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Jackson Hole Art Auction 2009
E.I. Couse, (1866-1936), "Moonlight"
The third annual Jackson Hole Art Auction will take place Saturday, September 19, 2009 at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts Theater. The live auction, a major Fall Arts Festival event, is a collaboration between Trailside Galleries and Gerald Peters Galleries.
The auction’s sweep of historic artists includes a rich array of paintings from the Taos Society of Artists, and recognized historic artists whose early visions of America’s West shaped the world’s perceptions of a new and largely unexplored world. Deceased masters represented in the Jackson Hole Art Auction have included C.M. Russell, Albert Bierstadt, Maynard Dixon–an excellent DVD on Maynard Dixon’s life and legacy narrated by Diane Keaton is available at Trailside Galleries– E. Irving Couse, John Clymer, Bob Kuhn, Carl Rungius and more. William Acheff, Clyde Aspevig, Robert Bateman–recently the subject of a special retrospective at the National Museum of Wildlife Art–Z.S. Liang, Mian Situ, Howard Terpning and more.
According to press releases, last year’s auction fetched 7.7 million. The auction is currently soliciting consignments for this year’s auction. Preview works already consigned upstairs at Trailside Galleries, 130 East Broadway. Contact Heidi Theios for more information, at 1-866-549-9278. email: curator@jacksonholeartauction.com.
Jackson Hole’s Art Association presents new works by painter Susan Durfee Thulin, January 23-March 4 2009, in the Center for the Arts ARTSPACE Theater Gallery. An opening reception for the show, “Circle of Shadow and Light,” takes place Friday, January 23, at 5:30 p.m.
I’m a huge fan of Susan’s early work. I recall seeing my all time favorite Thulin painting hanging on Mary Grossman’s living room wall. I haven’t seen this show yet, but I love what I can make out of “Moonlight Marsh,” an abstract landscape arranged in horizontal fields of color. A moss green pond nourishes waving fronds and Matisse-like plants below its surface. Above, Thulin’s charcoal verticals bisect arcing shades of blue, mingled with pink patches of sky. A moon’s golden strip floats.
Looks like information can be found at www.lmcontemporary.com; Thulin is represented by Lyndsay McCandless.
Cut and pasted below is information on the Art Association’s call for artists wishing to participate in 2009 Art Fair Jackson Hole:
Art Fair Jackson Hole applications are now available on-line through www.zapplication.org and will be available through February 28, 2009. The July and August Art Fair Jackson Hole fairs are juried, three day events July 17, 18 & 19 and August 14, 15 & 16 taking place in Miller Park. Produced by the Art Association of Jackson Hole, the fairs offer high-end arts and crafts, as well as children’s activities and entertainment.
For more information please go to www.jhartfair.org, www.zapplication.org or call 307.733.8792. Thanks!
Recently I visited a house constructed entirely of glass, being built by a former director of both the Whitney and Warhol museums. Pretty cool, and from the end of the driveway, its structural elements are nearly invisible. Move closer, and crucial details become apparent.
The opening week of Fall Arts Festival 2008, gallery owner Lyndsay McCandless received the Cultural Council’s “Award for Creativity.” Lyndsay plays a public role in our arts community, working to provide venues and opportunities for worthy initiatives. Many people play indispensable supporting roles, binding our creative house together. Their work, perhaps less obvious, is equally dynamic.
Don Kushner noted three additional nominees for this year’s award: Doug Henderson, Cathy Wikoff and Macey Mott.
I met Doug Henderson in 1990 at the Pink Garter Plaza, where he worked to develop and enhance Jackson Hole theatre. These days, Doug energetically serves as the Center for the Arts’ Facility Director; in that capacity, he’s everywhere. If there’s a part to play, he plays it. Doug’s enthusiasm, pride and dedication never dim.
Cathy Wikoff’s gentle vibe belies her eagle eye for development. She’s brought national attention to the Art Association; the National Endowment for the Arts and the Smithsonian acknowledge her work. The National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Children’s Discovery Wing may not have happened without her.
Macey Mott founded and runs Riot Act Theatre Company. A Jackson native, she’s committed to our grass roots arts community. Macey donates time to Dancers’ Workshop, Off Square Theatre Company, JHHS drama, the Jazz Foundation of Jackson Hole and the Center for the Arts. Macey takes a dare and runs with it, always maintaining the highest standards.
