Transformations
@Kirks' for Kirks'
Opening Event Friday, May 19, 2023 (installation, food, music and collaborative art making)
Community Art Making Saturday, May 20, 2023
Installation up May 19 - 20 (or by appointment through May 24)
ART, GIFTING AND COMMUNITY
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Since Shane De Leon opened Kirks' Grocery as a unique South Side arts and gathering space in 2018, I have been impressed with how community-focused the venue is. How open-armed it is. How anyone with a creative idea, who can figure out how to make it happen, has a place to make it so. How with Shane and Mary Serbe at the helm, it is a constantly transforming place where so many dreams of expression find an outlet. |
As Kirks' continues to evolve, we invite you to be a part of this community!
Visual artists, musicians, comedians, poets, chefs, and passionate individuals rely on the innovative, cutting-edge, and welcoming atmosphere that Kirks’ has developed. Although Kirks’ is not a nonprofit, it is run similarly on a tight profit margin – it is supported through a mixture of membership, art sales, performance ticket sales, in-kind gifts, financial assistance, volunteers, and folks, who come in, look around and offer to help with whatever needs doing.
Visual artists, musicians, comedians, poets, chefs, and passionate individuals rely on the innovative, cutting-edge, and welcoming atmosphere that Kirks’ has developed. Although Kirks’ is not a nonprofit, it is run similarly on a tight profit margin – it is supported through a mixture of membership, art sales, performance ticket sales, in-kind gifts, financial assistance, volunteers, and folks, who come in, look around and offer to help with whatever needs doing.
These events are the latest way I am using my sculptures in a social function as a framework for a welcoming gathering to nourish, nurture and grow one of the most creative aspects of Billings. It feels right to weave together my passion for community engagement (see interview in Kirk's Grocery List), my new Transformations works, and an opportunity for the community to create collaborative art, to savor some of Chef Ash's delicious food and to enjoy some excellent music. And, for the community, in turn, to support whatever latest, imaginative growth Kirks’ has to offer “for the common good.”
How to Nourish Kirks' Grocery/Reciprocal Gifting
During these events, you may choose a level of their gifting (see below) and, in return, Kirks' will gift you one (or a combination) of my works, of your choice. I have made a gift of all of these works to Kirks', so 100% of your gift will fund future opportunities for the community at Kirks'.
See Sculpture + Community Engagement, an interview article in The Grocery List with Kirks' Mary Serbe about my inspirations, passions and reasons for offering my work in support of Kirks' future. Thank you to Ted Kim for the luscious photos!
How to Nourish Kirks' Grocery/Reciprocal Gifting
During these events, you may choose a level of their gifting (see below) and, in return, Kirks' will gift you one (or a combination) of my works, of your choice. I have made a gift of all of these works to Kirks', so 100% of your gift will fund future opportunities for the community at Kirks'.
See Sculpture + Community Engagement, an interview article in The Grocery List with Kirks' Mary Serbe about my inspirations, passions and reasons for offering my work in support of Kirks' future. Thank you to Ted Kim for the luscious photos!
EVENTS
Friday, May 19th, 5 - 9 pm
In the Gallery
In the Gallery
In the Gallery
- Installation of Transformations
- Reciprocal Gifting (see below)
- Chef Ash's gift of delicious food to event attendees
- Community Collaborative Art Making
- Music TBA
In the Gallery
- Installation of Transformations
- Chef Ash's gift of delicious food to art makers
- Community Collaborative Art Making with families from our South Side community
RECIPROCAL GIFTING
(see Transformations page for more info about the works)
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POSTCARDS
Kirks' receives from you a gift of: $25 - $99 You receive from Kirks': One eight-card packet of art postcards featuring details of Transformations |
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COLUMNS
Kirks' receives from you a gift of: $100 - $149 You receive from Kirks': One of the Column pieces from Transformations. 
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Transformation 16 detail
Transformation 19 detail
Transformation 22
Transformation 25 detail
Transformation 28 detail
Transformation 31 detail
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Transformation 17 detail
Transformation 20 detail
Transformation 23 detail
Transformation 26 detail
Transformation 29 detail
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Transformation 18 detail
Transformation 21 detail
Transformation 24 detail
Transformation 27 detail
Transformation 30 detail
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CIRCLES
Kirks' receives from you a gift of: $150 - $249 You receive from Kirks': One of the Circle pieces OR one Column + an art card set from Transformations |
Transformation 1 (Strength Through Sharing)
Transformation 4 (Soul Diving)
Transformation 7 (Solidarity)
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Transformation 2 (Finding the Light Within Chaos)
Transformation 5 (Recognizing Commonality)
Transformation 8 (Aphrodite Rising)
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Transformation 3 (Emerging from the Weight)
Transformation 6 (Centered Path)
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PILLARS and a RECTANGLE
Kirks' receives from you a gift of: $250 - $499 You receive from Kirks': One of the Pillar pieces OR the Rectangle Piece OR a combination of pieces from Transformations from other levels determined through a friendly conversation between the gifter to Kirks' and either Shane or Mary. 
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Transformation 9 (Vulnerability and Power)
Transformation 13 (Ancestress Wisdom)
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Transformation 14 (Rooted, Weighted, Grounded)
Transformation 15 (A Hand Up)
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CONCAVES
Kirks' receives from you a gift of: $500+ You receive from Kirks': One of the Concave pieces OR a combination of pieces from Transformations from other levels, determined through a friendly conversation between the gifter to Kirks' and either Shane or Mary. |
Transformation 10 (Ancora Imparo/Still, I am Learning)
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Transformation 11 (Into the Flux)
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Transformation 12 (Nourishing Joy)
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