UMAC

Missoula, Montana, United States
The University of Montana Artist Collective is a student group at The University of Montana dedicated to the promotion of student art and the advancement of the student artistic community.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Hear from two of the artists whose work was selected for the 20th Annual Juried UM Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition will be on display from Nov. 12 to Dec. 5.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

20th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Accepted Works

Opening Reception: WEDNESDAY, November 12, 5-7 pm
Juror’s Remarks and Award Ceremony 5:30 pm

Congratulations to all who took the risk to enter and those of you that were accepted into this year’s exhibition.

Please note that there may be spelling errors due to typos, can’t read your handwriting, or exhaustion!  Please make legible corrections on this list.

Please pick up works that were not accepted on Thursday, November 6, between 11-5.

Accepted Works:
Beth Huhtala- both pieces
Richard March – Ubermenschlich
Nicholas Kakauns (sp?) – Sporotrichosis
Glory Lawson – Go Ahead…
Shelby Johnson – Shame
Kristina Myer – Single Ladies
Eric Ehlert – Both pieces
Kimberly Randall – both pieces
Dave Tarullo – Connection Between…
Elaine Kelly- Shale
Tressa Jones – Ariadnes Thread (Please Contact Cathryn Mallory)
Alissa Wynne – both
Haley Jacobson – both (Please contact gallery director, Cathryn Mallory 243-2813)
Lindsey Tucker – August 8
Colter Lavensdorf – both
Samantha Briegel – Scalloped Vase
Joshua Tiara- Memories…
Hanna Callahan – Hardly Home
Ashley Reloba (Meyora) – Cascade
Marijka Devivier- Four Squirrels
Evan Hauser – My Way of Escape
Karl Schwaiesow_ Both
Eva Stone- Both
Pearl Vasseur
Alley Carter – both
Cameron Klise – Untitled
Abby Sweet – Coming Up Short
Crista Ann Ames – both
Tyler Nansen – Rifleman in Pink
Michael Workman – Weaponized Touch
Paul Tiede – When the Poems…
Jennifer Wright – Cherry Blossom Tea Pot
Nicholas Kakanas – Looking
Aja Mujinga Sherrard – Costuming Kinship
Steph Reiman – Untitled
Thomas Manzanarez – Make Sure You Kiss Your Hands…
Brianna McLean – First Impression
Aeriel Waunab – The Destruction
Kevin Farris – Untitled painting
Amy Petit – Nest
Ashley Rickman – Liminality #1
Paige Ward – Both
Troy Case – We’re Men, Right
Joshua Hege- Brown/Tan Pitcher
Tricia Gieser – Arrietty
Sarah Magar – The Wave/Counting Rainbows (Please contact Cathryn Mallory, 243-2813)
Elisha Harteis – No More Corners
Emma Bryant- Crocheted Comfort


Sunday, October 26, 2014

Here is the Entry form for the 20th Annual Juried Student Exhibition! Make sure to have both portions filed out for each entry. Thank you!

Wednesday, October 22, 2014



It's Steamroller Print Day! Jim Bailey and the printmaking students will be outside printing today. Stop by and say hello!

Thursday, October 16, 2014



Artist Amanda Browder is speaking tonight in the PARTV Center Lobby from at 5:00pm tonight! Check out her work that's displayed on the Fine Arts Building by the theater doors. It's only there until 2:00pm today!

Friday, October 10, 2014

Here is a great article for you to read about, Vanessa German, our juror for the Annual Student Juried Art Exhibition next month! Click her name to read it.
Rules And Entry Forms soon to follow!

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Day of the Dead Parade

Attention Parade Goers! 

UMAC will be painting faces for the Missoula Day of The Dead Parade this Saturday.
Before the parade, meet us by the XX's on Higgins st. to get your face painted or join!


Face painting begins at 5pm
Parade starts at 6:30pm
Hope to see you down there.

                                              AC: John Karpinsky

Tuesday, October 29, 2013


19th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Accepted Works

Congratulations to all who took the risk to enter and those of you that were accepted into this year’s exhibition.

Please note that there may be spelling errors due to typos, can’t read your handwriting, or exhaustion!  Please make legible corrections on this list.

Please pick up works that were not accepted on Wednesday, October 30, between 11-2. 

Thomas Manzuenewez – His Turn
Sarah Tancred – Hair of the Dog and Underarms and Eyebrows
Elaine Fraticelli – Tropical Lilies and Growth
Michael Workman – Hs Majesty 1987 and Over Achiever
Max Mahn – Home Office and Twin House
Garrett Brough – Pushing the Limits
Christa Ames – Examination and Incompetent
Breanna deMontigny - Jane
William Picking – Before the Storm Broke and The Green Man
Kristina Myer – Intimate Deception and The Elephant in the Room
Elisha Thomas – 1 out of 4
Jennifer Wright – Frogs
Anthony Yazzie – Horse
Amanda Easton – La grimas and Lustres Animales
Thea Meussling – Catilingus
Kelsey McDonaugh – Frantically Bare Women Soar Above
Katherine Foley – On the Edge
Stormie Dana – Untitled 1 and 2
Parker Beckley – Untitled
Eva Stone – Save the Planes
Tracy Warneke-Klepzig – Peter Iredale
Michael Hansen – October 19
Andrea Crossguns – Her: What Lies Beneath
Lea Christiansen – Capricorn
James Louks – And You’re Stuck By… and Anonymous Land Claim
Beth Hutala – Stuck and Raccoon Fetish
Charnay Murphy – Factory and Adrift
Stephanie Reiman – A Farewell to Arms
Glory Lawson – At Last
Claire Melli – Aporia #7  and #6
Lena Olsen – O
Holly Hawkes Scott – And They Were Bone Tired
Sara Mich – Grace and Unconditional Love
Sarah Magar – Eggs and Bacon
Kaylen Joehnk - …tea
Gerald Polinsky – Grand Canyon
Syd Faul – It’s a Game…
Ellen Walden – Capacious Courage
Rachel Chansler – Dwarfism: Diastrophic Dysplasia
Katie Berberick - ?
Aja Sherrard – Help in Time of Need
Troy Case – Conversation
Tim Carpenter – Plague of Babies
Kyle KanKelborg- Identity and Commercialism
Charlotte Dysthe – Anchored
Tyler Nansen – Yellow #1
Bridget Stokes – Damned
David Tarullo – Rependent Soldier
Sasha Barrett – Growth 

Monday, October 28, 2013

Entry Form Failure

Sorry we lied, it looks like its available but when you click it, it takes you to a login page.  Very sorry we'll try to fix this today, if not just bring you're art to the GVA tomorrow and fill one out there, sorry for the inconvenience.

Entry Form Available

The 19th Annual Juried Show Entry Form is available in UMAC Forms, you should be able to download it and print it off, if anyone has any problems please let us know.  We apologize for not having it available earlier, we will also have forms available in the Gallery of Visual Arts tomorrow (Oct. 29th) from 9am-2pm.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

19th Annual Juried Student Exhibit

 Call to Artists!!  

 For The 19th Annual Juried Student Exhibit


Submissions are due Oct 29th to the Gallery of Visual Arts
From 9am-2pm

Submit 1 piece for $10 
Submit 2 pieces for $15

Exhibit will be open on Nov 7th - Dec 5th


Friday, November 16, 2012

18th Annual Student Juried Art Exhibit: WINNERS

Congratulations to all our winners this year!

1st Place - President Engstrom's Award
Undergraduate: Joanna Nasvik, Dancing Circles In Red
Graduate: Claire Melli, Pax Romana

2nd Place - Dean Kalm's Award
Undergraduate: Janaina Vieira-Marques, Progress?
Graduate: Suzanne Lussier

3rd Place - University of Montana Artist Collective Award
Undergraduate: Margaret Boelman, 1%
Graduate: Scott Miller, Memorial.Safety Marker

School of Art Awards
Gustav Hamilton, Detroit Lakes, MN
Lukas Phelan, Lost Control

Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
Sarah Tancred, The Way it Was
Jim Heath, Arrow of Time
Sarah Meismer, Reality TV
Jack Metcalf, Synthetic Spring
Roseline Cudotte, Why is the Sky Blue?
Mary Callahan Baumstark, Work/Wreck
Miriam Griffin, Untitled

Montana Museum of Art & Culture Purchase Awards (in no particular order)
Christa Ames, Bad Nisse
Miriam Griffin, Untitled
Claire Melli, Pax Ramona
Sarah Tancred, The Way it Was



Wednesday, November 7, 2012

18th Annual Student Juried Art Exhibit- ACCEPTED LIST


18th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Accepted Works

Congratulations to all who took the risk to enter and those of you that were accepted into this year’s exhibition.

Please note that there may be spelling errors due to typos, can’t read your handwriting, or exhaustion!  Please make corrections to this list in person or by e-mail.

Alexandra Sugiri – Accumulation
Roseline Cudotte- Why is the Sky Blue?
Sarah Christenson- Overwhelmed
Dakotah Pahl- Tempest
Lukas Phelan- Lost Control
Angela Anderson- Just You and I
John Ryan- You Can’t Gitmo Satisfaction
Jim Heath- Arrow of Time
Morgan Rollins- The Sun is Cooing
Kayla Crooks- Montana’s China Set, Fresh Delivery
Robert Le Piane- The Classy Cliché
Lindsey Tucker- Impresiones vividas
Tracy Warneke-Klepzig- The Player
Sam Case- Forget the Great Plains
Crista Ames- The Greedy Goose, Bad Nisse
Breanna deMontigny- Untitled #2
Amanda Easton- Leada
Kristina Myer- Not Everyone Can Be A Sucker
Ron Geibel- Fondle
Charlotte Dusthe- Torso
Stephanie Reiman- Aggregation of Memories, Refurbished
Mary Callahan Baumstark- Work/Wreck
Charnay Murphy- Boob Tube, Drinking Bird
Kelsey McDonough- Long Necks
Elisha Thomas- GMO
Anthony Yazzie- Stretch Studies 4 of 4
Samantha Cypher- Thanks, Come Again
Saquoia Raymond- Untitled, Untitled
Adam McDonald- Ab-ex Painting, Cartoon Painting
Troy Case- Cookie Jar, And Tea
Tessa Heck- Grimey, Self-Portrait
Brenna Rietman- Mr. Takin
Ashley Bilyer- Tourist Trap
Gaston- The Phone Call in Albi, Crépuscule
Gabrial Kerber- The blue light was my blues and the yellow was my mind
Jack Wicks- Untitled
Zach Cook- Encoded Exercises
Tim Fox- Between Her & the Earth
Janaina Vieira-Marques – Progress?
Katie Machain – Memory Interception, Lost Time
Dane Hansen – Loose Tooth
Len Christiansen –
James Louks – Jesus of Nazareth, Don’t Think Twice
Jack Metcalf – A Synthetic Spring
Jen Bardsley – Cloud Forts, Mining Geology
Sarah Tancred – The Way It Was/Is
Suzanne Lussier – Act of Contrition, Subordination
Dean Foster – 1,2,3; Landscape
Jason Bohman – Imagination is a Simple Device
Sarah Eisenlohr – Late
Gustav Hamilton – Happiness, Detroit Lakes, MN
Cassie Stone – Cover It Up, Release
Kyle Kankelborg – Trip Through the Park
Miriam Griffin- Human Fuckin’ Knowledge, Untitled
Clay Pape – Sunset 9-3-12
Rebekah Sanders – Untitled
Margaret Boelman – 1%
Scott Miller – Memorial/Safety Marker
Jo Nasvik – Dancing Circles in Red, Circle #1
Sarah Meismer – Reality TV
Chase McBride – Composition No. 9, 12 Abstractions in Gouache
Nerissa Cook – The Gender of Things
Jaquelyn Rauff – Best Intentions, Merchandising
Claire Melli – Pax Romana
Annabelle Harry – Sky Swimming
Jennifer duTroit – This jealousy of Samantha lasted for years.
Kari Goettlich – Pick Me

All non-accepted work must be picked up from the GVA before 2pm tomorrow, Thursday, November 8th.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

ATTENION UMAC MEMBERS wishing to attend our exciting trip to San Francisco;
Thursday, March 29th is the deadline to submit your application for this trip.
If you are interested in going, please submit an essay briefly talking about our involvement with the collective and why you want to go. 

Also include:
Full Name:
Student ID #:
Year in school: 
Phone number:
Email address:


Drop your submissions off in the School of Art office in the UMAC box by, OR to the meeting on March 29th. Those chosen will be notified after Spring Break. 

**** Please note: It will be required of all attendees to bring at least $150 in cash to cover admission and food costs.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Spring Submissions now being accepted

  !!!CALL TO ARTISTS!!!
UMAC Non-Gallery Opportunity
CURRY HEALTH CENTER
Deadline for Entry:           March 29th, 2012
This deadline is for the consideration for the first installment in Curry Health Center.  UMAC will accept applications for these opportunities year round and consideration for further installments will have their own cut-off date.
Entry Fee:                            $5.00
The entry fee is a one-time fee per student to be entered into the pool of artists considered.  The fee covers unlimited entries of work by an artist for the duration of their enrollment at The University of Montana.
Eligibility:                            
Applicants must be a student at The University of Montana.  The applicant must also be enrolled in at least one class during the semester (excluding winter and summer) that the work will hang.
To Enter:
Visit the UMAC blog http://www.umacblog.blogspot.com and download the Non-Gallery Opportunities Entry Form.  Email the form toUofM.Artist.Collective@gmail.com along with images of work to be considered make arrangements to deliver payment to a UMAC member OR drop a hard copy in the UMAC Mailbox in the office on the 3rd floor of the Fine Arts Building. We Accept Cash and Check only.  Make checks payable to The University of Montana Artist Collective.
Venue & Dates:
Curry Health Center
March 2012 - Summer 2012


UMAC WILL NOT RETURN WORK VIA MAIL
Questions Email UMAC
UofM.Artist.Collective@gmail.com