Visiting Artists
The School of Art at the University of Montana has a vibrant visiting artist program; hosting an average of 6-12 visiting artist each year. Through the support of the Jim and Jane Dew Foundation these visiting artist enhance the School of Art’s curriculum, as well as enrich the community. Artists of national and international recognition are invited to campus to provide students and faculty with a variety of meaningful experiences and professional development. The School of Art collaborates with the Gallery of Visual Arts (GVA), the Museum of Arts and Culture (MMAC), the Missoula Art Museum (MAM), and the School of Journalism (SOJ) to exhibit visiting artist artwork.
2012-13 Visiting Artists
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Artist
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Date
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Event
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Location
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Time
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| H. Rafael Chacón | Sept 13 | Lecture | SS 356 | 5:10-6pm |
| Kowkie Durst | Oct 11 | Lecture | SS 356 | 5:10-6pm |
| Steamroller Prints | Oct 24 | Event adj. to FA building, west | FA | 10am-4pm |
| Arthur Gonzalez | Oct 25 | Lecture | SS 356 | 5:10-6pm |
| Archie Bray Day | Nov 20 | Demos Lecture |
AA 128 SS 356 |
10am-4:30 pm 5:10-6pm |
| Erica Spritzer Rasmussen | March 14 | Lecture | SS 356 | 5:10-6pm |
| Olivia Gude | April 11 | Lecture | SS 356 | 6-7pm |
| Anne Johnson | April 18 | Lecture | SS 356 | 5:10-6pm |
Fall 2012
H. Rafael Chacón
SEPTEMBER 13 Lecture by H. Rafael Chacón, Professor of Art History and Criticism, An Artist/Historian Collaboration, 5:10-6 pm, Social Science 356
Dr. Chacón teaches courses on African Art, American Art, Ancient American Art, Critical Theories, European Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Latin American Art, Renaissance Art and Theory, Art and War, Art and Insanity, and Spanish Art at The University of Montana. His current academic interests lie in American architectural history and historic preservation. He has recently completed a book on the life and work of Montana architect A.J. Gibson. Dr. Chacón earned his PH.D with honors from the University of Chicago and his M.A. University of Chicago, Illinois.
OCTOBER 11 Visiting Artist Lecture by Kowkie Durst, 5:10-6 pm, Social Science 356, Sponsored by UMECA, ASUM.
Kowkie Durst has lived and worked in ceramics in the Northwest for the past four years. She is currently an instructor at Oregon College of Art and Craft and Portland Community College. She has also taught at Clackamas Community College and Eastern Washington University. An award-winning artist, Durst’s background touches on many of the principal institutions of modern American craft. Her education spans from the Penland School of Crafts and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts to the Archie Bray Foundation. Durst has shown her work widely throughout the country. She holds an MFA in Ceramics from Penn State University and a BA in German and anthropology from Tulane University. Link: http://gallery.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/artists/durst.html
OCTOBER 25 Visiting Artist Lecture by Arthur Gonzalez, 5:10-6 pm, Social Science Building, Room 356. Sponsored by the Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist Lecture Fund.
Arthur Gonzalez received his MFA degree at the University of California at Davis. He studied under Robert Arneson, Manuel Neri and Wayne Thiebaud. He is an internationally exhibited artist with over 35 one-person shows in the last 25 years. He has received many awards, including two Virginia Groot Foundation awards, and an unprecedented four-time recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts award. He is a tenured professor at the California College of the Arts in Oakland. He also has been awarded many residencies including the Pilchuck Glass School, and the Tainan University of Art in Taiwan. Link:http://www.arthurgonzalez.com
OCTOBER 24 School of Art and the Printmaking Division host the “Steamroller Prints” from 10:00-4:00, outside of the School of Art in the short term parking lot on the west side of the Dennison Theatre (formerly University Theatre). For more information, check out our blog at http://steamrollerprintproject.blogspot.com/ or contact Professor Jim Bailey at james.bailey@umontana.edu.
NOVEMBER 20 Lectures by Archie Bray Foundation Residents, 5:10-6 pm, Social Science 356, Sponsored by the Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist Lecture Fund
Resident artists from the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena will demonstrate their skills in ceramic art during Archie Bray Day, all day on Monday in the ceramics Division in the Art Annex, room 128. All welcome to observe; events will run from 10 am to 7 pm and are free and open to the public. Artist demonstrations will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Ceramics Studio of UM’s Art Annex, located south of the Adams Center. The artists' visit is made possible by the Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist Fund. For more information, call UM Professor Beth Lo at 406-243-5893. Link:http://www.archiebray.org/
Spring 2012
April 18
Anne Johnson is a painter and digital printmaker. In her current work, she draws on globe projections, mid-century road maps, military surveys and political geography to explore the map as an always-belated image, memorial to yesterday’s knowledge. She is preoccupied with the metaphor of losing one’s way, map in hand; with tall tales embodied in cartographic silences; and with arguments masked as measurements. In a map’s limited legibility, she finds meaning and an invitation to improvise. Graphic patterns and codes, the pathos of political borders, inevitable lacunae—these give her a place to start. Link:http://pnca.edu/faculty/meet/ajohnson
MARCH 14 Visiting Artist Lecture by Erica Spitzer Rasmussen, 5:10-6 pm, Social Science 356, Sponsored by the Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist Lecture Fund. This lecture is in conjunction with her exhibition: presents Erica Sptizer Rasmussen: Second Skin and companion fiber exhibit. Exhibit reception will follow in the Gallery of Visual Arts, 6-7 pm.
Erica Spitzer Rasmussen is an artist who creates mixed media and handmade paper garments. She received her BFA (1990) and MFA (1997) from the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), which included coursework in Mexico and Greece. Her current work explores issues of identity and corporeality, often utilizing clothing as a metaphor for one’s skin. Her work has been featured on the pages of FIBERARTS, Surface Design, Hand Papermaking, Craft Arts International and American Craft. Rasmussen teaches studio arts as an Associate Professor at Metropolitan State University (St. Paul, MN). Her sculptural and wearable works are exhibited internationally. Link:http://www.ericaspitzerrasmussen.com/
APRIL 11 Visiting Artist Lecture by Olivia Gude, 6-7 pm, Social Science 356, Sponsored by the Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist Lecture Fund, The College of Visual and Performing Arts, The Montana Arts Council and the UM Office of the Provost.
Olivia Gude is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Founding Director of Spiral Workshop. She is a Senior Artist of the Chicago Public Art Group and is the editor of an on-line Community Public Art Guide. Her current research focuses on identifying new paradigms for structuring visual art curriculum. Olivia Gude has been a featured speaker at The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of British Columbia, California College of Arts, University of Texas Austin, the Los Angeles United School District, the Museum of Modern Art, Palm Springs Art Museum, the Walker Art Center, and Chicago Art Institute and Museum of Contemporary Art. Gude has been the keynote speaker for art education conferences in Florida, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania as well as in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada. In 2009, Gude was awarded the Viktor Lowenfeld Award by the National Art Education Association for her contributions to the field of art education. For more information, please contact Jennifer Combe at jennifer.combe@umontana.edu
