Missoula artist Leland Buck featured at FVCC gallery

Missoula photographer and printmaker Leland Buck is being featured in an exhibition by the Flathead Valley Community College art department.

An opening reception and gallery talk with the artist is Feb. 25 in the Arts and Technology Building lobby from 4-6 p.m. Attendance is free and open to all.

Originally from southern Colorado, Buck first moved to Montana in the 1980s to study at the University of Montana. After several years of working and teaching in multimedia and computer science, Buck went on to serve as the online editor at the Missoulian (2011-2014) and the digital director at Mamalode Magazine (2014-2018). He helped found treesource.org, a nonprofit news organization focused on forests in 2017, and was adjunct faculty at the University of Montana in both the College of Business and School of Journalism.

Since 2018, Buck has explored the American West with his large format cameras, and worked in his Missoula studio to render his images in unique ways on paper. His work is focused on history, memory and place in the changing landscapes. He has studied historical and alternative photographic printing methods extensively and often blends these processes with traditional intaglio printmaking techniques.

“I seek to present landscapes at the convergence of human and natural history, highlighting the continuity of the past and the present, and giving voice to the fundamental connection humanity has to the land,” Buck says. “I seek to present work that reveals the beauty of change through decay and dilapidation, making the past seem frozen in time, or in the process of being overtaken with something new.”

For more information about FVCC’s Art Department offerings, visit fvcc.edu/art.