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| The Knitting Project is dressing up wildlife art in Teton County, such as "Bruce the Moose" in Wilson shown above. Find out more at Suzanne Morlock's web site or read an article about the unique project in the winter issue of Wyoming Artscapes, which comes out next week. |
Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Teton County wildlife art gets winterized courtesy of The Knitting Project
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
25th Annual "Western Visions" in Jackson
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Western Visions Show and Sale. Presented by the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Western Visions is a part of the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival and offers events to suite art lovers of all stripes. Even better, funds raised go to support the Museum’s educational programming.
Western Visions offers four distinct shows and sales:
· The Paintings and Sculpture Show and Sale
· The Jewelry & Artisan Show and Sale
· The Original Prints Show and Sale
· The Sketch Show and Sale
Some shows open for viewing in August and events start in September, but don’t miss a thing by checking out the calendar and registering early (by September 5th)!
Not in Jackson? You can still view work and bid online!
Friday, July 13, 2012
Susan Grinels' pastels focus on the "presence and attitude" of Wyoming wildlife
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| "Jackson Hole Bison," Susan Grinels, 6x6 |
Susan Grinels is a Lander-based artist working in pastels and mixed media. She is a transplanted Southerner. She grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, always wanting to be an artist, and eventually did go to art school at the Corcoran School of Art in DC. She has been drawing since graduating from art school in 1991, but it wasn’t until the late 2000s that she began drawing/painting with pastels. Focusing on animals, she tries to convey a sense of their presence and attitude in her paintings. Wyoming wildlife gives the artist an abundance of subject material. Susan has been in the Pastel Journal as a creative spark challenge winner and has won awards in the Art Show at the Dog Show, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Art Association of Jackson Hole and numerous regional/ local shows. She is a member of the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies. She has work going to Dubois next week to be in the 63rd National Art Show running July 21-29 at the Headwaters Center.
Susan’s gallery page on the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies: http://www.psnr.net/Grinels.html
Her web site: http://www.capturedinpastels.com/
Link to information about the International Association of Pastel Societies: http://www.pastelinternational.com/MASTERCIRCLE/mastercircle.html
My painting "Jackson Hole Bison" (shown above) got into the juried IAPS show at the Brea Gallery in California. Go to http://www.cityofbrea.net/section.cfm?id=466 and scroll down to International Pastel Exhibit, which gained Susan her final point to qualify for the IAPS Master Circle Medallion that will be award at their 2013 Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Judging & reception for Wyoming Conservation Stamp Art Competition will be held April 13 in Cheyenne
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| Greater short horned lizard or horned toad |
The Game and Fish has received 59 paintings this year from artists in 18 states competing for the $3,500 first place prize money and the right to have their work reproduced on the 2013 conservation stamp. All paintings will be on display at the reception. A conservation stamp is required for most licensed hunters and anglers. Approximately 100,000 conservation stamps are printed each year.
Judging will take place on the afternoon of April 13. Following the judging, Wyoming Wildlife- The Foundation and the department will host a reception open to the public beginning at 5 p.m. with winners announced at 6 p.m. Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
All paintings will remain on display at Game and Fish Headquarters through May 11. Contact: Al Langston (307) 777-4540
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Red Desert Audubon Wildlife Art Show opens April 6 at Lander Arts Center
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| The 32nd annual Red Desert Audubon Wildlife Art Show opens April 6, 6-8 pm. Featuring over 70 artworks from 25 artists, the show features detailed watercolor, painting, encaustic, and ceramic works depicting Wyoming natural flora and fauna. On exhibit through May 12, 2012 4pm. |
Friday, March 2, 2012
Ben Roth's "Sandhill Cranes" sculpture lands at Military Joint Forces Readiness Center
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Wyoming State Museum Arts Curator David Newell sent this photo of Jackson sculptor Ben Roth installing his steel mesh and bronze sculpture "Sandhill Cranes" at the Military Joint Forces Readiness Center in Cheyenne. Close-up of one of the cranes shown in photo below.  |
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Jackson Hole ranch and Grand Teton National Park site of Quentin Tarantino shoot
The Jackson Hole News& Guide reported this:
Director Quentin Tarantino wrapped filming for parts of his latest movie, “Django Unchained,” in Jackson Hole last week, with plenty of shots of snow, the Tetons and even elk.
The director decided to shoot five scenes instead of an originally planned three at the private Bar BC Ranch on Spring Gulch Road, Mary Jane Ashmore, the ranch’s marketing manager, said.
In all, the production spent more than $500,000, rented 100 rooms at Snow King Resort for about a week and also filmed in Grand Teton National Park.
The director decided to shoot five scenes instead of an originally planned three at the private Bar BC Ranch on Spring Gulch Road, Mary Jane Ashmore, the ranch’s marketing manager, said.
In all, the production spent more than $500,000, rented 100 rooms at Snow King Resort for about a week and also filmed in Grand Teton National Park.
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Based on a 1966 Italian-made spaghetti Western, Tarantino’s feature is about a slave-turned bounty hunter, starring Jamie Foxx in the title role. Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Sacha Baron Cohen also have roles.
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Based on a 1966 Italian-made spaghetti Western, Tarantino’s feature is about a slave-turned bounty hunter, starring Jamie Foxx in the title role. Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Sacha Baron Cohen also have roles.
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Tarantino’s production company hired several residents for crew work, Michelle Howard of the Wyoming Film Office said. The company also brought in veteran movie horse wranglers Robin and Kate Wiltshire from Turtle Ranch near Dubois.
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The production company spent more than $500,000 in Wyoming, which qualifies it for a cash rebate of up to 15 percent of those expenses, [Howard] said. The state’s Film Industry Financial Incentive program requires a production spend $200,000 or more to qualify for the rebate.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Lyn Dalebout's "7 Stars for 7 Bears" featured in Jackson's Poetry Box
Meg Daly sends this news:
I am thrilled to announce that, for Solstice, the Poetry Box will feature a new poem by Lyn Dalebout written especially for Solstice this year. Entitled "7 Stars for 7 Bears," the poem celebrates our bounty of grizzly sightings this year...
Lyn's poem will be in the Poetry Box until next Saturday, Dec. 24. Make sure to get your copy - the box remains in its trusty location outside of Valley Bookstore in downtown Jackson
And keep your ear to the ground for upcoming poems by locals David Porter, Amely Greeven, Sunny Hoover, and Laura Garrard...
Read more poems by Lyn Dalebout at http://www.earthwordskyword.com/poetry.html
Friday, December 16, 2011
Videos from TEDxJacksonHole now online
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| Nona Yehia |
Louie Schwartzberg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Bob Berkey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Nona Yehia & Jefferson Ellinger http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Mike Chamberlain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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| David Gonzales |
Laly Lichtenfeld: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Contemporary Dance Wyoming
Juan Martinez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Wilcox Gallery featuring new work by Charles Dayton of Cokeville
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| Cokeville artist Charles Dayton has some new work at Jackson's Wilcox Gallery. This one is "Lord of the Valley," oil painting, 24x36 inches, $4,200. |
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Deadline for WyoFile's "Cold Snap Challenge" is Dec. 16
From WyoFile: With Wyoming Wyoming
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Dedication celebration for new I-90 welcome center sculptures set for Oct. 14
A life-sized bronze mountain lion greets visitors as they drive up to the center, and two bronze fawns are nestled near the building’s front entrance. Residents from the area are invited to join in the celebration followed by refreshments in the center.
The three bronze pieces by part-time Lander artist, David R. Nelson, were made possible through the State’s Art in Public Buildings “1 percent for Arts” program that allows 1 percent of the construction costs of any new, state-funded construction projects, up to a maximum of $100,000, to be spent on art work for those facilities.
Nelson’s work was selected from a pool of Wyoming artist submissions by an Art in Public Buildings (APB) Selection Committee which included N.E. Wyoming residents, Ila Miller of Aladdin, Jaymi Gilmore of Gillette, Rocky Courchaine of Sundance and Robert Vore of Beulah in addition to the architect for the facility and representatives from the Wyoming Office of Tourism and State Construction Management Office.
The Wyoming Arts Council oversees APB projects for the State of Wyoming , and all art work becomes part of the State’s art collection, which is administered by the Wyoming State Museum
Nelson is a nationally and internationally recognized sculptor that specializes in wildlife and human form as well as contemporary life sized and monumental sculptures. He has been a professional artist for over 26 years, and has been commissioned by corporations, public art programs and private homeowners for a number of site-specific sculptures. His work can be found at www.davidnelsonsculptures.com .
For more information on this celebration, please contact the Wyoming Arts Council office at 307-777-7742 or e-mail rita.basom@wyo.gov .
Friday, September 16, 2011
Jalan Crossland Band featured at UW Biodiversity Conservation Alliance Badger Ball Sept. 23
The Jalan Crossland Band will perform at 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 23, in the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences auditorium. Tickets cost $10 for students and $15 for the public.
The concert is part of the annual Biodiversity Conservation Alliance's Badger Ball, to raise funds for the BCA , a non-profit organization in Laramie Wyoming
Crossland adds dazzling guitar and banjo finger-picking to his tales of 21st century rural life.
Black Crow, White Crow will open Friday's concert.
Photo: The Jalan Crossland Band will perform at 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 23, in the UW College of Arts and Sciences auditorium. (Brummond Photo)
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
NMWA hosts "Miniatures and More Show & Sale" Sept. 16
Art lovers from far and wide will assemble at the National Museum of Wildlife Art this Friday, September 16 for the 24th annual Miniatures and More Show & Sale, a hot ticket to a gala evening of fun, refreshments, and high-stakes art bidding – including, this year, a conte crayon sketch, “Bear, Sitting by Tree” (shown above right), by the late, great wildlife art master Bob Kuhn.
The signature event of the museum’s month-long Western Visions, the Miniatures and More Show & Sale allows connoisseurs a final opportunity to place bids on more than 1,000 artworks for sale. This year’s guests also will have the opportunity to use a new, more efficient digital bidding system – and to get a peek at the ongoing construction work around the museum’s recent building upfits and much-anticipated new sculpture trail.
“We have plenty to celebrate this year,” says Ponteir Sackrey, Barnes Family Director of Development & Marketing for the museum. “Our curator of art Adam Harris promises bidding will be exciting for the Kuhn sketch. At the same time we’re grateful for new paving on our recently reconfigured parking lots and entrance road – and the chance to show off the sculpture trail, for which the final section of concrete was just poured.”
Additional events include special art demos with 2011 Western Visions featured artists: Daniel Smith will lead a free “Miniature Masterpieces with the Artist” event Sept. 13 from 5 – 7 p.m., and Bart Walter is offering a hands-on program and luncheon on Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., for $60 (prior registration required). The Sketch Show & Sale and Original Prints Show & Sale will be on view through Sept. 25. The Jewelry and Artisan Luncheon takes place Sept. 14, with the rollicking meet-the-artists Wild West Artist Party the evening of Sept. 15. And on Sept. 28, a coffee-in-the-gallery Art A’ Brewin’ event provides a final chance to browse and buy remaining works for sale.
Bidding is ongoing leading up to the Friday Miniatures and More Show & Sale, which begins at 3:30 on Sept. 16. Bids are accepted until 6:30 p.m. that evening, with winning bidders announced in a presentation that begins at 7 p.m.; tickets for the event are $75. For reservations and a complete calendar of events for Western Visions, visit www.wildlifeart.org or contact Jennifer Lee at 307.732.5412. Anonline catalog allows an opportunity participate in the bidding for those who can’t attend in person.
A member of the Museums West consortium and accredited by the American Association of Museums, the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States provides an exciting calendar of exhibitions from its permanent collection and changing exhibitions from around the globe. A complete schedule of museum exhibitions and events is available online at www.wildlifeart.org. The museum is also active on Facebook at wildlifeartjh and on Twitter at @wildlifeartjh.
Media Contacts: Darla Worden, WordenGroup Strategic Public Relations, 307.734.5335, darla@wordenpr.com; Ponteir Sackrey, National Museum of Wildlife Art, 307.732.5444, psackrey@wildlifeart.org.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Jackson Hole Film Festival announces finalists for 2011 competition
News from the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival:
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is delighted to announce finalists in the Content and Program Categories of its Film Competition. Internationally renowned as the largest and most prestigious competition of the nature genre, this year's Festival competition included 510 films from more than 30 countries entering 800 categories-a record number of submissions competing for 22 special category awards.More than sixty judges from North America, Europe, Asia and Africa participated in the preliminary selections.
Finalists for Best Limited Series and Conservation Hero as well as the Craft and special Peer-Judged Categories, including Sound, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, Writing, Earth Sciences, Interactive/New Media and Children's programs will be announced on August 15th. The 2011 award winners will be selected by a distinguished panel in Jackson Hole preceding the five-day industry conference held in Grand Teton Park at the Jackson Lake Lodge October 3-7, and will be announced at a Gala celebration on Thursday, October 6.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Challenge the orange cone zone at NMWA to see wonderful "Yellowstone to Yukon" exhibit
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| Dwayne Harty, "Mountain Goats" |
The museum is still open (as the sign says) and we viewed the exhibit "Yellowstone to Yukon: The Journey of Wildlife and Art." It features the work of Dwayne Harty completed over a four-year span. He traveled the length of the Yellowstone-Yukon wildlife corridor three times over the course of as many years, painting in areas so remote that few, if any, painters have captured it. During the fourth year, Dwayne was artist-in-residence at the Murie Center working out of a studio at the Arts Center in Jackson.
Brave the construction and see the exhibit. It won't be there much longer.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wolverine expert speaks at BBHC's Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam
“I still don’t really understand what makes wolverines tick,” Doug Chadwick says.” But I learned that they tick at a higher metabolic rate than other animals their size. If you were to picture them as organic cruising machines with a souped-up carburetor, you wouldn’t be far off the mark.”
On Thursday, July 28, at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Chadwick, a wildlife biologist, shares his work related to the Glacier National Park Wolverine in association with the Center’s photography exhibition Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam.
The evening begins at 5 p.m. with a reception (cash bar) and book signing in the John Bunker Sands Photography Gallery where Chadwick autographs copies of his book The Wolverine Way as well as the Yellowstone to Yukon exhibition companion book to which Chadwick contributed an essay. At 6 p.m. in the Coe Auditorium, Chadwick talks more about his years of volunteer work catching and radio tracking the fierce wolverine. The event is free to the public, and attendees need only alert the Center’s admissions desk that they’ve come for the reception and talk.
“[T]here was the lure of the setting itself. Glacier National Park is the centerpiece in the section of the Rockies many call the Crown of the Continent,” the Whitefish, Montana, resident writes in his book. “When I’m away from this tall, never-tamed country, I ache to be back within its folds the way other folks miss home…It makes sense to me to wander around in Glacier purely to air out the soul.
But especially important to Chadwick is the wolverine. Even though he realizes the phrase is “shopworn and applies words to so many life forms these days,” he writes simply that, “The animals are in serious trouble.”
“It’s a real treat to have Chad come and share with us these topics with which he’s so intimately familiar,” says Dr. Charles R. Preston, senior and founding curator of the Center’s Draper Museum of Natural History. “He’s an exceptional speaker, and the stories he brings are thrilling. This will be a great evening for visitors.”
Chadwick earned a master’s degree in wildlife biology from the University of Montana in 1974. After that, he studied mountain goats in Glacier National Park and has since written countless articles and eleven books on natural history and conservation around the globe.
In describing the nature of wolverines, Chadwick concludes, “If [they] have a strategy, it’s this: Go hard, and high, and steep, and never back down, not even from the biggest grizzly, and least of all from a mountain. Climb everything: trees, cliffs, avalanche chutes, summits. Eat everybody: alive, dead, long-dead, moose, mouse, fox, frog, its still-warm heart or frozen bones.”
Stay up to date with Historical Center activities through its Web site at http://www.bbhc.org/explore/
Committed to connecting people with the Spirit of the American West, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center weaves the varied threads of the western experience—history and myth, art and Native culture, firearms technology and the nature of Yellowstone—into the rich panorama that is the American West. The Center, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is now operating its summer schedule, open daily, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. For general information, visit www.bbhc.org, or call 307.587.4771.
Photo caption: Carl Rungius (1869 – 1959. Wolverine in a Rocky Mountain Landscape, Alberta, 1919. Oil on canvas. Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A. Gift of Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. 16.93.3
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