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MAM Registrar Margo Geddes will discuss the collection exhibition she organized, whose works use light, shadow, scale and form to explore how darkness shapes perception.
All times are local to the venue · America/Denver
At the center of On Darkness: shifting perceptions is a shift in how viewers look: darkness is treated not only as a lack of light, but as a way to alter what can be seen and imagined. Missoula Art Museum’s First Friday pairs a gallery talk by exhibition organizer Margo Geddes with music by The Dawn Patrol.
The exhibition draws on MAM’s collection to consider darkness as both a visual subject and a prompt for imagination. Its works use contrasts of light and shadow, along with shifts in depth, scale and form; those choices can change how a viewer reads a shape or space.
MAM Registrar Margo Geddes, who organized the exhibition, will share what inspired it during a 30-minute gallery talk. Hearing from the organizer gives visitors a way into the choices behind this particular collection presentation, rather than a general introduction to darkness as a theme.
Further reading: First Friday: On Darkness: shifting perceptions — Missoula Art Museum ↗
MAM’s exhibition program focuses on contemporary regional art, including contemporary Indigenous art, Montana modernism and emerging artists working in different media. The museum also keeps works from its collection on view and presents exhibitions drawn from that collection, as it has with On Darkness: shifting perceptions.
The museum reports presenting 20–25 solo and group exhibitions annually across five main galleries and the Missoula Art Park. That broader program helps place this show: it is one collection-based presentation within a museum whose exhibitions also include projects developed with artists and other kinds of institutional collaborations.
Further reading: Current Exhibitions | Discover Art. Experience Exhibitions. Visit Today. — Missoula Art Museum ↗
Geddes’s half-hour talk is scheduled for 5:30–6:00 PM within the 5:00–7:00 PM gathering. Music by The Dawn Patrol is also listed, but no separate performance time is given.
First Friday runs from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Margo Geddes’s gallery talk is scheduled for 5:30–6:00 PM.
First Friday: On Darkness: shifting perceptions — Missoula Art Museum ↗
335 Pattee Street, Missoula, MT 59802.
First Friday at MAM: Gallery Talk "On Darkness: shifting perceptions" | Nov 06 2026 | Destination Missoula ↗ · Hours and Location | Discover & Engage Today — Missoula Art Museum ↗
Admission to the event is free.
First Friday: On Darkness: shifting perceptions — Missoula Art Museum ↗
MAM is two blocks east of the Mountain Line Bus Depot on Pine Street. The museum identifies routes 1 and 12 as having their first outbound stops at the depot.
Hours and Location | Discover & Engage Today — Missoula Art Museum ↗
From I-90, take the Van Buren Street exit south toward Broadway, turn right onto Broadway and continue six blocks to North Pattee. Turn right; MAM is on the left at the corner of Pattee and Pine.
From Missoula International Airport, follow West Broadway/I-90 Business into downtown for 5.6 miles, then turn left at North Pattee. MAM is on the left at the corner of Pattee and Pine. For directions from another starting point, the museum recommends using a GPS app.
Hours and Location | Discover & Engage Today — Missoula Art Museum ↗
Metered street parking is available on nearby blocks; MAM says street parking is free after 5:00 PM and on weekends.
The adjacent Pine Street lot has a restriction worth noting: the museum describes it as leased and not open to the public during the workweek, while also saying it is free after 5:00 PM on weekdays and all day on weekends. Do not assume the lot is available.
Hours and Location | Discover & Engage Today — Missoula Art Museum ↗
MAM describes the museum as wheelchair accessible and says a wheelchair is available for public use. Push-button door openers and an elevator to all floors are provided.
Labels and interpretive text use 16-point Futura and are installed at 46–56-inch centers. Self-guided audio tours are available in every gallery, and visitor educators can provide verbal descriptions of large-print text.
Hours and Location | Discover & Engage Today — Missoula Art Museum ↗
Music by The Dawn Patrol is listed, but MAM does not specify a separate start or end time for the performance.
First Friday: On Darkness: shifting perceptions — Missoula Art Museum ↗
MAM lists the exhibition through December 5, 2026.
Current Exhibitions | Discover Art. Experience Exhibitions. Visit Today. — Missoula Art Museum ↗
MAM says nearby street parking is free after 5:00 PM. The adjacent Pine Street lot is leased and not open to the public during the workweek, so do not count on access to that lot.
Hours and Location | Discover & Engage Today — Missoula Art Museum ↗
MAM says the building is wheelchair accessible, has a public-use wheelchair, push-button door openers and an elevator to all floors.
Hours and Location | Discover & Engage Today — Missoula Art Museum ↗
335 Pattee Street, Missoula, MT 59802
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Event, planning and background information checked 2026-11-01 against the linked sources.