Art + Culture News // July 29, 2019
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Upcoming Missoula Events!
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Open AIR Summer Luncheon Series
Tuesdays in July
11 AM - 1 PM
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Join us for an intriguing luncheon series during the month of July! Guests will have the opportunity to visit a unique site each week, enjoy a short tour of each site, and hear from our summer Artists-in-Residence who will be making art on that very site! Lunch provided by Western Montana Creative Initiatives and supportive partners. $10 donation encouraged the day of the event to help off-set the cost of meals.
Schedule:
11-11:15 - Arrival
11:15-11:30 - Brief tour
11:45 - 12:15 - Artist talk & beverage
12:15-1 - Lunch
Weekly Location:
July 30th
- Board Member's house in the Rattlesnake (meet artists-in-residence from the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness)
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Opening Reception:
domestic topography
: Works by Ben Jordan
Opening Reception: Friday, August 2, 5:30 - 9 PM
Exhibition runs August 2 - 30, 2019
Clay Studio of Missoula
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The Clay Studio of Missoula is proud to present a solo exhibition featuring the ceramic works of current artist in residence Ben Jordan.
Ben Jordan was born and raised in the American Southwest. He earned a bachelors degree in Sociology at Northern Arizona University before discovering a passion for clay in 2006. After completing a Bachelors of Fine Art in ceramics at Northern Arizona University he went on to work and apprentice in the city of Groningen, in the Netherlands. After finishing a residency at the Red Lodge Clay Center in 2014, he went on to obtain his Masters in Fine Art in ceramics from Virginia Commonwealth University. After graduate school, Ben completed a year-long ceramics residency at Pocosin Arts in North Carolina before coming to The Clay Studio of Missoula in September 2017.
Ben will complete his residency at The Clay Studio of Missoula at the end of August, and will continue his studio practice in the Bozeman area.
My current body of work is in part an exploration of the interplay between form and surface ornamentation. I enjoy the sometimes competing, at times harmonious relationship between the two. I’m endlessly interested in the way surface decoration can enhance and reinforce the subtle nuances of a form, highlighting a specific curve, profile, or making process. While at times the surface treatment can completely take the limelight, overshadowing the form by the surface’s design, pattern and color. I especially enjoy seeking the space between these at times, disparaging ends of the spectrum, finding a “happy medium” where form and surface are simultaneously highlighting each other and vying for attention.
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Artist Statement, by Ben Jordan
domestic topography
: Works by Ben Jordan will be on display at the Clay Studio of Missoula from August 2-30, 2019, with an opening on Friday, August 2 from 5:30-9 PM. Gallery events are free and open to the public.
or call us at 406-543-0509.
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Live Performances:
Broadway Beat
Featuring 160 kids!
August 8 - 10
MCT Center for the Performing Arts
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Popular music since the 1960’s has stirred people to get up and boogie to the unique beat of their generation. The natural combination of dance, music, and story has inspired Broadway musicals to become a new home for the sensational sounds of the last 60 years. From Motown to rock to disco to pop to punk, a
Broadway Beat
has emerged that the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) will celebrate Thu., Aug. 8-Sat., Aug. 10 at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts.
Broadway Beat
is MCT’s Performing Arts Camp production, featuring nearly 160 teens from the USA and Canada. Through both its international tour and Missoula-based productions, MCT has worked with approximately 65,000 kids this past year. The cast of
Broadway Beat
features the young talent chosen to participate in this rousing music revue.
The entire show will be learned in just 10 days at Flathead Lake. The day before the show opens, the cast will return to Missoula to prepare for the 6 family-friendly
Broadway Beat
performances at the air-conditioned MCT Center for the Performing Arts.
For MCT, the Performing Arts Camp show holds a special place, because it highlights kids who have really discovered a deep love of theatre through the Missoula Children’s Theatre. All of the performers participated in a Missoula Children’s Theatre production somewhere in the world. Many of them grew up with MCT. For some of them, MCT may be their only access to theatre. Each of them brings talent, a thirst for performing, and a unique dedication to creating a full-scale, exhilarating production in a very short period of time. Be advised: you might have a hard time staying still in your seat, once you’re caught up in the
Broadway Beat.
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Broadway Beat
show times are Thursday, Aug. 8 at 7:30 PM; Friday, August 9 at 5 PM and 7:30 PM; and Saturday, August 10 at 1 PM, 4 PM, and 7:30 PM. All performances are at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available at
MCTinc.org
; by calling 406-728-7529; or at MCT’s Box Office.
Broadway Beat
is sponsored by Southgate Mall, PayneWest Insurance, and Park Side Credit Union.
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Fundraiser for Our Community Record
Two Eagle River School
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In January 2002 in association with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the photography project Our Community Record Two Eagle River School began at this alternative Tribal school in Pablo, Montana and has served students each year since. Our Community Record is a collaborative project between photographer David J. Spear and Two Eagle River School. David works closely with school faculty and staff to implement and carry out the project for Native American students living on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana in grades eight through twelve. Through storytelling and photographic studies, Our Community Record, seeks to teach students to explore and document their community, culture and history. This learning process broadens student interest in their surroundings, builds self-esteem, encourages creative expression through the arts and prepares them for higher education. The project has been ongoing for nearly eighteen years. An archive of images of this community made by students from the project is housed at the school and is available for student and community use. Student work from the project has been exhibited locally and nationally.
In 2006 the non-profit organization A VOICE-Art Vision & Outreach In Community Education, was founded. A VOICE sponsors the project through federal funding, foundation grants and private support A VOICE is a non-profit arts educational organization that serves Tribal and rural youth living on the Flathead Reservation and in Lake and Sanders counties. At the A VOICE website student work is celebrated in the Project Gallery, http://avoice.accionpower.com/)
We are planning to take fifteen student photographers and several staff on an intensive one-week educational trip to New Mexico in September 2019. We are fundraising to cover the costs of: Airfare, Motel/Hotel, Van Rental, Food, Travel Bags, Film, Museum Admissions, and Spending Money. These students have earned this trip by honing their camera skills through a project entitled Our Community Record, an educational outreach program.
This selected group of 15 students has been studying photography with David Spear at Two Eagle River School for the past 1–3 years. They have explored photojournalism, documentary and art photography, and have learned the nuances of the medium through the practice of shooting manual SLR cameras and developing and printing images with traditional black and white darkroom processes. While at home in Montana students study images, hear stories, and make their own work in the school’s darkroom. This trip, for most of these young people, will be their first opportunity to experience new places, communities and cultures using their photographic skills to develop a new portfolio of work to share their experience with others. Students on this trip will also build new cultural bridges with visits to homesite pueblos to meet families, share customs and to learn about the ways of the First People’s from this area. In 2016, fourteen students from the project at that time traveled on the first Two Eagle River School Trip Of A Lifetime-Destination New York City. The video uploaded at this site documents this trip. Online links below include the same video of the trip, a radio interview and follow up news stories about the students and their work from that trip.
If you are able, please help get these kids to New Mexico! Every dollar helps!
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Your Performance Opportunity:
The Show: Where the Wild Things Move
Arts & Above
August 5 - 9
New West Side Theater
Formerly MASC STUDIO
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Come with us on a performative journey with movement, action, and props where imagination is unleashed! This production will be co-directed by Kate Jordan and Bruno Augusto of Arts & Above.
Taking part requires full commitment to all rehearsals, and a participation fee*. The participation fee is for the 15 hour program that culminates with a public performance. This includes coaching and directing by professional artists Kate and Bruno of Arts & Above, production costs, costumes, and 1 complimentary tickets to the show. (*A limited number of scholarships may be available).
AUGUST 5th - 9th
Monday 1 - 4 PM
Tuesday 1 - 4 PM
Wednesday 1 - 4 PM
Thursday 1 - 4 PM
Friday 1 - 3 PM, 3 - 4 PM Public Performance, The Show: Where the Wild Things Move
Participation Fee: $150
Early Bird Discount: $125 ($25 off if registered by July 21st)
Public Tickets to THE SHOW: $5-15 at the door
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Summer Art Classes
At Missoula Art Museum
Registration now open
for kids and teens!
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NEW! Teen Artist Summer Open Studio
Wednesdays Weekly // June 19 – August 14 (except July 3)
2 – 5 PM // FREE
NEW! Each Wednesday MAM hosts open studio time for teens. Teens work closely with professional artists and art mentors in a fun and informal environment. This is a unique opportunity for teens to learn different techniques and methods from professional artists and create artwork of their own. All materials are provided (choose from MAM’s supply) or you are welcome to bring your own.
July 29 – August 2,
10 – 11:30 AM // Ages 3 – 5 // $35/31.50 or $10 drop-in
SENSORY FUN! With Jolena Ryan
Little ones are encouraged to engage, explore, and experiment with a wide variety of artmaking tools. Campers make prints, craft with nature, sculpt, collage, and more! This camp is designed to nurture and encourage art exploration. Multiple art-making stations and fun projects keep little hands and minds busy.
August 5 – 9,
9 AM – noon // Ages 6 – 12 // $80/72
WEARABLE CARDBOARD CREATIONS! With Elisha Harteis
Bend, cut, and glue cardboard to create a robot or animal costume. Cardboard is a versatile material well-suited for creating costumes. Add a few furry, round elements and whiskers and you can have an animal/robot hybrid. This camp ends with a brief, costumed parade around the block!
August 12 – 16,
9:00 AM – noon // ages 6 – 12 // $80/72
SO MANY KINDS OF BOOKS TO MAKE! With Susie Risho
Create several different kinds of books, from accordion fold to Turkish Map-style books. Experiment with dyeing cloth for covers, sewing pages together and using care in folding papers and designing a well-balanced appealing progression of pages. Book content includes drawing imaginative creatures, using humor, and working with memory.
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domestic topography
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Works by Ben Jordan
August 2 - 30
Clay Studio of Missoula
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Matthew Hamon:
Ratljóst
July 12 - October 31
PARTV Building
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Another Alphabet
July 12 - August 17
Radius Gallery
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Painted Color Ceramics
(Corvallis)
For more details on Painted Color Ceramics & Classes,
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Lakebottom Sound
Free Sessions
FIRST Sundays 6-8PM at Imagine Nation Brewing
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Zootown Arts Community Center
For upcoming classes and details, please visit the
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Playing With The Band
2019 REGISTRATION OPEN
(406) 396-3352
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Bare Bait Dance
Modern Dance Class
Open Space, 005
PARTV Building, U of M
Tuesdays 5:30-7PM
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Unity Dance & Drum
African Dance Class
Missoula Senior Center
Tuesdays, 7-8:30PM
Contact: 549-7933
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Missoula Art Museum
Lunch Club - 30min tours & chats at MAM!
For full listings and more information on MAM's classes:
Website!
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People's Market
Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM
May through September
@ Higgins and Pine
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The Clay Studio
of Missoula
For information on ALL Adult and Kid classes at The Clay Studio of Missoula,
click here!
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Downtown Dance Collective
Drop-In Classes
Ages 13+
For all experience levels
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Flamenco Montana
Mondays at
The Barn Movement studio
Beginners: 6:45-7:45PM
Continuing: 7:45-8:45PM
542-9270
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Call For Art
48th Benefit Art Auction
Missoula Art Museum
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Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: September 16, 2019 (midnight Mountain Time)
- Notification of jury results sent via email: November 1, 2019
- Last Day to deliver artwork: December 27, 2019
- Exhibition dates: January 3-29, 2020
- Opening Reception: January 3, 2020, 5-8 PM
- 48th Benefit Art Auction and dinner: February 1, 2020, UC Ballroom, University of Montana
Eligibility: Open to all artists. Submissions are not accepted from dealers, galleries or any third party.
Terms: The jury will consider all submissions for inclusion in either the Live or the Silent Auctions. The donation amount you choose (100%, 75%, or 50%) is calculated from the final sale price. The Reserve Price is set at 50% of declared value.
Artist Benefits:
All auction artists
will receive one discounted ticket to the 48th Benefit Art Auction and dinner and a one-year MAM Individual Circle Membership that provides invitations to member-only receptions and exhibition previews, a subscription to MAM’s print newsletter, and discounts on books, classes and beverages at receptions, a $50 value.
Artists that choose to donate 100% of their sale
to MAM will receive
one free ticket plus one discounted ticket to the 48th Benefit Art Auction and dinner, and a one-year MAM Friend Circle Level Membership giving you and your partner all the membership benefits listed above plus reciprocal membership to over 600 museums nationwide, a $125 value.
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Friends and Family Art Call!
All past and present staff, board members, volunteers, studio holders, instructors, students, ZACC Main & Hallway Gallery artists, and ZACC collaborators are invited to submit to our 2019 Friends and Family Show! Anyone belonging to any of these groups who submits work will be accepted!
Deadline: November 3
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KBGA Missoula artists radio show. Talk about an art event, life as an artists, etc.
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AUDITION FOR FREAKY FRIDAY MUSICAL AT MCT
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The Missoula Community Theatre will hold an open audition for Disney’s Freaky Friday on Sunday, August 25 from 12:30-4:00 PM. Please use the Main Street entrance and go to the third floor.
In this lively new musical based on the popular novel and Disney movies, mom and daughter, Katherine and Ellie, both have strong opinions on how the other should live her life. In one magical moment, the frazzled single mom and her rebellious teenage daughter switch bodies, and a chaotic comedy of errors ensues! In addition to the delightfully heartwarming story, Freaky Friday contains a score/lyrics composed by the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning team of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal).
The audition is open to women, men, and children ages 12 and up. Director Joseph Martinez will audition adults (age 17 and up) from 12:30-2:00 PM. Children/teens (ages 12-16) will audition from 2:00-4:00 PM. Martinez is expecting to cast approximately 14 females and 14 males.
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Other than Katherine and Ellie, some of the roles to be cast are Katherine’s eccentric young son, Fletcher, and easy-going fiancé, Mike, as well as Ellie’s teen love interest, Adam. Martinez says there are “lots of fun roles for adults and teenagers.”
No advance preparation is required to audition. Call-backs will take place the same evening. Martinez expects that rehearsals will be weeknights from 7-10:30 PM. Those auditioning should note that Disney’s Freaky Friday performances are October 24-November 3.
**For questions regarding auditions, or to inquire about a perusal script, please call MCT at 728-PLAY(7529) Monday-Friday between 9AM and 5PM.
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Radius Gallery invites artists far and wide to submit original artworks to its 6th annual Holiday Show!
This show aims to bring together an abundance of original art by artists across Montana and beyond, and to offer collectors and gift givers alike a wide variety of unique, high quality and affordable works.
Submission Deadline: September 30
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Click the links below for more information
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Sister Cities:
Palmerston North, New Zealand & Neckargemünd, Germany
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