The American Abstract Artists (AAA) is a democratically artist-run organization founded in 1936 in New York City to promote and foster understanding of abstract and non-objective art. In 1997 they donated 40 prints to MAM, and a portion of this remarkable portfolio was exhibited. For the first time, we are thrilled to show all 40 […]
Conflict in its limitless forms cialis order has been a part of the human environment since the dawn of history. Artists from diverse cultures and eras have portrayed these confrontations, whether a subtle, psychological struggle between two individuals or a world-wide war between modern industrialized societies. In the exhibit The Art of Human Conflict, MAM […]
Melanie Yazzie is an artist who lives and works in Boulder, CO, where she is Professor of Art at the University of Colorado. The works included in the exhibition feature a variety of circular relief plates that Yazzie carved with her husband Clark Barker. She states that “the works challenge the idea of what most […]
American Folk Art from the Volkersz Collection
Missoula Art Museum
September 24 – December 22, 2013
Strange and Wonderful represents a selection of works from the collection gathered by Willem and Diane Volkersz. The Volkersz are artists and collectors and their Self Taught/Folk Art collection is truly a collaborative, life-long endeavor. This traveling exhibition represents a fraction of the hundreds of objects in the Volkersz collection and range from works by Alva Gene Dexhimer to Rev. Howard Finster.
Louise Lamontagne: My Closet Collection
Missoula Art Museum
July 12 – September 29, 2013
Missoula Art Museum is proud to present this previously unseen body of work by St. Ignatius, MT artist Louise Lamontagne. Lamontagne has been featured in group exhibitions at MAM which have included her luscious, expressive, and colorful landscapes. This is her first solo exhibition at MAM.
Jared Shear: Cougar Peak-A-Boo
Missoula Art Museum
July 12 – September 29, 2013
Thompson Falls, MT artist Jared Shear created a body of work with the intention of creating an animated film and MAM is eager to share this unusual and multifaceted endeavor. Shear created a plain air painting of Cougar Peak every day for one year. Consequently, he catalogued all of Cougar Peak’s seasonal changes and the resulting 365 acrylic paintings on paper are worthy of celebrating.
Jay Schmidt: Warning Shots
Missoula Art Museum
June 7 – September 15, 2013
Jay Schmidt has been making art for thirty years in Bozeman, MT. The Missoula Art Museum is excited to work with Schmidt on mounting this comprehensive one man exhibition, his first major museum show in Montana. As visitors to the exhibit will see, Schmidt is a prolific painter and sculptor with a strong vision. A primary exhibition of his work is long overdue in our state.
Jane Waggoner Deschner: Often, All That Remains
Missoula Art Museum
May 3 – August 25, 2013
Missoula Art Museum is pleased to host Often, All That Remains created by Billings, MT artist Jane Waggoner Deschner. This new work has a different sensibility. In Often, All That Remains the works are generated from discarded and abandoned photographs. According to Deschner there are three elements that come together in this body of work.
Gary Horinek: The Gathering
Carnegie Galleries
March 1–May 19, 2013
Missoula Art Museum is no stranger to installations, and neither is Gary Horinek. The Gathering, created by Hingham, MT artist Gary Horinek, is the most recent in a long line of installations created by this regionally important artist.
February 21– June 23, 2013 Missoula Art Museum’s collecting mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and research art that is relevant to the culture of the American West with an emphasis on contemporary Montana artists. MAM has been blessed over the last few years with several donations of exceptional artworks that we are excited to […]
Hamish Fulton: 21 Pieces of Wood for a 21 Day Walk in Montana
Missoula Art Museum
January 18–April 14, 2013
Missoula Art Museum is pleased to present a compelling artwork from our Permanent Collection: Hamish Fulton’s conceptual artwork 21 Pieces of Wood for a 21 Day Walk in Montana.
Tracy Linder: Blindsided
Missoula Art Museum
January 11– April 21, 2013
Missoula Art Museum is pleased to host the exhibit Blindsided, designed and installed by Molt, MT artist Tracy Linder.