Rendezvous event raises $15,000 for Hockaday

A recent fundraiser netted thousands of dollars for a Kalispell museum and entertained guests in mountain man style.

The Hockaday Museum of Art’s Rendezvous on Swan River earlier this month raised $15,000 of the museum.

The rendezvous focused on authenticity and historical significance, according to a news release from the museum. Tepees, tents, chuckwagons, bonfires, a restored trapper’s cabin and a small, rustic “jail” helped create the old-time atmosphere on Ferndale properties belonging to Denny and Kitty Kellogg and Jennifer and Randy Wright, who hosted the event.

About 150 people attended the Oct. 6 event, which featured a talk by Denny Kellogg about the historical significance of the area, an authentic Blackfeet tepee and plein air painting by guest artist Ron Ukrainetz, and a flint knapping demonstration by Rich Petterson.

Laura Ennis of Kalispell won a prize for Best Rustic Attire. Lisa Shrock of Kalispell won the raffle for an original Ace Powell oil painting.

For more information about the event or the Hockaday, visit www.hockadaymuseum.org, call 755-5268 or stop by the museum at 302 Second Ave. E., Kalispell.