March First Friday: Tailyr Irvine

First Friday at MAM: Tailyr Irvine

Friday, March 6 | 5–7 PM

Arist Talk at 5:30 pm

Music by Elephant Gerald

Join the Missoula Art Museum for the First Friday opening of Beyond Bison: Returning Land to the Original Stewards by Tailyr Irvine, a Salish and Kootenai journalist and photographer raised on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The evening will feature live music by Elephant Gerald.

MAM is honored to present Irvine’s photographic exhibition in the Lynda M. Frost Contemporary Native American Art Gallery. Her work amplifies Indigenous voices while challenging stereotypes, centering the people, stories, and complexities within Native communities. Irvine is also co-founder of Indigenous Photograph, an organization dedicated to expanding the inclusion of Indigenous photographers in media and ensuring their stories are told with authenticity and agency.