This year’s festival featured seven crankies* created by southwest Montana artists, exploring the theme of treasured objects. Each crankie is an original work of art utilizing a variety of mediums: batik, ink, collage, shadow puppetry and more. The performances were accompanied by original live music.
*A crankie is an ancient story telling device, consisting of a moving panoramic art scroll accompanied by music or a story. The scroll is cranked to move the story along, hence the name crankie. The crankie is an analog antidote to our fast-paced digital world. It enables intimate, slow, carefully crafted storytelling–and is utterly captivating.
