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S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2017

DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS | Laura J. Millin One essential strategic focus MAM constantly strives for is organizational excellence. And 2017 is a landmark year for our organization as we seek reaccreditation through the American Alliance of Museums for the third time in the MAM’s history. This calls for a top-to-bottom re-examination of MAM’s core documents (Mission Statement, By-Laws, Code of Ethics, Collections Policy Manual, and Emergency Preparedness Plan), an exhaustive self-study, and a peer review through a site visit.

MAM has set three key goals for itself to achieve organizational excellence. The first is to model financial stability. MAM’s mission-based commitment to accessibility and equality mandates that we remain free of admission to encourage participation by all, regardless of socioeconomic status. The financial realities of this commitment present a basic challenge for us as we continue to stimulate artistic creativity and produce ambitious programs at ever-expanding levels.

Second, we work to foster innovation and a high-quality work culture by investing in staff. After all, MAM’s creative advancement and inspiration comes from a creative and hard-working staff. This group of dedicated professionals is small in number—just 10—but high-performing. Each year we inch closer to bringing our professional salaries up to par in comparison with our peer institutions across the country.

Finally, we aim to strengthen MAM’s recognition regionally and nationally. We invest in professional development opportunities, encouraging staff to attend national conferences, maintain professional affiliations, and to serve on the boards of professional and arts and culture organizations nationwide. Our staff provides leadership in our statewide community with both curators serving on the board of directors for the Montana Art Gallery Directors Association (MAGDA) and by managing traveling exhibits throughout the state. Last year I was invited to join the prestigious group of leaders in the American Art Museum Directors Association.

MAM’s concentration on American Indian art and artists both in our exhibition program and our collection has brought regional and national distinction to the museum. MAM’s visionary leadership in the development of the new Art Park puts the museum in the spotlight in the national trend of Creative Placemaking.

At every level MAM invests in excellence—from its infrastructure, to its human resources, to its contemporary programming that highlights the diversity, the struggles, the celebrations, and the challenges that are reflected in contemporary art and brings unarticulated ideas from myriad voices into the greater dialog.

Join us as we continue to celebrate our diverse community through art!

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new exhibitions // 03 featured acquisition // 09 continuing exhibitions // 10 education + outreach // 11 art classes // 12 mam programs // 14 member events // 15 ANNUAL REPORT INSIDE! May Yang, Flower Cloth, reverse appliqué, 1988 MAM Collection, donated by Susie Lindbergh Miller in honor of Montana’s Hmong community, 2011

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Anonymous, Hmong Migration and the War in Laos, appliqué and embroidery, circa 1992, MAM Collection, donated by Anne & Jon Bertsche, 2004.

FROM FLOWER CLOTH TO STORY CLOTH: HMONG TEXTILES IN THE MAM COLLECTION

July 7–September 20, 2017 // Carnegie Galleries

Saturday + with Susan Lindbergh Miller and Gayle Morrison: July 8, 11 AM–12 PM MAM Book Club, Hog’s Exit: Jerry Daniels, the Hmong and the CIA with Gayle Morrison and Susan Lindbergh Miller: July 19, 6 PM Family-Friendly Celebration of Hmong Culture: July 26, 4–7 PM MAM presents a selection of textiles that demonstrate vivid traditions and mythic storytelling in a celebration of Hmong culture in Missoula. The exhibition is a timely reminder of the value of art and creativity to the human experience. The exhibition coincides with the recent arrival of Eritrean, Congolese, and Syrian refugee families to Missoula through the help of the International Rescue Committee and Soft Landing.

Questions about refugee resettlement are relevant in light of rising nationalism and a recent proliferation of hate speech nationwide.

From Flower Cloth to Story Cloth celebrates our diverse city and stands as an example of the significant Hmong contributions to the Missoula community.

The Hmong, historically a migratory people, developed portable cultural expressions such as textile art and jewelry-making to accompany them wherever they traveled. Paj ntaub (flower cloth) showcases embroidery and reverse appliqué techniques to create symbolic geometric and organic designs that reflect

a deep animist spirituality. Traditional designs include spider webs, ram’s heads, tiger’s eyebrows, and elephant’s feet.

Flower cloths were not traditionally sold, but constituted the majority of a family’s wealth and played important roles in rituals and rites of passage.

In 1979 and 1980, over 366 Hmong refugees resettled in Missoula after being persecuted in Laos because of their loyalty to the anti-communist U.S. government and CIA operations. In refugee camps, flower cloth techniques evolved, and artists began creating story cloths—embroidered picture-textiles that illustrate Hmong experiences of agriculture, war, exile, and immigration. Sales of flower cloths and story cloths, both in the camps and later more broadly, generated important income for families and introduced Hmong culture to the region.

Over the years, Missoula and the Hmong community have grown and evolved together. Many Hmong, skillful farmers as well as artisans, established successful

businesses and now almost half the vendors at the Missoula Farmers Market are of Hmong descent. A large portion of the weekly Missoula Food Bank donations comes from Hmong vegetable producers.

In addition, Hmong culture in Missoula has been profiled internationally through press and award-winning publications.

From Flower Cloth to Story Cloth marks the third time MAM has presented a significant exhibition of Hmong textiles.

Previous exhibitions were organized in 1978 to help Montanans better understand and appreciate the complexities of their new neighbors, and a major Hmong textile exhibition for MAM was co-curated in 1993

by Vee Kiatoukaysy, Tou Yang, and Susan Lindbergh Miller.

Susan Lindbergh Miller, donated her personal collection of 239 Hmong textiles in 2011. Miller built an impressive collection through purchases and commissions from Hmong elders, as well as gifts received through close personal friendships that continue to this day.

More than 60 other gifts have come into the collection from generous donors since then, making Hmong textiles a rich part of MAM’s collection and a lasting contemporary expression of our Missoula community.

This exhibition is made possible in part by the generous support of

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new exhibitions MAGGY ROZYCKI HILTNER: WHAT LIES BENEATH

May 26–September 16, 2017 // Faith Pickton and Josephine Aresty Gallery First Friday: June 2, 5–8 PM, Gallery Talk at 7 PM Saturday + Artist Discussion: June 3, 11 AM–12 PM Saturday Family Art Workshop: June 3, 1–3 PM Embroidery Collage, Found, Hand-stitched, and Altered Workshop: August 19, 10–4 PM on February 13, 1945, in what is called the Hiltner creates textiles that focus on single most destructive bombing of World contemporary issues. She combs antique War II—including Hiroshima and Nagasaki. and thrift stores looking for source material, Hiltner memorializes this loss of life by dyeing seeking hand-stitched linens and quilts. the quilt black and adorning it with appliqué Her artwork may at first appear whimsical, skeletons to resemble one of Dresden’s mass but on closer inspection reveals a strong graves—a somber meditation on the human engagement with socio-political issues. She capacity for suffering and destruction. ties charged messages into and against the Requiem employs a found quilt of the comfortable and innocuous medium of fabric Whirling Logs design (also called Catch Me if and stitching. What Lies Beneath brings these You Can or Hooked Cross). This centuries-old subtexts to light. pattern was an auspicious symbol given in Hiltner’s previous artwork incorporated friendship or as a wedding gift, but fell out of Dick-and-Jane-style embroidery to tell stories of personal and universal human experiences. favor when the swastika was appropriated by the National Socialist German Worker’s Party Her later work veered away from personal in 1920. Forever tainted by Nazi association, narratives to depict environmental abuses, the quilt is transformed and eulogized by touching on Hiltner’s Pennsylvania childhood Hiltner’s hand-stitching. in the shadow of coal, steel, and nuclear energy. She remembers how these hazards found their way into her childhood casually.

She grew up within the evacuation radius of the Limerick Generating Station nuclear facility. “I swam in the bathtub-warm water downstream from the power plant,” Hiltner recalls. “The Schuylkill River, once dubbed America’s foulest river, was cleaned up. This meant that coal silt was dredged from the river and dumped in an area we kids called ‘the Black Desert.’ After days riding our bikes there, we had to hose off the black silt before we were allowed in the house.”

Hiltner still makes work about environmental degradation, not as a cause in and of itself, but as an examination of outmoded, destructive, and unfortunately recurrent ways of thinking. In this exhibition, Hiltner uses the skeleton as a metaphor to point to these mechanisms. With nods to art history and mythology, she questions current Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Red and White Quilt with Racist Embroidery, detail, 2014, found cotton events and longstanding tropes. quilt top (Chevron variation) found embroidery, cotton, 70 x 42″.

After considering the design and history In other pieces, including What Lies Beneath of a quilt pattern, Hiltner creates an aesthetic and We Do Not Bury the Dead, We Sow Them, response. For example, in Dresden, she the skeletons, with their collections of bright uses a found quilt with the Dresden Plate flowers and ever-present grins, embody design (also called Grandmother’s Sunburst change, growth, and perhaps even hope. or Dahlia), a popular pattern in the 1920s Hiltner remains reflective, “My hope is that and ’30s. Named for the cultural center of if the image I’ve created feels true, it will Dresden, Germany, it reflects the Victoriantransmute for the viewer, evoke a recognition era fascination with elaborate decoration within. Our anxieties, insecurities, joys, and and the city’s once-flourishing ceramic pains are oddly common.” industry. Allied forces firebombed the city Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Momento Mori (Time), 2016, hand-stitched cotton and linen, found embroidery, 27 x 21″.

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KEITH GOODHART: A PORTRAIT ATLAS

June 19–September 16, 2017 // Shott Family Gallery Saturday + Artist Discussion: September 9, 11 AM–12 PM The latest work of Keith Goodhart will be introduced in two separate exhibitions this summer. In the Shott Family Gallery is A Portrait Atlas, a solo exhibition of Goodhart’s sculptures and wall reliefs. Goodhart’s outdoor artwork is showing all summer in the Missoula Art Park’s inaugural exhibition, By the Bike. The untitled outdoor piece is Goodhart’s most ambitious work in scale and scope. The sculpture is a brilliant complement to smaller-scale works that are more common to Goodhart’s style.

Goodhart, a carpenter by trade, operates a sheep ranch in the foothills of the Crazy Mountains outside of Big Timber, Montana. The primarily self-taught artist works in a log cabin studio where he creates found object sculptures and assemblages. He began making sculptures in the 1980s, building children’s toys and kinetic objects with scrap materials found on job sites. Goodhart still mainly uses found objects to build his free-standing and wall-mounted assemblage sculptures. He works intuitively and lets the object emerge rather than working toward an end vision.

“I am continually looking for new ways to merge painting, sculpture, and drawing,” Goodhart explains.

“I have always been interested in finding energy in the materials I use, no matter how humble.” His spontaneous process produces sculptures that project character and authenticity. Goodhart’s confidence and strong personal aesthetic animate all of his works.

Keith Goodhart, Untitled, 2016, mixed media, 53 x 15 x 9″.

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Elizabeth Dove, It Started with Aardvark: Letter Y, 2012, screen-print, 20 x 24″.

ELIZABETH DOVE: IT STARTED WITH AARDVARK

June 19–September 23, 2017 // Morris and Helen Silver Foundation Gallery First Friday: September 1, 5–8 PM, Gallery Talk at 7 PM Artist Lecture: Tuesday, September 12, 7 PM It Started with Aardvark is an exhibition that demonstrates Dove’s skill as a printmaker, her predilection for conceptual art, and the dexterity with which she combines them. The exhibition features a series of 26 screen-prints (one for each letter of the alphabet) of all the illustrations in a dictionary. “These screen-prints do not portray the 3,100 dictionary illustrations as separate images as they are in the dictionary volume,” Dove explains, “but instead overlap them in successive layers printed one on top of another so that they co-exist as one merged graphic icon, a hybrid of all visual knowledge.”

Dove is professor in the School of Art at the University of Montana. She exhibits locally and internationally, including a recent solo exhibition at the Lessedra Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria, and at MAM in 2007. Dove has implemented non-toxic printmaking processes at UM and researched the integration of digital technology and traditional printmaking practices. Her research has been published in the books The Contemporary Printmaker, Non-toxic Intaglio Printmaking, and in the British journal, Printmaking Today.

The laborious process of searching, gathering, and screen-printing the images is not just a means to an end for Dove; it is the conceptual foundation of her work. Every print in this series is a lengthy undertaking, with an average of 100 layers per image and some with more than 300. “Each heavilylayered print becomes a gestural, somewhat haunted composite which is both legible and chaotic, a dense logo of information,” Dove states. The time she invests into creation of each piece is critical to the content and essential to interpreting the resulting prints. The central, recurring themes in Dove’s work are memory, the passing of time, and the search for meaning. She integrates the process of printing and her experience of creating with the content of the finished material. In this regard, Dove is physically working through the questions and conflicts that the finished prints explore for resolution. The resulting work is lush with densely layered and complex imagery, reinforcing the physical memory of its creation. “It is this quality of passing time, the compression of visual and textual history into one icon, which needs to be unpacked and deciphered by a viewer that is the crux of this project,” says Dove.

CHRIS PAPPAN: GHOST IMAGES

April 28–August 26, 2017 // Lynda M. Frost Contemporary American Indian Art Gallery First Friday: August 4, 5–8 PM, Gallery Talk at 7 PM Brunch with the Artist: August 5, 11 AM–12:30 PM

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Pappan grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona, and studied first at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), then the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

His cited influences are Heavy Metal and Juxtapoz magazines, artist Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache-Akimel O’odham), who founded Apache Skateboards, and the Lowbrow movement, with its cultural roots in 1970s underground comix, punk, and hot rod cultures of Los Angeles.

Pappan didn’t grow up on a reservation, but when he moved to Chicago, he found himself in the midst of one of the largest urban Indian communities in the country.

More than 30,000 members from 150 different tribes reside in the greater Chicago area as an outgrowth of a 1950s federal program to relocate American Indians from reservations to urban centers in a contested effort to improve access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunities. In the midst of this cultural plethora, Pappan investigated his own background, which he describes as Kaw/ Osage/Cheyenne River Sioux/and mixed European. When he was working as an art handler at a Chicago gallery, Pappan came across an unused accounting book, which he adopted as a way to contemporize and reimagine historical ledger drawings.

Pappan uses 19th century photographs as source material as well. However, his portraits are not exact translations of the photograph, but reveal how mutable—and how concerned with gaze—the medium of portraiture is. Pappan uses post-colonial strategies of depiction—such as mirroring or doubling his subjects, distorting features and proportions, faceting portraits, and reversing values like a photographic negative—to reimagine what otherwise would be a straight-forward rendering of a subject.

In doing so, Pappan challenges the Euro-American traditions that favor individual likeness and rely upon linear perspective. Pappan reminds his viewers that there are other ways to see and to depict.

While based in photorealistic portraiture, Pappan uses distortions to refer to complex meanings and convey specific messages. Like historical Plains Indian depictions that visualize elements other than physical features, Pappan’s portraits operate on a metaphysical register and provide a link between the physical and the transcendent. Pappan’s exhibition is the second in a series focused on new work by contemporary American Indian artists generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation.

Neil Chaput De Saintonge, Hammond School, Carter County, MT, photograph.

Chris Pappan, Mind The Gap, 21st century ledger drawing #108, pencil, graphite, map collage, inkjet, acrylic in 1906 ledger book, 12 x 15″.

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ANNUAL REPORT 2015/2016

Today, more than ever, we see how E N G A G I N G art is essential to EXHIBITIONS DISPLAYED the human spirit.

It makes us think SOLO EXHIBITIONS creatively, it makes us laugh, it strengthens community, and it pushes us to understand our MONT deep connections as FIFTH GRADERSWESTERN WHO PARTICIPATED IN TH humans across time ANNUAL FIFTH GRADE ART EXPERIENCE and cultures. MAM is proud to be a part of this movement as we generate creativity and bring artists and audience together in FREE our community. Here is ART CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS our story in numbers.”

OFFERED FOR ~Laura J. Millin, Executive Director Carla Potter, Gesture #3, porcelain, 7 x 7 x 1″, 2013, part of Montana Triennial 2015.

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PUBLIC SUPPORT GIVEN FOR MAM’S MISSIONCENTRAL PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Annual Circle Of Support *donors to MAM’s Permanent Collection †Deceased $25,000 +

Anonymous Art Associates of Missoula Caras Landscaping & Nursery City of Missoula Drollinger Family Foundation Charles Engelhard Foundation The Estate of Bill and Helga Hosford Horejsi Charitable Foundation on behalf of Brian and Karen Sippy Missoula County Montana Office of Tourism: Tourism Infrastructure Investment Program Willem and Diane Volkersz*

$10,000 to $24,999

Checota Foundation Tracy Cosgrove Nancy and Ron Erickson First Security Bank Gallagher Western Montana Charitable Foundation Jane S. Heman Foundation Sue Horn Caskey and Rick Caskey* Ken Little and Cathy Cunningham-Little* in memory of Rudy and Lela Autio and in honor of Stephen Glueckert Missoulian Terry and Patt Payne Pleiades Foundation Brian and Karen Sippy Southgate Mall Associates Alexander & Tillie Speyer Foundation on behalf of Tim Speyer and Cathy Weber St. Patrick Hospital, Providence Health & Services Don Voisine on behalf of American Abstract Artists* Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

$5,000 to $9,999

John Buck Crowley Fleck PLLP Paul and Katy Ehlen James Bar Missoula County Public Schools Montana Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts Montana Broadcasting Company NorthWestern Energy Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Stockman Bank U.S. Bank Cathy Weber* in honor of Stephen Glueckert

$2,500 to $4,999

Anderson ZurMuehlen Ann and Thomas Boone Nina and Pat Brock GB Carson* Ric Collier and Aden Ross Community Medical Center Leslie Ann Dallapiazza Stephen Egli and Teresa Henry Jeffrey and Kim Fee Flower Bed Good Food Store

Helori Graff Valerie Hedquist and Edward Callaghan KBGA College Radio Mary Ann Lambros* The Longview Foundation on behalf of Amy and Drew Dolan Jerry McCauley Missoula Community Access Television Montana Cultural Trust Noteworthy Paper & Press Sandra Perrin* Portland Loo Laurie and James Randall Thomas Ross and Brenda Thayer Slikati Photography David J. Spear* University of Montana, Montana Event Services & Catering Univision Computers WGM Group

$1,000 to $2,499

Sharon E. Alexander Anonymous Anonymous Betsy Wackernagel Bach Jessica Baldwin* Big Sky Commerce Diana Bjorgen and Chad Yurko Black Coffee Roasting Company Blackfoot Telecommunications MaryAnn Bonjorni William and Phyllis Bouchee Famiy Fund of the Missoula Community Foundation Stephen Braun Nora Bryan* J. Martin Burke Pamela and Byron Caughey Nancy Cook and Tom Berninghausen Josh DeWeese Gerald and Kathy Dwyer Liz Dye and Tom Lohof Ed and Joyce Eck Ren Essene Hadley Ferguson First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Stephanie Frostad Armando Gama Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP Stephen Glueckert* in memory of Boni Beck Drago George Gogas Timothy Gordon John W. and Carol L.H. Green* Kay Grissom-Kiely and Daniel Kiely Kristi Hager Marianne and Terry Hammerschmidt Fern Hart Jeremy Hatch John Hull Margaret Kingsland and John Fletcher Kathryn Kress Peggy Kuhr and Thomas Foor Caroline and Willis Kurtz

Daniel and Sophia Lambros LEAW Foundation Marilyn Magid MATRIX Press, University of Montana School of Fine Arts* Nancy Matthews Alan McNiel The Muralt Family Foundation Asha Murthy MacDonald Chad and Katie Nedrud Susan and Roy O’Connor* in honor of Stephen Glueckert Peak Health & Wellness Center Kim and Ruth Reineking Rocky Mountain Moving and Storage Thomas Ross and Brenda Thayer, in memory of Louise Ann Ross Ruth and Russ Royter Jocelyn Siler and Jerry Fetz Sara D. Smith Donald and Sharon Snavely Thendara Foundation on behalf of the Goss family: Janny, Cristian, Kelly, Sam, Finn and Charlotte Tim Thornton The Trail Head Don Voisine* Pam and Sandy Volkmann Jerome Walker, M.D. and Marcia Williams Western Montana Clinic Janet Whaley and Phil Hamilton Bente and Don Winston Monte Yellow Bird

$500 to $999

Crista Ames Anonymous Bill and Donna Ard Virginia Arensberg and Bruce Haroldson Art Associates of Missoula in memory of Louise Ann Ross Chris Autio Lisa Autio Laura and Jack Barrett W. Rick Beck Jean Belangie-Nye and Mike Nile* MaryAnn Bonjorni* in honor of Stephen Glueckert Laura and Scott Bovard Jennifer Boyer and Jeffrey Crouch Molly and Spencer Bradford Laura and Larry Brehm Bruce and Nancy Bugbee Marcia Butzel Stephanie and Dana Christensen Copper Run Apartments Corso Apartment Homes Benjamin Cory Pam Cutler and Robert

MAM Income (Audited Statements) 29% City of Missoula (In-Kind Building) 26% Contributions (Donations/Membership) 16% Art Park Contributions 15% Missoula County Mill Levy 8% Foundations and Grants 6% Earned Income (Auction/Classes/Museum Store)

MAM REVENUE: $1,300,029 MAM EXPENSE: $1,279,750 McDevitt Kathryn and Michael Duffield Harold V. Dye and Nancy K. Moe Mae Nan Ellingson Hilton and Karen Gardner Maureen Gary and Steve Doherty Matt and Renie Gibson Janice Givler Don and Doosy Habbe Elizabeth Hughes Bass Bill and Carole Jensen Bob and Ellen Knight Donna and Jim Koch Robert and Barbara Korenberg Cristina Marian Jamie McClure and Stuart Looney Jim and Trish McKay Sheila Miles M. Scott Miller Virginia Moffett Andrea Moon Shawna Moore Mark Reinsel Republic Services of Montana Ray and Susie Risho The Schaub Foundation on behalf of Annie Schaub Watson John S. Shaffner and Michael J. Stewart Amber and Colin Sherrill Karen Shimoda Andrew and Cynthia Shott Kate Sutherland and Shayne Williams Kaori Takamura Silas Thompson

James Todd James Todd* in honor of Stephen Glueckert Jessica Lowry Vizzutti Michael and Pat Wangen The Washington Companies Pay it Forward via James House Robert Wilson Simon Winegar

Joyce Folsom Society for donors who have made or pledged legacy gifts of art and/or financial support to MAM Sharon E. Alexander* Pat and Jeff Aresty* Beth Brennan J. Martin Burke* Freeman Butts Family* Nancy Cook and Tom Berninghausen* Gennie DeWeese Family* Elizabeth DuPont†* Patricia Dunkum* Nora Staael Evert and John A. Evert†* Margaret Kingsland and John Fletcher* Joyce Folsom†* Bruce Lee†* Toni Matlock* Laura Millin and Craig Menteer* Gilbert Millikan†* Kim and Ruth Reineking* Miriam Sample†* Beth Sellars* Geoffrey Sutton* Cathy Weber*

For a complete list of program partners and generous contributors to MAM in 2016, please visit our website: missoulaartmuseum.org

featured acquisition DOUGLAS BALDWIN: ALL VOLUNTEER RED NECK DUCK ARMY FOLLOWING THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

March 24–May 27, 2017 // Travel Montana Lobby

What do Blue Boy, dough boys, and a Technicolor extravaganza have in common? Look no further than Doug Baldwin’s All Volunteer Red Neck Duck Army Following the Yellow Brick Road. This 1972 sculpture is one of Baldwin’s first to feature ducks, now the beloved hallmark of his career.

The Army debuted in a faculty exhibition at Maryland Institute, College of Art, where Baldwin chaired the ceramics department.

When the college dean saw the work, he asked that it be moved into a back room. But Baldwin got the last laugh, as the work was critically praised and purchased for a private collection in Baltimore. In 2016, that collector, Mary Ann Lambros, donated the work to MAM. This impressive sculpture melds Gainsborough’s Blue Boy with the dough boy, both drawn from Baldwin’s education in art and his service in the Army. More than 100 ducks march elbow-to-elbow on a yellow road winding through an emerald-green valley. The tall ducks in the first row are detailed in their clothing, helmets, and gunny sacks. Each successive row diminishes, however, in size and specificity, as a result of being cast from the preceding row, until the most distant ducks are mere nubs in the sculpted, snowcapped mountains. Baldwin designed the work with a tiled base to be installed at an angle, creating forced perspective that enhances the sense of an endless march and thus, the interpretation of the work in the 1970s as an anti-war commentary.

The Army has seen some wear and tear over 45 years. But with a few new parts and a little advice from the artist, MAM has begun initial repairs. Work will be ongoing, as the Collection expands resources for preservation and conservation.

AMERICAN FLAG

July 1–August 19, 2017 // Travel Montana Lobby This installation features an artist-made American flag sewn by 24 women throughout the nation who were invited to participate

by Missoula native Andrea Rogalski. The pieces were united and stitched together, both literally and metaphorically, for the Million Woman March that took place on January 21, 2017.

An estimated 2.6 million people took part in 673 marches in all 50 states, as well as 32 countries worldwide—with the largest in Washington, D.C. So many people gathered in some cities, including Chicago, New York, and Boston, that marching was nearly impossible. In Montana, an estimated 10,000 people gathered and marched in Helena.

The protest celebrated the awakening of the spirit of resistance, uniting people of all ages, races, and religions to assert civil liberties and human rights. Rogalski says, “Our group includes several Missoulians, a Lebanese immigrant, the granddaughter of an interned Japanese American, and the granddaughters of a Holocaust survivor. We are educators, artists, archivists, and most of all, feminists.”

The flag was created by Andrea Rogalski (organizer), with Kelly Alecci, Susan Alexander-Wilson, Samantha Almanza

American Flag, 2017, mixed media, 60 x 114″.

Barrett, Amanda Browder, Sachi Edson, Leslie Gallant, Rose Goldfarb, Erika Voss Hickey, Patty Hixson, Manal Melhem, Micael Marie Monroe, Jamie Nelson, Allison Roda, Blue Rogalski, Pearl Rogalski, Gabrielle Sather-Olson, Erin Lambert Sipe, Jennifer Sladek, Joanna Pedersen Smetanka, Nicole Vanek, Emily Weerts, Neva Whipple, and Amy Wood.

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mam art history A CONVERSATION WITH NANCY ERICKSON 10

In connection with MAM’s current exhibit, Nexus: The Lela and Rudy Autio Family Collection, Senior Curator Brandon Reintjes recently spoke with Nancy Erickson about a groundbreaking exhibition of soft sculpture by three women artists—Lela Autio, Dana Boussard, and Nancy Erickson. Held in 1973 at the site of the former Missoula County Free Library in the Carnegie Building, this exhibition helped lay the groundwork for MAM to be established the following year.

Nancy Erickson, Rainbow Flight, cotton, satin, thread, 1974, Missoula County Art Collection, managed by MAM, donated by the artist, 1981.

BR: This exhibition was groundbreaking in terms of exploring new media by strong women artists, but also in helping to establish the Carnegie building as a place to see cutting-edge contemporary art. Can you tell us how the exhibition came to be?

NE: All I was really conscious of was that there was going to be a show of this soft sculpture and we all put things in. It was fun, and it was kind of funny—Dean Douglas was the gallery director at the Gallery of Visual Arts at that time— Lela was really confident that we might have a show [there], but he wasn’t a bit interested in this. He was ignorant of what was going on. I’m sure he thought we were nuts, a bunch of women getting together with art made from just fabric. So, we ignored him and went on with our work.

BR: Once it was shown, do you remember how the work was received?

NE: I think it was positive. Of course Lela had taught half of Missoula and I had shown in the community as well. It was a time of foment for real change, in the way people looked at a lot of things, not just the anti-war movement in which I was involved. It was a time of real change.

BR: Thanks Nancy, for your role in this exhibition and for your continued support of MAM. The spirit of that exhibition—daring, experimental artwork created by three celebrated women artists—still resonates with many of the ideals MAM stands for today: contemporary art, artistfocused, promoting equality, and welcome to all!

continuing exhibitions BINARY FORM: CERAMIC ABSTRACTION BY TREY HILL AND ANDREA MOON Continues through May 13, 2017 // Faith Pickton and Josephine Aresty Gallery

NEXUS: THE LELA AND RUDY AUTIO FAMILY COLLECTION Continues through June 24, 2017 // Carnegie Gallery

ART EXPRESSIONS: WILLARD ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL

Continues through May 27, 2017 // Lela Autio Education Gallery

BY THE BIKE: APPLEBY/REINEKING, FORD-TERRY, GOODHART, HATCH, AND ZENTZ

Continues through November 4, 2017 // Missoula Art Park

education + outreach During the 2016-2017 school year, MAM Art Guides led over 1,700 students from across western Montana on tours of the museum. Education is at the core of MAM’s mission to provide a rich selection of opportunities for people to engage in creative activities and explore contemporary art.

Art Guides encourage students to independently discover and deduce their own interpretations through close examination and discussion of works of art.

Although inquiry is an Art Guide’s primary tool to engage viewers, it is imperative for them to nourish an understanding of the field of contemporary art. There are opportunities year-round for Art Guides to lead tours at MAM, including school tours, summer camp tours, adult tours, and community tours. If you are interested in becoming involved as a MAM Art Guide, plan to attend the upcoming scheduled trainings to familiarize yourself with successful touring techniques.

Looking ahead, the annual Fifth Grade Art Experience (FGAE) in 2017-2018 will feature the work of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, an internationally known artist from the Flathead Reservation, as well as the group exhibition, Our Side, curated by Wendy Red Star, featuring artworks

by American Indian women artists. Daily tours happen October through January and Art Guide training for FGAE will begin September 7 at 10 AM. Contact Renée Taaffe, Education Curator, reneet@ missoulaartmuseum.org, to lead summer camp tours and get involved in art education at MAM.

ART GUIDE TRAININGS: Thursday, May 4, 10 AM Walk through Chris Pappan’s exhibit, Ghost Images, and review Nexus: The Lela and Rudy Autio Family Collection.

Wednesday, May 17, 4 PM Meet artist Maggy Rozycki Hiltner during the installation of her fantastic textile exhibition.

Thursday, July 13, 10 AM Walk-through discussion of new exhibitions by Keith Goodhart, Elizabeth Dove, and MAM’s collection of Hmong Textiles.

Thursday, August 31, 10 AM Orientation for new Art Guides Upcoming Fifth Grade Art Experience Trainings: Trainings continue on Thursdays, September 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 10 AM in preparation for FGAE.

COMMUNITY CAMPS AT MAM

The Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation continues its generous support of MAM’s Summer Camp Outreach program. This program brings quality art experiences to community camps that serve low-income children. MAM will offer free tours and handson art projects to several Missoula summer camps, including those offered by Missoula Parks and Recreation, the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA, and Flagship programs from several schools. MAM is proud to keep kids active with creativity and art throughout the summer months.

MAM members may join the Contemporary Collectors Circle for $100 in addition to their annual membership, an amount earmarked for Permanent Collection acquisitions. Members vote on collection purchases, participate in stimulating art experiences, and visit artist studios throughout the year. To join the Contemporary Collectors Circle or RSVP for this event, contact Cassie Strauss, Director of Development, cassie@missoulaartmuseum.org or call 406.728.0447.

Visit with Patrick Dougherty at Sculpture in the Wild // September 22, 4 PM Travel to Lincoln to visit Blackfoot Pathways Sculpture in the Wild International Sculpture Park, dedicated to celebrating the rich environmental, industrial, and cultural heritage of the Blackfoot Valley.

Internationally renowned artist Patrick Dougherty will be in residence creating a new artwork. Dougherty is known for monumental, immersive installations that use saplings and branches to create environmental artworks. He has received numerous awards, including the 2011 Factor Prize for Southern Art, a PollockKrasner Foundation Grant, a Henry Moore Foundation Fellowship, the Japan-U.S. Creative Arts Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

Princeton Architectural Press published a monograph, Stickwork, which CCC members can preview at www.stickwork. net. Consider an optional overnight stay to participate in the Festival in the Wild the following day. RSVP by September 15.

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ummer Art Camps at Missoula Art Museum (MAM) offer exciting, creative opportunities for Missoula’s budding artists. Nurture your child’s creativity through the summer with a MAM art experience. Summer Art Camps are taught by experienced art teachers and qualified artists who bring a wealth of knowledge and creative insight to share with you and your child. An integral value of MAM camps and classes is the emphasis on creative play. Prices are listed as MAM member/nonmember. Please ask about available scholarships.

FOR KIDS

AFTERSCHOOL ART ADVENTURE

Jolena Ryan Tuesdays, April 25–May 30 3:45–5:15 PM Ages 7–11, $50/45 Jolena will work with you on some exciting projects based on the current MAM exhibitions, including clay work and portrait drawing.

PRESCHOOL ART START

Jolena Ryan Tuesdays, May 2–23 // 11 AM–12 PM Ages 3–5, $30/26, or $10 drop-in fee Bring your little ones to paint with fingers, or brush and explore a range of materials. Each week will bring a variety of sensory- rich art projects and activities.

RAPTORS AND ART

Bev Glueckert and Kate Davis June 12–16 // 10 AM –12 PM Ages 7–12, $80/72 Bev and Kate are back by popular demand to give campers an unparalleled experience of making art with live raptors! Kate Brings an assortment of hawks, owls, and eagles from her educational program, Raptors of the Rockies. Learn about these magnificent birds from with Bev and Kate as you make life-size raptor sculptures and detailed drawings to help you fly into summer. Please note: Priority will be given to those who have not yet taken this class.

MASTERING MARKS

Steve Krutek June 19–23 // 9 AM–12 PM Ages 8–13, $80/72 Learn the basics of drawing from the inside out, from your imagination, and from every day things you see and do. Steve will share his many years

of experience as an artist and teacher to highlight new mark-making skills—the essence of successful drawing!

WEARABLE CARDBOARD CREATIONS

Elisha Harteis June 26–June 30 // 9 AM–12 PM Ages 7–12, $80/72 Campers will bend, cut, and glue cardboard to create a robot or animal costume. Cardboard is a versatile material that is well-suited for creating costumes. Add a few round furry elements and whiskers and you can have an animal/robot hybrid. This camp will end with a brief, costumed parade around the block!

SCREEN PRINTING

Steve Krutek July 5–7, Wed– Fri // 9 AM –12 PM Ages11–18, $55/49.50 Participants will learn how to create simple, personalized screen-printed images on various papers, hats, bags, jackets, and t-shirts in multiple colors.

PRINTASIA

Steve Krutek July 10–14 // 9 AM–12 PM Ages 8–13, $80/72 Carve, ink, and stamp your way to a portfolio of hand-printed creations while you learn basic printmaking techniques. Steve will take you through the steps of monoprint, collagraph, relief, and sun-printing. You’ll have the opportunity to use MAM’s printing press in a fun-filled week of making art.

WIND CHIMES AND MOBILES

Erin Roberts July 17–21 // 9 AM–12 PM Ages 6–11, $80/72 Take home several examples of this fun hanging and moving art form. Inspired by the work of Alexander Calder, the most famous maker of mobiles, campers will use wire, sticks, beads, bells, and even kitchen utensils to create these fun-floating sculptures.

HORSES! HORSES! HORSES!

Jennifer Ogden July 24–28 // 9 AM–12 PM Ages 6–11, $80/72 Nothing surpasses the combination of character, strength, and beauty possessed by the horse. This camp will begin by exploring how artists through the ages have been inspired by horses the world over. Campers will then create their own inspired equine images through drawing, painting, and sculpture.

DRAWING AND PAINTING OUTDOORS

Joanna Nasvik July 31–August 4 // 9 AM–12 PM Ages 7–12, $80/72 Take advantage of Missoula’s fabulous summer weather and the opening of the Missoula Art Park by creating art outdoors. Joanna will guide you in the use of different materials, from pencils and pastels to tempera paint, as you venture outside to capture scenes that make Missoula’s summers special. Campers may go to the river and Greenough Park, so bring a water bottle and sunscreen.

ART OF RE-PURPOSING: FROM TRASH TO TREASURE

Joanna Nasvik August 7–11 // 9 AM–12 PM Ages 9–15, $80/72 This camp will have you making art out of things destined for trash or

recycling—from cans to clothing, you will up-cycle objects making sculpture, mobiles, and other art objects.

Cardboard, cans, CDs, bicycle parts, wire, nails, and paint will all be supplied to make your treasures.

ART AND NATURE

Jolena Ryan August 14–18 // 9 AM–12 PM Ages 6–11, $80/72 Combining traditional art and craft techniques such as painting, gluing, and printmaking with natural objects, campers will create art inspired by and using materials from the natural world.

Projects will include printing from leaves, embellishing sticks and stones, building dioramas and puppets, and making nature wands and sun catchers.

PRESCHOOL ART EXPLORATION

Jolena Ryan August 14–18 // 1–2:30 PM Ages 3–5, $45/40.50 Growing up is a fun-filled adventure.

In this class children will be encouraged to engage, explore, and experiment with a variety of art materials. Projects will encourage investigation as children become inspired by stories and their new creations.

FOR FAMILIES SATURDAY FAMILY FREE WORKSHOPS

11 AM–12:30 PM Enjoy an opportunity to work with your child on a creative project. Older children may delve into projects on their own but parents are asked to stay and work with children under age 7. Drop-in for all workshops, free of charge, on a first-come, first-served basis. Thanks to the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation for supporting MAM’s free family programs.

PAINT YOUR DREAM HOUSE!

Keila Cross May 13 Visit the abstracted painted houses of Sheila Miles on exhibit, and then create your own painting, using the shapes and colors of the house of your dreams.

HAND STITCHING = ART STITCHING

Maggy Rozycki Hiltner June 3 // 1–3 PM Exhibiting artist Maggy Rozycki Hiltner will show you how to take the very traditional yet versatile craft

of embroidery and develop your own stitching skills and creative style.

FAMILY ART DAY IN THE MISSOULA ART PARK

June 24 // 11 AM–1 PM Come celebrate art in the Missoula Art Park at MAM! Play together with clay, paint, and chalk on the walk. Create celebratory flags and banners and enjoy family-time inspiration, thanks in part to a grant from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation.

NATURE MOBILE

Dana Childs July 8 Learn how Alexander Calder made some of the first art mobiles, then make your own using natural materials collected outdoors, such as unusual branches, sticks, and other found objects.

TIE DYE T-SHIRTS

Erin Roberts July 22 Bring a clean white t-shirt and dye-master Erin will show you how to create a colorful, flowing masterpiece!

PAPERMAKING

Erin Roberts August 12 You’ll work with blenders, paper pulp, and various decorative tidbits, such as flowers, leaves, and sparkles to create paper that is a work of art.

ADULT CLASSES MASTERING MARKS FOR ADULTS

Steve Krutek Saturdays, June 17 & 24 // 10 AM–1 PM, $50/45 The class will focus on landscapes as you visit outdoor Missoula valley drawing spots.

Create stunning naturalistic and abstracted depictions of our fantastic natural surroundings using graphite, charcoal, ink, and Conté crayons. Be prepared for the outdoors with sun hat and water bottle. A suggested materials list will be emailed to you upon registration.

EMBROIDERY COLLAGE: FOUND, HAND-STITCHED, AND ALTERED

Maggy Rozycki Hiltner Saturday, August 19 // 10–4 PM, $70/ 63 Work with exhibiting artist Hiltner while learning to use embroidery and collaged fabric to tell stories. Students will enhance their ability to make dynamic, stitched imagery, exploring various textile materials and techniques. Open to all skill levels.

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public programs COLLECTION TOUR OF A DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT: PETER NORTON FAMILY GIFTS

May 16, 5:30–6:30 PM Registrar Jennifer Reifsneider shines a light on the six limited-edition artworks gifted to MAM between 1994 and 1999 by the Peter Norton Family Foundation.

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MENDING GROUP

May 18, June 15, July 20, and August 17, 6:30–7:30 PM Bring your mending, creative projects, and curiosity to this non-instructional DIY gathering dedicated to community, conversation, and creative reuse.

Registrar and artist Jennifer Reifsneider will bring a special textile artwork out of the collection vault to enrich each evening’s exchange. Ages 17+.

BOOK SIGNING BY THEODORE WADDELL

May 31, 4–5:30 PM Visit with celebrated Montana painter and sculptor Theodore Waddell as he signs copies of his newest publication, Theodore Waddell: My Montana—Paintings and Sculpture, 1959-2016, written by Rick Newby. Copies of the book are available for purchase in the MAM Bookstore. Works

by Waddell from MAM’s collection will be on view in the Travel Montana Lobby from May 31 to July 1.

EN PLEIN AIR COFFEE CLUB

Wednesdays, April 21–November 4, 8 AM By the Bike exhibiting artist Whitney FordTerry hosts weekly morning coffee bicycle rides. Meet at the Missoula Art Park with your bicycle, stove, water, and brewing set up. Coffee beans provided by Black Coffee Roasting Co. Visit http://therethere.space/ coffeeclub for the complete En Plein Air Coffee Club schedule.

include Dennis Oppenheim’s Wishing the Mountain Madness (1977), Three Downward Blows (Knuckle Marks) (1977), and Nancy Holt’s Missoula Ranch Locators (1974) in Arlee. Cyclists are responsible for their own gear, food, water, and return pick-up.

FAMILY-FRIENDLY CELEBRATION OF HMONG CULTURE

July 26, 4–7 PM Experience traditional Hmong dancing, admire hand-stitched textiles by local Hmong community members, and enjoy dinner from a Hmong food truck in the Missoula Art Park.

FIRST FRIDAYS

Connect to the art, artists, and a community of art supporters at Missoula Art Museum on the First Friday of each month from 5 to 8 PM. Enjoy a reception with the artists and live music by KBGA, a no-host bar, and gallery talk at 7 PM. First Friday events are generously sponsored by the .

May 5 // Nexus: The Lela and Rudy Autio Family Collection Meet some of the artists represented in this exhibition who were gifted friends, colleagues, and students of Lela and Rudy Autio.

June 2 // Maggy Rozycki Hiltner: What Lies Beneath Red Lodge artist Maggy Rozycki Hiltner unveils a unique exhibition of altered textiles with metaphorically charged imagery to bring new subtexts to light.

August 4 // Chris Pappan: Ghost Images Chicago artist Chris Pappan reimagines historical ledger drawings through doubling, distortion, and exaggeration.

CYCLING IN THE EXPANDED FIELD: A TOUR OF FORMER LAND ART SITES

August 13, 10 AM Join exhibiting artist Whitney FordTerry for a 30-mile bicycle tour to the sites of former land art installations.

Beginning at Missoula Art Park, sites

Elizabeth Dove, It Started with Aardvark: Letter A, detail, 2012, screen-print, 20 x 24″.

September 1 // Elizabeth Dove: It Started With Aardvark Explore the alphabet in a whole new way while viewing Elizabeth Dove’s exhibition of 26 screen-prints.

SATURDAY+ ARTIST DISCUSSIONS

One Saturday morning per month from 11 AM to 12 PM, discuss contemporary art with exhibiting artists, scholars, and curators while enjoying coffee generously provided by May 6 // Lela and Rudy Autio Family Collection Artists Sip a cup of coffee and discover the Lela and Rudy Autio Family Collection with those who knew the Autios best.

June 3 // Maggy Rozycki Hiltner Exhibiting artist Maggy Rozycki Hiltner will provide an in-depth discussion of her research and the symbolism in her artwork.

July 8 // Susan Lindbergh Miller and Gayle Morrison Join two outstanding scholars for an intimate look at the exhibition From Flower Cloth to Story Cloth: Hmong Textiles in the MAM Collection.

September 9 // Keith Goodhart Assemblage sculptor Keith Goodhart discusses his exhibition A Portrait Atlas and his outdoor installation in the Missoula Art Park.

member events RSVPs are required for all member events. Please email cassidy@missoulaartmuseum.org or call 406.728.0447

STRICTLY COLLECTIONS // MAY 24, 5:30 PM This event tackles collection issues for both new collectors and those wanting to enhance the care of their personal collections. Intended for everyone from the layperson to the connoisseur, the event will provide information on the finer details that accompany personal art collecting from appraisals, tax benefits, storage options, shipping advice, and insurance, as well as the advantages and processes involved in donating or bequeathing artworks to MAM’s collection. RSVP by May 19.

MEMBER RECEPTION WITH LUCY LIPPARD // JUNE 20, 5:30–6:30 PM

MAM members are invited to gather at the museum for a glass of wine with Lucy Lippard, one of America’s most influential art writers and activists. RSVP by June 16.

MAM AWARD PARTY // JUNE 27, 5:30 PM

All MAM supporters are invited to join us for a musical evening in the Missoula Art Park to celebrate two cultural visionaries, Ron and Nancy Erickson. Nancy is an internationally renowned textile artist. Ron is former director of Environmental Studies at the University of Montana, former Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives, and former State Senator.

The Ericksons’ commitment to community and art is unparalleled. Please join us in toasting them! RSVP by June 23.

BRUNCH WITH THE ARTIST CHRIS PAPPAN // AUGUST 5, 11 AM–12:30 PM, $5 MEMBERS/$10 PUBLIC

Dig into an art discussion over a casual breakfast with exhibiting artist Chris Pappan. Pappan will talk about his work, and why he is known for pushing the boundaries of traditional ledger art through the masterful drawing techniques he employs. RSVP by August 3.

MAM’S MISSION MAM serves the public by engaging audiences and artists in the exploration of contemporary art relevant to the community, state, and region.

HOURS: Closed Sundays & Mondays Tuesday - Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM

MAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Betsy W. Bach (President), Brian Sippy (Vice President), Sara Smith (Treasurer), Jennifer Brockhouse, Leslie Ann Dallapiazza, Lara Dorman, Kay Grissom-Kiely, Kim Karniol, Becca Nasgovitz, Cathay Smith, Taylor Valliant.

MAM STAFF: Laura J. Millin (Executive Director), John Calsbeek (Associate Curator), Tracy Cosgrove (Director of Finance & Administration), Beth O’Connell (Marketing & Communications Coordinator), Jennifer Reifsneider (Registrar), Brandon Reintjes (Senior Curator), Cassie Strauss (Director of Development), Grace Stopher (Events & Public Programs Coordinator), Renée Taaffe (Education Curator), Cassidy Tucker (Visitor Services & Retail Coordinator).

MAM has many generous donors and supporters to thank for keeping our doors open and our museum free of charge.

A combination of individual donations, foundation gifts, and government support allows us to continue our work in art and art education.

MAM IS FUNDED IN PART by Missoula County and the City of Missoula. Additional support is generously provided by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, Montana Arts Council, Montana Cultural Trust, 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant, Art Associates of Missoula, theMissoula Business Community, MAM Patrons and Members. MAM is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM).

Missoula Art Museum is wheelchair-accessible from the building’s main entrance at Pattee Street. MAM staff is available to meet special needs.

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MAM IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE

Voices in Contemporary Art L E C T U R E S E R I E S & B O O K C LU B

Launching in spring of 2017, MAM’s lecture series and book club offers a new way to connect to great cultural literature and significant voices in contemporary art. Lectures are free for MAM members and students; a $5 donation is suggested for the public. Book club discussions are free for everyone and registration is requested by calling 406.728.0447. Book club selections are available for purchase at the Bookstore at UM, Fact & Fiction, and Missoula Art Museum (receive 10% off at MAM upon registration), or on loan from Missoula Public Library.

spring/summer lectures GLENN ADAMSON

VOULKOS: THE BREAKTHROUGH YEARS April 27, 7 PM, at Hellgate High School Auditorium Adamson will explore the late esteemed artist Peter Voulkos’ revolutionary career that radically reshaped the medium of ceramics and place his work in the context of his colleagues, such as Rudy Autio, John Mason, and Ken Price. Adamson is a curator, editor, and theorist of contemporary art who co-curated an exhibition of the same title for the Museum of Arts and Design.

LUCY LIPPARD

UNDERMINING June 20, 7 PM, at The Public House Lippard offers a poignant examination of the relationship between art, politics, and the American environment following the publication of her most recent book Undermining. Lippard is an internationally known writer, art critic, curator, and early champion of the feminist art movement.

spring/summer book club UNDERMINING

BY LUCY LIPPARD June 14, 6 PM, at Missoula Art Museum Exhibiting artist Whitney Ford-Terry leads a discussion on the relationship between art, culture, and place in a quickly evolving society.

HOG’S EXIT: JERRY DANIELS, THE HMONG, AND THE CIA

BY GAYLE MORRISON July 19, 6 PM, at Missoula Art Museum Missoula author Gayle Morrison leads a lively discussion about her book, coinciding with an exhibition of pertinent artwork, From Flower Cloth to Story Cloth: Hmong Textiles in the MAM Collection.

WRITING ON THE WALL: WORD AND IMAGE IN MODERN ART

BY SIMON MORLEY August 23, 6 PM, at Missoula Art Museum In time for Elizabeth Dove’s text-based exhibition, It Started with Aardvark, this book asserts that words and language are one of the defining features of modern art.