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Capturing Culture r Artists Explore J.ife in Mumbai Slum Her Father's Daughter... Casey Kriley '9 3 FALL 2011 VOLUME 28 NUMBER 3 conter PUBUSHER I Jim Foley editor-IN-chief John Heaney '02 DESIGNER Eileen Chontos PHOTO EDITOR T o d d G o o d rich '88 EDITORIAL TEAM Rita Munzenrider '83 Jen n ifer Sauer '01 Cary Shimek Allison Squires '07 Andrea Woodworth CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Patia Stephens '00, M.F.A. '07 ADVISORY BOARD Laura Brehm Denise Dowling '8 2 Jim Foley Daryl Gadbow '75 Charlie Hood '61, M.A. '69 Bill Johnston '79, M.P.A. '91 Jed Liston '82, M.ED. '00 G in n y M erriam '86 Don Oliver '58 Carol Williams '65 Kurt Wilson '83 ADVERTISING Eric Elander '77 REPRESENTATIVE 406-360-3321 I [email protected] EDITORIAL OFFICES University Relations 325 Brandy Hall The University of Montana Missoula, M T 59812-7642 406-243-2488 VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION: $ 1 5 WEBSITE: www.um t.edu/m ontanan E-M AIL them ontanan@ um ontana.edu UM WEBSITE: www.um t.edu T h e M o n ta n a n is produced by University Relations. It is published three times a year by The University of M ontana for its alumni and friends. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: 877-UM-ALUMS o r [email protected] Find u s on Please allow eight weeksfo r mailings to B Facebook reflect changes. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MONTANANMAGAZlNE ^ 9 PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR MONTANAN FEATURES 22 16 Welcome to Dharavi By Erika Fredrickson ’99, M .S. 109 Casey Kriley '93 laughs Three artists entrenched during a photo shoot at her themselves for four months home in Los Angeles. in Dharavi, a massive slum in Mumbai, India, with the goal of engaging its people through ’HP**' i art. W hat they discovered was a 116 strong sense of community and a true joy for life. 22 A Family Production By Nate Schweber VI Emmy Award-winner Casey Kriley ’93 has produced some o f the most-watched reality television shows today, including Top C h e f and Project Runway. H er path to Hollywood began at UM, but m long before she was a student here. DEPARTMENTS 3 Letters 5 Around The O val 27 Raising Montana 29 About Alumni 52 Artifacts 52 ON THE COVER: A mural painted by the Artefacting Mumbai team is a welcome sign on Dharavi's M a in R oad. COVER PHOTO BY CASEY NOLAN WWW.UMT.EDU/MONTANAN MONTANAN FALL 2011 I 1 M ^^u^R eal Estate Everyone wants to know what is going on with the real estate market, values, and interest Diane Beck can be heard rates, so Missoula Real Estate Today was launched to provide the community with current every Saturday at 8 am trends, up-to-date information, statistics, and helpful resources for this challenging market. & every Sunday at 10 am Diane Beck, along with Peter Christian, are on the air Saturday mornings at 8 a.m. and on KGVO 1290 Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. to talk about what is going on out there. Special guests, new Mews 7a iq listings, and highlights of their local business partners are featured each week. If you don’t live in Missoula, you can find it streaming live at www.kgvol290.com . 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Windermere Missoula, MT 59801 REAL ESTATE Diane Beck > 406-880-7653 • [email protected] • DianeBeck.com • www.WindermereMissoula.com P rimeSource MORTGAGE We Walk You Home 406.721.8119 WEWALKYOUHOME.COM [email protected] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ p ^ P i s s o u l a , Montana 59808 Co NMIS #2039 EQUAL HOUSING Imfiv. NMLS #164597 Prime Source Mortgage is an Equal Housing Lender. OPPORTUNITY ,.,.J . , !L I.il l . i letters] ANOTHER JUBILANT FEELING I was pleased to read Jurine Landoes letter in the spring 2011 issue about her years as a Jubileer at UM with Jerry Nordstrom. I, too, sang with Jurine and Jerry in the renowned Jubileers. What terrific years those were with “Montana’s Finest Voices.” During spring breaks we toured sections of Montana, performing at many high schools and being University ambassadors. When I was a junior in high school, the Jubileers performed in Red Lodge, and I decided then that I would attend UM and Megan Fisher stands strive to be a Jubileer. on the Van Buren Street Footbridge In those years and somewhat earlier, my near campus. home town of Red Lodge produced several young men who were honored to sing with the Jubileers. O f course, Jerry Nordstrom "W ords fail me when I. try to express how was one, as was my brother Cedric Colness, proud I am of her, and tears of joy fill my Larry Nitz, and Jim Beadle. Bob Higham eyes when I see her now. She is my hero also was a Jubileer at that time. He was from Belfry, just twelve miles from Red and my hearf;" Lodge. Sara A. Fisher There must have been something in the Beartooth mountain air that produced ONE PROUD MOTHER these singing young men. I want to thank you for putting my out bridge was recovered and pulled Jerry Colness '62 daughter [Megan Fisher] on the cover of the upstream to a place where it could cross the Aurora, Colo. spring 2011 issue of the M o n ta n a n . Words river. It lasted as a driving bridge into the rail me when I try to express how proud I 1970s, before becoming pedestrian-only. am of her, and tears of joy fill my eyes when It’s proof that rejuvenation can work and VJU A 11T E I t • |T h e Montanan I see her now. She is my hero and my heart. can last a very long time. WANTED. I welcomes letters Thanks to all who have helped her make I was raised on Madison Street in to the editor. a a ■ ■■ ■ ^ ■■ ^ I Please sign and her way toward her dreams, Missoula, and our house and the Rankin OPINIONS I nclude your i Sara A. Fisher home were torn down to construct the graduating year Cofresi, Dominican Republic Madison Street Bridge, which leads into or years of attendance, home address, the University area. We climbed over the and phone number or e-mail address. trestles many times, and they held us OK, BRIDGING THE GAP Send them to: Montanan Editor, The photo of Megan Fisher [spring but it always upset our folks. 325 Brantly Hall, Missoula, MT 59812 2011 M o n ta n a n ] standing on the Van I hope Megan’s desire to succeed lasts as or [email protected]. long as that bridge. And good luck to her Buren Street Footbridge near UM’s Because of space limitations, we are not able campus brought back some memories in her quest for the Paralympics. to include all letters sent to us. Letters may be for me. Most folks wouldn’t realize she is Bob Kern '52 edited for length or clarity. W hile universities standing on a rejuvenated bridge, on her B o zem a n are places of discussion where good people do not always agree, letters deemed potentially own rejuvenated leg. The footbridge was libelous or that malign a person or group originally a section of the Higgins Avenue E ditor's note: The Van Buren Street Footbridge w ill not be published. Opinions expressed Bridge. It was washed out in the spring underwent a $400,000 renovation during the in the Montanan do not necessarily reflect flood of 1908, leaving Missoula without summer o f2004, including a new wooden deck, those of The University of Montana.