Performances & Exhibitions

Act Three: Today’s Matinee by Kathleen Herlihy Paoli

“”I work in oils and almost always in series. My ongoing series of paintings is entitled Act Three, it involves placing an object or a subject on stage. In larger works that have evolved from this series I have replaced the stage set with a curtain. The larger scale invokes looking out of a window in one’s home onto a scene. These paintings are mostly about issues we face in the US and in the world today. The subject matter touches on politics, the environment, water and fire issues in the west, race relations, and personal experience. Many paintings in this series have some ornamentation, usually beads or buttons sewn into the surface. These are sewn onto the canvas to honor my maternal grandmother, who was an excellent seamstress. Her strength, fortitude and talent has been inspirational to me throughout my life.”

This exhibit is on display in the Linha-Hoeven Gallery on the lower level. Free and open to the public!

Kathleen Herlihy-Paoli (b. 1956, grew up in Westport, CT) lives and works in Missoula, MT. She earned her BFA from Skidmore College. Her upcoming exhibition opens at the Taube Museum of Art in Minot, SD in August, 2024. Herlihy-Paoli solo exhibitions include Marinaro, New York, NY; Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY; Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT; the Emerson, Bozeman, MT; Paris Gibson Square Museum, Great Falls, MT; Holter Museum, Helena, MT; and MonDak Heritage Center, Sidney, MT. She has been included in group exhibitions at White Columns, New York, NY; Brackett Creek Exhibitions, Bozeman, MT and Brooklyn, NY; Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY; Museo d’Arte Moderna, Sassoferrato, Italy. She has been included in several juried shows in Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Portland, OR; Springfield, OR; Bozeman and Missoula, MT.