Posts from ‘Sculpture’
The National Museum of Wildlife Art (NMWA) holds an Open House at the Teton County Library for its new Sculpture Trail on Thursday, February 24, 4-6:00 pm. Free and open to the public, it is a chance to test your public art chops; and feel involved with creating Jackson’s first permanent, landscaped outdoor sculpture garden designed by urban landscape and site architect Walter Hood. Drawings, overview plans and various schematics will be available to view. Special laptops will be provided so that attendees can participate in a survey about the garden’s design. Museum representatives will be on hand.
In a May, 2009 post we wrote that “…the Museum says the trail will provide new ways for visitors to view wildlife art within a landscape; sculptor Richard Loffler’s Buffalo Trail will be part of the project. An amphitheater will replace the current drive at NMWA’s entrance and an “edge trail” will run along the east ledge of the current visitor’s parking area. Hood’s hope has always been to meld NMWA’s vantage point and contoured landscapes with views of the Elk Refuge, creating a greater visceral connection between the two sites.”
In a three-part Jackson Hole Art Blog interview with Hood, the Oakland-based landscape designer expressed high hopes for the project. ”If the landscape itself was powerful enough it could move people in fantastic ways,” said Hood. “That is what I am interested in. Standing out on NMWA’s hill, is there a way to allow a visitor to be in the Refuge? It is possible. NMWA’s architecture builds on the idea that it is “with the landscape,” and ironically that is one of the issues they are dealing with.” He added that he felt he could “….scale and shift existing landscape, so that art as well as the landscape is legible.”
“Attempt to eliminate design dichotomy, the experience of being either here, or there – either at the museum or in the landscape; either in Jackson or in the landscape,” Hood advised.
NMWA’s Sugden Curator of Education Jane Lavino worked closely with Hood on the project. “The museum’s new sculpture trail will directly connect to the North Highway 89 Pathway Project, a new branch of the Pathways system planned to lead from the north end of Jackson to Grand Teton National Park,” she says. “An underground tunnel will provide access to the museum, creating an inviting opportunity to mix culture and outdoor activity for bicyclers.”
Contact Jane Lavino or call (307) 732-5417 for more information.
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Friday, March 4, artist Kathryn Mapes Turner will lead 2011′s Federal Junior Duck Stamp program at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. A valued annual arts and conservation tradition, the program provides opportunity for youth to learn more about duck species and their habitats through art. Students will begin creating their entries for the 2011 contest, hosted by NMWA. Workshops are organized by age and take place in the Chrystie and Esperti Classrooms.
9:30AM – 12:00PM: K – 5th grade students.
1:00 – 3:30PM: 6 – 12th grade students.
Pre-registration is required. Call (307) 732-5435 to register. Museum Members $20, non-members $25.
Sweater, that glittering Charlie Brown-inspired Artspot sculpture, will visit California’s Charles Schulz Museum, as part of its June show, Pop’d from the Panel. Pop’d takes a look at the many ways fine art has interpreted themes related to Schulz’s beloved comic strip “Peanuts.” Sweater creator Suzanne Morlock has been invited to the museum in order to be filmed working on and installing her giant metallic Charlie Brown sweater sculpture. Film footage will be incorporated into a continuous loop that is part of the exhibit.
“The Sweater is slated to be mounted on the front of the museum building, and I get to go to northern California in the spring,” says Morlock. The Carl Shulz Museum says this show”…examines the intersection between fine art and cartoon art in the works of such artists as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Co-curated by the Sonoma State University Gallery Director and Professor of Art History, Michael Schwager, Pop’d From the Panel will feature two and three-dimensional works of art.”
The show runs June 25-December 11, 2011. www.schulzmuseum.org
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Art installation “Council of Pronghorn,” a collaboration between Jackson Hole sculptor Ben Roth and writer/activist Terry Tempest Williams, is slated to travel to New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine in late August. Currently displayed in Jackson’s Center for the Arts courtyard, the work will join others in “The Value of Water: Sustaining a Green Planet,” on exhibit at St. John the Divine September 2011-March 2012. The exhibit explores water’s pervasive,
but often unseen importance in the Cathedral’s very existence, and its crucial place in our ecosystem. Thirty painters, sculptors and media artists will have work installed in and around cathedral grounds.
“As interpreters of the unseen, artists will help us to see what has been there all along; to strengthen our awareness of water, and to prompt our imaginations in the contemplation of water, from wells and underground springs to surging seas and mighty rivers. With this collection of powerful presentations, there really will be water, water everywhere,” writes The Reverend Canon Tom Miller.
Learn more about this spiritually based, powerful show by logging on to St. John the Divine’s website here. Congratulations to Ben and Terry!
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Noted landscape painter Scott Christensen leads an “Advanced Concepts” workshop February 19-23, 2011. Limited to five students, the class is offered first-come-first-serve. One must commit, and at this posting the class–inspired by Christensen’s recent trip to Russia–is very likely filled. But you can keep in contact with Christensen Studios by phoning or emailing Kristin. Phone: 2o8.787.5851 email: kristinm@christensenstudio.com website: www.christensenstudio.com
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Lines Gallery continues to accept submissions for their March, 2011 “Salon Style Exhibition.” All mediums and subject matter are eligible. Work by local artists Camille Davis and Mark Morgan Dunstan are currently on display. For more information, visit www.linesgallery.wordpress.com.
Mark your calendars for two upcoming Jackson Hole Art Association events.
Warming your soul and belly, 2010′s Art for the Soul, Soup for the Bowl takes place Friday, November 19, in the Center for the Arts Theater Lobby. Soup sipping begins at 5:30 pm, and $25 buys you a hand thrown ceramic bowl–chosen by you, so first come is first served–a buffet of delicious soups by local restaurants and…BEER. And open mic!
Participating artists include: Shannon & Rudy Borrego, Ginger Burley, Sue Colligan, Jenny Dowd, Sam Dowd, Peggy Mathiesen, Linda MacGregor, Dawn McKibbon, Janet Monahan, Sue Morriss, Dean Stayner, Cynthia Guild Stoetzer and Matt Tosi.
On Saturday, December 4th, check out the Art Association’s 46th Annual Christmas Bazaar at Snow King Ice Arena. Just $2 gets you in the door–and once in it’s easy to spend hours, spending money on gifts created by artists and crafts people from around the region. Hours are 9:30 am – 5:00 pm. (Unless you are an artist, and then God only knows what time you have to be there! More power to you, artists!)
Check out all available details at www.artassociation.org.
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September Vhay’s recent participation in arts shows around the country, previously mentioned in the Jackson Hole Art Blog, may not have included a mention of the artist’s Southwest Art’s “21 over 31″ winning entry, “Mercury Dance.” The
competition features juried works from around the country—this year at least 3,000 artists submitted work. Subjects included figures, landscapes and still lifes.
Horses are figures. And the way Vhay paints them, horses-as-subject become sculptural still lifes.
Southwest Magazine’s Bonnie Gangelhoff interviewed Vhay. In the interview, Vhay talks about her love of horses as subject matter, and as powerful and intuitive creatures. Vhay’s great grandfather, Gutzon Borglum, created Mt. Rushmore! That is a legacy to live up to, and Vhay tells Gangelhoff that she aspires to be an artist whose work is included in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Locally, Vhay is represented by Trio Fine Art.
It’s the season for pairing up out-of-state artists. Two Idaho artists are in town, and now the Art Association will feature the installations and paintings of Utah artists Jen Harmon Allen and Jennifer Rasmusson.
The show,Walking Shadows, goes on display November 5th; an opening reception takes place that evening 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the Art Association gallery space in the Center for the Arts.
Say “Yes” to the Dress! (my newly wedded sister’s favorite television show…)
Some kind of sarcophagal energy emanates from the images of Harmon’s empty suspended dress forms. Her work, along with Rasmusson’s, is described as playful—but consequential purpose must lie behind creativity manifesting as petrified, stony ceramic dresses. A soul has gone missing; this gridded floating dress is a specter, and a ravaged one at that. The show’s title hints at all of this. I want to knock on that dress, like I’d knock on a door or an old hollow tree. Harmon’s half of the show also includes an army of plaster legs.
Juxtaposed against these enigmatic sculptures are Rasmusson’s paintings–ranging from the realistic to the abstract–that explore “physical movements in time.” These paintings are actually layers of acrylic and oil paints, mixed with plaster. Both artists will offer classes, talks and programs in conjunction with the show—on display through December 30, 2010. Log onto the Art Association website for details.
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It’s Father-Daughter Week for the Turner family.
November 3, 2010, former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, International Environment & Scientific Affairs and third-generation Wyoming rancher John F. Turner will receive the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s
prestigious Rungius Medal. The Rungius, named for artist Carl Rungius, recognizes individuals significantly adding to “…the public’s awareness of wildlife and the habitat necessary for its survival.” The ceremony takes place at 10:30 am, at the Museum’s Cook Auditorium. Turner, whose numerous accomplishments on behalf of the natural world include establishing 55 new National Wildlife Refuges, will be awarded the medal at 10:30 a.m.
“With his strong record of protecting wildlife, habitat and natural resources on a national level as well as his personal deep connection to the land, John F. Turner is a perfect candidate for our Rungius Medal, and we’re honored to be presenting him with it,” said Jim McNutt, National Museum of Wildlife Art president and CEO.
Carl Rungius is widely considered to be America’s most important portrayer of wildlife and their habitat. The ceremony is free and open to the public–but an rsvp is appreciated. Send yours to Shawn Meisl at 303.732.5449 or by email at smeisl@wildlifeart.org.
There’s little doubt that Turner’s daughter, Kathryn Mapes Turner, will be in attendance. A noted painter, Kathy’s landscapes and portraits of wildlife have been making the rounds. She has participated and won awards in multiple venues this fall. Those venues include NMWA’s 23rd Western Visions Show; Jackson Hole’s Fall Arts Festival “Quick Draw”; Wisconsin’s Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum “Birds in Art” International Exhibition; Lexington, Kentucky’s American Academy of Equine Art-2010 Fall Open Juried Exhibition; Nashville, Tennessee’s American Impressionist Society “11th Annual National Juried Exhibition”; and…(big breath!) Great Falls, Montana’s C.M. Russell Museum’s “Masters in Miniature Show.”
Turner is represented locally by Trio Fine Art.
Trailside Galleries annual Salute to Summer exhibition kicks off the 2010 season with a month-long group (all gallery) showcase. Salute to Summer runs June 1-31 and underlines the myriad mediums and artistic styles the gallery embraces. This year landscape artists Robert Moore and Michael Godfrey will enjoy individual showcases within the larger exhibition. Linda St. Clair’s whimsical, colorful wildlife art will also be spotlighted.
An impressively long list of artists–painters and sculptors–make up the Trailside roster. Look for new works from:
Cyrus Afsary, Bill Anton, Steve Atkinson, Wayne Baize, Gerald Balciar, Dan Bodelson, Harley Brown, Perry Brown, Bruce Cheever, Elaine Coffee, Nicholas Coleman, Brent Cotton, Don Crowley, Pino Dangelico, Tom Darro, Stan Davis, Angela de la Vega, John DeMott, Andrew Denman, Frank DiVita, Patricia Dobson, Mikel Donahue, Robert Du
ncan, Nancy Glazier, Michael Godfrey, Veryl Goodnight, Lanny Grant, Bruce Greene, Brad Greenwood, George Hallmark, Robert Johnson, Laurie Lee, Calvin Liang, Z.S. Liang, Huihan Liu, Mike Malm, Paul Mann, Bonnie Marris, Buck McCain, Dan McCaw, Danny McCaw, Greg McHuron, Dan Mieduch, Robert Moore, James Morgan, Brenda Murphy, Scott Myers, Bill Nebeker, Gary Niblett, George Northup, Ralph Oberg, Chris Owen, J. Peralta, Andrew Peters, Dave Powell, Clark Kelley Price, Howard Rogers, Mike Roths, Sherry Sander, Bill Sawczuk, Brad Schmidt, Lindsay Scott, John Seerey-Lester, Suzie Seerey-Lester, Kyle Sims, Ryan Skidmore, Adam Smith, Daniel Smith, Matt Smith, Tucker Smith, Gordon Snidow, Tim Solliday, Linda St. Clair, Richard D. Thomas, Zhiwei Tu, Kent Ullberg, Kent Wallis, Jeffrey R. Watts, Morgan Weistling, William Whitaker, Kathy Wipfler, Sarah Woods David Yorke and Jie Wei Zhou.
For full details, contact Trailside by phoning 307.733.3186, or log onto the gallery’s website here.