2025 Art Vendors at Harvest Moon Fest
At The Making Place we support all forms of art, that’s why we feature local Montana artists at Harvest Moon Fest. From handcrafted goods and original artwork to herbal remedies and one-of-a-kind treasures, each booth is a chance to connect directly with makers who pour creativity and care into their craft.
Explore the marketplace, meet the artists, and take home something special that reflects the spirit of community and celebration. Scroll down to read bios for each of our talented vendors and learn more about the stories behind their work.
Allyson Fraser: Leaf & Lotus
Leaf & Lotus, owned by Allyson Fraser creates handmade nature-inspired art and botanical products. From intricate paper florals and seasonal décor to garden-grown skincare, each piece is crafted with care to celebrate beauty, creativity, and sustainability.
Anne Jakubowski: artsy Anne
Anne Jakubowski was born and raised in the city of Chicago. She’s the middle child of four in a strong Polish Italian family. At a young age, Anne always had a passion for all things art related. Her skills truly developed in her high school years, earning her multiple awards. Between rafting in the summer, and skiing in the winter, she always finds time for art. Today, Anne draws her inspiration from her travels across the U.S., bringing her to Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana, which she now calls home. Her artistic eye has been drawn to the wildlife, flowers, fish, and community of Glacier national park. With her love of travel and outdoor adventure, she is eager to capture the beauty of whatever is next. Make sure your adventures and discoveries stand the test of time by emailing artsyannej@yahoo.com
Brooke Gavelle
Brooke Gavelle resides in Northwest Montana, where the land tickles her imagination and is intrinsic to her creations. Her reverence for the natural world invites her to pick up the paintbrush and witness not just the physical manifestation but the whimsical aspects, too. Sometimes she paints what she sees; sometimes she paints to see.
Chelsie Dwello: Art for the soul
Welcome to art for the soul. I am a self taught intuitive artist. During the pandemic I had a spiritual awakening. I started my Journey of discovery, discovery of who I am , where I came from, what I am, and the meaning of my life. These paintings are a visual representation of that journey. My creations are more of a co-creation with spirit (or the universe). They do not come from me but through me. Thank you for taking this journey with me.
Namaste,
Art for the soul
Cooper Jeppesen: Hearth Ceramics
Cooper Jeppesen’s work is deeply rooted in the ritual of wood-fired ceramics, where the gathering of artists around the kiln mirrors the cyclical, meditative nature of his craft. He cultivates a close relationship with each kiln he fires, creating pieces that respond to and honor its unique character. Drawing inspiration from the natural landscapes of the Pacific Northwest and the refined tradition of Chinese Yixing teapots, Cooper’s teapots, bowls, and vessels emerge from the fire as monuments to the labor, community, and experiences of the kiln site.
Here, amidst Montana’s rugged beauty, Cooper’s creations echo the rhythms and textures of the land, each piece offering a tangible connection between nature, craft, and collector.
Elaine Atkinson: Live Illustrations
Elaine Atkinson is an artist based out of Whitefish, Montana. She loves connecting with people through her art, and feels that live illustration is a great way to do that. Using markers and pen, she can capture someone’s likeness in just 5 minutes! While caricature aims at making fun, Elaine’s art is instead a stylized interpretation rather than an exaggeration.
When she’s not creating, Elaine can be found skiing, swimming, sewing, or elbows deep in the sale rack at the thrift store.
Halloween is her favorite holiday and she can’t wait to see all the costumes at the Festival!
Elizabeth Fruehan ceramics
Elizabeth started making pottery in high school in 2004, she continued her studies in college earning a B.F.A. in Ceramics from Bradley University. She worked as a summer assistant at Sugar Maples center for the creative arts in 2011, late that summer she accepted a position (shipping and receiving) at Whitefish pottery. After eight years with Whitefish pottery she decided to start her own studio. Elizabeth is based out of Columbia Falls. She sells her work at Coyote Modern, the Whitefish Farmers Market, and Stumptown art studio where she works part-time glazing and kiln loading.
Erynn McNeill (Moss): up moss creek studio
Erynn McNeill is an artist, botanist, and scientific illustrator. While obtaining their Bachelor of Science in Biology they worked throughout the backcountry of Montana, Idaho and Alaska tracking animals and recording plant species until 2020 when forced isolation brought back an old love of creating art. Taking inspiration from these wilderness experiences, they created Up Moss Creek Studio in 2021 as a habitat for experimentation where they combine their knowledge of botany, mycology and multiple art mediums to create unique mixed media paintings inspired by 19th century botanical illustration.
While their personal style gives their paintings an air of dark naturalism and fantasy, they aim to highlight the endangered mossy worlds within the Northern Rockies's diverse ecosystems and hope that through showing others what they admire when wandering creek side through the mountains it will inspire them to look closely, step lightly, and protect the world's natural environments. They are currently based in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana where they share a home with their partner Brandon, dog Dagwood, and cat Orion.
Falina Sinopah Lintner
Falina Sinopah Lintner is an emerging artist from Glacier and Whitefish area of Montana. She is most recognized for reproductions of her studio collection found as retail reproductions and fine art stickers around Glacier National Park.
Falina was raised with hiking and climbing as a general panacea and much of her portfolio is filled with field and studio landscapes paintings drawn from her life of exploration of wilderness areas. In addition, she worked and lived most of a decade off-grid in Polebridge, Montana further developing her love of a deliberate simple life actively tied to nature.
Falina unites her passions to bring uncommon experience and views into everyday life in the form of acute plein air paintings. She carries her art supplies with her on all her outings and renders oil paintings quickly from life while strolling and climbing alike. The results are vibrant images full of immediacy, life, and spirit of place.
Falina’s studio oil paintings are drawn from her knowledge of, and time spent exploring North Western summits and trails, myths and stories, and natural history. These glowing paintings create the impression of an often reminisced slice-of-life memory. They capture the sense of nostalgia and magic many lover's of wilderness share.
Falina graduated with a BFA in painting and Art History in 2012 from the University of Montana
Falls Farm Coop
Falls Farm Co-op is a farmer-owned, community-supported farm cooperative in the greater Columbia Falls area. We started the co-op to lower the barriers-to-entry into farming by sharing costly resources and time-consuming market presence.
Our mission is to share resources and knowledge that enable small-scale farmers, contribute to resilient, equitable community food systems, and improve agro-ecological relationships in the greater Columbia Falls and Canyon area.
Grace Drames: Grace Danielle Designs
Hi friends—thanks for being here! I’m Grace, the hands behind all the jewelry you see.
I grew up outside Philadelphia and have always loved making things. In college in Tampa, inspired by the beach, I began experimenting with shells and copper wire, eventually selling jewelry out of my ’91 Chevy at local markets. In 2022, I learned silversmithing (thanks to my friend Dustin) and spent a summer traveling the East Coast, creating and vending. After time in Florida working at a family-owned jewelry shop, I headed west and now call Northwest Montana home.
Nature fuels my work—whether I’m skiing snowy trails or chasing summer wildflowers. From the first time I picked up a torch, I knew this craft would change my life. My jewelry is grounded in sustainability, community, and a love of natural materials, often featuring American-mined stones from local lapidary artists. I’m grateful every day for the support that allows me to keep growing and creating one-of-a-kind pieces that carry meaning.
Jamie MacLeod: For the Wild and Feral
Jamie’s herbal journey sprouted with a potion made of sun, mud, and hose water sometime around age five. Plants drew her in and never let her go, pulling her into their unruly rhythms and wild wisdom. Childhood potions have ripened into potent plant formulas over the years, each one carrying the pulse of the feral world. For the Wild and Feral is the living expression of this ever-unfolding journey. These creations are crafted to ease physical discomforts and ailments and are also meant to inspire introspection. To Jamie, formulating with plants is not only medicine-making but an expression of wild creativity—an offering that invites others to explore the depths of their own experience.
Julia Battisti: Bubblegum
Based in Missoula and founded by artist & ecologist Julia Battisti, Bubblegum seeks to empower through fashion and fiber-arts skill sharing. Bubblegum encourages inspiration & self realization through clothes alteration and mending.
Bubblegum is having fun & giggling, sensitive & listening, often humbled & always learning. Bubblegum is growing with intention & love.
Katie Whisenand: Pika’s Bouquet
Pika’s Bouquet is the work of Katie Whisenand. From her home in the Flathead Valley, Katie creates beaded and woven jewelry. Her inspiration comes from the natural environment, including Montana landscapes and flora, as well as her garden, where she tends to blooms of perennial and annual flowers.
A percentage of all Pika’s Bouquet sales is donated to The Glacier National Park Conservancy, helping protect ecosystems essential to creatures such as the pika.
Kristen (kay) Lyle: Manicule Studios
A manicule is a tiny hand. You may have seen one in the margins of a medieval manuscript, or drawing your eye in a wild west poster.
I’m a graphic designer, but when sitting behind the computer doesn’t quite scratch the itch, I like to work with historical typesetting and design processes through letterpress, block printing, and intaglio work. I enjoy illustrating the world around me, creating dad-joke style greeting cards, and experimenting with bookbinding, packaging, and paper decorations. Stop by my table and explore design the old-school way…made by hand!
Maddie Feeney: Spunky Sprite
Maddie specializes in creating unique handmade beaded jewelry and block printed clothing. Originally from Tacoma Washington, Maddie moved to Missoula to attend UM.
After graduation she started Spunky Sprite as a way to reconnect with her inner child and to start living her life as authentically as she could. When she isn’t coming up with new designs for her business you can find her reading, exploring in nature or snuggled up with her pup Winnie.
Meagan Schmoll: Marslight Tarot
Sydney Bovang
Sydney Boveng is a mixed media visual artist with a focus on landscape and portraiture. She is a current recipient of the Bob Marshall WIlderness Foundation and Glacier Art Museum's Artist/ Wilderness Connection Residency. Sydney is also a resident studio artist at The Making Place, and lives in her hometown of Kalispell, Montana.