BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Trumba Corporation//Trumba Calendar Services 0.11.8917//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Missoula Cultural Council X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sandpiper Art Festival LOCATION:Lake County Courthouse Lawn DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120811 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE URL:http://www.sandpiperartgallery.com DTSTAMP:20120514T141326Z DESCRIPTION:Sandpiper Art Gallery in Polson is taking applications for t he 41st annual Sandpiper Lake County Art Festival to be held August 11th at the Lake County Courthouse. For more information contact the Galler y at 883-5956\, visit our website Sandpiperartgallery.com or email us at festival@sandpiperartgallery.com. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98964367 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:JURIED ART SHOW RECEPTION LOCATION:Wall Street Building\, Hot Springs\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120515T143421Z CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100010082 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke By Figmo @ The Jokers Wild LOCATION:The Jokers Wild\, 4829 N Reserve St\, Missoula\, MT 59808 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120519T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.Figmo.com DTSTAMP:20110914T125944Z CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96290691 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke By Figmo @ The Reno Casino LOCATION:The Reno Casino\, 3650 MT HWY 200 E\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120519T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.Figmo.com DTSTAMP:20110914T125959Z CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96290576 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Salmon Riverfest LOCATION:Salmon\, ID DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120520 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120521 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20120202T155514Z CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98652770 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz Brunch LOCATION:Blue Canyon Restaurant\, Hilton Garden Inn - Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T110000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T012236Z DESCRIPTION:Clarinetist Chuck Florence\, bassist Beth Lo and guitarist D avid Horgan regale the brunch crowd with Jazz. \n\nCall 532-5300 for det ails. CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89717101 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324467 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655257 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655376 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902335 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292802 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Music Jam LOCATION:Rocky MT Grange\, Hamilton\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20110624T093449Z DESCRIPTION:ACOUSTIC-MUSIC JAM SESSIONS:\nEveryone is invited to the mus ic jam sessions at the Rocky Mountain Grange Hall south of Hamilton each Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Players of all levels are invit ed to bring their guitars\, mandolins\, harmonicas\, fiddles\, banjos\, Dobros\, or other acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country\, swing\, cowboy\, folk\, old standards\, etc. There is no charge for adm ission.\n\nAnd folks who just want to listen are encouraged to come – it ’s always more fun with an audience. \n\nAnd don’t forget our monthly co ncert: The Bitterroot Valley Good-Time Jamboree. It’s the first Saturday of each month: 7 – 9:30 PM\, also at The Grange. \n\nThe Grange Hall is located about a mile south of town at 1436 South 1st street (93 highway )\, just south of the Valley Pet Clinic.\nFor more information call Clem : 961-4949 CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/95117584 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adult Art Workshops: How To Sell Artwork LOCATION:Art Focus\, 215 West Main Street\, Hamilton\, MT 59840 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120503T140753Z DESCRIPTION:Adult Art Workshops:\nHow To Sell Artwork (for artists and p eople that support them) by Douglas E. Taylor\n\nSunday\, May 20\, from 2-5 p.m. at Art Focus\n$30 per artist\nNon-artist spouses or partners ca n attend for $15.\nOften partners can be very helpful when they know how to support the efforts of the artist.\nHighly recommended! This is one part of his Successful Artist Series. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99802550 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Steve Eckels LOCATION:The Cottage Inn DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T012035Z DESCRIPTION:Cost: Free \n \nLet Steve Eckels wind down your weekend w ith live classical guitar from 6 to 9 PM at The Cottage in Kila. Call 75 5-4572. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89716003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz Martini Night LOCATION:The Badlander\, 208 Ryman St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/thebadlander DTSTAMP:20100530T012351Z DESCRIPTION:LIVE JAZZ\nDJ’S IN BETWEEN SETS\n\n8:30PM\nJAZZ @ 9:30PM\n21 +\nNO COVER\n\n$3 MARTINIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89717947 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120520T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708320 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324468 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655258 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655377 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292803 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hip Hop for Kiddos (3-6yrs old) with Heather Adams Torma LOCATION:The Down Town Dance Class\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T164500 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20111215T133925Z DESCRIPTION:Date: Jan 09\, 2012 to Dec 17\, 2012 Time: 04:00 PM to 04:45 PM Day(s): Mondays\nHip Hop for Kiddos is a great way to introduce your little boy or girl to rhythm\, music and their bodies abilities. We wil l work on exploring all the ways the body can move\, we call them isolat ions\, and then put them movements together in combinations. They will h ave a chance to perform the First Friday of December. CATEGORIES:Missoula Cultural Council UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97804460 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Taste to Remember LOCATION:Governor's Room\, Florence Hotel\, 111 N. Higgins\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.tamarackgriefresourcecenter.org DTSTAMP:20120503T130957Z DESCRIPTION:Tamarack Grief Resource Center\\'s dinner to benefit our gri ef & bereavement programs. Dinner includes 5 courses courtesy of local t op chefs with wine chosen by Wine Guy Mike. Tickets $100/person\, $180/c ouple\, or table of 8 for $1000. Please contact TGRC for details. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99801715 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Teranga Dance & Drum LOCATION:2926 S. 3rd St. W. (across from Hawthorne School) - Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T204500 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100613T042907Z DESCRIPTION:Teranga Dance & Drum\, West African Sabar Drum & Dance class es. Every Monday night\, 2926 S. 3rd St. W. . Drum class starts 6:45 p.m .\, dance class starts at 7:45 p.m. $8 for either class or $10 for both. Call (406) 529-2322 for more info. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89910264 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Teranga Dance & Drum LOCATION:Teranga Arts School\, 2926 S. 3rd St. W.\, (across from Hawthorne School)\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T204500 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.communitywalk.com/location/teranga_arts_school/missoula/m t/fun_activities/2118821 DTSTAMP:20100613T042654Z DESCRIPTION:All levels of dancers and drummers can cure their cases of t he Mondays every week during a Sabar West African drum class. The relate d dance class begins at 7:45. $8 drumming/$10 dancing/$12 both CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89908569 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708321 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Milkcrate Mondays LOCATION:The Palace\, 147 W Broadway\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/thepalacemissoula DTSTAMP:20100530T012846Z DESCRIPTION:Kick off your week with a drink\, some free pool and an arra y of electronic DJs and styles during Milkcrate Mondays with the Milkcra te Mechanic at 9 PM every week\, at the Palace.\n\n21 + / No Cover = Fre e Pool\, Free Beats! CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89720536 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic @ Sean Kelly's LOCATION:Sean Kelly's \, 130 W Pine St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120521T230000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.seankellys.com DTSTAMP:20100817T094009Z DESCRIPTION:Monday Nights at Sean Kelly's is an open call to all of Miss oula's talented musicians for an Open Mic. Mike Avery\, local Musician and all around good guy\, runs the event from 10-1:30 am.\n\nIf you are a musician 21+\, who would like to play the open mic\, call 542-1471 at 10am Monday mornings and grab a slot! But due to popular demand you must call at 10 am sharp\, they go fast!! CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89720726 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Int. Spanish Dance LOCATION:The Downtown Dance Collective\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T054500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T070000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111020T093343Z DESCRIPTION:05:45 PM to 07:00 PM Day(s): Thu\nLearn continued advanced h eel work\, castanets\, palmas\, skirt work\, and arms. Work on tradition al Flamenco as well as more contemporary choreography. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96910645 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324469 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655259 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655378 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902336 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292804 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings LOCATION:Snappy Sport Senter - 1400 Hwy. 2 East Kalispell DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T013145Z DESCRIPTION:Cost: Donation \n \nToes will tap and fingers will snap ( in the painless way) when the Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings ride into Snap py Sport Senter every Tue. at 1400 Hwy. 2 East. Noon. Donation. Call 257 -7525. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89721781 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586439 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:West African Dance LOCATION:Downtown Dance Collective\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20100530T013503Z DESCRIPTION:Call 406-541.7240 for more information.\n\nEvery Tuesday joi n Tarn Ream and musicians of Unity Dance and Drum for an energizing West African dance class. $10/class\, $35 for 4 classes\, please call for mo re info. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89723455 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:OPEN MIC/ JAM NIGHT LOCATION:Lucky Strike DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20110812T140452Z DESCRIPTION:Tuesday Night Open Mic/ Jam at the Lucky Strike (Brooks St b ehind Fat Cat). A variety of music hosted by Teri Llovet and Louie Bond with back up band UFOkies warming up the stage at 6:30. Musician sign-up at 6:00. Live music till 10:00. CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/95810431 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Deidre Heaton LOCATION:The Cottage Inn - Kila DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T013345Z DESCRIPTION:Deidre Heaton is an oldie\, but newbie to the folk scene. Sh e finds \ninspiration in the pure beauty of her surroundings\, life\, he r childhood memories\, love and loss. Her songs and beautiful voice wil l take you on road trips through the long dusty roads of Texas\, the whi sky drinking taverns of Montana\, the innocence of a young girl\, and to a quiet country church on a Sunday morning. Enjoy her music every Tuesd ay from 7:00 -9:30PM at The Cottage in Kila. Call 755-4572. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89722807 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DJ LROCK Hybrid Karaoke/Video DJ LOCATION:Pulse\, located in Missoula's Press Box DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.pressboxsportsbar.com DTSTAMP:20120124T103319Z DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Karaoke/Video DJ starts Feb 2012 every Tuesday night \, with DJ LROCK 9:00pm at the Pulse\, located inside Missoula's Press Bo x\, across the bride from the University. First place receives a $25 bar tab. On the last Tuesday of every month previous winners compete for $1 00 cash! Drink specials 9:00pm to close...$2 16oz domestic cans\, $2 sho ts of fireball\, .50¢ pudding shots and .50¢ jello shots. CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98500000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night at The Wolf Den LOCATION:Wolf Den in Polson DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100530T013145Z DESCRIPTION:Cost: Free \n \nThe moon's always full and the pack's alw ays howlin' at the Wolf Den's Open Mic Night in Polson. Free. 9 PM. Call 883-2054. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89721787 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708322 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Live and Local for Free LOCATION:The Badlander\, 208 Ryman\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120522T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/thebadlander DTSTAMP:20100613T043104Z DESCRIPTION:Local artists with DJs after. CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89911567 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324470 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655260 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655379 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902337 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292805 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:FREE Quilting Workshop LOCATION:The Museum at Central School\, 124 2nd Avenue East\, Kalispell \, MT 59901\, Phone 406-756-8381 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120203T113244Z DESCRIPTION:Led by expert quilter and Museum volunteer Betty Jo Malone. \n\n \n\nParticipants can attend one\, two\, three or all and can be begi nners\, or have experience. Come to learn tips and new skills for existi ng projects.\n\n \n\nBring scissors\, straight pins\, needles\, thread\, and fabric swatches if you have them. Some materials and sewing tools provided if you have none. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98677830 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kids' Hip Hop (7-10) with Heidi Michaelson LOCATION:The Down Town Dance Class\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20111215T134243Z DESCRIPTION:This class is designed for Kids (ages 7-10). No experience i s required\, just a desire to dance. The class will start with a short w arm up period that will involve stretches and minor conditioning. After that the class will progress to choreography and/or short combinations. Each week (or every other week) the choreography will change so new stud ents and/or drop-ins are welcome and will not be behind. Dance games wil l also often be played where student will be able to express and explore themselves as dancers. The music will be age appropriate and I will tak e any suggestions from students as to what they would like to dance to.D ress Code:The only requirements are to wear something that doesn\\'t res trict your movement (basketball shorts\, sweats etc.) and close-toed sho es.Jan 04\, 2012 to Dec 19\, 2012 wednesdays 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM CATEGORIES:Missoula Cultural Council UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97804800 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Community U-Night LOCATION:Kettlehouse Brewery\, 313 N 1st St W\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.kettlehouse.com/events# DTSTAMP:20101011T085858Z DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday evening\, join the Kettlehouse and support l ocal organizations. \n\n From 5-8p.m. the Kettlehouse will donate 50¢ o f every pint sold to the local charity featured that week. CATEGORIES:Fair/Festival UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89915800 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586440 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Humans LOCATION:The Cottage Inn DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100613T044011Z DESCRIPTION:Cost: Free \n \nThe Humans play at The Cottage Inn in Kil a from 7 to 10 PM. You have to hear them for yourself. CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89918920 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708323 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kraptastic Karaoke LOCATION:The Badlander\, 208 Ryman St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120523T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/thebadlander DTSTAMP:20100530T013853Z DESCRIPTION:With a name like Kraptastic Karaoke\,\nyou can be sure the p ressure to be good is off.\n\n9PM\n\nWork up the liquid courage you'll n eed with:\n$5 PITCHERS OF BUDWISER AND PBR\n$1 SELECTED SHOTS\n\nFREE CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89725220 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324471 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655380 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902338 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Senior's Out to Lunch LOCATION:Lolo Community Center Lolo\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T110000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100607T114841Z DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday Lolo seniors are invited to attend "Out to Lu nch" at the Lolo Community Center. The meal is catered by KT's Hayloft Restaurant\, cost $3.50 per meal.\n\nCome share local & global news\, an d good jokes! CATEGORIES:Food UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89806178 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292806 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:African Boogie LOCATION:Downtown Dance Collective\, 121 W Main St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20100613T041235Z DESCRIPTION:African Boogie is a high energy low impact continuous moveme nt workout. Simple\, freeing dance steps based on Traditional West Afric an Dance link together for easy to learn sequences.\n12n-1:00pm every Th ursday CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89898811 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MAM Award: Art Associates of Missoula LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.missoulaartmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120501T153455Z DESCRIPTION:We invite our entire circle of supporters to join us in cele brating the Art Associates of Missoula and the Fifth Grade Art Experienc e’s 25th Anniversary. The MAM Award is given with deep gratitude in reco gnition of the outstanding dedication\, generosity\, and service to MAM (Please see Director’s Report\, page 2). We will commemorate the Art Ass ociate’s precious and priceless contribution of high quality and free ar t education to MAM and will celebrate the Circle of Giving to MAM throug hout the past year. Enjoy live music\, libations\, and hors d’oeuvres. CATEGORIES:Missoula Cultural Council UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99774424 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586441 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Studio Drawing Art Club LOCATION:North Valley Family Center\, 5501 US HWY 93 N\, suite 3\, Florenc e\, Mt 59833 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.novafrc.org DTSTAMP:20120322T152312Z DESCRIPTION:Join the North Valley's Art Club. Meets every other Thursday from 6-8 pm at the North Valley Family Center. Open to anyone intereste d in art/drawing\, from beginning - experienced\, and everyone in-betwee n. Please bring your own materials. Mostly model figure drawing. Call fo r more information: 406-273-0142. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99293983 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Exhibit: Science in Wonderland Opening Reception LOCATION:Ravalli County Museum - 205 Bedford Street Hamilton\, MT 59840 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120501T142223Z DESCRIPTION:Exhibit: Science in Wonderland Opening Reception\nRavalli Co unty Museum is partnering with Rocky Mountain Laboratories and local art ists to feature\, “Science in Wonderland\,” a project that brings togeth er the two disciplines of science and art to create a fascinating exhibi t complete with class work and presentations from local schools. See the deadly beauty of some of the world’s most lethal diseases. Check back w ith us for dates\, lecture offerings and presentations from artists and scientists involved in the exhibit.\nRavalli County Museum - 205 Bedford Street Hamilton\, MT 59840 / 406.363.3338 / www.BRVHSMuseum.org / Fa cebook: Ravalli County Museum / Twitter: ravallimuseum CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99773494 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night @ Sean Kellys LOCATION:Sean Kellys\, 130 W. Pine St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T204000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T235500 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.seankellys.com/ DTSTAMP:20120209T103723Z DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Night @ Sean Kellys is every Thursday at 8:40 pm. C all 542-1471 after 10:00 am on Thursdays to sign up CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98734046 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dead Hipster Dance Party LOCATION:The Badlander\, 208 Ryman St\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T000000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.myspace.com/deadhipsterdanceparty DTSTAMP:20100613T041133Z DESCRIPTION:Presented by Betty's Divine: \nDJ’S: Mike Gill & Chris Bauma nn\n\n9PM\n21+\n$1 WELLS FROM 9PM-MIDNIGHT\n\n$2 COVER CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89897784 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708324 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rocktastic DJ Night Party LOCATION:The Palace\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100817T094439Z DESCRIPTION:Mike Gill and John Markley host the Rocktastic DJ Night Part y this\, and every\, Thu. at 9 PM at the Palace\, 147 W. Broadway. Free. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89726299 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Social Club 2.0 LOCATION:James Bar\, 127 West Alder Street\, Missoula\, M DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120524T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T000000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Bar/1147884552 DTSTAMP:20100613T041159Z DESCRIPTION:The Social Club 2.0\nEvery Thursday @ James Bar\nw/ Fleege & Friends\n:::FREE:::\nDance Party & Music start at 11 PM\nDrink Specials All Night\n$2.50 PBR\n$3 Absolut/Red Bulls\n\nJoin us in 2010 at James Bar! Every Thursday Fleege mixes live for 3+ hours\, spinning progressiv e/tech/house/electro beats for your dancing feets.\n\nThis semester\, we 've got $2.50 PBRs and $3 Absolut/Redbull ($5 Doubles). The music starts at 11 PM. Come on over after you've made the rounds at the other bars a round town. Our drink specials don't end 'til the bar closes. And we've got the best tunes\, every Thursday at James Bar.\n\nBring Your Friends. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89898205 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324472 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655262 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655381 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Toddler Play Group: Ready!Set!Play! LOCATION:North Valley Family Center\, 5501 US HWY 93 N\, Suite 3\, Florenc e\, Mt. 59833 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T120000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.novafrc.org DTSTAMP:20111221T141541Z DESCRIPTION:Every Friday\, Toddler Time\, at North Valley Family Center! 10:30-noon\n\nParents and other family members play an important role i n supporting children’s growth and development. Ready! Set! Play! Is FRE E! And Utilizes Montana’s Early Learning Guidelines to help parents & ca regivers learn ways to support children’s learning through fun and inter active activities. CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97881205 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Toddler Time: Ready!Set!Play! LOCATION:Local Living Family Center\, 5501 US HWY 93 N\, Suite 3\, Florenc e\, Mt. 59833 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T120000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.locallivingfamilyctr.org DTSTAMP:20110929T150436Z DESCRIPTION:Every Friday\, Toddler Time\, at Local Living Family Center! \n\nReady!Set!Play! and Music and Motion!\, alternating weekly. \n\nPare nts and other family members play an important role in supporting childr en’s growth and development. Ready! Set! Play! Is FREE! And Utilizes Mon tana’s Early Learning Guidelines to help parents & caregivers learn ways to support children’s learning through fun and interactive activities. Facilitated by Allison.\n\nMusic and Motion is the perfect opportunity t o introduce your child to structure and fun through the many wonders of music! There will be emphasis on different aspects of being a part of a group who enjoys music. Facilitated by Melissa Sparks and Traci Kutzleb. CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96495779 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292807 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kid's Connect LOCATION:800 Kensington\, Suite 100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T173000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.esgw.org DTSTAMP:20120328T101804Z DESCRIPTION:Easter Seals-Goodwill is offering an 8 week session of Frida y after school classes that will offer opportunity\, support and a safe and fun environment for children age 9-12 to learn social skills using M ichelle Garcia Winner's "Think Social" curriculum.\n\nCost: $200 CATEGORIES:Kids UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98938521 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586442 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Guitar Boys LOCATION:The Cottage Inn - Kila DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T223000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20100613T041454Z DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Cottage Inn Friday nights for food\, fun and music by the Guitar Boys from 7- 10:30. 406-755-4572 CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89900532 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night LOCATION:Zootown Brews\, 121 West Broadway\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.zootownbrew.com DTSTAMP:20100613T041802Z DESCRIPTION:Please Call Zootown Brew at 543-2549 for more information.\n \nEach musician will be getting a 20 minute slot to play. Please sign up before Friday. CATEGORIES:Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89902539 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Come get Loco at the Plum Loco with DJ Jimmy Jams LOCATION:Plum Loco Saloon & Casino \, 201 Main Street\, Stevensville\, MT 59870 \, (406) 777-5802 () ‎ DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T023000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/DJ-JIMMY-JAMS/240147626060937 DTSTAMP:20120403T140501Z DESCRIPTION:DJ and Karaoke Music starting every Friday and Staurday at 8 :30 till close come on down for great drink specials and awsome Bartende rs CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99421113 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke By Figmo @ The Jokers Wild LOCATION:The Jokers Wild\, 4829 N Reserve St\, Missoula\, MT 59808 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.Figmo.com DTSTAMP:20110914T125944Z CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96290692 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke By Figmo @ The Reno Casino LOCATION:The Reno Casino\, 3650 MT HWY 200 E\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.Figmo.com DTSTAMP:20110914T125959Z CATEGORIES:Music/Concerts UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96290577 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Friday Funk Blaster LOCATION:The Palace\, 147 W Broadway\, Missoula\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&fri endID=183446941 DTSTAMP:20100613T041823Z DESCRIPTION:ROTATING FUNK\,SOUL\,HIPHOP\,HOUSE DJ’S\nHOSTED BY HENDAWG A ND EARCANDY MUSIC \n\n21+\nNO COVER CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89902813 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Lucky Strike LOCATION:Lucky Strike Casino\, 1515 Dearborn Ave\, Missoula\, MT 59801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.luckystrikebarcasino.com DTSTAMP:20100530T011217Z DESCRIPTION:Don't forget Karaoke nightly with Kaleidoscope starting afte r 9 PM $5 PBR pitchers and $6 Bud & Bud Light Pitchers during Karaoke. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89708325 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Clark Fork Market LOCATION:Under the Higgins Street Bridge\, Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.clarkforkrivermarket.com DTSTAMP:20120406T113040Z DESCRIPTION:PRODUCTS: FRESH PRODUCE\, MEAT (beef\, pork\, lamb\, bison\, sausage)\, ORGANIC DAIRY\, EGGS\, HONEY\, CUT FLOWERS\, NURSERY PLANTS (including bedding plants\, native plants and hanging flower baskets)\, SALSA\, DIPS and SPREADS\, JAMS and PRESERVES\, BAKED GOODS (including G luten-Free and Vegan options)\, WOOL PRODUCTS\, HOT and COLD DRINKS\, PR EPARED BREAKFAST and LUNCH ITEMS\, FACE PAINTING and PET TREATS. There are also weekly educational nonprofit booths and various other education al and interactive booths (updates can be found on facebook and at clark forkrivermarket.com).\n\nMUSIC: EVERY MARKET 10am- 12:45pm\n\nMEDIA: CLA RK FORK MARKET on FACEBOOK and WEBSITE\, WWW.CLARKFORKRIVERMARKET.COM\, TWITTER: @CLARKFORKMARKET\n\nCONTACT: Franco Salazar\, Manager- (406)396 -0593\, clarkforkrivermarket@gmail.com CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99470014 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Soil\, Seeds & Starts ~ a Special Event of the Thompson Falls Ma rket LOCATION:West Lot of the Falls Motel\, Lincoln St & Maiden Lane\, Thomps on Falls\, MT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T120000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ThompsonFallsMarket.com DTSTAMP:20120103T111559Z DESCRIPTION:This is the event to pick up your garden starts\, soil and s eeds. Let the gardening season official begin.\nContact: Katrina Campbel l\, 406-827-3559 or Manager@ThompsonFallsLodging.com CATEGORIES:Glacier Country UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98146013 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Zealand Days LOCATION:Missoula\, MT - Higgins Ave DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.missoulacultural.org DTSTAMP:20120118T132416Z DESCRIPTION:Missoula began celebrating New Zealand Days in honor of the relationship with rugby\, food\, and entertainment. CATEGORIES:Fair/Festival UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98420259 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial LOCATION:335 N. Pattee\, Missoula\, MT 59802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20111101T152403Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial \nMay – August 2012\n\nMAM’s Second Montan a Triennial will be hosted May –August 2012. Both the Carnegie and Arest y Galleries will feature works selected for inclusion in this important juried exhibition. The juried exhibition is open to all artists living a nd working in the state of Montana and will feature work by both establi shed and emerging artists statewide and include a variety of media. \n\n This major statewide event invites artists from every corner of the stat e and produces a full-color catalogue including the selected artists\, c omplete with a juror’s essay. A triennial is intended to serve as a surv ey exhibition of a particular region\, with artworks selected by a respe cted juror or panel from outside of the region. Following the reopening of the extensively renovated MAM in September 2006\, the institution fel t uniquely positioned with its new gallery spaces to host this significa nt regional survey\, the first Triennial was hosted in 2009. We are now gearing up for the Montana Triennial 2012.\n\nArtists should look for th e upcoming submission applications beginning on-line in October. All sub missions will be conducted on-line. MAM is thrilled that Keith Wells\, C urator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, will be o ur guest curator for this important exhibition. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/96324473 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Montana Triennial: 2012 LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120424T145128Z DESCRIPTION:Montana Triennial: 2012 \nMay 4 – August 26 // Carnegie\, Ar esty\, Shott\, and Silver Galleries \nExhibition Opening and Artists’ Re ception\, May 4\, 5-8 PM \nJuror’s Gallery Talk: Keith Wells\, May 4\, 7 PM \nPanel Discussion with Larry Blackwood\, Andy Cline\, Jennifer Li\, and \nJennifer Pulchinski\, May 5\, 1 PM\n\nA Biennial\, or in this cas e\, a Triennial\, is intended to serve as a survey exhibition of contemp orary work from a particular region. The Triennial is a perfect fit for the Missoula Art Museum’s programming\, whose mission “strives to engage artists and audiences in the \ncreative exploration of contemporary art relevant to our community\, state and region.” \n\nMost often Triennial s are selected by a respected juror or panel of jurors from outside of t he state. Keith Wells\, Curator of Art at Washington State University’s Museum of Art\, was tapped to be this year’s juror. Wells is no stranger to Missoula having curated the Galen Hansen exhibition at MAM in 2008 a nd having presented a rousing gallery talk. MAM would like to thank Keit h Wells for this Herculean effort in the role of juror for Montana Trien nial: 2012. Wells selected 25% of the artists that submitted work. \n\nM ontana Triennial: 2012 will be displayed in the Carnegie\, Aresty\, Silv er and Shott Galleries\, doubling the space and effort dedicated to this important juried exhibition. To \nthat end\, over 100 works were select ed for inclusion. The exhibition\, open to all artists living and workin g in the state of Montana\, will feature work by both established and em erging artists statewide and include a variety of media. The exhibit wil l also feature a full color catalog consisting of the selected artists a nd their work and an essay by the juror Keith Wells. Please join the mus eum for the extensive programming associated with the exhibition and mee t the exhibits talented artist:\n\nJoel Allen\, Bozeman\, Eric Ashcraft \, Missoula\, Lela Autio\, Missoula\, Larry Blackwood\, Bozeman\, Pamela Caughey\, Hamilton\, Andy Cline\, Missoula\, Melvin Cooper\, Lonepine\, Ken Dvorak\, Seeley Lake\, Tom Foolery\, Dillon\, Lauren Grabelle\, Bigf ork\, Sheryl Hester\, Kalispell\, Sally Hickman\, Missoula\, Jenesse Hil ton\, St. Ignatius. Lorie Hoffman\, Bridger\, Tim Holmes\, Helena\, Hal l Jameson\, Helena\, Amy Jane\, Missoula\, Peter Keefer\, Missoula\, Lou ise Lamontagne\, St Ignatius\, Kay Langland\, Missoula\, Jennifer Li\, K alispell\, Toni Matlock\, Missoula\, Alan McNiel\, Troy\, Shawna Moore \, Whitefish\, Richard Notkin\, Helena\, Kirsten Pabst\, Missoula\, Jenni fer Pulchinski\, Bozeman\, Katherine Quick\, Stevensville\, Alison Reint jes\, Missoula\, Kathryn Schmidt\, Bozeman\, Barb Schwarz Karst\, Missou la\, Cynthia Swidler\, Missoula\, Thomas Thornton\, Bozeman\, Shalene V alenzuela\, Missoula\, Willem Volkersz\, Bozeman\, Ralph Wiegmann\, Boze man\, R. David Wilson\, Missoula\, and Sukha Worob\, Bozeman.\n\nMAM wou ld like to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation\, Pat & Jeff Aresty \, \nand Montana Cultural Trust for their support of Montana Triennial: 2012. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655263 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections LOCATION:335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T100000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/efb9575010c8b34edf87e09fae 63e725/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120426T080822Z DESCRIPTION:Purple: Selections From MAM Collections \nMay 4 – September 9\, 2012 // Travel Montana Lobby & Lela Autio Education Gallery \n\nThe Missoula Art Museum is committed to always displaying a portion of our p ermanent collection in the museum. Over the years\, the staff has used s everal different themes to organize a collection exhibit\, such as flora and fauna\, the landscape\, or a particular media like photography\, th e book arts or ceramics. Establishing a theme is a means of featuring ar tworks in different ways\, developing scholarship\, and encouraging appr eciation of MAM s collection.\n\nColor is one of the keys to communicati ng ideas in the art world\, so why not develop an exhibit based on the u se of a color\, say Purple? This approach might seem serendipitous\, but it also provides an opportunity to examine art objects side by side tha t might otherwise never be looked at together. This explains the chemist ry of an exhibition\, and examining an artist s decision to use a partic ular color grants insight into their practice. Surveying the collection \, we discovered several artists who fearlessly used purple\, including F reeman Butts\, Walter Hook\, Gennie DeWeese\, Leslie Van Stavern Millar \, and several Hmong textile artists. \n\nPurple has a very interesting h istory. In bygone times\, purple has been associated with royalty and po wer\, but the secret of that power lies in the glands of a tiny shellfis h creature\, with origins as early as the Minoan civilization. Tyrian Pu rple\, the purple dye of the Phoenicians mentioned in texts dating back to about 1600 B.C.\, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gl and of various species of marine mollusks. It took some 12\,000 shellfis h to extract 1.5 grams of the pure dye. Legend credits its discovery to Heracles dog whose mouth was stained purple from chewing on snails along the Levantine \ncoast. King Phoenix received a purple dyed robe from He racles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia should wear this color as a r oyal symbol. \n\nRome\, Egypt\, and Persia used purple as the imperial s tandard. With the decline of the Roman Empire\, the use of Tyrian Purple also declined\, and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Cons tantinople in 1453 A.D. \n\nThe birth of the synthetic dye industry can be traced to the discovery of an aniline based purple dye\, mauveine\, b y the English chemist William H. Perkin in 1856. It became quite fashion able and affordable to wear clothing dyed with mauve. \n\nToday\, genuin e Tyrian Purple remains the domain of the rich and famous\, but the acce ssibility of synthetic dyes\, paints and pigments has removed the mystiq ue of purple. While the color purple has historical and cultural meaning \, the selections from the collection indicate an artist s attitudes fre e from the preconceived notions of the preciousness of the pigment. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99655382 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Raku Exhibition LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, 335 N. Pattee St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DTSTAMP:20120111T101107Z DESCRIPTION:MAM’s Goldberg Family Library will host an intimate and educ ational exhibition of raku ceramics featuring works from both the collec tions of MAM and our friends at The Clay Studio of Missoula. \n\nThe cer amic artist Paul Soldner\, whose Woodfire Vase is included in the exhibi t\, is one of a handful of ceramic artists that popularized raku in the United States back in the early 1950s\, and indeed developed what is kno wn today as “American Raku.”\n\nRaku is a pottery technique with origins in 16th century Japan\, associated with the hand-formed vessels of the Tea Ceremony. Most types of pottery are loaded into a cold kiln where th e firing proceeds slowly and the pieces are allowed to cool slowly. In r aku\, however\, the pieces are loaded into a hot kiln and when the firin g is completed\,\nimmediately removed from the kiln while still glowing hot. The traditional raku technique was adopted and transformed by Soldn er as his major medium of expression. Today\, raku has innovated away fr om its traditional applications\, but still requires the same depth of k nowledge and skill. As Soldner states: \n\n“In the spirit of raku\, ther e is the necessity to embrace the element of surprise. There can be no f ear of losing what was once planned and there must be an urge to grow al ong with the discovery of the unknown. In the spirit of raku: make no de mands\, expect nothing\, follow no absolute plan\, be secure in change\, learn to accept another solution and\, finally\, prefer to gamble on yo ur own intuition.” CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97902340 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Everything Cherry LOCATION:Bigfork Museum of Art & History\, 525 Electric Ave\, Bigfork\, MT 59911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.bigforkmuseum.org DTSTAMP:20120419T133902Z DESCRIPTION:Everything Cherry\n\nCherries\, Cherries\, Cherries… the Big fork Museum of Art & History is excited to be celebrating "Everything Ch erry" this May with exhibits and a juried art show. The "Everything Cher ry" event will open Friday\, May 4th and continue through May 26th.\n\nA ll artists and artisans are invited to submit works: paintings\, sculptu re\, photographs\, fabric are just some of the types of art the Museum w ill be showing in the juried for-sale exhibit along with historical phot os and exhibits. Items at any price are welcome for submission as we cel ebrate one of the greatest things for which our Flathead Valley is known …Cherries!\n\nIf you have historical or contemporary items or photos you wish to loan during the event or place in the Museum’s permanent histor ical cherry exhibit please contact me. We want to illustrate and show th e rich heritage of cherries in our valley.\n\nAlso\, if you produce cher ry products or know someone who does\, you are invited to exhibit both y our finished products along with exhibits of how they are produced.\n\nT he museum gift shop will have special inventory all May of cherry produc ts from any exhibitor who wishes to participate.\n\nIf you wish to parti cipate contact the museum for submission forms and information. The dead line for submission is April 14. Actual delivery of items will be schedu led after the submissions are reviewed. \n\nEmail info@bigforkmuseum.org or call Marnie at 837-6927 CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99292808 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Artists’ Point of View Tour: R. David Wilson LOCATION:Missoula Art Museum\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/ffb80fef939a18bc259679978b eb45ae/fuseaction/exhibitions.detail.htm DTSTAMP:20120501T153909Z DESCRIPTION:Join Montana Triennial: 2012 exhibiting artist R. David Wils on for an artist’s Point of View tour . This is your chance to connect w ith these creative and talented professionals in an engaging tour. Ask q uestions or just listen to their point of view. All tours are free and s uitable for all ages. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99774481 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fire Dance with Poi! DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T140000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20120228T085932Z DESCRIPTION:Come strengthen your core and explore the space around your body with this exciting performance art! No experience is necessary and all skill levels are welcome.\nEach four-week workshop will focus on tec hnique\, allowing the student to learn basic poi manipulation while prac ticing choreographed transitions. Practice poi are provided (higher qual ity ones are available for sale). CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/98990281 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fire Dance with Poi! LOCATION:The Down Town Dance Class\, Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T140000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ddcmontana.com DTSTAMP:20120308T161300Z DESCRIPTION:Come strengthen your core and explore the space around your body with this exciting performance art! No experience is necessary and all skill levels are welcome.\nEach four-week workshop will focus on tec hnique\, allowing the student to learn basic poi manipulation while prac ticing choreographed transitions. Practice poi are provided (higher qual ity ones are available for sale).Every Saturday in March (Starting March 3rd) and May from 1:oo-2:00 pm. CATEGORIES:Dance UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99128387 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Artist- Park Place Parking Structure LOCATION:Downtown Missoula DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120526T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=899 DTSTAMP:20120417T084014Z DESCRIPTION:Park Place\, Missoula's newest Parking Structure is located in the heart of downtown\, near the Missoula riverfront. Please go to t he City of Missoula's Public Art committee web page for more information and application. CATEGORIES:Art/Culture UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99586443 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR