MARGE DODGE, 1918-2003

Marge Dodge was a lifelong artist, a prolific master of a wide variety of media, and a pillar of the arts community in Missoula and western Montana from her arrival to the area in the early 1950s until her death in 2003.

Marge was a versatile artist, proficient in a range of mediums including oils, encaustic, watercolor, drawing, and printmaking.

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.