For the second year in a row, Tinworks Art: In Conversation brings together artists, writers, scientists, and creative thinkers from various fields to discuss the topics of our time. From March to July, Tinworks will convene thought leaders from the region and beyond for a series of conversations titled The Earth Beneath Our Feet. The conversations have been developed in consideration of Tinworks’ 2025 exhibition season, running June 21 - October 18, which will feature ceramic, clay, and earthen artworks by regional and international, historical and contemporary artists, and a continued activation of Tinworks’ field by ecological artist Agnes Denes. Development of topics and speaker invitations for this second series have been in collaboration with Mary Stein and Mary Murphy.

Tinworks Art: In Conversation are ticketed evening events, open to the public, hosted at The Rialto in downtown Bozeman. Doors at 7pm, event at 7:30pm.

JENNI SORKIN Jenni Sorkin is Professor and Chair of History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She writes on the intersections between gender, material culture, and contemporary art, working primarily on women artists and underrepresented media. Her books include Live Form: Women, Ceramics and Community (University of Chicago Press, 2016), Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women Artists, 1947–2016 (Skira, 2016), and Art in California (World of Art series, Thames & Hudson, 2021), as well as numerous essays in journals and exhibition catalogs. Currently, Jenni is a Summer Curator-in Residence at the Archie Bray Foundation.

JENNY MOORE Jenny Moore is the inaugural Director of Tinworks Art. Her 2024 exhibition for Tinworks, The Lay of the Land, presented a major new ecological artwork by Agnes Denes, Wheatfield—An Inspiration. The seed is in the ground, and work by Lucy Raven, James Castle, Layli Long Soldier, Stephen Shore, Robbie Wing, and Wills Brewer. From 2013 to 2022, Jenny was Director of the Chinati Foundation—a museum created by the artist Donald Judd in Marfa, Texas—where she championed the work of female artists, scholars, and professionals. Under her Directorship, Chinati completed Robert Irwin’s monumental permanent installation Untitled (dawn to dusk), created its first master plan, organized and made public its institutional archive, and completed restoration of the John Chamberlain Building. Moore has held curatorial positions at the New Museum (NYC), the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (NYC), Exit Art (NYC) and the 8th Gwangju Biennale (South Korea). Throughout her career, she has been drawn to experimental, artist-centered spaces in unconventional places.

Tinworks gratefully acknowledges the following for their generous support of In Conversation

Lead Sponsors American Bank The Lark Minarik Architecture Rialto

Supporting Sponsors Yellowstone Public Radio Cornerstone Management Services

Community Sponsors 45 Architecture & Interiors Abby Hetherington Interiors Charles Schwab Edible Bozeman Happy Trash Can Curbside Composting Montana State University Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands & Peoples of the North American West Root Cellar Foods