Twenty-five galleries and businesses host exhibits of local and regional artists and their new work in Friday’s Artwalk, which coincides with the Christmas Stroll downtown.

Artists will be on hand and refreshments available at some stops on the Artwalk, which runs from 5-9 p.m. The Fun Express Bus will begin its free transportation route for Artwalkers to the exhibits at the Good Earth Market/Wetzel parking lot at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. and at Level 504 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Maps are available at the galleries and on Page 23 of this issue of the Outpost and will act as a self-guided tour to the downtown venues. Artwalkers who answer questions about their Artwalk experience and leave them at a gallery will be eligible for a gallery gift.

Highlights include:

• Cline Fine Art Gallery, 2814 Second Ave. N., opens an exhibit featuring New York-based Mexican artist Arturo Elizondo. His works feature vivid cultural and historical icons and reflect both autobiographical and national experiences.

• CTA Architects has original hand-rubbed china clay images by Victoria Franck Wetsch on display.

• Del Alma Gallery & Studio shows works by photographer David Overturf, who also writes and performs for Projectile Comedy, and Jim Riggio of Apsaalooke Design Woodworking, which specializes in contemporary and Western-style furniture and accessories using traditional Crow art. Also showing are works from the MSU Billings Potters Guild, a student organization whose featured artists include Cierra Dornfeld, Satinee “Lou” Donaldson, Casey Delcostello and Jonnie Egeland.

• Juliana Stevens is the featured guest artist at Global Village. She grew up on a farm east of Fort Benton and discovered in 2006 that her years of wiring fences and picking rock had given her a passion for creating wire-wrapped lapidary jewelry. She now lives in Columbus.

• Granite Realty, 2815 Montana Ave. hosts a reception for photographer Connie Sanders, whose “A Glance Through Glass” exhibition consists of digital color and black-and-white darkroom prints. All scenes were taken looking through windows, both looking outward and into windows.

• Tommy Christian, a world champion Native American dancer from the Fort Peck Sioux, appears in full dance regalia at Harry Koyama Fine Art, where he is the artist’s most painted dancer.

• “Looking Through Light” is the holiday show at Jens Gallery and Design, which provides a colorful fusion of fine art and original winter haiku. The exhibition features oil landscapes by Gerald Kindsfather, porcelain pottery by Lisa Ernst, acrylic floor coverings and paintings by Jen Moller, mixed media glass art by Kenny Alefteras and color photography by Connie Jens Kindsfather. Callie Bullard, a freshman at MSU Billings, is the gallery’s first student artist with a collection of handmade jewelry created especially for this show.

• Level 504 welcomes its newest tenant, Aimee Dean McKittrick, with her vibrant watercolors. Also welcome are Julie Atkins’ paintings and Dave Torrence’s intarsia plates and platters into Connie Herberg’s studio, along with new oils by Ms. Herberg. Browse the Kennedy Stained Glass Studio for holiday novelties, the Black Tulip Potters for new firings, Stephen Haraden for new figurative paintings and stroll the Zigzag Gallery to see what Richard Clawson will come up with.

• The Lion and Lamb serves up pictures of Turkey by Denise Dahl-Davis, a global studies teacher in Belgrade who is just back from a trip to Turkey. Also showing are winter landscapes by watercolor artist Les Lindell, who has been inspired by his family’s Old West homestead where he rode horses, hunted and wore cowboy boots like the well-worn boots he has painted. He also teaches watercolor classes. Other artists are Mike Kennedy and M’Lis Dahl of Billings, Dutch Metesh of Philipsburg and Sue LaFountain of Billings.

• Leland Stewart is at Picture Perfect Gallery and Frame working in watercolors. He is a member of the Crow Tribe who works in photography, oils, acrylics, solid wood and watercolors.

• Prairie Blossoms, 225 N. Broadway, features Lori Salisbury’s feather jewelry, oil and acrylic artwork and bronzes. Ms. Salisbury, an Idaho native who is moving to Montana paints wildlife and has recently started making bronze sculptures. She describes her work as “art that tells a story.”

• The Rogue Art Gallery, a roaming exhibit set up for Artwalk at 216 N. Broadway, aims to attract a younger crowd with its exhibition of seven local artists and two musicians. “It’s all about getting people in the door and drumming up enthusiasm for our local artists,” says John Robertson, who heads the venture. DJ Alto spins house music as patrons view works by Nic Jovanovich, Travis Hunt, Ryan Brown, Krista Hoyes, Jeanne Bowman, Mandi Sattler and Kailee Lance.

• The Quonset Gallery, 421 North 20th St. (across the street from Level 504) hold its grand opening and feature the paintings and sculptures of owner, Sherrie Love Bohlinger. Live music also is scheduled.

• Rocket’s Gourmet Wraps & Sodas celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exhibition of more than 20 pieces by employee and photographer Sara Jeanne, along with live music by the Ryan Park Beautification Project.

• Featured artists at the Sandstone gallery are Edee Weigel and Mary Knapp; guest artists are Linda Piper and Dan Flower. Ms. Weigel, a professional horse trainer and equestrian competitor, attended Laguna Beach School of Art and works in watercolors and acrylics. Ms. Knapp, a South Dakota native, creates glass sculptures and jewelry ranging in size from small pendants to table tops and wall hangings. Mr. Flower creates cowboy rope art using a technique he found after a soldering iron was left lying on a lariat. Ms. Piper studied art at the Mcnay Art Institute in San Antonio, Texas, concentrating on life drawing and portraiture.

• Sunrise Studio and Art Gallery hosts a variety of artwork by local artists and crafters. Billings watercolorist Lance Johnson paints Montana scenery, wildlife and fly fishing. Also in the studio are pastels by Janet Davis Jones, wood relief pieces and watercolors by Leith Deweese of St. Marie, acrylics and oils by Rabbit Knows Gun and jewelry by Barb Fasio and Dione Roberts.

• Transformation Spa and Wellness Inc. features work by several local artists and new photography by Randy Redekopp, a Billings native who has been living in Los Angeles and has worked in the fashion industry for magazines like Vanity Fair, Vogue and GQ. He is now working on a coffee table book featuring photographs of the West Coast.

• Yellowstone Art Museum holds its fourth annual Small Works Auction with refreshments and a no-host bar. For details, see the Insider Calendar.