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Sculptor Neil Young (standing) is currently mentoring LIFTT consumer Jadon Bergstrom (seated)
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One of Neil Young's best-known pieces is the “Welcome to Glendive” T-Rex that sits in front of the Crossroads Cenex on Highway 16 just south of I-94 exit 213
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A plaque describing Neil Young's “Welcome to Glendive” T-Rex that sits in front of the Crossroads Cenex on Highway 16 just south of I-94 exit 213.
Renowned sculptor Neil Young is mentoring the younger generation in Glendive. Neil was born In Minnesota in 1951 and moved to Montana on his own when he was 12 years old. He worked on some ranches throughout his life.
He has degrees in fine arts and aircraft mechanics. According to Neil, his hobbies now include “recycling the recyclable.” In 2018, he was diagnosed with throat, eye, lung, and brain cancer, progressing one after another. “It was tough,” he recalls, “but I recovered and have been doing well since 2020.”
Neil uses an electrolarynx to talk, but that does not prevent him from communicating well with everyone. Neil is very inventive and creative. Among his many gifts is the ability to transform metal scraps into beautiful sculptures. One of his most well-known pieces is the “Welcome to Glendive” Dinosaur that sits in front of the Crossroads Cenex on Highway 16 just south of I-94 exit 213.
Neil is now mentoring LIFTT’s young consumers’ boys and girls living with a disability. Currently, he is working with one young man Jadon Bergstrom. LIFTT and Neil are making plans for the future. They plan to build a sculpture studio in our Glendive office where the community will interact with him and learn that there is a sculptor inside all of us! Thanks, Neil! We are happy you are part of LIFTT!
About Living Independently for Today & Tomorrow (LIFTT): LIFTT is a Montana 501(c)3 corporation organized as a Center for Independent Living (CIL). With team members based in Billings, Glendive, and Red Lodge, LIFTT provides people with disabilities with programs and services that help empower them to break down the physical, bureaucratic, and cultural barriers that prevent them from being fully independent participants in their lives and communities throughout 18 counties in southeastern and southcentral Montana: Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, Golden Valley, McCone, Musselshell, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Stillwater, Wibaux, and Yellowstone. For more information, please visit liftt.org or download our mobile app on Apple or Google Play. You can donate to LIFTT by clicking here.