The Wide Open is an exhibition featuring three of the most accomplished contemporary photographers working today: Lee Friedlander, Lois Conner and Geoffrey James. The works in this exhibition comprise the artist's interpretations of the high plains of Northeastern Montana where the American Prairie Reserve is being created. |
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September 05, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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This exhibition is focused on contemporary horse imagery created by contemporary American Indian artists. |
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October 08, 2008 - February 21, 2009 |
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This exhibition is a collaborative project that is inspired and anchored by a recently completed artist book entitled What is the Panda to You by Tina Hoggatt and Jeffry Mitchell. In addition to a collaborative multimedia installation, individual works from each of these artists will be featured in the Silver Gallery. |
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November 07, 2008 - January 31, 2009 |
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MAM is honored to host the 37th Benefit Art Auction. This important benefit auction - Missoula's longest running - is critical for MAM to continue serving its 40,000 visitors each year. |
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January 09 - February 15, 2009 |
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Through the act of working in a shared studio environment, Hellgate Senior Studio artists conceive and execute their own projects using a broad spectrum of artistic mediums including drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, photography and mixed media. |
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January 20 - March 01, 2009 |
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These recent works by Master Printer John Armstrong highlight his strengths as an artist and printmaker. The 21 works that comprise the exhibition were selected from Armstrong's recent body of works by MAM's Curator Stephen Glueckert. |
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February 06 - May 23, 2009 |
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Armstrong's collaborative approach to printmaking is one of the characteristics highlighted by the Armstrong-Prior Inc. Archives. |
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February 06 - May 23, 2009 |
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Kent was an activist in the 60's and was known as a poet-artist. This is the first time the MAM has shown this collection of works. |
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February 27 - June 28, 2009 |
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The work in this exhibition utilizes line and a variety of mixed media processes with a strong vocabulary of painting. A deep spiritual attitude is revealed in this work as Papanek-Miller studies the philosophical nature of time and the conflict of popular culture clashing with a concern for the earth. |
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March 06 - June 14, 2009 |
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Internationally known artist Watt states of her upcoming exhibition, " I am still working with the notion of heirlooms, and the cameo as a heirloom-like vehicle for my image making." |
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March 19 - June 28, 2009 |
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Kerri Rosenstein's first major museum exhibition emphasizes the contemplative nature of her multifaceted approach to art-making. |
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June 05 - August 30, 2009 |
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Missoula Art Museum's first 2009 Montana Triennial features the artwork of emerging and established professional artists living and working in the state of Montana. The exhibition consists of 88 works created by 60 artists, and represents a full range of media, style, and theme. |
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June 26 - September 24, 2009 |
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Partly Cloudy: Missoulian Weather Drawings is a selection of 60 drawings culled from hundreds that editor Lynn Schwanke had received in 2007-08. |
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June 26 - September 20, 2009 |
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The exhibition will showcase several important early works, accentuating the development and approach of this celebrated artist. Appleby's work has always been reductive of and clearly inspired by the natural world. |
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July 08 - November 22, 2009 |
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Photojournalist Alexia Beckerling spent a great deal of time in recent years in Helmville, MT developing this body of work. Beckerling states, "There are signs of change. But the Helmville community remains faithful to its traditions and has resisted the disintegration of rural life endemic in other Montana counties." |
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July 08 - October 04, 2009 |
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MAM is deeply indebted to the Freeman Butts family and wishes to thank Daisy Butts for her faithful support of MAM. We are also deeply grateful to Ray Campeau, Butts' longtime friend, in helping facilitate this important gift. |
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September 04 - December 31, 2009 |
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Roger Shimomura's paintings and prints, including this series, Minidoka on My Mind, address social and political issues of Asian America. |
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October 02 - December 31, 2009 |
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In 2001, Tamura heard artist Roger Shimomura lecture about his paintings based on the journals his grandmother kept while interned at Minidoka. Tamura,was inspired to depict a sense of the place and the life of internment at Minidoka. |
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October 02 - December 31, 2009 |
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Staff / Board
Exhibitions
MAM's exhibition program is a broad landscape that serves and represents diverse audiences and creative interests. 
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