MISFITS, MONSTERS, AND PRETTY THINGS: A VOCABULARY OF ELSEWHERE

By Patricia Thornton

Sponsored by Missoula Art Museu

  • A Lingering Tortoise Affair
  • A Slow Dream of a Tortoise Affair
  • Bearded Lady
  • Deep Dive
  • Glasses
  • Hats Off
  • In Between
  • Look at That Bird
  • Looking for Moss Balls
  • March Madness
  • Newlywed
  • Shy
  • Super Mutt
  • The Bad One
  • The Good One / ink on paper / 2026 / Patricia Thornton
  • The Manager
  • The Most Unhurried Tortoise Affair
  • The Queen of Hearts
  • Throw a Little Love at It
  • 19 framed mixed-media works on paper
  • Sizes: 8″ x 10″ – 30″ x 22.5″
  • Crates: 3
  • Availability:
  • Booking Fees: 4 – 6 weeks $600/ 7 – 12 weeks $1200
  • Integrative Resources: interactive elements: an ongoing sticker and magnet project 

EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION

Patricia Thornton works in printmaking, sewn works, hand drawing, and painting. The exhibition features an approachable and playful body of work, marked by careful craftsmanship and a rich lexicon of real and imagined characters. Framed works on paper, many with sewn elements and hand coloring, travel as a cohesive whole, alongside an ongoing sticker project.

Thornton is an educator with a long history of non for-profit arts management, art direction, teaching, and collaborative practice. The exhibition includes interactive elements: an ongoing sticker and magnet project designed to deepen visitors’ engagement with the work and with their own creative practice, alongside multiple proposed education opportunities. Thornton also proposes a mono-printing workshop using stencils, and a workshop designed for other artists and cultural makers on the importance of mutual support in the arts, and about her transition from art administrator to full-time make

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