January 26 - June 29, 2008
Tradition and Change: A Survey of Contemporary American Indian Art
Organized by the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, this exhibition features over two dozen works from the MAM Contemporary American Indian Art Collection.
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February 19 - May 31, 2008
Following the Rhythms of Life: The Ceramic Art of David Shaner
This exhibition is an extensive and in-depth overview of David Shaner's illustrious career, which spanned more than four decades. Trained in the late 1950's at Alfred University School of Ceramics, Shaner became the director of the influential Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana. After leaving Helena, Shaner became a nationally acclaimed studio potter, working out of his home and studio in Bigfork, Montana.
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March 07 - May 24, 2008
Molly Murphy: Reservations Required
Molly was born in Great Falls, MT and is a mixed blood descendant of the Oglala Lakota tribe. She was raised in western Montana and attended The University of Montana. This comprehensive exhibition is featured in the Lynda M. Frost Gallery which is dedicated to showcasing the work of contemporary American Indian artists.
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April 04 - May 31, 2008
Katy Stone: A Season Swirling (Unfurling)
Katy Stone's installation utilizes all the surfaces in the Aresty Gallery and breaks out into the center of the gallery at key moments. Incorporating her signature aesthetic language of sensitive shadow and light, the work will all be made of Duralar, an archival acetate similar to "mylar" and include a dramatic variety of scale, and complexity.
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April 10 - May 15, 2008
Bicycle Eclectic
Photographer, artist and cyclist Greg Siple has spent 25 years creating portraits of individuals on bicycle tours. The images are paired with each person's unique story for embarking on a great cycling adventure.
Location: Liberty Village Art Center, Chester, Montana
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April 28, 2008 - February 28, 2009
Stan Healy: Missoula Crime Photographer
A selection of photographs from the MAM Collection by Stan Healy.
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May 02 - July 19, 2008
Encaustic Invitational
The Encaustic Invitational showcases six artists from the region who have chosen encaustic as their primary medium. Curated by MAM Curator of Education Renee Taaffe, all of the artists invited are well established and have been exhibiting their work for many years. Some of these artists have worked with encaustic for decades, whereas others are relative newcomers to the process; all are still exploring the possibilities of this ancient medium.
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May 02 - August 22, 2008
Willard Alternative School Juried Student Exhibition
"Art is a way to express feelings, opinions, and individuality. At Willard there is a lot of diversity and we’d like to show you the abundance of talent here." - Lydia, Willard Alternative High School student.
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May 15, 2008
Artini: Swirling (Unfurling)
Times: 5:30-9 pm
Gallery talk with exhibiting artist Christopher McElroy at 7 pm, live performance with Sueño Lunar and a custom Swirling martini. Free.
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May 17, 2008
Beginning Intaglio Printing (with a press), ages 16+/ adults
Times: 10 am - 4 pm
Participants will transfer their images and designs onto Sintra plastic printing plates.
Teachers: Bev Glueckert
Price: $80.00
Members: $72.00
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May 23 - August 16, 2008
Gaylen Hansen: Three Decades of Painting
Gaylen Hansen has lived in the Palouse region of southeastern Washington for most of his life. This exhibition features paintings that span 30 years of Hansen's remarkable career.
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May 27 - July 08, 2008
Bicycle Eclectic
Photographer, artist and cyclist Greg Siple has spent 25 years creating portraits of individuals on bicycle tours. The images are paired with each person's unique story for embarking on a great cycling adventure.
Location: Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, Montana
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May 29, 2008
The Story of Encaustic: History and Process
Times: 7 pm
Leslie Van Stavern Millar will present a brief overview of the history of encaustic.
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June 03 - September 20, 2008
Joe Feddersen: Vital Signs
Vital Signs, the pulses and patterns of the body, are indicators of essential life functions. The powerful work of Joe Feddersen reveals, like vital signs themselves, the state of the human condition from the vantage point of a contemporary artist who has inherited an ancient aesthetic tradition. Arising from Plateau Indian iconographic interpretations of the human-environment relationship, Feddersen's prints, weavings, and glass sculptures explore the relationships between contemporary urban place markers and indigenous design.
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June 06, 2008
First Friday Art Walk
First Friday Art Walk and Artist's Reception and Curator’s Gallery Talk: Rebecca J. Dobkins.
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June 06 - August 22, 2008
Julia Becker: Root Orbit ~ Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Julia Becker’s installation plays in the vertical airspace in the museum entrance, a place where forces of gravity and natural light take precedence, a space that breathes into the other galleries, and is, in a sense, at the heart of the museum.
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June 07, 2008
Artist Slide Share with Joe Fedderson
Times: 12 pm
Artist Slide Share: Joe Feddersen, brown bag lunch.
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June 07, 2008
Painting with Wax (Encaustic)Workshop, ages 16+/ adults
Times: 10 am - 5 pm.
Explore the exciting medium of encaustic painting with a twist.
Teachers: Shawna Moore
Price: $130.00
Members: $117.00
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June 12, 2008
Curator's Gallery Talk: Keith Wells
Times: 7 pm
Curator of "Gaylen Hansen's: Three Decades of Paintings" will be speaking at 7 pm.
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June 14, 2008
Exploring Color and Wax, all ages
Times: 11am -12:30 pm
Inspired by the depth and luminous images in the Encaustic Invitational exhibition, participants will learn simple methods of creating their own images using wax and color.
Teachers: TBD
Price: $5.00
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June 19, 2008
Artini: Zen
Times: 5:30 - 9 pm
Artini makes the world of contemporary art fun, stirring and engaging! And it is always free!
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June 21, 2008
Junk has Soul: Sculpting with Recycled Objects, all ages
Times: 1 - 4 pm
Second Saturday Family workshops are appropriate for all ages!
Teachers: Thor Myrhe
Price: $30.00
Members: $27.00
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June 23 - June 26, 2008
Birds and Art, ages 8-12
Times: 10am -12noon
This class will make art from studying and observing live raptors as Kate Davis of Raptors of the Rockies brings these magnificent birds to the museum.
Teachers: Bev Glueckert and Kate Davis
Price: $60.00
Members: $54.00
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June 23 - June 26, 2008
Art Start, ages 4-6
Times: 1-2:30pm
Students will get introduced in many types of creative play
Teachers: Alli De Puy
Price: $44.00
Members: $40.00
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June 30 - July 03, 2008
Painted Wood Figures, ages 10-14
Times: 10am -12noon
Students will learn the use of color on wood surfaces.
Teachers: Karl Stein
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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June 30 - July 03, 2008
Mixed Media Sculpture, A 3-Dimensional Scramble, ages 8-12
Times: 1-3pm
Discover how art can be made from almost anything!
Teachers: Shalene Valenzuela
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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July 07 - July 10, 2008
Art Extravaganza, ages 7-12
Times: 10am-12noon
This ever popular class explores a variety of ideas and media including printmaking,
Teachers: Bev Glueckert
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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July 07 - July 10, 2008
A Family Tapestry: Adventures In Batiking, ages 10-14
Times: 1-3pm
Indonesian for “wax writing,” batik is the process of making a design on fabric by coating it with wax to repel dye.
Teachers: Erin Roberts
Price: $55.00
Members: $50.00
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July 12, 2008
Painting Playful Animals and Bugs, all ages
Times: 11 am - 12:30 pm
Second Saturday Family Workshops are appropriate for any age!
Teachers: Renee Taaffe
Price: $5.00
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July 14 - July 17, 2008
Drawing: Make Your Mark!, ages 8-12
Times: 10am-12noon
Students will create drawings with charcoal, pastels, pencils and other materials and learn to use those materials to draw what they see.
Teachers: Jennifer Rudio Ogden
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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July 14 - July 17, 2008
Printmaking, ages 8-12
Times: 1-3pm
Repeat a picture many different ways and see what exciting variations arise!
Teachers: Jennifer Rudio Ogden
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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July 15 - August 31, 2008
Bicycle Eclectic
Photographer, artist and cyclist Greg Siple has spent 25 years creating portraits of individuals on bicycle tours. The images are paired with each person's unique story for embarking on a great cycling adventure.
Location: Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, Montana
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July 17, 2008
Artini: Grasshopper
Times: 5:30-9 pm
Gallery talk with exhibiting artist Gaylen Hansen at 7 pm, live performance TBA and a custom Grasshopper martini. Free.
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July 19, 2008
Shibori Fabric Dying; Ages 16+ / Adult
Times: 11 am - 4 pm.
Wring, Squeeze, Press, Repeat :Learn the ancient Japanese resist dye technique of Shibori.
Teachers: Monica Howie
Price: $70.00
Members: $63.00
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July 21 - July 24, 2008
Mixed Media Smorgasbord, ages 6-8
Times: 10am-12noon
Students will do a different activity each day including abstract acrylic painting, clay sculpting, Styrofoam printing, paper making and more!
Teachers: Jeanne Dodds
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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July 21 - July 24, 2008
Natural Art Explorers, ages 7-11
Times: 1-3pm
Students will explore the natural world around the museum by looking closely and drawing and painting trees, landscapes, butterflies and moths as well as creating plaster fossils.
Teachers: Jeanne Dodds
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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July 21 - August 11, 2008
Watercolor Landscape, ages 16+/ adults
Times: Mondays, 5-7 pm
Karl will introduce students to color mixing, composition and the basics of watercolor use to create a successful landscape.
Teachers: Karl Stein
Price: $95.00
Members: $85.50
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July 22, 2008
Mixed Media Field Drawings, ages 16+/adults
Times: 5:30 – 9 pm
Learn tips about composition and combining color, as well as technical skills in combined media, through this informal and fun workshop.
Teachers: Jeanne Dodds
Price: $30.00
Members: $27.00
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July 28 - August 01, 2008
Mask Making Madness, ages 7-12
Times: 10am -12noon
Students will create unique masks using 3 dimensional design elements while exploring ideas of expression and exaggeration.
Teachers: Brenda Sweeney
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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July 28 - July 31, 2008
Make Your Own Pinata, ages 8-12
Times: 1 - 3 pm
Students will use a variety of colorful materials to complete their own piñatas.
Teachers: Shalene Valenzuela
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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July 30 - October 25, 2008
Our Familiar: Animal Myth and Reality in the MAM Collections
MAM’s summer exhibition from the permanent collections, features animal imagery embodying ideas as diverse as love for the natural world, political beliefs, shared memories and secret selves.
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August 04 - August 07, 2008
Watercolor Rules!, ages 12-17
Times: 10 am - 12 pm
Students will learn a range of effects, color mixing tricks and solutions with watercolors.
Teachers: Karl Stein
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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August 04 - August 07, 2008
Alexander Calder-Inspired Family Trees, ages 9-14
Times: 1 - 3 pm
The class will explore the sculpture of Alexander Calder as they create a mobile family tree by researching family history and incorporating family pictures.
Teachers: Erin Roberts
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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August 11 - August 14, 2008
Kids Paint, ages 6-8
Times: 10 am - 12 pm
Students will explore a variety of paint media while responding to real and imaginary subjects and will learn basic color mixing to create just the right hue for custom-made compositions.
Teachers: Jennifer Rudio Odgen
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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August 11 - August 14, 2008
Painting Tricks and Tips for Older Children, ages 9-12
Times: 1 - 3 pm
With paintbrush in hand, students will use the color wheel and perspective principles to create an exciting and realistic look as they put their ideas to paper.
Teachers: Jennifer Rudio Ogden
Price: $50.00
Members: $45.00
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August 16, 2008
Papermaking, all ages
Times: 11-12:30 pm
Second Saturday Family Art Workshops are appropriate for any age!
Teachers: Jennifer Rudio Ogden
Price: $5.00
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August 21, 2008
Artini: Birthday
Times: 5:30-9 pm
Gallery talk with Mary Ann Bonjorni at 7 pm, live performance with Teranga Arts Senegalese Dance and Drum and a custom Birthday martini.
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September 01 - September 30, 2008
Historic Montana Highway Bridges
Twenty-six black and white photographs by Kristi Hager were commissioned by the Montana Department of Transportation to document bridges scheduled for replacement or restoration. Many of the images are included in the book, Conveniences Sorely Needed: Montana's Historic Highway Bridges 1860 - 1956, by Jon Axline, published by the Montana Historical Society Press in 2005.
Location: Liberty Village Art Center, Chester, Montana
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November 15 - December 15, 2008
Historic Montana Highway Bridges
Twenty-six black and white photographs by Kristi Hager were commissioned by the Montana Department of Transportation to document bridges scheduled for replacement or restoration. Many of the images are included in the book, Conveniences Sorely Needed: Montana's Historic Highway Bridges 1860 - 1956, by Jon Axline, published by the Montana Historical Society Press in 2005.
Location: Schoolhouse History & Art Center, Colstrip, Montana
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