Downtown Billings Association (DBA)

The DBA will be hosting Billings artists Ruby Hahn and Rilie Tané Zumbrennen for the October ArtWalk. 

Ruby, an Acrylic and Mixed Media Artist, is currently working in her home studio with self-made fluid acrylics and other mixed media to create large-scale, statement pieces. She is inspired by the natural world’s inconspicuous relationships and interpretations. Throughout her abstract paintings, she explores the connections between the microscopic and macroscopic realms. The perception of the pieces is left up to the viewer.Ruby’s more recent wildlife paintings are thought to evoke a different emotion. Ruby found herself getting lost in the process of translating her painting style into the subject matter of loose and expressive wildlife. She enjoys the challenge of working with these painting techniques that simultaneously explore the duality and similarity of her evolving styles.

Rilie, a pyrography and mural artist, is influenced by the beauty of the outdoors. She enjoys painting and wood burning animals and landscapes most. She uses a soldering tool and torch to burn onto wood. Additionally, she enjoys using carving tools to etch into glass, metal, and wood. She has participated in many Art Shows across the state, including Legends West Art Show in Great Falls, Montana for the past 2 years. She has also been a part of the Big Sky Art Auction in Big Sky, Montana for the past 4 years. Her murals can also be found across the state of Montana and in Nevada. Her murals commonly use sepia tones and gray scale to resemble her wood burnings. She has painted over 75 murals both residential and commercial. She enjoys creating with a variety of mediums. As an artist, she is interested in creating works that allow viewers to relate to the same extent as her involvement in each piece.

About the Downtown Billings Association (DBA): 

Nowhere identifies and unites the cultural, economic, and elemental values of a city like it’s downtown. Made up of the property owners, businesses, creatives, and leaders that populate Montana’s largest city, Downtown Billings houses multiple non-profits who each advocates to make the downtown Billings district into a vibrant and thriving place; ripe for economic and civic opportunities.

The Downtown Billings organizations do this through various community events, marketing campaigns, clean and safe programs, safety initiatives, economic development projects, and urban renewal efforts.