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Transformations
​@Kirks' for Kirks'
​2920 Minnesota Ave, Billings, MT
Friday, May 19, 2023: PopUp installation, Music by Shane De Leon, Community/Stone Soup by Chef Ash and Collaborative Art Making, All Free. Reciprocal Gifting in Support of Kirks'
Saturday, May 20, 2023: Community, Collaborative Art Making


​Transformations Works   
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ART, GIFTING AND COMMUNITY


​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 – visual artists, musicians, comedians, poets, chefs –, 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!




​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 were the latest way I used 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 felt right to weave together my passion for community engagement, 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.” ​

Thank you to all who gifted to Kirks', who continue to show and contribute to the positive, inclusive environment, who share their creative talents in this unique space. Though reciprocal gifting is over, you can still financially support Kirks' Grocery through membership (info 
here.) or send funds through Venmo(@kirksgrocery) or Cash App (@kirksgrocery) or PayPal (@kirksgrocery) or by mailing a check to Kirks' Grocery, 2920 Minnesota Ave., Billings, MT, 59101.


​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 of my work! Thank you to Nicholas Rogers for the images used in the video intros. 
Transformations Installation
Transformations PopUp Opening Event. Thank you Nicholas Rogers for the images. 
Community Collaborative Art Making. Thank you Nicholas Rogers for the images.

© 2011 Sherri Cornett
  • HOME
  • WORKS
    • TRANSFORMATIONS
    • FREEDOM SERIES
    • PUBLIC ART
    • GROTTOES
    • CHRYSALIS
    • COLLABORATIONS
    • LENS BASED ART
    • ANCESTRESSES & WISE WOMEN
    • SEAFORMS
    • SHELTERS
  • PROJECTS
    • TRANSFORMATIONS at Kirks for Kirks
    • UNITAS youth art and leadership
    • WHAT IS IT ABOUT MY MEMORY Community Engaged Installation >
      • MEMORY CARDS What Is It About My Memory
      • SOMAS What Is It About My Memory
      • EXHIBITIONS What Is It About My Memory
    • FOOD and CULTURE HUB East Helena
    • THE 2020 AWAKENING BILLINGS For Freedoms 2020 >
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Robert Hall on Blood Quantum
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Indigenous Voices Films and Filmmakers Panel
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS MMIP Community Gathering
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS REDRess Exhibit
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Seeing Patterns Exhibition
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Related Events
      • THE2020AWAKENING BILLINGS Partners and Presenters
    • FOR FREEDOMS Billings >
      • FOR FREEDOMS Billings 2018 Partners and Presenters
    • COMMUNITY GROVE
    • CONVERSATIONS AMONG WOMEN
    • FLOW Interactive Exhibition and Community Project >
      • EXHIBITION Flow
      • VOICES OF THE RIVER SYMPOSIUM Flow
      • MIXING OIL and WATER Film Night and Discussion Flow
      • WORDS ON WATER: POETRY AND JAZZ IN CONCERT Flow
      • LIVING IN HARMONY ON THE YELLOWSTONE Flow
      • YOUTH OUTREACH Flow
      • READING AREAS MSUBillings Library Flow
      • YELLOWSTONE RIVER CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ANALYSIS Flow
    • POINTS OF MANY CONNECTIONS
    • QUEST Guest Art Facilitator
    • ALTITUDE 3123 >
      • EVENTS Altitude 3123
  • CURATORIAL
    • CHINA Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang 2014 >
      • ART & ARTISTS/CHINA Half the Sky
      • ART & ARTISTS/US Half the Sky
      • CULTURAL and COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS
      • DELEGATES
      • ESSAYS & ESSAYISTS
      • BLOG Half the Sky
    • UNDOCUMENTED Difference in America Today
    • GUTFREUND CORNETT ART
    • SOUTH KOREA Woman Body Seoul and Gwangju 2012
    • MATRIXXMODULATION Jon Lodge
    • PLANNED PARENTHOOD A Celebration of Expression: An Evening of Wine, Women and Art
    • WOMEN DO IT! Traveling Postcard Exhibition >
      • WOMEN DO IT Gallery
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