Missoula Public Arts Guide 2013

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Art City Missoula

Awaken the Senses

GUIDE TO MISSOULA’S PUBLIC ART, LOCAL ARTISTS, museums, GALLERIES & CULTURAL EVENTS.

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t the City of Missoula, we work every day to ensure that our place remains a “place” - unique, interesting, comfortable and filled with character. Our public art is one of the ways we keep Missoula a great place. From turning gray trafficsignal boxes into community canvases to dedicating a portion of every new municipal building’s budget to an art element, our actions reflect our dedication to the visual arts as an important part of Missoula’s environment.

This guide is designed to help you explore that dedication and confirm our commitment to public art. Missoula’s Public Art Committee deserves credit and recognition for commissioning many of these works and serving as stewards to these community assets.

Please enjoy these works of art and our unique place.

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Table of contents

Public Art in Missoula.......................................................4 Traffic Signal Boxes...........................................................6 Map of Missoula................................................................8 Art Walk...........................................................................10 Go with the Flow.............................................................14 Map of the University of Montana...................................16 Downtown Missoula........................................................18 Directory of Arts..............................................................20 Missoula Public Art Committee.......................................30 Directory of Advertisers...................................................31

Publisher Jim McGowan Sales & Promotions Directors Brooke Redpath & Tara Halls Marketing Manager Stephanie Bull Designer Diann Kelly Project Sales Coordinator Jacque Walawander Project Coordinator Holly Kuehlwein Front Cover Art: untitled by Walter Hook “When Charlie Pablo had Breakfast at McDonalds” by George Gogas Back Cover Art: “The Little Green Rabbit”

by Laura Blaker “Heart of Missoula” series

by Hadley Ferguson Orange Street Underpass This is a joint project of the Missoula Public Art Committee and the Missoulian, which is a division of Lee Enterprises. Copyright 2013 by the Missoulian. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission of the publisher is prohibited.

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Public Art in Missoula

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laces aren’t just a function of physical geography, they are defined by the conversation between land and people and the culture that emerges from the two.

And in Missoula, Montana, public art is woven into the fabric that defines this place in the northern Rockies.

Bisected by the Clark Fork River, rimmed by the bunch grasscarpeted north hills, Mt. Jumbo, Mt. Sentinel, and the Bitterroot Range, Missoula lies at a crossroads for peoples and cultures that date back to the receding waters of Glacial Lake Missoula. The Bitterroot Salish fished in the Clark Fork and dug for bitterroot where the present-day University of Montana campus sits. Native peoples passed through this valley enroute to buffalo hunting grounds east of the continental divide. And in the late 1800s and early 1900s, two great transcontinental railroads—the Northern Pacific and Milwaukee Road—traversed Missoula. A crossroads.

Entranced by the geography of this place, Missoula has become a magnet for all manner of artists—be they literary, performing, or visual.

They’ve left us, and continue to leave

us, a legacy of art. And much of it has been public art.

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n a cold spring morning, I walk with my kids through Greenough Park, just north of downtown Missoula and a couple blocks from my home. Along the popular bike/pedestrian trail and adjacent to Rattlesnake Creek, we pass a boulder adorned with a mosaic of bull trout—a once plentiful species in the Clark Fork River watershed that is now struggling to survive. Public art—evocative, tactile, engaging, local, and part of the landscape.

From my downtown office window, I look down on Caras Park, where I frequently see kids playing on a bronze sculpture of fish swimming upstream through a maze of boulders. This piece (“Returning”), like the bull trout mosaic in Greenough Park, is both evocative of the natural world that we inhabit in western Montana and a component of our public art collection and collective consciousness in Missoula.

I serve on the Missoula City Council, and every time I walk down the hallway to the council chambers, I pass a large mural created by Seattle artist Mary Iverson. “Ponder” is a

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By D ave S t ro h maier work of modern art that through a series of connected lines and geometric forms captures the complex and oftentimes circuitous, sometimes frustrating, and always important and interesting process of crafting public policy and legislation. Upon entering the chambers, I’m surrounded by seven oil paintings of Missoula by Walter Hook. Our local legislative process is literally embedded in art.

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he true value of public art lies in its lack of pretention. It inhabits public places, be it under the open sky, in legislative chambers, or within our community’s many public gathering spots. Since 1985, the City of Missoula Public Art Committee (MPAC) has been a steward of and catalyzing force in the creation of public art in Missoula. In 2002, the city of Missoula took the bold step of passing a percent for art ordinance.

This local legislation requires that the city dedicate 1% of the construction costs of all capital improvement projects— whether fire stations, parking garages, or renovations to the city council chambers—for public art. Between the percent for art ordinance and initiatives sponsored by the MPAC and partners, dozens of public art projects have blossomed across the city over the past two decades. Citizen- and artist-initiated

public art projects are critical to a vibrant arts community. To have the government bureaucracies charged with implementing public policy also embrace the importance of the arts is part of Missoula’s heritage.

To have road engineers and public works departments embrace public art is even more exciting.

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ou’ve seen them before. Those battleship gray metal boxes located at signalized intersections, the guts of which control traffic lights. They are the very same boxes found in any community with traffic signals. As components of transportation infrastructure, they serve their purpose, but hardly can be said to add to the cultural fabric of our community. That is, until the MPAC spearheaded the Missoula traffic signal box project. Twice a year, the MPAC puts out an art call for proposals to transform the signal boxes from stark artifacts of industry to beautiful and unique works of art. This project is emblematic of the very best in public art: proposals reviewed by a cross section of the public, funded by private and public partners, created in the public view in the open air under Montana’s big sky, and transforming something ordinary into something extraordinary. These boxes are like cairns, helping us navigate our way, physically and emotionally, across the Missoula Valley.

They are now indelibly associated with this place.

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o whether it’s the University of Montana’s rich array of public art, pieces spearheaded by the MPAC that infuse the community like jewels, or privately-initiated pieces that occupy public spaces, public art has been, currently is, and will remain in the future a defining part of Missoula. But what might the future of public art in Missoula look like? Among other things, it might mean creating a sculpture walk along our riverfront trail system or adding works of art at downtown street corners. It might mean expanding the breadth of public art beyond Missoula to outlying areas in Missoula County. It might mean creating a contemporary art plaza adjoining the Missoula Art Museum. In 2013, it will mean making our palette of public art pieces more accessible and easy to find through a recently released mobile phone app. It will also mean installation of the MPAC’s newest public art piece at the Park Place parking structure at the intersection of Pattee and Front streets: place at a crossroads, adjoining the route of the Mullan Military Road and near the Trail of the Buffalo.

Missoula would not be Missoula without public art. Enjoy it. Ponder it.

Participate in it. And help create it. It’s yours.

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n the summer of 2009, the City of Missoula Public Art Committee invited artists residing in Missoula County to apply for a public art project to create art on traffic signal boxes located throughout Missoula. The local signal boxes serve as the “canvases,” with the resulting artwork enhancing community and enriching the visual surroundings for years to come.

The TSB Project is a collaborative effort with the City of Missoula Public Works Department, the Montana Department of Transportation, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency, the Missoula Business Improvement District, the Missoula Police Department, Neighborhood Councils, local businesses, and individuals. Artists completed 32 of 72 total signal boxes as of May 2013.

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Dragon Hollow

515 S. Higgins • Mural on the north wall of Big Sky Embroidery store on the southeast corner of Higgins and Fourth. By DeForrest Shotwell

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Brennan’s Wave

322 Fort Missoula Road, Historical Museum at Fort Missoula • Artist Russel Smith, Jr.

Higgins St. Bridge • Named after worldclass Missoula kayaker Brennan Guth, who died in Chile in 2001 pursuing his sport and passion.

Sculpture, viewing platform and a whitewater feature in the Clark Fork River.

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Veterans Memorial

Courthouse • Honoring veterans of WWI and WWII. Located at the southeast corner of the Missoula County Courthouse Lawn on the corner of Broadway and Ryman, this cast bronze sculpture of a First World War soldier was created

by J. Pauling in 1921. A 1927 plaque lists WWI veterans, and a 1948 plaque lists WWII veterans.

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Carousel

101 Carousel Drive • “If you will give it a home, and promise no one will ever take it apart, I will build A Carousel for Missoula.” That was the promise Missoula cabinet-maker Chuck Kaparich made to the Missoula City Council in 1991. By opening day, May 27, 1995, over 100,000 hours of volunteer time had gone into the construction of 38 permanent ponies, three replacement ponies, gargoyles, chariots and more.

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E.S. Paxson Murals

Courthouse • Located inside the Missoula County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway. Created sometime between 1912 and 1914, these historical scenes were painted on canvas with oils. Curated by the Missoula Art Museum.

101 Carousel Drive • Dragon Hollow is a magical playland adjacent to A Carousel for Missoula. The playland was the combined effort of artists and consultants from Leathers and Associates, Inc.

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Proper Shoppers†

Mountain Line Center • Installed in 2002, the solid bronze sculpture of a stylized grandmother and her favorite grandchild was created by Missoula artist Tom Rippon, a ceramics professor at UM. A project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee.

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519 S. Higgins • Created by area high school students Peter Bradstock, Sarah Jackson, Amanda Keeland, Brittany Kirkland, Sarah Logan, Yuki Sugimoto, and Tara Westle with artist Amie Thurber in 2000. A mural celebrating diversity with a colorful, festive atmosphere, Peace Works is located at the rear entrance of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center.

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Clay Street/Holiday Inn • Mural in Bess Reed Park on the south end of Clay Street. Volunteers and children of Big Brothers and Sisters painted this vibrant and humorous mural in 1997.

W. Main & Ryman • Sculpture adorning Central Park parking garage in the 100 block of West Main Street. Mike Hollern created this whimsical, ferros cement depiction of a sprawled alley cat in 1991. A project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee.

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Studebaker†

216 W. Main • Mural on the side of the Studebaker Building at 216 West Main Street.

Created by noted local artist Stan Hughes in 2000, the work pays tribute to the historical background of the Studebaker Building and the heart of the Gasoline Alley historic area, which evolved on West Main Street in the early 1900s.

A project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee.

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Ponder†

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Transfer Center Mural Between the Missoula County Courthouse and City Hall • 200 tiles decorated with animals, flowers and other symbols to represent the natural heritage of Montana. Created in April 2000 by Missoula County Public School students with the help of their art instructors Katherine Lynch, Jackie Alford, Carla Getz, Susanne Woyciechowicz, and local artist Dana Boussard.

435 Ryman St • This painting by Mary Iverson is designed to honor and inspire those who participate in the legislative process. The title of the piece, Ponder, refers to the creative and analytical energy that goes into the crafting of public policy. A project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee.

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Returning †

Higgins Bridge • Sculpture on the East Side of the Higgins Street Bridge just north of the Clark Fork River. Created by Jeffrey Funk in 1989 as a project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee, these three large bronze fish twist among boulders and are a favorite among children.

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The Heart Institutes Wall of 100 Hearts

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Walter Hook Series†

St. Patrick Hospital, 500 W. Broadway • These heartfelt mosaics were made by the sixth grade classes of Washington Middle School, 2002.

As inspiration for the patients, each heart was created by an individual student. Teachers Joni McNeil and Mary Gillhouse coordinated with art direction from Jayne Piazza.

140 W. Pine • Located inside the Council Chambers in City Hall. Painted in 198485 by Missoula artist Walter Hook, the series of seven oils was purchased with the Bill Cregg Memorial Fund and was a project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee.

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Candyland

403 N. Higgins • Completed 2007.

Artist, Brad Allen. Commissioned by Keegan Eisenstat.

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337 N. Higgins • Murals on the north and east sides of the Oxford at 337 North Higgins Avenue. John Carlon painted these figures in 1997 on Plexiglas to fill real windows.

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Heart of Missoula†

111 W. Broadway • Completed in December 2005, these sepia-toned historic paintings depict downtown Missoula of ages past. Painted by Hadley Ferguson on seven aluminum panels they were then attached to the wall on the side of the Allegra Print & Imaging building. A project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee.

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First Night Tiles*

Grand & First • First Night Tile Project on the Northside/Westside Pedestrian Bridge near the Grand and First Street intersection. Created by children and adults who participated in the First Night Missoula public tile project on New Year’s Eve 1999, the theme features animals of all types.

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YMCA Building, 3000 Russell St. • Mural at the YWCA, located at 1130 W. Broadway. A beautiful tribute to the courage and transformation of women, the mural was designed and produced in 2000 by area high school students Amanda Keeland, Melissa McNay, Carla Rothenbuecher, AC Rothenbuecher, and Rachel Bailey with artist Amie Thurber.

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The Wave†

3001 Bancroft St • This 100’ long sculpture doubles as a bicycle rack for Splash Montana. A series of 25 pipe forms increase in height from 3’ to 10’ forming a wave shape.

Local artist Justin Anthony completed this project in 2007. A project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee.

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The Missoula Mosaic

Lewis and Clark School, in the library, 2901 Park Experiencing life from the expedition through storytellers, over 430 children took part in writing and recording four ballads, paper mosaics and a border of interpetive signs. Completed in 2002 with art direction from Jayne Piazza.

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Greenough Park • Bull trout, glass mosaic on rock with brass plaque. Mosaic artwork and project design by Allissa Turtletaub.

Supported by The Ecology Center, Alliance for Wild Rockies, Clark Fork Coalition, West Slope Trout Unlimited, Environmental Studies-University of Montana, Glass Concepts, Frederick M. R. Smith, Clayton DeVoe and Ellen Knight

Missoula Airport • Mosaics were created as a collaboration with public and private school classes ranging from kindergarten to high school seniors with historical references from the Historical Museum at the Fort, 2000. Coordinated by teachers Joni McNeil and Mary Gillhouse with art direction from Jayne Piazza.

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Mountain heir

5705 Grant Creek Road • “Mountain Heir,” by sculptor Dennis Jones, is one of four bronze sculptures located on the grounds of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation International Headquarters. Donated in 2006, the work commemorates the dedication of the Foundation and its mission to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat.

N. Higgins • Sculpture located in front of the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot at the north end of Higgins Ave. Four large red Xs made of enamel on metal with concrete wingwalls and platform set on a stone ballast, it represents railroad themes. Created by Taag Peterson in 1986 and a project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee, the Xs relate to the tall trestles necessary for crossing mountain ravines.

N. Higgins • Marble sculpture located in the plaza at the end of North Higgins Avenue in front of the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot.

Created in 1914 and one of just six sculptures remaining, this structure was erected to mark the route of the wagon road, surveyed and built by John Mullan, from Fort Benton to Fort Walla Walla on the Columbia River.

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River Bridge†

625 E. Pine • On the West Side of the Missoula City Fire Station headquarters at the corner of East Pine and Madison. A project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee, Rudy Autio created this colorful work in 1995 with scenes relating to fire fighting history.

Mobash skate park bike rack • Created

by University of Montana Professor Brad Allen in 2009, this work emulates the flow of Missoula’s rivers and doubles as a bike rack. A collaboration between the PAC and Mobash Skate Park Board, it was funded by the Percent for Art Program.

A project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee.

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Crossings†

Mountain Waters†

McCormick Park • Thanks to the percent for art project, the City of Missoula Public Art Committee commissioned Missoula artist James Todd to create a design to be sandblasted on the exterior of the Currents Aquatic Center.

This piece features motifs of Northwestern wildlife amidst cascading waters. The design was sandblasted by Nash Enterprises Inc. of Missoula.

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Veteran’s Memorial

Rose Park • The American Rose Society as a memorial to World War II casualties established the Memorial Rose Garden in 1947.

In 1988 a heroic-sized bronze sculpture of a winged male figure lifting a young soldier from the earth, by Deborah Coperhaven, was installed honoring Vietnam Veterans. Seven bronze plaques list the names of Montana Vietnam Veterans.

Arc of Life†

Completed in 2010 in Rose Park • Artist: Stuart Nakamura. Arc of Life pays homage to the firefighting and emergency services performed by the firefighters in the Missoula community with three art elements: stainless steel & granite interpretive centerpiece, a concrete pad with natural stone path and risers for engraved metal plates.

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Garden City Tree of Life

Brooks & Higgins, 2010 • Kip Herring, artist. The tree of life is a positive affirmation along with bright colors and tributes to its rivers, the University of Montana, Caras Park, the Memorial Rose Garden and more. It is a celebration of Missoula in the current day, a place we love to call home.

Orange Street Underpass

Orange Street Underpass • Created in 2010 by the Orange Street Mural Group. The project was coordinated by University of Montana Professor, Michael Parker with UM students and much community effort.

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hen Mike Golins forged “Go with the Flow,” a new sculpture for downtown Missoula, the artist did so in a studio off the Blackfoot River.

The piece, which stands 20 feet tall at its highest point, tells the story of changing water, an element the metalworker and schoolteacher knows speaks deeply to people in Missoula. “We fish on rivers, tube them, even,” he said, “learn life lessons from their currents.”

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it’s in the public eye,” Golins said.

Golins grew up in Denver and Jensen, Utah, and he learned the craft of welding in high school. He earned a degree in music composition from the University of Montana, and he teaches at Sussex School.

Gollins’s design for “Go with the Flow” came out of a City of Missoula Public Art Committee call for artwork for the city’s new Park Place parking garage, and Golins, who has spent weeks on rivers, in nature, looked forward to putting it together.

It’s a rolling wave that pours into a crashing one that flows into an eddy, and the

entire structure points from downtown Missoula to the Clark Fork River.

“It’s creating this flow that’s moving down toward the river, literally,” Golins said.

It’s also public artwork downtowners can walk under, and if it strikes just the right chord, be reminded of some of the primal forces of nature. Before Golins created the design, he talked with Sussex kindergartners about it. The piece also is one children can play in. It even has one part they can turn to get a sense of the sound of water in motion.

“It’s got all these little marbles in it, and it creates a sound like a rain stick,” Golins said.

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The Fishing Kids

McCormick City Park’s “Silver’s Lagoon”- (kids’ fishing pond) Boy, 12 feet high, Girl, 15 feet high(with poles) - 3-D, steel “rebar”sports sculpture - Donated to the city of Missoula. Brian M. Schmid created this unique, larger than life-size welded rebar threedimensional “drawings” or “ghost sculpture” designed to fit in with the environment.

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THE VOYAGE

2501 Russell St. ∙ George Ybarra’s metal fabrication interfuses aspects and essentials of modern art with the uninhibited landscape. Ybarra says the sculpture entitled The Voyage represents the passage of time. “All the experiences we have are moments. We are the observers to what unfolds, knowing the choices we make push us to action.” Commissioned by Minott and Jan Pruyn.

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140 W. Pine • Located inside City Hall. This three dimensional, muti-colored wood collage was one of the first City public art acquisitions, purchased with the Bill Cregg Memorial Fund. It currently hangs in the City Council Building hallway, near the building entrance.

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GO WITH THE FLOW

Park Place, Corner of Pattee & Front Sts. This 20’ tall interactive sculpture by Missoula artist Mike Golins tells the story of changing water. A rolling wave pours into a crashing one that flows into an eddy. High enough to walk under, admirers might be reminded of the primal forces of nature. Completed in 2013 as a project of the City of Missoula Public Art Committee.

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“go with the flow” during installation by the artist

Gnome house

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. • The Gnome house was built over a period of ten years by Mona Frangos, and has been displayed at the Missoula Public Library since 1988. Mona began with a hollow log and made many furnishings from things she found in the woods. The Gnome house has six stories and 23 completely furnished rooms with electricity.

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1. David Secrest: Twisted Lozenge, Twisted Wedge, Twisted Arch 2. Jay Rummel: Five Valley Trilogy, acrylic on panel 3. Amy Lanning: Persephone’s Robe, mixed media 4. Marilyn Bruya: Mural, acrylic on canvas 5. Rudy Autio: Cavalcade, ceramic vessel 6. Ken Little: Ceramic sculptures and landscape paintings 7. Theodore Waddell: Ghost Horses, oil on canvas 8. Stephanie Frostad: Bright and Early, oil on canvas 9. Elizabeth Rak: Landscape, 1974, ceramic on board 10. John Vichorek: Teepee Burner, welded steel 11. David Secrest: Infrastructure, steel and iron 12. David Secrest: Buhr Stone, steel and iron 13. John Vichorek: exterior murals, concrete 14. David Pledge: ceramic vessels 15. Michael Osborne: Paleozoic I, ceramic 16. Steve Connell: Flight, steel with copper patina 17. Lindsay McCoy: ceramic tile mosaic 18. Rudy Autio: Grizz, cast bronze 19. Robert Davis: Bulletin Board, welded steel 20. George Gogas: When Charlie and Pablo Went Stone Broke in the Stock Market, oil on canvas 21. George Gogas: When Charlie and Pablo had Breakfast at McDonalds, oil on canvas 22. Theodore Waddell: Persistence, stainless steel 23. Robert Gerhrke: Flight Column, Cor-Ten steel 24. Dana Boussard: The Business of Trade, fiber 25. Rudy Autio: Flathead Valley, ceramic tile mosaic 26. Rudy Autio: Trifecta, ceramic vessel 16

27. Vickie Meguire: Abstract Montana Images, mixed media 28. Patrick Zentz: Wave Traffic Translator, mixed media 29. Rudy Autio: Montana Horses Rya, fiber 30. Peter Voulkos: Jar, ceramic 31. Tom Rippon: The Magnificent Tree of the Arts, ceramic mural 32. Rudy Autio: ceramic mural 33. Marilyn Bruya: Four Murals of Mt. Sentinal and Mt. Jumbo, acrylic on canvas 34. Monte Dolack: Series of 10 lithographs 35. Patrick Zentz: Hellgate Translater, mixed media 36. Jay Laber: Charging Forward, mixed media 37. Phoebe Toland: What’s New, oil on panel 38. Neil Parsons: Winter Count, mixed media 39. Lloyd Schermer: A Journalist Puzzle, mixed media 40. Kate Hunt: Black Flag/ White Flag, mixed media 41. Douglas Warnock and Robert Delgado: Constellation, tile mural 42. Irvin Shorty Shope: WPA-era Murals, oil on canvas 43. Rudy Autio: Signal, concrete and ceramic 44. Terrence J. Murphy: Maureen and Mike Mansfield, cast bronze 45. James G. Todd: Mural, acrylic 46. Rick Rowley, Grateful Nation Fallen Soldier Memorial, cast bronze 47. John Vichorek, M. C. Escher Gates, steel

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Teepee Burner, Welded steel, ca. 197071. Vichoreck moved to Missoula, Montana to study sculpture and design with Rudy Autio.

While a student, Vichorek created the iconic Teepee Burner sculpture, which was originally sited at the center of the Oval on The University of Montana’s campus.

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David Secrest

Infrastructure, Fabricated steel and wrought iron, 1996. Secrest continually experiments with the refinement and manipulation of the structure of metal to create surfaces which are characterized by tessellated tiles and patterned designs. Since 1978, he has maintained a permanent and full-time metal sculpture studio in Somers, Montana.

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John Vichorek

Untitled, Concrete murals, ca. 1971.

Vichorek created the 26’ high concrete façade of the Mansfield Library. In his garage in Florence, MT, he carved large styrofoam panels into bas relief designs featuring naturalistic elements. In the winter of 1971, the panels were cast flat at the construction site. The finished panels formed the outer wall of the library, completed in 1973.

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David Pledge

Three Vessels, Stoneware, 2001 Conceived of as ‘architectural’ vessels, these large scale ceramic pots are typical of Pledge’s technique and craftsmanship. Pledge received his MFA from UM in 1999, where he had the opportunity to work with professors Beth Lo and Tom Rippon, as well as the University’s anagama kiln in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest.

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Steve Connell

Flight, Steel with copper paint patina, 1996. Connell was Professor of Art at UM from 1976 to 2005 and Chair of the department from 1996-1999. A versatile sculptor, Connell worked in a variety of mediums, including ceramics, wood, lead and steel. His large scale sculpture Flight represents a body of work which features suspended geometric forms balanced on a narrow point.

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Tom Rippon

The Magnificent Tree of the Arts, Ceramic mural, 1996. Rippon joined the UM faculty in 1989 and was department chair from 1991 to 1997 and briefly in 2004 before retiring in 2008. The Magnificent Tree of the Arts was created by manipulating individual components in wet clay; carving, sawing and sanding dry clay.

Rippon used acrylic paints, pencil, underglaze and lusters for coloration.

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Untitled, Ceramic mural, 1953. Born in Butte, Autio served for two years in the Navy during World War II. Following the war, he studied art at MSU in Bozeman on the GI Bill. There he met Peter Voulkos. In 1952, the two became the founding resident artists at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena. While at the Bray, Autio executed several ceramic mural commissions across the state, including this one.

Jay Laber

Charging Forward, Mixed media, 2002. Charging Forward depicts the traditional “Hoop Game.” Bridging modern reservation life with cultural traditions of the past, Laber used car parts dating back to the 1940s and 1950s salvaged from backyards and fields on the reservation to create his sculpture. Laber is a professor at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo.

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Signal, Concrete and ceramic, 1996.

This work differs from Autio’s better-known figurative ceramic work, represented elsewhere on campus, but is important nonetheless.

A concrete monolith entitled Signal, it is an investigation into pure form, material and abstraction. Autio was the founder of the UM ceramics department, and served as head of the department and professor for twenty-eight years.

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DIRECTORY of ARTS 4 Ravens Gallery

248 N. Higgins Ave. – (406) 317-1543 www.4ravensgallery.com Open: M-SA 10-6 (Sundays during summer & winter holidays) 4 Ravens is a new gallery in the heart of downtown Missoula at the corner of Higgins and Broadway. We are a collaboration of 10 partners, all local, professional artists working in a variety of mediums: glass, stone, metal, wood, jewelry, fiber, photography and clay. Our emphasis is on fine contemporary craft. We explore the innovative use of materials and express with quality craftsmanship.

Many of our partners have years of experience in showing their work, from local and national galleries, art fairs, and private custom commissions. The gallery also features monthly guest artist exhibitions. (See ad pg. 18)

Art Associates of Missoula P.O. Box 1678, Missoula, 59806 (406) 549-0752

Art Attic Framing and Design

123 W. South Ave. – (406) 728-5500 Open: M-F 9:30-5:30, SA by appt.

Specializing in conservation framing, memory/shadow box framing, custom design mirrors, fabric hand-wrapped mats and liners, shrink wrapping, dry mounting, needlework, poster & print framing and stretching of oils and canvas.

Professionals in design consultation. Art Restoration.

Locally owned since 1968. Caring, committed company.

(See ad pg. 21)

Art Hang Up

839 S. Higgins Ave. – (406) 327-8757 patty@thearthangup.com Open: T-F 10-5:30, SA 11-3 The home of the Tree of Life mural at the “Hip of the Hip Strip.” The Art Hang Up captures the flavor of western Montana in photography, prints, jewelry, unique crafts and paintings of Missoula artists. Featuring the colorful silk paintings & scarves of Patty Corbett. All uniquely blended with artistic framing.

The Artists’ Shop – Art & Fine Craft

127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. B – (406) 543-6393 www.missoulaartistsshop.com

Ballet Arts Academy

1620 Rodgers St., Ste. 3 (406) 549-3081

Barbara Morrison

(406) 721-6159 morrisondesigns.com barbara.lee.morrison@gmail.com

Barnes & Noble Booksellers

2640 N. Reserve St. – (406) 721-0009

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Barney Jette Jewelry Design

228 N. Higgins Ave. – (406) 721-1575 www.barneyjettejewelry.com barneyjette@montana.com Graduate gemologist Barney Jette features innovative designs with a gestural and organic movement influenced by the Montana landscape. Every piece is a tribute to Barney’s technical ability, vision, imagination & design composition. Designs are cast in 14k, 18k and platinum.

(See ad pg. 18)

Big Sky Mudflaps

The Bookstore at The University of Montana 5 Campus Dr. – (406) 243-1234

The Brink Gallery

111 W. Front St. – (406) 728-5251 thebrinkgallery.com Open: TH, F, SA 12-5 Located in downtown Missoula, The Brink features the fresh and deliberate contemporary work of emerging and established local, regional and national artists.

(See ad pg. 19)

Butterfly Herbs

408 Village Pl. – (406) 543-7966

Bird’s Nest Books

219 N. Higgins Ave. – (406) 721-1125

The Book Exchange & Liquid Planet

2235 Brooks St. – (406) 728-6342 www.booksmontana.com sales@booksmontana.com Open: M-SA 8-9, SU 9-5 Specializing in new & used bargain books, with an emphasis on Montana authors & subjects. Visit our Liquid Planet coffee shop. (See ad pg. 21)

232 N. Higgins Ave. – (406) 728-8780 www.butterflyherbs.com Open: M-F 7-7, SA & SU 9-5:30 Butterfly Herbs, Missoula’s 1st and favorite espresso bar has been a hub for local artists & writers for 41 years! The gallery in our coffee bar features monthly shows of diverse & eclectic works from local & regional artists. Experience “The Essence of Missoula” at Butterfly Herbs! Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices & botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our café features homemade soups, fresh salads, coffee, and ice cream specialties. Located in the heart of historic downtown.

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We buy and sell selected used hardbacks, collectibles, comics, audiobooks (tape or CD) and new bargain books (publishers’ closeouts). We trade selected used paperbacks for other used paperbacks. We sell at ½ price and give ¼ the original price in trade credit.

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Trempers Shopping Center 728-6342 • booksmontana.com Mon-Sat 8-9 • Sun 9-5

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DIRECTORY of ARTS A Carousel for Missoula

Dirk E. Lee Art

The Catalyst

DJ Heart Mobile Disc Jockey Service

101 Carousel Dr. – (406) 549-8382 www.carouselformissoula.com

111 N. Higgins Ave. – (406) 542-1337

The Children’s Museum Missoula 225 W. Front St. (406) 541-7529 (PLAY) www.childrensmuseummissoula.org

China Woods Home & Garden 716 N. Dickens St. – (406) 550-2511

Chris Frandsen Studio

420 E. Beckwith Ave. (406) 728-0918 www.montanaartist.net ctfrandsen@gmail.com Open: by appt Chris Frandsen creates “en plein air” and studio paintings in watercolor and oil of landscapes, people, still-life and wildlife from Montana and other special places around the world.

Clay Studio of Missoula

1106A Hawthorne St. (406) 543-0509 www.theclaystudioofmissoula.org info@theclaystudioofmissoula.org

The Crystal Limit

1920 Brooks St. – (406) 549-1729

Dana Boussard

24425 Doney Ave., Arlee, MT 59821 - (406) 726-3357 www.danaboussard.com danaboussard@hotmail.com Nationally known artist Dana Boussard has fiber and glass installations in the collection of numerous private, corporate and public buildings throughout the country.

Her private studio pieces, including fiber works, paintings and drawings, have been hung in numerous museums and gallery exhibitions. Boussard is available for commissions. Contact the artist for a studio appointment.

Dana Gallery

246 N. Higgins Ave. (406) 721-3154

Darkroom of Montana

135 N. Higgins Ave. (406) 549-1070 (See ad pg. 19)

P.O. Box 7661, Missoula, MT 59807 (406) 546-9301

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Dolce Canto

91 Campus Dr., PMB 2711 (406) 322-3547 www.dolcecanto.info info@dolcecanto.info Founded in 2001, Dolce Canto is an auditioned, non-profit choral ensemble that studies and performs exceptional choral literature for the benefit, education and enjoyment of its members and the public. The choir is comprised of professional musicians, music teachers, community members and students who share an enthusiasm for the choral art. Its repertoire consists of sacred and secular music representing various historical periods and musical styles.

Downtown Dance Collective

121 W. Main St – (406) 541-7240 ddcmontana.com info@ddcmontana.com The DDC is a place for every body, every ability to enjoy the visual and performing arts. At the DDC you can receive instruction, see performances, attend special workshops, experience art exhibition, and attend events as well as weddings, meetings, fundraisers and other various celebrations.

Dragon Hollow Play Area

101 Carousel Dr. (406) 549-8382 www.carouselformissoula.com

Ed Norton Big Band 408 Village Pl. (406) 543-7966

Eye of the Beholder

2720 Palmer St., across from the Palmer Office Complex (406) 543-2787 Open: TU-F 10-6, SA & M by appt.

Celebrating 18 years in the custom art framing industry.

Visit Eye of the Beholder for your own specialized custom frame design. The gallery features art by local & national artists as well as unique gift items. (See ad pg. 23)

Fact & Fiction

220 N. Higgins Ave. (406) 721-2881/800-769-7323

Destination Missoula 101 E. Main St. (406) 532-3250

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First Friday Gallery Night Missoula Downtown Association

218 E. Main St., Ste. C (406) 543-4238 www.missouladowntown.com www.firstfridaysmissoula.blogspot.com mda@missouladowntown.com Visit Missoula’s Downtown museums and galleries for new and vintage artwork. Most Missoula galleries celebrate new exhibits on the first Friday of the month from 5-8 pm. Meet artists from throughout the region and enjoy refreshments and appetizers.

First Night Missoula

P.O. Box 7662, Missoula, MT 59807 (406) 541-0860 www.missoulacultural.org/firstnight

Fresh Works Studio

202 Takima – (406) 721-3884 www.jaynepiazza.com jaynlori@bigsky.net Open: by appt.

Whimsical, witty and willingly on the wild side; paintings, “bleachings,” and mosaic glass artworks by Jayne Piazza.

Gallery of Visual Arts

Social Science Bldg., UM – (406) 243-2813 umt.edu/art gallery.visarts@umontana.edu

Garden of Beadin’

3914 Brooks St. – (406) 251-0055 www.beadin.com owner@beadin.com Open: M-SA 10-6 Montana’s premier full service bead store.

Headwaters Dance Co.

P.O. Box 9356, Missoula, MT 59807 (406) 728-1131 www.headwatersdance.org info@headwatersdance.org

Eye of the Beholder • Professional Custom Framing • All Framing Services Available • Art Gallery & Gifts

543.ARTS (2787) T-F: 10-6 • Sat/Mon by appt Across from the Palmer Office Complex

2720 Palmer, Missoula, MT 59808

Historical Museum at Fort Missoula

Building 322, Fort Missoula Rd. (406) 728-3476 www.fortmissoulamuseum.org ftmslamuseum@montana.com Open: Mem-Labor Day M-SA 10-5, SU 12-5; Labor-Mem Day T-SU 12-5 At the heart of Fort Missoula, 13 historic buildings & exhibits, railroad, sawmill, 33,000 artifacts & 3 galleries interpreting the history of western Montana. See our special exhibit, “United We Will Win: World War II Posters That Mobilized a Nation.”

(See ad pg. 23)

Humanities Montana

311 Brantly, UM (406) 243-6022 www.humanitiesmontana.org info@humanitiesmontana.org

International Choral Festival of Missoula

312 E. Pine St. – (406) 721-7985 www.choralfestival.org info@choralfestival.org Open: M-F 10-5 Join us for our 9th International Choral Festival July 1720, 2013 when world-class choirs from across the globe will gather in Missoula to perform unforgettable concerts and to promote cultural exchange and goodwill through the universal language of music. Since 1987, hundreds of community volunteers and host families have joined together to make the Festival a much-loved Missoula tradition. Over 20 public concerts will be performed during Festival week. All preview concerts on July 17 are free.

Admission button good for all remaining concerts. July 18-20 is one low price of $10/person (advance purchase), and children 12 & under are free. Come experience this exciting international event and help us “bring the world a little closer…through music”! (See ad pg. 19)

International Wildlife Media Center & Film Festival

718 S. Higgins Ave. – (406) 728-9380

Stop By and Step Back in Time United We Will Win: World War II Posters That Mobilized a Nation Plus 32 acres of grounds exhibits including the Forestry Interpretive Area, Drummond Depot, Grant Creek One-Room Schoolhouse, St. Michael's Church and the Alien Detention Center Barracks.

Open Year Round Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums

Bldg. 322 Fort Missoula • Missoula, MT 59804 • 406 728-3476 www.fortmissoulamuseum.org

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DIRECTORY of ARTS Jeannette Rankin Peace Center

Ken Dvorak Fine Art Nature Photography

519 S. Higgins Ave. (406) 543-3955

Jilayne Lee, Figure Skating Instructor (406) 370-0372

411 Elaines Way Seeley Lake, MT 59868 (406) 677-2783 www.kendvorakphotography.com kensusanld@blackfoot.net

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Joseph’s Coat

115 S. 3rd St. W. (406) 549-1419 www.josephscoatyarn.com josephscoatyarn@gmail.com Open: M-TH 10:30-5:30, F-SA 11-5, SU 12-4 Natural and exotic yarns and fibers for knitting, weaving and spinning. Local sustainable products.

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337 E. Broadway – (406) 543-5077

Living Art of Montana

725 W. Alder St., Ste. 17 (406) 549-5329 www.livingartofmontana.org Using the arts and nature to support healing.

Mariposa Studio

Justin Lee, Songwriter/Musician

438 E. Broadway – (406) 728-3903 (P.O. Box 1856) redratthreads.com

(406) 531-1577

K. Ross Toole Archives & Special Collections, Mansfield Library University of Montana (406) 243-2053

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MCT Center for the Performing Arts 200 N. Adams St. – (406) 728-7529

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Memory Lane

700 S.W. Higgins Ave. – (406) 523-3957

Missoula Art Museum

335 N. Pattee St. – (406) 728-0447

Missoula Children’s Theatre

200 N. Adams St. – (406) 728-7529

Missoula Community Access Television (MCAT) 500 N. Higgins – (406) 542-6228 www.mcat.org (See ad pg. 18)

Missoula Community Theatre 200 N. Adams St. – (406) 728-7529

Missoula Cultural Council

327 E. Broadway – (406) 541-0860 www.missoulacultural.org mcc@missoulacultural.org Open: M-F 9-5 Missoula Cultural Council connects Art, Culture and Community through Education, Advocacy and Celebration. As Montana’s first local cultural agency, it has, since 1991, served as a resource for the coordination, development and support of arts and culture to benefit Missoula. The MCC coordinates Missoula’s sister city program, First Night Missoula, cultural tourism, and First Friday Gallery Night, providing a weekly newsletter, assistance and advocacy for artists and cultural organizations. (See ad pg. 24)

Missoula Figure Skating Club

Glacier Ice Rink (406) 543-LUTZ (5889) (P.O. Box 9195, Missoula, MT 59807) www.missoulafsc.org

missoula Made fair

(Summer & Holiday) (406) 214-9078 www.missoulamadefair.com missoulamadefair@gmail.com

Missoula Symphony Orchestra & Chorale 320 E. Main St. – (406) 721-3194 (P.O. Box 8301) missoulasymphony.org info@missoulasymphony.org

Missoula Writing Collaborative

28 Fort Missoula Rd., Ste. 2 – (406) 549-3348 (P.O. Box 9237) www.missoulawritingcollaborative.org mslawritingcollab@msn.com The Missoula Writing Collaborative teaches literary competence, critical thinking, cultural awareness and artistic joy through creative writing. We place writers in school classrooms, after-school programs, youth homes and other venues to show young people the power of words and help them find their voices as writers. We are a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization committed to reaching the underserved members of our society. The MWC’s popular Words With Wings summer writing camp runs for two weeks in July on the UM campus.

Montana Art & Framing

709 Ronan St. – (406) 541-7100 montanaart.com info@montanaart.com Open: M-F 9-5, SA 10-3 Located in the center of Missoula, we offer some of the best Missoula artists, including Walter Hook paintings & prints, George Gogas prints, Nancy Erickson mixed media paintings, Stephanie Frostad oils & drawings, Lela Autio sculpture, Christofer Autio photographs, Lisa Autio sculpture, Patricia Forsberg paintings, Barbara Morrison paintings & mixed media, Elloie Jeter pastels, Marvie Redmond oils, Teresa Garland Warner oils, Elene Weege oils & pastels, John Salisbury digital photographs, Peter Keefer digital art, Donna Loos, Janet Whaley and Paul Cebulla ceramics, and watercolors & acrylics by Don H. Mundt. Watch for First Friday Gallery openings. Quality custom picture framing with archival materials is offered at competitive prices and artist discounts. (See ad pg. 25)

Missoula Public Library

301 E. Main St. – (406) 721-BOOK missoulapubliclibrary.org Open: M-W 10-9, TH-SA 10-6, SU 1-5 Residents of Montana can register for a library card with no charge. The collection includes books, DVDs, audio books, e-Books, CDs, magazines, newspapers and much more. Fax machine for sending or receiving, laptops and photocopy machines, free public access to computers and the Internet. Wireless available. One-of-a-kind gnome house. Passport and free notary services. Huge collection of Montana materials and art books. Branches at Big Sky High School, Frenchtown, Seeley Lake, Condon, Lolo School and our mobile W.O.W. Bus.

Custom Picture Framing and Featuring Local Artists: Walter Hook George Gogas Nancy Erickson Stephanie Frostad Lela Autio Christofer Autio Lisa Autio Patricia Forsberg Barbara Morrison Elloie Jeter

www.MontanaArt.com 709 Ronan Street, Missoula, MT

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DIRECTORY of ARTS Montana Museum of Art & Culture

Meloy & Paxson Galleries PARTV Center, The University of Montana Campus (406) 243-2019 Offices (Main Hall 006, UM, 59812) www.umt.edu/montanamuseum museum@umontana.edu Open: Sept–May: TU, W, SA 12-3, TH, F 12-6; Jun-Aug: W, TH, SA 12-3; F 12-6. Closed federal holidays. (Special hours for special exhibitions).

Montana Museum of Art & Culture programming highlights historical and contemporary art from its nearly 11,000 Permanent Collection holdings and national traveling exhibitions. The MMAC acquires and preserves art that expresses the spirit of the American West and its relationship to the world. As a university and state museum, MMAC programs explore local, regional and global themes. The museum also manages the outdoor public art on the UM campus, which is available for viewing any time of the day, year round. A campus public art map is available on our website. MMAC’s 2013-2014 exhibitions include: Richard Buswell: Close To Home; A Hundred Years Later: Julius Seyler Among the Blackfeet; Masterpiece from a Private Collections; Art of the State: Celebrating 120 Years of the MMAC Permanent Collection, Part 1 of 3 and more. (See ad pg. 26)

Montana Repertory Theatre

The University of Montana – (406) 243-5288 www.montanarep.org mrt@mso.umt.edu Established as a professional touring company in 1975, Montana Rep is now considered the preeminent national touring company in the nation. We are delighted to present ‘The Miracle Worker’ by William Gibson for our 2014 touring season and ‘Of Mice and Men and Rock and Roll’ by Jay Kettering for our 2013 fall Educational Outreach Tour. Missoula Colony & Montana Rep Missoula bring cutting edge theatre to downtown on an ongoing basis.

Monte Dolack Gallery

139 W. Front St. – (406) 549-3248 www.dolack.com dolack@bigsky.net Open: M-F 10-5:30, SA 11-6 Experience a unique vision of Montana’s wild places & creatures in the award-winning original paintings, prints and posters by Monte Dolack and Mary Beth Percival.

Morgenroth Music

1105 Sussex St. – (406) 549-0013 (See ad pg. 27)

MMAC is a state and university museum home to nearly 11,000 original works.

Public Art across the UM Campus includes works by:

Rudy Autio Steve Connell Robert Gerhke Tom Rippon David Secrest Theodore Waddell and others Visit our website at “Plan Your Visit” to download a map of public art on campus.

Jay Laber, Charging Forward, 2002, Mixed media

MELOY AND PAXSON GALLERIES, PARTV Center www.umt.edu/montanamuseum 406.243.2019 museum@umontana.edu

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Poppies in Bloom (detail) 36” x 18” Acrylic, metal, beads

Nancy Seiler Studio open by appointment. Please call (406) 370-1254.

Visit www.nancyseiler.com for current work.

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Mountain Press Publishing Company 1301 S. 3rd St. W. – (406) 728-1900 (800) 234-5308

Museum of Mountain Flying

East end of Missoula International Airport – (406) 721-3644

Nancy Seiler – Fine Art

(406) 370-1254 – Open: call for appt. www.nancyseiler.com nancy@nancyseiler.com Experience unique, contemporary, fluid acrylic paintings at Nancy’s studio/gallery conveniently located near Downtown Missoula. Please call for appointment.

(See ad pg. 26)

One Hand Clapping Studio and Gallery 411 Elaines Way – (406) 677-2783 Seeley Lake, MT 59868 www.kendvorakphotography.com kensusanld@blackfoot.net

Patterson Fine Art Photography 905 Evans Ave. – (406) 543-1911 www.johnnypatterson.com johnnypatterson@mac.com

Pirnie Art Showroom

337 E. Broadway – (406) 543-5077

Recording Center

118 W. Pine St. – (406) 721-4172

Rocky Mountain Map Gallery

1710 Brooks St. – (406) 542-1541 www.rockymtnmaps.com info@rockymtnmaps.com Open: M-F 10-6, SA 10-2 Featuring antique,vintage and contemporary maps, art prints and books with an emphasis on the landscape, history and culture of Montana and the Rocky Mountain west. We also carry a unique selection of travel and geography themed gift items as well as outdoor recreation travel maps and guidebooks covering the national parks, forests, wilderness areas and waters of Montana and the Rocky Mountain region. (See ad pg. 27)

Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History Bldg. T-136, Fort Missoula Rd. (406) 549-5346

Rocky Mountain School of Photography and Gallery 216 N. Higgins Ave. – (406) 543-0171 / (800) 394-7677 www.rmsp.com Open: M-F 9-5

Salsa Loca

408 Village Pl. – (406) 543-7966

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River City Roots Festival

Downtown Missoula – (406) 543-4238 www.rivercityrootsfestival.com The 8th annual River City Roots Festival will take place in downtown Missoula August 24-25, 2013. The Roots Fest Fine Art Show is an incredible opportunity to see more than 35 artists with high quality fine art as you listen to the best in Americana music on the Main Stage. Take advantage of this opportunity to purchase unique items for yourself or a friend! (See ad pg. 19)

Katie Ward

Commercial | Development | Land New Construction | Business | Residential

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Tel: (406) 541-4000 • Fax: (406) 541-4011

Exclusive Yamaha Dealer for Western Montana Disklavier

... bringing live music back home.

Morgenroth Music Center 1105 W. Sussex  Missoula, MT 59801 406-549-0013  www.montanamusic.com

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DIRECTORY of ARTS Selvedge Studio Fabric Store

509 S. Higgins Ave. – (406) 541-7171 www.selvedgestudio.com leah@selvedgestudio.com

Shadow Mountain Art Studio

2825 Stockyard Rd., A-10 – (406) 239-4460 www.shadowmountainartstudio.com Shadow Mountain Art Studio offers “Art Sampler” classes to kids and adults. Learn basic art skills and experience different art mediums and techniques such as pencil, pen and ink, charcoal and pastel drawing and watercolor and acrylic painting. Open studio times provide opportunities outside of class for members to work and collaborate. See our current schedule of classes and open studio times on our website! Local artist Libba Lauchnor works out of this studio and welcomes inquiries for design and art work commissions. (See ad pg.28)

Shakespeare & Co.

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103 S. 3rd St. W – (406) 549-9010 www.shakespeareandco.com shakespeare@montana.com Intensively stocked with new books you won’t find everywhere else, this landmark Hip Strip independent bookstore also offers postcards, greeting cards, blank journals, planners, magazines and more. (See ad pg. 19)

String Orchestra of the Rockies

Warpipe Studios

P.O. Box 8265, Missoula, MT 59807 – (406) 493-2990 www.sormt.org finemusic@sormt.org

Studio Pandora Custom Jewelry Design

211 N. Higgins Ave. - (406) 549-5100 www.studiopandora.com Open: M-F 10-5:30, SA 10-4:30 We specialize in a unique variety of handcrafted Elk Ivory jewelry, Montana Sapphire jewelry, and exotic Sterling Silver jewelry. Designer & expert goldsmith Karahan Balli performs antique jewelry restorations and jewelry repairs of every kind. Let us design something special for you.

(See ad pg. 19)

‘Trailing the North Fork Herd’

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Tim Sullivan, Sculptor

2306 Highwood Dr. – (406) 214-1257 www.sullivanbronze.com Open: by appt.

Tim Sullivan depicts the West, its wildlife and people in a realistic, traditional style. Limited edition bronze castings of his work are available. (See ad pg. 28)

UM Productions

University Center, Ste. 104 (406) 243-6661

Under the Big Sky Fine Arts & Crafts Festival 3720 N. Reserve St. – (406) 207-6502 www.underthebigsky.net doubleeagle@centric.net June 14-16 and Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at the Hilton Garden Inn. Fri & Sat, 10-6; Sun 10-4. The Best of the West!

75 juried artists and craftsmen from across the Western USA showing and selling their work - fine art, woodworking, pottery, bronze art, jewelry, copper and antler, glass art & handcrafted clothing. Something for everyone! (See ad pg. 29)

The Art of Caring

University Center Art Fair

The University of Montana, 32 Campus Dr., UC Atrium (406) 243-5714

University Center Gallery The University of Montana 32 Campus Dr., UC 227 (406) 243-5564

University of Montana School of Music UM Music Bldg., 101 (406) 721-6880

Wild Rivers Art & Custom Framing 3205 Brooks St. (406) 721-6334

Zootown Arts Community Center 235 N. 1st St. W. (406) 549-7555 www.zootownarts.org

Under the Big Sky The Best of the West!

Fine Arts and Crafts Festival

Friday, & Saturday June 14-15 10am-6pm Sunday June 16 10am-4pm Hilton Garden inn, 3720 n. reserve (406) 207-6502 • www.underthebigsky.net

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75 juried artists and craftsmen from across the Western USA showing and selling their work - fine art, woodworking, pottery, bronze art, jewelry, copper and antler, glass art & handcrafted clothing. Something for everyone! Free admission and parking all three days.

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MISSOULA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE What does the Public Art Committee do?

The Public Art Committee endeavors to develop a collection of public art that is of the highest quality, that encompasses a broad aesthetic range reflecting the City and the minds of its citizens, improves the quality of life in the area, accessible to all individuals, and is a source of pride to all residents.

The Public Art Committee seeks to develop the Percent for Art Program and the associated collections in such a way so that it is intimately integrated into the fabric of the City of Missoula and reflects a broad range of community input and involvement by artists and art professionals. The Public Art Committee is responsible for reviewing, advocating, and developing public art projects in the public domain for the City of Missoula. It develops a formal structure in which to create, develop, and maintain public art as well as further public accessibility to the arts.

Who is on the committee?

The Public Art Committee consists of nine members serving four-year terms. Members are selected because of their expertise in historical preservation, visual arts, architecture, or affiliation with a local business association or public entity.

Six members are appointed by the Mayor with the advice of the Public Art Committee, two members appointed by the City Council and one member is a member of the Missoula City Council. Current members are: Dana Boussard, Caitin Copple (Council Liaison), Peter Lambros, Joan Jonkel (Committee Chair), Douglas Olson, Kathi Olson, David Nelson, Linda Richards, Jeff Rolston-Clemmer.

I’m interested in Public Art. Should I attend a PAC meeting?

Yes, as a member of the community, you’re welcome to come to monthly meetings held on the third Tuesday of the month at 4:00PM in the Jack Reidy Conference Room, 140 W. Pine. For more information contact the Department Liaison, Mayor’s Office at (406) 552-6001, or email the Public Art Committee at publicart2@ci.missoula.mt.us For current information including PAC Agendas and Minutes, please go to: www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=438

When was the Missoula Public Art Committee started?

The Missoula Public Art Committee was formed in 1985

by Mayor John Toole as a committee designated to review, advocate and develop public art projects in the public domain for the city of Missoula. It was reaffirmed on December 23, 2002 as a standing city committee.

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What is the 1% for art ordinance?

An ordinance creating Chapter 2.94 of Missoula Municipal Code entitled “Public Arts” established a Percent for Art program to include works of art within certain city projects, set procedures to commission and select public art, requiring 1% of eligible construction costs of City capital improvement projects paid wholly or in part by the City of Missoula to construct or remodel any public or city building, structure, park or any portion thereof to be allocated for public art and providing a funding source for ongoing maintenance of Public Art and prescribing procedure for deaccession of public art.

What are the objectives of the Percent for Art Program?

• Develop a public art program that is unique to Missoula. the understanding and enjoyment of public art by • Increase Missoula residents. public participation in the interaction with public • Invite spaces. unusual and challenging employment opportunities • Provide for artists. collaborations between artists and architects, and • Encourage artists and engineers. artist participation on design teams for planning • Support public projects. a variety of art forms: temporary and permanent, • Encourage object and event, single or dispersed locals. commissions among a wide number or artists and • Spread strive for overall diversity in style, scale and intent.

How are public art projects funded?

Public Art projects are funded through the 1% for Art program, special project funds, grants, and private donations.

The Committee does not receive any monies from the City of Missoula’s general fund, department budgets, licensing, or permitting fees.

How do I find out about Public Art Committee art calls?

Periodically the Public Art Committee seeks artists to design and construct artwork for public buildings and grounds. Go to www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 to see the list of current art calls. At this location you can also sign up to receive future notifications when the city’s Public Art Committee is requesting proposals for public art pieces in Missoula.

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How does the Public Art Committee decide who is eligible for art calls?

The Public Art Committee has three methods of determining eligibility:

• Open Art Call: open to all artists in a specified area.

Art Call: open to a limited number of artists who have • Limited been invited to participate based on their expertise in a desired area.

Purchase/Commission: a specific individual invited to • Direct create artwork for a site based on their expertise in a desired area.

How does the Public Art Committee select artworks?

The Public Art Committee establishes a Selection Committee that includes representation from City Departments or public agencies (if applicable), donors (both public and private), neighborhood representatives (both business and residential), project architectural group (where applicable) and the Public Art Committee members.

I have a business and would like to have some public art at my business location. Can the Public Art Committee provide guidance or funding?

The Public Art Committee is available to provide guidance to the private sector in developing a public art project. Although the Public Art Committee has no standing budget, the Committee has worked hand-inhand with the private sector to develop “public-private partnership projects.”

I have a public art idea – can the Public Art Committee help me?

Anyone can present a project idea to the Public Art Committee. The Committee may provide guidance in varying degrees or may vote to implement the project based on available resources.

What is the selection criteria for artwork?

The selection criteria changes with each project. In general, the Public Art Committee expects that artwork be of the highest quality in both concept and execution, while recognizing public safety and durability. The Committee encourages proposals that balance the artistic design in the artwork with the setting of the designated area. When developing proposals, artists typically consider specific themes, the design aesthetics of an associated building, the traffic flow and use of the building and/or site.

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