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Rudy Autio Remembered
A memorial exhibition and gathering at UM
will pay
tribute to Rudy Autio, a luminary in the
international
contemporary ceramic world. Autio died June
20 of
leukemia.
"Rudy Remembered (1926-2007)" will be on display
through Thursday, Aug. 9, in the Paxson
Gallery of the
Montana Museum of Art & Culture. In
addition to
regular gallery hours, the exhibition will be
open
during the Rudy Autio Memorial, which begins
at 4
p.m. Saturday, July 21, in the Montana Theatre.
"Rudy Remembered" is paired with the
exhibition "Henry Meloy: The Portraits."
"Yellowstone Engraved: Images that Popularized
Jackson, Moran and America's First National
Park"
also is on display in the Meloy Gallery of
the museum
through Saturday, Aug. 18.
The galleries and theater are located in UM's
Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center.
MMAC's
summer hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday. There is no charge for
admission,
and free parking is available near the northwest
corner of the PAR/TV Center.
Autio was recognized worldwide for his
distinctive
approach to the ceramic vessel form. Two of
Autio's
hallmark vessels were loaned to the museum by
Lela
Autio for this exhibit, which also will
feature his works
from MMAC's Permanent Collection.
Born in Butte to a Finnish mining family,
Autio earned
a bachelor's degree from Montana State
University-Bozeman and a master's degree in
fine arts
from
Washington State University. He became a
founding
resident of the Archie Bray Foundation and,
in 1957,
created the ceramics program at UM, where he
taught
until his retirement in 1983.
The grizzly bear statue on the Oval is among
his many
works of art on campus.
Montana Museum of Art and Culture
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