February 15 - May 25, 2012
James Lavadour: Horse Stories
Lynda M. Frost Gallery Contemporary American Indian Gallery
MAM is delighted to host James Lavadour: Horse Stories, one of the region's most celebrated and respected artists. Lavadour has been described as a self taught painter, but the works featured in this exhibition speak more than ever to a mature, savvy, driven and hard working contemporary artist.
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March 23 - August 12, 2012
Raku Exhibition
Goldberg Family Library
MAM's Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collections of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula.
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May 04 - August 26, 2012
Montana Triennial: 2012
Throughout MAM
MAM's first Montana Triennial was hosted in 2009 and MAM's second Montana Triennial will be hosted May 4 - August 26, 2012.
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May 04 - September 09, 2012
Purple: Selections From MAM Collections
Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery
Color is one of the keys to communicating ideas in the art world, so why not develop an exhibit based on the use of a color, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side that might otherwise never be looked at together.
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May 24, 2012
MAM Award: Art Associates of Missoula
Times: 5-7 PM We invite our entire circle of supporters to join us in celebrating the Art Associates of Missoula and the Fifth Grade Art Experience's 25th Anniversary. Location: MAM
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May 26, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: R. David Wilson
Times: 12 PM May 26
Artist's Point of View Tour, 12 PM
Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist R. David Wilson for an Artist's Point of View tour. Location: MAM
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June 01, 2012
June First Friday
Times: 5-8 PM Visit MAM for First Fridays from 5-8 PM and meet exhibiting artist Dwayne Wilcox. View exhibitions in six galleries, sample delicious wine, enjoy hand-crafted microbrew, and non-alcoholic beverages. Always free. Location: MAM
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June 01, 2012
Art Guide Training
Times: 4-5 PM Meet with exhibiting artist Dwayne Wilcox to learn about his comedic, contemporary ledger drawings. Location: MAM
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June 01, 2012
Above the Fruited Plains Tour: Dwayne Wilcox
Times: 12:30 PM Join exhibiting artist Dwayne Wilcox for a tour of Above the Fruited Plains. Location: MAM
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June 01 - October 21, 2012
Dwayne Wilcox: Above the Fruited Plains
Lynda M. Frost Contemporary American Indian Gallery
Ledger Art has a rich history with the Plains people, but like many contemporary artists, Wilcox uses the ledger paper as a platform for contemporary expression. Wilcox is unique amongst many of the contemporary ledger artists, for his work is steeped in humor and irony.
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June 02, 2012
Saturday Family Art Workshop: Visual Language with Dwayne Wilcox
Times: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Visual Langguage With Dwayne Wilcox
Don't miss this opportunity to create a drawing with humorous, Native American exhibiting artist, Dwayne Wilcox. Teachers: Dwayne Wilcox Price: $5.00
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June 09, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: Louise LaMontagne
Times: 12 PM Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist Louise LaMontagne for an artist's Point of View tour. Location: MAM
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June 09, 2012
Saturday Family Art Workshop: Artful Arrangements
Times: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Artful Arrangements with Melissa Madsen
This workshop is inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell, an artist
who revolutionized art making by carefully arranging found objects
and images in small boxes to create dream-like compositions.
Participants will work with found objects, old books, and plastic
trinkets, to transform everyday materials into extraordinary personal
universes. Teachers: Melissa Madsen Price: $5.00
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June 11 - June 14, 2012
Raptors and Art (SORRY, CLASS IS NOW FULL)
Times: 10 AM - 12 PM Ages: 7-12/ Fee:$54/60
This popular class is flying through again. Don't miss it! Make art from studying and observing live raptors as Kate Davis of Raptors of the Rockies brings these magnificent birds to the museum. The first two days campers will focus on live hawks and owls, making drawings and studies. Afterward the drawings will be transformed into sculptural, life-sized finished papier-mché raptors. Teachers: Bev Glueckert and Kate Davis Price: $60.00 Members: $54.00
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June 11 - June 14, 2012
Textile Arts For Boys and Girls
Times: 1-3 PM Ages: 7-12/ Fee $45/50
Anyone can sew and work with fabric. Boys & girls - this is a skill you can have fun with and use through out your lifetime. In this class Morrison teaches stitchery, appliqué design, and dying techniques as well as how to make felted beads. Teachers: Barbara Morrison Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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June 14, 2012
MAM Member's Event: Richard Notkin
Times: 5-7 PM All MAM members are invited to an exclusive lecture by Montana Triennial: 2012 artist and internationally exhibited ceramicist Richard Notkin. Location: MAM
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June 14, 2012
MAM Member's Event: Richard Notkin
Times: 5-7 PM All MAM members are invited to an exclusive lecture by Montana Triennial: 2012 artist and internationally exhibited ceramicist Richard Notkin. Location: MAM
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June 16, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: Cindy Swidler
Times: 12 PM Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist for an artist's Point of View tour. Location: MAM
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June 16, 2012
Contemporary Collectors Circle Field Trip: Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives
Times: 12 PM For the CCC's summer event, we will travel to Butte, America to receive a guided tour of the beautifully restored storage facilities of the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives. Location: Butte
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June 18 - June 21, 2012
I Love to Draw
Times: 1-3 PM Ages: 7-12/ Fee:$45/50
Create your own sketch book and then fill it with drawings from your imagination, outdoors, and scenes from mini-field trips taken in downtown Missoula. Sherman will give tips on how to draw favorite mammals, birds, and insects. A special project will be a lesson on face painting. Teachers: Feather Sherman Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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June 23, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: Amy Jane
Times: 12 PM Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist Amy Jane for an Artist's Point of View tour. Location: MAM
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June 23, 2012
Basic Relief Printmaking
Times: 10 AM - 1 PM Ages: 14 - Adult / Fee: $25/27.50
Berry will discuss the basics of using relief carving tools and creating an effective high contrast design to be cut into a wood (MDF) printing block. Participants will cut a simple design and learn proper inking and printing
techniques to create a small edition of prints. Teachers: Sam Berry Price: $27.00 Members: $25.00
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June 25 - June 28, 2012
Preschool Art: Storytelling Through Art
Times: 10 AM - 12 PM Ages: 4-6/ Fee: $45/50
Come to create art inspired by traditional stories from around the world. Allie will lead campers in depicting and telling stories through drawing, painting and sculpture and other art forms. Teachers: Alli DePuy Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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June 25 - June 28, 2012
String Puppet Play
Times: 1-3 PM Ages: 4-6/ Fee:$45/50
Be a playwright, scene artist, actor and sculptor in this class by writing stories then making a string puppet to perform it. Puppets will be created out of polymer clay and found objects. A play will be collaboratively written and performed. Come and create stories, puppets, and scenic back-drops with puppet master Barbara Morrison. Teachers: Barbara Morrison Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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June 30, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: Peter Keefer
Times: 12 PM Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist Peter Keefer for an Artist's Point of View tour. Location: MAM
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July 02 - July 06, 2012
Kites and Windsocks
Times: 10 AM - 12 PM Ages: 7-12/ Fee: $45/50
Create art objects that fly in the wind - a painted, two stick, diamond kite and a flowing, fishy, wind sock. Planning, drawing, painting, and engineering your creations are all part of the fun. Teachers: Loryn Zerr Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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July 02 - July 06, 2012
Fun with 3-D Sculpture
Times: 1-3 PM Ages: 7-12/ Fee: $45/50
Experience and experiment with a variety of materials to make 3-D creations. Each day a different medium will be introduced: ceramic clay and make-it-yourself clay dough - to form, fire, and paint; paper - to cut and fold; wire - to twist, bend, and connect; and found objects - to glue, staple, and nail. Teachers: Barbara Morrison Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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July 06, 2012
Block Party on Pattee!
Times: 5-8 PM Block Party on Pattee!
The museum will be closed but MAM staff will be celebrating the renovation of Adventure Cycling (AC) outside, 5-8 PM. Location: Outside MAM
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July 09 - July 12, 2012
Woodcarving - Basic Relief Techniques
Times: 9:30 AM - 12 PM Ages: 12-17/ Fee:$63/70
Learn the basics of carving in a flat piece of wood with carver John Thompson. He designed most of the ponies and carved the dragon ring machine for the Missoula Carousel. Learn the basic safety and handling techniques of carving tools, create and transfer your own designs to wood, and carve and paint/stain your creation for a finishing touch. Teachers: John Thompson Price: $70.00 Members: $63.00
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July 09 - July 12, 2012
Montana Megafauna
Times: 1-3 PM Ages: 4-6/ Fee: $45/50
Explore Montana's Megafauna! Have you ever thought of sculpting bear scat or comparing your foot to that of a 300lb. black bear? Investigate the secret lives of animals such as the bear, wolf, and mountain lion while creating artistic renderings of these beautiful animals. The class will share stories and facts about our animal neighbors as well as creating their own myths surrounding these animals. Teachers: Alli DePuy Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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July 14, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: Jeneese Hilton
Times: 12 PM Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist Jeneese Hilton for an Artist's Point of View tour. Location: MAM
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July 14, 2012
Saturday Family Art Workshop: Felt Mandalas
Times: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Felt Mandalas with Erin Roberts
"Mandala" is the Sanskrit word that means, "circle." In this class,
you will create a colorful circular design, by cutting and pasting
felt pieces. Teachers: Erin Roberts Price: $5.00
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July 16 - July 19, 2012
Art and Science
Times: 10 AM - 12 PM Ages 8-12/ Fee: $45/50
Campers will create art based on color experiments; tessellations, architecture and animation. Campers will also begin perspective drawing and understand the tricks of using the Golden Mean. Teachers: Barbara Morrison Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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July 16 - July 19, 2012
Art From Anything!
Times: 1 - 3 PM Ages 7-11/ Fee: $45/50
Using old boxes, bolts, hardware, fabric and various objects, campers will design and create a creature of their choice, from robots to robot pets to aliens! With the help of the teacher, campers will use hammers, glue guns and duct tape to make their creations. Teachers: Melissa Madsen Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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July 21, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: Pam Caughey
Times: 12 PM Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist Pam Caughey for an Artist's Point of View tour . Location: MAM
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July 21, 2012
Collage Printmaking Fun
Times: 10 AM - 12 PM Ages: 7-12 / Fee: $10
Students will learn and explore the special qualities of a collagraph print -a type of print that uses yarn, string fabric, and objects with different textures to create a colorful and unique work of art. Participants will print their images using MAM's printing press and take home both the print and the "plate" which is also a work of art. Teachers: Chelsea Smith Price: $10.00
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July 23 - July 26, 2012
Bev's Art Extravaganza
Times: 10 AM-12 PM Ages 8-12/ Fee: $45/50
In this fun-filled class students will tour MAM's amazing galleries and work on projects inspired by these great summer exhibitions, including The Montana Triennial. Teachers: Bev Glueckert Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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July 23 - July 26, 2012
Fantastic Fabric Fun
Times: 1-3PM Ages 8-14/ Fee: $45/50
Be introduced to a variety of ways of decorating fabric with dye --- tying it, painting it and melting was on it. Teachers: Erin Roberts Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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July 28, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: Eric Ashcraft
Times: 12 PM Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist Eric Ashcraft for an Artist's Point of View tour. Location: MAM
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July 28, 2012
Plein Air Painting: Right from the Start
Times: 10 AM - 3 PM July 28 and August 5
10 AM - 3 PM
Ages: 14 - Adult
Fee: $67.50/75
Learn to breakdown complicated landscapes into simple compositional
studies by focusing on values and shapes. The class will consist of indoor sketching from photographs and sketching/painting on site with a limited palette. Students can use whatever medium they prefer (watercolor, acrylic, oil or pastel) and will be spending most of the two days on location. Teachers: Louise Lamontagne Price: $75.00 Members: $67.00
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July 28 - August 05, 2012
Plein Air Painting: Right From the Start
Times: 10 AM - 3 PM July 28 and August 5
10 AM - 3 PM
Ages 14 - Adult
Fee: 67.50/75
Learn to breakdown complicated landscapes into simple compositional studies by focusing on values and shapes. Teachers: Louise Lamontagne Price: $75.00 Members: $67.00
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July 28 - August 05, 2012
Plein Air Painting: Right From the Start
Times: 10 AM - 3 PM Saturday, July 28 and Sunday, August 5
Ages 14 - Adult
Learn to breakdown complicated landscapes into simple compositional studies by focusing on values and shapes. The class will consist of indoor sketching from photographs and sketching/ painting on site with a limited palette. Students can use whatever medium they prefer (watercolor, acrylic, oil or pastel) and will be spending most of the two days on location. Teachers: Louise Lamontagne Price: $75.00 Members: $67.00
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July 30 - August 02, 2012
Organic/Geometric Drawing for Teens
Times: 10 AM-12 PM Ages 12-17/ Fee: $45/50
Learn basic drawing techniques with dry media (graphite and charcoal) with reference to the natural and architectural landscapes of Missoula. Learn to draw from observation, employing linear and atmospheric perspective; line, value, and texture; to create representations of Missoula's built and grown beauty. The class will focus on the cityscape and the landscape and then combine the two in a unified composition. Students will also experiment with alternate drawing methods, like collage, on a variety of papers. Teachers: Kathryn Rodriguez Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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July 30 - August 02, 2012
Oversized Bugs
Times: 1-3 PM Ages 7-11 / Fee: $45/50
You will start with a magnifying glass to look closely at the extreme details of our insect friends then take those details to monstrous size by using papier maché to create a bug so big you would need to leash it if it were real! Teachers: Erin Roberts Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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August 03, 2012
August First Friday
Times: 5-8 PM Visit MAM for First Fridays from 5-8 PM. Montana Triennial: 2012 artists Joel Allen and Toni Matlock will speak about the work that was selected for inclusion in this year's juried exhibition. Location: MAM
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August 06 - August 09, 2012
Mixed Media Masks
Times: 10 AM - 12 PM Ages:7-11/Fee:$45/50
Create masks inspired by cultures from around the world! Masks will be made using both plaster face casting and sculpted masks. Teachers: Jennifer Ogden Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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August 06 - August 09, 2012
Portrait Boxes
Times: 1-3 PM Ages 7-11// Fee: $45/50
Turn everyday tins, cans and boxes into special, personalized container or sculpture that say what you are, what you like and what you wish for. Teachers: Jennifer Ogden Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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August 11, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: Barb Schwarz Karst
Times: 12 PM Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist Barb Schwarz Karst for an Artist's Point of View tour. Location: MAM
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August 11, 2012
Saturday Family Art Workshop: Watercolor Wonders
Times: 11AM - 12:30 PM Watercolor Wonders with Erin Roberts
Learn some simple tricks using salt, sponges, bubble wrap, chalk
pastels, and other fun materials to create fantastic effects with
watercolor paint on paper. Teachers: Erin Roberts Price: $5.00
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August 18, 2012
Artist's Point of View Tour: Andy Cline
Times: 12 PM Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist Andy Cline for an Artist's Point of View tour. Location: MAM
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