Art + Culture News // July 22, 2019
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Upcoming Missoula Events!
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Season 9 Launch Party!
Bare Bait Dance
Thursday, July 25, 6 - 8 PM
The Roxy
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We love a good kick-off and so once again we're having a party at The Roxy Theater!
Come to The Roxy on Thursday, July 25 to hear about Bare Bait Dance 2019-2020 season! Early bird tickets (10% off season tickets!) are on sale in the lobby of The Roxy from 6-7 PM.
Then at 7 PM join us for a screening of
Play Serious, a fabulous film about the incredible Scandinavian choreographer, Alexander Ekman, featuring his amazing work,
Play.
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The Art of Fly Fishing
Dale Evers Art Exhibit
July 26 - 29
Draught Works
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A fine art exhibit like no other, “The Art of Fly Fishing,” features sculptures crafted from bronze, steel, brass, glass, and copper to emulate actual fly patterns in exaggerated proportions. Evers has been fervently at work on his third rendition of the collection at his studio in Paso Robles, California for months in preparation for his traveling tour of the North West. With pop-up shows booked in Missoula and Big Fort, Montana, as well as, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the artist will be displaying the works from his collection and performing live art “on the fly.”
With a professional art career that spans nearly four decades, Evers continues to produce work prolifically, pioneering new methods for sophisticated creations that are ceaselessly original and bold. Evers clients include The United States Olympic Committee, Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, Paul Mitchell Hair Products, Alaska Airlines, and many others. Well established within his field, Evers creates works of art inspired by the passions that drive his creativity, fly fishing being top of the list. With origins in marine life art, Evers has a particular talent for capturing organic movement in his designs, which is evident in any of “The Cast” sculptures. Evers takes rigid steel and harnesses the graceful appearance of a cast.
Coming off the heels of the Silver Bow Club live art exhibit in Bozeman, Montana, Evers will be hosted by Missoulian brewery, Draught Works, from the 26th to the 29th of July. During the four day long event, Evers will be preforming a live art demonstration and displaying works from his latest collection. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to pair top-notch beer with world class art.
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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 Locations:
July 23rd
- Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
July 30th
- Board Member's house in the Rattlesnake (meet artists-in-residence from the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness)
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Songs for a New World
July 25 - 27
Downtown Dance Collective
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“It’s about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back.”
- author/composer Jason Robert Brown.
The Downtown Dance Collective’s Artist in Residence Program in Missoula will present Songs for a New World on July 25th at 7:30 pm, July 26th at 7:30 pm, and July 27th at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm. This off-Broadway production was the first musical from Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Bridges of Madison County, The Last 5 Years), and is a theatrical song cycle that examines life, love, and the choices that we make. Tickets are $15 (including fees) and are available online at ddcmontana.com. The show is rated PG-13.
The cast of four performers will feature Jadd Davis, Brit Garner, Elijah Fisher, and Arielle Nachtigal, and a five-piece band conducted by Scott Hamilton, Piano with Nick Barr, Bass, Rosie Cerquone, Drums, Mac Merchant, Keyboard 2, and Troy David, Percussion.
The show is a collection of songs that tell a series of stories without a traditional developing plot running throughout. Each song transports us through our American identity, our community, and our desires. We see survivors of the expulsion of 1492, we see a man leave his fiancée at their engagement party, we even see the spirit of a soldier at war return home to his grieving mother. Characters range from a young man living in the ghetto with aspirations of using basketball as his exit to a new life, to a gold-digging woman bent on champagne and yachts…ending in a loveless marriage.
Songs for a New World has been underwritten by generous Missoula sponsors and businesses.
For more information about the performance and tickets visit www.ddcmontana.com
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DIY Across America
Presented by AR Workshop
& HGTV Magazine
Friday, July 26, 7 PM
Saturday, July 27, 2 PM
Saturday , July 27, 7 PM
AR Workshop Missoula
121 S Higgins Ave (Next to the Wilma)
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HGTV Magazine and AR Workshop are teaming up for a fun-filled weekend of DIY! Join AR Workshop locations across the nation for a featured weekend of DIY projects sponsored by HGTV Magazine! During these special workshops, guests will receive a free bonus project, gifts from our sponsors, sips, sweets, prizes, game play and more.
At this specialty workshop guests will receive their choice of a Summer Vacation Map or Happiness is Homemade bonus sign.
Register to join us at AR Workshop Missoula. Limited seats available.
AR Workshop offers lots of classes & workshops to create on-trend home decor from raw materials – wood signs, canvas pillows, wood framed signs, bottle openers and more! Enjoy a girls night out, date night, team building event, private party or birthday party!
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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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Live Performances!
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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Aspect Foundation seeking
Missoula Host Family
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Aspect Foundation was founded in 1985
as a small non-profit organization offering affordable study-abroad opportunities to students from around the world. We continue our mission today by providing a variety of outstanding educational and cultural exchange programs both in the United States and countries abroad. Students and host families alike have the opportunity to make lasting connections and meaningfully experience new cultures, traditions, and points of view.
Are there families out there that love drawing, ceramic art, cooking and photography? Aspect Foundation would love to place
Aruzhan, a 15 year old girl from Kazakstan, with a host family who shares her love of art and can provide a warm welcome to Missoula!
Click the link to her profile to learn more. Aspect exchange students study at your local high schools for one semester or an academic year and become active members of the family.
Contact the local coordinator Kelly for more details (406) 407-1303
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Children's Theatre Performance!
MCT Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, July 26, 4 & 6 PM
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MCT Summer Day Camps present
King Arthur's Quest
this Friday at 4 & 6 PM. Come enjoy LIVE family-friendly theatre with this classic tale put on by students in grades 1-12!
King Arthur, of legend and song, strode across Medieval England with courage and confidence…or did he? What if the troubles of his kingdom threatened to overwhelm him? Watch the Damsels in Distress sound the warning of trouble. Witness the Lady of the Lake as she produces the sword in the stone. Hide with the Camelotians when the Ghost of Arthur’s father visits the castle. See the Giant tower over the questing knights. Cheer for the King when he makes friends with the terrible dragon. Listen in as Morgan le Fey and Mordred propose a better plan. Join the Knights and Squires of the Round Table as they try to do the right thing. Hope for the best outcome as your favorite characters of Camelot-Arthur, Guinevere, Merlin, Taleisin, The Raven, and Lancelot wrestle with the challenges faced by their people. Follow the original twist on this familiar story as it weaves its way through a landscape full of surprises!
Or call the MCT Box Office at 406-728-7529
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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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"Critters and Characters"
July 1 - 27
4 Ravens Gallery
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"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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Missoula Writing Collaborative
Writing camps!
Grades 3-8: July 15-19th
Grades 9-12:
July 8-12th
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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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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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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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Missoula's International Choral Festival would cease to exist without the support of hundreds of volunteers! The ICF is currently seeking volunteers for numerous positions!
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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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