Welcome to the MAM Calendar! Here you can find all our upcoming Happenings – from tours to classes, parties to lectures you’re sure to find what you’re looking for.
Public programs help connect art to life. Through its programming, MAM strives to fulfill its mission of engaging audiences of all kinds in the exploration of contemporary art.
Get behind the scenes information from the artists themselves at gallery talks on First Friday, or mix and mingle with other art lovers at member events and previews. Like to get your hands dirty? Bring the whole family in for Saturday Family Art Workshops, and make your own masterpiece!
Check it out – there’s always something going on at MAM!
December 12, 2012 - December 12, 2014
The Trunk Show: Bricolage Fiber Artists
The Montana Bricolage Artists (MBA) of the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys, along with invited artists from across Montana, present The Trunk Show. Bricolage is defined as a construction or creation made from a diverse range of available things.
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December 12, 2012 - December 12, 2014
Hidden in Plain Sight: Photographing the Hutterites of Liberty County by Jill Brody
Hutterite colonies are a photographic Eden. Their colorful anachronistic clothing, the muted earthly tones of the prairie, and the immense skies become visually rich metaphors for the contrast of their centuries-old communal lives of faith with the increasingly vast, inescapable, individuating technological forces of the 21st Century forces that are tugging us all, ready or not, into the future.
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January 01, 2013 - December 31, 2014
Opus Corvus: Photographs by Larry Blackwood
Crows and ravens are both revered and reviled. Using intelligence and adaptability to survive, their feats of sometimes ruthless ingenuity are nearly unprecedented in the animal world.
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June 06 - October 11, 2014
Blessingway: Prints by Melanie Yazzie
Melanie Yazzie is an artist who lives and works in Boulder, CO, where she is Professor of Art at the University of Colorado. The works included in the exhibition feature a variety of circular relief plates that Yazzie carved with her husband Clark Barker. She states that "the works challenge the idea of what most see as a good, proper print. The works are made fast paced and they are about the action of making them and producing them to capture a moment and energy that is not still. You can feel a movement in these works."
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June 06 - October 11, 2014
Bill Ohrmann: Tainted Revelations
A self-taught artist, Ohrmann has an uncanny versatility as an extremely productive painter and sculptor. While MAM has featured Ohrmann with a solo exhibition of his paintings in the past, Tainted Revelations will serve more as a survey of the artist's multi-faceted approach to his practice. In addition to the paintings, many sculptures in a variety of media will be featured. A large, steel fabricated work will also be exhibited outside.
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June 13 - September 06, 2014
Edgar Paxson Murals
In an extremely rare opportunity, and on the 100th anniversary of the paintings' installation at the courthouse, the Missoula Art Museum is proud to be able to display eight paintings by Edgar Paxon within our own Carnegie Gallery. The eight murals were removed in the fall of 2012 to make way for the Missoula County Courthouse's, multi-year renovation and restoration project, and they will not be returned until sometime in 2015. This is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to view the paintings up close in a beautiful gallery setting.
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June 24 - December 24, 2014
Crossing the River: Hmong Story Cloths
Crossing the River: Hmong Story Cloths is an opportunity for MAM to highlight the rich culture of the Hmong people. MAM's permanent collection includes a wonderful variety of over 240 Hmong textiles including clothing, ceremonial garments, flower cloths, and, featured in this exhibit, wonderful Hmong story cloths.
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July 08 - December 24, 2014
The Art of Human Conflict
In the exhibit The Art of Human Conflict, MAM turns to its own permanent collection to share the varied subject matter and imagery contemporary artists use to convey disputes and cultural clashes.
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July 28 - August 01, 2014
Mixed-Media Printmaking
Times: 9am -12 pm For ages 10-14
Particpants will explore four different types of print-making processes: mono-printing, collagraphic print-making, relief printing, and cyanotypes (or sun-printing) printing by hand and using MAM's etching press Teachers: Steve Krutek Price: $70.00 Members: $63.00
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August 01, 2014
August First Friday
Times: 5-8 PM August 1
Explore MAM on First Friday from 5-8 PM and view exhibitions in six galleries, sample delicious wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages. Pam Caughey takes advantage of the natural abstraction that exists when we choose to control our point of view. Her exhibition Migration of Pathogens takes a micro look at organisms and enlarges that view, revealing what seem like new visions and ideas. Join her for a gallery talk at 7 PM. Thanks to the Missoulian for five engaging years of First Fridays at MAM. Location: MAM
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August 01 - December 24, 2014
Ubiquitous: Migration of Pathogens
Although a recent graduate of The University of Montana with an MFA in Drawing, Caughey has never strayed far from her background and training as a biochemist. This remarkable exhibition is
inspired by tracking the routes that pathogens take as they travel throughout the world.
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August 01 - November 22, 2014
Helen McAuslan: The Kent State Paintings
On loan from the Museum of the Rockies, these important paintings were produced following the Kent State tragedy by Montana artist Helen McAuslan. McAuslan was an early Montana modernist who maintained a working ranch in Springdale, MT, and later lived in a cabin on the Boulder River near McLeod, MT.
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August 04 - August 08, 2014
Young at Art Art Start ( Sorry, class is full)
Times: 10:30 AM - 12 PM For Ages: 5-6
Susie will lead campers in a variety of engaging activities including collage, book-making, painting, and drawing as well as some creative storytelling. Teachers: Sushie Risho Price: $40.00 Members: $36.00
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August 09, 2014
Saturday Family Art Workshop: Papermaking
Times: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Saturday Family Art Workshop: Papermaking with Erin Roberts
Papermaking is back! Come join us in our side yard with blenders and pulp to make your unique paper creations adding flowers, tidbits bits of color, and shine! Workshop is limited to 15. Please come a few minutes early to gaurantee a spot! Teachers: Erin Roberts
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August 11 - August 15, 2014
Insects in Art
Times: 9AM -12 PM Join Lisa and Jennifer in exploring the insects of the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium! Observe the amazing diversity of invertebrate life (cockroaches, beetles, butterflies, praying mantis and more!) through various art media: wire, mosaic, drawing, and watercolor. Prepare to get up close and personal with LIVE insect models! Teachers: Lisa Hendricks & Jennifer Ogden Lisa Hendricks and Jennifer Ogden Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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