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The 3D Design class is hard at work with their car

The 3D Design class is hard at work with their cardboard projects! Making three dimensional objects
out of flat cardboard – turning planes into mass. Nice job!
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#svma #mediaarts #studioart #studentschangetheworld #artstudents #3DDesign
#cardboardsculptures

Over the weekend sculptor James Zempel was setting

Over the weekend sculptor James Zempel was setting up a show of his artwork in the Gallery of Visual Art –It looks like it’s going to be an excellent exhibition! The exhibition opens Thursday until November 3. Jim will give a lecture about his work and there will be a closing reception TBA.
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#svma #mediaarts #studioart #sculpture #foundobjectsculpture #seeart #viewart #dontmissthis #mixedmedia #mixedmediascupture #scultpureherethereeverywhere

Tuesday, October 4 at 5:00 pm visiting Artist Erik

Tuesday, October 4 at 5:00 pm visiting Artist Erika b. Hess will be giving a lecture about her work as a
painter, curator and podcast host in the Northern Underground Lecture Hall. The lecture is free and
open to the public. You will not want to miss this - See you there!
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#svma #mediaarts #studioart #visitingartist #visitingartistpainter #artistlecture #ilikeyourwork
#ilikeyourworkpodcast #beinspired

This Wednesday, October 5 at 5:00 pm join us for t

This Wednesday, October 5 at 5:00 pm join us for the panel discussion about cultural and economic challenges of wage earning, parenting, and creative practice in systems that disenfranchises people of color, women, and young children. The panel of artists and researchers discuss the barriers and entry points in forging a creative life. Moderated by Jennifer Combe with visual artists Erika b. Hess and Beth Lo, artist and linguist Aspen Decker, writer Erin Saldin and gender and feminist theory researcher Sara Hayden. October 5, at 5:00 pm at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee Street, Missoula.
This event is supported by the School of Visual and Media Arts at the University of Montana and the Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist Fund. @umontana
@umartsandmedia #svma #mediaarts #studioart #motherartist #artistthatmother #discussionaboutmotherhood #artistandmother #artistandmothers

Congratulations to second-year MFA student Megan F

Congratulations to second-year MFA student Megan Foster for an exceptional exhibition in the Knowles gallery in the Fine Arts Building titled “Expanse”
Wonderful work Megan!
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Congratulations to second year MFA student Emily M

Congratulations to second year MFA student Emily Mulvaney for an exceptional exhibition in the
Knowles gallery in the Fine Art Building titled “Expanse”
Wonderful work Emily!
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#svma #mediaarts #studioart #studentschangetheworld #artstudents #MFA #MFAstudents
#MFAARTWORK #sculpture #ceramics #expanse #MFAexhibition

The School of Visual and Media Arts would like to

The School of Visual and Media Arts would like to congratulate our very own Julia Galloway on being named Ceramic Artist of the Year by Ceramics Monthly! We are truly the luckiest to have someone like Julia on our faculty and in our corner of the world. Thank you Julia for all that you do! 🤍
@galloway_pottery @ceramics_monthly @umartsandmedia @umontana
#ceramics #ceramicartists #artist #ceramicartistoftheyear #ceramicartistoftheuniverse

“Trail Mix” is an exhibition of the MFA Studio

“Trail Mix” is an exhibition of the MFA Studio Art students work. They state “We have all journeyed on our own to join in the here and now. We gather so that we keep moving – our steps our own, but side by side we trek onwards and upwards. The work presented in this space shows a crossroads –people meeting, fated to emerge together. From this place and from this moment, we press on forward as one.”
Showcasing work: Drake Gerber, Eric Jensen, Dagny Walton, Shannon Webb, Lily Luna Bennet, Megan Foster, Lexie Loader, Emily Mulvaney, Sasha Barrett, Lily Kip, Crystal McCallie and Joe Taylor
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#svma #mediaarts #studioart #studentschangetheworld #artstudents#MFA #MFAstudents #MFAARTWORK #trailmix #lionsandtigersandbearsohmy #painting #studentspainting #sculpture #ceramics

We are excited for Erika Hess to visit The Univers

We are excited for Erika Hess to visit The University of Montana! She is our first visiting artist for the 2022-2023 academic year. She will give an artist talk, participate on a panel at The Missoula Art Museum, and share her brilliance with BFA and MFA students during studio visits. The lecture and panel are free and open to the public. Thank you to the Jane and Jim Dew Visiting Artist Fund for supporting this rich program! @umartsandmedia @missoulaartmuseum @umontana

Mark your calendars! Our next show at the UC Galle

Mark your calendars! Our next show at the UC Gallery will be Recursive Reflections featuring works by Eric Jensen. Please join us for an opening reception September 29, 4:00 - 7:00. A perfect fall evening with art and friends.
#mfaart #studioart #svma #artstudent
@dagr.goo @umartsandmedia

Congratulations to SVMA Alumnus Janaina Vieira-Mar

Congratulations to SVMA Alumnus Janaina Vieira-Marques! As part of the Artist in Resident at the Missoula Art Museum, the MAM Teen Art Program Janaina created a public mural. The theme of this public art is ‘What Connects us to a Sense of Place?’. Come see the mural on the outside the First Interstate Bank on Higgins street!
@umontana @umartsandmedia @missoulaartmuseum @missoula_art_museum
#svma #mediaarts #studioart #studentschangetheworld #artstudents #publicart #senseofplace #connectwithasenseofplace #SVMAalumni #UMalumni #artandteens #MAM #missoulaartmuseum #publicmural

Congratulations to Joe Taylor. His work titled ‘

Congratulations to Joe Taylor. His work titled ‘Penetrating Two Planes’ was accepted into the third annual juried ceramics exhibition at the In Art Gallery.
Go Joe!
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#svma #mediaarts #studioart #studentschangetheworld #artstudents #MFAstudent #MFAartstudent #ceramicssculpture

Come see the UC Gallery's first show of the school

Come see the UC Gallery's first show of the school year, Andro-Trauma. Showcasing beautiful work from students Orion Bos, Wyatt Christopherson and Colton Rothwell. There will be a closing reception Thursday, September 15th from 4:00-6:00 in the gallery. Hope to see you there! @coltonrothwell @orioninks @wyattchristoart @dagr.goo @umartsandmedia #fineart #galleryart #montanaartists

Professor Rafael Chacon lecture titled “The Futu

Professor Rafael Chacon lecture titled “The Future is Now: You and the new MMAC” is this Thursday,
September 15th at 5:00 pm in LA 11. Don’t miss this presentation!
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#svma #mediaarts #studioart #missoulaartscene #montanamuseumofartandculture #MMAC
#thefutureisnow

Join us tonight at 5:00 at the Gallery of Visual A

Join us tonight at 5:00 at the Gallery of Visual Arts in the Social Sciences building for the opening of our Faculty Exhibition. There will be a lecture before the show at 4:00 with Professor Valerie Hedquist in the liberal arts building. We hope to see you soon!
#missoulaartscene #facultyexhibition
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Join us for this excellent eventon Thursday Septem

Join us for this excellent eventon Thursday September 8, 2022.
At 4:00 Valerie Hedquist will be giving a lecture titled "Patriotic Protest by Gordon Parks: Ella Watson and the American Flag" in LA 11.
From 5:00 – 7:00 is the opening for the faculty exhibition in the Gallery of Visual Art in the Social Science building on campus. Hope to see you there!

For more information please contact Cathryn Mallory at Cathryn.mallory@umontana.edu

This iconic image titled ‘American Gothic’ by artist Gordon Parks is from the Gordon Parks Foundation. #facultyexhibition #umartsandmedia #toomuchtalentinoneroom

Painting 1 students working on a collaborative pie

Painting 1 students working on a collaborative piece during the first week of school. So rad. #painting #umart #talentedartists @umartsandmedia

The School of Visual and Media Arts has an all onl

The School of Visual and Media Arts has an all online BA in Art degree. Here are images of student work from the BA Online Painting 1 class –these are student's still life paintings and black and white studies of objects.
#svma #mediaart #studioart #missoulaartscene #BAonline #BAdegreeonline #BAartonline #onlinepaintingclass #paintingonline #studentspainting
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Bear Fair 2022 is pretty awesome!

Bear Fair 2022 is pretty awesome!

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