Exhibition: A Life in Studio, Marge Dodge (1918-2003)

A Life In Studio, organized and curated by the Glacier Art Museum and Chris LaRoche, features over 75 paintings, drawings, and sculpture by Missoula-based Marge Dodge (1918-2003), a trailblazing woman artist and educator who created thousands of artworks in her lifetime, despite little public acclaim. This posthumous retrospective is her first museum exhibition in 40 years and is a visual narrative of a woman artist who lived through historic decades, creating art in her personal studio, often without ever exhibiting her work.
When Chris LaRoche, grandson of Marge Dodge, was asked why he decided to help organize an exhibition of her work, he stated, “This project is the culmination of a lifelong, personal quest to understand this enigmatic person in my life. I knew the artist as my grandmother, and we were close, but she was still a mystery. Her art has helped unravel a complex character whose contributions to Montana art were overlooked and unheralded in her time. Now the public and new generations will have the opportunity to know her work and story.”