Two filmmakers and storytellers, Nnamdi Kanaga and 2026 Tinworks artist Edgar Arceneaux, sit down to explore what it means to perform the West. Kanaga, who made his directorial debut in Montana with the all-Black-lead feature The Hail Mary, and Arceneaux, whose wide-ranging work spans drawing, installation, film, and theater — including The Western Auditions, centered on the lives of Samuel and Edmonia Lewis — will explore how artists from outside dominant narratives claim space on stage and screen, and reimagine who gets to tell the story of the American West.

Tinworks Art: In Conversation brings together artists, writers, scientists, and creative thinkers from various fields to discuss the topics of our time. For the third year in a row, through March, April and May, Tinworks will convene thought leaders from the region and beyond in consideration of Tinworks' 2026 exhibition Chisel & Razor: The Artistic Legacies of Edmonia & Samuel Lewis.

Tinworks Art: In Conversation are ticketed evening events, open to the public, presented by Tinworks at Rialto, in the historic Rialto theater in downtown Bozeman. Doors at 6:30pm, event at 7pm.