Wendy Red Star: My Home is Where My Tipi Sits
Missoula Art Museum
August 5 – November 27, 2011

MAM is pleased to present Wendy Red Star’s first solo museum exhibition My Home Is Where My Tipi Sits (Crow Country). Born in Billings, MT and raised on the nearby Crow Indian Reservation, Red Star’s visual language speaks sincerely about her experiences as a Crow Indian in contemporary society.
Portland, OR resident Red Star attended Montana State University in Bozeman then moved to the urban sprawl of southern California where she earned her MFA at …

Pat Hoffman: Polar Opposites
Missoula Art Museum
July 7 – October 31, 2011
This ceramic wall installation by Patrick Hoffman is a masterful composition taking advantage of the sensibilities of gravity and magnetism by organizing the objects into a unified composition in the space. Hoffman organizes ceramic objects into a suggestive cluster of molecular and organic worlds.

Expressing Montana
Missoula Art Museum
June 10 – August 28, 2011
Montana is a place where artists are not afraid to use their work to speak out about the state of things. The diversity of their commentary says a good deal about the state. Expressing Montana is an exhibit, hour-long Montana Public Radio special, and event that focuses on social, political, and environmental commentary –poets, songwriters, visual artists — from right to left, from folk to fine, from rural to urban.

Persistence in Clay: Contemporary Ceramics in Montana
Carnegie Galleries and Faith Pickton & Josephine Aresty Gallery
June 3 – September 10, 2011
Missoula Art Museum is excited to present Persistence in Clay: Contemporary Ceramics in Montana. While many regions of the country are known for their mastery of other mediums, in Montana, the ceramic arts are the touchstone of art and culture. This exhibition serves as a snap shot of the world class activity that is happening today in the state. The exhibition coincides with the Archie Bray Foundation’s 60th birthday and is intended to celebrate not only this milestone birthday, but the long-lived strength of the clay medium in the state of Montana. The professional artists in this exhibit are a selection of the many clay artists who are currently recognized leaders in their communities.

Video Artists Holly Andres, Grace Carter, and Gerd Aurell
Missoula Art Museum
March 16 – May 29, 2011
Missoula Art Museum screens two video artworks in the Goldberg Library, to reacquaint visitors with ideas about video art. The videos presented, Holly Andres and Grace Carter’s Dandelion, and Gerd Aurell’s Montana is a Harsh Mistress, each tells a painful story but use different means of expression.