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Fall Arts Festival Calendar, Part Two!
Here is the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival (FAF) calendar of events for Tuesday, September 13 – Sunday, September 18, 2011. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, September 13~
Miniature Masterpieces with Artist Daniel Smith, at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Join Western Visions Featured painter Daniel Smith, and get into the spirit of miniatures! Enjoy a glass of wine and explore the Western Visions Miniatures and More Show. Create your own miniature painting; materials provided. No registration necessary. Contact Amy St. Pierre or call 307-732-5438. 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Free.
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Wednesday, September 14~
Jewelry and Artisan Luncheon Premiere artisans (jewelry, fiber and leather) preview and sell their stunning handmade goods. This ladies-only event kicks-off the Jewelry and Artisan portion of the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Western Visions® activities. Register by September 7, 2011 by calling 307-732-5412.
Location: Hotel Terra. 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. $100 per person or $500 per person for a package including Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday plus other exclusive events. www.westernvisions.org.
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Poster Signing with Dwayne Harty at Mountain Trails Gallery Meet FAF featured artist Dwayne Harty and receive a signed poster of his
painting, “Strength & Vulernability.” Learn about his journey in the last few years as he was involved in the “Yellowstone to Yukon, a Journey of Wildlife and Art.” Mountain Trails Gallery, 3-5pm. Free.
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The Art Association holds a Brown Bag Art Talk at 12:00 pm. Bring your own lunch to the ArtSpace Main Gallery. Topic TBA. Talk led by Todd Kosharek and Lyndsay McCandless. For information email Jenny Dowd: jenny@artassociation.org.
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Art Walk Join more than 30 Jackson art galleries for an evening Gallery Art Walk, and enjoy Jackson’s vibrant fine arts scene! Look for participating gallery Art Walk banners! 5 – 8 pm. Free and open to the public!
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Altamira Fine Art hosts an artists’ reception for R. Tom Gilleon, Jared Sanders, and Billy Schenck. Sunsets and Native American themes, architectually crafted contemplative landscapes, silos and barns…all the way to the best examples of the Western Pop Art Movement—“What? This isn’t my ranch?”— this eclectic exhibition of Western Contemporary works has something for everyone, collector or enthusiast! The reception runs 5-8 pm; a 6 pm presentation features a short talk by each artist about the place of Western Contemporary Art in modern art. Exhibits remain on display through September 19. Altamira Fine Art, 172 Center Street. (307) 739-4700, www.altamiraart.com
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Diehl Gallery hosts a special salon, featuring National Museum of Wildlife Art artists Simon Gudgeon, Richard Painter, Les Thomas and Susan Goldsmith; as well as gallery
artists Anke Schofield & Luis Garcia-Nerey. 5-7:00 pm. www.diehlgallery.com.
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Thursday, September 15~
Wild West Artist Party
A preview to the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s 24th Annual Western Visions: Miniatures and More Show & Sale, artists and patrons have an
opportunity to view the art, place their ballots, and mingle before the big sale. The Jewelry and Artisan Show & Sale, the Original Prints Show & Sale, and the Sketch Show & Sale are open to the public during this event and the artisans are in residence. Delicious fare, a full bar and entertainment. Register by September 7, 2011 by calling 307-732-5412.
National Museum of Wildlife Art, 6:30 – 10:30 pm. $200 per person or $500 per person for a package including Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday plus other exclusive events. www.wildlifeart.org, www.westernvisions.org.
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Galleries West Fine Art features artist D. Lee, sharing her painting skills 10 am-5pm at Galleries West Fine Art. Stop by to meet the artist and watch as she produces her fine works live. You can see her again at the 16th Annual Jackson Hole Quick Draw on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 9am. Galleries West Fine Art, 70 S. Glenwood, 10am-5pm, (307) 733-4412. www.gallerieswestjacksonhole.com.
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Astoria Fine Art Gallery Reception with featured works by Dean Mitchell & Ewoud de Groot. Astoria Fine Art, 35 E. Deloney, 4-6pm. (307) 733-4016. www.astoriafineart.com
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Friday, September 16~
National Museum of Wildlife Art’s 24th Annual Western Visions®: Miniatures and More Show and Sale. An evening of refreshments and beverage, and most importantly, the names of the winning bidders are drawn. The Jewelry and Artisan Show & Sale, the Original Prints Show & Sale, and the Sketch Show & Sale will be on display and guests are invited to make purchases.
National Museum of Wildlife Art, 3:30 – 7:30 pm.
Register by September 7, 2011. Call 307-732-5412. $75 per person or $500 per person for a package including Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Please view www.westernvisions.org for a full listing of events. www.wildlifeart.org www.westernvisions.org
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Legacy Gallery, Wildlife and Sporting Art Group Show features new works from Ken Carlson, Michael Coleman, Luke
Frazier, Chad Poppleton, Brian Grimm, Krystii Melaine, Dan Metz, Brett Smith, Ken Bunn, Tim Shinabarger, Walter Matia and Eugene Morelli. Legacy Gallery, 75 N.Cache, 1-4pm, (307) 733-2353, www.legacygallery.com
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Astoria Fine Art Gallery Reception. Featuring the 4th Annual Greg Beecham showcase and sale and hosting the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s 2011 Western Visions featured sculptor Bart Walter. Astoria Fine Art, on the Town Square, 3-5pm, (307) 733-4016, www.astoriafineart.com
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Saturday, September 17~
16th Annual Jackson Hole QuickDraw Art Sale and Auction. Public demonstration of nationally, regionally, and locally recognized artists. One hour shotgun art-out! Artworks will be auctioned off, as will “Strength & Vulnerability,” by FAF Featured artist Dwayne Harty. Jackson Town Square, 9:30 a.m.! Free.
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Best of Astoria Fine Art Gallery Reception featuring new works by gallery artists and over 30 artists in attendance. Joshua Tobey is spotlighted. Astoria Fine Art, 35 E. Deloney, 10am-1pm, (307) 733-4016, www.astoriafineart.com
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Jackson Hole Art Auction Presented by Trailside Galleries of Jackson and Scottsdale, and the Gerald Peters Gallery of Santa Fe, this annual live Western style art auction is one of the
premier western art events in the country, defined by the high standards of works offered by contemporary western artists and deceased masters. Of interest to those lucky enough to have visited the historic Four Lazy F guest ranchduring Emily Frew Oliver’s lifetime will want to know the results of sales of 40+ lots from that collection. Notable living artists as William Acheff, Clyde Aspevig, Ken 
Carlson, Martin Grelle, Bill Owen, G. Harvey, Kenneth Riley, Mian Situ, Howard Terpning, Morgan Weistling, and Z.S. Liang and more are represented. Collectors from around the country as well as from outside the United States attend the auction, which promises to provide a memorable, thrilling afternoon of active bidding for some of the finest works of art offered anywhere in the country.
Please register to attend!
Center for the Arts, 1pm to Auction finish. Plan on five hours. 866-549-9278, www.jacksonholeartauction.com
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Wilcox Gallery and Wilcox Gallery II present a large roster of artists demonstrating from 2 – 6 p.m. The studio at Wilcox Gallery North will be open for visitors to visit Jim Wilcox’s studio, where he will be demonstrating. At 6:00 p.m – 8 belly up to a taco bar at Wilcox Gallery II and an Ice cream bar at the “North of Town” location.
Wilcox Gallery, 1975 N. Hwy 89, 2-6pm, (307) 733-6450.
Wilcox Gallery II, 110 Center Street, 6-8pm www.wilcoxgallery.com
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Trailside Galleries annual “Fall Gold” Show “Fall Gold” features a wide selection of wildlife, landscape, figural and western art. On display throught September 24, the show features work by all gallery artists, including Kyle Sims, Veryl Goodnight, Tucker Smith, Bill Anton, Mian Situ, Z.S. Liang, amd Morgan Weistling, among many others. An artists’ reception takes place 4 – 6pm, where collectors and the public have the opportunity to meet many of their favorite artists!
Trailside Galleries, 130 East Broadway, (307) 733-3186, www.trailsidegalleries.com
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Galleries West Fine Art, 9th Annual Fall Round Up This annual Fall Arts Festival group show features new works by the entire roster of Galleries West artists. Meet them at theArtist’s Reception today, 5-9 pm. Galleries West Fine Art, 70 S. Glenwood, 5-9pm, (307) 733-4412, www.gallerieswestjacksonhole.com
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Mountain Trails Gallery Artists Reception. “A Family Legacy,” featuring father and son sculptors Vic Payne and Dustin Payne. Reception today, 2-5pm. Mountain Trails Gallery, 155 Center Street, 1-5pm, (307) 734-8150, www.mtntrails.net
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Sunday, September 18~
Top off your Fall Arts Festival experience with today’s Art Brunch Gallery Walk! 11am – 3pm. Over 30 galleries offer up brunch and festive beverages at this closing-day FAF celebration. Bloody Marys everywhere you look! Pay a leisurely visit to the galleries and purchase that special piece you really, really want. Art, brunch, and Bloody Marys (the drink, not the island trader character from Broadway’s South Pacific)! If you are driving home, please enjoy your bloody mary responsibly and have a designated driver at hand. Bring a sailor. We are a special island. Open to the public, free!
Jackson Hole artist Erin C. O’Connor will give a free plein air painting demonstration at String Lake, Grand Teton National Park on Saturday, September 10, 2011, 2:00-5:00 pm. O’Connor’s appearance winds up the Grand Teton Association’s 2011 “Artists in the Environment” plein air series, and coincides with the opening days of Jackson Hole’s Fall Arts Festival. (Tuesday, September 6th, the Jackson Hole Art Blog will post the first of two Fall Arts Festival calendars!)
O’Connor finds her greatest inspiration by painting directly within the environment. Noted for her participation in many prestigious plein air events, she is represented in collections and exhibits throughout the country. Since being awarded the 2009 Joshua Tree National Park “Artist-in-Residency”
post, she has taken part in numerous Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) events, most recently being awarded “Artists’ Choice, Best Body of Work” by her peers at RMPAP’s Pagosa Springs, Colorado competition. Plein Air Magazine’s Spring 2011 issue named the artist one of “Today’s Masters.”
“To gain the endorsements of your fellow artists–there’s no higher accolade,” O’Connor says.
O’Connor came to Jackson 25 years ago, and stays because it’s a place where she and so many others are free to “follow their bliss.” As an artist, you can never paint as much as you’d like, she says. O’Connor sees the world around her afresh daily. It’s a point of ecstasy or a point of madness–but for her, wanting to paint everything you see–and seeing everything as a painting–is a gift.
O’Connor drew and painted from the time she was little.
“When I first started painting en plein air I’d say I strove more to capture details and “true” colors than I do now,” she notes. “Now, I don’t get as wrapped up in those details. It’s the essence behind the details I want to capture. That was never a conscious decision–you’re not going to change the way you paint, it’s like your signature. My style is not really contemporary, not really traditional. The Taos Ten greatly influenced me, and the California Impressionists–the people in the U.S. who were painting outside. It was their clarity of light and brilliant color.”
Describing herself as essentially a “solitary individual,” O’Connor has lately been painting hay bales–”round bales, square bales, hay loaves, hay
laying on the ground, in stripes and in piles!” Painting alone allows her to stay in her “zone,” frees her to get into her signature style. Summers, O’Connor works as a landscaper. The job gets her outside, and she can think about how to access certain scenes.
“I’m not above stopping on the Wilson Bridge and placing orange cones around me so I can paint! But there’s usually an easier way,” says a smiling O’Connor.
A few years ago, while painting at String Lake, a Western Tanager flew down to perch on the artist’s easel.
“I don’t know if it was attracted to the colors of the paint or if it was a mooch! It was a great experience,” recalls O’Connor. “There’s so much going on at String Lake. There are the mountains, so dramatic. There’s the lake itself, quiet and serene. It’s shallow enough to see logs beneath the water’s surface, everything is so interesting, there’s so much to choose from. And it’s an honor to be asked back to “Artists in the Environment.”
NOTE: There are several parking areas at String Lake. To hook up with “Artists in the Environment,” proceed to the furthest parking area–String Lake’s Picnic Area lot. Walk a short distance north, up the shoreline, and find O’Connor “in plein sight,” alongside the lake.
Contact: Tammy Christel tammy@jacksonholearttours.com
Heather James Fine Art, always eclectic, has new paintings by Penelope Gottlieb on exhibition; the show is up through September 30, 2011. In keeping with Jackson Hole’s arts and conservation “love affair” Gottlieb’s work documents ”…a series of plants on the ‘confirmed extinction’ list that have no known visual reference by reconstructing them from botanists’ descriptions.”
Gottlieb paints directly on prints by John James Audubon (sharp intake of breath!). Though she could be said to be doing the same, Gottlieb is commenting on Audubon’s using natural beauty for commercial gain. Her images are lush and intriguing.
“Gottlieb envelops the wildlife in a tightly woven braid of plant leaves, tendrils and tentacles, so that what would normally be part of the creatures’ natural habitat has suddenly turned on them as a form of domestic colonization,” says Heather James’ Jim Carona. “The resulting visual “mash-up” of historical representation of nature with the consequences of non-native invasive species of plant life overpowering their environment create a form of contemporary historical discourse.” www.heatherjames.com
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The Jackson Hole Art Blog will publish a full Fall Arts Festival Calendar! Two separate posts will list events Sept. 8-11th, and Sept. 12-18th. Stay tuned!
Gaslight Alley, in downtown Jackson, is going to be hopping the evening of Friday, September 9th–that’s the evening of the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival’s Palates & Palettes Art Walk. David Brookover will be serving up fine fare, and raising funds for the Teton 
Raptor Center. Teton Art Lab will hook up with MADE; Art Lab founders Travis Walker and Tristan Greszko lead a team of artists in a “group” art installation creation, “Heroes and Villians.” Even Gaslight’s Native American jewelry store, Crazy Horse, is getting in on P&P action this year! The shop will host contemporary Navajo silversmith Artie Yellowhorse, demonstrating on site. Yellowhorse will be on site through Sunday, September 11.
Palates & Palettes happens all around downtown Jackson on September 9; hours are 5-8 pm.
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Still time to catch the Wyeths—Andrew, Jamie and N.C.—at the Art Association’s Main Space and Loft galleries. The works are for sale, and the collection will be showcased during September 9th’s Palates & Palettes gallery walk. Andrew Wyeth: A Survey is presented by the Art Association and the Gerald Peters Gallery. I know one N.C. Wyeth painting, the exhibit’s most exciting, has sold. In 2008, Skinner auctioned the work for $190,000.
Please note that 2011′s Fall Arts Festival Artist Studio Tours are being re-shaped. This year, an Artists’ Open Studio (currently on display) features works by local artists; see it at the Art Association. Contributing artists include Amy Bright Unfried, Shannon Troxler, Huntley Baldwin (we miss you, Huntley!), Charlie Olson, Natalie LaFarge Goss, Eliot Goss, Margaret Odell, Dee Parker and Laurie Thal. All artist contact info will available; arrange for your own visit to any artist’s studio. The Art Association’s Jenny Dowd is the contact (replacing Laurie Thal.) !
Also at the Art Association: David Klaren & Amy Unfried’s Orchestrated Line. Tree sculptures by Unfried and drawings by David Klaren.
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Astoria Fine Art welcomes wildlife artist and painter Mark Eberhard. Check the gallery’s Fall Showcase of Eberhard’s exciting contemporary work, on display at Astoria through 
September 9, 2011. An artist’s reception will be held Saturday, September 3, 5-7:00 pm. Large compositions comprised of bright, expansive fields of color spotlight animal subjects. Usually associated with his paintings of birds, this show includes at least one portrayal of a line of buffalo, at leisure in a vast sage prairie, a familiar snow-topped mountain range in the distance. Eberhard captures the West’s sensation of endless space, and live-wire color of its inhabitants. www.astoriafineart.com
A wee behind. Hectic week. Apologies, all! Things have been down, but once a gal is up again, everything good in the world looks even better!
Hey, maybe you didn’t even notice, because everyone is so darn busy! Many good things happening in the Arts!
1: Art Fair Jackson Hole happening again this weekend, starting today! Runs through Sunday. I think the Art Association still needs volunteers, drop Steph Fellows a line at steph@artassociation.org, or call her cell phone: 303-250-3508. I’m volunteering Saturday, 3:30-6:00 p.m. See you there!
2: Exact wording from J.H. Public Art Initiative press materials reads:
TOWN COUNCIL APPROVES OPEN AIR EXHIBITION! ”Imagine discovering the art of our day on Snow King, in Town or on Pearl Street, free and accessible to all people! The Mayor and Town Council granted permission to the Public Art Initiative to host an exhibition of museum quality work in public space. Artwork will be professionally curated and changes every 18 months. The Town will provide staff support and assistance insuring the art located on public property. We hope to start this program next summer”.
AND…also verbatim:
PUBLIC ART ADMINISTERS 3 NEW PROJECTS!
John Frechette: Bison and Grizzly DNA at the new Home Ranch Building designed by Carney Logan and Burke Architects. Budget $27,000. Funding Town of Jackson. Installation: Fall 2011
– Spring 2012.
Ben Roth: Six custom animal bike racks at the National Musuem of Wildlife Art inspired from the collection. Budget: $7500, Funding: Teton County, Community Pathways and National Museum of Wildlife Art. Installation: Fall 2011.
Don Rambadt: A three part installation for the retaining walls framing the Highway 89 pathway underpass announcing the Museum’s sculpture trail. Budget: $25,000, Funding: Teton County and Community Pathways. Installation: Fall 2011 and Spring 2012.
3: The National Museum of Wildlife Art is really gearing up for 2011′s Western Visions Miniatures and More Show & Sale. The J.H. Fall Arts Festival is soooo close!
Straight from the Museum:
“2011 Western Visions scheduled events include the Sketch Show & Sale and Original Prints Show & Sale, Aug. 20 – Sept. 25; and Palates & Palettes, with mini-quesadillas and margaritas accompanying the art on view, Sept. 9. The Jewelry and Artisan Luncheon takes place Sept. 14, with the 24th Annual Wild West Artist Party offering live music and meet-the-artist opps the evening of Sept. 15. Start placing your bids Sept. 3 for the drawing during the big event, the 24th Annual
Miniatures and More Show & Sale, Sept. 16. And on Sept. 28, a coffee-in-the-gallery Art A’ Brewin’ event allows a final chance to browse works still available for sale.”
Find out all you need to know about Western Visions by visiting www.wildlifeart.org, or contacting Western Visions’ superb co-ordinator, Jennifer Lee, at 307.732.5412. An online catalog aids long-distance participation, and the Museum has addes a “streamlined digital bidding system.” Cool stuff!
What was your favorite Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival event?
People watching? Always interesting people to watch. Suddenly, Jackson is a teensy more diverse.
A few brunettes come to town!
Palates and Palettes: Several galleries were packed, but that is a change from last year’s party; in 2009, every inch of town was crowded. Age demographics have shifted; P&P is no longer an age 40+ event. Many young (20′s) people out and about, but I saw very few of this group looking at art. Food and beverages are 50% of the evening’s draw—Ok, more like 90%—but when a gallery becomes so jammed with kids out for a good time and din is epically loud it’s time to head on out the door. Even a caterer expressed concern over the lack of interest in the art by younger attendees.
Would providing only one (free) alcohol drink ticket per visitor keep the crowds moving?
Mike Piggott, Tayloe Piggott Gallery: Great to catch up with you and talk about old California’s landscape and funky times. Those eucalyptus, red roads, trails in the hills…(the colors in a certain stupendous Kahn). The best Kahns sold. Thank you (and Camille) for bringing this lovely exhibition to Jackson. I know it was a show many put on their “must see” list. And see they did. They saw, they talked about it. A lot.
Galleries West Fine Art: Ms. Hoffman, always a pleasure; Galleries West exudes such warmth. I remain committed to my feeling that your landscapes are some of the loveliest around. Go get those headlines you
deserve! The gallery is so inviting, and thank you for supporting the great tradition of landscape painting.
Mr. Tarrant and Company: Altamira is an artist epicenter. And, you have the best space in town for viewing the work you carry. Congrats on a successful year, and thank you for setting Jackson’s gallery bar high. Altamira’s artists complement one another, and the gallery’s “enclaves” vary the energy. In other words, in a single trip to the gallery visitors enjoy multiple art barometrics.
David Brookover raised $2,400 for his canine charities—his entry fee was $10 a head, so you do the math. David also has some brilliant new platinums of Yellowstone wildlife, particularly wolves. Gorgeous work and 100% different from all the other wildlife photography I’ve seen in town. More on that later. (Santa Fe is not as happening as Jackson Hole, says Brookover—-he’s coming up on the last month or two of his year lease on Canyon Road. All efforts will be re-directed back to Jackson.)
Astoria’s Ewoud De Groot, a Dutch wildlife artist known particularly for his sparkling portrayals of bird species, says that he sells a huge majority of his work in the States. Holland’s art market is sleepy. The vision for arts depicting nature is here, says he. De Groot is young, blond, cosmopolitan. Extremely self assured, finely tailored wardrobe. He likes Astoria’s mix of artists. Word has it Astoria sold 11 De Groots!
Heather James: I’m not getting to spend as much time with you as I’d like, but that will change soon. Incredible art. Worldly presence. Great knowledge, ever-changing art “trips” to be had. Lyndsay’s imagination and passion. Far out gallery events. The gallery is doing a notable job combining its world-wide knowledge with being involved locally. Applause!
Diehl Gallery: So eclectic and really a fine example of providing for local non-profit organizations while doing what the gallery is meant to do, sell art. Ashley Collins has certainly had her profile raised because of
your huge marketing efforts. Collins had works hanging everywhere at the Western Design Conference.
Trailside: Trailside is where you can find Greenwood Design creations—in case that doesn’t ring a bell, Greenwood’s “Yellowstone Desk” won the Western Design Conference’s “Best in Show.” I spent 30 minutes looking for that desk’s secret compartment. Horton Spitzer is a fan. Loved Western Design Conference. Thought I’d spend 20 minutes; spent two hours. Made some awesome discoveries.
Western Visions/NMWA : “The Grizzly Claw Necklace” by artist Z.S. Liang was the top-selling artwork, going for $42,500. Press releases note that while final income figures for the event aren’t yet available….all three 2010 top sellers (sold) for higher prices than 2009’s. “With so many excellent artist submissions, it’s no surprise we attracted significant bids and generated so much interest,” says Curator of Art Adam Harris. (Come on, NMWA, comp me at least ONE ticket for ONE event…) I’ve heard many positive reports on the art up for sale at this year’s Western Visions—and I hope most of it remains up for a little while, so I can see it. Need to renew my membership as well, and check out progress on the new sculpture trail. Adam, your book Wildlife in American Art, Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art is gorgeous. So nice to see you, and the book, last Saturday.
Trio Fine Art: The feminine gallery, but boys like it too. Visiting Trio is like taking a walk through a soothing forest glen. Civility reigns, as does tea. And margs. The women artists of Trio have, over the course of a few years, achieved what not many can in Jackson: transformed a slightly hexed location into a sought out destination. It’s rare to visit that gallery and not learn something. It’s light, it’s Zen. The gallery is a good friend to Artists in the Environment/Parks.
Cayuse: Did not get over to you during the Festival, but I know what you are doing; keeping a focus on the Parks art history is extremely important—those pioneers got us all here, created the aura of the West, established the Parks. And with the Historical Museum’s losing out on the SPET vote, your passions are even more important. Can’t wait to stop in.
Art Association & Teton Art Lab: Another good year on the Streets! Would like to see more exciting new artists participating. Kudos on your continuing expanded visions and efforts—Chuck Close & Co. was neat and I understand Spence’s photographs represent a new and exciting vision for our favorite celeb attorney-photog. During Palates and Palettes word on the street was, “Have you been to the Art Association? I’m headed over, there’s way interesting work there!”
Jackson Hole Art Auction: What can we say? The auction, which takes place at the Center for the Arts, and is a joint production between Gerald Peters Gallery and Trailside, has stood Jackson’s art scene on its ear. With buyer premiums figured in, more than $6 million dollars worth of Western Art was sold this year. ”With over 230 phones bids, 75 absentee bids and more than 200 registered bidders in the audience, the 
atmosphere in the auditorium was palpable. As the hammer fell on the final lot, sales for the 4 ½ hour session totalled more than $6,225,000, sending a clear message that collectors are actively purchasing and are very enthusiastic about the western representational art market,” says the Auction’s Emma Zanetti.
Mian Situ’s “A New Beginning, San Francisco, 1910,” estimated at $275,000 to $375,000, sold for $402,500. Eanger Irving Couse’s “The Pottery Decorator” reached a hammer price of $253,000. Prices include buyer’s premium.
Good strategies, great organization, superb curating and outreach, and ever-growing word-of-mouth is making this annual live auction a huge success for Jackson. To attend, all you have to do is register. Registration is free. This year, Auction catalogs were priced at $45. See all the auction results at www.jacksonholeartauction.com.
