Rudy Autio
Artist Discussion of Nexus: The Lela and Rudy Autio Family Collection
Thanks to a community grant from MCAT, Missoula's Community Media Resource, we are able to share this discussion that took place on May 6, 2017, featuring the personal stories of the artists and family members most familiar with the Lela and Rudy Autio Family Collection.
Montana Connections: Rudy Autio
The first video in a series of artist portraits inspired by the Missoula Art Museum Collections in MIssoula, Montana. Rudy Autio is best known for figurative ceramic vessels. He contributed generously and significantly to the world of ceramics. Curator Peter Held interviewed him at his home in 2007. The video was created after Rudy's death incorporating photos, footage of Rudy by his son, Chris Autio, and interview audio provided by MAM through Peter Held.
Many thanks to Rudy's wife, Lela, and family, MAM staff members Jenn Reifsneider and Renee Taffe, Peter Held, artist, educator and musician Beth Lo, the Archie Bray Foundation, Dexter Payne, John McFarland and the Big Sky Mudflaps.
Glenn Adamson Visiting Lecture: Voulkos, The Breakthrough Years
Peter Voulkos (1924–2022) was a major figure in the Montana Modernist movement.
Thanks to a community grant from MCAT, Missoula's Community Media Resource, we are able to share this lecture, presented by curator and theorist Glenn Adamson, that took place on April 27, 2017 in the Hellgate High School auditorium.
Adamson is the author of "Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years" and co-curated an exhibition of the same title for the Museum of Arts and Design. This lecture was presented as part of MAM's "Voices in Contemporary Art" series.