Construction fence becomes poetry gallery on Main Street

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:07:11 +0000

The orange safety fencing around the former Miller property on Main Street has become an unexpected exhibition space. Someone began attaching laminated poems to the mesh panels last week, each secured with zip ties in colors that match the netting. The poems address displacement, memory, and the particular grief of watching a familiar building disappear.

Mara Haskins, a printmaker who works out of the North 19th arts incubator, said she started the project after her morning walk route changed. “The fence was already there, holding space for whatever comes next,” she said. “It felt like the right place for words about what used to be.” Her phone number, 406-555-0187, is written in silver marker on the back of the first panel.

City Commission approves roundabout sculpture celebrating commuter patience

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:35:19 +0000

The Bozeman City Commission voted four to one Tuesday evening to allocate forty-two thousand dollars from the Percent for Art fund toward a permanent sculpture at the new Four Corners roundabout. The piece, titled “Hold Space,” will consist of three stacked boulders sourced from the Bridger foothills, each hollowed to hold a single LED that shifts color with the average speed of passing traffic.

Commissioner Marsha Hensley cast the lone dissenting vote, noting that the budget could have funded two additional crossing guards at Hawthorne Elementary. “Art is vital,” she said, “but so is not getting hit by a Subaru Outback doing forty in a school zone.”

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Construction fence becomes poetry gallery on Main Street

City Commission approves roundabout sculpture celebrating commuter patience