Save the date for the Mad Hatter Tea Party at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens

FMI: Darcee, at Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, 307−637−6458

Create your own sidewalk art masterpiece Saturday at the library in Cheyenne

From the Laramie County Public Library in Cheyenne:

Are you an artist? Do you aspire to be? We’ll provide the colorful chalk and you provide the art! Reserve your sidewalk square(s) at the Laramie County Library in Cheyenne for Saturday, August 4, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and win prizes! Create your masterpiece by yourself, with your friends or with your family.

Sign up now for your “patch” of sidewalk. Email communityrelations@lclsonline.org or call 307.634.3561.

For more information call the library at 634.3561 or visit the 1^st floor Ask Here Desk, Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Avenue, Cheyenne.

Artful Hand offers family-friendly paper-making during Art Design & Dine July 12

From Cheyenne artist Georgia Rowswell: What could be better fun than making paper on the porch in the good olde summertime! Come to the Artful Hand Studio & Gallery in Cheyenne and try your hand at pulling a sheet of handmade paper. Georgia Rowswell will teach you the basics and then let you go for it! Its free and family-friendly. So head on over to Artful Hand during Art Design & Dine July 12 from 5-8 pm. See you on the porch!

"Aerial art" takes to the skies over Laramie during Butch Cassidy Days

Press release from our colleagues at Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites:

The skies of Laramie will be painted with a multitude of colors as kite fliers from throughout the region are featured during this year’s Butch Cassidy Festival at the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site on Saturday, June 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Come see giant kites, some up to 525 square feet and some with 100 foot tails as well as stunt kites. Don’t forget a camera there will be plenty of “aerial art” to photograph!

Kids will have an opportunity to purchase kites, as well, or can bring their own and fly them in the wide open area at the event.

A “Kite Doctor” will also be on hand to help kids adjust their single line kite and help kids fly their kites!

This year’s Butch Cassidy Days will have numerous new activities featuring the kite demonstrations, search and rescue dogs, Wyoming wildlife identification, horse-drawn stagecoach rides, corn shelling, bouncy castle and more. Returning favorite activities are the kids’ money scramble, kids’ stick horse rodeo, a “prisoner” escape, petting zoo, as well as vintage cars and tractors.

“Butch Cassidy Festival is a community celebration that is designed to engage visitors of all ages with activities, entertainment and education,” Deborah Amend, site superintendent said. “Experience a day full of fun from kids’ kites running with the Bols, trick ropers to story time with Moose. Meet Butch Cassidy and a special guest appearance by Smokey the Bear.”

Author Larry Pointer will give a presentation in the afternoon on his newly released book “Butch Cassidy’s Story: Bandit Invincible” detailing the lives of Butch Cassidy and William Wilcox (aka William Phillips) a Butch Cassidy impersonator, who was imprisoned with Cassidy at the Wyoming Territorial Prison. Pointer is one of the leading experts on outlaw history and Butch Cassidy in North America.

For an evening of fun and good food, the public can stay for supper after the festival activities have ended with a Milk Can Dinner and musical entertainment in the Horse Barn Theater at 5:30 pm. Academy of Western Artist’s Female Performer of the Year Award winning songwriter Mary Kaye will be performing cowboy and outlaw songs.

“My western music differs from country music.We have much to celebrate here in the West and we deserve our own music that celebrates who we are and honors our wild and wooly past.” Mary Kaye said.

Admittance to Butch Cassidy Festival is Adults $5, students ages 12 to 17 is $2.50 and children 11 and under free. The Milk Can Dinner and Musical Show have limited seating and tickets cost $20.

Wyoming Territorial Prison State historic Site is located at 975 Snowy Range Road in Laramie. Open daily 8 a.m.to 7 p.m. admission charged for event.

For more information on Butch Cassidy Festival go to http://www.wyomingterritorialprison.com/

Blue Star Museums offer free summer admission to active-duty military personnel and families

From a National Endowment for the Arts press release:

Today, Blue Star Families announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,600 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel, including active Reserve and National Guard, and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2012. Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. The complete list of participating museums is available at www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. Find the list of participating museums in Wyoming at http://www.nea.gov/national/bluestarmuseums/index2012.php?st=WY#list

The launch of the program was announced today at a press event at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The event was hosted by Metropolitan Museum President Emily Rafferty, who was joined by Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman, A. Dennis White, CEO and President of MetLife Foundation, local military families and representatives from the more than 40 New York City museums participating in Blue Star Museums this summer. Following the event, the presenters escorted local families representing the Armed Forces on a tour of several galleries at the Metropolitan Museum, which has been a Blue Star Museum since the program began in 2010.

Correction: Cheyenne Family YMCA silent auction will be held in May

Wyomingarts previously published news about the Cheyenne Family YMCA silent art auction deadline being April 30. Here's the correction:

Works by local artists Marlin Glasner, Tom Shaffer, Aaron Curry, Win Ratz, Joyce & Casey Stone will be up for bids at a silent auction held during May by the Cheyenne Family YMCA. The artwork may be viewed beginning May 1 in the swimming pool lobby. Proceeds go to the YMCA's Community Support Campaign. Hours 5 a.m.-9 p.m., M-F; Saturday 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday noon-4 p.m. FMI: 307-634-9622.

Wyoming State Archives holds genealogical research workshop April 28

Registration is underway for the Wyoming State Archives’ genealogical research workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Saturday, April 28.

This free workshop will provide information on less traditional sources for genealogical research, and focus on records that will help tell an individual’s life story.

The workshop if open to the public, however, seating is limited.

To register for the workshop or for more information, please call 307-777-7826, or email wyarchive@wyo.gov.

Tickets go on sale March 19 at Casper College for "Hush: An Interview with America"

Tickets for “Hush: An Interview with America” will go on sale to the general public on Monday, March 19, at the Casper College Gertrude Krampert Theatre Complex in Casper.

The play, written by James Still, tells the story of Maggie Parks, an 11 year-old who lives with her father in the small town of Hush, Kansas. ”Maggie has such a vivid imagination that she becomes famous. Eventually though, her celebrity status is so overwhelming that she nearly loses her imagination,” said Richard Burk, director.

When an enterprising news personality “discovers” Maggie, and tries to celebrate her ability, the girl is overwhelmed and nearly loses her imagination. Fortunately, through the support of a lion, lamb, and a
spirit named Eve, Maggie is able to reclaim her imagination.

For Burk, the play appeared at just the right time in his life, and provided the director with what he calls “the assuring project of hope.” The character of Maggie “is young, idealistic, and her future is only filled with potential. She has the ability to be at home in her imagination.”

”Hush: An Interview with America” will be performed on the McMurry Mainstage. The family-friendly play will run March 22 through 24 and March 28 through 31 each night beginning at 7:30. A matinee will be held on Sunday, April 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students ages 5 to 18. Tickets can be purchased at the Krampert Theatre Complex box office between 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday, by phone at 268-2500, or one hour before each performance, for that performance only.

Carbon County Library System promises "boot-stompin' good time" with new reading program

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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.

"Doodle 4 Google" Feb. 25 at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper

From a Nicolaysen Art Museum press release:

The Nicolaysen Art Museum invites Wyoming students of all ages to drop into the Discovery Center and doodle around at their special Doodle Event on February 25, 2012, from 1-4 p.m.

The museum has been chosen to team up with Google for the fifth annual Doodle 4 Google contest, which invites kindergarten through 12th-grade students nationwide to draw their rendition of the Google logo for a chance to see it displayed on the online search engine's homepage.  The doodles should reflect this year's contest theme: “If I could travel in time, I'd visit ...”   March 23^rd is the final deadline for students to submit their drawings for the contest.

“The idea is time travel, so they're using that theme to kind of guide the designs. The children can paint, draw, print, or use whatever media they want to use to create a two-dimensional image.” said Lori Klatt, the museum's Special Events Coordinator.

 “We'll have the entry forms available, all of the materials needed and we'll have artists on hand to help the children create their doodles. Students and families from throughout the community and state are invited to participate at no charge and create doodles for the competition.”

For more information please contact Lori Klatt at 307-235-5247.

Make old-fashioned valentine cards Feb. 4 at the Fort Caspar Museum

From a Fort Caspar Museum press release:

Fort Caspar Museum invites families to participate in hands-on activities on Saturday, February 4, between 10:00 am to 1:00 pm to make old-fashioned Valentine cards. These hand-made cards of paper, ribbon, and doilies are sure to be treasured! This is a great activity for the entire family on a cold winter day.

Recommended for ages 5-12. The activity is included with paid admission. Children 12 & Under are Free, Youth 13-18 are $1.00 and Adults are $1.50.  All participating children must be accompanied by an adult.   For more information call Curator of Education Erin Rose at 235-8462.

FMI: http://www.casperwy.gov/ParksRecreationandEntertainment/ConcertsCulturalPastimes/FortCasparMuseum/tabid/188/Default.aspx

First BBHC Family Fun Friday of 2012 on Jan. 13

2012 at the BBHC in Cody promises to be a great year for families—starting off with the first Family Fun Friday of the New Year on January 13, 3-7 p.m.

“Many of us may want to hunker down and hibernate through the winter,” observes Emily Buckles, the Center’s interpretive specialist and natural science educator. “Instead, we’re encouraging families to venture out to the Historical Center for some winter fun on Friday the 13th!”

On tap for the “Winter World” event are games, crafts, and lots of surprises to “keep your creative juices from freezing up by uncovering the mysteries of winter,” says the Center’s Education Department. “As a special treat, we are hosting singer/songwriter Bryan Ragsdale to perform for our family audience at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. He engages young and old alike to help sing and compose songs, too.” Ragsdale’s appearance is supported by the Wyoming Arts Council.

“All our Fun Friday activities are designed to help families do three things,” Buckles explains. “First, we want them to feel comfortable in a museum setting. Next, we encourage learning about the amazing natural and cultural resources we have to offer. Finally, we like to see families interacting with each other in an enjoyable, healthy environment.”

Families are encouraged to come as a group and participate in the activities together. The cost is $15/family and $10/family for museum patrons. A family-friendly—and budget-friendly—dinner will also be available for purchase. For more information, contact Buckles at emilyb@bbhc.org or 307.578.4110.

To keep abreast of all the activities of the Center’s education department, as well as, what it has to offer, visit http://www.bbhc.org/learn.

Lander Art Center offers full slate of spring classes

Are you looking for something to do while you wait for the sun to return?

The Lander Art Center has some fabulous classes scheduled this Spring beginning January 18.

Punch cards and drop-in rates available for some classes

Jewelry Guild, Drawing and Painting Guild, Precious Metal Clay, Decorative Paving Tiles, and two professional artist development classes taught by Chuck Egnaczak of Works of Wyoming in Laramie.

Click on the link below for details.

http://www.pitchengine.com/landerartcenter/lander-art-center-spring-class-schedule

 Call or stop by to register.  Sign-up early to reserve your spot and help us meet our minimum enrollment.

Music, arts and fireworks at First Night Casper Dec. 31

CASPER FIRST NIGHT 2012

Downtown Casper, Saturday, Dec. 31, 5-10:15 p.m.

Nine different venues in Downtown Casper including: The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Rialto, Natrona County Public Library, Yellowstone Garage, The Children's Theatre in the Commissary Mall, 1st United Methodist Church, First Interstate Bank, The Scienze Zone and The Downtown Grille, will have live entertainment and more. The First United Methodist will serve dinner for a small fee at King's Corner. 

Entertainers are still being added but don't miss out on these great performances by: 307 Dance Academy, Painted Past, Zak Pullen, Betsy Bower, Lyra & Fire Dancing & 75 hour, Undead Lovers, Casper Children's Theatre, Lazarus Benson, The Stick Horses in Pants and Children's Drum Circle. 

Amenities include: CATC (providing transportation), Tom Jones (Tractor pull & hay Ride), Smoke-free Natrona County (supervised fire pits), NCHS bleachers, Cupcake-A-Go-Go, P Hawk Coffee, Arrowhead Catering and JC Burgers. 

Fireworks start at 10:30 p.m. from the roof of the 12-24 Club. First Night Headquarters will be located at MC Market and will feature P Hawk Coffee & All Through The House, Deb's Fudge.

One $10 button gets you into each venue, go see them all or pick out your favorites. Contact Heidi Foy at 12-24 Club to pre-order your button or they can be purchased at the Downtown Development Authority, The Messy Moose, The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Mercer Family Resource Center, The Chamber of Commerce or the 12-24 Club. Ages 5 and under get in free with a button holder. 

Find up-to-date info on First Night Casper’s Facebook page.

Make your own dreidel Dec. 21 at Paul Smith Children's Village in Cheyenne

"Exploration: Dreidel" will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 4 p.m. 

For elementary-aged children. Make your own dreidel and learn how to play this fun Hanukkah game. $5 per child. Please call 637-6349 to pre-register.

Paul Smith Children’s Village at the Botanic Gardens.
616 S. Lions Park Dr., Cheyenne

FMI: (307) 637-6349 or www.botanic.org.

Lander Art Center Holiday Art Fair set for Dec. 4

The Lander Art Center Annual "Art in the Afternoon" Holiday Art Fair is scheduled for Sunday, December 4, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.  A special members’ preview will take place from 9-10 a.m.  If you aren’t already a Lander Art Center member, sign up now to beat the rush!

A $2 entry donation will be requested at the door.  Proceeds will go to the Lander Art Center.

The Lander Bar will sell drinks, including mimosas, bloody marys,  and non-alcoholic drinks.

Apple Valley market will be selling soup for lunch.

The Lander Valley High School Choir will sing holiday carols throughout the day.

Participating artists for Art in the Afternoon 2011 are:

Anita Thatcher: wool and recycled felted items

Anna Hulme: wool felted humans and creatures

Annie Reber: traveling massage/bodywork

Audrey Eaton: classic jewelry made from natural stones and cultured pearls

Bill Yankee: intaglio printmaking

Byron Seeley: multi colored textured clay work

Chris Hulme: hand-blown glass ornaments and pendants

Colleen Drury: oil and watercolor original artwork and reproductions

Cristin Zimmer: decorative ceramic platters and small encaustic paintings

Dannine Donaho: miniature watercolors and pen and ink drawings and oil paintings

Deanna Trumble: hand-made soap

Diantha States: woven rugs, placemats, stuffed animals and more using natural fibers and recycled trimmings

Doug and Sandy Lowinske: handcrafted woodwork made from native aspen

Jacquelyn Oliver: copper and feather jewelry

Jagoe Reid: hand-dyed crepe de chine (silk) scarves and colorful hand-made hula hoops

Jennifer Schiefen: beaded jewelry

Joanne Rubino: prints of paintings

Kenneth Reiman: stoneware and porcelain clay work

Lander Valley High School Art Club: soup bowls and lino-cut holiday cards

Lennie Poitras: handmade fine silver and sterling silver jewelry with a botanical theme

Linda Johnson: watercolor paintings

Lori Hunter: children’s clothing, accessories, and mixed media children’s room décor

Lucille Kara: marbleized paper

Mary Johnson: hand-made soaps packaged in colorful cotton bags, natural jewelry made from local rocks, semi-precious stones, recycled pottery and glass

Matlynn Snodgrass and Andalusia Reed: origami crane mobiles, hand-made journals, and recycled wool hats

Mountain Aven Baby by Blair Stone Schneider: high quality, unique, handmade children's clothing and women's accessories

Pam Spencer-Hockett: clay work

Rebecca Steinke: fine silver, gold, and beaded jewelry

Sali Allard: wildlife to sunsets depicted in acrylic, watercolor and pastel

Scott Copeland: photography

Shawna Pickinpaugh: stoneware pottery and recycled wool mittens

Sherry Shelley: hand-made sagebrush wreaths

Shining Mountain Mercantile by Sarah Susanka: crocheted and knitted afgans, blankets, hats, and more using wool, cotton, and specialty yarns

Stacy Wells: hairclips, kids belts, watercolor cards and wire-wrapped earrings

Susan Grinels: mixed media paintings, drawings, and collages

Terri Miller: cleverly painted recycled tire mirrors

Tonya Pepper: mixed media hand- made greeting cards

Tracey Dobbins: hand-painted silk scarves

Wanderlust Jewelry by Elana Cox: AA-AAA semi-precious stone jewelry using sterling and fine silver hand-forged findings

Zach Even: local wildlife watercolors and oils painted with humor and printed t-shirts

FMI: http://www.pitchengine.com/landerartcenter/art-in-the-afternoon-holiday-art-fair-at-the-noble-hotel

Salzburger Echo yodels in Octoberfest celebration in Lander

From the Lander Art Center:


Join us at the Museum of the American West on October 7 for Salzburger Echo (pictured above): the lederhosen wearing, alpenhorn playing, yodeling, cowbell ringers from Salt Lake City.

Tickets are $10 and proceeds will benefit the Lander Art Center. Kids 12 and under are free. 

Kids activities will include a costume photo booth (dress up and picture taking free, prints $5), face-painting and other activities. 

Brats and beer will be sold by Gannet Grill. 

Family time from 5-7 p.m. Ages 21 and over welcome from 7-9 p.m.

"Noon Music" series at the Laramie County Public Library begins Aug. 8

Bring your lunch and enjoy some happy music with guitarist Keith “Boxcar” Blaney on Monday, Aug. 8, noon-1 p.m.

He’ll be singing pieces like “My Walkin’ Stick,” “Lazy Bones,” “16 Tons,” and “Oh, Suzanna!” He’ll also sneak in some Beatles, some cowboy songs and some blues. Perfect for families. This is the first of a year-long series of Monday noon time performances at the library. 

Adults and Families, depending on weather either outside in Performance Park at the Library or in the Cottonwood Room, first floor.

Creativity bustin' out all over in Sublette County

Pinedale's past stretches way back into epic tectonic shifts and volcanoes, fire and brimstone, water and wind.

Native Americans arrived eons later. Then came the mountain men, celebrated in the town's history museum. Settlers and hunters and coal-bed methane drillers. Artists, too.

Pinedale's art history doesn't stretch as far back as the geological uplifts that made the mountains. But there are local petroglyphs etched by Native Americans, and people still find carefully crafted arrowheads made by Native artisans. And, while the Green River Rendezvous was undoubtedly dominated by fur-trading and partying, it also featured music and swapping of handmade goods and the occasional illustrator attempting to limn the proceedings on paper or canvas.

Artists may bring some tectonic shifts to the Pinedale of the future. Lest you think that's about as likely as winter ozone pollution alerts in this formerly sleepy hunting/fishing/logging town, well, think again. The energy boom led to winter ozone alerts. Not exactly what you want your town to be known for. But with growth comes change and some of that ain't so bad.

The Pinedale Fine Arts Council has long been a model to other local arts councils in the state and the region. The PFAC traces its beginnings to 1976 when local teacher Arlinda McLaughlin thought it would be a great idea to bring the Utah Symphony to tiny Pinedale. The town has always thought big when it comes to the arts, and the tradition continues with Jo Crandall and board and Dana Tully and staff and many volunteers.

The new library here and the new branch in neighboring Big Piney features sculpture and artwork by locals. Sublette County Library board member Cat Urbigkit is proud of the Pinedale library and is urging a strong arts presence at the Big Piney facility. Cat is a county sheep rancher but it best known for her children's books and photography. She was signing her books recently at the National Library Association conference in New Orleans. Her photography has been featured at the Governor's Capitol Art Exhibition in Cheyenne.

In April 2012, Pinedale will be the site of a statewide visual arts symposium. Local artists spearheaded this effort through its local Pipeline Art Project. Co-sponsors include the Wyoming Arts Council and the University of Wyoming Art Museum.

Wildlife artist Tucker Smith lives on the western edge of the county near Cora. His work is featured in Jackson's National Museum of Wildlife Art and is museums and galleries all over the world. He's the recipient of a Wyoming Governor's Arts Award. Also residing in the wilds near Cora are novelist and essayist Gretel Ehrlich and singer/songwriter Miss "V" the Gypsy Cowbelle, a performer who cans her own elk meat, makes her own banjos and recently had a bit part in a Robert Redford film.

Andy Nelson is a cowboy poet and humorist from Pinedale. He's performed at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, and at the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Colorado.

Local metal artist JB Bond just bought a beat-up old tractor and plans to transform it into a nine-foot-long machine gun. An ironic reversal on the old "swords into plowshares" verse.

JB is pitching in on Pinedale's new public art program, headed up by artist David Klaren (see previous blog entry). Also part of that local effort is longtime resident Sue Sommers. Sue and her husband ranch west of town. Artist and building contractor David Klaren built Sue's studio, an addition to the couple's ranch house. Her light-filled studio overlooks the Green River Valley where Native Americans camped and hunted for generations.

Sue also paints acrylic landscapes on canvas and paper. Her latest series is called "Remembered Color," acrylic paintings that are more abstract than most of her work. She earns part of her living as a graphic designer, so it's not surprising that she also works in the book arts.

Sue's paintings earned an honorable mention in the 2010 Wyoming Arts Council visual arts fellowships. She displayed those paintings during a Wednesday visit by Wyomingarts and biennial fellowship curator Nancy Bowen. These watercolor portraits are part of Sue's "Children Looking Back" series. She transformed childhood photos into paintings, filtering them through the artistic lens of 40-some years.

Back in the day, Sue and several other local artistic rowdies conducted a unique project that involved painting words on real cows and recording the random poetry that resulted. Caused quite a stir at the time, with some people wondering if this was a good use of time and energy and state public art money (it wasn't a state-funded art project but that fact got lost in the hubbub). Sue has settled down a bit since then. That doesn't make her work any less startling. Go to her web site to take a look. Better yet, come to the WAC fellowship biennial show Nov. 4 and see it in person.

Photos (top to bottom):

1. Sue Sommers at her Sublette County studio. She holds one of her watercolor portraits from the Children Looking Back" series: "Class Photo 1968: Deborah," 40 x 26 inches.

2. In Sue's studio: "Crabapple 1010" (on left), acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches; “Inappropriate 1960," watercolor, 26 x 20 inches.

3. Wyoming summer morning sun streaks in Sue's studio windows for art-making and tomato-growing.