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News and Events | Montana Museum of Art & Culture | October 2014
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Meloy & Paxson Galleries
UM PARTV Center
ACADEMIC YEAR
GALLERY HOURS
AUGUST 25, 2014 - MAY 16, 2015
Tues., Wed., Sat. 12 - 3pm
Thurs. and Fri. 12 - 6pm
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COMING OCTOBER 16, 2014
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Amanda Browder: End of the Infinite
Meloy Gallery
Missoula-born, Brooklyn based Amanda Browder is a fabric artist who is challenging, reviving and redefining 'soft' sculpture.
A former professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her work is about materials and craft, work ethic, community and created spaces.
The exterior of UM PARTV Center will feature her pieces on the first and last days of the exhibition.
Banner Image: detail, Amanda Browder, Good Morning, 2013, large-scale fabric installation, photo by Lauren Silberman
Image: Amanda Browder, Rapunzel, 2006, large-scale fabric installation, courtesy of the artist
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COMING OCTOBER 16, 2014
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Vanessa German: Bitter Root
Paxson Gallery
This exhibition features
a new body of work by
Pittsburgh-based sculptor, poet and activist Vanessa
German. She references folk art and the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, or as she describes it, "the western coast of Africa, the east coast of the Carolinas, the east end of Pittsburgh." German's area has been called "One of America's Most Violent
Neighborhoods."
Her work responds to gun violence and prostitution to contrast with the community-building of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Image: Vanessa German, Don't Tread on Me, 2012, mixed media assemblage, approximately 47 x 12 x 11 1/2 inches, courtesy of the artist
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SPECIAL EVENTS
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Friday, October 3, 2014, 5-8pm, Missoula Mercantile
A site-specific installation of visiting artist Amanda Browder's large-scale fabric art at the Missoula Mercantile during the First Friday Art Walk, corner of Higgins and Front
Thursday, October 16, 2014, 5-7pm, UM PARTV Center
Conversation with visiting artist Amanda Browder 5:00-5:45pm, Masquer Theater, followed
by a reception for the artist in the PAR TV Center Lobby from 5:45pm-7pm
Thursday, November 6, 2014, 2pm, University Center Theater
Conversation with visiting artist Vanessa German, sponsored by DiverseU
Friday, November 7, 2014, 12pm, University Center South Atrium
Visiting artist Vanessa German spoken word performance in conjunction with DiverseU
Friday, November 7, 2014, 5-8pm, Downtown Missoula
Visiting artist Vanessa German performs as part of First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Missoula, various locations. Contact MMAC at 406.243.2019 for a complete list of events
Monday, November 10, 2014, 5:10pm, Social Sciences Building, Room 356
Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist Lecture with Vanessa German
Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 5-6:30pm, Gallery of Visual Arts,Social Sciences Building
Reception for the 20th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, 5-6:30pm at the GVA,
awards at 5:30pm with remarks by visiting artist Vanessa German
Thursday, November 13, 2014, 5-7pm, UM PARTV Center Lobby
Reception with visiting artist Vanessa German
Thursday, November 20, 2014, 7pm, Roxy Theater
MMAC collaborates with the Roxy Theater to bring "Tim's Vermeer" a film by Teller (of Penn &Teller). Tim Jenison, an inventor, sets up a camera obscura to investigate Vermeer's controversial use of the device to paint his highly detailed canvases. Showtime 7pm, discussion to follow Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave, 406.728.9380
Docent tours available upon request.
All events are open to the public. All tours begin in the PARTV Center Lobby.
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MMAC DOCENT TRAINING
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Suzanne Crocker, from Palo Alto, California, is a member of the MMAC Advisory Council and a major MMAC supporter. She is also a senior docent at the Cantor Art Museum at Stanford University, where she leads tours for many groups and helps train new docents. On September 24, 2014, Suzanne conducted a special "mini- retreat" for the Montana Museum of Art & Culture docents. During this focused and intensive session, she provided valuable information about how to help visitors look closely at works of art and gain new insights into the roles of visual art in contemporary society, and how best to guide tours for diverse groups of visitors, from young children to senior citizens.
For more information about the MMAC Docent Program, please contact MMAC at 406-243-2019 or www.umt.edu/montanamuseum
Photo L to R: MMAC docents, Dr. Herbert Swick, Suzanne Crocker, Courtney Blazon, Dolly Browder
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ARTWORK OF THE MONTH
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This Month's Feature:
Titled: Burial Dance for Russell Means and Marty Baker
Date: 2014
Artist: James Todd
Medium: hand-colored wood cut (edition 1/1)
Size: 16 x 20 inches image/ 19⅝ x 23¾ inches sheet
Donated by James and Julia Todd, transferred from Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections Todd Collection
Russell Charles Means (1939 - 2012) was an American Oglala Lakota activist. He is perhaps best known for leading the 71- day armed takeover on the sacred grounds of Wounded Knee, a tiny hamlet in the heart of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation in 1973. Means became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in 1968, and helped organize events that attracted national and international media coverage. In 1970, he became the first national director of AIM.
Means visited the University of Montana in 1972 to encourage students to take part in the Trail of Broken Treaties, a nationwide march from California to Washington, D.C. that resulted in a week-long occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to protest broken treaties.
UM faculty members Marty Baker and Henrietta Whiteman offered credit to students who both participated in the march and kept a journal of their responses to associated events. Baker (1935 - 2007), pictured in this artwork, was a new professor in the sociology department who received his PhD in sociology from UM the previous year. He was noted for his freewheeling classes and unorthodox teaching style. He held a commitment to social justice that stemmed from work as a graduate student at the University of Chicago. While there, he worked with pioneering community organizer Saul Alinski, community leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Chicago south side gang, and the Black P-stone Rangers to help poor black communities organize.
There was discussion of publishing the student journals and this woodblock was designed as the cover. The FBI visited UM's campus, interviewing students and faculty and Means was arrested. The students voted not to publish the journals. Todd donated them this year to the Mansfield Library's Archives and Special Collections as a sealed collection, available for research in the year 2030.
Marty Baker obituary
Missoula art leader Marty Baker
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