Posts Tagged ‘Jackson Hole Visual Arts’
Bring your best “Ho! Ho! Ho!” to the National Museum of Wildlife Art this Sunday; see if you can out -”Ho!” Santa Claus. You can get away with trying because this year’s “Wild About the Season” First Sunday theme is “Make a Joyful Noise.” On Sunday, December 5th, this popular annual party takes place at the Museum, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free, open to the public and family friendly, it’s a tradition valley residents anticipate and enjoy. Hours are 11am-5pm.
Lynn Friess will be on hand to sign copies of her new children’s book, Jackson Hole’s Carl Discovers Wildlife Art. The story introduces Carl, a “curious book-reading chipmunk,” who
becomes a NMWA docent. Illustrated by plein aire painter John Potter, it is the first book in a planned series about the frisky chipmunk’s adventures in Wildlife Land.
Kids will be able to create jingle animal ornaments to take home. “Season”attendees will be treated to a holiday concert, refreshments and a drawing for a Jackson Hole Mountain Resort “Weekend Warrior” ski pass; to enter the drawing you must become a new museum member at or above the “Otter” level–$65. Entries must be in by 4pm.
Visit www.wildlifeart.org or call 307-733-5771 for more information. Jingle, jingle, Kris Kringle!
(Pssssst: Who loves watching NORAD Santa fly around the world on Christmas Eve?…We do!)
Item #2:
Bazaar! Time once again for the Art Association’s 46th Annual Christmas Bazaar, taking place this Saturday, December 4, at Snow King’s Ice Arena—the really big “shoe!” The annual shopping fest features 120 artists and craftspeople—
and the things they make! You don’t have to buy a craftsperson. You can buy the crafts. Lots of fun, lots of gift ideas and the wreaths sell out FAST. Santa is on the scene (wow, he’s busy……) 10 am – Noon. Usually there is an entrace fee of about $2, and that goes to help the Art Association bring more arts to our community.
www.artassociation.org
Item #3:
Bumped into Wilson’s glass artist extraordinaire Laurie Thal just last night—and she slipped me the invite to her Open Studio Glass Art & Sale, also happening this Saturday, December 4, 9am-5pm, at her Wilson studio (1 mile north on Teton Village Road, turn right at Linn Ranch). If you’ve not had the pleasure and fun of watching Thal handle her giant kilns, glass and glass blowing tools, go and take a lesson in “grace under fire.” Lots of beautiful glass to behold, and buy, for the holidays.
www.thalglass.com
Item #4:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!! YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL! LOVE, TAM
Heather James Gallery has some new art. The gallery has been “reinstalled” with new works by contemporary artists, and the feeling is “global.” The gallery’s hours are cut back a bit during Jackson’s quiet season — stop by and visit Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10am – 5pm. November 11-29, the gallery is open by appointment only.
Fall is arguably the perfect time to visit our galleries and museums, precisely because Town is quiet, and viewing art at a slower pace is a lovely indulgence. Visitors are apt to “see” much more.
Gallery director Lyndsay McCandless says of a Nigerian mask, shown above, left:
“Among the Ijo people of Nigeria, masks represent ancestor or nature spirits and they are responsible for the well being of the community. This is an antelope forehead mask, with a classic combination of zoomorphic and abstract elements. The types of animals depicted in the masks are selected not for their economic importance but for their symbolic meanings and roles in Ijo myth and ritual. During the sowing and growing seasons the antelope mask represents the spirits of the forest and water, and assures fertility to the fields and to man.”
And of Bob Nugent’s work, “Inveja,” shown below, right, McCandless notes:
“Bob Nugent’s painting…is a rich, earthy abstract painting. Bob has spent the last 25 years traveling to Brazil and exploring the Amazon River Basin. I like what he says about his inspiration,
“The Amazon River is an apt metaphor for the act of churning up remembered objects and sights, gathered while traveling along its rough course. In its flow, the river boils an object to the surface only to swallow it up again to resurface later. These impressions are a memory of the river bound on both sides by a high, dark jungle; foreboding and beautiful.”
The gallery’s website is www.heatherjames.com; phone the gallery at 307.200.6090.
Peace.
Item #2:
Sculptor Simon Gudgeon, who, as you may remember, was the Featured Artist for the 2010 Western Visions exhibition at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, has joined Diehl Gallery’s roster of artists. His large scale work, Isis, will be part of the Museum’s new sculpture trail.
Diehl Gallery will debut Gudgeon’s newest work, Swan, on Thursday, December 16. The sculpture will be available in each patina, but only once in each patina, for a total of nine sculptures; seven (swans a swimmin’!) are depicted at left.
www.diehlgallery.com
Breaking news!
The Rich Haines Gallery, formerly located at 150 Center Street, is shuttered, and the Turpin Gallery has moved in. I can’t find an active website for Haines. Although Turpin has not opened, there is website information on the gallery. The gallery says it is located in “historic Jackson Hole” and is a “top purveyor of fine art and custom jewelry in the United States.” Turpin lists representation of these artists, among others: Rip Caswell, Howard Terpning, Mian Situ, Rodney Huckaby, Eric Christensen, Malcom Furlow, Henry Asencio.
The gallery logo is a sort of a family crest–center shield shape flanked by lions–in shades of gold, crimson and green. I googled “Turpin,” under images. A family coat of arms comes up, but it is not THIS coat of arms. Completely different. So, we have a mix of a reference to Turpin Meadow Ranch and some sort of Western European lineage. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
It turns out that the gallery will be run by Ronnie Turpin, known for his photographic prints. His wife, Shari, owns ”Pearls by Shari,” adjacent to Häagen-Dazs. Turpin’s website suggests he divides his time and business between Jackson and Beijing, China.
Conference rooms. They’re not just for conferences anymore.
Local chanteuse, gal-about-town, gardener, mom and artist Lizzie McCorquodale spent much of the past year painting. Really getting into it. Back in September 2009, McCorquodale “goaled herself” with creating 100 paintings within a year’s time.
She achieved her goal, and her subsequent exhibition of paintings is now on display, papering the walls of the Center for the Arts Conference Room; that meeting place is located close to the Center’s Glenwood Street entrance, near the welcome desk and the Art Association’s gallery. It’s accessible any time the Center is open to the public, with the exception of scheduled conference times.
Even then, you can look through the glass and see some of McCorquodale’s vibrant and exhuberant oil paintings. The artist says the paintings represent highlights of her painting quest, or, at the least, “some of the biggest pieces.”
100 Paintings in a Year: Lizzie McCorquodale remains on display through December 30, 2010. Free. www.artassociation.org.
Item #2
Last summer we ran a piece on landscape designer/artist/public art activist Patricia Johanson, She spoke on the topic of sustainable landscaping at Jackson’s Community School. The Jackson Hole Art Blog advised:
This is a talk everyone who feels the Town of Jackson should evolve with consideration to new urbanism, and as a sustainable and cultural reflection of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, need attend. These are the ideas and concepts crucial to how Jackson, now an urban entity, can become a model of sustainable, artful urban existence in the midst of protected land. Jackson leaders mandate must be this: to consider all indigenous and cultural qualities of our region in their civic planning.
LandscapeOnline.com hosts articles on designing, building and maintaining eco-friendly landscaping. Johanson is featured—in fact writes about her own project—in an article on reclaiming a dessicated coal mining site. I’m providing an
excerpt from Johanson’s article that describes a design for her “Madonna Lily,” an installation collecting rainwater on the site. The collected water serves the campus of the site’s present owners, Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
“The “Madonna Lily” occurs at the edge of a site that has recently been restored by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation using typical engineering methods. Volunteer trees and vegetation have been removed, the land has been compacted into stabile terraces—now used as platforms for athletic fields, oversized rip-rap channels conduct water off the land, and all traces of mining history have been erased, in stark contrast to the five-acre wooded ravine that still exists.
Lying beneath these massive man-made terraces, the “Madonna Lily” captures and stores stormwater from the upper campus, and provides access to a constructed wetland filled with plants that purify stormwater. The five-foot wide paths over water create microhabitats for wildlife, and offer students opportunities for field study in phytoremediation, bioremediation, ecology and aquaculture.”
Item #3:
Saturday, November 13, go back to school at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. “Saturday U” is sponsored by the University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming Foundation, Wyoming Humanities Council and co-presented by Central Wyoming College, National Museum of Wildlife Art, and Teton County Library Foundation.
The public may attend a morning of educational classes, free. This week’s syllabus covers three topics: What are the promises and perils of our increasingly digital world? ; Who pays for dealing with climate change? Who should speak at a public university?
Here’s the schedule for November 13:
8:30AM Doors open
8:45AM Introductory Remarks
9:00AM – 12:30PM Sessions
12:30 – 1:30PM Lunch and Discussion
More detail:
9:00 – 10AM Balancing the Books: Who pays for managing climate change? - Jason Shogren, Stroock Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management, and member of the IPCC (Nobel Laureate)
10:15 – 11:15AM Keeping up with the Joneses in a Digital World - Mary P. Sheridan, Associate Professor of English
11:30 – 12:30PM, The University as Forum: Free Expression in the Academy - Myron B. Allen, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
12:30 – 1:30PM, Join us for a lunch and discussion with the speakers in the Wapiti Gallery.
For information, contact Teton County Library Adult Humanities Coordinator, Oona Doherty, 733-2164 ext. 135 or odoherty@tclib.org
Participants may earn half a college credit (in-state tuition is $44.50) or half a PTSB credit free for each Saturday program from Central Wyoming College. To register for college credit or PTSB credit, call Susan Thulin, CWC outreach coordinator, 733-7425.
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.
Item #2:
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.
