Leslie Van Stavern Millar II
- P.O. Box 387
- Arlee, MT 59821
- 406.726.5044
- leslievanstavernmillar.com
Selected Group Exhibitions (since 2000)
We The People, Brunswick Gallery, Missoula, MT 2017
Art of the Auction, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2017
Studies From the Figure, Annual Exhibit, Brunswick Gallery, Missoula, MT yearly 2017 – 2000
Mystery of the Stars, Collaborative installation by Joe Batt & Leslie Van Stavern Millar, The Urban Art Project, Great Falls, MT 2013
Recent Acquisitions, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2013
Watermedia 2012, Montana Watercolor Society’s 30th National Juried Exhibition, Bigfork Museum of Art and History, Bigfork, MT 2012
Purple: Selections from the MAM Collection, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2012
Montana Women in the Visual Arts 1860 – 2011, Emerson Gallery, Bozeman, MT 2011
Caravan Project Print Portfolio, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT 2011
Montana Landscape Show: Eye of the Beholder, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT 2010
Americas 2010 – Paperworks, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota 2010
Dragana Crnjak, Leslie Van Stavern Millar, James Stroud, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2009
Montana Triennial, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2009
Photography Exhibition, Gallery Saintonge, Missoula, MT 2008
Encaustic Invitational, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2008
Deep Play: Joyful Revelry and Subversive Whimsy in MAM Collections, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2007
Caravan Collaboration, Alone/Together, MAGDA traveling show. University of Montana Western, Dillon, MT, 2007, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT 2007, & the Emerson Art Center, Bozeman, MT 2007
Women Beyond Borders, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2007
MAM Unwrapped II, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2007
Many Faces of Women – Photography Exhibit, Gallery Saintonge, Missoula, MT 2007
MAM Unwrapped I, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2006
Spirit of Place – Unmapped Journeys, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT, 2005
Americas 2000: All Media, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND, 2004
Art on the Plains 7, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, S.D. 2004
Annual Juried Show, Allied Artists, Richland, WA 2004
ANA 32, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT 2003
Polemics, Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, MT 2003
Play Ball, Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, MT 2003
Minitreasures, Holter Museum, Helena, MT 2002
Recollecting: The Role of Memory in Making and Collecting Art, Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, MT 2002
Selected Solo Exhibits (since 2000)
Montana Peepshow Stories, Montana Art Gallery Director’s Association Traveling Show, Carbon County Artists Guild, Red Lodge, MT, April 2017
Montana Peepshow Stories, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2016
Cabinet of Curiosities, Babcock Gallery, Sweetbriar College, Amherst, VA 2014
Timeless/Transient – New Encaustic Panels, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2012
An Ideal Girl – Gouache Paintings, Brink Gallery, Missoula, MT 2011
Diatom Universe, Catalyst, Missoula, MT 2009
Hush – New Photographs, Brunswick Gallery, Missoula, MT 2006
Mystery of the Stars – Black & White Photographs, Brunswick Gallery, Missoula, MT 2001
Four Artists From Montana, Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 2000
Performances
My Cup of Tea, Slideshow and performance, Nordic Pines Lodge, Missoula, MT 2016
Montanarama, Science Woman Performances, Speakers Bureau, Humanities Montana, 2015 – 2007
Lives of the Artists, Narrative performance, Brunswick Gallery, Missoula, MT 2012
First Time – Poll, Science Woman Performance, Artini, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2006
Science Woman & Beauty Ranger Deconstruct the Corps of Discovery, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT 2005
Science Woman – My History of Art – People, Places & Things – Performance # 1, May 2005 & Performance #2, June 2005, Brunswick Gallery, Missoula, MT
The Early Years of Science Woman, Science Woman Performance, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 2003
Mary Lyon’s True Identity, Science Woman Performance, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, June 2002
History of Science, Science Woman Performance, An Evening of Weird Science with Dr. Science, University of Montana Theatre, Missoula, MT 2001
Art Improves the Quality of Life, Science Woman Performance, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT, April 2001; and Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT yearly 2001 – 1997
Lectures
Montana Peepshow Stories, Gallery Talk, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2016
The First Queen Elizabeth Time Travels to Montana, Montana Book Festival, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2016
Cabinet of Curiosities, Art Lectures – Gallery, Art and Biology Departments, Sweet Briar College, Amherst VA 2014
Clock Encaustics – Insects and Birds of Virginia, Natural History Class, Sweet Briar College, Amherst, VA 2012
Timeless, Transient, Gallery Talk, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2012
Ideal Girls, Ideal Women, Gallery Talk, Brink Gallery, Missoula, MT 2011
My History of Art – Encaustics, Science Woman and Persian Miniature Painting, Lecture, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2009
Encaustics, Lecture/Slide Show, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT 2008
Art in Science/Science in Art, Panel Discussion, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT 2006
Education
Traditional Mosaic Instruction, workshop of Luciana Notturni, Ravenna, Italy, 2016
Encaustic Instruction: R & F Encaustics, Kingston, N.Y. 2002 San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA 2002
Printmaking Instruction: University of Montana, Missoula, MT 1999, 1985, 1974
Traditional Mosaic Instruction: Centro Internazionale Studi Insegnamento Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy 1977
B.A. in Studio Art/Biology (interdepartmental study): Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 1972
Articles and Media
“We The People art show responds to political movement”, by Cory Walsh, Missoulian, Missoula, MT. August 17, 2017
“At the Brunswick, We The People sends a message for the ages and for the age of Trump,” by Erika Frederickson, Missoula Independent, Missoula, MT. August 3, 2017
“More books: The First Queen Elizabeth Time Travels to Montana”, Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College, Spring Issue, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. 2017
“Leslie Van Stavern Millar on View at the Missoula Art Museum”, State of the Arts, Winter Issue, Montana Arts Council, Helena, MT. 2017
“Leslie Millar and Queen Elizabeth1 turn back the clock at the Missoula Art Museum”, by Erika Frederickson, Missoula Independent, Missoula, MT. December 8, 2016
“Taking a Peek at Montana History, Rendered in Gouache”, by Cory Walsh, Missoulian, Missoula, MT. November 3, 2016
“Missoula Art Museum hosting “Montana Peepshow Stories” on First Friday”, Missoula Current, Missoula, MT. October 28, 2016
“Pattee Canyon Ladies Salon Finds Live Drawing a Tradition Worth Keeping,”by Leland Buck, Missoulian, Missoula, MT. August 30, 2013
“Pattee Canyon Ladies Salon Holds Annual Exhibit of Figure Studies,” by Betsy Cohen, Missoulian, Missoula, MT. July 29, 2012
Article on Timeless/Transient and Natural Wonders Exhibit, Art Life, Albermarle Magazine. April/May 2012
”Spotlight – An Ideal Girl at the Brink,” by Jason McMackin, Missoula Independent, Missoula, MT. November 3, 2011
“First Friday – Missoula Studio Tempts with Teapots,” by Joe Nickell, Missoulian, Missoula, MT. February 4, 2011
“Everyone Maturing Artistically at Salon,” by Joe Nickell, Missoulian, Missoula, MT. August 20, 2010
“Twisted Sister,” (Gouache painting – Cover of Entertainer Monthly) Missoulian, Missoula, MT. June 3, 2010
“Missoula’s Vibrant Arts Community Could Hold the Key to an Economic Turnaround,” featured interview with Leslie Millar, by Erika Frederickson, Missoula Independent, Missoula, MT. March 26, 2009
“Waxing Eloquent at MAM,” Article on Encaustic Invitational by Joe Nickell, Missoulian, Missoula, MT. July 3, 2008
“Artist Inspired by National Encaustic Conference,” Article and Photograph by L.V.S. Millar, State of the Arts – Montana Arts Council Newsletter. September/October 2007
“Art, Denuded: Pattee Canyon Ladies Salon,” by Joe Nickell, Missoulian, Missoula, MT. July 26, 2007
“Leslie, This Is Your Life,” Documentary biography by Chris Autio and Aprille Hammond, International Documentary Challenge. March 2007
“An Artist That Collects Inspiration,” Missoulian, Missoula, MT. February 22, 2007
Grants, Fellowships and Awards
Prop Foundation Individual Artist Grant, Missoula, MT. 2016
Montana Arts Council, Strategic Investment Grant, Helena, MT. 2016
Merit Award, Americas 2010 – Paperworks. Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND. 2010
Nancy Award, Juried Show. Allied Artists Association, Richland, WA. 2004
Juror’s Choice Award, ANA 32. Holter Museum, Helena, MT. 2003
Selected Collections/ Public & Private
Federal Reserve Bank of Northwest U.S., Minneapolis, MN
City of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Montana Museum of Art and Culture, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, Washingto
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Sharon Alexander, Missoula, MT
Jeff & Pat Aresty, Seeley Lake, MT
Page Bond, Richmond, VA
Frances Brodsky, San Francisco, CA
Debra Earling & Robert Stubblefield, Missoula, MT
Fredericka Hunter, Houston, TX
Laura Millin & Craig Menteer, Missoula, MT
Estate of Edward R. Murrow
Susan O’Connor, Missoula, MT
Linda Wachtmeister, Scottsville, VA
Education
Traditional Mosaic Instruction, workshop of Luciana Notturni, Ravenna, Italy. 2016
Encaustic Instruction, R & F Encaustics, Kingston, N.Y. 2002
San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA. 2002
Printmaking Instruction, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 1974, 1985, 1999.
Traditional Mosaic Instruction, Centro Internazionale Studi Insegnamento Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy. 1977
B.A. in Studio Art/Biology, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. 1972