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All About Montana
8 MONTANA SENIOR NEWS • AUGUST | SEPTEMBER 2022

Transforming Through

Nature, Art, and Work

LISA TATE—NONPROFIT CONSULTANT,

GLASS ARTIST, HISTORY MUSEUM DIRECTOR

National Museum of Forest Service
BY DIANNA TROYER History director since 2016, Tate is lead-
ing the construction of the National
Professions listed on Lisa Tate’s resume Conservation Legacy and Education Center,
seem incongruous—museum director, a $10 million 30,000-square-foot facility
award-winning cameo glass artist, and scheduled for groundbreaking in 2023 near
hang glider pilot. Yet they all are har- the museum.
monious—expressions of her reverence “I care greatly about our public lands,”
for nature instilled during her Montana she said. “The new center will showcase
childhood and honed as an adult in Boise. America’s conservation history and the
“Whatever I do, my goal is to create management legacy of the Forest Service
communities and gathering places so peo- and its many partners.”
ple come together to do what they love, To relax after work, Tate creates col-
encourage and inspire each other and share lectible glass art and teaches glass blowing
joy,” said Tate, 57, executive director of classes at her studio near Florence. She
the nonprofit National Museum of Forest specializes in cameo glass, a luxury glass
Service History in Missoula, Montana, and created by engraving or etching designs in
a glass artist. “I’ve always been inclined to the blown layers of glass.
make things with my hands and been drawn She has won awards at national art
to glass. I also have a skill for organizing Lisa Tate is currently the director of the National shows, has pieces in two permanent
people and planning events and projects.” Museum of Forest Service History in Missoula, museum collections, and sells to private
Montana. Photo courtesy of Lisa Tate.

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