This info comes from the Jackson Hole Writers Conference:
Calling all writers! Up for a little competition? Here´s your chance to warm up the mind and release some of those creative juices with a Flash Fiction contest. Winner receives a full
scholarship to the Jackson Hole Writers Conference, June 25-28. And the winning story will be printed in the Jackson Hole News and Guide.
No fee to enter. Very few rules apply:
- Submit your Flash Fiction - 600 words or less - by April 1, 2009. - Paste your entire story entry, including title, your name and contact information, into the ¨Leave a Reply¨ section at http://cts.vresp.com/c/?JacksonHoleWritersCo/fa6e9e7589/5e24d4f10b/19270b921e
- Entries will be judged by a panel of JHWC faculty.
- Stories can be mysterious, funny, sorrowful, adventurous, reflective, or anything in between. If it moves you, it will move us.
Further flash fiction questions: 307-413-3331 or nicole@jacksonholewritersconference.com .
- Winner to be announced on May 1 at the William Haywood Henderson reading at the Teton County Public Library in Jackson. Need not be present to win.
- Winning entry will also be published in the Jackson Hole News and Guide in May. Other selected story entries will be published at the above site to honor your quality creative inputs and to entertain!
Have fun. And give us your best plot!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Works of Wyoming (WOW)
Found on the Wyoming Women's Business Center website:
Works of Wyoming (WOW) is seeking applications from artists in the Laramie area needing display space, studio and equipment rentals, art business training and more. Contact Rebecca Sissman for details from the WWBC website.
Defining a creative economy
It was show-and-tell time at a recent meeting of Boys, Bobbins and Beer. Jason Henschen displayed his work in progress - a yellow cotton sundress for his girlfriend - to Matthew Sharp, a novice who was struggling with his own project, a receiving blanket.From an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Karen Heller:
From tents to saucy dresses for girlfriends and anime costumes, these guys use their hobby to stitch together friendships.
Boys, Bobbins and Beer is an all-male sewing circle launched in November, 2008 that gathers in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill. Eight to eleven men--ranging in age from 23 to 50--gather to sew, do some beer-tasting and bake.
One of the co-founders, Json Henschen, made a nine-foot tent that he used on his 2,633-mile trek of the Pacific Crest Trail while raising money for the poor. His current project: a saucy little silk charmeuse dress that he's making for his girlfriend to celebrate their four-year anniversay.
Set designer Curtis Coyote is working on a fanciful quilted coat out of upholstery fabric that he found in the trash, as much art as garment.
Matt Hagele is there because his wife told him to go to learn how to sew on buttons.
Whole Foods manager Abe Heller is launching his own line of bibs, diapers, hooded towels, a knitting-needle bag and pajama pants for his wife based on a retailer's design. He making gifts for everyone he knows.
Jon Cannon makes drum cloth covers. Barista Dan Lemoine is creating a costume to enter in a competition--the Chemist character from the video game Final Fantasy Tactics, kind of medieval peasant meets Japanese anime.
Most of the the guys have experience with the needle, learning sewing in home economics classes or from their mothers. Dan was always doing crafty things.
Says other founder Parker Whitehead, " I grew up in Oklahoma, where self-reliance is a good thing. He's fashioning a priest's cassock; why? something about flying.
They meet in the back room of Fabrics on the Hill. Owner Kathryn Greer says, "This is the first all-man's group we've ever had." She's worked with seamstresses for years, but says, "The guys tend to be more interested in the mechanics." She lets them use the in-house machines for free.
Jason is excited about his pair of pinking shears, not knowing what they were for. And he's dually excited about his rotary cutter. Jason's is eighteen millimeters. "Hah! That's nothing," says Parker. His is 45mm. Guys will be guys.
Jason and Parker launched the sewing circle as a lark, but the men love it, sewing more than they imbibe.
For the entire article, go to: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20090207_Karen_Heller__Boys__Bobbins_and_Beer_stitch_together.html
Most of the the guys have experience with the needle, learning sewing in home economics classes or from their mothers. Dan was always doing crafty things.
Says other founder Parker Whitehead, " I grew up in Oklahoma, where self-reliance is a good thing. He's fashioning a priest's cassock; why? something about flying.
They meet in the back room of Fabrics on the Hill. Owner Kathryn Greer says, "This is the first all-man's group we've ever had." She's worked with seamstresses for years, but says, "The guys tend to be more interested in the mechanics." She lets them use the in-house machines for free.
Jason is excited about his pair of pinking shears, not knowing what they were for. And he's dually excited about his rotary cutter. Jason's is eighteen millimeters. "Hah! That's nothing," says Parker. His is 45mm. Guys will be guys.
Jason and Parker launched the sewing circle as a lark, but the men love it, sewing more than they imbibe.
For the entire article, go to: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20090207_Karen_Heller__Boys__Bobbins_and_Beer_stitch_together.html
New roster artist Julianne Couch
Julianne teaches writing and editing in the English department at UW. She is editor of the UW Alumnews and is a regular columnist for DailyYonder.com. Her first non-fiction book, Jukeboxes & Jackalopes: A Wyoming Bar Journey, details her tour of off-the-beaten-path Wyoming "watering holes." Her current project is a narrative non-fiction travel book about energy development in the U.S., titled Earth, Wind and Sky: A Power Trip. Julianne's workshops include how to blend "facts" from the here and now with aspects of memoir, and how to submit polished manuscripts and confident queries. E-mail: mailto:jcouch@uwyo.edu.Website: http://www.myspace.com/wyojulianne.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
One more chance to see "The Foreigner"
Moss Kent (left) as Owen and Troy Rumpf as Charley in the Cheyenne Little Theatre's production of "The Foreigner." Final performance on Sunday, March 8, 2 p.m., at the Mary Godfrey Playhouse in Cheyenne. FMI: 307-638-6543
Friday, March 6, 2009
UW grad Lara Azar works with California's Gov
Lara Azar, graduate of the University of Wyoming journalism school, is shown with Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger. She is his special assistant for executive communicatons. For the complete story go to: http://www.uwyo.edu/news/showrelease.asp?id=28685
Supercomputing coming to Cheyenne
The design for the new supercomputing center. For a full article about the center go to:
N. Scott Momaday visits Fremont County
Carol Deering, Central Wyoming College librarian, sends this:
N. Scott Momaday, the first Native American to win a Pulitzer Prize (for his first novel, House Made of Dawn), will spend two days in Fremont County this April. On April 2, he will present, "Establishing Good Relations: Recognizing What We Have in Common," at 7 p.m. in the Robert A. Peck Theatre at Central Wyoming College in Riverton. Afterwards, he will sign books (some will be for sale that night, for cash or check).
On April 3, Dr. Momaday will be celebrated at a community-honoring feast at Rocky Mountain Hall, in Ft. Washakie, from 6-9 p.m. Both of these events are free and open to the public. They are partially funded by the Wyoming Humanities Council.
Come for the presentation, stay for the celebration!
FMI: cdeering@cwc.edu.
N. Scott Momaday, the first Native American to win a Pulitzer Prize (for his first novel, House Made of Dawn), will spend two days in Fremont County this April. On April 2, he will present, "Establishing Good Relations: Recognizing What We Have in Common," at 7 p.m. in the Robert A. Peck Theatre at Central Wyoming College in Riverton. Afterwards, he will sign books (some will be for sale that night, for cash or check).
On April 3, Dr. Momaday will be celebrated at a community-honoring feast at Rocky Mountain Hall, in Ft. Washakie, from 6-9 p.m. Both of these events are free and open to the public. They are partially funded by the Wyoming Humanities Council.
Come for the presentation, stay for the celebration!
FMI: cdeering@cwc.edu.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
WAC fellowship musician in concert March 11
Theresa Bogard, a 2009 Wyoming Arts Council performing arts fellowship winner, will perform a solo concert on Wednesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., in the Fine Arts Center concert hall at UW in Laramie. Her theme is "Music by Women Composers." Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $7 for others.
Her recital will include pieces by Margaret Bonds, Clara Schumann, Julie Perry, Joan Tower, Emma Lou Diemer, Denise Garcia and Louise Talma. She will perform the same program later this semester in Tennessee, South Korea, China and Casper.
Tickets are available at the Fine Arts box office, by calling (307) 766-6666 or online at www.uwyo.edu/FineArts.
"Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass"
From a UW press release:
A one-woman show that examines the impact of incarceration on families can be seen Tuesday, March 10, at 7 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Fine Arts studio theatre. The performance is free and open to the public.
Written and performed by Ashley Lucas, "Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass" is a joint production of the departments of Theatre and Dance and Criminal Justice and the Women's Studies and Chicano Studies programs. The play is also supported in part by the Wyoming Arts Council through the National Endowment of the Arts.
Lucas began conducting research for the play when her father was denied parole in the summer of 2003. As a graduate student in theatre and ethnic studies at University of California-San Diego, Lucas wanted to study the unrecognized community of prisoners' families and simultaneously write a play about the experience of having a loved one in prison.
Using her training in ethnography, Lucas conducted interviews in California, Texas and New York with prisoners' family members, former prisoners and people who do work connected to prisons or prison activism. She also corresponded with more than 400 prisoners from across the United States.
"Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass" uses monologues, voice-overs and video clips by videographers Jorge Nava and Nancy Loiselle to convey a variety of perspectives on the families of the incarcerated.
Photo: Ashley Lucas will perform her one-woman show "Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass" Tuesday, March 10, at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts studio theatre. The performance is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Cobb & Slaughter photos at Open Range Images Gallery in Cody
Just talked to Elijah Cobb (shown at right), photographer and one-time WAC visual arts fellowship winner. He told me about new exhibits going up at the Open Range Images Gallery, a co-op space in Cody that he's a member of. The new show features new work by him and fellow member Randi Slaughter.They invite everyone to come to an opening reception at the gallery on Friday, March 6, 4-7 p.m. The event is free and opoen to the public. The work will be on display through April 30.
"From My Mother’s Chair" by Elijah Cobb is a series of "photographic contemplations" shot from his mother’s chair. Here are comments from the artist:
After my mother’s passing, I received her writing table and chair. I found it unsettling that her chair and table were in my studio. It didn’t belong there -- so I had to sit in the chair until images came to me. The process has allowed me to accept her passing and the presence of her creative seat in my life. The images all include a window in Cobb’s log cabin studio wall and illustrate changing natural light and colored light playing across his still life subjects.
Randi's exhibition is "In a Different Light," which features "local scenery by infrared, dawn and moonlight to show familiar landscapes in unfamiliar ways, going beyond what our eyes can perceive."
Here's more:
Slaughter worked with black and white infrared film years ago but now is recreating the look and feel of that medium through digital interpretation. She has used hazy light around hot objects, higher contrast and more grain, to create penetrating and stark images. Slaughter also uses extended exposures to show us landscapes illuminated by moonlight and the early pink of dawn. Living in a rural area, she has access to clear dark skies that many people are no longer privileged to enjoy.FMI: Elijah Cobb, 307-587-5218, ecobb@tritel.net; Randi Slaughter, 307-645-3358, rslaughter@nemont.net
Lunchtime chat with James Salter
James Salter likes sentences that taste good.
Salter has been the guest of the UW creative writing graduate program for the last couple of days. At a lunchtime chat scheduled for the creative writing grad students today, Salter talked about his early writing career, WWII, and what it's like to be a writer.
He said that he didn't particularly strive or worry about trying to write beautiful sentences; not because he doesn't like them. He felt some authors' sentences were very beautiful (like Updike), but he liked his sentences to give dignity to the work overall, to be submissive to the work.
He began by saying that a person is who they are and their writing also holds the quality of who a person is. "You may go to a psychiatrist or counseling if you're having some problems, but in the end, you are who you are, and as a writer, this holds especially true."
Salter was a senior in high school when the announcement came over the radio that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. He said the country turned its complete attention to the war effort. He eventually joined the air force, because one of his friend's cousins was, and "he looked real good," Salter said. After the war was over, he was sent to Manila, instead of Europe where he really wanted to go, and he remembers standing on the stern of the ship and reading the banner that said "Welcome home, heroes." "Of course, we were going the other way," he joked.
When asked by a student how difficult or easy it was for him to sit down and write, Salter said that the hardest part for him is to sit down. "Writing is a difficult task," he said. "There were a group of painters around where I lived in New York state at the time, and when we'd get together in the evenings, they were always fairly happy, because they were able to get a little something done." He talked about his early years of writing in a house that had a big table, "I loved the way the top of the table felt," and there were windows and light and he could look out over the garden. He would get up early in the morning and begin writing in that room. "I wrote everything in long hand so I was very quiet and didn't disturb my wife." He remembered those halcyon days as the best time of his writing years, but said, "it gets harder to remember how things really were. After all, the past becomes a fiction eventually."
While he was in the service, he had been thinking about a book that he'd wanted to begin writing. One day he suddenly visualized how the story would be written, and he wrote about a page and a half of notes about it. He'd risen to a position of authority and so every night he began to type out his story. A fellow soldier wondered what he was doing every night typing, and asked him, "What, are you writing a book or something?" Salter said, "Oh, no."
He also talked about the circularity of writing, and how sometimes you have to let something percolate for a day, a week, a month, even thirty years. An editor had asked Salter if he would consider re-writing an earlier published book. At first he said not really, but then reconsidered. He also said that sometimes you can write on something until you just can't anymore. He quoted Collette, saying "You never quit writing something, you abandon it."
If you've never read Salter, try him out. His phrasing is magical and his stories stick to his ethical choices about what he wants from his work.
Salter has been the guest of the UW creative writing graduate program for the last couple of days. At a lunchtime chat scheduled for the creative writing grad students today, Salter talked about his early writing career, WWII, and what it's like to be a writer.
He said that he didn't particularly strive or worry about trying to write beautiful sentences; not because he doesn't like them. He felt some authors' sentences were very beautiful (like Updike), but he liked his sentences to give dignity to the work overall, to be submissive to the work.
He began by saying that a person is who they are and their writing also holds the quality of who a person is. "You may go to a psychiatrist or counseling if you're having some problems, but in the end, you are who you are, and as a writer, this holds especially true."
Salter was a senior in high school when the announcement came over the radio that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. He said the country turned its complete attention to the war effort. He eventually joined the air force, because one of his friend's cousins was, and "he looked real good," Salter said. After the war was over, he was sent to Manila, instead of Europe where he really wanted to go, and he remembers standing on the stern of the ship and reading the banner that said "Welcome home, heroes." "Of course, we were going the other way," he joked.
When asked by a student how difficult or easy it was for him to sit down and write, Salter said that the hardest part for him is to sit down. "Writing is a difficult task," he said. "There were a group of painters around where I lived in New York state at the time, and when we'd get together in the evenings, they were always fairly happy, because they were able to get a little something done." He talked about his early years of writing in a house that had a big table, "I loved the way the top of the table felt," and there were windows and light and he could look out over the garden. He would get up early in the morning and begin writing in that room. "I wrote everything in long hand so I was very quiet and didn't disturb my wife." He remembered those halcyon days as the best time of his writing years, but said, "it gets harder to remember how things really were. After all, the past becomes a fiction eventually."
While he was in the service, he had been thinking about a book that he'd wanted to begin writing. One day he suddenly visualized how the story would be written, and he wrote about a page and a half of notes about it. He'd risen to a position of authority and so every night he began to type out his story. A fellow soldier wondered what he was doing every night typing, and asked him, "What, are you writing a book or something?" Salter said, "Oh, no."
He also talked about the circularity of writing, and how sometimes you have to let something percolate for a day, a week, a month, even thirty years. An editor had asked Salter if he would consider re-writing an earlier published book. At first he said not really, but then reconsidered. He also said that sometimes you can write on something until you just can't anymore. He quoted Collette, saying "You never quit writing something, you abandon it."
If you've never read Salter, try him out. His phrasing is magical and his stories stick to his ethical choices about what he wants from his work.
"The Disappeared/Los Desaparecidos" exhibit comes to UW Art Museum
From a UW press release:
The University of Wyoming Art Museum galleries, after being closed for over a year, will reopen Friday, March 6, with the international touring exhibition "The Disappeared/Los Desaparecidos." The exhibition will be on view through May 9.
Curated by Laurel Reuter, director and chief curator of the North Dakota Museum of Art, the exhibition presents the work of 26 Latin American artists who have incorporated their personal and cultural experiences of the "disappeared."
The opening reception on March 6 at 6 p.m. launches many public programs for the exhibition, which include a gallery walk-through March 6 at 10:30 a.m. and an art talk with Reuter March 7 at 10 a.m.
Reuter writes in the exhibition catalog, "The word 'disappeared' was newly defined during the mid-20th century military dictatorships in Latin America. 'Disappear' evolved into a noun used to identify people who were kidnapped, tortured and killed by their own governments in the later decades of the 20th century in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela. Columbia with its 50-year civil war and Guatemala with its own 37-year civil war further expanded the meanings and uses of 'disappear.'"
"The Disappeared/Los Desaparecidos" comes to UW from the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, D.C. In addition to other U.S. venues, it has been displayed in museums in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Guatemala and Columbia.
For additional information on the exhibition and the series of related public programs, call the UW Art Museum at (307) 766-6622 or visit www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum or the museum's blog, http://www.uwartmuseum.blogspot.com/.
The museum is located in the Centennial Complex at 2111 Willett Drive in Laramie. The museum is open Mondays from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free.
Photo: Nicolas Guagnini's "30,000" is among works in "The Disappeared/Los Desaparecidos" on view March 6-May 9 at the University of Wyoming Art Museum (North Dakota Museum of Art).
NEA releases research on artist unemployment
From the National Endowment for the Arts:
Washington, D.C. - Unemployment rates are up among working artists and the artist workforce has contracted, according to new research from the National Endowment for the Arts. Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact on Jobs in 2008 examines how the economic slowdown has affected the nation's working artists. The study looks at artist employment patterns during two spikes in the current recession -- the fourth quarters of 2007 and 2008. This downturn reflects larger economic declines: a Commerce Department report last week noted a 6.2 percent decrease in the gross domestic product in the last quarter of 2008.
For the full press release, visit http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/artist-unemployment-rates.html
The art (and politics) of undergarments
From a Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources press release:
Melanie O’Hara will explore the social and political implications of 19th century women’s clothing during a Wyoming State Museum program titled "Wyoming Women: Why We Took Off Our Corsets – The Curious Connection Between Undergarments and Suffrage," March 12, at 7 p.m.
Sponsored by the Wyoming State Museum, State Museum Volunteers and presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council, the program is free and open to the public.
This presentation will take a "before" and "after" look at women who came from Victorian East Coast traditions and values out west to Wyoming. Women who traveled to and settled in the west declared their independence from undergarments that impeded their newfound freedoms of mobility, survival, transportation, critical thinking, economics and politics once they got to Wyoming.
O’Hara’s presentation is offer by the Wyoming Council for the Humanities through its 2009 Humanities Forum. Council programs explore the human experience – our lives, our communities, our world – in partnership with nonprofit organizations throughout Wyoming. Emphasis is placed on fostering forums for discussion among Wyoming residents.
The Wyoming State Museum is located in the Barrett Building, 2301 Central Avenue in Cheyenne.
FMI: 307-777-7022.
Melanie O’Hara will explore the social and political implications of 19th century women’s clothing during a Wyoming State Museum program titled "Wyoming Women: Why We Took Off Our Corsets – The Curious Connection Between Undergarments and Suffrage," March 12, at 7 p.m.
Sponsored by the Wyoming State Museum, State Museum Volunteers and presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council, the program is free and open to the public.
This presentation will take a "before" and "after" look at women who came from Victorian East Coast traditions and values out west to Wyoming. Women who traveled to and settled in the west declared their independence from undergarments that impeded their newfound freedoms of mobility, survival, transportation, critical thinking, economics and politics once they got to Wyoming.
O’Hara’s presentation is offer by the Wyoming Council for the Humanities through its 2009 Humanities Forum. Council programs explore the human experience – our lives, our communities, our world – in partnership with nonprofit organizations throughout Wyoming. Emphasis is placed on fostering forums for discussion among Wyoming residents.
The Wyoming State Museum is located in the Barrett Building, 2301 Central Avenue in Cheyenne.
FMI: 307-777-7022.
New roster artist Dave Shaul
Dave Shaul is a Wyoming native who studied pedal harp with Suzanne McDonald. Over the years his range has expanded to include cross-strung, Celtic, Latin, and Asian harps. He has been principal harpist with symphony orchestras in Arizona and California. A virtuoso performer on both folk and pedal harp, Dave does concerts, workshops, and lectures on World harps, pan-Celtic, and Renaissance/Baroque harp music. Dave's harp styles range from Latin to European to Asian. With a Ph.D. in anthropological linguistics from Berkeley, he speaks two Native American languages. E-mail: wyomingharp@yahoo.com.
"Take your snuggie out" for a night on the town
Chicagoans David Barnes and Dan Kuthy are taking the snuggie--the blanket with arms--away from the couch and onto the streets.They have organized a "Snuggie Pub Crawl," for April 18. Participants will shuffle down Clark Street, wearing their favorite color (there are only three to choose from, what's up with that?) of snuggie.
Over 1,150 people have replied back to the website, http://www.snuggiepubcrawl.com/, set up to take names of the interested. And just think how many people were able to reply from the confort of their home while wearing their snuggies!
Barnes and Kuthy have full time Internet marketing jobs in Chicago. Other cities have gotten into the snuggie spirit, as well.
You can eat popcorn, pet your dog, play backgammon, talk on the phone, hug somebody, and cheer for your favorite team, and now, go to your favorite bar, all while wearing the blanket with arms.
So forget about budget woes and the stock market deflating (maybe they could have snuggie Friday), and get out and celebrate the snuggie.
Three cheers for the snuggie!
Local Jewish artists, "HeeB 100" photographs, at Lyndsay McCandless Gallery
Planet Jackson Hole reports that the opening party for “The HeeB 100” photo exhibit, along with an art show by local Jewish artists, will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 6, at the Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary Gallery, 130 S. Jackson St., Jackson. This follows the First Friday event, with an open bar continuing until 8 p.m. DJ Vert One will provide entertainment.
For the last three years, the national quarterly HeeB Magazine has published a list of 100 up-and-coming, young Jews and then has shipped their photographs around the country until the next list is due. The exhibit is a “who’s who of Jews . . . young people on cusp of greatness,” publisher Josh Neuman said. “It’s as much a celebration of our photographers as the subjects. We work with many great photographers. These are our best.”
Steven Glass, curator of the local exhibition, said that the show in the side room of LMC will feature artists of varying age and medium, the main requirement being that they are local and Jewish.
Neuman said that he was surprised to discover Jackson Hole has a thriving Jewish community, but that the event may work to change that common perception. “It’s an opportunity to learn more about the community,” Neuman said.
http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/Article.aspx?ArticleID=104823
Look who's reading "Deep West"
During the 2009 Legislative Session, many Wyoming legislators took time out from the House and Senate floors to have READ posters created of themselves. These posters will be displayed at the libraries in the legislators' districts.
Here are some legislators with the obvious good taste to read the 2003 collection "Deep West: A Literary Tour of Wyoming," sponsored by the Wyoming Center for the Book and published by Pronghorn Press in Greybull. They are (from the top): Rep. Sue Wallis (R, HD-52), Recluse, on the right, shown with Campbell County Librarian Patty Myers; Rep. Debbie Hammons (D, HD-27), Worland; and Sen. Dan Dockstader (R, SD-16), Afton. To see all the READ posters, go to http://wyla.org/read.
Presenters needed for 2009 WLA meeting
Barbara Osborne is looking for writers who might be willing to conduct a presentation and/or panel discussion at the 2009 meeting of the Wyoming Library Association Sept. 30-Oct.2 in Laramie. Subject possibility: "How to get published." Conference web site is http://conference.wyla.org/events.html
FMI: Barbara Osborne, 307-672-2113 (work), 307-674-6320 (home), osborneb@scsd2.com
FMI: Barbara Osborne, 307-672-2113 (work), 307-674-6320 (home), osborneb@scsd2.com
Jackson Hole Writers Conference offers scholarships to teachers
Tim Sandlin, Grand Poobah of the Jackson Hole Writers Conference, sends this news:
I have six scholarships funded by the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund to award to teachers. The University of Wyoming will also award Graduate Enrichment Credit units for a fee of $40. Please spread the word and let me know if you find anyone interested in these scholarships.
For conference details, check out http://jacksonholewritersconference.com
You will learn a lot and have fun.
FMI: Tim Sandlin, 307-413-3331 or tim@jacksonholewritersconference.com
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Choral groups perform Haydn's "The Creation"
The Laramie County Community College Choral Ensembles and the Capitol Chorale will perform Die Schopfung (The Creation) by Franz Joseph Haydn on Friday, April 3, 7:30 p.m., at the Cheyenne Civic Center, 510 E. 20th St. Tickets are $10; free for children under 12 and active military members.
Tickets will be sold by all Capitol Chorale members and also will be available at the door. For more information call 307.433.8834.
The Creation has been Haydn’s most popular work since its first performance in Swarzenberg Palace in Vienna in 1798. The text was put together for Haydn by Gottfried van Swieten. With references to The Book of Genesis in The Bible, the oratorio beautifully tells the biblical account of the story of the creation of light, land and sea, plant life, heavenly spheres, animals, birds, fish, and man and woman.
Tickets will be sold by all Capitol Chorale members and also will be available at the door. For more information call 307.433.8834.
The Creation has been Haydn’s most popular work since its first performance in Swarzenberg Palace in Vienna in 1798. The text was put together for Haydn by Gottfried van Swieten. With references to The Book of Genesis in The Bible, the oratorio beautifully tells the biblical account of the story of the creation of light, land and sea, plant life, heavenly spheres, animals, birds, fish, and man and woman.
NEA invites recent grantees to apply for Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants
From a National Endowment for the Arts press release:
Application guidelines for The Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are now available on the NEA's website here
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 recognizes that the nonprofit arts industry is an important sector of the economy. In accordance with this Act, the National Endowment for the Arts has received funds to help preserve jobs in the nonprofit arts sector that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. This program will be carried out through one-time grants to eligible nonprofit organizations including arts organizations, local arts agencies, statewide assemblies of local arts agencies, arts service organizations, units of state or local government, and a wide range of other organizations that can help advance the goals of the Arts Endowment and this program.
Grants will be made to organizations for their own job preservation projects and to designated local arts agencies, eligible to subgrant, for subgranting programs to eligible nonprofit organizations. All applicants must be previous NEA award recipients from the past four years (see "Applicant Eligibility" for more information). In addition to guidelines, please see the Frequently Asked Questions
Electronic application through Grants.gov is MANDATORY. Deadline is April 2, 2009.
The Grants.gov help desk is available to assist you 7 a.m.-9 p.m., EST/EDT, M-F. Phone: 1.800.518.4726.
Submit your application outside of Grants.gov's hours of heaviest usage, generally noon-5 p.m., EST/EDT.
For questions about your specific project or the content of your application, contact the staff for the field/discipline that is most appropriate for your project:
Artist Communities, Music, Opera, Presenting: 202.682.5438
Dance, Design, Media Arts, Museums, Visual Arts: 202.682.5452
Traditional Arts, Musical Theater, Theater: 202.682.5428
Literature: 202.682.5757
Local Arts Agencies: 202.682.5097
FMI: NEA at http://www.arts.gov/ or 202.682.5400
Construction begins on Powell arts center
Here's some interesting news from the Powell Tribune (via Google Alerts) regarding the city's new arts center:
Plaza Diane was fenced off Monday morning as construction began to transform the downtown location into a community arts center.
“Construction is starting this week and we’re right on schedule,” said Anya Feichtl, CTA’s lead architect on the project. Feichtl said the project should be completed by Aug. 1.
Sletten Construction of Wyoming was awarded the bid for Plaza Diane/Community Center for the Arts. The company had the lowest bid at $594,300, which was $120,700 less than the $715,000 budgeted for construction....
CTA, a Billings-based architecture and engineering firm, designed the project, which includes both interior and exterior remodeling of the 1,345-square-foot retro-style filling station.
The Plaza Diane steering committee, in partnership with the city of Powell, obtained a Community Facilities Grant of more than $900,000 from the Wyoming Business Council last fall. The grant covers the majority of construction and renovation costs. Because the project was less than the anticipated budget, the excess grant money will go back to the state to fund future Community Facilities Grant projects.
The interior of the former gas station will be renovated to accommodate art shows, classes, meetings and other local events. A new kitchen area will allow for food preparation. An additional restroom — with outside access — and a storage space will be added on to the east end of the building.
The exterior remodeling focuses on making the area more comfortable and usable during summer months. The project includes a canopy over the stage, wooden pergolas and fabric “sails” to provide shade, a water-spray pad for children and low-maintenance, drought-tolerant gardens.
The majority of construction and renovation will be completed by Big Horn Basin subcontractors, according to Shawn Warner, president of Sletten Construction.“Other than specialty subcontractors that were directly specified, we are proud to have a great team pulled together that largely consists of companies from Powell and Cody,” Warner wrote in a statement to CTA.
Call for entries: "Big Food Show!"
From Terry Reid at NorthernFront in Laramie:
Laramie Big Hollow Food Co-op's "Big Food Show" is accepting submissions now.
Artists will exhibit art about food — all takes on food: fruit, veggies, dinner or breakfast, your favorite roadside diner, classic farms, agriculture, sustainable growing, green farming...like I said: all takes on food: vegetarian and meat lovers alike, all media welcome. Please bring your works to the Co-op. There will be awards. Big Hollow co-op will host membership and annual meeting in conjunction with the art event. Besides all your grocery needs, you will find fine art and quality crafts for all seasons. Event co-sponsored by NorthernFront.
Please contact Terry 399-2777 or Marla (307) 745-3586. Big Hollow is located at 119 S. 1st St. Laramie, WY.
Laramie Big Hollow Food Co-op's "Big Food Show" is accepting submissions now.
Artists will exhibit art about food — all takes on food: fruit, veggies, dinner or breakfast, your favorite roadside diner, classic farms, agriculture, sustainable growing, green farming...like I said: all takes on food: vegetarian and meat lovers alike, all media welcome. Please bring your works to the Co-op. There will be awards. Big Hollow co-op will host membership and annual meeting in conjunction with the art event. Besides all your grocery needs, you will find fine art and quality crafts for all seasons. Event co-sponsored by NorthernFront.
Please contact Terry 399-2777 or Marla (307) 745-3586. Big Hollow is located at 119 S. 1st St. Laramie, WY.
Call for entries: "Women, Fact or Myth?"
Ciao Gallery in Wilson is accepting artist applications for the upcoming show, "Women, Fact or Myth" March 21-April 24. THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 7, 2009. Online submissions are welcome at www.ciaogallery.com/calltoartists.php.This show encourages an open interpretation of the fabling of women. All mediums, 2-D, 3-D formats encouraged. Ciao Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the Jackson Hole area of Wyoming.
Monday, March 2, 2009
"Super Yooper" comedy at UW Theatre
ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT, by Jeff Daniels and directed by Jonathan Hunt Sell, will be presented March 5,6 and 7, 7:30 p.m., in the UW Fine Arts Studio Theatre in Laramie.
Description:
A "super yooper" comedy by actor and Michigan native Jeff Daniels (Dumb and Dumber, The Purple Rose of Cairo), ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT is a hilariously twisted comedy about five Yoopers -- residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula -- and their escapades at a ramshackle deer camp on the eve on the opening day of hunting season.
"Challenging what anyone might consider 'legitimate' theatre, Daniels breaks new theatrical ground..." - The Detroit News
"...a tall tale inspired by a larger than life corner of America...Daniels gives his audience plenty to laugh at plus a little something to think about." - The Oakland Press
Tickets: http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/FINEARTS/eventsticketed.asp
Description:
A "super yooper" comedy by actor and Michigan native Jeff Daniels (Dumb and Dumber, The Purple Rose of Cairo), ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT is a hilariously twisted comedy about five Yoopers -- residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula -- and their escapades at a ramshackle deer camp on the eve on the opening day of hunting season.
"Challenging what anyone might consider 'legitimate' theatre, Daniels breaks new theatrical ground..." - The Detroit News
"...a tall tale inspired by a larger than life corner of America...Daniels gives his audience plenty to laugh at plus a little something to think about." - The Oakland Press
Tickets: http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/FINEARTS/eventsticketed.asp
Sign Stage Theatre presents "Dr. Doolittle"
Sign Stage Theatre’s "Dr. Dolittle" will be on stage Monday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., at Natrona County High School in Casper.
Description from ARTCORE web site:
Tickets: Seniors (60 & over) $11, adults $12, students teachers, $6, children (12 and under) $4.
Description from ARTCORE web site:
In the story of Dr. Dolittle, we are introduced to the good Dr. who gives up treating people after Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal languages. He already knew sign language. Who would have thought he could learn animal languages too? His fame in the animal kingdom quickly spreads throughout the world. Using ALL his language skills, he sets off to cure a monkey epidemic in Africa, finding all sorts of adventures on the way.
Sign Stage on Tour is a specialist in Sign Language Theatre where deaf and hearing actors perform together on stage. Whenever a character speaks, the character speaking uses Sign Language but you’ll always hear the voice too. The voice comes from a different actor speaking through a microphone, sometimes on-stage and sometimes off-stage.
Visually, the stage is filled with the movement of hands and bodies yet every word is spoken to make sure all audience members, both deaf and hearing, don’t miss a thing. It’s a magical blend of language created when performing a play simultaneously in spoken English and in the spatial beauty of American Sign Language.
Tickets: Seniors (60 & over) $11, adults $12, students teachers, $6, children (12 and under) $4.
Friday, February 27, 2009
"Jump Into Jewels" Feb. 28 in Cheyenne
Habitat for Humanity Women Build Project presents "Jump Into Jewels" on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 1126 White Water Court (The Pointe) in Cheyenne. More than 15,000 new and lightly used jewelry have been donated to to this Habitat project.
There will be VIP Champagne Brunch and Preview Party between 10 a.m.-noon. Tickets are $15 per person. You can purchase tickets online at http://www.cheyennehabitat.org, or by calling 307-214-1457.
From noon-8 p.m., "Jump Into Jewels" is free and open to the public.
There will be VIP Champagne Brunch and Preview Party between 10 a.m.-noon. Tickets are $15 per person. You can purchase tickets online at http://www.cheyennehabitat.org, or by calling 307-214-1457.
From noon-8 p.m., "Jump Into Jewels" is free and open to the public.
Call for entries: Creative Nonfiction Magazine
Call for Submissions: "When Doctors and Lawyers Connect—and Collide."
For a collection to be published by Southern Methodist University Press, Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays written by or about doctors and lawyers, exploring the two professions’ similarities as well as their divisions and points of conflict. What intrigues, interests, or annoys doctors and lawyers—and, potentially, others—about each other? The objective of this project is to capture the complex relationship between these two professions. Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice. Creative Nonfiction editors will award $2,500 for best essay.
Guidelines: Essays must be: unpublished, 5,000 words or less, postmarked by March 15, 2009, and clearly marked “Doctors and Lawyers” on both the essay and the outside of the envelope.
There is a $20 reading fee; $25 includes a 4-issue CNF subscription. Multiple entries are welcome ($20/essay) as are entries from outside the U.S. (though additional subscription postage costs do apply; email information@creativenonfiction.org for rates).
Please send manuscript, accompanied by a cover letter with complete contact information, SASE and payment to: Creative Nonfiction, Attn: Doctors and Lawyers, 5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202, Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Please email any questions to information@creativenonfiction.org.
Information can also be found at http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm.
For a collection to be published by Southern Methodist University Press, Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays written by or about doctors and lawyers, exploring the two professions’ similarities as well as their divisions and points of conflict. What intrigues, interests, or annoys doctors and lawyers—and, potentially, others—about each other? The objective of this project is to capture the complex relationship between these two professions. Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice. Creative Nonfiction editors will award $2,500 for best essay.
Guidelines: Essays must be: unpublished, 5,000 words or less, postmarked by March 15, 2009, and clearly marked “Doctors and Lawyers” on both the essay and the outside of the envelope.
There is a $20 reading fee; $25 includes a 4-issue CNF subscription. Multiple entries are welcome ($20/essay) as are entries from outside the U.S. (though additional subscription postage costs do apply; email information@creativenonfiction.org for rates).
Please send manuscript, accompanied by a cover letter with complete contact information, SASE and payment to: Creative Nonfiction, Attn: Doctors and Lawyers, 5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202, Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Please email any questions to information@creativenonfiction.org.
Information can also be found at http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm.
Writing and riding at Vee Bar Ranch
Page Lambert's "Writing & the Landscape of the Horse" retreat will be held this summer at the Vee Bar Ranch near Laramie.
Crazy about writing? Wild about horses? Come explore both passions in Wyoming with us!
The 2008 retreat sold out quickly, so for 2009 we're offering two optional dates. Week one is May 24-29; week two is May 30-June 4.
As we learn more about how a horse communicates with the world, we develop a deeper awareness of how we communicate with the world. During this retreat, not only will we ride across the Vee Bar's beautiful Wyoming landscape, we'll also journey into the mysterious dimension between the verbal world and the non-verbal world. This retreat isn't just about riding horses, and it isn't just for women. For five days, we will write about, read about, and be about horses.
All levels of riding and writing experience welcome.
SIGN UP HERE. Or call Page at 303-842-7360.
Happy birthday to us
The WAC's wyomingarts blog turns two on Sunday, March 1.
The first post of 1,863 was on March 1, 2007, about the National Endowment for the Arts' $10,000 grant to Young Musicians, Inc., in Evanston. That's 900-some a year, with posts made every working day and some weekends. Over time, we've grown better at this job, especially when it comes to posting photos. Now we just have to figure our videos and podcasts. We're now on Twitter (see bottom of right sidebar), which gives us yet another e-venue to promote the state's artists and arts organizations.
The blog has its roots in the weekly Wyolitmail e-mail newsletter I wrote and edited from 1999-2006. Later, my former colleague Liliane Francuz started Artmail for visual artists. We discontinued both of those in late 2006, and replaced them with wyomingarts and a new full-color quarterly print newsletter, Artscapes.
Please e-mail us your news and events listings and photos. We'll put them on the blog. Often we pick up news from blog posts for Artscapes.
Thanks for joining us on the blogosphere.
The first post of 1,863 was on March 1, 2007, about the National Endowment for the Arts' $10,000 grant to Young Musicians, Inc., in Evanston. That's 900-some a year, with posts made every working day and some weekends. Over time, we've grown better at this job, especially when it comes to posting photos. Now we just have to figure our videos and podcasts. We're now on Twitter (see bottom of right sidebar), which gives us yet another e-venue to promote the state's artists and arts organizations.
The blog has its roots in the weekly Wyolitmail e-mail newsletter I wrote and edited from 1999-2006. Later, my former colleague Liliane Francuz started Artmail for visual artists. We discontinued both of those in late 2006, and replaced them with wyomingarts and a new full-color quarterly print newsletter, Artscapes.
Please e-mail us your news and events listings and photos. We'll put them on the blog. Often we pick up news from blog posts for Artscapes.
Thanks for joining us on the blogosphere.
---Michael Shay
Grandma, what big teeth you have!
Missoula Childrens' Theatre will wrap up its residencies in Park County with performances of "Little Red Riding Hood" on Saturday, Feb. 28, 3 and 7 p.m., at the Powell High School Auditorium in Powell. Sponsored by the Park County Arts Council, recipient of a 2008 Wyoming Governor's Arts Award.
FMI: http://www.parkcountyartscouncil.org/
FMI: http://www.parkcountyartscouncil.org/
"Three Cs" illuminate "Three Rs" at UW event
Curiosity
Creativity
Collaboration
The “Three Cs” that describe the “Teaching Creativity” conference this past week at the University of Wyoming.
The academy brought in artists, entrepreneurs and inventors to share their insights. Wyomingarts was there taking notes on Feb. 25.
Eddie Henderson is a professional jazz trumpeter who passed through careers in medicine and figure skating before deciding on a music career. His fate may have been sealed at nine years old when he saw Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet at New York’s Apollo Theater. Armstrong came to the house to visit Henderson’s mother, who performed at the famous Cotton Club. Armstrong took a few minutes to let the creative kid blow a few notes on a well-seasoned trumpet.
“Creativity is a byproduct of what you do,” says Henderson. “Love is a part of it.”
He sat on a “Moments with Creative Minds” panel with fellow musician Shabda Noor and African-American poet Evie Shockley. Panel moderator was UW’s J. Scott Turpen, who knows a little bit about music himself – and won a 2004 performing arts fellowship from the Wyoming Arts Council.
What about this creativity question?
Noor pondered it: “Can we teach creativity? No, we just accept it when it tries to come in.” He’s not a big fan of the ways schools teach, sacrificing creativity for standardized learning. “Turned me from a human being into a human thinking – that’s what the education system did to me.” Still, he’s a musician with a doctorate in music, and is always exploring ways to meld his teaching with creativity.
For Henderson, who became an expert in medicine, figure skating and music, it’s the discipline that’s crucial. “When one learns discipline at an early age, one can do any number of things well.” During his time in Laramie, he taught a class at one of the local high schools and at UW.
Evie Shockley knows a bit about discipline. She always loved writing but took a detour from poetry to attend law school. Her discipline can be heard in the music of her poetry. She launched into a reading of “Celestial,” a poem about the meeting of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and Actress Marilyn Monroe in 1950s L.A. Monroe helped Ella “break the color barrier” at one of the city’s largest nightclubs, the Macombo. The poem had a jazz beat, and a theme that kept returning to “star” as in movie star, as in singing star, “Ella,” “Stellar,” “Celestial.”
The last of her four poems focused on black history and featured a mix of reading and singing, some of the verses being twists on old nursery rhymes – and how they applied to African-American history.
It is Black History Month. We could all learn more about history and creativity and music and poetry. Now is a good time. So is tomorrow, and the next day, and next month and next year.
Creativity
Collaboration
The “Three Cs” that describe the “Teaching Creativity” conference this past week at the University of Wyoming.
The academy brought in artists, entrepreneurs and inventors to share their insights. Wyomingarts was there taking notes on Feb. 25.
Eddie Henderson is a professional jazz trumpeter who passed through careers in medicine and figure skating before deciding on a music career. His fate may have been sealed at nine years old when he saw Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet at New York’s Apollo Theater. Armstrong came to the house to visit Henderson’s mother, who performed at the famous Cotton Club. Armstrong took a few minutes to let the creative kid blow a few notes on a well-seasoned trumpet.
“Creativity is a byproduct of what you do,” says Henderson. “Love is a part of it.”
He sat on a “Moments with Creative Minds” panel with fellow musician Shabda Noor and African-American poet Evie Shockley. Panel moderator was UW’s J. Scott Turpen, who knows a little bit about music himself – and won a 2004 performing arts fellowship from the Wyoming Arts Council.
What about this creativity question?
Noor pondered it: “Can we teach creativity? No, we just accept it when it tries to come in.” He’s not a big fan of the ways schools teach, sacrificing creativity for standardized learning. “Turned me from a human being into a human thinking – that’s what the education system did to me.” Still, he’s a musician with a doctorate in music, and is always exploring ways to meld his teaching with creativity.
For Henderson, who became an expert in medicine, figure skating and music, it’s the discipline that’s crucial. “When one learns discipline at an early age, one can do any number of things well.” During his time in Laramie, he taught a class at one of the local high schools and at UW.
Evie Shockley knows a bit about discipline. She always loved writing but took a detour from poetry to attend law school. Her discipline can be heard in the music of her poetry. She launched into a reading of “Celestial,” a poem about the meeting of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and Actress Marilyn Monroe in 1950s L.A. Monroe helped Ella “break the color barrier” at one of the city’s largest nightclubs, the Macombo. The poem had a jazz beat, and a theme that kept returning to “star” as in movie star, as in singing star, “Ella,” “Stellar,” “Celestial.”
The last of her four poems focused on black history and featured a mix of reading and singing, some of the verses being twists on old nursery rhymes – and how they applied to African-American history.
It is Black History Month. We could all learn more about history and creativity and music and poetry. Now is a good time. So is tomorrow, and the next day, and next month and next year.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
You've never seen Flaming Gorge like this
Wyomingarts sometimes posts work by Wyoming artists just because the piece brightens a windy, cold afternoon in February -- and we like looking at it.This photograph by Larry Friedman of Green River is an example. It's of Red Canyon in Flaming Gorge south of Rock Springs/Green River. The orginal hangs in the offices of the Sweetwater County Recreation Department.
For more of Larry's work, go to http://www.wildernessconceptsphoto.com/.
New novel by Jackson's Tina Welling
Tim Sandlin alerts us that a fellow Jacksonian, Tina Welling, has a new novel coming out this week.Fairy Tale Blues, published by NAL/Penguin is about Annie Laurie McFall who searches for "Happily ever after" by leaving her husband temporarily on a marriage sabbatical. It's written with humor, explores the mysteries of intimacy from both the man and woman's point of view, and comes up with five marriage rules that may or may not allow Annie to return home again.
Concludes Tim: "Buy one. Buy several."
You can do just that during June. Tina will be joining Tim at the Jackson Hole Writers Conference June 25-28 at the Art Center in Jackson. Tina also will be a presenter at the annual Wyoming Writers, Inc., conference June 5-7 in Casper.
You can bring Tina (a WAC roster artist) to your town for a reading or workshop through our Arts Across Wyoming grant program. For more info, go to http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/.
Call for entries: Outdoor Arts & Crafts Show
Wyoming and Front Range artists and crafts persons are invited to participate in the Wyoming State Museum Volunteers’ 32nd Annual Outdoor Arts and Crafts Show August 15 on the grounds of the Barrett Building in Cheyenne.
One of the largest and longest running arts and crafts shows in the area, crafts persons from throughout the Rocky Mountain region participate each year. The one-day festival, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., features music, food and a variety of crafts.
Vendors wishing to participate in this year’s event can do so by sending an application and a $40 registration fee to the Wyoming State Museum Volunteers. Registration forms may be downloaded at http://wyomuseum.state.wy.us/craftshow.htm.
For participant information, please contact Carolyn at 307-632-8244, addiet_3@msn.com.
Information about this and other State Museum programs is available by calling 777-7022.
One of the largest and longest running arts and crafts shows in the area, crafts persons from throughout the Rocky Mountain region participate each year. The one-day festival, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., features music, food and a variety of crafts.
Vendors wishing to participate in this year’s event can do so by sending an application and a $40 registration fee to the Wyoming State Museum Volunteers. Registration forms may be downloaded at http://wyomuseum.state.wy.us/craftshow.htm.
For participant information, please contact Carolyn at 307-632-8244, addiet_3@msn.com.
Information about this and other State Museum programs is available by calling 777-7022.
Casper College's "King Lear" set in Middle East
The Casper College Department of Theatre and Dance presents “King Lear” on Feb. 27-28 and March 3-7 at 7:30 p.m. on the McMurry Mainstage of the Gertrude Krampert Theatre in Casper.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for children/students. Two tickets may be purchased for the price of one on Tuesday and Wednesday and $2 discounts apply for groups of 20 or more.
Tickets may be purchased at the Krampert Theatre box office Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Visa, MasterCard and Discover are accepted. Tickets will be mailed for $1 per order.
For an illuminating article on the production, see the Feb. 25 story in the Casper Journal at http://www.casperjournal.com/articles/2009/02/26/arts/arts022509a.txt
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for children/students. Two tickets may be purchased for the price of one on Tuesday and Wednesday and $2 discounts apply for groups of 20 or more.
Tickets may be purchased at the Krampert Theatre box office Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Visa, MasterCard and Discover are accepted. Tickets will be mailed for $1 per order.
For an illuminating article on the production, see the Feb. 25 story in the Casper Journal at http://www.casperjournal.com/articles/2009/02/26/arts/arts022509a.txt
Call for entries: Riverton Art Show and Sale
The Riverton Artist Guild is now accepting entries to the Riverton National Art Show and Sale. The show will be held July 10-19 at Central Wyoming College, 2660 Peck Ave., Riverton. Entry form and fees are due by June 19. For info and entry forms, call 307-856-7574.
This show is open to all artists, 18 years of age or older. Artwork must be original and completed within the last three years (2006–present) with the exception of sculpture which must be completed within the last six years (2003–present). Artwork previously shown in our art show is not eligible.
Fee is $10.00 per entry. Up to five entries may be submitted.
Contemporary or traditional art accepted. Show committee reserves the right to refuse any art piece that may be offensive to the public
CATEGORIES:
1. Abstract.
2. Portrait/ Human Form.
3 Floral/ Still Life.
4. Domestic Animals
5. Wildlife.
6. Landscape.
7. Seascape.
8. Urban. (City scenes, Market scenes, etc.)
9. Three Dimensional.
This show is open to all artists, 18 years of age or older. Artwork must be original and completed within the last three years (2006–present) with the exception of sculpture which must be completed within the last six years (2003–present). Artwork previously shown in our art show is not eligible.
Fee is $10.00 per entry. Up to five entries may be submitted.
Contemporary or traditional art accepted. Show committee reserves the right to refuse any art piece that may be offensive to the public
CATEGORIES:
1. Abstract.
2. Portrait/ Human Form.
3 Floral/ Still Life.
4. Domestic Animals
5. Wildlife.
6. Landscape.
7. Seascape.
8. Urban. (City scenes, Market scenes, etc.)
9. Three Dimensional.
Nita Kehoe reveals "hidden parts of the human form" at LCCC Gallery exhibit
"Melancholic Gallbladder" by Nita Kehoe, RivertonA reception for the exhibit of work by Nita Kehoe, “Blended Essentials,” will be held on Tuesday, March 3, noon, in the Esther and John Clay Fine Arts Gallery at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne. Free and open to the public.
Kehoe teaches art at Central Wyoming College in Riverton.
From LCCC: "Using a variety of materials, Nita Kehoe creates forms that beautify parts of the human body that society may consider ugly and puts them in a different light."
Artist statement from Nita Kehoe’s web site:
I have always been interested in the human form and how the definition of its beauty changes with culture and time. In an effort to try to be beautiful, most of us hide the “imperfections” that we have. Since the beginning of time man has focused ridicule on these imperfections in the form of superstitions. Once such example is that the physically deformed were said to be cursed and had the ability to give the evil eye. I believe that we should reveal and embrace these wrinkles, rolls of fat, scars, etc. in a celebration of our uniqueness. This body of work is the result of research into superstitions, curses, and blessings from all over the world along with my continued research into the human form via historical anatomical illustrations. Using a variety of materials I try to create forms that beautify what society considers ugly and push into the light what is usually hidden.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Chinese poetry of Li Po translated by Ezra Pound
The River-Merchant's Wife
While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead
I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.
You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse,
You walked about my seat, playing with blue plums.
And we went on living in the village of Chokan:
Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.
At fourteen I married My Lord you.
I never laughed, being bashful.
Lowering my head, I looked at the wall.
Called to, a thousand times, I never looked back.
At fifteen I stopped scowling,
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours
Forever and forever and forever.
Why should I climb the look out?
At sixteen you departed,
You went into far Ku-to-en, by the river of swirling eddies,
And you have been gone five months.
The monkeys make sorrowful noise overhead.
You dragged your feet when you went out.
By the gate now, the moss is grown, the different mosses,
Too deep to clear them away!
The leaves fall early this autumn, in wind.
The paired butterflies are already yellow with August
Over the grass in the West garden;
They hurt me. I grow older.
If you are coming down through the narrows of the river Kiang,
Please let me know beforehand,
And I will come out to meet you
As far as Cho-fu-Sa.
While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead
I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.
You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse,
You walked about my seat, playing with blue plums.
And we went on living in the village of Chokan:
Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.
At fourteen I married My Lord you.
I never laughed, being bashful.
Lowering my head, I looked at the wall.
Called to, a thousand times, I never looked back.
At fifteen I stopped scowling,
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours
Forever and forever and forever.
Why should I climb the look out?
At sixteen you departed,
You went into far Ku-to-en, by the river of swirling eddies,
And you have been gone five months.
The monkeys make sorrowful noise overhead.
You dragged your feet when you went out.
By the gate now, the moss is grown, the different mosses,
Too deep to clear them away!
The leaves fall early this autumn, in wind.
The paired butterflies are already yellow with August
Over the grass in the West garden;
They hurt me. I grow older.
If you are coming down through the narrows of the river Kiang,
Please let me know beforehand,
And I will come out to meet you
As far as Cho-fu-Sa.
Chamber Music America application deadline April 3
Chamber Music America offers support to ensembles, presenters and festivals for commissioning American composers to create new chamber works. The program provides funding for the composer's fee, the ensemble's honorarium and copying costs.
CMA defines chamber music as music for small ensembles (2-10 players) whose members perform one to a part, generally without a conductor. Works may represent any of a diversity of styles, including contemporary art music, jazz, world music, and electronic music. New works created through this program must be performed a minimum of three times in the U.S.
Guidelines and application forms, in MS Word format, can be downloaded and printed from the CMA website, here
http://chamber-music.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=HUXt2AAOAAEAAAPxAAKbsQ )
(Applications must be submitted in hard copy.)
Deadline: Applications must be received in CMA-s offices no later than Friday, April 3, 2009, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Contact Susan Dadian, program director,
CMA Classical/Contemporary
(212) 242-2022, ext. 13
sdadian@chamber-music.org (mailto:sdadian@chamber-music.org)
Chamber Music America's Commissioning Program is generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music
CMA defines chamber music as music for small ensembles (2-10 players) whose members perform one to a part, generally without a conductor. Works may represent any of a diversity of styles, including contemporary art music, jazz, world music, and electronic music. New works created through this program must be performed a minimum of three times in the U.S.
Guidelines and application forms, in MS Word format, can be downloaded and printed from the CMA website, here
http://chamber-music.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=HUXt2AAOAAEAAAPxAAKbsQ )
(Applications must be submitted in hard copy.)
Deadline: Applications must be received in CMA-s offices no later than Friday, April 3, 2009, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Contact Susan Dadian, program director,
CMA Classical/Contemporary
(212) 242-2022, ext. 13
sdadian@chamber-music.org (mailto:sdadian@chamber-music.org)
Chamber Music America's Commissioning Program is generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music
Precious Metal Clay workshop at The Nic
Lennie Poitras is the Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center's Artist-of-the-Month for February. She will present a workshop Feb. 27-28 on creating jewelry using Precious Metal Clay, according to Curator of Education Linda Lyman.
Poitras - a Rio Reward Certified Artisan - specializes in Precious Metal Clay, a finely powdered silver in an organic binder with water. The material can be worked like clay, which means it can be rolled, stamped and textured as well as combined with other materials to make a variety of items such as earrings, beads or rings. "When it is fired it becomes a solid piece of silver that is .995 pure," Lyman said.
The cost of the workshop, which will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Feb. 27 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 28, is $90 for museum members and $110 for non-members and supplies are included.
For more information or to register, contact Lyman at (307) 235-5247 or llyman@thenic.org.
Poitras - a Rio Reward Certified Artisan - specializes in Precious Metal Clay, a finely powdered silver in an organic binder with water. The material can be worked like clay, which means it can be rolled, stamped and textured as well as combined with other materials to make a variety of items such as earrings, beads or rings. "When it is fired it becomes a solid piece of silver that is .995 pure," Lyman said.
The cost of the workshop, which will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Feb. 27 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 28, is $90 for museum members and $110 for non-members and supplies are included.
For more information or to register, contact Lyman at (307) 235-5247 or llyman@thenic.org.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
"New Horizons Clarinet Tour" in Wyoming
In April, U.S. Air Force musicians from Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska, will travel to Wyoming for the “New Horizons Clarinet Tour.”
On Sunday, April 5, 3 p.m., the group will perform at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. This event is being arranged by UW music professor Jerome Fleg. On Monday, April 6, 7 p.m., the tour moves to the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga. Both concerts are free and open to the public. Tickets in Saratoga are on a first-come basis, and available from Stephanie Jeffers at 307-326-7822.
FMI: SSGT Crystal L. Proper at Crystal.Proper@offutt.af.mil
On Sunday, April 5, 3 p.m., the group will perform at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. This event is being arranged by UW music professor Jerome Fleg. On Monday, April 6, 7 p.m., the tour moves to the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga. Both concerts are free and open to the public. Tickets in Saratoga are on a first-come basis, and available from Stephanie Jeffers at 307-326-7822.
FMI: SSGT Crystal L. Proper at Crystal.Proper@offutt.af.mil
New WAC roster artist Chuck Larsen
Cowboy poet Chuck Larsen realized he loved the horse and cow lifestyle after growing up on his Dad’s place in South Dakota, "doing it all" when it came to working livestock. He began writing and performing in 1990, and has since performed at some of the most well known gatherings in Elko, Denver and Valentine, Nebraska. One of the founding committee members for the Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering in Wyoming, he has been master of ceremonies every year since its inception six years ago. In school workshops, Chuck entertains students first, then encourages and helps them work with words and phrases to write and present their own poetry. Go to www.cowboypoetry.com/chucklarsen.htm#Poems to read more of Chuck's poetry.Blue Cowboy Moon by Chuck Larsen
Out there, darkness and moonlight intertwine.
Somewhere an old coyote howls and yips.
Layin' back I take a drink of the night,
Savor its bouquet, drinkin' in sips.
I silently toast all comrades,
Those with "Cowboy" in their soul.
Coyote cousins with the moon
Beckoned by a spur rowels toll.
Tonight I am back amongst the cattle,
Layin' back a bedroll for my bed.
Stretched out on grass and earth,
A million stars twinklin' over head.
Bone weary, sleep should come easy,
But I lay awake all open eyed.
In the moonlight the horses stand,
While moonbeams dance on shinin' hide.
I have come to do some searchin',
Call it a lackin' or call it a need.
To regain a life lost within me,
Where it lays dormant like a seed.
A sense of belongin' is buried deep,
Out here where lonely coyotes croon.
I only cowboy now when I can,
Every once in a blue moon.
The cook fire has long gone out,
The other boys lie around sleepin'.
Only the old man in the moon,
Knows the thoughts that I've been keepin'.
See I'm livin' the other life,
And I've given alot of given.
Oh it's true that I'm not dyin',
But it's true that I'm not livin'.
I'm a child of the horse and saddle,
Born to work this life I miss.
Birth rights to sun, grass and dirt,
Born to embrace the winds harsh kiss.
Tonight you'll find me amongst the cattle,
Thankful for a coyotes lonely tune.
Like me he gets drunk on the night,
Every once in a "Blue Moon."
WAC Guide to Grant Programs now online
The Wyoming Arts Council's new 2009-2010 Guide to Grant Programs book is now available on the WAC web site. It includes important information about matching funds and new grant programs, and will be current through June 30, 2010. Click here to view a printable copy of it.
If you would like a hard copy of the 60-page book, call the WAC at 307-777-7742.
If you would like a hard copy of the 60-page book, call the WAC at 307-777-7742.
Elton John performs April 3 benefit concert in Laramie for Shepard Foundation
Elton John has announced that he will perform April 3 in Laramie at UW's Arena Auditorium. It's a benefit concert for the Matthew Shepard Foundation, an organization founded by Judy Shepard after the murder of her son, Matthew.Tickets for the Laramie show, $35-$85, will go on sale at 8 a.m. Monday at wyomingathletics.com.
Here's a statement about the event from Judy Shepard: "Ten years ago, Sir Elton did a concert in Laramie to benefit the Foundation. It was wonderful beyond description. He is a gracious and generous human being. We are sincerely grateful for his continuing support."
In case you're wondering, the evening concert does not conflict with any of the events at the arts symposium at the UW Conference Center April 2-4.
Deadline nears for WAC visual arts fellowships
Postmark deadline for applications to the Wyoming Arts Council’s 2009 visual arts fellowships is March 6. Printed forms have been mailed to visual artists on the WAC mailing list. Printable applications are available on the WAC web site at or on the WAC blog. You can have a paper application mailed or faxed to you by calling WAC offices in Cheyenne at 307-777-7742.
The competition is open to Wyoming residents only. You must be 18 or older. Full-time students pursuing high school, college or university art-related degrees are ineligible.
Judging the submissions will be Gina Ruggeri, a painter from Brooklyn, N.Y.; Denver’s Lawrence Argent, a sculptor and arts professor at University of Denver; and Greg Esser of Phoenix, an artist, curator and arts advocate.
This year’s judging session will be held in conjunction with “Public Art & Community: Inspiration and Reflection” April 2-4 at the UW Conference Center in Laramie. The fellowship winners will be announced at the symposium, which is co-sponsored by the University of Wyoming Art Museum and the Wyoming Arts Council.
FMI: Michael Shay, 307-777-5234 or mshay@state.wy.us.
The competition is open to Wyoming residents only. You must be 18 or older. Full-time students pursuing high school, college or university art-related degrees are ineligible.
Judging the submissions will be Gina Ruggeri, a painter from Brooklyn, N.Y.; Denver’s Lawrence Argent, a sculptor and arts professor at University of Denver; and Greg Esser of Phoenix, an artist, curator and arts advocate.
This year’s judging session will be held in conjunction with “Public Art & Community: Inspiration and Reflection” April 2-4 at the UW Conference Center in Laramie. The fellowship winners will be announced at the symposium, which is co-sponsored by the University of Wyoming Art Museum and the Wyoming Arts Council.
FMI: Michael Shay, 307-777-5234 or mshay@state.wy.us.
Pianist Jeffrey Jacob debuts work by Casper College's Jianjun He
Pianist Jeffrey Jacob will debut a commissioned composition by Casper College's Jianjun He on Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 p.m., in Durham Hall, Aley Fine Arts Center, Casper College.Here is some background information on the event from the ARTCORE web site:
Jeffrey Jacob heard a composition for flute by Casper College’s Jianjun He at a conference in Montana. He asked if Jianjun wrote for piano and, consequently, recorded one of his works on a CD which was released in Vienna. Then, Jacob commissioned Jianjun to write a work. Jacob will premiere that piece, depicting the Himalayas, in Casper in a recital which will be the prelude to the Casper College Humanities Festival and Demorest Lecture which also chose mountains for its theme. The recital also will include works by Debussy and Chopin.Ticket information: http://www.artcorewy.com/ticketspage.php
Described by the Warsaw Music Journal as “unquestionably one of the greatest performers of 20th century music,” and the New York Times as “an artist of intense concentration and conviction,” Jeffrey Jacob received his education from the Juilliard School (Master of Music) and the Peabody Conservatory (Doctorate) and counts as his principal teachers, Mieczyslaw Munz, Carlo Zecchi, and Leon Fleisher. Since his debut with the London Philharmonic in Royal Festival Hall, he has appeared as piano soloist with over 20 orchestras internationally including the Moscow, St. Petersburg, Seattle, Portland, Indianapolis, Charleston, Saõ Paulo and Brazil National Symphonies, the Silesian, Moravian, North Czech, and Royal Queenstown Philharmonics.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Matt Flint: New art, new website, new gallery
Matt Flint of Lander, winner of a 2008 Wyoming Arts Council visual arts fellowship, has some news:
First I have a new website at the same address http://www.mattflint.com/ but with a new look and feel. I have uploaded some new work to the site and am now able to upload content on a regular basis.
I have a new gallery representing my work as of March, Veilleux Fine Art in Santa Fe, NM. Go to http://www.veilleuxfineart.com/. I am really excited to work with Veilleux and the gallery owner is fantastic. So if you are in Santa Fe please stop in and visit.
Lastly, I have two new works. The piece shown above is a part of the "Postcards from the Wild West" Fund-raiser for the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper. For more, go to my blog at mattflintart.blogspot.com
Lucky 13: New artists selected for WAC roster
The Wyoming Arts Council is pleased to announce 13 new additions to the WAC artist roster:
1. Doug Andrews, Sheridan, vocalist
2. Julianne Couch, Laramie, non-fiction writer
3. Richard Gould, Lander, traditional hitching
4. Chuck Larsen, Saratoga, cowboy poet
5. Robert Martinez, Riverton, painter
6. Macey Mott, Jackson, theatre
7. Roy Pilcher, Devils Tower, chainsaw artist
8. Georgia Rowswell, Cheyenne, paper artist
9. Steve Schrepferman, Cody, ceramicist
10. David Shaul, Cheyenne, harpist
11. Daniel “Doc” Thissen, Laramie, photographer
12. Laurie J. Vigyikan ("V"), Cora, musician
13. Judith Weikle, Jackson, vocalist
We will profile all of these artists on the WAC blog during the next few months.
The print version of the 2009-2010 roster will be mailed in May. The on-line version will be featured on the WAC web site by June 1. Go to http://wyoarts.state.wy.us.
1. Doug Andrews, Sheridan, vocalist
2. Julianne Couch, Laramie, non-fiction writer
3. Richard Gould, Lander, traditional hitching
4. Chuck Larsen, Saratoga, cowboy poet
5. Robert Martinez, Riverton, painter
6. Macey Mott, Jackson, theatre
7. Roy Pilcher, Devils Tower, chainsaw artist
8. Georgia Rowswell, Cheyenne, paper artist
9. Steve Schrepferman, Cody, ceramicist
10. David Shaul, Cheyenne, harpist
11. Daniel “Doc” Thissen, Laramie, photographer
12. Laurie J. Vigyikan ("V"), Cora, musician
13. Judith Weikle, Jackson, vocalist
We will profile all of these artists on the WAC blog during the next few months.
The print version of the 2009-2010 roster will be mailed in May. The on-line version will be featured on the WAC web site by June 1. Go to http://wyoarts.state.wy.us.
"Jentel Presents" March 3 in Sheridan
Featured at Jentel Presents March 3 (left to right): Ashley Butler, Christine Bourdette, David Hicks, Lenora Ditzler, Suzanne Unrein, Mark LavatelliFrom the Jentel Foundation:
Jentel is proud to present this month’s residents in an event open to the public. "Jentel Presents" will take place Tuesday, March 3, 5:30-7 p.m., at the Sheridan College Downtown Campus on North Main Street. This month’s presenters shall include a mixed media sculptor, an essayist, a mixed media painter, a fiction writer, an encaustic painter, and an abstract painter.
"Jentel Presents" is a community outreach program that features slide presentations and readings by the visual artists and writers at the residency.
Presenters include: Christine Bourdette, Portland, OR; A sculptor, Christine is a passionate traveler, fascinated by the mystery of individuals, the evolution of cultures and the transformative power of landscape. Ashley Butler, Austin, TX; An essayist, Ashley was born and raised in Virginia. She has a collection of essays, Dear Sound of Footstep, coming out in October 2009. Lenora Ditzler, Chicago, IL; A mixed media painter, Lenora is a painter, fisherwoman, and traveler. In between fishing jobs and travel adventures she teaches and creates art that responds to her seasonal lifestyle. David Hicks, Boulder, CO; A fiction writer, David is a native New Yorker who ten years ago saw the (sun)light and moved to Colorado. His stories have appeared in the Colorado Review and Glimmer Train. Mark Lavatelli, Buffalo, NY; Mark paints encaustic (ancient beeswax technique) tree abstractions. He lived in Dallas before Buffalo, and likes blues, golf, and teaching. He is married and has two beautiful daughters. Suzanne Unrein, New York, NY; A painter, Suzanne loves art, books, and films. She is currently working on abstracted paintings inspired by old masters. She has made films, had art in films, and recently storyboarded a film, The Open Road, with Jeff Bridges.
For anyone looking for a stimulating evening, come join the crowd at the Sheridan College Downtown Campus on North Main. There is no admission charge for "Jentel Presents" and refreshments are available.
The Jentel Artist Residency Program accepts applications twice a year from visual artists in all media and writers in all genres for a one-month residency. A residency includes a comfortable accommodation; common living, dining and recreation areas; a private workspace and a stipend to help defray expenses during the program.
FMI: http://www.jentelarts.org/.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Register now for Public Art Symposium
Ready to register for the symposium, "Public Art and Community: Inspiration and Reflection," at the University of Wyoming Conference Center April 2-4 in Laramie?
Printable registration forms are available at the UW Art Museum web site at http://www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum/events.asp
Advance registration fee (by March 15) for the entire conference is $100. Day passes also are available at $60 each.
Know a better way to spend a spring weekend?
The event is sponsored by the UW Art Museum and the Wyoming Arts Council.
Printable registration forms are available at the UW Art Museum web site at http://www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum/events.asp
Advance registration fee (by March 15) for the entire conference is $100. Day passes also are available at $60 each.
Know a better way to spend a spring weekend?
The event is sponsored by the UW Art Museum and the Wyoming Arts Council.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Arts jobs supported in American Recovery Act
Here's the text of a letter sent 2/19/09 to all state and regional arts agencies by Johnathan Katz, CEO of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). It concerns the arts components included in Pres. Obama's "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009." The Wyoming Arts Council is a NASAA member.
On Tuesday, President Obama signed into law The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Here is language from H.R. 1 regarding the grants and administration of the National Endowment for the Arts that is pertinent to state arts agencies and the diverse constituencies they serve:
$50,000,000, to be distributed in direct grants to fund arts projects and activities which preserve jobs in the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn: Provided, That 40 percent of such funds shall be distributed to state arts agencies and regional arts organizations in a manner similar to the agency's current practice and 60 percent of such funds shall be for competitively selected arts projects and activities....
NASAA staff worked closely with the membership and our colleagues to provide decision makers with timely information clearly demonstrating how public support for the arts contributes to a healthy work force, preserves and creates jobs, and strengthens the economy overall.
By their action, members of Congress demonstrated that they got the message NASAA focused on: that an arts job supports a household and the economy just as other jobs do. Members of Congress demonstrated they understood that every state -- cities, suburbs and rural areas -- benefits when performing visual, literary and media artists, stage managers, sound and lighting technicians, marketing staff, costume designers, carpenters, electricians and those who teach the arts-as well as employees of the companies, concert halls, restaurants, ticket sellers and tour operators who depend on them-bring paychecks home to their families.
NASAA members believe that broad and deep participation in the arts is best supported at the federal level by a combination of direct grant making and grant-making through states. The specific allocation of $20 million to state arts agencies and their consortia verifies that Congressional leaders agree. Members of Congress demonstrated they understood that the portion of federal dollars that goes through state arts agencies can be targeted efficiently to those local places where jobs can be saved and created, can reach deeply into local communities and school systems, can assist arts organizations to make it through the recession and artists to market their products and services.
NASAA staff asked you several times in the past few weeks to communicate to your representatives the cultural needs of your state, the vision of your agency for your state's cultural life, and what they had to do in this economic environment to keep that vision alive. You did it. Congratulations!
In the days and weeks ahead, NASAA will work with our NEA colleagues to keep you informed of the range of opportunities for you and your constituents to participate in the programs funded by the stimulus bill-including updates on the timing and process for the distribution of stimulus funds slated for state and regional arts agencies.
Working together through NASAA, state arts agencies will do their part to assist the recovery of-and reinvestment in-the American economy.Thank you for your public service and for your active participation in the federal budget process.
Reporter T.R. Reid addresses health care
On Friday, March 20, 7-8 p.m., Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid will talk about "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care" at the Teton County Public Library in Jackson. This event is free and open to the public.
Reid has a book coming out later this year entitled "The Healing of America." He's a frequent guest on NPR’s Morning Edition, and his recent work on health care has been featured in the 2008 documentary “Sick Around the World,” and the upcoming film “Sick Around America.”
Contact: Adult Humanities Coordinator, 733-2164 ext. 135.
Reid has a book coming out later this year entitled "The Healing of America." He's a frequent guest on NPR’s Morning Edition, and his recent work on health care has been featured in the 2008 documentary “Sick Around the World,” and the upcoming film “Sick Around America.”
Contact: Adult Humanities Coordinator, 733-2164 ext. 135.
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