Join us for our 2025-2026 Season!
Winter Wildlife Photography Workshop with Kyle Moon
February 12, 2026
6:30 AM - 5:00 PM (tentative) | Yellowstone National Park
Six local Gardiner-Mammoth individuals can experience a full day, private guided tour of Yellowstone National Park with photography instruction from professional wildlife photographer Kyle Moon of Yellowstone Wild.
Transportation is provided in a fully-equipped touring vehicle with pickup at the Gardiner Chamber of Commerce. Hot coffee and cocoa will be provided. Dress for the occasion and be sure to bring your own lunch, snacks, and camera.
First-come-first-served and limited to six tickets. Don’t wait—reserve your spot today!
$50. Gratuity not included in ticket price.
Daniel Kosel and Madrona Road w/ Camden Hunt
December 4, 2025
7:30 PM | Gardiner Community Center
End this year's Annual Gardiner Holiday Stroll with a bang! The visceral power trio, Daniel Kosel and Madrona Road, lays down original blues country and rock grooves, plus a few tasty cover arrangements.
They’re joined by special guest Camden Hunt, a trumpeter who incorporates new sounds of the 20th and 21st centuries to highlight the versatility of the brass instrument.
Want to bust some moves during the show? Swing dance lessons for all skill levels will be offered at 7:00 PM, right before the music starts!
$10 suggested donation at the door.
Opera Montana:
Wheels of Harmony
October 26, 2025
6:00 PM | Mammoth Chapel
These classically trained musicians will perform a mix of traditional music, classical opera, musical theatre, and modern classical music from Indigenous composers.
Free admission.
Hand Building Ceramics Workshop
November 22 & December 6, 2025
1:00-5:00 PM & 2:00-5:00PM | Gardiner High School Multipurpose Room
All skill levels are invited to join us for a two-part workshop led by local artist Quinn Harrison, who will walk participants through creating their own ceramic sculpture! All supplies provided.
$50 each. Ages 12+.
Kyle Moon of Yellowstone Wild
Kyle is originally from Orlando, Florida where he earned a bachelors degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida. While in Florida, he worked as a fire ecologist, freshwater mussel ecologist, small mammal biologist, and botanist with various NGO’s, state, and federal agencies. As Kyle entered what he calls his “quarter life crisis” at the age of twenty five, he decided to explore other opportunities and traveled to South America on a work assignment chasing jaguars using camera traps before eventually landing in Montana.
Moving to Montana was life-changing for Kyle. Initially working as a wildland firefighter in the summers and a fisheries biologist in the winter, everything changed when Kyle discovered guiding in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). This line of work proved insatiable to Kyle and before long he found himself leading tours in Yellowstone through every season. In addition to Naturalist Guiding, Kyle is a professional wildlife and nature photographer with more than 8 years experience.
When he’s not working you can almost always find him with a camera in hand exploring hidden treasures in the GYE. Kyle also enjoys just about anything outdoors and hanging out with friends and family. During the “shoulder” season of guiding Kyle is either running a photography workshop or traveling the world in search of wild places with wild animals.
Kyle is a Certified Interpretive Guide with the National Association for Interpretation, Wilderness First Responder, and is Avalanche Level 1 certified.
Daniel Kosel and Madrona Road w/ Camden Hunt
Daniel Kosel and Madrona Road is a trio whose music is a blend of blues, rock and country. Built on tight grooves, creative guitar, sultry vocals, and intelligent lyrics, their style reflects the influences of artists including Dwight Yoakam, Merle Haggard, ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and AC/DC.
Camden Hunt has explored the jazz and classical genres of trumpet music giving him a wide array of musical tools to write with. Through arranging, it is his goal to combine the colorful brass timbre in a traditional music sense as well as incorporating new sounds of the 20th and 21st centuries to highlight the versatility of the brass instrument. It is Camden’s goal to create colorful passages that can evoke memories and feelings of adventure, connection with nature, longing, and new beginnings.
Hand Building Ceramics Workshop
Experience the craftsmanship of clay sculpture with local artist Quinn Harrison! Quinn is an accomplished ceramicist currently working with clay to create striking wildlife sculptures.
This is a two part art class. First, a hand building session followed by a ceramic glazing session. Learn techniques, discover new skills. Let’s get creative & build our own sculpture. Perhaps for that unique holiday gift you’ve been searching for!
All skill levels are welcome. Supplies provided. 12+ years only.
Opera Montana:Wheels of Harmony
Electric Peak Arts Council and Opera Montana invite you to a FREE community performance of Wheels of Harmony - the statewide educational tour that brings three Indigenous musicians to schools across the state of Montana, sharing Indigenous culture and music alongside traditional opera. They will be graciously sharing their talents with Gardiner School in workshops the very next day!
This year, we welcome Tenor Bo Shimmin (Pueblo of Acoma), Soprano Kira Apaachuaq Eckenweiler (Inupiaq), and Pianist/Composer J Cruise Berry (Chickasaw).
These classically trained musicians will perform a mix of traditional music, classical opera, musical theatre, and modern classical music from Indigenous composers.