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Toucan

Name: Toucan
Address: 1002 2nd Avenue North, Billings, MT, 59101, US
Telephone: +14062520122

Toucan is an art gallery, gift boutique, and custom picture framing shop in Billings, Montana.

Toucan is an art gallery, gift boutique, and custom picture framing shop in Billings, Montana dedicated to making art and the creative spirit available to everyone. We also provide education in art, creativity, design, and media through Toucan Academy; and provide creative consulting services to clients through Toucan Creative.

08/26/2026

Just a couple of notes from Toucan regarding the next few weeks.

Toucan will be closed on the next two Saturdays to accommodate a couple of end-of-summer long weekends. We’ll be closed Saturday, August 29, and Saturday, September 5 (which is Labor Day Weekend). We’re open regular hours otherwise for art of all kinds, gifts, and custom picture framing.

We have also extended "Flower Girls," the collaborative show featuring photography and paintings by Lori Heintzelman and Carol Welch, through September 12. Be sure to come by to see it if you haven’t yet!

Here’s the blurb:

In March of 2020, the same month the World Health Organization officially declared a worldwide outbreak of coronavirus disease a pandemic, Lori Heintzelman took a photograph. It captured her own shadow projected onto a field of flowers. As the world was about to change in a fundamental, generational way, this photograph, which she called “I Always Wanted to be a Flower Girl,” set in motion an artistic dialogue that would serve as a beacon of light, color, and hope during a transformational time in human history. Inspired by the photo, Carol Welch started painting some color studies, and a collaborative journey was born that continues to this day. For six years, now, Carol has been marking keeper on the photos Lori shares on social media, and from this store of source material and inspiration, has painted interpretation after interpretation of Lori’s own take on nature’s vital blossoming. The result is a body of work that represents a relationship: friends, forever, with a shared artistic enterprise to see them through. This is "Flower Girls."

07/31/2026

Wanted to make sure everyone knows that this Saturday, August 1, is the 1st Annual Art Exhibitor Reception for MontanaFair from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. in the Montana Pavilion at MetraPark.

Art is being done a little differently at the Fair beginning this year, due to the displacement of the exhibit from the old art building by the County Commissioners, and this reception is a new way to interact with the artists and their work.

This will be the only opportunity to see ALL of the art submitted before the show is reduced to ribbon winners for the duration of MontanaFair. This reception will also be an opportunity to meet the artists behind the work and purchase pieces directly from the artists.

Hopefully you can make it over to the fairgrounds this Saturday, August 1, between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m., to support all the MontanaFair artists at this new art event in Billings.

We’re going to go check it out, so maybe we’ll see you there.

07/15/2026

Longtime friends, Carol Welch and Lori Heintzelman, will present "Flower Girls," a collaborative showing of their artwork at the Toucan gallery from July 18 to August 28, 2026.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 18, from 1 to 3 pm.

In March of 2020, Lori Heintzelman took a photograph. It captured her own shadow projected onto a field of flowers. She called this photograph, “I Always Wanted to be a Flower Girl,” and it set in motion an artistic dialogue. Inspired by the photo, Carol Welch started painting some color studies, and a collaborative journey continues to this day. For six years, now, Carol has been marking "keeper" on the photos Lori shares on social media, and from this store of source material and inspiration, has painted interpretation after interpretation of Lori’s own take on nature’s vital blossoming. The result is a body of work that represents a relationship: friends, forever, with a shared artistic enterprise to see them through. This is "Flower Girls."

07/08/2026

On Saturday, July 11, Toucan will present a little pop-up show of Allison O'Donnell's abstract "landscapes" in mixed media, and Mark Sanderson's "prepared" photographs. There will be a reception from 11 am - 2 pm at the Toucan gallery at 1002 2nd Ave N. We would love to see you there. (We have decent air conditioning, too!)

06/13/2026

May Pang, John Lennon's companion and lover during his "Lost Weekend" era, continues to showcase her candid photos of Lennon at a special exhibit at Toucan Gallery in Billings, MT, today, June 13 (12-6pm), and Sunday, June 14 (12-4pm).
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MAY PANG TO APPEAR AT SHOW ALL WEEKEND TO MEET CUSTOMERS
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Few people knew John Lennon as intimately as May Pang. Pang was Lennon’s lover during the infamous “Lost Weekend” which lasted 18 months during late 1973 through 1975. During this highly creative time for Lennon, Pang took candid photos of Lennon in a comfortable, relaxed environment. A collection of these private photographs will be on display and available for purchase at Toucan Gallery, 1002 2nd Avenue North, Billings, MT on Friday, June 12 - Sunday, June 14. All works are available to purchase - See John Lennon as May saw him!
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May Pang will be in attendance at Toucan Gallery all weekend, meeting customers and telling stories behind these amazing limited-edition photographs for sale of John Lennon.

06/02/2026

With a unique opportunity for the people of Billings, Montana, we're pleased to announce that May Pang, John Lennon's companion and lover during his "Lost Weekend" era will showcase her candid photos of Lennon at a special three-day exhibition at Toucan Gallery in Billings, MT, Friday, June 12 (4-7pm), Saturday, June 13 (12-6pm), and Sunday, June 14 (12-4pm).
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MAY PANG TO APPEAR AT SHOW ALL WEEKEND TO MEET CUSTOMERS
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Few people knew John Lennon as intimately as May Pang. Pang was Lennon’s lover during the infamous “Lost Weekend” which lasted 18 months during late 1973 through 1975. During this highly creative time for Lennon, Pang took candid photos of Lennon in a comfortable, relaxed environment. A collection of these private photographs will be on display and available for purchase at Toucan Gallery, 1002 2nd Avenue North, Billings, MT on Friday, June 12 - Sunday, June 14. All works are available to purchase - See John Lennon as May saw him!
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May Pang will be in attendance at Toucan Gallery all weekend, meeting customers and telling stories behind these amazing limited-edition photographs for sale of John Lennon.
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During the Lost Weekend, with May's help, Lennon had his most artistically and commercially productive period post-Beatles—with the albums "Mind Games", "Walls and Bridges", which included his only #1 Hit Single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", "Rock and Roll" and collaborations with Rock legends Elton John, David Bowie, Harry Nilsson, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, and Ringo among others. Also, on that album Pang can be heard on the song “ #9 Dream” where she whispers John’s name in the song. Another song on the album “Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)” was written about Pang.
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Pang also encouraged Lennon to reconnect with his family and his friends, which ultimately led to a reunion with Paul McCartney and a memorable jam session between the two Beatles. Pang also arranged for Julian Lennon to visit his father for the first time in almost three years. One of Pang’s photographs of Julian Lennon graces the cover of Julian’s latest album entitled “Jude.”
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Lennon also went into the studio with friend Harry Nilsson during this time and produced his album “Pussy Cats.” It was during this time that Pang stayed in a rented house in Santa Monica with Lennon and fellow partiers Ringo Starr, Keith Moon (The Who) and Harry Nilsson. Several photos from this time also appear in the exhibition. Other highlights of the exhibition include the only photograph that exists of John Lennon signing the contract to dissolve the Beatles as well as one of the last known photographs of John Lennon and Paul McCartney together from March 29, 1974. Both photographs have never been available to the public until now.
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“The Lost Weekend – The Photography of May Pang” exhibition will provide fans a rare opportunity to see John Lennon in a new light, through the lens of someone who knew him intimately during one of the most creative periods of his life. Pang’s photos will be on display and available to purchase for three days only. Check out the show and meet May Pang at Toucan Gallery, 1002 2nd Avenue North, Billings, MT, Friday, June 12 through Sunday, June 14, 2026.

04/27/2026

Hi everybody! Toucan's Spring Open House is this Saturday, May 2, from 10:30 am - 4 pm. We hope to see you there! It's always good to see all of our Toucan friends.

Billings artist Betsy Thayer is cleaning out her studio, so we will have lots of her art on sale for 50% off. This is a real opportunity to acquire some of her work.

There will also be the usual selection of pottery, paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and greeting cards, jewelry and accessories, and whatever else, everything handcrafted by area and regional artists and artisans. We’ll have all the creative output of all the usual suspects in terms of Toucan artists, as well as new work by some new artists.

There will be snacks and coffee and some dirty sodas (which are, for the uninitiated, bespoke beverages that mix soda, creamer, and flavored syrups, and have become all the rage since exploding in viral popularity on TikTok—so you won't say we’re not keeping up with the times ; )

Join us on Saturday, May 2, for the Toucan Spring Open House from 10:30 am – 4 pm.

04/11/2026

A little landscape maintenance at Toucan. And there's always art too, of course. (Paintings by Tess Lehman.)

04/01/2026

On the Toucan Substack, some events this spring and summer, and a new essay on local cultural progress. It's all at toucanarts.substack.com

Address

1002 2nd Avenue North
Billings, MT
59101

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	10:30am - 5pm
Thursday	10:30am - 5pm
Friday	10:30am - 5pm
Saturday	10:30am - 4pm

Telephone

+14062520122

Website

http://www.toucanarts.com/

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