Fast-rising Montana art organisation to take over century-old theatre

"Tinworks Art, the fledgling non-profit contemporary art space in Bozeman, Montana, is expanding its footprint from a former industrial site in the city's northeast neighbourhood to the historic Rialto Theater downtown. Opening 21 November, Tinworks at Rialto will be showing Matthew Barney's 2018 Western film (until 1 February 2026), launching Tinworks' first space open year-round for installations, artists' talks, screenings and performances."

""We're excited about the opportunity to have a presence on Main Street and to present really compelling programming that might be a different way of approaching familiar subjects or exposing visitors to art that connects in a different way," says Tinworks' inaugural director Jenny Moore. She took the helm in 2023 with the mandate to build Tinworks into a sustainable long-term arts organisation. The non-profit was founded in 2019 as a seasonal pop-up for visual and performing artists to exhibit works at a two-acre complex that includes a repurposed tin manufacturing warehouse, pig barn, mill building and field of open land."

"In addition to the acquisition of the Rialto-which opened as a theatre in 1924 and was donated by its previous owners to Tinworks-the organisation is stewarding the restoration of its deteriorating mill building. Salvaging three original crib walls and the exterior grain chute, the new structure-built on the original footprint and extended slightly to the north-will provide flexible gallery spaces in addition to a visitor centre and offices (heating and bathrooms will be a first at the northeast campus)."

Tinworks Art is expanding from a former industrial campus in northeast Bozeman to the downtown Rialto Theater, opening 21 November with Matthew Barney's 2018 Western film on view through 1 February 2026. The Rialto will serve as Tinworks' first year-round space for installations, artists' talks, screenings and performances. Jenny Moore became inaugural director in 2023 with a mandate to build Tinworks into a sustainable long-term arts organisation. The non-profit, founded in 2019 as a seasonal pop-up on a two-acre repurposed-tin complex, is also restoring its deteriorating mill building to add flexible galleries, a visitor centre and offices, projected to open October 2026 and extend programming year-round beyond the current June–October schedule.

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