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UM Media Arts Grad Student LaNada “Lenny” Peppers Nominated for Nammy
October 31, 2019 - The National Association of Native American Music’s 19th annual Native American Music Awards (NAMA) has nominated University of Montana School of Media Arts MFA student LaNada “Lenny” Peppers for a prestigious Nammy award.
Peppers, from Lame Deer, Montana and a member of the...
Creative Pulse released a new promotional video!
October 10, 2019 - Are you looking for a transformative master's degree? Check out this video about the Creative Pulse Graduate Program in Integrated Arts and Education.
Payne Family Donates $5M for Montana Museum of Art and Culture
October 04, 2019 – From historical treasures of Europe to dramatic art of the American West, the Permanent Collection of the Montana Museum of Art and Culture at the University of Montana represents the deepest holdings of art in the state and is among the oldest in the...
State of the clay: A look into UM's dynamic ceramics program
September 19, 2019 - A voluptuous figure, in a tiny bikini, stood at a glorious 6 feet tall. Her thick skin was smooth and earthy in its tone, her curves rolled and flowed like banks of a river. The woman was something of a dream or maybe a fantasy. With over-the-top proportions, she teased...
Top ten. Again! The J-School makes the Hearst Journalism Awards Program's best-of list
June 6, 2019 - Top ten. Again! The J-School makes the Hearst Journalism Awards Program's best-of list based on outstanding work by our students over the course of the contest year. Congratulations to Eli Imadali, Matt Neuman, Jiakai Lou, and Rikki Devlin for your individual efforts that led to...
Journalism Professor Earns National Journalism Award
April 30, 2019 – Denise Dowling, longtime broadcast journalist, journalism professor and two-time interim dean of the University of Montana School of Journalism, has won a prestigious national award from the Society of Professional Journalists for her radio documentary “Alex, Not Amy: Growing...
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Michael Musick in South Korea
February, 2019 - Michael Musick was invited to participate in Neotopia: Data and Humanity, at the Art Center Nabi in Seoul, South Korea. The focus of the conference was Citygram, a project that captured, visualized, and analyzed soundscapes in order to create accurate, real-time, interactive...
Montana Holds First Arts Integration Conference
February, 2019 - UMArts is proud to serve as leaders in an on-going community partnership in an Arts and Education collective impact project. UMArts and the Creative Pulse, in partnership with SPARK! Arts Ignite Learning, Missoula County Public Schools, Arts Missoula and the Washington...
New West: Art and the Environment Certificate
January, 2019 - New West: Art and the Environment is a new certificate offered through the School of Art beginning spring semester 2020. This immersive experience is for undergraduates and graduates from art and other disciplines and includes learning strategies through research, creative...
University of Montana Dance Program Shines at American College Dance Association Northwest Regional Conference
January, 2019 - Tsiambwom Akuchuand and Noelle Huser participated in the National Festival of the American College Dance Association and the Institute for Dance Journalism Advocacy (IDJA) at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Tsiambwom’s performance was...
Vienna Study Abroad
January 2019 - Every night in Vienna about 10,000 music fans are treated to classical music performances — something unheard of in any other city in the world. We invite you to join us during our Vienna Study Abroad.
Vienna’s musical life is dominated by four monumental performance venues: the...
UM Dance Program Offers Creative Movement Classes for Kids
December 31, 2018 – Every fall and spring, the University of Montana Dance Program offers children’s dance classes for kids ages 3½ to 10.
The classes take place on UM’s main campus in the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center. Spring Session begins Jan. 17 and ends April 11, with March 22...
UM Receives High Honors at Collegiate Opera Competition
November 26, 2018 – The University of Montana Opera Theater and UM Symphony Orchestra continued their winning tradition at the National Opera Association Collegiate Opera Competition recently.
UM’s production of “Julius Caesar” won third place in Division III of the competition, which compared...
Emily Graslie featured for 2019 Odyssey of the Stars
October, 2018 - UM’s College of Visual and Performing Arts is proud to recognize Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent, Field Museum- Chicago, during its 19th annual scholarship event, Odyssey of the Stars—A Celebration of Artistic Journeys.
Emily Graslie, 2011 School of Art Alumna,...
UM Theatre and Dance Graduate Tsiambwom Akuchu Performs at the Kennedy Center
June 18, 2018 - Tsiambwom Akuchu's path to the stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., started with a little research.
Akuchu, who started break-dancing when he was a teenager, says "hip-hop's history is embedded in its movement." You can't separate that history from the moves...
Media Arts Professors Direct Music Video for Jeff Ament of Pearl jam
June 2018 - Media Art’s Professors Mark Shogren and Greg Twigg directed a solo video for Pearl Jam’s bassist Jeff Ament. “Safe in the Car,” features indie singer Angel Olsen and appears on the album Heaven/Hell. In the video, Ament escapes flooding, fires and other natural disasters.
Set...
Montana Rep brings classic 'Mockingbird' to China
May 9, 2017 - Since 1997, To Kill A Mockingbird has been the Montana Repertory Theatre's signature play.
The professional theater-in-residence at the University of Montana took it on a national tour that broke it into bigger markets and established its reputation as a company that specialized in...
CoMotion tackles climate change
July 30, 2016 - If someone suggested you watch artists perform an hour-long dance about climate change, you might shoot them your best “have-you-lost-your-mind” look.
But your curiosity level might be raised, too.
When Karen Kaufmann’s phone rang in February 2015 and the caller asked her about...
UMArts Alum, Arlynn Fishbaugh, recieves Distinguished Alumni Award
July 13, 2016 - One of the most prominent arts administrators in the country, Fishbaugh will retire in September as executive director of the Montana Arts Council, a role she’s held since 1992. Under her leadership, the agency excelled at promoting the arts in Montana by encouraging commerce and...
Lily Gladstone is a star on the rise, but her Blackfeet identity and UM roots keep her grounded
April 1, 2016 - Last February, Rene Haynes was standing in line at a Los Angeles Costco when her phone buzzed. She didn’t recognize the number, but as a Hollywood casting director, she’s used to urgent calls from strange numbers at all hours of the day. This one was from a fellow casting...
Sound inspires dedicated musician born with severe hearing impairment
April 23, 2016 - Emily Silks, a University of Montana percussion performance major, talks recently at her home in Missoula about her career as a musician and the paths that led her there. Silks was born with a rare condition that left her 95 percent hearing impaired, and she couldn't fully hear...
UM Media Arts Students Gain Professional Film Experience
March 30, 2016 - University of Montana School of Media Arts Professor Andrew Smith, working with his twin brother Alex Smith, recently completed principal photography on “Walking Out,” their third feature film set in Montana.
UM Student Documentary Wins Big at Utah Film Festival
January 25, 2016 – A short documentary produced by eight seniors in the filmmaking program at the University of Montana School of Media Arts recently won several awards after its premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
UM Professor Wins Annual Composers’ Competition
March 16, 2016 - Emilie LeBel, assistant professor of composition at the University of Montana School of Music, became the first woman to win the Land’s End Ensemble’s Composer Competition.
UM Professor Thinks Big with Quarter-ton Ceramic Sculptures
March 3, 2016 - University of Montana ceramics professor Trey Hill has been on sabbatical since May, taking the time to explore working on large-scale pieces in the medium. Here, Hill describes a piece in progress in his home near East Missoula.
Missoula Piano Trio Triumphs in MTNA Divisional Competition
January 19, 2016 - The “Missoula Piano Trio”, comprised of UM music majors Adam Sears, piano, and Sarah Harmsworth, violin, along with Hellgate High School cellist David Harmsworth, recently won the Music Teachers National Association’s Northwest Division Young Artist String Chamber Music...
Ivan Morrison: Giving from the Heart
Ivan Morrison (MFA ‘67) considers the community of inspiring friends and mentors he found as a graduate student in the School of Art to be one of the greatest gifts of his UM education. However, it’s a story he hadn’t shared that inspired his generous gift to establish a new scholarship for...
School of Theatre & Dance Alum Selected for Leadership Program
October 1, 2015 - Lily Gladstone, School of Theatre and Dance, BFA 2008, was selected to participate in the 2015 Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) Emerging Leaders of Color Professional Development Program to be held in Denver Colorado on October 26-28, 2015.
WESTAF is a regional...
UM Grad Takes Command of the U.S. Army Band
December 18, 2014 - Colonel Timothy J. Holtan recently became the 10th Leader and Commander of The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” Washington, D.C. The change of command ceremony took place on December 12, 2014 at Brucker Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia, which is adjacent to Arlington...
Exhibit A: Amy Almquist
UM Theatre and Dance Alumn, Amy Almquist (MFA Directing ‘93), has the national distinction of being the only professional actor working full-time in a prosecutor’s office exclusively to train attorneys in courtroom presentation techniques and persuasive communication strategy. As the Training...
Beth Lo in Korea
Beth lo was one of four american artists invited to create work on the occasion of the 7th annual Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale in South Korea held 23 September – 17 November, 2013. The sculptural installation she created, Breath, includes porcelain figures and containers of standing...
Vienna – the City of Music
2014 - Every night in Vienna about 10,000 music fans are treated to classical music, something that is simply unheard of in any other city in the world! We invite you to join the fun during our 2015 Vienna Study Abroad, May 26-July 6.
Vienna’s musical life is dominated by four great monumental...
