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Meloy and Paxson Galleries
America Merideth, Produced Water: Salt the Earth
acrylic, 2005
January 16 - February 26, 2008
Impacted Nations offers 52 works by contemporary Native American artists addressing the conflict between Native people's relationship to the earth and the political and economic forces that undermine it. This traveling exhibition was organized by Honor the Earth, a national Native American organization founded by Winona LaDuke (see information below about her upcoming visit).
•Monday, February 25, 8pm, Montana Theatre: UM President's Lecture Series:
Winona LaDuke, Creating Just Societies:
The Environment, the Economy, and Human Relations in the Next Millennium
•Tuesday, February 26, 6-8pm, Meloy Gallery: Closing reception with 7pm film screening of Homeland and gallery talk by Winona LaDuke
In collaboration with the UM President's Office,
Women's Studies Program, Environmental Studies Program, Department of Native American Studies - Calvin B. Stott Visiting Scholars/Elders Fund, and the Office of Academic Affairs
The Montana Museum of Art & Culture has received several generous loans of major modernist works from private collections, viewable at two campus locations.
In the UM Mansfield Library lobby through April 9, 2008 is Colonne de Rêve (Dream Column), by surrealist Jean Arp (1886-1966). Mansfield Library hours vary throughout the school year. Please contact the library for open hours at 243-6866 or at www.lib.umt.edu.
Three works are on view in the UM President's Office Lobby:
The President's Office Lobby, located in Main Hall is open to the public Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, except on holidays.
•Untitled I by Abstract Expressionist master Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) will be on display through February 8, 2008.
•E.O.W. on her Blue Eiderdown, by British artist Frank Auerbach (b. 1931) will be on view through April 26, 2008.
•White Relief (2), by British artist Ben Nicholson (b. 1894), just arrived and is available for public viewing through April 30, 2008.
Images from left to right:
Jean Arp, Colonne de Rêve limestone and bronze, 1958, 61.5"x 14" x 5"
Willem de Kooning, Untitled I, oil on canvas, 1979, 80.75" x 70.25"
Frank Auerbach, E.O.W. on her Blue Eiderdown, oil on board, 1965, 12" x 15.75"
Ben Nicholson, White Relief (2), oil on carved board, 1935, 15.5" x 6.5"
ART APPRECIATION SHORT COURSE - Early Registration Deadline January 31, 2008
Interested in brushing up on your art knowledge? Want to speak in more eloquent, concise and confident terms about art? MMAC is collaborating with the Missoula Art Museum and the Art Associates of Missoula to offer "Very Visual: Art Appreciation and Visual Literacy," taught by local art historian, Ted Hughes, in the UM University Center Room 326. Classes will meet from 4-6pm on February 5, 12, and 19. Cost is $26 for those who register by 5pm Thursday, January 31, and $35 after. To register, call MMAC at 243-2019 or email museum@umontana,edu. More information
Registration Form available here.
Karen Rice
Karen Rice
Programs and Publications Coordinator
Karen Rice has worked for MMAC as Programs and Publications Coordinator since May, 2004. She received her M.F.A. in Painting from The University of Montana, and continues to be a successful, creative practicing artist. In her role at MMAC, she oversees the design and production of museum publications and coordinates museum programs, among a wide variety of other tasks. Her hard work is much-valued and much-appreciated at MMAC!
Thanks to the support of our wonderful donors, MMAC serves as a center of interdisciplinary learning and visual exploration for The University of Montana and Montana's communities. The Museum relies on the support of individuals and welcomes gifts at all levels. If you have questions about making a gift, please contact Barbara Koostra at 406.243.2019 or museum@umontana.edu, or Ric Thomas at 406.243.5615 or email ric.thomas@mso.umt.edu. Click here to give online.
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Meloy and Paxson Galleries
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