New! - Missoula Art Museum

MISSOULA ART MUSEUM
fall/winter ‘09

02
museum hours
wednesday – friday 10 - 5 pm
saturday – sunday 10 am - 3 pm
new
exhibitions // 3
featured
acquisitions // 8
continuing
exhibitions // 9
MAM
happenings // 10
classes
& events // 12
education
outreach // 13
artini
events // 14
mambership
musings // 15
MAM & You: Of the 202 individuals
who contributed to the Annual Fund
last year, 95 gave gifts of $25-$100!
EVERY GIFT MATTERS.
DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS | Laura J. Millin
I would like to take a moment to commend some of MAM’s superb
business partners. Over 50 businesses, such as Simmons Media,
the Missoulian, Red Bird Restaurant, Max Media Montana, and
Partners Creative lend their vision and dynamic support to our
institution.
This relatively new program, created
by MAM Development and
Membership Director Nici Holt
Cline offers a host of desirable and
creative benefits to area businesses
in exchange for financial or in-kind
support of exhibitions, programs,
and special projects. The partnership
is mutually beneficial, creating
cross-marketing opportunities, a
broader understanding of our community,
and new relationships.
All benefits are tailored to meet the unique needs of the business
we are working with. Examples include private facility use,
extensive marketing and networking opportunities, membership
benefits, free MAM tours, membership discounts, tables to
MAM’s Benefit Art Auction, and more. Happily, MAM receives a
wide range of valuable goods, services, and financial support in
exchange.
Through our partnership with Red Bird, now in its second year,
Artini guests are treated to wildly creative and delicious appetizers
on the third Thursday of every month. Post-Artini, MAMbers can
pop over to the Red Bird, flash their membership card and receive
a free sampling of wine!
Through our partnership with Simmons Media, MAM is able to
offer our visitors cell phone tours, bringing the voices of artists
and curators into the exhibitions. We are also able to advertise
upcoming events and exhibitions on Trail 103.3 and Fresh 104.5.
Watch for MAM’s new marketing campaign made possible through
our newly minted partnerships with Partners Creative and the
Missoulian.
MAM’s reach into our community has vastly expanded and been enriched
through these dynamic relationships. If you’re interested in
creating a business partnership with MAM, please contact Nici Holt
Cline at nici@missoulaartmuseum.org or 406.728.0447, ext. 227.
Thank you to all of MAM’s Business Partners who are listed on the
Annual Appeal letter in this newsletter.
Laura Millin, photograph courtesy of Charles Martin.
Cover: Roger Shimomura, American Guardian, 7-color lithograph, 31.5 x 43 “.
New Exhibitions

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Freeman Butts, Untitled, acrylic on board, 1982.
FAMILY GIFTS: WORKS BY FREEMAN BUTTS
September 4 - December 31, 2009 // Helen & F. Morris Silver Foundation Gallery
Reception and Gallery Talk with Ray Campeau: September 4, 5-8 PM
Artini: Gifts, December 17, 5:30-9 PM
Ten years after the death of Freeman Butts, his estate generously
offered to gift a selection of his work to six museums in Montana.
These institutions, including MAM, met several times with Ray
Campeau, the trustee of the estate, and made selections from the
array to better reflect Butts’ work already present in their collections.
This rich gifting of works is intended to more fully frame the artist’s
legacy within the state. The institutions involved acknowledged no
single museum in the state had the space or resources to accommodate
the voluminous amount of Butts’ work. Therefore, all six museums
selected works to expand their collections, made a commitment
to feature the work, and generate scholarship about Butts’ influence
on contemporary art. All of the museums agreed to lend and borrow
the work with each other to further educate the public of the legacy
of this important Montana painter. 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.
Campeau will give a gallery talk on September 4th at 7 pm.
Butts was born and raised in California. During his early career
in the Los Angeles area, he was influenced by Abstract Expressionism,
prevalent at the time, and by the work of other artists
on the scene who were attempting to merge a figurative style
with abstraction. One can easily see that Butts’ spontaneous
approach, his instinct to simplify, and his attention to the
process of painting were rooted in those early years. More
importantly, it is clear that his work matured and blossomed in
Montana.
In addition to MAM, the other museums which accepted Freeman
Butts’ work and committed to exhibiting his work are:
Custer County Art Museum in Miles City, Hockaday Museum
of Art in Kalispell, Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Paris
Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Falls, and Yellowstone
Art Museum in Billings. Please visit their web sites to receive
updates on ways that this impressive gift has been incorporated
into their own exhibition schedule and programming.
MAM Exhibitions Curator Stephen Glueckert’s complete essay about Freeman Butts “The Brush That Laughed” is available on MAM’s
website: missoulaartmuseum.org.

New
exhibitions
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ROGER SHIMOMURA: MINIDOKA ON MY MIND
October 2 - December 31, 2009 // Carnegie Galleries
MAM Members and Donors Reception with Roger Shimomura, October 1, 5 PM
Distinguished Artists Lecture: Roger Shimomura, October 1, 7 PM
Artist Reception and Gallery Talk, October 2, 5-8 PM
Artini: Minidoka on My Mind featuring pianist Lydia Brown, October 15, 5:30-9 PM
Cats of Mirikatani: Film, November 1 & 8, 1-2 PM
Roger Shimomura‘s
paintings and prints,
including this series, Minidoka
on My Mind, address
social and political issues
of Asian America, and
have most often been inspired by diaries
kept by his late immigrant grandmother
that span the 56 years of her life. Minidoka
on My Mind is the fourth major painting
series generated by Shimomura based on
his World War II internment experience.
Shimomura states,
“
It is the culmination of years of my
perusing images culled from books, magazines,
government publications, personal recollections,
and the internet. The result of this search has
been a visual distillation of tar paper barracks,
barbed wire, and desolate landscapes, which
are inhabited by muted occupants standing in
line to eat and to clean, quietly interacting,
contemplating their fate…and to wait.
“
In Minidoka on My Mind, Shimomura challenges
our notions of history and uses images
rooted in popular culture to thrust us
headlong into the racial conflicts of World
War II, a time that witnessed the unjust
imprisonment of approximately 120,000
Japanese Americans. In this body of work,
Shimomura presents us with richly designed
and seamlessly executed paintings that
convey the emotions associated with the
internment experience; emotions associated
with innocent imprisonment within a
country unwilling to address institutional
racism. What also comes through is the
resilience of the human spirit and a recommitment
to remember the stories of internment
camps such as Minidoka so they never
happen again.
The name Minidoka is of Dakota Sioux origin
meaning “a fountain or spring of water.”
Minidoka was first used in 1883 as a name
for a Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line spur
in the middle of the Snake River Plain which
later became the site of a watering station.
However, The Minidoka National Historic
Site is in Jerome County, Idaho, northeast
of Twin Falls and just north of Eden, in an
area known as Hunt. Under provisions of
President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066,
persons of Japanese ancestry were ousted
from the West Coast of the United States.
Minidoka housed more than 9,000 Japanese
Americans, predominantly from Oregon,
Washington and Alaska. The remote high
desert site was selected for the Minidoka
War Relocation Center lasting from 1942-
45, and is one of ten camps at which Japanese
Americans, both citizens and resident
aliens, were interned during World War II.
Notably, 60% of the Japanese imprisoned
were American citizens. Fort Missoula,
just outside the town of Missoula, MT also
served as a site for a War Relocation Center
under this executive provision.
Through Minidoka on My Mind, we can reach
for and gain insight into our past, and by
sharing and revisiting these stories, we
garner a more accurate version of our history.
Ominously, Shimomura writes, “I offer
this exhibition as a metaphor for the threat
posed by current times, and as a warning
and reminder that during international crises
our government seems to consistently
lose its memory regarding past mistakes.”
Shimomura was raised in Seattle, earned
his B.A. from the University of Washington
in Seattle, and his M.F.A. from Syracuse
University in New York. He taught at the
School of Fine Arts at the University of
Kansas in Lawrence, KS and has recently
retired. He has had over 125 solo exhibitions
nationally.
This exhibition will be the educational foundation for the Fifth Grade Art Experience, co-sponsored with a grant from the Art
Associates of Missoula. Additional funding for this exhibition is provided by the Wide World of Travel and the Historical Museum at
Fort Missoula. MAMbers Reception sponsored by NewWest.net.

Top: Roger Shimomura, American Infamy # 3, print, 1982, 64 x 24”. Left: Roger Shimomura, Desert Garden, 1982, 64 x 24”. Right: Roger
Shimomura, Block Dance, 1982, 64 x 24”.
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New Exhibitions
Artist Scott Fife has long been obsessed with the historic
characters that helped shape the time we live in; characters that
have often fallen into the dark recesses of history. Through his
re-creations, Fife offers us a renewed perspective reminding us
of the famous quote by George Santayana, “those who cannot
remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
One such historic event with national impact, and the focus of
this exhibition, was the assassination of Idaho Governor Frank
Steunenberg in 1905. The murder occurred in Caldwell, ID, and
the subsequent trial in 1907 was held in Boise, ID. Although this
tragic drama was played out over a century ago, its relevance today
must not be understated. The story of a small town in a small
state, thrust into a national spotlight as a consequence of unrest
associated with the extractive industries, is not lost on a Montana
audience. Montanans too, have a long history that has borne
witness to the consequences of labor’s upheaval and industry’s
selfish acts. Much of this historical labor drama was played out
again and again and then set aside, out of the spotlight, forgotten,
to fade into the recesses of our collective memory.
Fife works in a non-traditional medium, recreating busts with
archival cardboard. His surfaces are rough, yet the busts closely
SCOTT FIFE: BIG TROUBLE - THE IDAHO PROJECT
October 2, 2009 - February 10, 2010 // Faith Pickton and Josephine Aresty Gallery
Annual Benefactor Dinner with Laura Millin and Scott Fife: November 5, 5:30 PM
Artist Reception and Gallery Talk: November 6, 5-8 PM
Artini: Eight Heads, November 19, 5:30-9 PM
resemble the characters they portray. He cuts, tears, sands,
gessoes, and uses sheet rock screws as elements of these additive
constructions.
In The Idaho Project, Fife has recreated the cast of over a dozen
colorful characters associated with the assassination of Governor
Steunenberg and the subsequent trial, including Governor
Steunenberg and his assassin Harry Orchard, union leader “Big
Bill” Haywood, defense attorney Clarence Darrow, actress Ethel
Barrymore, President Teddy Roosevelt, and prosecuting attorney
and later Idaho Senator William Borah. Fife states,
“For this piece I worked with portraits, using references to classical
portraiture busts of the Roman Republic era to portray participants
in the historic trial. The sculpture speaks of class struggle, political
intrigue, and the country’s economic and social landscape of capitalism
and populism.”
MAM is thrilled to present this regionally significant exhibition.
An authoritative account can be accessed by reading Anthony
Lukas’ highly regarded book Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small
Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America. This
account captured Fife’s imagination and inspired this remarkable
body of work.
MAM & You: The average cost for one exhibition is
$2000-$5000. Last year MAM exhibited over two
dozen cutting-edge, contemporary exhibitions and
Annual Fund gifts supported this effort.

TERESA TAMURA – Made in Minidoka: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans in Idaho
October 2 – December 31, 2009 // Travel Montana Lobby and Lela Autio Education Gallery
Artist Reception: October 2, 5-8 PM
Festival of the Book Panel Discussion: Teresa Tamura, Diane Sands, and Carol Van Valkenberg, October 23, 4 PM
This exhibition features a selection of photographs from the larger body of work Tamura has generated over the past decade. Tamura,
the daughter of second generation Japanese Americans, was born and raised in Nampa, Idaho, a small town just a two hour drive from
the remnants of the Minidoka Relocation Center. Though growing up in Idaho, in such close proximity, she was never told of the internment
camp; first learning of Minidoka in 1978, in journalism school, at Idaho State University.
In 2001, Tamura heard artist Roger Shimomura lecture about his paintings based on the journals his grandmother kept while interned
at Minidoka. Tamura, like Shimomura, was inspired to depict a sense of the place and the life of internment at Minidoka. Her images,
captured on black and white infrared film, accentuate the stark landscape and architectural remains of the camp while lending a timeless
quality to the photographs. The present day portraits of internees are honest and human. Tamura’s eye for composition, honed over twenty
years as a photojournalist, unites her unique photographic vision with persistent honesty that is both personal and universal.
Left: Teresa Tamura, Barrack Exterior, black and white infrared silver gelatin print. Right: Teresa Tamura, Roger Shimomura and Grandmother,
2001, silver gelatin print from 120 negative.
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Scott Fife, Big Trouble - The Idaho Project, installation detail.

MAM & You: MAM cares for over 1000 pieces in
its Permanent Collection. A $250 gift supports
one month of Collection conservation materials,
leaving a legacy for future generations.
New
exhibitions
08
Donna Loos: Silhouette Series
December 4, 2009 - March 28, 2010// Lynda M. Frost
Contemporary American Indian Art Gallery
Artist Reception and Gallery Talk: December 4, 5-8 PM
MAM is proud to present this exciting body of work produced by
Missoula artist Donna Loos. She states of the series,
“I tried to keep a blank mind and to paint unconsciously or subconsciously, or rather, to paint the negative space around
a shape. I left the shape dark, then studied the composition for awhile, looking for shapes as I would look for shapes in a
summer cloud. Later I understood that I had painted my autobiography.”
Loos was born in Wyoming, one of eight children of a homesteader mother and Metis father. She began teaching art in the
Billings Public Schools system in the early 1960’s while simultaneously carving out a reputation as a prolific and exhibiting
artist. In addition to these accomplishments, Loos has held state-level positions in the Montana Art Educators Association,
The Montana Institute of the Arts, and the Montana Institute of the Arts Foundation.
Donna Loos: Silhouette Series is scheduled to run through March 28th in the Lynda M. Frost Contemporary American
Indian Art Gallery. This gallery is dedicated to honoring the creative cultural contributions of American Indian people to
contemporary art, and to ensure that Indian artists will always have a place to celebrate that contribution.
Donna Loos, Three Sisters, acrylic on canvas.
featured
acquisitions
Visit the MAM’s Goldberg Family Foundation Library to view three
ceramic works gifted to the museum by two rising stars, Hak
kyun Kim and Alex Kraft, both M.F.A. graduates of The University of
Montana. Kraft’s ubi uber and phileal ocinea, and Kim’s After Serving
04, stand at the forefront of ceramic art with philosophical, expressive,
and painterly explorations.
A 2006 Master of Fine Arts, Kraft is currently an artist-in-residence at
the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program in New Mexico. She creates
imagined life forms and environments to explore the physical and
the sacred internal, the material versus the intangible. Surfaces are
colorful and multi-textured and the titles convey a Latin-like biological
language invented by the artist. The physicality of form, color, and
surface correspond to the internal life of the beings. Ubi uber exudes
a life-force of its own, a heart-like beast with an up-thrust neck,
teetering on four small legs. Phileal ocinae is a relief-like painterly
creation suggesting a cross-section view of some beast or a window
into a microscopic environment of floating organisms. Both pieces are
adventurous works that push the limits of clay manipulation.
Hak kyun Kim traveled to Montana from Korea, with an education and
aesthetic strongly rooted in industrial design. Kim graduated with an
M.F.A. in 2008, and is currently artist-in-residence at the Lawrence Arts
Center in Lawrence, KS. In contrast to Kraft’s incredible beings, Kim
turns to the vessel with a quiet simplicity, exploring the edge between
function and non-function. Kim’s piece After Serving 04, a platter with
five cup-like objects spilling across its surface, displays philosophical
tension by contrasting a clean and smooth surface, calm color, and the
suggestion of utility with slightly asymmetrical forms and an askew
arrangement of objects. Masterful craftsmanship and conceptualization
invite the viewer to experience harmony between idea and form.
The vessel becomes the content, interplayed between Kim’s aesthetic
and skill. The Missoula Art Museum is grateful for the donation of these
exciting artworks by Kraft and Kim.
Left to Right: Hak kyun Kim, After Serving 04, porcelain, 2006. Alex Kraft, phileal ocinae, stoneware & glazes, 2006. Alex Kraft, ubi
uber, porcelain & glazes, 2006.

continuing
exhibitions
MAM’s 2009 MONTANA TRIENNIAL
Through September 24, 2009 // Carnegie Galleries and
Faith Pickton & Josephine Aresty Gallery
During the opening reception with over 700 art lovers, Missoula’s mayor,
the honorable John Engen, proclaimed June 26 as Montana Triennial Day.
MAM is proud to host the 2009 Montana Triennial, Montana’s first ever
state-wide Triennial, featuring over 80 works by 60 artists from across
the state. The Montana Triennial has been celebrated with a wide array of
educational lectures and activities.
Biennials and triennials around the world function as survey exhibitions of contemporary art representing the cutting edge of art
created in a particular region, with works typically chosen by a respected juror from outside the region. The juror of MAM’s 2009
Montana Triennial, Beth Sellars, is currently curator of Suyama Art Space in Seattle, WA, a gallery which has featured some of the
most avant-garde installation work seen in the Northwest. For many years, she was Curator of Art at the Cheney Cowles Museum of
Art in Spokane, WA, and remains one of the most respected curators of contemporary art in the Northwest.
In honor of the exhibition, MAM has published a full-color 136 page catalogue featuring the exhibiting artists, their work, and an interpretive
essay by Beth Sellars. This exhibition and associated projects are supported, in part, through the Montana Cultural Trust.
Jerry Iverson, Line Bomb 4, sumi ink and paper on board, 35 x 48”.
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ALEXIA BECKERLING: HELMVILLE
Through October 4, 2009 // Shott Family Gallery
Artini: Highway to Helmville with Alexia Beckerling, September 17, 7 PM
Photojournalist Alexia Beckerling spent a great deal of time developing this work over
the past years in Helmville, Montana. On a certain level, Helmville reflects “every small
town in Montana” known for its characteristic anonymity, protective of its relative
isolation, and proud of its self sufficiency. 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 communities.”
MAM is pleased to feature this body of work that captures the true essence of a community. As we see, Beckerling uses photography
to capture the realism of place and quintessential beauty. Beckerling’s approach exhibits the roots of both the community’s history
and its dogged determination to preserve its own way of life. While Beckerling’s project itself is rooted in creative expression, the
exhibition serves as a form of respectful preservation.
Alexia Beckerling, Untitled, 2008.
ANNE APPLEBY: HERE WE ARE
Through November 22, 2009 // Lynda M. Frost Contemporary American Indian Art Gallery
“The Missoula Art Museum collects, preserves, exhibits and researches art that is relevant to the culture
of the American West with an emphasis on contemporary Montana artists.” (MAM’s Collection Mission
statement, adopted 2006).
Working with a collections committee consisting of community members and museum staff, MAM considers works for acquisition that will
capture the spirit of our mission, a mission made enjoyable by the rich bounty of talented artists that make the Big Sky state their home.
The internationally known and award winning artist Anne Appleby has generously gifted to our collection the vital early works from her
exhibit Here We Are, large paintings accentuate the development and approach of this celebrated artist, displaying the carefully developed
layers of translucent color, a philosophical and meditative character, and imagery reductive of and inspired by the natural world, speaking
directly to Appleby’s Native American heritage.
MAM is deeply grateful for Appleby’s donation of significant paintings that will be held in trust for generations to come.
Anne Appleby, Cliff Lake, 1994, oil and wax on canvas, painted, 64 x 64”.
MAM Traveling Exhibition Molly Murphy: Reservations Required
September 1 - October 1, 2009 // Schoolhouse History & Art Center, Colstrip, MT
November 6, 2009 - January 1, 2010 // Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT

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mam
happeNings
FIRST FRIDAYS
Meet your friends at MAM for First Fridays
from 5-8 PM. View exhibitions in six galleries,
sample delicious wines, beer, and non-alcoholic
beverages, and get the inside scoop at
the 7 PM Gallery Talks with exhibiting artists.
Always Free.
September 4
Join Freeman Butts’ wife Daisy and his
longtime friend Ray Campeau for a warm
and personal evening exploring the new
exhibition Family Gifts: Works by Freeman
Butts, 7 PM.
October 2
Meet exhibiting artist Roger Shimomura
at the opening reception for Minidoka on
my Mind. At 7 PM, Shimomura will discuss
his experiences at Minidoka and how they
relate to his artwork.
November 6
Step inside the mind of exhibiting artist
Scott Fife as he guides you through his
larger than life exhibition Big Trouble - The
Idaho Project during his gallery talk at 7 PM.
December 4
At 6 PM, the Missoula Coyote Choir will sing
of their love of the natural world with the
wild exuberance of a pack of coyote pups.
Then, at 7 PM, stroll through Silhouette
Series with exhibiting artist Donna Loos.
Teen Open Studio Night
The second Thursday of every month,
6-8 PM, Ages 13-18, Free
Note: we are switching TOSN artist workshops
to the second Thursday of every
month.
September 10: Lisa Jarrett
October 8: Michael Parker
November 12: Edgar Smith
December 10: Marlo Crocifisso
20 Minute Tours
Saturdays, 12 PM
Tour MAM’s current exhibitions with engaging
gallery guides who will provide insight
into the artist’s process and demonstrate
ways of understanding the contemporary
art on view. To schedule a guided tour for
a group during regular museum hours,
call Renee Taaffe, Education Curator,
406.728.0447, ext. 228, at least two weeks
prior to your tour date.
AND EVEN MORE...
September 2
Annual Behind-the-Scenes Tour, 5-7 PM,
date change* Originally on Aug 26, now on Sept 2
For Contemporary Collectors Circle and
MAM Patron Members. Works on paper,
though fragile, can survive for decades if
cared for properly. This year’s tour will cover
methods of preserving works on paper and
discuss techniques professional paper conservators
use to restore damaged works. To
join and attend this event, call Nici Holt Cline
at 406.728.0447, ext.227.
SEPTEMBER 19
Symphony Saturday at MAM with
Darko Butorac, 1 PM, Free
Join Missoula Symphony Music Director
Darko Butorac for an in-depth look at two
fascinating late Romantic compositions -
Claude Debussy’s ethereal Prelude to the
Afternoon of a Faun and Igor Stravinsky’s
exotic Firebird.
September 22
Annual Fund Kick Off Party 5-7 PM, Free
Everyone is invited. Engage your senses
and your social side: music, tours, libations,
and more. RSVP by Thursday, September 17
to 406.728.0447.
September 26
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
Museum Day is a one-day event where
museums offer free admission. Bring in your
Smithsonian magazine or Museum Day Admission
Card and receive an extra Museum
Day perk from the MAM.
October 1
Distinguished Artists Lecture Series:
Roger Shimomura, location t.b.a., 7
PM. Free to MAMbers, donors, HMFM
members, and students with IDs. $5
general public.
An American Diary is a 60-minute survey of
Shimomura’s paintings, prints, and experimental
theatre pieces that span a 40-year
career. The talk illustrates how this work has
been propelled by various historical and
political events as well as his own physical
environment that has been constantly filled
with his collections ranging from Walt Disney
memorabilia to World War II stereotypes
of Asian people.
October 4, 11, 18, 25
Art:21- Art in the Twenty-First Century
This series, produced by the contemporary
art organization Art21, provides viewers
a unique look at today’s artists. MAM is
honored to have this opportunity to host
a prescreening of this exciting series. All
screenings will start at 1PM and are free.
October 4, Episode 1: Compassion
Artists: William Kentridge, Carrie Mae
Weems, Doris Salcedo
October 11, Episode 2: Fantasy
Artists: Jeff Koons, Mary Heilmann, Florian
Maier-Aichen
October 18, Episode 3: Transformation
Artists: Yinka Shonibare MBE, Cindy Sherman,
Paul McCarthy
October 25, Episode 4: Systems
Artists: Julie Mehretu, John Baldessari, Kimsooja,
Allan McCollum
This event is part of Art21 Access ‘09, a celebration
of contemporary art and Season 5 of Art:21-Art
in the Twenty-First Century sponsored by Art21.
Art21 Access 09 is held at over 300 museums,
schools, libraries, art spaces, and community
centers and is organized in collaboration with
Americans for the Arts’ National Arts and Humanities
Month. Visit art21.org for more information.

Oct 22, 23, 24
Festival of the Book
Oct. 22, Author Jamie Ford, 4 PM
Join Jamie Ford as he reads from his highly
acclaimed novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter
and Sweet, about the friendship between
a Chinese-American boy and a Japanese-
American girl who are students in Seattle
during World War II.
Oct 23, Panel Discussion, 4 PM
Join Teresa Tamura, photographer, Carol Van
Valkenburg, Chair of UM’s Department of
Print Journalism, and Diane Sands, Development
Director at The Historical Museum at
Fort Missoula, as they discuss the world of
the Japanese internees during WWII at Fort
Missoula and in Minidoka, Idaho and its
implications in today’s world. This discussion
is in conjunction with MAM current exhibitions
featuring Roger Shimomura: Minidoka
on My Mind, Teresa Tamura’s Made in Minidoka
and the Montana Festival of the Book.
Oct 24, Author Lauren Kessler, 1 PM
Lauren Kessler, writer, narrative journalist,
and author of six books of literary nonfiction
will read a selection from Stubborn Twig. This
book was awarded Oregon Book Award and
is a factual account of three generations of
a Japanese-American family living in the
Pacific Northwest.
October 29
CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS CIRCLE
PRIVATE COLLECTION TOUR 6:30 - 8 PM
Susan O’Connor, an engaging and vibrant
art collector, will host CCC members in her
home. See works by legendary contemporary
artists. Invitations will be mailed
to CCC members containing additional
information. To join the CCC and attend
this event, contact Ted Hughes, Registrar, at
406.728.0447, x222, by October 23.
November 5
MAM Annual Benefactor Dinner with
Director and Artist
Benefactor Members Only, 5:30 PM
Join MAM Director Laura Millin and exhibiting
artist Scott Fife (Big Trouble: The Idaho
Project) for an evening of delicious food,
spirits, and contemporary art. Refreshments
will be served in the lobby at 5:30 PM, dinner
served at 6:15 PM, and gallery talk at 7
PM. Invitations will be mailed to Benefactor
Members containing additional information.
November 7, 14, 21
World War I and Modern Art: An
Interdisciplinary Approach, 1 PM
This three-part lecture series explores
the lasting impact of WWI on the artistic
production of painters and writers. Using
visual art and literature, MAM Registrar
Ted Hughes and University of Montana
adjunct professor Lisa Simon, PhD, bring
engaging and informative sessions that
investigate the renaissance styles codified
by the royal academies, the modernist
movements that supplanted these
styles, and the new forms that emerged
in reaction to the killing fields of WWI.
Free to MAMbers & students with IDs, $5
to the public.
November 7, The Renaissance Ideal:
Dominant artistic values from the renaissance
and the roots of modernism.
November 14, The Mechanical Paradise:
A new aesthetic for a machine age.
November 21, Eye Deep in Hell:
How WWI changed the life of words and
images in art, radically and forever.
November 12
Distinguished Artists Lecture Series:
William Kittredge, Location t.b.a., 7 PM.
Free to MAMbers, donors, and student
with IDs. $5 general public.
Hard Wired and Fancy Free. Why are the arts
necessary A newborn child is emotionally
hard-wired to respond immediately and
intuitively to the beauties and usefulness
of it’s mother’s breast. The various arts and
artistic crafts, from Mozart to Mark Rothko
to violin making, reinforce the value of
such evolved and necessary responses
while helping us get beyond them to
“recognitions,” moments of fresh insight that
reveal where and what we are in new and
useful ways.
Holiday Weekend Fun
Saturdays and Sundays, November 21
– December 20, 10 AM – 3 PM
You had such fun last year at MAM during
the holidays you asked us to do it
again! MAM will host local choirs, jazz
bands, pianists, and musical artists of all
types. We will also provide a “creativity
station” for kids of all ages to make their
own holiday cards and ornaments. Need
a gift for that certain someone Come to
MAM and create something special. Tasty
treats and drinks will also be provided
each day. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org
for a list of activities and performers.
December 10
Contemporary Collectors Circle Annual
Acquisition Party, 5:30 PM
CCC members are invited to participate
in the annual acquisition of an artwork
for the MAM Collections supported by
CCC funds. Original artworks will be on
view and CCC members will work with
the MAM Collections Committee to discuss
the development of the Collections
and contemporary art issues. The evening
will culminate with members voting
for a work to purchase for permanent
acquisition. To join the CCC and attend
this event, contact Ted Hughes, Registrar,
at 406.728.0447, x222.
December 31
First Night® Missoula, 11 AM - 4 PM
New Year’s Eve with First Night® Missoula
is filled with theater, dance, artists,
poetry readings, plays, comedy, music,
food, and family entertainment. MAM
will showcase performances by some of
the area’s most talented musicians, and
host children’s activities and programs.
View four dynamic exhibitions between
festivities. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org
for performances and times.
MAM & You: MAM presented over 30 artists and
curators at Artini and First Friday last year. These
educational opportunities are FREE to the public
because of Annual Fund gifts.
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art
classes
FOR CHILDREN
Preschool Art Start
Allie DePuy
Session I: Tuesdays, September 8 -
October 13, 1-2:30 PM
Session II: Tuesdays, October 20 -
November 24, 1-2:30 PM
6 weeks, Ages 3½-5, $49.50/55
DePuy has years of experience inspiring
young children. She will stimulate your
child’s creativity with hands-on projects
using safe and fun materials: shaving cream,
clay doughs, tempera, chalk, and much
more in a fun and friendly atmosphere.
Children will make full use of the museum
by taking small field trips within the galleries
to experience MAM’s exciting exhibits.
After School Art
Adventure: Session I
Bev Glueckert
Tuesdays, September 8 - October 13,
4-5:30 PM
6 weeks, Ages 7-12, $49.50/55
Students will work on projects inspired by
current exhibitions at MAM. This session
we will tour the Triennial exhibition and
the Anne Appleby show for inspiration and
ideas. We will be making a book of prints
utilizing various types of printmaking:
monoprint, relief, collagraph, sun prints,
etc. Other projects will include shrinky-dink
drawings and wood sculptures.
After School Art
Adventure: Session II
Bev Glueckert
Tuesdays, October 20 - November 24,
4-5:30 PM
6 weeks, Ages 7-12, $49.50/55
Students will work on projects inspired by
current exhibitions at MAM including fun
3-D cardboard constructions inspired by the
work of Scott Fife, large narrative paintings
and self-portrait paintings inspired by the
work of Roger Shimomura, oil pastel scratch
drawings, and much more.
Kids Saturday Drawing
Club
Feather Sherman
Saturdays, September 19 - October 10,
1-3 PM, 4 weeks, Ages 8-12, $45/50
This will be four weeks of fun-filled, skillbuilding
drawing classes for young artists.
Students will learn contour drawing, gesture
and modeled drawing techniques while
exploring a variety of drawing media: pencil,
charcoal, oil pastel, pen and ink, brush, and
mixed media. They will practice observational
techniques, sketch from live models
(plant, animal or human), sketch outdoors
and from their imagination.
FOR ADULTS
Oil Painting Fundamentals
Stephanie J. Frostad
Tuesdays, September 8 - October 6, 6-9 PM
5 weeks, $94.50/105
Oil color is a most inviting and merciful
painting medium. With long working times
and countless opportunities to revise and
refine, oil is an excellent choice for both the
novice and experienced painter. This course
will introduce students to basic materials
and techniques used in traditional oil painting.
Still life will provide subject matter for
observational paintings, though methods
taught will be applicable to any genre. Demonstrations,
examples, and exercises will
help students gain confidence and skill with
oil painting. A materials list will be provided.
Continuing Drawing
Marilyn Bruya
Tuesdays, October 13 - November 10,
6-8:30 PM, 5 weeks, $81/90
Students will experiment with a variety of
drawing materials and surfaces. The first
class will review materials and drawing
basics. Individuals will then experiment and
determine the direction they would like to
pursue. Please bring an 18x24” newsprint
pad, compressed charcoal, and any other
favorite drawing materials to the first class.
Intermediate Oil Painting
Stephanie J. Frostad
Saturdays, October 17 - November 21,
12:30-3 PM, 6 weeks, $94.50 /105
For generations, painters have used drawings,
photographs, and other references
to create unique images. In this course,
students will learn basic principles and strategies
for composing naturalistic paintings
with the aid of two-dimensional references
or, if preferred, from still life. With a focus on
the art of composition, traditional oil painting
techniques will also be explored. Each
student’s work will be as unique as the ideas
and resources they bring to class.
FOR FAMILIES
Saturday Family Art Workshops
For all ages. Children under age 7 must be
accompanied by an adult. Please preregister
to be ensured a space at these
popular workshops. $5/ per participant.
Handmade Sketch Books
September 12, 11 AM - 12:30 PM
Create your own one-of-a-kind artist
sketchbooks with colorful abstract
fingerpainting/monoprint covers with
teacher and artist Feather Sherman.
Sewing a Silly Monster
October 17, 11 AM - 12:30 PM
For ages 5 and older. Join artist and teacher
Ria De Neeve to learn the basics of sewing.
Children will be given a simple pattern for an
“ugly doll.” The doll is made from buttons
and recycled materials.
Gratitude Boxes
November 14, 11 AM - 12:30 PM
Join Loryn Zerr to create a container for
precious things embellished with images
and symbols of things you are grateful for.
Participants are welcome to bring photos of
special people and pets to use for collage.
SPECIAL HOLIDAY WORK-
SHOP
December 5
In conjunction with the Missoula Downtown
Association Parade of Lights, MAM will
host a drop-in, hands-on holiday activity.
This workshop is free and does not require
registration, 11 AM - 1 PM
Kirigami Paper Snow
Flakes
December 12, 11 AM - 12:30 PM
Create elaborately cut paper snowflakes by
practicing various cutting techniques. Make
a 3D effect by hanging or mounting the
snowflakes onto colored paper with teacher
Loryn Zerr. Learn about ‘Kirigami’ and the art
of paper cutting in the process.

23RD Annual Fifth Grade Art Experience
Featuring the work of Roger Shimomura
Once again the Missoula Art Museum, with generous sponsorship
from the Art Associates of Missoula, is gearing up to invite
every fifth grader in the county for a guided tour through select
exhibitions and a hands-on project at the MAM, followed by a
trip to the Missoula Public Library. This will be the 23rd year of
Fifth Grade Art Experience (FGAE). Because of the historical nature
of the core exhibition offered this year, Roger Shimomura’s
Minidoka on my Mind, we are also inviting classes to follow up
with a visit to the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. By incorporating
the historical museum into our program, students will
get multiple perspectives of an important era of our history.
Both Shimomura’s paintings and the exhibits at Fort Missoula
revolve around the reality of our nation’s internment of Japanese
and Italian citizens and alien immigrants during WWII.
Roger Shimomura’s paintings depict vignettes of life in the
Japanese internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho. The paintings
brilliantly contrast the stark landscape and bare bones lodging
with the often vibrant lives created by the inhabitants. Students
will walk away from the experience with a rich understanding
Hot off the Press
MAM’s 2009 MONTANA TRIENNIAL
This full-color catalogue features images by all 60 exhibiting artists
in this first ever Montana Triennial. The catalog includes biographical
information and an exhibition essay by juror Beth Sellars.
New! MAM Scholarship Fund
MAM offers classes year-round for people of all ages and abilities
and even though prices are kept low, the fees may still be costprohibitive
for many families. The MAM Scholarship Fund was
started with a Missoula patron’s gift in honor of artist Ted Waddell.
education
of this episode in our nation’s history and an understanding of
how art can serve as a graphic reminder of how prejudice and
injustice can seep into our very neighborhoods.
Shimomura’s Minidoka on my Mind and the Fifth Grade Art
Experience are set to begin the first week of October after
Shimomura’s opening on Oct 2. Over fifty fifth grade classes will
visit the museum through mid–December. The classes arrive at
9 AM and remain at the museum until 12 PM when they go to
the Missoula Public Library.
Volunteer Art Guides and Art Helpers
Many volunteers are needed to make this program a success!
Please consider volunteering as an art guide or art helper. For
just a few hours a week you will have the opportunity to learn
about contemporary art, explore a relevant bit of history, and
share your knowledge with the eager and open minds of the
over 1000 children who will be taking part in this experience. To
find out more please call Renee Taaffe, Curator of Education, at
406.728.0447 ext 228 or reneet@missoulaartmuseum.org.
ART GUIDE TRAINING SCHEDULE:
Saturday, Sept 19, 11 AM -1 PM or Wednesday, Sept 23, 11 AM -1 PM
For Art Guides with no previous experience. Overview of FGAE, MAM Art Guide policies, and touring strategies.
Refreshments will be provided.
Wednesday, Sept 30, 11 AM-1 PM or Thursday, Oct 1, 4-6 PM
Training for all FGAE art guides, exhibition overview and touring strategies. Refreshment will be provided.
Gifts to the MAM Scholarship Fund will continue to subsidize
art class tuition for low-income adults and children. Call Nici
Holt Cline at 406.728.0447, ext. 227 or visit www.missoulaartmuseum.org
to donate or learn more.
MAM Volunteers
Did you know that MAM Volunteers put in about 145 hours
a month helping with all aspects of our mission From our
Board of Directors to the Art Guides to the Artini Committee,
MAM Volunteers come from all backgrounds and bring with
them a wide variety of talent and expertise. We are enduringly
grateful for all their hard work.
MAM is always accepting applications for the Volunteer
Program. To find out more about this enriching experience,
please contact Linden How, Director of Visitor Services, at
406.728.0447, ext. 230 or visit www.missoulaartmuseum.org.
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Accessibility
The museum’s entrance is located on the eastern side of the building on Pattee Street. Wheelchair access is
located at this entrance of the building. MAM staff is available to meet special needs. Please contact Linden How,
Visitor Services Director, with questions or to arrange a visit.
Cell Phone Tours
Hundreds of MAM visitors have embraced the new cell phone tour technology in the first few months of its
availability. Cell tours change with each exhibition and include an artist’s or curator’s discussion of the artwork.
MAM visitors simply dial the assigned number on their cell phone and follow the prompts to receive an audio
tour experience. Be among the many to enjoy this new method of experiencing art. MAM’s Cell Phone Tours are
sponsored by Fresh 104.5, Trail 103.3 and Jack FM.
MAM & You: A $50 Annual
Fund gift provides art supplies
for one Flagship class.

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A hip, engaging event serving:
CULTURE (mind-blowing art exhibitions, live
music, artist talks, etc...) FOOD (culinary genius
from the
) ADULT BEVERAGES (fab
wine, beer and non-alcoholic deliciousness)
and a SOCIAL SCENE that’ll make you swoon.
3rd Thursday of every month, 5:30-9 PM, gallery talk at 6 PM, FREE!
September 11 ( )
Cultural Cocktail Party
MAM Artini Insiders Members Only, 7-9 PM
Popcorn, PBR, and a film screening! Each Insider may
bring one friend. Please RSVP by Monday, September 7.
For a little extra coin, Insiders are privy to an array of Artinistyle
incentives. See page 15 to join.
September 17
Artini: Highway to Helmville (hwy 141)
The US Census Bureau may not recognize Helmville as
a city but Alexia Beckerling proves it does indeed exist.
Jetting to MAM from her home in South Africa, Beckerling
will talk about her photography exhibit at 6 PM. Rock on
with caseyjo, female vocalists with acoustic guitars. Buy
a membership and get a free drink at Sean Kelly’s!
October 15
Artini: Minidoka on my Mind
Artist Roger Shimomura’s thought-provoking art speaks to
his experience at a Japanese internment camp in Idaho
in the 1940s. Pianist Lydia Brown will deepen the experience
with moving piano performances throughout the
evening. At 6 PM, Brown will perform a unique compilation
of works by composers who were either in internment
or concentration camps. Buy a membership and get free
admission to the Historical Museum!
November 19
Artini: Eight Heads
Scott Fife made eight larger-than-life sculptures of heads
of people involved in the 1907 Boise, Idaho assassination
trial of Governor Steunenberg. What’s better to accompany
this exhibit than a heavy metal female band
Vera rocks out. Buy a membership and get a gorgeous
card from Noteworthy*!
December 17
Artini: Gifts
Freeman Butts’ expressionist artwork explores the figure
and the landscape and MAM is one of six lucky Montana
museums to have a selection of this work gifted
to its Permanent Collection. Bob Wire will help you get
your holiday groove on. MAM Registrar, Ted Hughes, will
opine on expressionism at 6 PM. Buy a membership and
get a gift MAMbership to give to a pal!
Post-Artini: Hop over to the Red Bird and flash your
MAMbership card for a free sampling of wine!
Missoula Art Museum
335 North Pattee St.
Missoula, MT 59802
Phone: 406.728.0447
Fax: 406.543.8691
www.missoulaartmuseum.org
MISSOULA ART MUSEUM'S MISSION
The Missoula Art Museum strives to engage artists and
audience in the creative exploration of contemporary art
relevant to our community, state and region.
Hours:
Wednesday – Friday 10 - 5 PM
Saturday – Sunday 10 AM - 3 PM
MAM Staff:
Laura Millin, Executive Director
ext. 224, lauramillin@missoulaartmuseum.org
Pam Adams, operations Manager
ext. 225, pam@missoulaartmuseum.org
John Calsbeek, Assistant Curator & Preparator
ext. 229, johnc@missoulaartmuseum.org
Stephen Glueckert, Exhibitions Curator
ext. 226, stevegl@missoulaartmuseum.org
Nici Holt Cline, Development & Membership Director
ext. 227, nici@missoulaartmuseum.org
Linden How, Visitor Services Director
ext. 230, lindenhow@missoulaartmuseum.org
Ted Hughes, Registrar
ext. 222, ted@missoulaartmuseum.org
Alicia Jones, Visitor Services Associate
ext. 221, alicia@missoulaartmuseum.org
Katie Stanton, Marketing & Communications
Director
ext. 231, katies@missoulaartmuseum.org
renee Taaffe, Education Curator
ext. 228, reneet@missoulaartmuseum.org
MAM Board of Directors: Sharon Snavely (President),
Liz Dybdal (Vice-President), Betsy Bach (Secretary), Norman
Williamson (Treasurer), Marshall Delano (Past President), Pat
Aresty, Beth Brennan, Corky Clairmont, Mae Nan Ellingson,
Chris Eyer, Bobbie McKibbin, Bob Precht, Joseph Sample.
MAM is funded in part by Missoula County and the City of
Missoula. Additional support is generously provided by the Paul
G. Allen Family Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation, Montana
Arts Council, Montana Cultural Trust, 21st Century Community
Learning Center Grant, Art Associates of Missoula, Missoula
Business Community, MAM Patrons and Members. MAM is
accredited by the American Associations of Museums (AAM).
Graphic DesigN: Yogesh Simpson | www.yogeshsimpson.com
Thanks to the Missoulian,
Max Media and Ten Spoon
Vineyard and Winery for their support.

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throughout the YEAR.
That’s right. Not only do you get tons of fun and educational
access to MAM, you also have the knowledge that you are
ensuring another year of free admission for everyone to the
museum.
Just like you, MAM is affected by the recession. We have cut over
$100,000 out of our annual budget. Those cuts came from nearly
every line item, but there is one area that will not be impacted:
MAM believes that, now more than ever, free admission is vital.
Missoulians are seeking affordable and engaging family activities
and MAM is proud to meet that need and you, as a MAM
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Permanent Collection and
providing unique, contemporary
art programming.
CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS CIRCLE
Through an annual series of artist studio visits, private collection
tours, special receptions, and parties with curators and collectors,
CCC members gain access to artists, peers, and behind-thescenes
information about contemporary art and collecting issues.
Members provide vital funds for new acquisitions, and CCC
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Anyone can join this dynamic network of collectors and art appreciators.
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shimomura
roger shimomura:
minidoka on my mind
October 2 - December 31, 2009
Carnegie Galleries
Roger Shimomura, Night Watch #1, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 45”.
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