SAVE THE DATE!

Thursday, March 19th, 2026
Glacier Art museum (formerly the Hockaday) presents:
A life in Studio: Marge Dodge (1918-2003). A retrospective.
Opening reception, 5-8pm

This is Marge’s first show in over 40 years!
Exhibition runs through late May.

Artwork by Marguerite G. Dodge

Marge Dodge was a lifelong artist and prolific master of a wide variety of media. First demonstrating her potential at a young age, she studied at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, the Atlanta College of Art in Georgia, and the University of Montana in Missoula, where she earned both a B.A. and M.A. in Art.

Marge was a versatile artist, proficient in a range of mediums including oil painting, encaustic, watercolor, drawing, and printmaking. She also enjoyed many creative hobbies like photography, pottery, crafts, and cooking. After moving to Missoula in 1954, Marge became an integral part of the University of Montana's Art Program, collaborating with notable artists like Rudy Autio and Peter Volkous in the Ceramics department. She went on to serve as fine arts chairman of the Montana Institute of the Arts from 1964-65 and as Missoula branch manager from 1973-75.

Her later years saw her excelling in watercolors, traveling across Montana in an old Volkswagen camper van and capturing the state’s many scenic landscapes on paper.

Marge passed away in 2003, leaving behind a legacy of over 1000 pieces of work. We’ve finally brought these works to the internet in coordination with her museum showing in over 40 years at the Glacier Art Museum March-May 2026.