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406: Gallery Professional Practices
Holter
Museum of Art – Research Paper
Holter
Museum of Art
Opening Statement
History
The Holter Museum
of Art first opened in 1987 in what was the former tool supply store
building. Its purpose from the beginning was to be one
of Montana’s premier placed for people to experience art. It has since its conception focused on
contemporary artists and their work. In
2002 a two million dollar capital campaign allowed the museum to add 6,500 more
square feet. The added space was built
to give a more cohesive collection and the design of the facility added lines
of sight from room to room which allows for other options for designing exhibits. They wanted to use the artists’ work in the
galleries to work together and reflect one another. This way everything flows instead of having
each gallery to be a different design or work of art. This of course helps in the visual aspect for
the visitor who visits each room.
Gallery Information
The
Holter Museum is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization. The Holter Museum of Art has five individual
galleries. The Millikan Gallery is the
center of the museum. A visitor walks
through it and also when going between any of the other galleries. The High Gallery is part of the newer addition
which is large enough to displace large pieces of art work. When visitors enter the gallery the Blair
Gallery is the first room they will see.
This first room serves as the first impression of the exhibits. The Sherman Gallery is also very large also
and houses high volume shows as well as public events such as the annual art
auction. The Artworks Gallery and the
Museum’s gift shop offer local artists’ work for sale.
Exhibits
usually last for as long as three months and all of the galleries will change
out at the same time.
Annually
there are 30,000 visitors to the Holter Museum at no cost. Each year all of Helen’s third graders come
to the Museum to make art. The Museum
permanent collection preserves more than 1,500 works of regional art. The store provides a place for 50 local
artists to sell their art to the public.
The Museum helps contribute economically to the downtown area of Helena.
Purpose
The Holter’s main purpose is to cultivate
the creative spirit of artists. They serve local, regional, national, and
international artists in all media of art. “It’s a museum’s responsibility to
break traditions, spice things up, to be a vibrant cultural center where
anything can happen. We try to get more play into our routine. We have parties,
we create inventive ways for people to meet and interact. We like noise in the
gallery; it means people are there, sharing, talking, and learning. It’s our
duty to be current, to stay at the forefront of what’s happening in the
international museum scene. We’re always asking ourselves if what we’re doing
is pertinent, if it fits into the history and future of art.”
Liz
Gans, co-director of the museum, adds her feelings regarding the museum’s
purpose. “The Holter is ‘you-centered.’ It’s free, and you can look at the
exhibits at your own rate and respond on your own terms. The encounter can be
quieting or stimulating depending on your mood. It’s like Montana’s wilderness
that way. It doesn’t force anything on you, leaving it up to you to discover
what you want from it.”
Gallery’s
Outreach
Education
and outreach to the community are as important as exhibitions to the Holter’s
mission. The Museum have many lectures and classes that are done year-round by
professional local and visiting artists. In the summer the focus is on school-aged
children, while adult classes are offered more in the fall and spring.
Location and Hours
Admission to the Art Gallery is always free to the
public. The hours are:
HOURSMonday, closed
Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5:30pm
Sunday, 12pm-4pm
The museum is closed for Holidays such as the 4th
of July, Thanksgiving Day, and closed between Christmas and the New Year.
Staffing
Below
is a list of the Board of Directors as well as the staff. The Museum has full and part time staff.
Board
of Directors:
Stephanie
Baucus, President
Vice
President, Perennial Strategy Group
Madalyn
Quinlan, Vice President
Chief
of Staff, Montana Office of Public Instruction
Barbara
Ridgway, Secretary
Student
and Services Administrator,
Helena
Public Schools
Jay
Phillips, Treasurer
Administrator,
Centralized Services
Montana
Office of Public Instruction
Mary
Ahmann Hibbard
Realtor,
Windemere of Helena
Emily
Flemming
Fundraising
and Development Program Mgr.
Student
Assisance Foundation
Pat
Keim
Lobbyist,
former Government Affairs Director for
BNSF
Railway
Jessie
Luther
Attorney,
Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven PC
Heather
Margolis
Executive
Director, Montana Education Partnership
Ersun
Ozer
Owner,
Mediterranean Grill
Carla
Potter
Ceramic
Artist
Dan
Ritter
Director,
Governor's Office of Community Service
Audra
Shropshire
Contributing
Writer, Montana Parent Magazine
Helen
Thigpen
Attorney,
Legislative Services Division
Holter’s
Full and Part time staff:
Caleb
Fey, Executive Director
406.442.6400
ext.105
caleb(at)holtermuseum.org
Jenny
Gehl, Museum Store Manager
406.442.6400
ext.101
jenny(at)holtermuseum.org
Renee
Erb, Assistant Curator & Collections Manager
406.442.6400
ext.104
renee(at)holtermuseum.org
Catherine
Askam, Community Engagement Coordinator
406.442.6400
ext.102
catherine(at)holtermuseum.org
Sondra
Hines, Curator of Education
406.442.6400
ext.108
sondra(at)holtermuseum.org
Chris
Riccardo, Assistant Curator of Education
406.442.6400
ext. 107
criccardo(at)holtermuseum.org
Karen
Jakovac, Finance Director
406.442.6400
ext.106
karenj(at)holtermuseum.org
David
Spencer, Store Associate
406.442.6400
ext.101
david(at)holtermuseum.org
Membership
The
Holter Museum offers members to the community as well as those outside the
community. Membership provides financial
support for the Museum to continue its mission of creativity.
Members
enjoy special benefits with their memberships.
They enjoy:
·
Discounted wine and beer at exhibition
openings.
·
10% off all Museum store purchases which
include holiday sales.
·
They get discounted class tuition.
·
Notifications of events by email and the
e-newsletter.
·
Tax deduction for their contributions
Holter
Museum memberships come in different levels and costs:
·
Military
(Active & Veterans) $25
·
Supporter
$50
·
Dual/Family
$75
·
Contributor
$100
·
Sustainer
$250
·
Benefactor
$500
·
Guardians
Circle $1,000
Members
can also make monthly payments for their yearly membership by automatic
payments.
Volunteering
Holter
Museum of Art also takes volunteers.
They consider volunteers an important aspect of the Museum. Those who wish to volunteer go through an
orientation and training sessions. The
training sessions throughout the year helps train the volunteers for special
events and activities.
Funding
The
Holter Museum counts on the generosity of people to support the Holter’s
exhibitions, educational classes, and public programs. The Holter Museum of
Art has an endowment fund that gives them a stable lasting, steady source of
operating income.
The
Holter Museum also holds a yearly Gala and Auction Fundraiser. They honor a artists and sell tickets to the auction
that include an elegant buffet dinner and a drink ticket. Those who attend are also able to have access
to their silent auction as well as attending the live auction.
Present Show
The
present exhibition going on right now at the Gallery is running from January
23, 2015 to April 26, 2015. The exhibition
is the studio work of Robert Harrison, a Helena ceramicist and author. His work is influenced by European porcelain
and architecture and a deep commitment to sustainability, Harrison has spent
the past two years assembling his own porcelain pieces and others found
throughout Helena into gilded, three-dimensional collages.
Future Shows
The
future shows to come are:
2015
Youth Electrum
April
16 to May 16, 2015
Opening
Reception - Thursday, April 16
The
Holter Museum of Art joins with students throughout Lewis and Clark and the
surrounding counties to present the 2015 Youth Electrum. Now in its forty-first year, the Youth
Electrum provides local art students of every grade and media to display their
work in formal exhibition spaces.
2015
Archie Bray Foundation Second Year Fellowship Exhibition
May
23 to August 30, 2015
Opening
Reception - Friday, May 29
Through
workshops and residencies, the Archie Bray Foundation brings professional
ceramic artists to Helena, Montana to learn, teach, and develop their
art. The Holter Museum of Art is excited to partner with the foundation
again this year to feature the work of second year fellows Chris Dufala, Adam
Field, Tom Jaszczak, Zemer Peled, and Joanna Powell.
An opening reception
celebrating this exhibition and that of Vanessa German will be held on Friday,
May 29th.
Past Shows
John
Buck & Deborah Butterfield: Horse and Rider
January
20 – April 8, 2012
Bair
Gallery
This
rare joint exhibition brings together the works of two internationally
celebrated Montana artists. Sculptor and printmaker John Buck works with two
interrelated bodies of work: carved wood, assemblage and bronze sculptures, and
large, multicolored woodblock prints. Deborah Butterfield started making horses
in 1973 mostly out of wood and organic matter, and cast her first bronze horse
in 1985. Her pieces in Horse and Rider are relatively small scale and express
an interplay of materials and techniques. In 2010 both received the Montana
Governor’s Arts Award.
Image details:
(left) John Buck, The Big City, 1991, woodcut print; (right) Deborah
Butterfield, Han Horse, 1985, steel, copper, wire, slate (from private
collection)
James
Todd: Jazz Icons
September
7 - December 31, 2012
Bair
& Millikan Galleries
Painter
and printmaker Jim Todd is a true Montana original. While many of his peers
paint iconic Montana landscapes, Todd participates in a different tradition,
one that is resolutely urban and politically engaged. During his distinguished
career he has made the conjunction of social history and the visual arts a
primary focus for both his art-making and his teaching. Internationally
recognized as a genuine innovator in wood engraving, he has broken stereotypes
of size and content associated with the medium.
Jim
Todd grew up in Great Falls, Montana in the 1950s, where he and his brother
Mike tuned their fine ears to jazz through local night spots, including the
Ozark Club. He taught humanities and art for 30 years at The University of
Montana, Missoula, including a decade as the chair of the Department of Art. He
presently lives in Missoula.
Jazz Icons celebrates the
men and women of jazz, that hybridized, purely American music. The exhibition
stretches from his early high school sketches from Great Falls to the recently
completed wood cut prints of "Jazz Women." Also included are
paintings of jazz greats on generous loan from the Montana Museum of Art &
Culture and a temporary loan of "The Ozark Club" from The History
Museum, Great Falls.
This
exhibition is accompanied by a catalog, Jazz Icons by James Gilbert Todd Jr.,
available for purchase in the Holter Museum Store.
Image
detail: James Todd, Jazz Women, 1994, wood engraving
2013
Youth Electrum
April
19 - May 12, 2013
The
Sherman, Bair & Millikan Galleries
The
Annual Youth Electrum Exhibition is in its 39th year. Featuring the artwork of
students from Helena's elementary, middle, and high school students, the
galleries are filled with the creativity and talent of local youth.
It
is the Holter Museum's pleasure to annually present this exhibition!
The
High School gallery is a juried show with prizes in the categories of Grand
Prize, Painting & Drawing, Photography, Multimedia, and Sculpture. The
awards will be presented at the Opening Reception on Friday, April 18 at 6:30
p.m.
Image: Untitled, Kaelin Horne, Helena High School, 12th
grade
Events and Education
Holter
Museum of art has family programs that they hold several times a year call
Family Days, or Use-Eum workshops. They
also offer after school programs that offer classes and workshops for ages
eight to fourteen years old. Summer
programs are also offered with summer art classes, creativity camps, and
workshops for the ages of five years old to eighteen.
The Museum also offers tuition scholarships for those who
cannot afford to pay for the tuition for the classes that are offered. The Ethel Harrison Education Fund provides
assistance for those with this need.
Applying is easy and can be done on-line on their website.
The Museum also offers
special events with published authors and poets that are paired with wines from
local restaurant Benny’s Bistro. These
events cost usually around $15 per person or $25 for a couple along with the
cost of the wine.
Holter Museum Store
The
Holter Museum also offers artists that sells unique handmade gifts. All the purchases help support the Museums
exhibitions and educational programs.
Store
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am – 5:30 pm, and Sunday from 12
noon to 4 pm.
Website
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