July 27–30, 2026
Come explore beauty at Arts Week at the Yellowstone Center! Each evening will feature workshops in a variety of artistic media—kintsugi, painting, mosaic, multi-media, and abstraction. The workshops will be led by practicing artists Mary Gammill (painting, multi-media, color & symbol) and Kurt Caddy (kintsugi, mosaics, abstract, color & symbol). (See Schedule *NOTE: Schedule is subject to change.)
Simultaneous with the workshops, each evening will also feature a discussion with Dr. Tracie Jernigan, Lecturer in Worship & the Arts at YTI and Worship Arts Pastor, for those interested in bringing the arts into the life of the church.
Join us for all four nights—or even just one!
LOCATION: Yellowstone Theological Institute, 83 Rowland Road, Bozeman
COST: $10 per evening (includes dinner)
DINNER: 5:30 | WORKSHOPS: 6:00 | LECTURE/DISCUSSION: 6:00
QUESTIONS? Please contact Mary Gammill at magammill@yellowstonetheology.org or (406) 404-1600.
Monday July 27
Workshops and Discussion (Starting at 6:00pm)
Workshop: Floral Painting
Led by Mary Gammill
Details to come.
Workshop: Abstract Painting
Led by Kurt Caddy
Details to come.
Discussion: Arts in the Church
Led by Tracie Jernigan
Details to come.
Tuesday July 28
Workshops and Discussion (Starting at 6:00pm)
Workshop: Kintsugi
Led by Kurt Caddy
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken vessels, dating from the 14th-century. This beautiful and engaging creative art form becomes a visual representation of God’s redemptive story—from brokenness to beauty through the new creation. Our instructor will be visual artist Kurt Caddy, a trained Kintsugi workshop leader.
Workshop: Multimedia Landscape
Led by Mary Gammill
Details to come.
Discussion: Arts in the Church
Led by Tracie Jernigan
Details to come.
Wednesday July 29
Workshops and Discussion (Starting at 6:00pm)
Workshop: Celtic Art
Led by Mary Gammill
Details to come.
Workshop: Mosaic
Led by Kurt Caddy
Mosaic has always been a vital part of the sacred art tradition. This workshop will explore the history of mosaic as sacred art and explore basic designs and techniques needed to create your own mosaic in the sacred tradition.
Discussion: Arts in the Church
Led by Tracie Jernigan
Details to come!
Thursday July 30
Workshops and Discussion (Starting at 6:00pm)
Workshop: Color and Symbol
Led by Kurt Caddy and Mary Gammill
Details to come.
Discussion: Arts in the Church
Led by Tracie Jernigan
Details to come.
About Our Workshop Leaders
Mary Gammill is an abstract, explorative artist who expresses her relationship with God in art. Focusing on light and color with acrylic ink as her primary medium, Mary is inspired by the symbolism, light, and the theology represented in Christian Art History, as well as the beauty of God’s creation in which she lives. She is currently working to form an artist collective in the Bozeman area.
Mary and her husband Mike live in Bozeman, and they have two beloved adult daughters and a golden retriever named Sunny.
As a visual artist, Kurt Caddy believes that art is generative and transformative, and that one of the roles of an artist is to help (or force) the viewer to “see the unseen.”
Kurt says, “As an artist, a ‘little c’ creator and a follower of Jesus, I simply must believe that beauty can and will spring from brokenness. We live in a broken world. I see it on the news. I see it in our cities. I see it in my home. I see it in my mirror. But this brokenness is not forever! This brokenness does not get the final word. Isaiah tells of a day when God will ‘give us beauty for ashes and the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a fainting heart.’ My purpose as an artist is to take time to see the ordinary and to transform it into something extraordinary. In a real sense, each work is a hope-filled prayer for beauty and transformation.”
Kurt lives on a small farm in southwest Missouri. He is married to Laura, and they have eight biological and adopted children.
Dr. Tracie Jernigan joins YTI on a seasonal basis to lecture in Worship Arts. She is an ordained minister, a worship arts pastor, and an avid musician. Tracie has a deep interest in curating worship for the contemporary church, training capable worship leaders, exploring the connection between worship and social justice, and creating uniquely Christian community in a variety of contexts. She earned her DMin from McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University.
The mother of two young boys, Tracie resides with her family in North Carolina.
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QUESTIONS? Please contact us at (406) 404-1600 or information@yellowstonetheology.org.
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