Posts Tagged ‘Sculpture’
My sister went to Maui, and I got these cool pictures!
Sarah & Jeff had their belated wedding honeymoon in the Hawaiian Islands. A few cloudy days sent them exploring. These massive willow sculptures are installed on the grounds of Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center, in Maui’s Upcountry. If you’ve visited Maui, you know the island’s landscape changes dramatically, depending on where you are on the island. Upcountry reminds me of Scotland’s Highlands, with its rolling mists, farms, livestock and stone walls. Hard to believe you’re on the slopes
of Haleakala volcano.
Hui No’eau’s art studios are the only public art studios on Maui. The facility offers year-round classes to island residents and visitors. It occupies an expansive historic estate, Kaluanui, designed in 1917, ”by the distinguished architect C.W. Dickey for Harry Baldwin and his wife, Ethel, who founded Hui No‘eau in 1934. The late Colin Cameron, grandson of the Baldwins and former president of Maui Land & Pineapple Co., generously granted Hui No‘eau use of Kaluanui as a visual arts center in 1976.” The center’s website says classrooms, studios, exhibiton space and offices are in the main house, while an “in-house dairy serves as Maui’s only public photography darkroom space.” Kaluanui’s former den is a gift shop and gallery. www.huinoeau.com
Craighead Beringia South has a Pottery Sale goin’ on–and all proceeds from this holiday gift fundraiser go to support the organization’s wildlife research and education programs. I believe some darn decent wholesale deals are available–a big, cheery pile of platters, bowls, cookie jars and mugs are in stock.
The sale is out in Kelly, Wyoming. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm. Address is 6955 E. Third, in Kelly. Goods are available through Wednesday, November 23rd. Even with the aforementioned operational hours, please call 307.734.0581 if you’re planning a trip to the Beringia “store.” Remember our wildlife this holiday! http://beringiasouth.org/
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Got an email from a representative of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“Calling all artists, designers, and other creatives! We want YOU to be the designer behind one of the 2012 Democratic National Convention’s Official posters. Here’s what you have to do — create an original 18 x 24″ poster using the 2012 Democratic National Convention official logo and incorporating and interpreting one (or more) of the following themes: 1). Americans coming together; 2). Building a better future; 3). Opportunity and Empowerment
To register, download the logo, get more details, and to read the official rules, check out our website at www.charlottein2012.com/postercontest
Deadline for submissions is December 31st, 2011, at 11:59 p.m. (EST). The winning poster will be sold in our online store, and the winner will receive a framed print of their poster (guess the Party thinks the artist won’t have one of those already…) and $1 of each poster sold.
I can’t wait to see what you come up with. (Nor can I!)~~~~Sincerely, Dr. Dan Murrey, Executive Director
Have fun with that, Jackson artists! I know many of you are worthy of the challenge.
And speaking of innovation, the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s (NMWA) new three-quarter mile sculpture trail, designed by Walter Hood, is due to open on schedule this month. The presence of the trail adds a whole new dimension to the museum. NMWA is literally merging the concept of wildlife art with the landscape wildlife inhabits. Not only will visitors be able to sit outside NMWA and take in those glorious Elk Refuge and Gros Ventre vistas, they will be able to walk the hillsides around NMWA. A new pathway links the Town of Jackson to NMWA–bike & walking paths lead you right to the Museum. Hood has been tweaking trail details; it sounds like those grid pattern surface boulders will be a part of the design. If you’ve had a chance to look at Hood’s design for the trail, you would have noticed those boulders bracing and anchoring the trail’s fluid design. Good news!
Visiting the trail is free, and open to the public. “Pathway stones and the trail’s Hood-designed Douglas fir benches also are being engraved with names from museum donors, with a number of stones and several benches still available for ‘naming,’ ” NMWA says. “It’s a great way to recognize a loved one in a beautiful outdoor place.”
The trail’s official opening is scheduled for September 2012, when all sculptures are installed and completed. If you’d like to adopt and dedicate a piece of the trail, contact NMWA’s Ponteir Sackrey at 307.732.5444. www.wildlifeart.org
PS: Thinking about the Museum caused me to wonder about Jackson’s lodging statistics for September, 2011 Fall Arts Festival month. Downtown Jackson was 85% full, up 1% from 2010; Outlying Jackson lodging was 86%, up a whole 7% from 2010′s 79%. 2010′s lodging stats for Fall Arts set records, so 2011 looks like a new record! Still awaiting September 2011 sales tax stats.
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Here’s that plus sign again! It’s the new arts text symbol.
Literary + Visual Art, a collaboration between Heather James Fine Art and the Teton County Library’s Page to Podium Series, offers a chance to attend an in-person conversation
with writer Michael Cunningham, author of “The Hours.” Local artist Pamela Gibson will interview Cunningham about his latest book, set in New York’s art scene; other topics include the status of art in America and the “art of living a writing life.”
(Hint: Get up early. Brush teeth. Make coffee. If you write in your jammies, lock front door! Sit down, and do it the Anne Lamott way: bird by bird.)
Cunningham’s talk begins at Heather James at 6:00 pm, on Friday, October 21. Tickets are $125 if purchased at the library; a little bit more if you use PayPal. www.tclib.org/authorchat.
From 3:30-6:00 pm on October 21, peruse the scary scarecrows up for auction at the Center for the Arts. The auction is silent until 5:30 pm, then goes live. Food, drink, live performances–it’s free to attend! Arts educator Jane Lavino is building a scarecrow. “At various times during construction my cat scarecrow resembled a kangaroo, a squirrel and a large rat,” Lavino says. “I hope the balance is tipping more towards ‘cat’ right now! After wrestling over 100 square feet of chicken wire into some semblance of an animal, my hands look like they were attacked by all of the above!”
Buy a scarecrow–all one of a kind and made by local artists–and raise funds for the Center and JH Public Art Initiative.
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The Art Association presents arts industry consultant Bruce Baker, conducting a two-day workshop: Thrive, Not Merely Survive, As a Studio Professional. Baker teaches the workshop November 5 & 6, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm both days. If you have great ideas, why be starving, artists? Baker will talk about how to effectively sell your art, particularly if you work the art fair circuit. Booth design, sales and customer service, tips on slides for juried shows and trends and product development will be discussed.
Many of Jackson’s artists are, by now, practiced art fair veterans–but maybe there’s much more to being successful than meets the eye. One gal who always hits it out of the park: Michelle Miller, of Magpie (Driggs, Idaho) fame. Miller nabs that corner booth, she can be found in the same space every year, her displays are chock full of goodies, she’s whimsically fun and makes jewelry on the spot. Merchandise it, baby!
Cost for Baker’s two-day workshop: $165 for A.A. members, $175 for non-members. www.artassociation.org
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For Annie on Her 39th Birthday
Before I slept I asked
Where do we go when we leave?
Like Annie left,
She rode away one day.
A mountain lion came for her
And up the stairs they went.
Here’s what happened:
Sarah and I are on a plane
We fly over shimmering water
We fly over emerald grasses
Waving at us.
Sacred views, magic earth.
We fly into night sky,
Through stars.
My plane is a spaceship-
Now I am alone.
A Heavenly spirit,
Round, starry and warm
Floating in space
Asks, “How do I speak
To my friends on Earth?
They cannot hear me
And I have something to tell them.”
I say,
“Just be You.
Nothing fancy,
Just You,
And You will be heard.”
He smiles
And I fly
Further into the sky,
Higher.
I see Annie’s house in the stars.
A tiny log cabin,
Windows aglow,
Wrapped round by tall firs
And twinkling lights.
That is where Annie
Is living, I know.
Thump! I land in a field
Boundless countryside
Rolling hills, sunshine,
Birds singing.
Annie’s flower,
Hydrangea,
Over and under me
In branches, spilling
Over fences
A periwinkle carpet.
A pony pulls his farmer
And wooden cart piled deep
With hydrangeas
High as the sky.
“Sarah, look! She is Everywhere!”
British-American Natalie Clark, an artist who divides her time between Washington D.C. and the beautiful, mountainous region that includes Wyoming’s Teton Mountains, opens a new solo exhibition, Crystalline, at Skew Gallery this month. Skew, a Calgary, Alberta gallery, debuts Clark’s show October 13, 2011 with an artist’s reception from 6-8:00 pm. Clark’s work remains on exhibit through November 12, 2011.
A familiar figure around Jackson Hole’s art scene, I first met Clark when she worked at the former J.H. Muse Gallery (now the Tayloe Piggott Gallery). A world traveler, Clark is influenced by every country she visits; she has a talent for capturing the core of a culture. Works are a fusion of contemporary design elements, ethnology and nature’s organic forms and vivid colors. Be it Rio, Johannesburg, or the Australian Outback, Clark searches out distinct, but universal cultural threads.
Clark’s sculptures are, these days, constructed from steel and informed by a visit to South Africa’s diamond mines. Polyhedrons (three dimensional geometric solids with straight lines–yes, I had to look that up!) and crystalline-like forms culminate in large scale installations. Individual shapes are “clustered together to resemble something totemic, [a] forest, iceberg or other geological formations. Crystalline also includes works infused with the colors of Bhutan’s prayer flags: fire red, blue air and green water.
The artist’s education and experience includes a Masters in Fine Art from the Art Institute of Chicago. She was a finalist in a 9/11 design competition and has received international media coverage.
Skew Gallery’s address is 1615 10th Avenue WS, Calgary, Alberta. www.skewgallery.com Information: 403.244.4445.
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There’s always something new going on with Jackson Hole artist Ben Roth, the artist who keeps life simple so he can do his work. Roth accomplishes quite a bit, yet he’s EVERYWHERE, I see him everywhere! 
Roth’s Council of Pronghorn,a collaboration with Terry Tempest Williams and Felicia Resor, has been on exhibit New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine. At one time on exhibit at Jackson’s Center of the Arts courtyard, the installation is part of a group show entitled The Value of Water and remains up through March, 2012. Americans for the Arts recognized Roth for last summer’s Vail, Colorado installation sculpture, and he’s anticipating a new installation project that will be installed near Colorado Springs. Another project, a metal screen chameleon, will be shown in Boulder, Colorado in December.
Finally, Roth has been chosen to create a permanent sculpture for a new public building at Cheyenne’s Warren Air Force Base. Three sandhill crane sculptures—composed of metal screen and bronze—will soar across an atrium’s ceiling space. The piece will be installed next January.
“I’m also building a scarecrow for the public art fundraiser,” says Roth. “And getting ready to deliver a large, cast bronze outdoor sculpture to California in early November.”
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And now for that story on Wyoming’s wind farms. Looking for something educational to read on a long flight between D.C. and Denver, I noticed Fortune Magazine’s article on Wyoming’s wind energy projects. Grabbed it.
The Power Struggle for Wyoming’s Wind brings home the point that no matter how much wind blows across Wyoming, no matter how many wind towers are built, their success depends on transmission infrastructure.
Journalist Ken Otterbourg writes: “Along the highways around Cheyenne and Casper, plenty of turbines rise out of the sagebrush and scrublands. Wind energy here is already generating about 1,400 megawatts of power, but that’s perhaps a tenth of the state’s potential. And in the past year the industry has come to a dead halt. There are political obstacles, but the main problem is this: Wyoming has run out of power lines connecting it to the rest of the country. And until it gets more, that epic wind is just moving dust and dirt eastward, one gust at a time.”
The article describes the different ways wind power is transmitted, and lists the many political, regulatory, monetary and logistical roadblocks to successfully building enough interstate power lines. California is Wyoming’s biggest potential wind energy customer. But before the state’s largest energy companies can build, they need to secure purchase agreements with California. “None now exist,” Otterburg says. Bill Miller, president of Anschutz Exploration, says he’s hugely optimistic about success. Otterburg quotes Miller: ”The project will stand on its economic merit. I’m confident that our purchase price — should we get to a point sooner or later with a power purchase agreement — will be competitive with anybody.”
The Power Struggle for Wyoming’s Wind provided an expansive, easy-to-understand overview of Wyoming’s wind energy goals. We need interstate commerce; let’s hope California and Wyoming can work it out.
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!