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Saturday, February 5, 2011Holiday Inn downtown at the Park // 200 S. Pattee Street

5PMLive Music, Cocktails, Silent art auction bidding and Live art auction Preview

6 :15PMdinner Seating and Welcome remarks

7PMLive auction

tickets $80 for MaM members* // $90 for non-members $750 for a table of ten (Payment in full only). 70% % of each auction ticket is tax-deductable.

Call 406.728.0447 or visit missoulaartmuseum.org to purchase tickets and table by February 3, 5PM. all tickets are $100 at the door. reserve room at the Holiday Inn and receive the ‘ride the elevator Home‘ rate.

Presenting Sponsor :

Media Sponsor : Montana radio Company Producing Sponsors : rockin’ rudy’s, rocky Mountain Moving & Storage, Holiday Inn downtown at the Park, and thomas Printing

39tH beneFIt art auCtIonMISSouLa art MuSeuM ’S

A great big THANK YOU to all of the artists for their generous contributions. You make this fundraiser possible! All artists are donating at least 50% of the sale of their artworks to support the next year of contemporary art programming at MAM.We would like to acknowledge those artists contributing at 100% and 75% levels:

100% DonationAmi AyarsAngela BabbyMelissa BangsAndrea BrewEva Champagne Orville ChigbrowJennifer CombeBob DurdenJulia GallowayMatt HamonDustin Hoon Ken LittlePhilip MahnBobbie McKibbinKendra McKloskyBarbara MichelmanEllen OrnitzChristopher PaquetteKatherine QuickKevin Red Star Chelsea Allensworth Smith Patricia ThorntonVictoria Franck WetschR. David WilsonKensuke Yamada

January 7 MAM’s 39th Benefit Art Auction Exhibition Opening and Artists’ Reception // 5-8 PM // Free

Preview 102 exceptional contemporary artworks Sample hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar

Artists’ Gallery Talk: Pam Caughey, Andy Cline, and Hadley Ferguson, 7 PM

Country ballads by Russ Nasset throughout the night

to tHe artIStSto MaM’S 39tH beneFIt art auCtIon CoMMIttee:

tHank you

75% DonationKathleen HousemanHaddon HuffordSarah JaegerMarcy James Ken KohoutekClay MahnJoshua MeierRick PhillipsGregory ProctorMarvie RedmondKarenShimodaLinda StoudtSusan Thomas Shalene ValenzuelaHeidi Zielinski

Mae Nan Ellingson, ChairPat Aresty

Nancy BirnbaumAndy Brown

John CalsbeekAmy Dolan

Debbie DudleyKay Grissom-Kiely

Linden HowBobbie McKibbin

Courtney SaundersElke Scholl

Stacy SenterfeitSharon Snavely

BiosNothing represents the Art and Soul of Montana more than the state’s contemporary artists. We are proud to present the 39th Art Auction exhibition and fundraising event to benefit the Missoula Art Museum – a long tradition made possible by the generosity of literally thousands of artists, volunteers and patrons. On behalf of the MAM Board of Directors I wish to again thank you all for making this event possible and positive for collectors, artists and the museum.

We believe that Missoula’s historic downtown is the Art and Soul of our community, and are therefore delighted to be producing our premiere fundraising event at the Holiday Inn, a mere three blocks down Pattee Street from MAM. The custom menu and every conceivable detail of the event were carefully planned by the MAM Auction Committee chaired by MAM Board member Mae Nan Ellingson. We are grateful for this committee’s work.

US Bank, the Presenting Sponsor of MAM’s auction for the third year running, is a thoughtful philanthropic force in our community, state and region. MAM is proud to count US Bank as one of our most generous business sponsors and we thank President Faye Hanson Warren for her loyal support. We are also grateful for the support of our Producing Sponsors: Rockin Rudy’s, Rocky Mountain Moving & Storage, Montana Radio Company, and Thomas Printing. Thanks also to the auction catalog advertisers and business partnerships represented on the pages of the catalog. These longstanding relationships prove that art and business really are good for each other.

Let the bidding begin!

Sharon Snavely, PresidentMAM Board of Directors

MISSouLa art MuSeuM ’S 39tH beneFIt art auCtIon & exHIbItIon

Live Auction BiddingWhen bidding, please hold up your bid number toward the auctioneer. A bid acknowledged by the auctioneer is a legal contract to purchase the item. If you are the winning bidder, listen carefully as the auctioneer restates your bidder number and winning bid amount. The sale amount is documented and the sale is final.

Missoula Art Museum reserves the right to withdraw any item at any time without notice before the actual sale. MAM shall act as final authority in determining the winning bid.

Absentee (Proxy) BiddingBidders not attending the auction may submit proxy bids on all live and silent auction items at MAM, by phone or email. Bids will be made on your behalf and not exceed your stated maximum bid amount. Proxy bidding is anonymous. The deadline for submitting a proxy bid is February 4, 12 PM.

PaymentAll items must be paid for by the end of the evening. MAM accepts cash, checks, travelers’ checks, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa. A 90-day same-as-cash payment plan is available to MAM members. Sign up for a membership before the live event, or add a membership to your evening’s total purchase.

Art Pick-UpWhen you have paid for your winning items, you will be issued a receipt. Please present this receipt at the Pick-Up Table to claim your winning items. If you are unable to take your new artwork home safely that evening, you may arrange for pick-up at MAM at a later date. All artworks must be claimed by May 31, 2011.

Terms of SaleAll sales are final. There will be no exchanges or refunds. MAM does not make any expressed or implied warranties or guarantees on auction items regarding quality or value of items or services. MAM has attempted to describe and catalog all items correctly, but all items are offered and sold “as is” and “with all faults.”

MAM neither warrants nor represents, and in no event shall be responsible for the correctness of descriptions, genuineness, authorship, provenance or condition of the items. No statement made in this catalog or made orally at the auction or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty for tax purposes or market value. Items have not been appraised unless otherwise noted.

By the buyer’s purchase, the buyer waives any claim for liability against Missoula Art Museum, its elected and appointed officials, members and employees, sponsors, volunteers connected with the auction, and/or the donor of the item. Neither Missoula Art Museum nor the donor is responsible for any personal injuries or damage that may result from the use of the property or services.

AcknowledgementsThank you to the many businesses who have donated funds, services and products to make the auction exhibition, live events, and special programs memorable. Please see the ads throughout this catalog and support the businesses that support MAM!

Thank you to all of the auction bidders and attendees for directly supporting MAM’s programs. Thank you to the dozens of volunteers who help operate the museum and have contributed additional time, energy and creativity to help make this important annual fundraiser a success.

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1. Patricia Thornton Ski Schoolmixed media12 x 12”Est. value: $250100% Donation

2. Matt HamonUntitledballpoint pen on Mylar24 x 20”Est. value: $200100% Donation

3. Sarah JaegerBowlporcelain, glaze3 x 14 x 14”Est. value: $25075% Donation

4. Bob Durden Virgin Amongst the Frogsdigital print20 x 11”Est. value: $500100% Donation

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5. Marvie RedmondAbstract #8oil on canvas12 x 12”Est. value: $55075% Donation

7. Joshua MeierSmall Wordsgelatin silver print22 x 18”Est. value: $30075% Donation

6. David HerboldHow to Reap What is Sewnmixed media86 x 23 x 7”Est. value: $750

8. James BaileyOrganismmonoprint, screen, collagraph28 x 36”Est. value: $700

9. Larry BlackwoodCrow with Berriesarchival pigment print photograph22 x 28” Est. value: $380

11. Terry KarsonFragment #387 (UL Bend)cardboard and dry pigment on paper11 x 14” framed Est. value: $500

10. Bruce ParkThe Jeffersonoil on canvas8 x 12”Est. value: $950

12. Jill BrodyKitchen Sinkdigital print24 x 30” Est. value: $500

13. Elizabeth BassUniversity Golf Courseoil on board8 x 10” Est. value: $850

15. David MensingObedient Dawnoil on canvas16 x 20”Est. value: $1100

14. Carol HoffnagleToadlenacolored pencil19 x 23”Est. value: $800

16. Susan ThomasGreen Wax Gridded Vessel #3wax and graphite on panel16 x 24”Est. value: $35075% Donation

17. Cathy WeberHawk Feather Falloil on panel11 ½ x 17 ½”Est. value: $900

19. Suzy HoltWanderlustoil on canvas24 x 30” Est. value: $800

18. Marion LaveryFinding Peacemixed media construction14 x 14 x 6”wall mount or free standing sculptureEst. value: $400

20. Shawna MooreWeaverencaustic on paper35 x 41” framedEst. value: $2900

21. Bev GlueckertComfort Zoneintaglio, monoprint, collage20 x 25”Est. value: $550

23. Barbara MichelmanSmoke & Mirrorsphotograph24 x 32”Est. value: $550100% Donation

22. Janet Sullivan Summer Eveningoil on canvas16 x 16” Est. value: $1200

24. Angela BabbySheep Mountain at Sunriseenameled glass mosiac10 x 8”Est. Value: $650100% Donation

25. David DragonflyHeavy Guncollagraph26 x 32”Est. value: $1200

27. Kevin Red StarChief Two Feathersacrylic on canvas11 x 14” Est. value: $4800100% Donation

26. R. David WilsonRain Storm Near Livingstonoil on panel24 x 30”Est. value: $1400100% Donation

28. Josh DeWeeseJarsalt/soda glazed stoneware22 x 22 x 21”Est. value: $2500

27. Kevin Red StarChief Two Feathersacrylic on canvas11 x 14” Est. value: $4800100% Donation

29. Andy ClineA Forest on Wheelsoil on board19 x 42” Est. value: $4800

32. Asha MacDonaldSummer’s Pastacrylic, shellac on panel36 x 28”Est. value: $2000

31. Sheila MilesBlue Landscapeoil on canvas34 x 28”Est. value: $1100

30. Laura Way WathenTelleroil on canvas20 x 32”Est. value: $1800

35. Ken LittleBlue Buckmixed media38 x 28 x 20”Est. value: $5600100% Donation

34. Nancy EricksonDinichthys Visits the Flathead Beachthree layer quilt43 x 43”Est. value: $1200

36. Bobbie McKibbinAutumn Treespastel30 x 40”Est. value: $2400100% Donation

33. George GogasJudith Basin Encoun-ter: When Charlie and Pablo Struggled to Survive the Finan-cial Meltdownacrylic on canvas22 x 22”Est. value: $3000

37. Hadley FergusonReflectionacrylic on canvas48 x 60”Est. value: $7000

40. Monte DolackColors of Octoberacrylic on canvas18 x 21” Est. value: $1600

39. Anne ApplebyThawoil and wax on panel12 x 25” Est. value: $4000

38. Stephanie J. FrostadInto the Woodsoil on canvas20 x 16”Est. value: $1800

43. Lela AutioHorizonPlexiglas light box33 x 51” Est. value: $2500

42. Gregory ProctorLandscape Vessel # 2blown glass14 x 12 “Est. value: $120075% Donation

44. Haddon HuffordOval Dishhand-wrought sterling, hammered finish3 x 6” x 4 3/8”Est. value: $140075% Donation

41. M. Scott MillerMissoula Under Moonlightgouache on rag paper29 x 42”Est. value: $7000

41a. Fund A Dream

Donate to MAM’s Education Scholarship Fund which includes free and low cost programs such as Teen Open Studio Nights and Saturday Family Art Workshops.

45. Willem VolkerszSafe Havenneon, wood, paint, found objects48 x 36 x 8”Est. value: $3000

48. Eva ChampagneIndulged By The Presencestoneware, porcelain, resin, and gold leaf8 x 14 x 9”est. value: $950100% Donation

47. Francis FoxFabricaluminum24 x 31”Est. value: $3000

46. Bill OhrmannButterflyoil on canvas24 x 30”Est. value: $1000

51. Alison ReintjesDark Rainbow (Ice Cream & Topping Setting)slipcast porcelain24 x 24 x 2”Est. value: $2500

50. Beth LoGood Children Vaseporcelain, celedon glaze13” tallEst. value: $1000

52. Walter PiehlBash or Cash: American Minotaur Seriesacrylic20 x 24”Est. value: $1900

49. MA Papanek-MillerRun Vmixed media on printed burlap on canvas30 x 30”Est. value: $2500

53. Noellynn Peposstill. againenamel and wax on steel96 x 19”Est. value: $2200

56. Kathy Bonnema LeslieBloom #5watercolor32 x 39”Est. value: $1800

55. Julia Galloway20 dessert platesporcelain, blue inlay, lustereach plate, 1 x 6 x 6” Est. value: $800100% Donation

54. Clay MahnUntitledmixed media on panel60 x 66”Est. value: $190075% Donation

59. Dudley DanaDougherty Ranchdigital painting16 x 24” Est. value: $900

58. Kathleen Herlihy-PaoliAqua Marblesoil on panels10 x 32”Est. value: $900

60. Pamela CaugheyEmpathyencaustic and oil30 x 20”Est. value: $900

57. Black Pinto Horse, Monte Yellow BirdFather Hear My Voicecolored pencil on Great Falls ledgercirca 192813 x 17” est. value: $1200

54 a. Chef’s Table by Jacob Osborne

Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park Up to 10 of your closest friendsEst. Value $2000 // 100% Donation

59. Dudley DanaDougherty Ranchdigital painting16 x 24” Est. value: $900

61. Catherine CourtenayeLogarithmoil on panel12 x 12” Est. value: $850

64. Chris AutioFrom Red Buttematte silver gelatin print25 x 37” Est. value: $700

63. Kensuke YamadaDay Dreamingceramic19 x 13 x 9”Est. value: $700100% Donation

62. Jerry RankinTilted Landscapeacrylic on paper34 x 44”Est. value: $800

67. Linda StoudtJotuloil on paper3 ½ x 3 ½”Est. value: $45075% Donation

66. Jennifer LiTrixie’s Placehand painted original solar plate etching, matted13 x 13” framedEst. value: $595

68. Ellen OrnitzThe Danceceramic, concrete, stain, paint18 x 18 x 5”Est. value: $500100% Donation

65. Karen ShimodaNeedlepoint #21markings on scratchboard14 x 11”Est. value: $60075% Donation

69. Tim ThorntonShowdownacrylic on canvas84 x 60”Est. value: $800

72. Shalene ValenzuelaHow to Stay Lovely: Pink Bindingslipcast ceramic4 x 8 x 6”Est. value: $40075% Donation

71. Ken KohoutekHead for Awhile 2ceramic tile13 x 13”Est. value: $35075% Donation

70. Edgar Smith6th Prizewood, antler20 x 17 x 5”Est. value: $400

75. Philip MahnWater Jarwood fired ceramic21 x 13”Est. value: $280100% Donation

74. Christopher PaquettePopeye’s Chickenpigment print12 x 18”Est. value: $500100% Donation

76. Mary JohnsonLittle Yellow Bastardcast iron, paint8 x 8 x 6”Est. value: $300

73. Rick PhillipsMadame Ginoux with Books: Vincent van Goghacrylic30 x 24” Est. value: $40075% Donation

75. Philip MahnWater Jarwood fired ceramic21 x 13”Est. value: $280100% Donation

Melissa BangsBaring Bones IIgraphite and watercolor34 x 26”Est. value: $800100% Donation

Ami AyarsGod Bearingcast iron11 x 9 x 9”Est. value: $80100% Donation

Andrea BrewPaintbrushacrylic on canvas18 x 14”Est. value: $395100% Donation

Jean AlbusGone To Seeddigital print, edition 1/513 x 19”Est. value: $500SILent

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Orville ChigbrowBandedceramic3 ½ x 5 x 5”Est. value: $120100% Donation

Juan de Santa AnnaRetireddigital print27 x 37”Est. value: $400

J. M. CooperS.W.photograph and digital image8 x 8”Est. value: $350

Jennifer CombeCupcake Trailoil on panel24 x 24”Est. value: $500100% Donation

Kelly HartStill Life with Horsedigtial print20 x 16”Est. value: $250

Jane GoffeNight Traintoned cyanotype8 x 10”Est. value: $275

Dustin HoonBathink, pencil, thread on paper8 x 10”Est. value: $180100% Donation

Jane Waggoner Deschnerfrom the maxim series (Alcott, aspirations)found photos, DNC Mouline cotton thread14 x 10”Est. value: $375

Kathleen HousemanWestern Art in Disguiseoil on canvas9 x 12”Est. value: $50075% Donation

Kathryn KressHomecoming Iplaster, charcoal, gouache & beeswax on drywall44 x 32”Est. value: $400

Jennifer KolokithasThe Selfdrypoint on Plexiglas, monotype, chine colle30 x 22”Est. value: $300

Marcy JamesLooking for you…in the seainkjet print20 x 30”Est. value: $40075% Donation

Katherine QuickLong Winter Raku Hutraku fired ceramic18 x 4 x 5”Est. value: $250100% Donation

Nicholas OberlingHeron’s Roosthand painted solar plate etching11 x 14” framedEst. value: $400

Elizabeth Claire RosePlaygroundsilver print16 x 18”Est. value: $300

Kendra McKloskyThe Cleanupink, cadmium on paper25 x 10”Est. value: $325100% Donation

Chelsea Allensworth SmithRed-Winged Blackbirds At The Braymixed media16 x 26”Est. value: $250100% Donation

Victoria Franck WetschPrairie Lightencaustic8 x 8”Est. value: $500100% Donation

Elene WeegePlane Trees over Vineyardsoil10 x 8”Est. value: $250

Gretel StoudtFawnmixed media12 x 12”Est. value: $250

Heidi ZielinskiIn A Heartbeatmixed media, fiber23 x 31”Est. value: $28075% Donation

Cherlyn WilcoxLandmarksencaustic, oil, graphite, sewing patterns on board24 x 24”Est. value: $450

Anne Appleby was born in Harrisburg, PA. She earned a BFA in Painting from The University of Montana, and an MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. Appleby has developed a deeply committed national and international following while working from her studio in the mountains south of Helena, MT. Her reductive, luminous, colorful paintings have been featured in numerous exhibits across the US and Europe, with recent solo shows in The Mayor Gallery in London, the Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle, Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco, and the Missoula Art Museum. Appleby’s work has been collected by institutions and individuals around the world, and she is the recipient of multiple awards including from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, a Biennial Award from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and a SECA Art Award from the SFMOMA.

Chris Autio is a life-long Missoulian. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman where he earned a double major; a BS in Photography and a BA in English literature. His landscape photographs are captured on film with a large format camera and printed in the darkroom, the resulting richness, depth and light is unequalled. Autio participated in the Montana Triennial in 2009 as well as group exhibitions at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena and Montana Art & Framing Gallery, Missoula in 2010. Autio lives and works as a freelance and documentation photographer in Missoula.

Lela Autio has lived and made art in Missoula for 53 years. She earned a BS in Art at Montana State University and an MA in Art from The University of Montana, and taught art for the Missoula County school system for ten years. Over her illustrious and productive career, she has received several awards and participated in countless group and solo exhibits, including comprehensive retrospectives at the MAM and the Holter Museum of Art, Helena. Autio’s work can be found in museum and private collections throughout the region and nation.

Ami Ayars grew up in Shawnee, KS. She is currently living and working in Lawrence, while attending the University of Kansas where she is completing her BFA in Ceramics next spring. Ayars work was part of the Missoula Art Museum’s National Cast Iron juried exhibition last spring, and she currently exhibits monthly at the Final Fridays event in downtown Lawrence.

Angela Babby, of Billings, MT, earned a BA in Art from Montana State University, Billings. Currently a full time professional artist working in art glass, glass enamels, watercolor and acrylic, Babby cut her teeth in the art markets of Santa Fe. Babby’s latest exhibition is a popular solo show at the Missoula Art Museum entitled “Wolakota.” She recently completed a major public art commission for the new wing of the Red Cloud High School in Pine Ridge, SD. In addition to private collections, Babby’s work is in the permanent collection of the Atka Lakota Museum in Chamberlain, SD and The Heritage Center at the Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, SD.

James Bailey was born in New Jersey, and grew up in Minneapolis, MN. Bailey earned a BFA from the University of Minnesota and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently a Professor of Art at The University of Montana, his recent activities include serving as a visiting artist at the University of Lafayette, LA and participation in the exhibition: Marais Press: Conjuguer études et éditions d’artistes, ARPRIM, in Montreal, Canada. In addition to numerous private collections, Bailey’s artworks reside in the collections of such prestigious institutions as the Walker Art Center, the New York Public Library, the Jundt Art Museum, and the Hillard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.

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Melissa Bangs is a fifth generation Montanan, raised on a subsistence farm near Missoula. She earned a double major in Latin American Studies and Women’s Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz; she is a self taught painter. Her Baring Bones series was exhibited at Dana Gallery in 2010 and her solo exhibition at Turman Larison Contemporary in Helena concluded this January. Bangs splits her time between making art and running her nonprofit consulting business in Missoula.

Elizabeth Hughes Bass has designed hand-painted silk scarves and evening bags for over twenty years, and her ink and watercolor illustrations have appeared in numerous books and magazines. Her oil paintings are studies into how light strikes the subjects and convey a sense of presence and immediacy. Bass has participated in several exhibitions regionally, including shows at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, the Hockaday Museum in Kalispell, the Dana Gallery, Montana Art and Framing, and the Missoula Art Museum. Bass splits her time between Missoula and Yaak, MT.

Monte Yellow Bird Sr., better known in the art world as Black Pinto Horse, is a Native American Artist, Cultural/Educational Consultant, Presenter, Storyteller, and a member of the Arikara and Hidatsa Nation from White Shield, ND. He is an alumnus of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and earned a BFA from Minot State University. Last June, he completed a two year contract as the Artist in Residence at the Paris Gibson Square Museum. Yellow Bird has been establishing new educational partnerships and business venues throughout the United States and internationally through his fine art business, Black Pinto Horse Fine Arts.

Larry Blackwood is a self-taught photographer born and raised in Kansas. He earned a PhD in biostatistics from the University of Alabama and worked in the field for 30 years while pursuing photography part-time. Blackwood focuses his camera on common subject matter but creates unique images akin to a visual haiku. His solo exhibitions include the Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX and the Wichita Art Museum, KS and his work appears in B&W, LensWork, and Popular Photography among other publications. Blackwood pursues his photography career from Bozeman.

Andrea Brew was born in England and moved to Minnesota where she spent her high school and college years. She earned a BA in English literature with an Art minor from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN. Brew’s small canvases come alive under her saturated palate and heavy impasto brush work. She was featured in MAM’s 2009 Montana Triennial and most recently exhibited at The Walking Man Studio, Whitefish in fall of 2010. Brew lives and works in Whitefish, MT.

Jill Brody was born and raised in New York, graduated from the University of Illinois, and has graduate degrees from Adelphi University and Harvard Divinity School. She is completing an MFA from the Art Institute of Boston. Brody exhibits widely, with over a dozen solo shows, including one at MAM in 1994. Her community-based photo projects resulted in the publication of the book “Drummond: Ranch Life in the West,” and she is currently working on a series based in Chester, MT and several Hutterite colonies. Her work is in MAM’s collection as well as private collections throughout the country. She recently received Best In Show in Photography at the Newport Art Museum in RI.

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BiosPamela Caughey grew up in Grafton, WI and earned a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MFA at The University of Montana, Missoula. She had a two-person exhibition with Karen Shimoda in 2010 as well as her Thesis Exhibition at the Gallery of Visual Art, Missoula. Caughey’s aesthetic is strongly rooted in beauty and accomplished in the rich, subtle layers of her encaustic painting style. Her work is housed in the permanent collection of Montana Museum of Art and Culture. She lives in Hamilton, MT.

Eva Champagne grew up in Hong Kong, and has traveled, studied and made work in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and North and Central America. She received a BA in Studio Art from Humboldt State University and an MFA in Ceramics from The University of Montana. Since then, she has been a resident artist at AIR Vallauris in France, at Red Lodge Clay Center, and is currently a long term resident at The Clay Studio of Missoula. Champagne has taught, exhibited, and been collected in each of these far-flung places.

Orville Chigbrow has lived all over the world but has chosen beautiful Missoula as his home. He earned an MFA with emphasis in Ceramics from The University of Montana. A practicing art teacher and potter, he has exhibited widely in the region and contributes regularly to charity auctions, including the Missoula Art Museum’s Benefit Auction and The Clay Studio of Missoula’s POTSKETCH. His work is in the permanent collection of the Montana Museum of Art and Culture in addition to several private collections.

Andy Cline was born and raised in Red Lodge, MT and currently lives and works in Missoula. He received a BFA from The University of Montana in 2003. His work has recently been exhibited at Missoula’s Dana Gallery, the Missoula Art Museum, the Custer County Art Center in Miles City, with an upcoming solo show at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, next summer. Cline’s work is found in several private collections. Currently Cline is working on a series of representational paintings of Montana highway scenes that display his trademark painstaking craftsmanship, exquisite detail, and jewel-like light.

Jennifer Combe is a painter and art teacher based in Olympia, WA. She holds a Masters in Teaching from Evergreen State College and an MFA from Vermont College. In addition to various other exhibits, most recently her work was seen in PDA (Public Displays of Affection) in Salt Lake City, UT and The Gift Shop at The Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, WA. Combe has worked in traditional and alternative public and private K – 12 education for thirteen years and currently teaches high school visual art.

J. M. Cooper was born and raised in Montana. He is a documentary photographer with 30 years of experience, introduced to his art form by Missoula’s one and only Lee Nye. Cooper is currently the archival photographer for the Montana Historical Society, and his work, represented by A.L. Swanson Gallery in Helena, can be found in numerous private collections throughout the US.

Catherine Courtenaye was born in Madrid, Spain as the daughter of an American diplomat. She earned an MFA in Painting from the University of Iowa. Courtenaye recently moved her studio to Bozeman permanently, after 25 years living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has exhibited at prominent museums and galleries throughout the US, including recent solo shows at: Modernism in San Francisco; Stremmel Gallery in Reno and Cheryl Pelavin in New York City, and an upcoming solo exhibition at the Boise Art Museum next June. Her work is in the permanent collections of: the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Bank of America corporate collection.

Dudley Dana studied photography at The University of Montana while working on his PhD in Clinical Psychology in the 1980s. He has had exhibitions at the Hockaday Center for the Arts in Kalispell, the Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, and most recently at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena. Dramatic color, motion and abstraction are the tools Dana employs in his continual exploration in distilling the landscape into its basic forms. He is the owner of Dana Gallery in downtown Missoula.

Juan de Santa Anna was born in Venezuela and grew up in Canada, the Midwest and California. He studied photography at the College of Marin, CA and Rocky Mountain School of Photography (RMSP) in Missoula. De Santa Anna taught black and white darkroom classes at RMSP and now runs his fine art business in Seeley Lake. He was featured in MAM’s 2009 Montana Triennial and at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena in 2010.

Jane Waggoner Deschner was born in Pennsylvania, grew up in Kansas and moved to Billings in 1977. She earned a BA from Montana State University–Billings and an MFA from Vermont College. Deschner has been awarded numerous artist residencies and her work is in the collections of The University of Montana, Montana State University-Billings, the Nicolaysen Art Museum and the Archie Bray Foundation. She was featured in MAM’s 2009 Montana Triennial and in a solo exhibition at Gallery Saintonge, Missoula. Deschner works at the Montana Arts Council and is gallery director at Rocky Mountain College, Billings.

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BiosJosh DeWeese was born and raised in Bozeman. He earned a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred. DeWeese served as resident director of the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena from 1992 – 2006. He is the recipient of a Montana State Individual Artist Fellowship and his work is included in many public and private collections. DeWeese has exhibited and taught workshops nationally and internationally and is part of the forthcoming Montana Clay Invitational traveling exhibition hosted by MAM in 2011.

Monte Dolack, a native of Great Falls, studied art at Montana State University and The University of Montana. In 1974 he opened his first studio thus beginning his career in graphic and fine arts. He is the recipient of numerous awards and his work is part of the collection of the Library of Congress, American Association of Museums, National Wildlife Foundation and many museum and corporate collections. His iconographic images of anthropomorphized animals and glowing landscapes are recognized across western Montana and beyond.

David Dragonfly grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation. He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and earned a BFA from The University of Montana where he studied under Donald Bunse, the inventor of the collagraph technique. Currently the Director of the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Dragonfly is skilled in jewelry making, stone carving, and printmaking. His collagraphs convey his Blackfeet and Assiniboine heritage with a modernist yet primitive look and feel. Dragonfly has exhibited widely in the West, including important Indian Art Markets in Colorado and Montana, as well as the major museums of Montana.

Bob Durden earned a BA from Montana State University, Billings in 1984 and an MFA from Montana State University, Bozeman in 1990. He has worked in the arts for over 16 years, teaching Art and Theater courses at Montana State University, Bozeman and Billings and Rocky Mountain College in Billings. Of his digital collages, Durden states, “I’m compelled to straddle the line between the known and the unexpected—meaning can be found in the ensuing absurdity.” His work is held in numerous collections in Montana, North Dakota and Kentucky. Durden is Curator of Art at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Falls, MT.

Nancy Erickson was born in the Midwest and raised on a cattle ranch in Livingston, MT. She holds a BA in Zoology and MS in Nutrition from the University of Iowa, and an MA and MFA from The University of Montana. Her drawings and quilted works have appeared in over 500 exhibitions nationally, most recently a national fiber work invitational in Raleigh, NC and the Museum of Art and Design, New York City. Erickson’s works reside in 19 public and many private collections. She is a full-time studio artist in Missoula.

Hadley Ferguson is a painter living in Missoula, MT. She graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The University of Montana with an emphasis in drawing and sculpture. After graduating, she moved to Portland, OR where she worked as a contract artist painting murals and artistic details for the McMenamins Co. When she returned to Missoula in 2001, she continued with her freelance artwork. Ferguson is currently working on many public and private commissions for collectors throughout the United States and shows in galleries throughout the Northwest.

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BiosFrancis Fox grew up in the small town of Crowheart in west-central Wyoming and earned an MFA from the University of Wyoming. Most recently he was featured in MAM’s juried exhibition National Iron in 2010 and Sundance Mountain Sculpture Exhibition in Palmer, CO. His work is included in the permanent collection at Boise Art Museum. Fox says of his current work, “I try to make physical expressions that appear as if they grew from the interaction of natural forces and human intention.” He is Associate Professor at Boise State University where he teaches sculpture.

Stephanie J. Frostad was born and raised in Walla Walla, WA. She studied at the Maryland Institute in Baltimore, the Studio Arts Center in Florence, Italy, and earned an MFA at The University of Montana. Frostad exhibits her paintings across the western U.S. and internationally, and most recently at Davidson Gallery in Seattle in 2010. The Holter Museum of Art in Helena will host a solo exhibition with Frostad in 2011. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the University of Washington, Montana Museum of Art & Culture, and MAM. Frostad is full-time studio artist in Missoula.

Julia Galloway is a potter, professor and Chair of the School of Art at The University of Montana. She was born and raised in Boston, earned a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and an MFA at the University of Colorado. Julia has built a committed national following and exhibited across the US and Canada, including solo exhibitions at Lill Street in Chicago, the Clay Arts Center in New York, and Trax Gallery in California. She is in the collections of the College of William and Mary, the Archie Bray Foundation, and the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian. Her work has been published in Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, Art and Perception and Clay Times.

Bev Beck Glueckert, of Missoula, holds a BA from the University of Idaho and a MFA in printmaking from The University of Montana. Her work is exhibited throughout Montana, the Northwest, and nationally. She has been an art instructor and workshop facilitator for over 20 years. Glueckert is on the adjunct art faculties at The University of Montana and The University of Great Falls. She is a member of the Montana Artists Caravan and the SALTMINE artists group. She is currently working on a continuing body of mixed media works titled “Lost Worlds”. Glueckert’s works are in the permanent collections of MAM and The Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis.

Jane Goffe is a Missoula based photographer, specializing in traditional black and white fine art photography and 19th century photographic processes including: gum bichromate, cyanotype, and platinum/palladium printing. Committed to preserving these processes, she has been photographing for nearly 30 years, studying with some of the world’s finest photographers such as Bruce Barnbaum, Tim Rudman, and Dick Arntz. Goffe’s recent exhibits include the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI, the Bellevue Art Museum Arts Fair, the Western Heritage Artists Show in Great Falls, and the Art Fair in Jackson Hole, WY.

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BiosGeorge Gogas is one of Missoula’s finest and most well established painters, the creator of the legendary Charlie and Pablo series. Born in Missoula, Gogas earned a BA from The University of Montana and an MFA from the University of Washington. In addition to his studio practice, Gogas has been an art teacher and served on several art commissions and boards. He has exhibited in dozens of group and solo exhibits throughout the region and nation and his work can be found in an equally wide range of private and museum collections including the Missoula Art Museum’s and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center’s in Cody, WY.

Matt Hamon is a member of the School of Fine Arts Faculty at The University of Montana in Missoula. Before arriving at UM, Matt was a member of the expressive arts faculty at The Evergreen State College, where he taught courses in studio art, aesthetics, art history and contemporary issues. He earned a BA from Humboldt State University and an MFA from the University of Washington. Hamon has exhibited across the country, with upcoming exhibits at South Puget Sound Community College and Gallery 112 in Portland, OR.

Kelly Hart was born and raised in Columbus, OH. She began her art education at the Columbus College of Art and Design before moving to Moscow, ID where she earned a BFA from The University of Idaho. Hart earned her MFA in photography from The University of Montana in 2003. Whether her medium is found object sculpture or photography, which Hart refers to as “collecting via camera”, her working method and visual language alludes to a scientific method. Hart was featured in MAM’s 2009 Montana Triennial as well as past art auctions. She lives in Missoula.

David Herbold was born in Bozeman, MT, earned his BFA in ceramics from Montana State University and now lives in Moscow, ID. He worked as an instructor for an at-risk youth program in Oakland, CA which encouraged him to incorporate social consciousness and advocacy into his art work. Herbold is currently completing his MFA at the University of Idaho in Moscow. He has exhibited in galleries and museums up and down the west coast; his work is in many public and private collections, including a public art commission for the City of Portland.

Carol Hoffnagle was born and raised in Yonkers, NY. She earned a BFA in printmaking from the College of New Rochelle, NY. Hoffnagle spent many years living in California before moving to Missoula seven years ago. She has participated in shows and juried exhibitions across the country and has published limited edition prints, posters, note cards and calendars, distributed world-wide. Hoffnagle’s work is in numerous collections, including IBM’s corporate collection at their headquarters in White Plains, NY. In addition to her studio practice in Missoula, she is currently designing websites and finishing an illustrated children’s book.

Suzy Holt was born and raised in Texas and Kansas and has lived in Helena since 1976. She received a BA from Kansas State University and an MA from Denver University in addition to earning a scholarship for studio work at the Brooklyn Museum Art School. She has widely participated in group and solo exhibits at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, the Myrna Loy Center Gallery, and Turman Larison Contemporary. She has received the Artist-Forest-Community Residency, awarded by the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, and the Helena National Forest. Her work is in the collection of the Holter Museum in addition to several private collections.

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BiosDustin Hoon was born in Washington and raised in the Flathead Valley. He earned a BFA and Masters of Education at The University of Montana. Hoon is a past participant in MAM’s Artini Auction and has work in The University of Montana’s University Center permanent collections. He most recently participated in a group exhibition at Fischer Communication in 2010. Hoon’s visual language employs an illustrative style using symbolism to explore religion and science, contemporary and arcane concerns. He is an art teacher at Big Sky High School, Missoula and head of the Art Club.

Kathleen Houseman, originally from Great Falls, MT now resides in Bellingham, WA. She received a BFA in Painting from Montana State University in Bozeman. She recently completed a series of paintings illustrating the lost native and current feral parrot species in the United States. She has shown in Williston, ND, Jackson, WY, Portland, OR, and throughout Montana. Her work, found in private collections nationally, is represented by Smith and Vallee Gallery in Edison, WA.

Haddon Hufford was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley and now lives in Frenchtown, MT. He studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design, NY and served in Vietnam as a combat cameraman. Hufford worked for 28 years in the film industry as a dolly and crane grip and set builder. He trained with metal smiths in Europe and at Westchester Art Workshop, NY and is represented by Lauren Stanley American Silver in New York City where nearly everything he makes is sold. We are lucky to have a unique craftsman of Hufford’s caliber in our community and this opportunity to auction one of his wares. MAM will feature Hufford in a solo exhibition in 2011.

Sarah Jaeger of Helena, MT received a BA in English literature from Harvard College and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. She was a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation from 1985 – 1987. Jaeger is a recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Montana Arts Council and a Target Fellowship from United States Artists. In 2007 she was profiled in the PBS documentary Craft in America. She has taught at Pomona College, the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her work is in numerous private and public collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and most importantly in many kitchens throughout the country.

Marcy James grew up in Shaker Heights, OH. She earned an MFA in photography from The University of Montana. James is a past auction participant, had solo exhibitions at Gallery Saintonge and most recently the Catalyst in Missoula. MAM’s permanent collections are home to her work as well as many private collections. Her current images explore unreachable places and the myriad of paths one takes trying make those places accessible. James is a studio artist and Director of Education at Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula.

Mary Johnson grew up in Rochester, MN and earned an MFA from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. She was featured in MAM’s juried exhibition National Iron in 2010 and currently exhibits at Art Jones Gallery in Minneapolis. Her small quirky sculptures, often renditions of stuffed animals, reflect a brutish aesthetic and sense of humor. Johnson’s work is housed in the permanent collection of Kansas City Art Institute Sculpture Department. She is the Education Coordinator at Franconia Sculpture Park in Shoreview, MN.

BiosTerry Karson, of Bozeman, MT, was born and raised in Kansas City, MO. He earned a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, and an MFA from Montana State University in Bozeman. Over a long, productive career Karson has been an arts administrator, a professor, and a curator in addition to his long standing studio practice. He has been in dozens of group and solo exhibits, with a one man show at Visions West Gallery in Denver coming up in February and another at the Missoula Art Museum next fall. Karson’s artworks, besides numerous private collections, are found in the collections of the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, and Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls.

Ken Kohoutek was born in Grand Forks, ND and currently lives in Great Falls. He earned a BA in Fine Arts from The University of Montana and an MFA from Southern Illinois University. His work has been exhibited at venues such as the Archie Bray Foundation, and a solo exhibit at the WMC Gallery in Dillon. Kohoutek’s work is in the permanent collection at Montana State University and the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls.

Jennifer Kolokithas was born in Southern California and now resides in Hamilton with her husband and son. She is completing a BFA at The University of Montana with an emphasis in printmaking. An avid scholar of the wide-range of printmaking techniques and their expressive qualities, Kolkithas creates figurative and narrative prints that use color, layer and line to explore different emotional and mental states. She was recently featured in an exhibit at Noteworthy Paper & Press in Missoula.

Kathryn Kress studied Art at The University of Montana in Missoula. She has been involved at the Missoula Art Museum as a volunteer installer and curator throughout the 1980’s and 90’s. She participated in numerous group exhibitions at MAM and her work is included in its permanent collection. In recent years, she has been involved as an interior designer throughout the region.

Marion Lavery was born and raised outside of Philadelphia, PA. She earned a BA in Applied Art from Penn State University and masters credits from Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM and The University of Montana. Lavery is a long time participant in MAM’s art auctions, most notably with her abstracted fish scale paintings. This year, she presents a unique and beautiful take on the artist book. The piece offered here is one of several works featured in the current issue of the periodical Bound and Lettered.

Kathy Bonnema Leslie grew up in Colorado, and received a BFA from the University of Northern Colorado. She has lived in Montana for close to 20 years and is a full time working professional artist. She has exhibited at the San Diego International Exhibition of American Watercolor, the Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolor, and the Watercolor West National Exhibition. Bonnema Leslie’s work is in the permanent collections of the State of Colorado, Colorado State University, and Marin Community Medical Center, San Francisco.

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BiosJennifer Li grew up in Mill Valley, CA but her family spent summers at a ranch in Montana. After majoring in literature and philosophy at Bennington College, VT and Sarah Lawrence College, NY, she lived, worked and studied in New York for nearly twenty years before returning to Montana in 1998. Li’s work has been featured in numerous galleries across the country including Davidson Contemporary in Seattle, Chrysalis Gallery, NY and Dana Gallery in Missoula. Most recently she exhibited at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena. Li lives and works in Kalispell.

Ken Little was born in Canyon, TX and lived and worked in Missoula in the late 1970s. Little received a BFA from Texas Tech University and an MFA from the University of Utah. He has exhibited extensively throughout the US and internationally, but most recently, his work was displayed at Artspace in San Antonio and an installation on San Antonio’s Hemisfair Plaza entitled “Homeland Security.” In addition to several private collections, Little’s work is found at The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Hawaii, The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in DC., and the Missoula Art Museum. His art practice is based in San Antonio, TX where he has been a Professor of Art at the University of Texas since 1988.

Beth Lo was born in Lafayette, IN to recently emigrated Chinese parents. She studied Ceramics with Rudy Autio at The University of Montana, earning an MFA. Lo assumed the job as Professor of Ceramics at UM after Autio’s retirement in 1985, and was honored with The University of Montana Provost’s Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2006. She has exhibited her work across the US and internationally, and has received numerous honors including: the United States Artists Hoi Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship Grant, and a Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Her recently published children’s book, co-written by her sister Ginnie Lo, Mahjong All Day Long, won the 2005 Marion Vannett Ridgeway Award. Lo will also be featured in the Missoula Art Museum’s Montana Clay Invitational next summer.

Asha Murthy MacDonald was raised in Connecticut and currently lives and works in Missoula. MacDonald earned a BFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth. She has participated in juried and museum art exhibitions, charity auctions, quick draws, public art installations, and benefits from gallery representation nationwide. She is the head of costume design and production for the Virginia City Opera House, and designs and fabricates high end costume, fashion items and accessories within her private studio. Her work can be found in numerous private collections throughout the world. MacDonald dedicates her time to her studio practice and works as an assistant to an international fine art appraiser.

Clay Mahn grew up in Missoula, MT and is currently a BFA track student at The University of Montana. Mahn’s work can be found in several private collections, and he currently has a solo exhibit at the Zootown Arts Community Center featuring large scale paintings and sculptural work.

Philip Mahn grew up in Great Falls and has lived in Missoula for the past 25 years. Mahn developed his skill in ceramics by mentoring at such fine community based art centers as the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, The Clay Studio of Missoula, and the Archie Bray. He exhibits at The Clay Studio of Missoula, and continues to diligently refine and develop his craft while running a small business in Missoula.

BiosBobbie McKibbin was born in Philadelphia, PA and earned her MFA from Ohio’s Miami University. She was Professor of Art at Grinnell College in Iowa for 31 years before retiring to the Bitterroot Valley. McKibbin exhibits in solo and group shows nationwide, with recent exhibitions at the Olson-Larsen Galleries in Des Moines, the Holter Museum of Art, in Helena, and River’s Mist in her hometown of Stevensville, MT. Her masterful pastel works are in public and private collections throughout the US including the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC and the Missoula Art Museum.

Kendra McKlosky grew up in a small mining town in western Montana and is currently completing a BFA at The University of Montana. Seeing mining in action had a profound impact on McKlosky. She uses industrial blueprints and historical contexts to create her playful and visually compelling multi-media artworks. McKlosky was intimately involved with the recent Western Cast Iron Artists Conference at the U of M and participated in the juried show National Iron at the Missoula Art Museum.

Joshua Meier, from Oklahoma, recently earned his MFA in photography at the University of Tulsa. He has a BFA from Rogers State University, Claremore, OK and studied at Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Missoula and Stanislas College in the Netherlands. MAM was proud to work with Meier on his first solo museum exhibition in 2010 and subsequently accessioned one of his works into MAM’s permanent collection. His creative process involves large format negatives and experimental darkroom processes to create dreamlike imagery with traditional photographic techniques. Meier lives in Claremore, OK.

David Mensing grew up in Iowa and moved west as a young man. He graduated from Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo, CA, and attended Scottsdale Artists School. Mensing’s architectural background contributes to the strong compositional foundation and sculptural surfaces of his paintings. His work has been published in Western Art Collector, Big Sky Journal, and Southwest Art. He participated in Dana Gallery’s 2010 Western Montana Paintout and was awarded the “Artist’s Choice”. Mensing is a full time artist in Albion, ID.

Barbara Michelman was born and raised in New York City. She studied Art History in Florence, Italy, earned a BA in Philosophy from UC Berkeley, and did post-graduate work in film at San Francisco State University. One of the first women in the Lighting Union in Hollywood, she began her career working in L.A.’s major film studios. As a professional photographer, her work includes fashion, product, portrait, and fine art photography. She has exhibited widely, including the Missoula Art Museum and solo shows at JJ Jackson’s in Nevada City, CA and Studio 131 in Grass Valley, CA. Michelman’s photography is in public and private collections in the US and Europe including the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, The Sierra Nature Conservancy, and architectural firms in Berkeley, Denver, and Sacramento.

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BiosSheila Miles is a Montana native who currently has a studio practice in Santa Fe, NM. She earned a Masters in Painting and a Masters in Drawing from Purdue University. Miles has participated in dozens of group and solo exhibits around the US, with the latest at the Owings Dewey North Gallery in Santa Fe. Her paintings and drawings are in countless private collections, as well as, public collections including the Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis, Missoula Art Museum, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings Deaconess Hospital, Montana Museum of Art and Culture, and the Missoula International Airport. Miles is currently the Chair of Visual Arts at the Desert Academy in Santa Fe.

M. Scott Miller was raised in and is a current resident of Missoula, MT. M. Scott received his BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and lived and worked in New York City for two decades as a freelance illustrator before returning to Missoula. In 2009, he established his own gallery, Studio D, which hosts his works along with the art of several other great local talents. M. Scott has recently worked on the Missoula Traffic signal box project and is proud to represent Southgate Mall at the Brooks street entrance. M. Scott is also the illustrator for the Bannack Days posters for the next five years.

Shawna Moore, born and raised in Oregon, attended the school of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon. Further studies in drawing, ceramics and painting at Bend’s Central Oregon Community College led to her current studio painting practice. Moore was featured in both the Missoula Art Museum’s regional Encaustic Invitational and the 2009 Montana Triennial. Her encaustics are shown nationally in contemporary galleries in Minneapolis, Washington DC, Santa Fe, Telluride, Park City, and throughout Montana. Moore lives and works in Whitefish, MT.

Nicholas Oberling has exhibited in Montana at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, the Holter Museum of Art, the C. M. Russell Museum, and the Hockaday Museum of Art. He is a founding member of the Montana Painters Alliance. He has been Artist in Residence at Glacier National Park and the Helena National Forest. He was educated at Cornell University and studied painting at the Art Students League of New York for a decade. He was recipient of the Montana Arts Council’s Visual Arts Fellowship Grant in 2000. Oberling lives and paints in Kalispell, MT.

Bill Orhmann was born in the Flint Creek Valley, and except for a three year tour in the South Pacific during WWII, has lived there as a rancher most of his life. Ohrmann learned that raising cattle was more fun than living under coconut palms, “those things might drop something hard on one’s head!” During his ranching years, his artistic urges were directed towards woodcarvings, of which he did many. A stick of wood wasn’t safe around him. Nowadays, Ohrmann paints.

Ellen Ornitz has worked for over thirty-five years as a professional artist in the Gallatin Valley, exhibiting her work in regional museums and galleries. She earned a BA in Painting from the UC Santa Cruz and a Masters in Art Education from Indiana University, Bloomington. She has worked in Bozeman for the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture since 1997 and is currently the Curator of Exhibits and Education. Ornitz’s work is in the permanent collections of the Missoula Art Museum, Holter Museum of Art, and Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art. She recently exhibited her work at Aunt Dofe’s Hall of Recent Memory in Willow Creek, MT.

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BiosKathleen Herlihy-Paoli grew up in Westport, CT and earned a BS in studio art at Skidmore College, NY and did graduate studies in painting and lithography at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. She participated in the 2010 Missoula Artist’s Show at Dana Gallery and a solo exhibition at the Catalyst in Missoula. Paoli’s work in many various private and public collections including the Pratt Manhattan Center, NYC and Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Sassoferrato, Italy. She is an artist and designer in Missoula.

M. A. Papanek-Miller received her MFA from the University of Houston, TX. A mixed media artist, she works primarily with layered images that provoke environmental concerns. She exhibits widely including a 2010 solo exhibition at the Mitchell Museum in the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Illinois and a MAM solo exhibition in 2009. Papanek-Miller is a recipient of the State of Minnesota Artist Initiative Grants and a public art commission through the Seattle Arts Commission. She is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Art Media and Design at DePaul University in Chicago, and the former Chair of the Department of Art at The University of Montana.

Christopher H. Paquette is currently a resident of Abington, PA. A self taught photographer, Paquette has been developing a series of urban visual explorations over the last three years, in a self-published, limited edition photo book entitled In These Hard Times. Dedicated to his art form, he also writes and edits a photo blog called PHOTO/arts Magazine. Paquette has participated in many exhibits, including a popular piece in the Missoula Art Museum’s 2010 Benefit Art Auction.

Bruce Park earned a BFA from the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland and an MFA in Painting from Montana State University. Parks has exhibited widely throughout the West, including most recently at the Holter Museum of Art, the Yellowstone Art Museum, and the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland. His landscapes have also been widely collected by public institutions as well as corporate collections including Microsoft, Bell South in Atlanta, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Portland and the Montana State University. Parks currently operates from his gallery, Art Forms, in Bozeman.

Noellynn Pepos now of Victor, MT, was born and raised in Tacoma, WA. She earned a BFA from the University of Washington and an MFA from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Pepos was featured in MAM’s first Montana Triennial juried exhibition in 2009, and her most recent exhibition was in 2010 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Her work is housed in the permanent collection at American Museum of Art and Design in New York. Pepos is a professional artist working out of her studio in the Bitterroot Valley.

Rick Phillips is originally from Conrad, MT and is currently living in Missoula. He received a BFA and an MFA in painting in 1985 from The University of Montana. He also works as a videographer.

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BiosWalter Piehl was born in Marion, ND, the son of a rodeo producer and stock contractor. He earned a BA from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and an MFA from the University of North Dakota. His paintings, which demonstrate a unique blend of Western and contemporary artistic styles, have been shown at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN, the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, the Museum of the American Cowboy, Boise State University Gallery, the Missoula Art Museum, and the Yellowstone Art Museum, as well as many other venues throughout the Southwest and Midwest. Plains Art Museum in Fargo held Piehl’s first major retrospective in 2003. Piehl’s work has been widely collected, including all major Montana museums and art center collections. He currently teaches part-time at Minot State University in North Dakota.

Lee Proctor was born in Newport News, VA and grew up in Florida. He moved to Montana in 1975 and changed his career from ecology to art. Proctor holds a Studio Art degree from Nazareth College in Rochester, NY and studied metal-smithing at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, ME. In 2010, he exhibited at the Hockaday Art Museum in Kalispell and the Island Museum of Art Sculpture Park in San Juan Island, WA. Proctor is a professional artist working almost exclusively on commission and is based in Whitefish, MT.

Katherine Quick lives on the Bitterroot River in Stevensville, MT. She is a mainly self-taught artist with informal training through pottery classes in San Diego, Boise and Missoula. She has been creating with ceramics for over 45 years. Quick has worked as a nurse for over 35 years and continues to do so part time while creating graphics for the Art Associates of Missoula, where she served as past President for 5 years.

Jerry Rankin, long time Montana artist, currently resides in Whitehall. He received his art education initially from the University of Washington and had his first showing at the Henry Gallery there, 50 years ago. His work is housed in the permanent collections of Viterbo College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, MT, Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Pritchard Gallery in Moscow, Idaho and the Missoula Art Museum. Exhibitions include the Chase Gallery in Spokane, WA, the Holter Museum of Art, Yellowstone Art Museum, Eastern Montana College, Western Montana College, and Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls.

Kevin Red Star is one of Montana’s most acclaimed artists. He was born on the Crow Indian Reservation in Lodge Grass, MT and was one of first students chosen to attend the newly established Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. He continued his art studies at the San Francisco Art Institute and holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Fine Art from the Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT. He has exhibited at prestigious national museums including The National Museum of the American Indian, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, and the Whitney Museum of Western Art, and his widely collected work is in the collections of the Heard Museum, the Whitney Museum of Western Art, and the Missoula Art Museum.

Marvie Redmond grew up in Dayton, OH and has lived in Missoula since 1976. She earned a BA from Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. Redmond has exhibited her paintings and ceramic works in galleries all over Missoula and participated in three group shows at the Missoula Art Museum with an upcoming solo exhibit in February. Her work can be found in several private collections in the area.

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BiosAlison Reintjes was born in suburban Ohio. Her interest in art started at an early age and continued through her studies at Kent State University, Canberra School of Art in Australia, and Northern Michigan University. She has participated in exhibitions around the nation including the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, the Cerama-ram at University of Arizona, Tempe, and the Archie Bray. Alison has been a resident artist at locations around the country including the Archie Bray Foundation and The Clay Studio of Missoula where she is currently making work.

Elizabeth Claire Rose, originally of Springfield, IL but currently a Missoulian, earned a BA Cum Laude from The University of Montana. Rose was chosen as one of the 25 promising American photographers featured in the publication 25 Under 25: Up and Coming American Photographers Vol. 2, published by Duke University and also received a Scholastic National Art Silver Award for a photography portfolio. Her work was recently featured in the exhibit “Collective Singular” at the Core Annex Gallery in Denver, CO.

Karen Shimoda (Missoula) was born in Los Angeles, CA and now divides her time living in Missoula and Beacon, NY. Primarily a self-taught artist, Shimoda took art classes while working toward her BA in Art History at Manhattanville College, NY and her two MA degrees from Colombia University. Her art career has bloomed in the past 5 years; Shimoda was featured in the Montana Triennial at MAM and had a solo exhibition at the UC Gallery in 2009. An upcoming two-person show at The Brink Gallery in Missoula, as well as, a residency at Jentel in Banner, WY is scheduled for 2011. Shimoda works as an artist and freelance book editor.

Chelsea Allensworth Smith was born in Galesburg, IL and currently resides in Bozeman. She earned a BFA in Art Education from Drake University in Iowa. Chelsea is the owner, operator and instructor of The ArtSplot of Bozeman, an art workshop and gallery that offers instruction in drawing, painting, printmaking, pottery, and sculpture. Creative writing, literature, and music are often incorporated, and artwork in the out-of-doors is an overwhelming theme. Smith is also a co-founder of the Arts Centered Education Society, a Bozeman nonprofit, dedicated to fostering the arts through increased participation.

Edgar Smith, a long time Missoula resident, grew up in Michigan. He earned an MFA from Ohio University and an MA in Art History from The University of Montana. Smith has exhibited his paintings and sculptures in numerous group and solo shows and most recently a solo show at the Brink Gallery in Missoula and a group show at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena. In addition to several private collections, Smith’s work is in the permanent collection at the Missoula Art Museum. He currently teaches painting, drawing and art history at The University of Montana.

Gretel Stoudt, born in Reading, PA, is an artist and printmaker living in Missoula. She earned a BA in European History from The University of Montana in 2006. Influenced by the fold art aesthetic, she mixes printmaking, drawing, and beeswax to make connections between the iconography of childhood, music, and personal histories. Stoudt has shown her work at the Cohen Gallery at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, PA, the Gold Dust Gallery, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Ceretana Studios, and the Zootown Arts Community Center. This is her first time participating in the art auction.

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BiosLinda Stoudt moved to Stevensville, MT from Camden, NJ eighteen years ago. She earned a BFA from the Philadelphia College of Art. Stoudt has exhibited widely in the region, including Turman Larison Contemporary in Helena, a solo exhibition at Noteworthy Paper and Press, Missoula, MT, the Firehouse Gallery at Rogue Community College in Grants Pass, OR, and at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Her work is in the permanent collections at the Missoula Art Museum, the Judith K. Brodsky Center for Innovative Print and Paper at Rutgers University, the Newark Museum in New Jersey, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Janet Sullivan was born in Denver, CO and currently lives and works in Missoula, MT. She earned a BFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. As a full time artist since 1984, Sullivan has exhibited widely in the region, including at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, the Charlie M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, and Dana Gallery, and has won numerous awards nationally. She is a founding member of the Montana Painters Alliance and a member of the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies. In addition to numerous private collections, her work can be found in the collections of several institutions including the Hockaday Museum of Art, the Missoula Art Musem, and the Tucson Museum of Art.

Susan Thomas was born in Hartford, CT and has lived in Great Falls since 1995. She earned a BA in Fine Arts at Indiana University, and an MFA from Southern Illinois University. Thomas has exhibited throughout the region, including the Missoula Art Museum’s 2009 Montana Triennial and a recent solo exhibition at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art. Her work is in numerous private collections, and she is currently an Adjunct Professor of Art at the University of Great Falls.

Patricia Thornton grew up in a family of traveling artists, living in states across the country from New York to California. She earned a BA in Studio Art from Sonoma State University, and has recently moved to Bozeman, after being an integral part of Missoula’s artist community for the past five years. Her drawing style evokes child-like imagery, yet her work is refined, quirky and challenging. In 2010, Thornton had solo exhibitions at The Brink Gallery in Missoula and The Saranac Gallery in Spokane, as well as, a group exhibition at the Emerson Center in Bozeman. Thornton’s work is also in MAM’s permanent collection.

Tim T. Thornton was born in Los Angeles, CA and currently lives and works in Bozeman, MT.Thornton earned a BFA from the California College of the Arts in the Bay Area and worked as a scenic artist for film and television in Hollywood and theater in the Bay Area. He has exhibited widely, most recently at the Catalyst, Missoula, and his work is in several private collections regionally.

Shalene Valenzuela was born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA. She received a BA in Art Practice at UC Berkeley and an MFA in Ceramics from California College of Arts and Crafts. Valenzuela served as artist-in-residence at The Clay Studio of Missoula, the Archie Bray Foundation and the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Maine. She has taught at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, The University of Montana, and the Richmond Art Center in California, and was the Interim Director of The Clay Studio of Missoula. Valenzuela has exhibited in several national exhibitions and in February will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Plinth Gallery in Denver, CO.

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BiosWillem Volkersz is a full-time artist in Bozeman, MT. He received an MFA in painting from Mills College in 1967. His work has been featured in 41 solo exhibitions, most recently at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City. His work has also been included in over 200 group exhibitions nationally and internationally. He has received a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award and two awards from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in addition to numerous other grants in support of his studio work. The artist’s work is in many private, corporate, and museum collections including the Seattle Art Museum, the Nicolaysen Museum in Casper, WY, and the Holter Museum in Helena. Volkersz has been a lifelong art professor and guest lecturer, until his retirement in 2001 from Montana State University where he also served as Director of the School of Art.

Laura Way Wathen, originally from Kansas, has lived in Hamilton, MT for the past 15 years. She earned a degree in Painting and Drawing from the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Wathen was recently nominated for a residency at the prestigious Jentel art space in Seattle, and was recently exhibited at the Holter Museum’s invitational “Eye of the Beholder.” In addition to numerous private collections, her work is in the Montana Museum of Art and Culture’s permanent collection. Besides her studio practice, Wathen works at the Corvallis Middle School’s after school program.

Cathy Weber grew up in the Midwest, studied at the Herron School of Art at Indiana University, and later completed a formal painting apprenticeship in Mexico City. In 1981, she moved to Dillon, MT, where she maintains a studio in the historic downtown. Currently, Weber executes the bulk of her work in oil paint, artist’s books, and three dimensional objects. Weber has exhibited in numerous galleries and art centers around the west, and her work, in addition to private collections, can be found at institutions such as the Nicolaysen in Wyoming, the Missoula Art Museum, and the Holter Museum of Art.

Elene Weege moved to Stevensville, MT from Wisconsin in 1998 after retiring from a medical business career to pursue a career as a full time artist. Weege spent five years studying art at two campuses of the University of Wisconsin focusing on oil painting and photography. She has exhibited at the Western Heritage Annual Art Show, Great Falls, the Montana Professional Artists Association Annual Shows, and the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies, and many other juried and invitational art shows.

Victoria Frank Wetsch earned a degree from the Art Institute of Portland, OR and developed an award winning career as an architectural store planner and commercial interior designer. She later earned a BFA in Art & Art History from the University of Northern Colorado. Currently based in Billings, Wetsch exhibits in galleries and museums nationally and internationally. In 2006, she received a Professional Development Grant from the Montana Arts Council and the NEA, and today her work is represented by the Yellowstone Art Museum’s gallery.

Cherlyn Wilcox was born in Kauai, HI and moved to Libby, MT at age 12. Wilcox earned a BFA from The University of Montana. Currently a Bozeman resident, she exhibits her work in various galleries and venues in the region. A committed arts administrator, Wilcox is the Membership and Outreach Director for the Emerson Center for Arts and Culture, where she also maintains her studio practice.

R. David Wilson was born and raised in Montana and has lived and traveled in Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and several other Spanish speaking countries. He earned a BA in Spanish and a Masters in History and Literature of the Mexican Revolution. Wilson is mostly a self-taught painter but has studied with many accomplished artists in Mexico and the United States. The texture, high pitched colors, and a tendency toward the dramatic in his work is a reflection of time spent in Latin America. Recent exhibits include the Holter Museum’s group show “In the Eye of the Beholder.” Maintaining a studio in Missoula, Wilson’s work is in a number of private collections in the US and Mexico, and can be seen at the Dana Gallery in Missoula and Art Fusion in Bigfork.

Kensuke Yamada, originally from Kamakura, Japan, earned a BA from Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA and an MFA from The University of Montana. Yamada currently lives in Helena as a long term artist in residence at the Archie Bray Foundation. His ceramic works have been exhibited around the US, most recently at the Signature Shop and Gallery in Atlanta, SOFA Chicago, and a solo exhibition at the Catherine Person Gallery in Seattle. Yamada’s works are in numerous private and corporate collections, including Safeco and the Bellevue Club, as well as the Missoula Art Museum’s permanent collection.

Heidi Zielinski was born in St. Paul, MN, moved to Missoula at the age of four and currently lives in Stevensville. She earned a BA in Business Administration from The University of Montana and a BA in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Zielinski has exhibited in art quilt juried exhibits throughout the nation and won several awards including third place at the Des Moines American Quilter’s Society National Quilt Show. She is a permanent artist at The River’s Mist Gallery of Fine Art in Stevensville and her pieces are found in numerous private collections locally and around the country.

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