources, look to: 

  • Eastern Shoshone Tribe – http://www.easternshoshone.org/about.html
  • Blackfeet Nation – https://blackfeetnation.com/
  • Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes – https://csktribes.org/
  • Montana’s Indian Education for All – https://opi.mt.gov/Educators/Teaching-Learning/Indian-Education-for-All
  • Institute of American Indian Arts (AIAI) for contemporary Native artists, Native art world news, and resources for up and coming Native artists – https://iaia.edu/
  • Native Lands, a website mapping Indigenous nations by territories, languages, and treaties. Native Lands has a thorough explanation of the need for and problems presented by Land Acknowledgements without equal action – https://native-land.ca/
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Sunday: 12 pm – 4pm 

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Helena, MT 59601

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