Classes And Workshops
All year long, MAM connects adults, teens, and children of all ages to contemporary art and artists to provide unique and engaging hands-on art experiences. Please register early (if recommended/required) to ensure your space. Registration fee (minus $20) is refundable only if cancellation is made seven days prior to the first class meeting. If you have trouble registering online, please call 406.728.0447 or email info@missoulaartmuseum.org.
Sibling discount: Take 20% off when registering two or more children for the same class/camp!
MAM believes that art should be accessible to everyone! Most of our educational programs are free and scholarships are available when programs require a fee. Please download the scholarship form and email us for more information.
Teen/Adult Workshops
Inspired by the Exhibition Body Politic: Christa Carleton and Tonja Torgerson
July 20, 10 AM to 1 PM
Rising Upward: Summer Art + Wellness Workshop
Explore the transformative power of mindfully connecting with art and the creative process. Reflect on themes of self-acceptance and resilience through an intentional mix of journaling, artistic expression, and group discussion. Participants will use artmaking to gain tools for cultivating a relationship with personal authenticity, finding grounding, and feeling at home in one’s own body in this personal growth workshop.
$30 members // $50 nonmembers
August 1, 5:30 to 7 PM
Her Flowering: Clay Self-Portraits For Resilience
For Female Expressing Bodies: Caregivers & Students 6th grade and up.
Join Melissa Lafontaine and Earth Within Girls (EWG) for a girls empowerment workshop inspired by the exhibition Body Politic: Christa Carleton And Tonja Torgerson. Tap into your innate capacity to rise above collective body shaming and reproductive health challenges. Ground yourself with authentic movement and plant remedies while crafting a clay-based self-portrait that will 'bloom' with intention.
First come, first served.
Teen Art Project (TAP)
Summer TAP: Arts & Leadership
Public Art, Poetry, and Visual Design
FREE Program, FREE Materials, FREE Pizza!
Through Aug. 8, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30 to 5 PM
Make public art in collaboration with professional artists to address the question, What type of beauty does this PLACE unveil for you?
Learn more and register!
Teen Open Studio (TOS)
Saturdays
12:30 to 3 PM
FREE. On Saturday afternoons middle and high school students gather to make art in MAM’s classroom with unlimited art supplies. World-class contemporary art in the galleries at MAM can inspire new ideas and new ways to create. Overseen by museum education staff and interns. Drop-ins welcome!
Image: Marwin Begaye, MAM Collection, gift of MATRIX Press.
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