Montana State hosting art exhibition from Missoula printmaker Jason Elliott Clark

BOZEMAN -- Montana State University's School of Art will host a traveling exhibition by Missoula-based printmaker Jason Elliott Clark from Jan. 17 to Feb. 21 in the Helen E. Copeland Gallery on campus.

The exhibition features a selection of Clark's work from the Missoula Art Museum Collection, which explores Algonquin legends mixed with personal stories and misinformation about contemporary Native culture.

"My work deals with subjects that I have observed or experienced firsthand," said Clark, who grew up in rural central California near the Tule River Reservation. "These are the stories that have shaped and formed my life. They illustrate how I see the world around me and how I have learned to respect it. The images and stores in my work are reflections or parts of me."

Clark earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Montana in 2004 and went on to teach and manage printmaking studios at the University of Louisiana in Monroe and Bemidji State University in Minnesota. He returned to Missoula in 2012 and is now an adjunct professor in UM's School of Visual and Media Arts.

The exhibition focuses on Clark's early career as a printmaker. On display will be examples of numerous printmaking techniques including relief, lithograph, monotype and screen printing.

The [Helen E. Copeland Gallery](https://art.montana.edu/copeland-gallery/index.html) is located on the second floor of MSU's Haynes Hall and is free and open to the public.