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Tinworks Art in Bozeman will open the second act of “Chisel & Razor: The Artistic Legacies of Edmonia and Samuel Lewis” on October 11. The exhibition brings together contemporary artists to explore Edmonia Lewis’s legacy and connection to her brother Samuel, a Bozeman businessman and performer; a separate Museum of the Rockies presentation will show original works by Lewis.
Tinworks Art, a nonprofit exhibition space in Bozeman, Montana, will open the second act of “Chisel & Razor: The Artistic Legacies of Edmonia and Samuel Lewis” on October 11, shifting the two-part exhibition’s focus to sculptor Edmonia Lewis and her ties to the area. The show brings together contemporary artists to consider Lewis’s life and influence, while a separate presentation at the Museum of the Rockies will display her original works.
The Tinworks exhibition connects Lewis, a Black and Indigenous sculptor who worked as an expatriate in Rome, with her brother Samuel Lewis, a Bozeman businessman and performer who supported her. The first act centered on Samuel; the second turns to Edmonia. The overall exhibition is scheduled to remain on view through April 2027.
Tinworks is not displaying Edmonia Lewis’s own artworks. Instead, Act II brings together work by Sanford Biggers, Andrea Carlson, Kelly Church and Athena LaTocha, alongside a new commission by Auriea Harvey. They join artists featured in Act I, including Edgar Arceneaux, Terry Adkins, Sonya Clark, Maud Sulter, Gisela Torres and Nate Young.
Harvey’s commission, “Edmonia Triumphalis” (2026), imagines Lewis traveling to Bozeman to visit Samuel. The work combines an arch formed from local earth with a fountain drawing on classical styles that influenced Lewis. Harvey, like Lewis, is a Black Catholic artist living and working in Rome, according to the report. A separate Museum of the Rockies presentation will show original works by Lewis in coordination with the Tinworks project.
Lewis’s Legacy in Bozeman
The paired presentations give visitors two distinct ways to encounter Lewis: through original works at the Museum of the Rockies and contemporary artists’ responses at Tinworks. The arrangement also puts her Montana connection at the center of a citywide homage, linking the sculptor’s life abroad with her relationship to Samuel and his Bozeman life.
Curator Melissa Ragain told Hyperallergic that Lewis’s apparent historical neglect should be considered alongside artists’ long engagement with her work. Ragain said artists had been looking closely at Lewis “since the 1860s.” The exhibition’s focus on contemporary responses gives that history a visible place in Bozeman while making clear that Lewis’s influence is the subject, rather than a claim that she has only recently been discovered.
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Two Acts, Two Lewis Stories
“Chisel & Razor” is organized around the lives and legacies of Edmonia and Samuel Lewis. Act I centered on Samuel, whose roles as a businessman and performer connected him to Bozeman. Act II shifts attention to Edmonia, whose sculpture and life as an expatriate artist form the focus of the contemporary works.
The project sits alongside a separate Museum of the Rockies presentation of Edmonia Lewis’s original works. Tinworks’ decision to focus on contemporary artists means the two exhibitions serve different purposes: one presents Lewis’s own art, while the other uses new and existing work to explore her continuing influence and her relationship to Montana.
““I think as historians, we spend so much time asking ourselves how someone as prominent as Edmonia Lewis could be overlooked, but there are generations of artists who have been looking closely at her since the 1860s.””
— Melissa Ragain, curator of the Tinworks Art exhibition, speaking to Hyperallergic
Details Still to Come
The source report does not give the full installation schedule, visitor information or further details about the Museum of the Rockies presentation. It also does not specify how long that separate presentation will run. Tinworks’ overall exhibition is listed as on view through April 2027, but the supplied information does not clarify whether every work in Act II will remain for that entire period.
Harvey’s imagined visit by Lewis is a speculative artistic premise, not a documented historical event. The report describes the commission’s materials and concept but does not provide further details about its installation or how visitors will encounter it.
Act II Opens October 11
The next scheduled milestone is the opening of Act II on October 11 at Tinworks Art in Bozeman. Visitors can see the contemporary artists’ responses there and, through the separate Museum of the Rockies presentation, Lewis’s original works. The Tinworks exhibition is planned to continue through April 2027; details about the other presentation and visitor arrangements were not included in the source report.
Key Questions
When does the second act open?
Act II opens October 11 at Tinworks Art in Bozeman, Montana.
What is the exhibition called?
The two-part exhibition is titled “Chisel & Razor: The Artistic Legacies of Edmonia and Samuel Lewis.”
Will Tinworks display Edmonia Lewis’s original artworks?
No. Tinworks’ exhibition presents contemporary artists’ work about Lewis’s life and legacy. A separate presentation at the Museum of the Rockies will show original works by Lewis.
Which artists are included in Act II?
The second act includes Sanford Biggers, Andrea Carlson, Kelly Church and Athena LaTocha, as well as a new commission by Auriea Harvey.
How long will the Tinworks exhibition run?
The overall exhibition is scheduled to remain on view through April 2027. The source report does not specify the separate Museum of the Rockies presentation’s dates.
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