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
Hiding 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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February 21 - June 23, 2013
Recent Acquisitions Exhibition
The Missoula Art Museum's collecting mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and research art that is relevant to the culture of the American West with an emphasis on contemporary Montana artists. MAM has been blessed over the last few years with several donations of exceptional artworks that we are excited to show off in this exhibition.
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April 13 - August 31, 2013
For Advice Call 1-800-COYOTE: Words in MAM's Contemporary American Indian Art Collection
This is an exhibition featuring a selection of artists from the MAM's contemporary American Indian Art Collection that accentuate words in their compositions. Each artist incorporates the word into their artwork in a unique way.
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April 23 - June 23, 2013
Hellgate High School Art International Baccalaureate Program
This exhibition features the wonderful artwork created by Hellgate High Senior Studio art students and art students involved in the newly formed International Baccalaureate program adopted by Hellgate High School and Missoula County School District.
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May 03 - August 25, 2013
Jane Waggoner Deschner: Often, All That Remains
MAM is pleased to host Often, All That Remains created by Billings, MT artist Jane Waggoner Deschner. This new work has a different sensibility. In Often, All That Remains the works are generated from discarded and abandoned photographs. According to Deschner there are three elements that come together in this body of work.
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June 01, 2013
Family Saturday Art Workshop: Decorate then Donate a Bowl
Times: 12-2 PM Use your creativity to decorate a handmade, earthenware bowl with colorful underglazes. Teachers: Eva Champagne
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June 06, 2013
Members Preview & Reception: Jay Schmidt
Times: 5-7 PM All MAM members are invited to a special preview of Warning Shots by Jay Schmidt. Enjoy live music and tasty treats while experiencing firsthand the fantastical world that Schmidt created.
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June 07, 2013
June First Friday
Times: 5-8 Pm Find yourself engulfed by the impact of Jay Schmidt's large scale, multiple-panel canvases and anthropomorphic sculptures.
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June 07 - September 15, 2013
Jay Schmidt: Warning Shots
MAM is excited to work with Schmidt on mounting this comprehensive one man exhibition, his first major museum show in Montana. As visitors to the exhibit will see, Schmidt is a prolific painter and sculptor with a strong vision.
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June 08, 2013
Talk and Tour: Jay Schmidt
Times: 12 PM Walk through Warning Shots with exhibiting artist Jay Schmidt for his insight into his exhibition. Location: MAM
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June 08, 2013
Family Saturday Art Workshop: Abstract Sculpture & Cardboard Constructions
Times: 11 AM - 12:30 PM After touring the contemporary sculptures in the museum, you will create an abstract, geometric sculpture using a variety of cardboard shapes. Teachers: Lori Lynch Price: $5.00
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June 10, 2013
Raptors and Art
Times: 10 AM - 12 PM Campers will make drawings and sculptures while studying and observing live raptors. Teachers: Bev Glueckert and Kate Davis Price: $60.00 Members: $54.00
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June 10, 2013
Monster Mash Comic Strips Jennifer Bardsley
Times: 1-4 PM Campers will create their own stories and characters by looking at words and pictures and seeing how they work together. Students will learn perspective, drawing, and cartooning techniques. Teachers: Jennifer Bardsley Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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June 12, 2013
2013 MAM Award: Pat and Jeff Aresty
Times: 5-7 PM All MAM supporters are invited to join us in celebrating this year's 2013 MAM Award, which will honor Pat & Jeff Aresty. The MAM Award is given with deep gratitude in recognition of the exemplary dedication, generosity, and service to the Missoula Art Museum. Location: MAM
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June 17, 2013
Escape From Reality
Times: 9 AM - 12 PM Floating ears, upside down trees and playful patterns -turn your imagination inside out with this journey into Surrealism. This class will introduce you to the history and concepts of the Surrealist artists. Teachers: Jennifer Bardsley Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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June 17, 2013
Sticks and Stones"don't break bones"make art!
Times: 1-3 PM This camp is designed to find form and pattern in humble materials. Campers will use tools and various techniques to arrange natural objects creating their own installations. Teachers: Melissa Madsen Price: $65.00 Members: $58.00
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June 24, 2013
Portrait Boxes
Times: 9 AM - 12 PM Campers will create a box sculpture that communicates their personal identity. Teachers: Jennifer Bardsley Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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June 24, 2013
Puppets and Playwriting
Times: 1-4 PM Young artists will create a marionette-type puppet that depicts a character of their own invention. Teachers: Barbara Morrison Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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June 29, 2013
Open Printmaking Studio
Times: 1-3 PM Take a one-time printing press orientation and then, for just a small fee, you can register to come in and use the MAM printing press " a sturdy Conrad press with a bed size of 22 X 44". Teachers: Bev Glueckert or Diane Bodholt Price: $20.00
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July 01, 2013
Painting Adventures
Times: 9 AM - 12 PM Create bright and beautiful paintings while learning color mixing and painting techniques. Teachers: Hailey Scholfield Price: $45.00 Members: $40.00
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July 01, 2013
Drawing Fun
Times: 1-4 PM Using a variety of drawing tools campers will draw directly from observation, learn to enlarge images with a grid and use their imaginations for inspiration. Teachers: Kaitlin Switzer Price: $45.00 Members: $40.00
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July 05, 2013
MAM Closed for First Friday
MAM closed for First Friday
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July 08, 2013
Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy
Times: 9 AM - 12 PM Campers will paint depictions from nature - landscapes, birds, and animals using traditional Chinese tools and techniques. Teachers: Barbara Morrison Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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July 08, 2013
Pop Art/Pop Stars
Times: 1-4 PM Campers will use collage, food, sculpture and cartoon drawing while looking at the work of pop artists, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Claes Oldenburg. Teachers: Cindy Marshall Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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July 12 - September 22, 2013
Donna H. Gans: It's What You Don't See
It's What You Don't See by Whitefish, MT artist Donna H. Gans, is the most recent installation created by regionally important artists and hosted by MAM. Gans is an experienced painter who has used the landscape as a point of departure.
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July 12 - September 29, 2013
Jared Shear: Cougar Peak-A-Boo
Jared Shear created a plein air painting of Cougar Peak every day for one year. Consequently, he catalogued all of Cougar Peak's seasonal changes and the resulting 365 acrylic paintings on paper are worthy of celebrating.
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July 12 - September 29, 2013
Louise Lamontagne: My Closet Collection
MAM is proud to present this previously unseen body of work by St. Ignatius, MT artist Louise Lamontagne. Lamontagne has been featured in group exhibitions at MAM which have included her luscious, expressive, and colorful landscapes. This is her first solo exhibition at MAM.
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July 12 - September 22, 2013
Indian Education for All
A Museum/School Collaborative grant to promote Indian Education for All, sponsored by Montana OPI and the Montana Historical Society, was awarded to MAM this past fall. The grant is intended to support the efforts of museums in promoting American Indian education in the schools through the use of unique collections connected to Montana's indigenous population.
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July 13, 2013
Family Saturday Art Workshop: Georgia O'Keefe Inspired Flowers
Times: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Learn about artist Georgia O'Keefe who created imagery that expressed what she called "the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it." Teachers: Cindy Marshall Price: $5.00
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July 15, 2013
Bug-O-Rama
Times: 9 AM - 12 PM Campers will take a peek into the fascinating world of insects, working with 2D and 3D techniques. Teachers: Bev Glueckert Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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July 15, 2013
Sculpting the Human Figure
Times: 1-4 PM Young artists will explore different media as they learn about the proportions and scale of the human body. Teachers: Barbara Morrison Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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July 15 - July 19, 2013
Sculpting the Human Figure
Times: 1-4 PM Young artists will explore different media as they learn about the proportions and scale of the human body. While doing so, they also become familiar with the unique properties of various sculpting materials" wire, plastic clay, and papier maché. Teachers: Barbara Morrison Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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July 20, 2013
Plein Air: Right from the Start
Times: 10 AM - 4 PM Learn to breakdown complicated landscapes into simple compositional studies by focusing on values and shapes. Teachers: Louise Lamontagne Price: $45.00 Members: $40.00
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July 20, 2013
Plein Air: Right from the Start
Times: 10 AM - 4 PM Learn to breakdown complicated landscapes into simple compositional studies by focusing on values and shapes. Teachers: Louise Lamontagne Price: $45.00 Members: $40.00
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July 22, 2013
Bookmaking and Illustration
Times: 9 AM - 12 PM In this drawing-based camp, artists will become story illustrators, gaining inspiration from a variety of colorful illustrated books. Teachers: Hailey Schofield Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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July 22, 2013
Middle School Art Club
Times: 1-4 PM Campers will experience a multitude of art forms in this camp-creating prints, drawings, paintings, and cartoons as well as writing poetry, telling stories, singing songs and maybe learning to play the guitar. Teachers: Cindy Marshall Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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July 22 - July 26, 2013
Middle School Art Club
Times: 1-4 PM Tweens & teens will experience a multitude of art forms in this camp-creating prints, drawings, paintings, and cartoons as well as writing poetry, telling stories, singing songs and learning a bit of guitar. Teachers: Cindy Marshall Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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July 29, 2013
Pre-School Art Camp
Times: 10-11:30 AM Preschool Art Camp will explore a wide variety of projects; including textile and fiber 3D projects, shaving cream marbling, wax resist paintings, found object prints, as well as clay, tempera, and watercolor exploration. Teachers: Hailey Schofield Price: $45.00 Members: $40.00
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July 29, 2013
Print-It
Times: 1-4 PM This class will focus on the fine art of printmaking using a variety of techniques, tools, inks, and papers. Teachers: Hailey Schofield Price: $80.00 Members: $72.00
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August 02, 2013
August First Friday
Times: 5-8 PM Join Louise Lamontagne and Donna Gans, two artists that have gone beyond their artistic comfort zones to experiment with new approaches, at 7 PM.
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August 03, 2013
Talk and Tour: Jared Shear
Times: 12 PM Explore the 365 paintings of Courgar Peak with exhibiting artist Jared Shear.
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August 03, 2013
Family Saturday Art Workshop: Art in a Box
Times: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Using cardboard boxes of various sizes, kids will construct their own imaginative art studios. Teachers: Donna Gans Price: $5.00
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August 03, 2013
Landscape and Composition: Thinking on Paper
Times: 1:30-4:30 PM This workshop taught by exhibiting artist Jared Shear will cover the primary phases involved in composing a land scape painting. Students will use pencil/charcoal on paper - learning to use thumbnail sketches as plans for larger works. Teachers: Jared Shear Price: $25.00 Members: $22.00
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August 03, 2013
Landscape and Composition: Thinking on Paper
Times: 1:30-4:30 PM This workshop taught by exhibiting artist Jared Shear will cover the primary phases involved in composing a land scape painting. Students will use pencil/charcoal on paper - learning to use thumbnail sketches as plans for larger works. Teachers: Jared Shear Price: $25.00 Members: $22.00
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August 05, 2013
Art Camp: Wild, Wacky And Wooly
Times: Full Day August 5-9
Full Day: 9 AM - 4 PM // Ages: 6-12 // Fee: $135/150
Tap into the wonders of nature with these two adventurous teachers and create hands-on projects inspired by nature. Teachers: Dulcie Belanger & Jennifer Odgen Price: $150.00 Members: $135.00
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August 10, 2013
Saturday Family Art Workshop:Tie- Dye Fun
Times: 11 AM - 12:30 PM It's summer and time to dabble in Tie-Dye. Bring in a white t-shirt, socks, or pillow case and embellish them with the bright colors and swirls of tie- dye. Teachers: Erin Roberts Price: $5.00
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August 12, 2013
Picture Perfect Story Telling
Times: 12-2 PM Combine improv theatre and drawing to create a perfect story. Teachers: Opstad & Josh Quick Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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August 12 - August 16, 2013
Picture Perfect Story Telling
Times: 12-2 PM Combine improv theatre and drawing to create a perfect story. Play out your dreams, i.e., surf in the ocean, fly a rocket through space, or become a 400 pound, 6 foot pro-wrestler named Slug Belly. Draw a storyboard for a movie or video game. Teachers: Tricia Opstad and Josh Quick Price: $50.00 Members: $45.00
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