CELEBRATING FOUR DECADES

OF CONTEMPORARY ART

MISSOULA ART MUSEUM’S

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ART AUCTION

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2015

UNIVERSITY CENTER BALLROOM // UM

3RD FLOOR

5 PM Cocktails, Silent Art Auction Bidding

and Live Art Auction Preview

6:15 PM Dinner Seating and Welcome Remarks

7:30 PMLive Auction

TicketsTickets $100 Members // $125 Non-Member

$1,000 for a table of 10. Prepaid tables will have the option of reserved seating. Tickets

purchased outside a reserved table will be open seating.

Suggested Attire: Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

Presenting Sponsor

Media Sponsors and

Silver SponsorsAnderson ZurMuehlen, Big Sky Commerce,

Jennifer Boyer and Jef Crouch, Grizzly Liquor, Rocky Mountain Moving & Storage, Noteworthy Paper & Press, Slikati Photography, University of Montana,

University Center & UM Catering

Auctioneer: Johnna Wells

Emcee: Ben Weiss

MISSOULA ART MUSEUM’S

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Welcome to the Missoula Art Museum’s Ruby Jubilee, kicking

of the celebration of MAM’s 40th anniversary. In fact, this

annual auction was launched 43 years ago to raise the cash to

open the new art museum, which occurred three years later in

the winter of 1975.

The auction remains the lifeblood of support for MAM’s

educational programs and art exhibitions to this day and

provides steady support to the artists whose works are sold at

the auction. It is mind-boggling to ponder how the auction

has translated into dollars for both the museum and the artist

community over the years, but we wager that we are talking

about multiple millions of dollars. Just as important is the

tradition of the dressed-up, wild and crazy afair that brings

together artists, patrons, speculators, and spectators for a fun

loving celebration of art.

This year we bring you a new feature: the Wine Wall. Gamble!

Take your chances at garnering some spectacular bottles for

the modest ticket price.

Arrive ready to help us Celebrate Four Decades of

Contemporary Art at MAM—your contemporary art

museum.

Thank you revelers!

Jennifer Boyer & Jef Crouch

Ruby Jubilee Art Auction Co-Chairs

Betsy Bach, MAM Board President

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CELEBRATING FOUR DECADES OF CONTEMPORARY ART

to MAM’s Ruby Jubilee Art Auction Committee

100% DonationJames Bailey

Douglas Baldwin

Jessie Baldwin

Jill Brody

Jennifer Combe

Jane Gofe

Robert Harrison

Beth Huhtala

Tressa Jones

Kathryn Kress

Jon Lodge

Kate Lund

Jack Metcalf

Jay Schmidt

Ann Shaner on behalf of David Shaner

Keith VanDePol

Willem Volkersz

Tara Wilson

75% DonationAnne Appleby

Joe Batt

Gesine Janzen

Steven Krutek

Murth Murthy

Karen Rice

Michael Workman

Committee Co-Chairs Jennifer Boyer & Jef Crouch

Committee Members Pat Aresty

Jef Aresty

Drew Dolan

Linda Fernando

Annette Kastelitz-Delano

Jennifer Leutzinger

Leah Lewis

Sarmeesha Reddy

Tom Siler

Tonya Smith

Bobby Tilton

Jon Weisul

Monica Weisul

MAM Staf Committee Members Anna Buxton

John Calsbeek

Laura Millin

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:

January 6 – February 4, 2015Ruby Jubilee Art Auction Exhibition

January 15 Ruby Jubilee Art Auction Artists’ Reception Artists’ Reception & Gallery Talk // 5-8 PM // Free

Meet auction artists and preview exceptional contemporary artworks. Sample hors

d’oeuvres and enjoy a cash bar.

January 29 Ticketholder’s Champagne Reception & Tour // 5-8 PMAll guests who have purchased auction tickets are invited to attend this special event

to learn more about the art in the auction, and even bid early on silent auction items!

THANK YOU

MAM would also like to thank our auctioneer Johnna Wells, International Auctioneer

Champion, Beneit Auctions 360, LLC Portland, OR and our emcee Ben Weiss.

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PaymentAll items must be paid for by the end of the evening. MAM accepts cash, 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. Credit card payments will be charged

a 4% service charge.

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 artwork. 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 29, 2015.

Terms of SaleAll sales are inal. 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 ofered 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 oicials,

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 that 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

event a success.

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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 inal. Missoula Art Museum reserves the right to withdraw any item at any

time without notice before the actual sale. MAM shall act as inal authority in

determining the winning bid.

Silent Auction BiddingBidding on Silent Auction works will begin in the exhibition at MAM during the

Ticketholder’s Reception on January 29. The highest bid will be carried over to the

February 7 gala event. When bidding, please legibly record your bid number. All

silent auction items are highlighted in three sections that will close at the times listed

in this catalog. This process will be guided by the Auctioneer. Winning bidders do not

need to be present at the Auction. MAM shall act as inal authority in determining

the winning bid.

The Guaranteed Purchase option is located at the bottom of each Silent Auction

Bid sheet.  Upon assigning your bid number to the Guaranteed Purchase option,

you immediately become the winning bidder of said package, at which point no

additional bidders may outbid you, and therein you enter into an agreement with the

Missoula Art Museum to purchase said piece for the price point indicated within the

Guaranteed Purchase option.

MAM reserves the right to withdraw any item at any time without notice before the

actual sale.

All auction items (silent and live) can be picked up at the Art Pick-Up Area outside of

the ballroom shortly after the sale is inal. Remaining auction items will be returned

to MAM, and arrangements for pick up can be made February 9-13.

Absentee (Proxy) BiddingBidders not attending the auction may submit proxy bids on all live and silent

auction items at MAM, by phone or email. A credit card number is needed for

processing. Bids will be made on your behalf up to but not exceeding your stated

maximum bid amount. Proxy bidding is anonymous. The deadline for submitting a

proxy bid is January 30, 12 PM.

BIDDING INSTRUCTIONS

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15. Costa RicaAn amazing weeklong stay at a secluded ocean side home, donated by Auction

Committee co-chairs Jennifer Boyer and Jef Crouch. This remote beachside

home was designed by Jef Crouch and Jeremy Oury, and features four attached

cabana suites, each with a queen bed, private bathroom, and patio. The

upper-level master suite, has a large bathroom, three full beds, and two twin

bunks – perfect for kids and teens. This home sleeps up to 22 people! The central

hub is a poolside, open-air kitchen with bar, large communal dining area, and

hammocks and day beds. A stay at this property is a dream vacation with its

beach access, ocean views, spectacular suring, and on premise massage therapy

and yoga.

Restrictions: subject to availability. Please book your stay early, as this home

will ill up quickly! Ofer good through spring 2016.

33. Art of Food, Wine and Design As if the auction committee didn’t do enough already! This incredible group has

designed a one-of-a-kind evening for eight in the home of committee member

Jen Leutzinger and her husband Glenn Kreisel, owners of the Brink Gallery. The

evening will start with cocktails, jazz with Beth Lo and David Horgan, and a tour

of this truly unique home. The Missoula house was designed by Seattle architect

Chris Pardo and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Mountain

Living for its sleek, modern lines and unique, contemporary style. Chef Andrew

Dolan, formerly of North Fork Catering and longtime committee volunteer, will

design a multi-course, locally sourced, and seasonally appropriate meal with the

winners of this special item. Expertly paired wines will accompany each course,

courtesy of George’s Distributing. This will be a group efort, with the rest of the

committee on hand to help prepare, serve, and work to make this night truly one

to remember.

Restrictions: date subject to availability, suggested to take place between

May and September 2015

20a. Moment of Giving In celebration of Four Decades of Contemporary Art and inspiring

ideas, we are dedicating our Moment of Giving section to securing the inancial

stability of MAM for decades to come. The Moment of Giving is your chance

to show support to your contemporary art museum with a gift at the $4,000,

$400, or $40 level. These gifts are 100% tax-deductible, and more importantly

will help ensure free expression and free admission for all at MAM. Join us in this

celebration of generosity!

Generosity SweepAt registration, all auction attendees will receive two bid cards: one white and

one red. Please feel free to use both throughout the night, but keep the red card

on hand for this special portion of our program during the live auction. If you

wish to support MAM with a $40 gift at this time, simply hand your red bid cards

to the volunteers who will be collecting them throughout the room. We are

hoping for 100% giving. If everyone in attendance gives in celebration of MAM’s

40th year, imagine what an impact that will make!

Grizzly Liquor Wine WallAuction attendees have the opportunity to go home with a new and exciting

bottle of wine. Sponsored by Grizzly Liquor, all wines available at the wine wall

are valued at at least $25. MAM staf, sponsors, board members and volunteers

worked on providing an enticing array of varietals and vintners, making this

a delectable assortment. Thank you to the generous individual donors and to

Grizzly Liquor for providing this selection.

How it works: Each participant has a chance to draw a number that

correlates to a speciic bottle of wine. Once that bottle is won, it is removed until

all bottles are sold. Each purchased bottle will be marked with the winner’s bid

number, and is available to pick up at the end of the evening. Bottles cannot be

open during the event.

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1.Tim Thornton

Decoy

Acrylic on canvas36 x 36”Est. Value: $650

Tim T. Thornton was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He earned his BFA from the

California College of the Arts in 1984. He worked at the University of California, Berkeley

as a charge scenic artist. In 2005 he relocated to Missoula with his artist wife, Patricia.

His large-scale paintings have been shown at the Brink Gallery in Missoula, are in several

collections, and have been featured in MAM’s annual beneit auctions.

2.Leslie Van Stavern Millar II

Dryad Caring For Spirit Animal -

Burnt Ofering Series

Gouache on rag paper6 x 4.5”Est. Value: $700

Leslie Van Stavern Millar II graduated with an interdepartmental degree in Studio Art

and Biology from Mount Holyoke College. She has made art for four decades in Western

Montana. Her work is in numerous collections, and she has been awarded grants from the

Montana Arts Council, fellowships from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and a merit

award from Americas 2010–Paperworks. Millar was featured in a solo show at Sweet Briar

College of Virginia in 2014.

Cathryn Mallory is a professor and director of the Gallery of Visual Arts for the School of Art

at the University of Montana. She received her BFA in iber from Northern Illinois University

in DeKalb and MFA in sculpture from the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Mallory has

participated in numerous exhibitions, and is featured in the permanent collections of many

museums in Montana. She has had solo exhibitions at the MAM, Holter Museum of Art in

Helena, and the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, SD.

3.Cathryn Mallory

Shale with Lichen

Vintage linoleum and aluminum on wood panel14 x 10”Est. Value: $600Live

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Harvest Hares

Stoneware and pastels19 x 11.5 x 12.75”Est. Value: $90075% Donation

5.Jack MetcalfStanding on Egg Shells

Relief, drawing, sewing, mixed media38 x 35”Est. Value: $1,000100% Donation

Joe Batt received a BFA from the University of South Dakota and an MFA from the University

of Montana. Batt is a professor of art at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia,

WA. He has participated in numerous artist-in-residence programs throughout the United

States, and his ceramics have been exhibited widely in galleries and museums around the

country. His work has been described as quirky, friendly, mysterious, and sentimental.

Jack Metcalf grew up in the coastal Southeast, earning a BFA from East Carolina University

and an MFA from the University of Montana. His innovative and collaborative approach

to printmaking and teaching printmaking has led him to work with Spontaneous

Construction, Total Fest, Festival of the Dead, and Bare Bait Dance Company, among other

local organizations. He is starting a business with the working title “Real Good,” and he is

not quite sure what services he is going to ofer exactly.

6.Kathryn Kress

Ghost Written

Beeswax and graphite on sheetrock42 x 32”Est. Value: $1,000100% Donation

Kathryn Kress earned the irst BFA to be granted at the University of Montana in 1971. She

has exhibited in the United States and abroad, including at the American Craft Museum,

the Bellevue Arts Museum, the Missoula Art Museum, and the Yellowstone Art Museum.

Her work is represented in both private and public collections. Kress took a break from

serious work when her husband died a few years ago, but is back to working in her studio

in Missoula.

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7.Jane Deschner

From the symbol series (NYC,

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Embroidered found photographs14.25 x 17”Est. Value: $1,050

Jane Deschner 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, Nicolaysen Art

Museum, and the Archie Bray Foundation. MAM featured Deschner in 2013 with a solo

exhibition titled Often, All That Remains. Deschner works at the Montana Arts Council and

is gallery director at Rocky Mountain College, Billings.

8.Wesley HarveyI Like It with Cream and Sugar

Porcelain, glaze, mixed media20 x 12 x 14”Est. Value: $1,200

Wesley Harvey is from Van Buren, IN. He received an MFA in Ceramics in 2007 from Texas

Tech University. Harvey has exhibited his artwork nationally and internationally, and can be

found in various publications, including 500 Contemporary Ceramic Sculptures, Ceramics

Monthly, and Art in America. He currently lives in Red Lodge, MT working as the Curator of

Exhibitions for the Red Lodge Clay Center and as a full-time artist.

9.R. David Wilson

Melon - Skull - Chinese Platter

Oil and marble dust on canvas20 x 16”Est. Value: $1,550

David Wilson was born and raised in Montana and has lived in Brazil, Spain, and Mexico.

He earned a BA in Spanish and a master’s degree in history and literature of the Mexican

Revolution. Wilson is a self-taught painter and has studied in Mexico and the United

States. Recent exhibitions include a series of paintings at Oregon State University done in

Honduran market places and a November 2014 show at the Dana Gallery with ceramicist

Matt Simms that focused on the beauty and plight of Central American rivers. Wilson lives

and operates his studio in Missoula.

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10.Ellen Ornitz

Study of Algae

Porcelain, mixed media 37.5 x 26 x 5.5”Est. Value: $2,000

Mixed-media sculptor Ellen Ornitz has lived in the Gallatin Valley for 40 years and exhibits her work

throughout Montana in museums and galleries. She earned a BA in ine arts from the University of

California, a master’s degree in art education from the University of Indiana, and studied ceramics

and sculpture with post-graduate work at Montana State University. Ornitz’s work is in the

permanent collections of MAM, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, and Paris Gibson Square Museum

of Art, Great Falls.

11.Peter KeeferKagy Road Barn, Bozeman

Photo collage, drawing30 x 22” Est. Value: $2,250

Peter Keefer lives and works in Missoula. He received a BFA from the California College of

Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA and an MA in printmaking from Cal State Northridge, CA. Keefer

was featured in a solo exhibition Images of the Great War in 2010 and he participated in the

Montana Triennial: 2012 at MAM.

12.Andy Cline

Bitter to the Root (South of

Stevensville, MT Hwy 93)

Oil on board20 x 13.5”Est. Value: $2,500

Andy Cline was born and raised in Red Lodge, MT. He received a BFA from the University of

Montana in 2003. His work has recently been exhibited at the Turman Larison Contemporary

in Helena, the Kolva Sullivan Gallery in Spokane, WA, and MAM. Cline’s work was included

in the Custer County Art Center Traveling Collection, which stopped at several rural towns of

Eastern Montana. Cline lives in Missoula with his wife and daughters.

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13.Bruce Park

Wise River September

Oil on canvas18 x 18”Est. Value: $2,600

Bruce Park, a professional artist for more than 35 years, earned a BFA from the California

College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland and an MFA in painting from Montana State University.

Parks has exhibited throughout the West, including at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena,

the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, and the Oregon College of Art & Craft in Portland.

His paintings are in more than 80 corporate, public, and private collections. Parks operates

from his gallery, Art Forms, in Bozeman.

14.Monte Yellow Bird

Hidatsa War Party II

Colored pencil on ledger paper circa 189811.25 x 17”Est. Value: $3,000

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Monte Yellow Bird Sr., known in the art world as Black Pinto Horse, is a Native American

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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. He and his artist wife

Emily live in Wilsal.

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George Gogas is one of Missoula’s most well-established painters. Gogas earned a BA

from the University of Montana and an MFA from the University of Washington. 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 is in

numerous private and museum collections, including MAM and the Bufalo Bill Historical

Center in Cody, WY.

17.Ken Little

Red, Black and White Lion

Mixed media34 x 24 x 25”Est. Value: $3,200

Ken Little was born in Canyon, TX and lived and worked in Missoula in the late 1970s. Little

received an MFA from the University of Utah. He has exhibited extensively throughout the

United States and internationally and has been featured in more than 35 solo exhibitions

and more than 200 group exhibitions. Little’s work can be found in several private

collections, as well as at The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, the Renwick Gallery of the

Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and MAM. His art practice is based in San Antonio, TX,

where he has been a professor of art at the University of Texas since 1988.

18.Janet Sullivan

Atmospheric River

Pastel20 x 30”Est. Value: $3,600

Janet Sullivan was born in Denver, CO and currently lives and works in Missoula. She earned

a BFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. As a full-time artist since 1984, Sullivan

has exhibited widely in the region, and her work can be found in the collections of several

institutions, including the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, MAM, and the Tucson

Museum of Art.

16.George Gogas

Judith Basin Encounter: When Charlie and

Pablo Negotiated for a Minimum Wage

Acrylic on board24 x 24”Est. Value: $3,000

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19. Kristi Hager

Blue Canoe, August

Oil on canvas34 x 28”Est. Value: $3,800

Kristi Hager is a painter and photographer living in Missoula. She earned her BA in architecture

from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In

2010 she received the Montana Arts Council Artist’s Innovation Award. Her works are in the

permanent collection of the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, the Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis, the Capital One Collection, and MAM.

21.Asha MacDonald

A Million Miles Behind, A

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Acrylic and shellac on panel48 x 48”Est. Value: $5,000

Asha Murthy MacDonald earned a BFA in painting from the University of Massachusetts,

Dartmouth. She has participated in juried and museum art exhibitions, charity auctions,

quick draws, public art installations, and beneits nationwide. Her work can be found in

private collections throughout the world. MacDonald also designs and fabricates high-

end costume, fashion items, and accessories from her private studio. A native of rural

Connecticut, she is happy to call both Virginia City and Potomac, MT her home.

20.Ryan Mitchell

Arrangement in White and

Grey: The Weight of Gesture

Porcelain and stoneware18 x 18 x 36”Est. Value: $4,500

20a.Moment of Giving

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Ryan Mitchell received his MFA from the University of Montana and was a resident artist at

the Clay Studio of Missoula. From 2011 to 2013 he directed the Da Wang Culture Highland,

a center for the arts in Shenzhen, China. Mitchell has had solo exhibitions at Little Street Art

Center in Chicago, Plinth Gallery in Denver, the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, and Dao

Space in Xi’ An, China. He currently lives in Indonesia.

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22. Adrian Arleo

Rose

Clay, glaze, encaustic, gold leaf 19 x 12 x 8” Est. Value: $7,000

Adrian Arleo is a full-time studio artist living in rural Lolo, MT. She received her BA in art

and anthropology at Pitzer College and received her MFA in ceramics from the Rhode Island

School of Design. Her sculpture is exhibited internationally and is in numerous public and

private collections.

24.Anne Appleby

Willow and Aspen

Oil and wax on panel12 x 25” Est. Value: $10,00075% Donation

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 committed following while working from her studio in the mountains south of

Helena, MT. Appleby’s work has been collected by institutions and individuals around the

world, and she is the recipient of multiple awards, most recently the Portland Art Museum’s

Northwest Contemporary Art Award in 2013.

23.David Shaner

Obelisk

Glazed porcelainous stoneware9 x 6 x 20.5”Est. Value: $5,000100% Donation

David Shaner was born in Pottstown, PA in 1934. He attended Alfred University and

eventually was lured West by the characters, community, and environment at the Archie

Bray Foundation. Undeniably, his impact on the world of ceramics is profound and far-

reaching. He was a teacher, philosopher, environmentalist, and master artist. He was an

innovator with a deliberate approach to nature. Shaner passed away in Montana in 2002

from complications with ALS. MAM is deeply grateful to Ann Shaner for donating this

amazing work to the art auction.

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25.Stephen Braun

Why One World is Not Enough

Rakued clay34 x 9 x 59”Est. Value: $5,000

Stephen Braun studied at the University of Montana and graduated with a BA in

anthropology. His igurative and narrative sculptures address environmental, political,

social, and consumerism concerns. He irst started working in clay more than 30 years

ago when he attended a seminar at the University of Montana with Pete Voulkos, Rudy

Autio, and Robert Brady. Braun lives in Whiteish, and his ceramic sculptures are exhibited

nationally.

26.M. Scott Miller

Missoula #6

Gouache on rag board26 x 41”Est. Value: $5,000

M. Scott Miller was raised in Missoula and earned a BFA in illustration from Pratt Institute

in NYC. Miller illustrated cover art for prestigious magazines, including the New Yorker,

Money, and Metropolitan. In 2005, he returned to Missoula and opened a studio to create

and exhibit his work. Miller was featured in a solo exhibition at the MAM in 2012, and

was recently commissioned to create artwork for the 25th Anniversary of the Clark Fork

Coalition.

27.Josh DeWeese

Large Covered Jar

Wood-ired ceramic24 x 20 x 19”Est. Value: $4,000

Josh DeWeese was born and raised in Bozeman. He earned a BFA from the Kansas City Art

Institute and an MFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred. DeWeese served

as resident director of the Archie Bray Foundation from 1992 to 2006. He is the recipient of

a Montana State Individual Artist Fellowship, and his work is included in many public and

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28.Marilyn Lysohir

Flower Girl

Clay and lace24” tallEst. Value: $4,000

Marilyn Lysohir received her BFA from Ohio Northern University in 1972 and her MFA from

Washington State University in 1979. She has taught at Kansas City Art Institute, State

College of Ceramics at Alfred in NY, Washington State University, University of Idaho, and

Ohio State University in Columbus. Lysohir has recently exhibited at the Yellowstone Art

Museum, Red Lodge Clay Center, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery in Cedar City, UT, and has an

exhibit scheduled at Jundt Art Museum in Spokane.

29.Laurie Gano

Fall 1983

Hand-woven tapestry33 x 29”Est. Value: $3,200

30.Stephanie J. Frostad

Guardian

Graphite and oil on canvas30 x 24”Est. Value: $3,600

Laurie Gano attended the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Instituto Allende in

Mexico, where she learned to weave tapestries. In 2013 she was featured in a solo exhibit

at Two Rivers Gallery in Big Timber, MT that celebrated 40 years of weaving representational

landscapes. Gano works out of a studio on her ranch near Melville, MT.

Stephanie J. Frostad received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA

in painting at the University of Montana, and studied at Studio Art Center International

in Italy. She has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. Frostad’s work is in

numerous private and public collections, including the University of Washington Medical

Center, the University of Victoria, and MAM. Most recently her work was selected for an

exterior mural at the Montana Natural History Center.

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31.Caleb Meyer

Shortcut to Broadway

Oil on canvas48 x 24”Est. Value: $3,200

Caleb Meyer received a BA in art education from Boise State University in 2006. After

graduating, Meyer spent two years studying with renowned oil painter Robert Moore. He

taught high school art for three years while establishing himself as a professional artist,

taking part in shows across the Northwest. Meyer’s work has been showcased in galleries

in Montana and Utah. He has been featured in the magazines Southwest Art, Western Art

Collector, and Art & Architecture.

32.Kathryn Schmidt

A Complicated One

Wood and paint16 x 11 x 60”Est. Value: $3,000

Kathryn Schmidt earned a BFA at the University of Iowa before moving to New York City

for two years to continue her art education. A Bozeman resident, for 30 years she has

exhibited throughout the region, with work in collections at the Holter Art Museum and the

Yellowstone Art Museum. Schmidt was awarded Montana Art Council’s 2012 Innovation

Award and was included in MAM’s Montana Triennial: 2012.

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34. Monte Dolack

Fossil Fueled

Acrylic on copper panel9 x 12”Est. Value: $2,900

Monte Dolack studied art at Montana State University and the Universtiy of Montana.

In 1974 he opened his studio, beginning his career in graphic and ine 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.

36.Edd Enders

Yellowstone River

Oil on canvas24 x 46”Est. Value: $2,760

35.Cathy Weber

Hanging Sky Houses

Oil on gessoed paper and panel32.5 x 25”Est. Value: $2,600

Edd Enders was born and raised in Livingston, MT. He studied art at Montana State

University and has been painting since 1989. Enders is a proliic, full-time painter who is

widely collected and has participated in more than a hundred exhibitions, including most

recently in Shanghai, China.

Cathy Weber grew up in the Midwest, studied at the Herron School of Art and Indiana

University, and completed a formal painting apprenticeship in Mexico City. In 1981 she moved

to Dillon, MT where she maintains a studio in the historic downtown. She has exhibited

throughout the region, including at MAM and Holter Museum of Art, Helena, and her work is

in numerous private and public collections.

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37.Sheila Miles

Last Day of Summer

Oil on canvas30 x 40”Est. Value: $2,200

Sheila Miles considers herself a Montanan with a studio practice in Santa Fe, NM. She

earned an MFA from Purdue University. Miles has participated in more than 300 group

and solo exhibits, with the latest at the Owings Dewey North Gallery in Santa Fe. Her

works are included in the collections of the Yellowstone Art Museum, the Federal

Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, and the MAM. Miles is currently the chair of the visual arts

department at the Desert Academy in Santa Fe.

39.Elizabeth Bass

West Texas Main Street

Oil on board12 x 16”Est. Value: $1,850

38.Jerome Rankin

Site Drawing

Mixed media18 x 26.5”Est. Value: $2,000

Elizabeth Bass has designed hand-painted silk scarves and evening bags for more than

20 years, and her ink-and-watercolor illustrations have appeared in numerous books and

magazines. Her oil paintings are studies into how light strikes subjects and conveys a sense

of presence and immediacy. Bass has participated in exhibitions regionally, including shows

at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, Dana Gallery

and Montana Art and Framing in Missoula, and MAM. She lives in Missoula and Yaak.

Jerome Rankin, born in 1934 and raised in Montana, earned a BS in ine arts from Montana

State University and an MFA at the University of Montana. Rankin has worked as a

commercial and ine artist, and has taught in Montana high schools and colleges. Rankin’s

exhibition history spans 50 years, covering museums from Montana to China. A full-time

painter since 1985, he makes his studio in Whitehall, MT.

40.James Todd

Square Dance

Wood cut and acrylic28 x 22”Est. Value: $1,500

James Todd, Professor Emeritus of art and humanities at the University of Montana, began

his art studies at the Chicago Art Institute in 1959. He earned an MFA in printmaking at

the University of Montana in 1969, where he also taught until his retirement in 2000.

Todd is a Senior Fellow in the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and the Society of

Wood Engravers, both in England. Todd’s career includes an extensive international

exhibitions history and the receipt of more than 30 national and international awards.

Todd’s artwork is represented in public and private collections around the world.

42.Alison Reintjes

Double Ohno

Slipcast porcelain1 x 24 x 24”Est. Value: $800

41.Andrea Moon

Large Stoneware Basket

Stoneware and glaze16 x 20 x 20”Est. Value: $1,200

Alison Reintjes studied glass and ceramics at Kent State University, Canberra School of Art

in Australia, and Northern Michigan University, Marquette. She irst moved to Montana

for a residency at the Archie Bray Foundation. Since then she has completed residencies at

Greenwich House Pottery, Jentel, Mount St. Francis, and most recently at the Clay Studio

of Missoula. Reintjes’ large-scale installation, DoubleColumn, graced the atrium at MAM

throughout the spring and summer of 2014. Reintjes maintains a studio in Missoula.

Andrea Moon grew up in Northwest Ohio. She earned an MFA in ceramics at Texas Tech

University, Lubbock, TX. Moon was artist-in-residence at the Arrowmont School of Art

and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN and the Red Lodge Clay Center in 2012, where she is now the

Communications and Residency Coordinator. In 2015 her work will be exhibited at the

Society for Contemporary Craft, the Plinth Gallery, Appalachian Center for Craft, and the

Taos Clay Studio.

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2.Douglas Baldwin

How Many Cords Can

It Pull?

Clay30 x 6 x 3” Est. Value: $350100% Donation

1.James Bailey

Locus #2

Intaglio, monotype17.5 x 15”Est. Value: $200100% Donation

3.Lucy CapehartMy Mother’s Blouse

Cyanotype on paper25 x 20”Est. Value: $400

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. He is a professor of art at the University of Montana. In addition to numerous

private collections, Bailey’s artworks reside in the collections of such prestigious institutions

as the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, the New York Public Library, MAM, and the Jundt Art

Museum, Spokane, WA.

Douglas Baldwin moved to Montana in 1954 where he received a BA and MA in art from

the University of Montana. A ceramic course under Rudy Autio sparked a late postgraduate

obsession with clay. After graduation Doug moved to NYC to pursue ceramics at the

Brooklyn Museum School. In 1969 he took a position chairing the Ceramics Department

at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, where he worked until retiring to

Missoula in 2004.

Lucy Capehart grew up in Indianapolis, IN, but has spent most of her life living in the

American West. After studying anthropology and working as an archaeologist, she turned

to the visual arts and became a photographer. Capehart was a featured artist in the Pew

Charitable Trust documentary project Local Heroes Changing America. Her work has been

exhibited nationally and can be found in many institution’s collections, including the Center

for Creative Photography, Special Collections Library at Duke University and MAM.

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4. Jennifer Combe

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Acrylic on panel12 x 12”Est. Value: $400100% Donation

5.Beth Huhtala

Iconic Troubles

Shina block with screen print10 x 12”Est. Value: $50100% Donation

Jennifer Combe earned an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is a professor of

art at the University of Montana. Her recent exhibits include the Dahl Gallery in Great Falls,

the Brunswick Building in Missoula, and the Whipple Art Gallery in Roseburg, OR. She is a

co-editor of a curriculum resource for the Caucus on Social Theory in Art Education with the

National Art Education Association.

Beth Huhtala, from Cheyenne, WY, received her BFA from the University of Wyoming with a

minor in women’s studies and currently is an MFA candidate at the University of Montana. She

has recently participated in exhibitions at Frontier Space in Missoula and at the University Student

Gallery, University of Montana. Last spring she was one of 12 students who worked alongside

Judy Pfaf for four months in Wyoming. She is a co-director at the Frontier Space in Missoula.

6.Tressa Jones

River Ephemeral

Relief print30 x 22”Est. Value: $220100% Donation

Tressa Jones, a Massachusetts native, received her BS from the University of Massachusetts.

While working in agriculture she began to study ine art, irst at the School of the Museum

of Fine Arts in Boston and then in New Mexico, where she resided until her recent move to

Missoula to pursue an MFA. Her work has shown locally and nationally, including venues in

Boston, Santa Fe, and New York.

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7.Carol Lehmann

Under God’s Eye

Fused and slumped glass11 x 11 x 8”Est. Value: $500

8.Vickie Meguire

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Graphite and mixed media frottage 21.75 x 17.75”Est. Value: $650

9.Courtney Murphy

Wall Box Set

Earthenware24 x 16 x 1.5˝Est. Value: $400

Courtney Murphy irst worked with clay in Brooklyn, NY before moving to Portland, OR

to study ceramics at Oregon College of Art & Craft. Murphy has completed residencies

at the Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts and the Archie Bray Foundation. Murphy is

currently artist-in-residence at the Clay Studio of Missoula. In 2011, Murphy was a featured

emerging artist in Ceramics Monthly.

Carol Lehmann creates fused-glass art from her studio in Bozeman. She began working

in traditional stained glass almost 20 years ago and shortly thereafter moved her focus

to warm glass. Her work is unique in the quality and attention to detail evident in every

design. Lehmann’s work relects the dynamic play of color, tone, and nature of the

Northwest, where she has resided for more than 30 years.

Vicki Meguire was born and raised in Great Falls, and attended Pratt Institute in NYC. She

received an MFA in painting from Montana State University. She has received awards in

juried shows and has shared her talents with public commissions, which have included the

Great Falls BID Project traic signal boxes and a Montana Percent for Art award for seven

canvases in the Gallagher Building at the University of Montana. She has served on the

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10.Tim Nielson

Doubting Thomas

Acrylic on plywood20 x 47.5”Est. Value: $200

Tim Nielson has a BA in art history from Carleton College in Northield, MN and has taught

high school art in Missoula for the last 19 years, currently at Sentinel High School. Nielson

works primarily with acrylic on a variety of surfaces, producing large-scale paintings that

often illuminate public igures.

12.Jared Shear

Clark Fork on the Rocks

Oil on Masonite8 x 10”Est. Value: $400

11.Jay Schmidt

Scene from a Lost Planet

Etching6 x 9”Est. Value: $150100% Donation

Jay Schmidt resides in Bozeman, and he received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute

and an MFA from the University of California-Davis. Schmidt taught art for 24 years at

Montana State University. He is a member of the artist collective Paintallica and founding

member of The Living Breathing Thing. Schmidt was featured in a comprehensive solo

exhibition at MAM in 2013 and had a solo exhibition at the Holter Museum of Art in 2014.

Jared Shear received a degree in animation from the Art Institute of Seattle in 1997. He

has exhibited in various gallery and museum shows throughout the Northwest, including

exhibitions at the LCSC Center for Arts and History in Lewiston, ID, and a solo show at MAM

in 2013 titled Cougar Peak-a-Boo. Shear’s work has also been featured in Artists & Illustrators

magazine. Shear lives and works in Thompson Falls, MT with his wife and children.

13.Brian White

Uncle Buck

Metal and antler18 x 30 x 18˝Est. Value: $900

14.Tara Wilson

Tulipier

Woodired stoneware8 x 8 x 16”Est. Value: $425100% Donation

15.Michael Workman

Rectangle Square No. 4

Wasp heads12 x 12” Est. Value: $35075% Donation

Tara Wilson is a studio potter living in Montana City, MT. Wilson received a BFA from the

University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2000 and an MFA from the University of Florida in 2003.

She has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation and the Red Lodge Clay Center.

Wilson has given lectures and workshops throughout the United States, most recently at

the 2009 NCECA conference in Phoenix, AZ. Her work has been exhibited internationally.

Brian White was born in 1977 to a family rich in Montana history. He grew up throughout

the West, but returned as a teen to Bozeman. With more than 15 years of experience as a

self-taught designer and fabricator using metals, woods, fabric, and recycled materials,

White captivates his audiences with his modern-yet-realistic sculptures. Brian White lives

in Belgrade, MT with his wife, three children, and yellow lab.

Michael T. Workman is an interdisciplinary artist working on a BFA in art and BA in media

arts/ilmmaking at the University of Montana. He was featured in the two-person show

Unknowing at the UC Gallery in October, and recently collaborated with Jack Metcalf on the

performance installation Instruments of Thereness, at the Academy of Art University in San

Francisco. Workman works as the associate programmer and festival coordinator of the Big

Sky Documentary Film Festival and is the art director of Total Fest.

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17.Chris Autio

Starlite

Oil stick on silver gelatin iber print21 x 16”Est. Value: $450

16.Jean Albus

Ophelia’s Passing

Photograph24 x 16”Est. Value: $850

18.Jessie Baldwin

Under the Dressing Table

Graphite, chalk, acrylic, and water on paper30 x 22”Est. Value: $500100% Donation

Jean Albus is a resident of Bridger, MT. Through a reporting job with the Carbon County News she

rediscovered a deep love for photography. Albus uses photographic imagery against a backdrop of

the Montana landscape. Albus has participated in numerous group and solo shows in the region,

including solo exhibitions at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls and most recently at

the Holter Museum of Art in Helena.

Chris Autio is a lifelong Missoulian. He attended Montana State University, where he earned

a BS in photography and a BA in English literature. His landscape photographs are captured

on ilm with a large-format camera and printed in the darkroom. The resulting richness,

depth, and light is unequalled. Autio’s solo exhibition, Hands On, was featured at MAM

in 2014.

Jessie Baldwin received a BA in ine art and art education from the University of Montana

and a M.Ed. from Boston University. In Missoula she has participated in several local art

auctions and juried exhibitions, including the Montana Triennial: 2009 at MAM and the

Gallery of Visual Arts at the University of Montana.

19.Jill Brody

Lisa

Archival pigment print36 x 21”Est. Value: $700100% Donation

21.Dudley Dana

Essence of the Essence

of a Georgetown Mood

Digital painting30 x 50” Est. Value: $1,500

20.Pamela Caughey

Microscape 7

Etched brass, patina6 x 6”Est. Value: $550

Pamela Caughey grew up in Wisconsin and earned a BS in biochemistry from the University

of Wisconsin-Madison and an MFA at the University of Montana. Her work has received

awards, been published, shown nationally, and is in the permanent collections of MAM,

Holter Museum of Art, and Montana Museum of Art and Culture. Her solo exhibition,

Ubiquitous: Pathways of Pathogens, was featured at MAM in 2014. Caughey teaches Art

Foundations courses at the Bitterroot College, in Hamilton, MT.

Jill Brody was born and raised in New York, attended Antioch College, graduated from the

University of Illinois, and has graduate degrees from Adelphi University, Harvard Divinity

School, and the Art Institute of Boston. Her recent solo exhibit at MAM, Hidden In Plain

Sight, is now traveling throughout Montana. Although she spends as much time as she can

in Montana, she lives with her husband in Providence, RI.

Dudley Dana studied photography at the University of Montana while working on his

doctorate in clinical psychology. Dana was artist-in-residence in Glacier Park in 2000 and

at the Ucross Foundation, WY in 2002. His work has been shown in galleries and museums

throughout Montana, including the Holter Museum of Art, the Hockaday Museum of Art,

and the Montana Museum of Art and Culture. Dana is currently working on a book of

Montana roads and is on assignment for the Montana Land Reliance.

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22.Jane Gofe

Morning Mist on Lake

Silver gelatin photograph22 x 28”Est. Value: $500100% Donation

Jane Gofe specializes in traditional black-and-white ine art photography and 19th-

century photographic processes. Committed to preserving these processes, she has studied

with some of the world’s inest photographers, such as Bruce Barnbaum, Tim Rudman, and

Dick Arntz. Gofe’s exhibits include the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI,

the Bellevue Art Museum Arts Fair, WA, the Western Heritage Artists Show in Great Falls,

and the Art Fair in Jackson Hole, WY.

23.Amanda Jafe

Arriving VI

Cone 5 porcelain6 x 4 x 2”Est. Value: $200

23.Gesine Janzen

Blue Levee

Wood block print22 x 30”Est. Value: $75075% Donation

Gesine Janzen was born in Newton, KS in 1967. She earned her MFA in printmaking

from the University of Iowa in 1998. Her work is widely exhibited, most recently at the

International Print Center of New York. Her prints are in museum collections including the

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Janzen is an associate professor of art and the

head of printmaking at Montana State University in Bozeman.

Amanda Jafe is a professor emeritus at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, where

she taught ceramics from 1985 to 2011. Amanda received her MFA from the University of

Montana. In addition to smaller works, she has completed three large public art projects in

Texas, Washington State, and for the Staten Island Zoo. She was an artist-in-residence at the

Archie Bray Foundation, and in 2013 exhibited at Turman Larison Contemporary in Helena.

25.Steven Krutek

Baptist Church, Glasgow, MT

Archival pigment print16 X 20”Est. Value: $47575% Donation

26.Kate Lund

Field Note

Oil, graphite, collage on paper24 x 18”Est. Value: $75100% Donation

27.Mary Beth Percival

Johnsrud

Watercolor on paper10 x 7”Est. Value: $1,000

Steven Krutek studied art at Colorado College, the University of Montana, SALT Institute

for Documentary Field Studies, and Paciic Northwest College of Art. He was one of ive

photographers selected internationally to present work at the Society for Photographic

Education’s 43rd national conference in Chicago. Krutek’s work has been exhibited at Project

Basho in Philadelphia and in Tokyo at Ricoh’s RING CUBE gallery, and was recently chosen

for publication in The Sun Magazine. Krutek teaches in the art department at the University

of Montana.

Kate Lund grew up in a small town in Central Idaho and now lives in the Coeur d’Alene

area. She earned her BFA at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. Lund spent a year

teaching art in Kellogg, ID before pursuing an MFA at the University of Montana. She has

recently exhibited at the Moses Lake Museum and Art Center in Moses Lake, WA, and in

Missoula at the UC Gallery and the Gallery of Visual Arts.

Mary Beth Percival is a native of Montana, growing up in the Big Hole and Boulder valleys. She

attended San Francisco State College and earned a BA in ine art from the University of Montana.

For the last 14 years she has supported herself as a graphic designer and illustrator. Percival now

divides her time between her artwork and co-managing an art publishing company with her

artist-husband Monte Dolack in Missoula.

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28.Karen Rice

Lichen 4

Graphite, ink, on layered vellum10 x 8”Est. Value: $55075% Donation

29.Patricia Thornton

Trapper Peak

Mixed media collage33 x 22”Est. Value: $1,200

Karen Rice grew up in eastern Washington and received her MFA from the University of

Montana. Her work has been included in two issues of New American Paintings, and can

be found in several public collections, including the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, IN,

Deaconness Medical Center in Billings, MT, and MAM.

Patricia Thornton earned a BA from Sonoma State University, graduating cum laude.

Since then she has worked as an artist, art instructor, and curator for ine art shows in

San Francisco, Spokane, Bozeman, and Missoula. Thornton is currently the adult program

director for the Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula. She was featured in a solo

exhibit at MAM in 2014.

30.Keith VanDePol

South on 69

Oil on panel24 X 36”Est. Value: $695100% Donation

Keith VanDePol received a BFA at the University of Iowa in 1975 and an MA at Iowa State

University in 1993. He recently retired after owning and operating a frame shop and art gallery

in Ames, IA for more than 35 years. Van De Pol has participated in numerous group exhibitions

and has been featured with solo exhibitions at the Blanden Museum in Ft. Dodge, IA and the

Octagon Center for Arts in Ames, IA.

31.Lisa Autio

Two Blue X’s

Oil on iberglass36” dia.Est. Value: $2,000

32.Courtney Blazon

Great Northern Railroad,

October 1904

Pen, marker, pastel on paper

20 x 16”

Est. Value: $650

33.Julia Engler

Glacier Grand

Stoneware23 x 13”Est. Value: $850

Lisa Autio is a native of Helena and grew up in Missoula, where she currently resides. She

returned to Montana after spending 22 years working and raising a family in Kentucky and

Wisconsin. She has a BA in art from University of Washington and master’s degree in library

and information science from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has exhibited at the

Holter Museum of Art and Turman Larison Contemporary in Helena.

Courtney Blazon is a graduate of the illustration department at Parsons New School of

Design. She has been in numerous group shows locally and regionally, including venues in

Philadelphia, Portland, and San Francisco. She has had solo shows in Seattle and Portland,

at the Brink Gallery in Missoula, and most recently at the Center for the Arts in Batavia, NY.

Blazon was a recipient of a Montana Artist’s Innovation Award in 2011.

Julie Engler earned her MFA from the University of Montana. She owns and operates

Mudslinger Studios and builds beautiful coil pots. Her work is currently available in Seattle,

the Flathead Valley, and across Montana.

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34.Robert Harrison

Diving In

Repurposed porcelain plate, mixed media12” dia.Est. Value: $500100% Donation

Robert Harrison has served as president of the board of the National Council on Education for

the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) and also as president on the board of the Archie Bray Foundation

for the Ceramic Arts. Well-known for his large-scale architectural sculpture, he continues to

evolve and exhibit smaller-scale studio works. In 2008, Harrison was awarded the Meloy

Stevenson Award of Excellence from the Archie Bray Foundation, and in 2011 was honored

as an NCECA Fellow.

36.Marion Lavery

Red Tide

Acrylic, mixed media30 x 38”Est. Value: $1,100

35.Louise Lamontagne

As Time Goes By II

Oil22 x 30”Est. Value: $1,800

Marion Lavery was born and raised outside of Philadelphia, PA. She earned a BA in applied

art from Penn State University, with additional study at the University of Minnesota, Western

New Mexico University, and the University of Montana. Lavery has worked professionally

as a graphic artist, store display designer, architectural draughtsman, calligrapher, book

binder, potter, and painter. She lives and works in Missoula.

Louise Lamontagne studied art at the University of Bridgeport, CT and the School of Visual

Concepts in Seattle. Lamontagne’s work has been exhibited at galleries and museums

nationally and internationally. She has won numerous awards, and her collectors include

Seattle University, West One Bank, the City of Kent, WA, Oki Foundation, and MAM. She had

her irst solo museum show at MAM in the summer of 2013. Lamontagne lives and works

in St. Ignatius, MT.

37.Jon Lodge

Friction & Gravity (Vertical Flow) No. 3

Evaporated water, gesso, graphite, carbon on milk carton paper18 x 18”Est. Value: $1,450100% Donation

38.Dale Marie Muller

Shattered Strength

Graphite on paper9 x 14”Est. Value: $900

39.Murth Murthy

Art Study at the Louvre

Acrylic26 x 22”Est. Value: $45075% Donation

Jon Lodge studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston in the 1960s. He has had solo

exhibitions at the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, ID, Paris

Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Nicolaysen Art Museum, WY, Emerson Cultural

Center, Bozeman. His work is in the permanent collections of the Yellowstone Art Museum,

MAM, and Nicolaysen Art Museum, as well as Yellowstone Public Radio. Lodge currently

lives and works in Billings.

Dale Marie Muller was born in Queens, NY and grew up in New Jersey. She earned a BFA at the

University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 1996. Mueller’s work has been featured in solo and group

shows in galleries and museums across the country. Her work recently travelled to the Hiram

Blauvelt Art Museum and the Booth Museum of Western Art with the exhibit Art and the Animal.

Muller currently resides in Roberts, MT.

Murth Murthy came to the United States more than 50 years ago to pursue higher education.

He earned a BS in electric engineering, a BS in physics and an MS in electronics from the

University of Pennsylvania. Murthy digitally assembles parts of diferent photographs to form

an approximate rendering of the painting he wants. He then takes it into a program called Corel

Painter and paints, stroke-by-stroke, the scene using a graphics tablet, which is a computer

device that behaves like a brush. The inal image is printed on canvas. Murthy then paints on

top of the image with acrylics to give it the look, texture, and feel that he wants.

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Willem Volkersz studied art and architecture at the University of Washington and received an

MFA at Mills College in 1967. His work has been shown throughout the United States, as well

as in Canada, Great Britain, Scotland, China, and Taiwan in more than 200 group exhibitions

and 44 solo exhibitions. He is represented by Turman Larison Contemporary in Helena and

Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City. He lives and works in Bozeman, MT.

40.Willem Volkersz

Dog with Globe #2

Graphite and acrylic30 x 22”Est. Value: $1,000100% Donation

Continuing ExhibitionseliZAbeth Dove: CorpuS oF the uNKNowAble through January 31, 2015

rubY Jubilee Art AuCtioN eXhibitioN through February 4, 2015

KAte huNt: reCeNt worKS through February 21, 2015

FiFth GrADe iDeNtitY–iN A boX! through March 13, 2015

Crow’S ShADow iNStitute oF the ArtS: SeleCteD worKS through March 21, 2015

pAt ZeNtZ: trio through March 28, 2015

heAvY MetAl FroM the ColleCtioN through April 4, 2015

Upcoming ExhibitionsbiG SKY iNterACtive February 10 – 20, 2015

theo ellSworth: thouGht ClouDS February 20 - June 26, 2015

reNÉe browN: proFuSioN February 27 - June 20, 2015

Four DeCADeS oF ColleCtiNG March 13 - April 18, 2015

biG SKY hiGh SChool Art Club eXhibitioN March 13 - May 29, 2015

JeNeSSe hiltoN: reCeNt GiFtS to MAM ColleCtioN April 3 - August 22 , 2015

ANDY wArhol ColleCtioN: MuSeuM oF Art/ wSu April 9 - August 15, 2015

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