Kirks Grocery – For The Common Good

Kirks’ Grocery is a contemporary art gallery, performance venue, and community space in Billings, Montana. Kirks’ is for the Common Good.

Our gallery shows contemporary art from cutting edge artists from Montana, the region, and beyond. We support artists whose work critiques and expands upon the visual arts today. Kirks’ hosts six major exhibitions per year plus pop-up and alternative shows of art.

Our community-centered philosophy extends to the performance space where Kirks’ hosts DIY all ages shows and events featuring everything from spoken word poetry to experimental musical performances and DIY touring musicians along with comedy and variety shows.

Kirks’ chef, Ashley Woodward, and her KP crew present Kitchen Party, a three-course pay-what-you-can meal on the second Friday of each month. This is an opportunity for people to enjoy handcrafted dishes in a family-style environment as an expression of radical love and belonging.

Do you already love Kirks’ and want to invest in its future? Become a member and support us. You can also volunteer in many ways. Email us at kirksgrocery@gmail.com.

We love you. Kirks’

Current Exhibition

HORROR POLITIC

October 2 - November 21, 2026
Opening reception: Friday, October 2, 5-9 PM

Horror Politic is a group exhibition curated by Shane de Leon featuring work that encapsulates the concepts of horror, politics, or both. These pieces may terrify or amuse you. Horror Politic examines how artists are negotiating the current unsettling landscape.

Artists: Rollin Beamish, Terrin Bisel, Courtney Blazon, Chamber of Goo, William Crain, Jane Waggoner Deschner, Danny Fagan, Stephen Glueckert, Skyler Hedoesit, Jason Jam, Nalu Kapū, Sara Kinsfater, Seth Remmich, Kathryn Schmidt, Kat Schoolitz, Mae Starr, Matt Taggart, Judd Thompson

kate huston: the retelling of myths & mythologies at art house cinema

October 2026 - January 2027

Kirks’ Grocery is proud to partner with Art House Cinema and Pub to present assemblage/collage shadow boxes at Art House.

Kate Huston’s introduction to the art world began at an early age through countless hours spent in the diorama rooms of the Boston Public Library, reenacting scenes from history, and exploring the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. There, she discovered the work of Marcel Duchamp and the assemblage and collage creations of Joseph Cornell, artists whose innovative use of found objects and layered imagery sparked her fascination with transformation, storytelling, and symbolic meaning.

Drawn to the spiritual qualities of nature, Greek mythology, classic fairy tales, and the mysterious fantasy worlds imagined during the Victorian era, she began exploring these themes through collage boxes and assemblages while attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1995. Over the years, and through several moves, she has built a collection of Victorian postcards, animal etchings, scientific illustrations, and imagery from antique journals.

Using these materials, she creates imagined worlds where humans, animals, and nature coexist on an astral plane. Through layering, juxtaposition, and narrative construction, she blends the familiar with the fantastical, creating visual stories that invite viewers to explore spaces that exist between memory, myth, and imagination.

Her Tiny Box World Series is a place where imagination, spirituality, and nature converge. These miniature environments offer moments of wonder, contemplation, and escape, providing a respite from everyday life while encouraging a deeper connection to the mysteries of both the natural world and the unseen realms beyond it.

This exhibition is open to the public at Art House Cinema & Pub, 109 N. 30th Street, Billings, MT 59101. The Art House is open during its pub hours and when showing films. Visit arthousebillings.com for more information.