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The Teton County Library has selected Brian Brush and Yong Ju Lee’s Filament Mind as its new lobby entrance (designed by Gilday Architects) public art installation.
“Suspended threads of gossamer fiber optic cables will span the length of the new lobby, and each thread connects on the wall next to the label of a unique library subject category,” says the Library. “The cables will interface with the library’s own “mind,” the Wyoming State Library catalog. Each time a library user throughout Wyoming searches a person, place, idea or book, an individual fiber optic thread fires a glowing light or color related to the library subject category returned from that search. In this way, Filament Mind resembles a luminous “connectome,” or map, of synaptic brain activity, firing away the thoughts of people extended through the mind of the library.”
The Poetry Box’s Meg Daly writes she is very excited that The Poetry Box is now stocked with poems by Pulitzer Prize winning Poet Gary Snyder. The Poetry Box, a free source of poetry for locals, by locals and otherwise noted poets, stands outside Jackson’s Valley Bookstore, in Gaslight Alley.
Snyder is this year’s Teton County Library “Page to Podium” speaker; Snyder will give a poetry reading at Jackson’s Center for the Arts Theater on Tuesday, March 13, 6-8:00 pm. His reading will be followed by an interview with local author, Exum mountain guide and Zen practitioner, Jack Turner. At the evening’s end, Snyder will preside over a book signing. Daly notes that the library has produced collectible bookmarks featuring four of Snyder’s poems.
“This is a dream come true for The Poetry Box – that the work of local and regional poets would intermingle with poetry greats like Snyder, Nye and Pinsky,” says Daly. “Thanks to our collaborators and sponsors: Teton County Library, Jackson Hole Review, JH Writer’s Conference, pARTners, and the amazing JH Public Art Initiative. Thanks, also, to you readers! And please send me your poems!”
The Poetry Box is designed and built by John Frechette (www.strappedglass.com). Email Meg Daly at meg@megdaly.com. To learn more about Snyder’s Jackson appearance, visit this link.
Reading is fundamental, creates discourse, and builds creative energy.
Beginning in February, the Teton County Library, in conjunction with the Wyoming Humanities Council, begins a statewide Reading Wyoming Civil War reading series; the project will circulate to and include other Wyoming communities as well.
On January 2, the program opens for sign ups. Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and emancipation. The Wyoming Humanities Council notes: “Max Ludington will lead five conversations, from 6-7 p.m. on Mondays: February 13 and 27, March 12 and 26, and April 9. The series was designed by Ed Ayers from National Public Radio’s History Guys program and will introduce readers to a large cast of characters, explore a range of perspectives, and help participants gain a deeper understanding of America’s Civil War.
For a list of readings, visit www.tclib.org/bookclubs. For more information, contact Teton County Library.
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Friday, January 6, 2012, join the Factory Studios gang as they celebrate Anniversary Numero Uno! Starting early (for those guys!) the party happens 6:30-8:30 pm. Billed as an evening
of art and music, all comers can enjoy exploring the Factory’s maze of studio spaces and meet resident artists. There will be music by the Deadlocks, and you can expect to hang with Factory Founder Travis Walker and these cool folks: Abbie Miller, Aaron Wallis, Tony Birkholz, Peggy Prugh, Anomaly Farm, Camille Davis, XOWYO, Alissa Davies, Rob Hollis, and John Frechette/Strapped Glass.
Work by Jenny Meyer and resident artists will be on exhibit. And there’s more “Wimbledon-style” ping pong planned. This program might be a bit fluid, so check in with the Factory at www.factorystudios.org/index.html
Parallel shows by Idaho artists Cynthia Stoetzer and Valerie Stuart begin at the Tayloe Piggott Gallery on October 25, and remain up through December 12, 2010; but the shows will be officially opened together in a new venue for the gallery, an Open House. Saturday, November 6, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm the public is welcome to stop by the gallery for an open “Art Conversation.” Throughout the day visitors may drop in to talk with the artists, view the work, and enjoy refreshments.
Stuart and Stoetzer will talk about their process, experience and challenges as artists — this opportunity, in tandem with an atmosphere likened to a home setting, is meant to be a satisfying experience for all attendees. A satisfying and dynamic mix of gallery and inside-the-artist’s-studio.
Stoetzer’s show In the Leaves and On the Plains expands upon the artist’s style of combining elements of European and American Impressionists, with a bit of Pointillism in the painterly mix. The subject, though, is Stoetzer’s western landscapes. As large as 48″ x 60″, Stoetzer’s paintings are known for their ability to shimmer.
“My aim now is to reclaim landscape as the serious and cherished subject it has always been,” says the artist. “And to celebrate that love of the specific place and time. So when I paint a grove of trees, you can see that they are Aspen trees as they grow in that particular way in the Rockies. They’re not just an idea, or a symbol, of a tree. It’s been said that to give one’s attention is the greatest act of love, and when I’m painting an aspen tree, I’m giving it my full attention.”
Stuart’s Incontado mixed media works recall Renaissance frescos. This series, her “Mura Venete” (Venetian Walls), incorporates plaster, oil
paint, and resin. Stuart uses a layering process and “chromatic key construction,” creating great luminous depth on her canvases. A combination of color, tension, language and experience speak to the emotional “self.” And Stuart’ self has had many lives; the artist has worked as an actor, stunt driver and in fashion design before devoting herself full time to her painting.
www.tayloepiggottgallery.com
Contact information for artists: Valerie Stuart, valeriestuart@cox.net, (208)720-6115 Cynthia Stoetzer, (208)354-0112, guild@silverstar.com
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One of Jackson’s coolest cultural traditions is the creation and admiring of Parejas del Día de los Muertos- –Day of the Dead Figures—around town. The Teton County Library never omits marking this Latino tradition of creating and displaying colorful, festive altars honoring the circle of life, and those who have gone before us.
October 23 & 30, celebrate “Day of the Dead” by creating and decorating novios with the artisan Oton Baez, at the Library. Class offered in two continuous Saturday sessions. Registration required and has been ongoing as of Oct. 11. For ages 7 to adult. Ordway Auditorium. Free. For more information, contact Latino Programs Coordinator Patty Rocha, 733-2164 ext. 237 or procha@tclib.org . In Spanish & English.
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It’s hard to paint the night.
But, for wildlife and many painters of landscape and wildlife, night bewitches. Wildlife emerges, gathers and responds to the deepening light. Artists strive to capture the effects of moonlight and the stars on a blackening sky and the earth below. The National Museum of Wildlife Art’s new show, Dusk to Dawn: Nocturnes from the Collection, opens October 30, 2010, remains on display through May 1, 2011, and “combines master works of the genre drawn from the museum’s collection with an exploration of nocturnal animal behavior.”
My favorite present-day “local” night-sky artist is Bill Sawczuk. Sublime, twinkling, translucent nocturnal skies. And one of my favorite wildlife/landscape works is Rockwell Kent’s 1920′s stylized “Mt. Equinox, Vermont,” an oil painting featured in this show.
This exhibit spotlights historic painters such as Georges-Frederick Rotig, Frank Tenney Johnson and Albert Bierstadt, as well as more contemporary painters; Lars Jonsson and Bob Kuhn are two examples. For more information contact the Museum, or log onto the website, www.wildlifeart.org.
Time for Jackson’s annual Latino arts tradition, our Day of the Dead Altar Walk–to be followed by a Day of the Dead Party at Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary. Happening on Monday, November 2 – you will have changed your clocks back an hour by then – the walk begins at 5:30 pm, departing from the Center for the Arts lobby (check to see which lobby, east or west). Walk along Pearl Avenue with other D.O.D. enthusiasts and savor–appreciate–the great creativity, spirit and love behind these traditional altars. Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrates life, and offers up kudos to loved ones moved on to another dimension.
They’re still with us, though—you can be sure of that. Be open to receive them, and messages from your loved ones will come to you.
Following the walk, join the festivities at Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary; it’s a party for all ages with delicious Mexican fare, sugar skull decorating AND…a LIVE ALTAR PERFORMANCE. Cool.
If you can’t make the Walk, you have until November 3 to visit the altars. Check with Ladrillos para los Artes, our local organization supporting Latino cultural arts and programming. All events are free and family friendly.
Altar Walk Store Fronts: Center for the Arts, Bank of Jackson Hole, Cloudveil, Arteffects,Pearl Street Bagels, Antler Motel, JH Meat and Fish Co., Bon Appe Thai, Betty Rocks, Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary Gallery, Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church.
Altar artists: Susan Thulin, Nona Yehia, Jennifer Daniels, Alissa Davies, Babs Case, Meleta Buckstaff, Vanessa Sultzer, Stacey Walker, Madeleine Mundt, Cindee George, Teton Literacy Students, Middle School Students, Spanish Council at Our Lady of the Mountains.
Other D.O.D. inspired activities are listed here. Contact Oona Doherty at 690-5264 for details.
Traditional Mexican Cooking Class
Friday October 30
Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church
5:00pm-7pm
Space is limited. To register contact Oona Doherty: 690-5264 or oonadoherty@gmail.com
Children’s Sugar Skull Decorating Workshop
Sunday November 1
2-4pm Children 5 and up
Teton County Library
No sign-up, drop-ins welcome.
Day of the Dead Altar Walk
Monday November 2
5:30pm
Begins in the Center for the Arts Lobby
Day of the Dead Fiesta
Monday November 2
6:00pm-9:00pm
Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary Gallery
130 South Jackson Street
Homeade Mexican food and beer, dead bread and hot chocolate and sugar skull decorating!
