Job opportunity: Executive Director of Colorado Creative Industries

Our sister state arts agency in Colorado is looking for a new director. Here's a synopsis of the job description take from a WESTAF press release:

The Creative Industries Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade is looking for a new executive director. The agency’s mission is to promote, support, and expand the nonprofit and for-profit creative industries in order to enhance Colorado’s quality of life, drive Colorado’s economy, and grow jobs. The Division grew out of a long tradition of service as a state arts agency and continues many of those traditional services even as it strives to recast its work in terms of the broader “Creative Industries” charge.

The successful applicant will benefit from the interest of an arts and creative economy governor.  As Governor, John Hickenlooper maintains the pro-active interest in the development of the arts and the creative economy he exercised as Mayor of Denver, and as a successful member of Denver’s business community. In addition, the successful applicant will work intensively with Robert Clasen, the recently retired Chair and CEO of Starz, LLC. Mr. Clasen remains active in the entertainment industry and is a working chair of the policy council that guides the work of the Colorado Creative Industries Division.

The position of the Director of the Creative Industries Division is responsible for working with the Colorado Creative Industries Council to develop and implement the Division’s strategic plan. In addition, the Director is responsible for the direction, management, and evaluation of all agency operations, programs, and services, and for maintaining effective internal and external relations. The holder of this position provides leadership to the nonprofit and for-profit creative industries in Colorado; represents the agency and its advisory body to governmental and legislative bodies, arts organizations, creative industry corporations, private foundations, the media, and the public.  The Director manages the administration of agency operations; and provides leadership to the agency’s personnel and contractors. The Creative Industries Director reports to the Director of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), serves on the OEDIT leadership team, and is responsible for the management of three full-time employees and three contracted professionals.

Applications are due on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

Please submit a cover letter and resume to: Laurel Sherman, Search Coordinator, WESTAF, 1743 Wazee, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80202. Electronic submittals are welcome: Laurel.Sherman@WESTAF.org

National Endowment for the Arts opens up application process for Our Town grants

On Oct. 11, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Wyoming Arts Council's federal partner, posted guidelines and application materials for Our Town, the agency's primary creative placemaking grants program. Pending availability of funding, grants will range from $25,000 to $200,000. 

Our Town will invest in creative and innovative projects in which communities, together with their arts and design organizations and artists, seek to:

•        Improve their quality of life;

•        Encourage greater creative activity;

•        Foster stronger community identity and a sense of place; and

•        Revitalize economic development.

Other key information:

·         Complete Our Town application guidelines are available at arts.gov/grants/apply/OurTown/index.html

·         Application deadline is Jan. 14, 2013 at 11:59 pm. This deadline is earlier than last year.

·  For Our Town FAQs, go to arts.gov/grants/apply/OurTown/FAQ.html

·  Webinars to learn more about this funding opportunity will be held on Nov. 6 and 13, 2012, at 3:00 pm EST at arts.gov

·         Program Inquiries: Email OT@arts.gov to schedule a call with an NEA design program specialist

Projects may include arts engagement, cultural planning, and design activities. Definitions of these activities can be found in the FY 2012 Our Town grant announcement. Project examples are below.

Now in its third year, Our Town has provided $11.57 million to fund 131 projects in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Those projects are diverse in geographic distribution, number and types of partnerships, artistic discipline, and type of project. As regards population size, in FY 2012 alone, 41 of the 80 grants supported projects in communities with populations under 50,000.

To view a map of these projects along with descriptions and images, visit the Our Town section of the NEA website.

Wyoming Our Town grants:

From the NEA web site:

The Nicolaysen Art Museum, more commonly known as the NIC, received a $50,000 Our Town grant in 2011. The NIC is a leading center for contemporary arts in the Rocky Mountain region. Although the museum focuses on exhibitions, visitors can also personally engage with art creation through classes and programs at the museum's Discovery Center.

The museum plans to further improve community engagement with a pilot project that will integrate public art into a low-income housing community in Casper, Wyoming. An experienced artist will be selected to work with developers and residents to design and plan for public art, as well as green space that will serve as a gathering place for residents of the housing complex and the local community. The project will take place at the Sunshine Apartments, located at a formerly blighted site on a highly visible intersection in downtown Casper. The Nicolaysen Art Museum will oversee the artist selection process, and the Wyoming Development Authority, Grimshaw Investments & Development, and the City of Casper will construct, document, and evaluate the project with the goal of replicating the public art process in future affordable housing projects throughout Wyoming. Casper is a town of 55,000 residents.

See a short video taken at night of the completed public art piece, "Confluence," by going to http://youtu.be/ol7RI3WYu5s 

The Evanston Urban Renewal Agency received a $50,000 Our Town grant in 2012.

Here's a summary:

The Strand Theater in Evanston, Wyoming, was built in 1917 and became the premier place for entertainment, from vaudevillian acts and silent movies to modern day films and community events. In 2007, the historic building was nearly destroyed by a fire, with only three walls and the façade remaining intact. In 2008, the building owners donated it to the Evanston Urban Renewal Agency.

The agency and Sagebrush Theatre Production will use an Our Town grant for architectural and engineering plans for the interior renovation of the Strand. The historic theater will be transformed into the Evanston Cultural Center serving as a performance space for Sagebrush and other arts groups, and as a cultural hub for the community. Myers-Anderson Architecture, a local firm with extensive historic renovation experience, will design the architectural and engineering plans. It is anticipated that improvements to this cultural landmark will inspire and attract new local businesses to downtown Evanston and provide a cultural center for the city's 12,400 residents.

The Center for the Arts in Jackson received a $50,000 Our Town grant in 2012.

Info from the NEA:

The town of Jackson, population 9,900, is conveniently located near Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, and other natural tourist attractions. The Center for the Arts serves as the hub for arts and education in downtown Jackson with a 41,000-square-foot Arts & Education Pavilion, a multi-tenant facility with studios, classrooms, and offices; and the Performing Arts Pavilion, which includes a 525-seat theater, a music center, and theater rehearsal space.

The Center for the Arts and the Town of Jackson, in collaboration with 20 additional local organizations, are using an Our Town grant to design the green space adjacent to the center. Renovation of this space will increase connectivity among cultural, recreational, and retail businesses and attract residents to participate in new arts programming at the center. Project activities include community design charrettes and a final schematic design for a multi-use performance park to be used for arts and cultural activities. It is anticipated that as many as 20,000 people will utilize the redesigned public space annually for cultural activities, markets, and fairs.

Here are some other examples from around the country:

Art Engagement Project Examples

Union County Arts Center in Rahway, NJ Grant: $75,000

Union County Arts Center, the City of Rahway's Redevelopment Agency, Arts Guild New Jersey, LuceGroup, Rahway Arts District, and artistic and community partners will collaborate on RAHWAY ARTsPART, a series of creative performances and community engagement activities.

RedLine in Denver, CO Grant: $25,000

The arts collective RedLine, City of Denver, and seven additional organizations will collaborate on A Village Environment, a project within the city's Sustainability Park that involves the creation of public sculptures that will produce renewable energy. The public sculptures will be commissioned via a competitive selection process, with the requirement of artistic excellence and the ability to generate power.

Cultural Planning Project Examples

City of Omaha in Omaha, NE Grant: $100,000

The City of Omaha is partnering with Love’s Jazz and Art Center and local organizations on the Street of Dreams project, part of the revitalization plans for North Omaha’s 24th and Lake Street District. The grant will support a feasibility and community design study to re-imagine Festival Square and will allow the partners to engage visual artist and urban planner Theaster Gates to transform a nearby vacant building into a central space for artists and residents.

Santo Domingo Tribe in Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM Grant: $100,000

The Santo Domingo Planning Department and Housing Authority, Enterprise Community Partners, together with five local partners, will work together on a cultural district plan for Santo Domingo Pueblo. The plan will document the cultural heritage of the Santo Domingo Tribe, establishing livable and culturally appropriate guidelines for historic adobe structures and new development.

Design Activities Project Examples

Native Village of Mary’s Igloo in Teller, AK Grant: $50,000

The Native Village of Mary’s Igloo, a federally recognized tribe, is partnering with the not-for-profit Kawerak, Inc. and the Cold Climate Housing Research Center on community engagement and design activities for the Mary’s Igloo Community Development Center. The center will be designed through three design charrette meetings with the community and with local artists. The proposed facility will include a museum, cultural heritage room, library, commercial teaching kitchen, artisan workshop, small business operation spaces, lodging for tourists, gift shop, and storage.

Austin Film Society in Austin, TX Grant: $75,000

In 2000, the City of Austin collaborated with Austin Film Society to form Austin Studios on 20 acres at the newly decommissioned municipal airport. With the Our Town grant, the partners plan to incorporate a decommissioned National Guard Building into the Austin Studios campus. The remodeled building will include affordable space for film production and education, a new exhibition and visitors center, two screening rooms, and a plaza and lobby for public events.

Note to self: It's never too late to start dancing!

Opening reception for an exhibit by Marta Amundson will be Sept. 28 at The NIC

An opening reception for an exhibit by Marta Amundson of Riverton will be held at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper on Friday, Sept. 28. The exhibit is entitled "Seven Cattle Guards from Civilization: Art Quilts from the WY Frontier." A member's preview with an artist talk will take place at 6 p.m. A free public reception begins at 7 p.m., featuring appetizers by Kyle Hunsicker of Plated Catering. The show runs through Jan. 6, 2013. Shown above: "Got Health care?" 2009. FMI: www.thenic.org 

Wyoming Filmmakers' Showcase Sept. 21 at Center for the Arts in Jackson

The arts and culture of Mexico highlighted at Casper's NICFest

News from the NIC:

The Nicolaysen Art Museum will host the popular NICFest summer art festival this Friday through Sunday, June 22-24. NICFest is a vibrant multi-day festival that provides endless opportunities to celebrate the arts with professional artists creating and selling artwork, two stages of musical entertainment, fun activities for kids and families, food and art exhibitions for everyone. For 2012, NICFest introduces a new celebration of folk-life. Each year, a different cultural region, country or tradition will be explored. This year, the festival will celebrate and explore the Mexican culture through art, music, dance, and food.

The visual arts include more than 60 artists from across the region and nation selling their artwork in the main tent and on Collins Drive. Exhibitions in the museum explore a variety of themes from agriculture, fashion, Mexican folk art. Featured in Bryce Hall and in the Discovery Center, is the National Arts Program exhibition, which highlights the artwork of city employees and their immediate family. Don’t miss the Doodle 4 Google exhibition in the Discovery Center, which Wyoming children from all across the state reimagined the Google logo.

NICFest would not be complete without music and this year’s headliner main stage performers include 3 Twins Broadband on Friday evening at 7 pm, the Fireants on Saturday at 6 pm, and Jalan Crossland on Sunday at 4 pm. Also, don’t miss our full schedule of music and dance performers on the family stage from Friday to Sunday.

Come and enjoy the 7th annual NICFest celebration of arts and culture. The festival, which will be open from 5-9 p.m. June 22, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. June 23, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on June 24 is free and open to the public.

For more information, call the Nic at 235-5247 or visit our Web site at http://www.thenic.org/.

Corridor Gallery in downtown Casper debuts "Member Smalls" on June 22

Press release from the Corridor Gallery:

The Corridor management recently asked their member artists to prepare a “small work” of original art to debut exclusively at the Corridor Gallery. The Member Smalls concept came to fruition based upon the concept of providing interesting, unique, affordable and easy to hang fine artwork. “We understand that it’s often more of a challenge to integrate large artwork into a space based upon available room and cost. We wanted to offer a more intimate, personalized show with the theme based upon size versus subject matter.” - Zak Pullen, co-owner of the Corridor Gallery.

Corridor member artists Holly Bryson, Mike Flicek, Rod Knowlton, Suzette McIntyre, Aumi Perry, Fred Taraba, Leighton White and Zak Pullen will all have small works debuting at the opening reception on Friday, June 22nd at 7pm. The show will be open to the public 3 days only - showing through 4pm on Sunday, June 24th. With mediums ranging from woodcut printmaking, photography, traditional oil painting, vintage american illustration, watercolor and character illustration this show will be extremely diverse offering a range of style and discipline wide enough to interest most. Adhering to the concept of small works, attendants of the show will find the sizes of artwork ranging from 4 inches square to just around 1 foot square.

Admirers of fine art and supporters of local Casper culture are invited to attend “Member Smalls”, an exhibit of small works. If you’re looking to soak in what new material the Corridor artists have created or acquire a unique small work for a gift or a special place, you will find the show enjoyable. Most of the artists will be present and happy to answer any questions.

Event Details

Event: “Member Smalls” An exhibit of small original works
Location: The Corridor Gallery, 120 E. 2nd St. Casper, WY 82601
Opening & Showing: Opening reception on Friday June 22nd at 7pm and showing Saturday, June 23rd from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, June 24th 12 to 4pm.
Catering: Cash Bar
General Admission: Free
Call 307-259-8001 or email appointment@thecorridorgallery.com with any questions.

Lander RiverFest announces music line-up

Lander Art Center’s 4th Annual RiverFest: Art and Music in the Park is a celebration of regional art, music, art demonstrations and installations, dance performances and food and drinks.

This year, RiverFest is scheduled for July 21, 2012 in Lander City Park at 405 Fremont St. from 11 am to 7 pm.

Juried artists display and sell their handmade crafts and original artwork which ranges from painting to pottery to jewelry.

Dancer's Workshop of Jackson Hole and Promoting Arts in Lander Scools (PALS) partners with the Lander Art Center to arrange a dance and movement performance of the Summer Creative Arts Camp local youth at 11 am.

Lander's own Fluffy Buffalo will shake our booty at 12:30pm.

The Patti Fiasco promises more high energy sound at 2:30pm.

Head for the Hills brings modern acoustic harmonies and improvisation from Ft. Collins, Co.

Demonstrations will include screenprinting, pottery, art installations, and wood carvings. Other activities will include a family friendly scavenger hunt and hula hoops sold by local hipster Jagoe Reid.

National Historic Trails Center exhibit celebrates the creativity of fiber arts

The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) in Casper is recognizing Women’s History Month with a temporary exhibit, “Wyoming Knits! Contemporary Knitting in the Cowboy State.”

A baby boy, Asher Rose, warmed with a hand-knit blanket, created by his aunt, Erin Rose. Photo by David Pelham.

The exhibit opens on March 3, and runs throughout the month. It celebrates the beauty and diversity of the fiber arts, and features over 100 examples of knit and crocheted items by Wyoming artists.

“The exhibit provides a modern day connection to our pioneer past,” said Trails Center interpreter Alex Rose.

Wyoming fiber artists from Casper, Cody, Lander, Riverton, Buffalo, Thermopolis, and Laramie contributed to the exhibit.

Pioneer women knit socks, mittens, even shawls. Today, fiber artists create hats, purses, slippers, stuffed animals, and even knit prosthetic breasts for breast cancer survivors.

“We often buy clothing made in other countries, in factories by machines, by people we do not know, with fabrics that are synthetic and unnatural,” Rose said. “With the fiber arts, people create items, with their hands, that express their love for family, friends and even strangers.”

Some of the items in the exhibit are available for sale, with part of the proceeds benefitting the National Historic Trails Center Foundation.

The following Wyoming yarn shops and organizations helped facilitate the exhibit: Cowgirl Yarn of Laramie, Dancing Sheep Yarn and Fiber of Casper, Fremont Fiber Arts Guild, Jennings Family Fibers of Riverton, Lucy’s Sheep Camp of Thermopolis, Mountain Meadow Wool Mill of Buffalo, and Needlework Paradise of Cody.

Erin Rose, curator of education at Fort Caspar Museum, and a knitting instructor, contributed to the exhibit.

For more information, contact Alex Rose at the NHTIC, (307) 261-7780.

Call for applications: Lander Art Center

The Lander Art Center has a new application process for professional and emerging artists to apply for an exhibition in the gallery space.

Exhibitions are scheduled about a year in advance and applications are accepted year-round.

Applications will be reviewed by the Lander Art Center Exhibition Committee and selected based on quality, variety of medium, interest, and gallery space and time criteria.

The application requirements consist of an artist biography, exhibition proposal, artist statement, 10 digital images, an itemized image list, resume, and application fee.

Artists who are interested in submitting a proposal should go to www.landerartcenter.com and download the Exhibition Proposal Application.

Zombie auditions set for Casper, Cheyenne and Laramie

From a press release:

If you missed the Laramie and Casper showings of the short film “Undead Lovers,” you will soon have a chance to view it online. The film is being entered in the Wyoming Short Film Contest and along with other films will be viewable on their website: www.wyomingshortfilmcontest.com. The short, filmed in Laramie and Medicine Bow features Jalan Crossland’s song of the same title and stars Wyoming talent. Thanks to the success of fundraising campaigns on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, “Undead Lovers” has been a smash at the Cheyenne Zombie Fest, Ft, Collins Zombie Crawl, Flic Boulder, Might & Fright Fest at the Long Beach Comic & Horror Con, and Shockfest/Mockfest at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles.

The short is part of the larger, full-length film project “From the Trailer to the Grave.”

“The success of the short has created great interest and we can now start firming up plans for the full-length film,” stated Executive Producer K. Harrison Sweeney.

A graduate of the University of Wyoming, Sweeney was recently awarded an Individual Artists’ Professional Development grant by the Wyoming Arts Council for the project.

“The goal is to shoot the film mostly in Wyoming and we are looking for Wyomingites to be part of the film,” continued Sweeney.

The principles of the movie have already been cast and you may have recently seen some of the stars in their current projects: Brad Carter was just in "House"; Lindsay Goranson's "Theatre Bizarre" horror anthology opened in theaters in January; Mark Fite co-starred with Oscar winner Marion Cotillard in "L.A.dy Dior;” Ken Campbell brought the cast of Fox's "Herman's Head" back together for the spoof "Herman Cain's Head" which soared through the roof as Funny on the website "Funny Or Die;" Jim Turner appeared on an episode of "The Big Bang Theory" in January; Sean Cook shot an episode of "Grimm" in Portland, Paul Schweiggert makes his big screen debut in Disney's "Big Miracle;" Missy Moore is still making headlines in the Denver theatre scene; and local Casper actresses Pat Pulitzer and Dawn Anderson are rehearsing for Stage III productions. K. Harrison Sweeney has also been busy and will be making his big screen debut in several one-on-one scenes with Eddie Murphy in Paramount Pictures' "A Thousand Words" coming out in April.

Although the principles have been cast, locals need not despair. According to Sweeney several supporting roles will be open to Wyomingites. Auditions in Casper, Cheyenne, and Laramie will be held during Valentine's Day week. Most of the roles that are available will be for zombies and people who turn into zombies.

“We are looking for people from all walks of life – oil tycoons, teachers, children, roller derby dames, politicians; all are encouraged to try out,” continued Sweeney.

Auditions in Casper will be held on Sunday, February 12, at the Wagon Wheel Roller Skating Rink at 305 Van Horn Ave. There will be a workshop on "Zombie Behavior & Movement" from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Auditions will then be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

We'll start the Cheyenne workshop from 3-3:30 p.m at the Atlas Theatre on Wednesday, February 15. Latecomers will not be admitted. Auditions will commence immediately thereafter from 3:30-5 p.m. Latecomers will not be admitted.

The Laramie workshop on Sunday, Feb. 19, will go from 5-5:30 p.m. at the University of Wyoming's College of Agriculture auditorium. Latecomers will not be admitted. Auditions will commence immediately thereafter from 5:30-8 p.m. Latecomers will not be admitted.

“Nothing need be prepared, but latecomers to either event will not be admitted, so show up early,” stated Sweeney. Producers will be taking their own pictures and screen testing with cold readings. While not everybody will be needed for the entirety of the film's shoot, anybody planning on attending should be prepared to fill out their availability for the last three weeks of September and the first week of October.

More information can be found at www.fromthetrailertothegrave.com

Call for entries: Habitat for Humanity's "Salvage Art Show & Auction"

Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County will be hosting a Salvage Art Show & Auction in conjunction with Habitat’s ReStore Annex grand opening in late spring and you are invited to participate! The Salvage Art Show & Sale will focus on pieces made primarily of recycled, salvaged and found objects. If chosen to participate, artists will receive a $15 voucher to use to buy items from the ReStore. If you would like to be a part of the show or have any questions, contact Elizabeth Williams at elizabeth@cheyennehfh.org or 307.637.8067 by Wednesday, February 29.

Call for entries: ArtSpot in Jackson

Located on Hwy 89 in Jackson, the ArtSpot is seen by an average of 30,000 people per day. The ArtSpot is a kinetic sign structure that was designed and built by the Center of Wonder's Public Art Ambassador Bland Hoke. It was created from a repurposed chairlift tower donated by the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.   

Deadline to submit: February 1, 2012 for Spring Equinox

Stipend: $1000

Exposure: HUGE!

Submit concepts to: homeranchart@gmail.com 

Spring Equinox Sponsored by: the Center of Wonder 

In addition to the Center of Wonder the ArtSpot has received support and funding from: First Interstate Bank, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation, The Wyoming Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Cultural Council, and Farmers Market, the Karns Family, the Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, JH Whitewater, Custom Iron Design, Evans Construction, G&S Engineering, The Teton Group & amazing volunteers.

Suzanne Morlock's "Sweater" was a 2011 ArtSpot exhibit

Add the culinary arts to Cheyenne's arts listings

Local arts meet local foods at http://artsalliancecheyenne.com/culinary-artists-in-greater-cheyenne-2/ 

Get caffeinated and peruse the art at Cheyenne's Paramount Cafe

Cheyenne artist Forrest King reports that five of his paintings featuring historic Wyoming people are hanging in the new Paramount Cafe, 1607 Capitol Ave. Sip some coffee, peruse the art. FMI: Read more about Forrest and his work at http://www.facebook.com/AlternativeArt

Get tix now for Sundance Film Festival Jan. 19-29 in Park City

Just over our western border in Park City, Utah, Jan. 19-29. Get tickets here.

"Three Painters and a Potter" exhibit runs through Jan. 9 at the Big Piney Branch Library

"Idyll," 8x10 inches, oil, by Charmian McLellan (available
at Vertical Peaks Fine Art Gallery in Jackson). McLellan
is featured in the exhibit at the Big Piney Library. 

"Three Painters and a Potter," an art show featuring the area’s finest artists, will be held through Monday, January 9, at the Big Piney Library. Participating artists are Sublette County favorites Debbie Despain (Big Piney), Charmian McLellan (Boulder), Kay Meeks (Daniel) and Ruth Rawhouser (Big Piney). All four are active members of the Wyoming Artists Association. FMI: http://sublettecountylibrary.org/BigPineyBranch.htm

Call for proposals: Beet Street's Arts Incubator of the Rockies project

Beet Street of Fort Collins, Colorado, a registered 501c(3) nonprofit, is accepting proposals to develop professional development curricula for the Arts Incubator of the Rockies, AIR, the regional arts incubator being launched by Beet Street. This will be a concept to completion project that will include significant public comment and committee interaction. This project is funded, in part, by a National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant. Federal guidelines are being followed to ensure that this RFP process provides a fair evaluation for all candidates and to provide the candidates with the evaluation criteria against which they will be judged.

Beet Street will be hiring a lead consultant to help design the educational program and facilitate work with additional consultants, staff and stakeholders. In addition to serving as a project manager, the candidate will be expected to deliver curriculum and materials for the program. The candidate could be considered for writing and editing the entire curriculum or, if additional writers are needed to complete the project on time, candidate could provide high level editing in addition to writing.

Candidate should have experience with curriculum development for adult learners, the arts, strong writing and facilitation skills, and experience working with a volunteer committee. Preference will be given to local small, women-owned, and/or minority-owned businesses.

The project will begin in January 2012. Heavy conceptual work would be done in January and February. Writing of the actual class materials would begin in March. Writing/materials will be reviewed by staff and volunteer committee through May. July pilot program of the full curricula is desired. First classes should be ready to implement for fall 2012.

Questions regarding this RFP may be directed to Beth Flowers, bflowers@beetstreet.org.

Proposals are due no later than 3:00 pm MST, Friday, January 6, 2012. 

Contribution deadline approaches for Pipeline to Miami

From Sue Sommers in Pinedale:

I have been asked to send a reminder to you all about the deadline for Pipeline to Miami. I should have mentioned this in yesterday's email, so please forgive my cluttering your Inbox.

Today only three days are left in our Pipeline to Miami fundraiser. You have helped us raise $8650, which meets our minimum of $8000 and then some. United States Artists welcomes additional support to our maximum level of $14,300, up to the midnight Dec. 12 deadline.

When you support our project through United States Artists, you are also giving to an approved, innovative nonprofit that invests in accomplished artists all over the United States -- a unique, nationwide effort to grow the arts. Pipeline Art Project therefore feels that continuing to fundraise up to our deadline is (to borrow a phrase from Mary Chapin Carpenter), "too much to expect, but not too much to ask."

Our project page can be found at http://www.usaprojects.org/project/pipeline_to_miami for those who may be interested in supporting this ambitious venture before closing time!

One other reminder: Pipeline Art Project will present information resulting from our Miami trip, as well as a public art exhibit, at "CLICK! A Weekend for Wyoming Visual Artists" in Pinedale, Wyoming, the weekend of March 30 - April 1, 2012. This symposium will be a collaboration between the Wyoming Arts Council, UW Art Museum, Pinedale Fine Arts Council, and Sublette County Library.

Thank you all for spreading the word about Pipeline to Miami, and for believing in us. Because of you, we will keep moving forward with our mission of bringing Wyoming creative energy to the world outside our state!

Get your affordable art for the holidays at WOW in Laramie

http://www.worksofwyoming.org/