Blogging will be sporadic, possibly non-existent, for the next four days as we close down our Cheyenne offices for Christmas Eve and Christmas. We'll see you back on the blog on Dec. 26.
Merry Christmas!
Mike Shay and Linda Coatney
Friday, December 21, 2007
Kudos for Bob Cherry's new novel
New West book section editor Jenny Shank penned a favorable review today of Bob Cherry's new novel, "Moving Serafina," just released by Texas Christian University Press in Fort Worth. Bob lives and writes in Cody.Here are the opening lines from Jenny's review:
"In his new novel, Moving Serafina, Wyoming writer Bob Cherry has woven the hot-button issues of illegal immigration and water rights in the West into his compelling plot without ever losing his focus on the simple human dramas at the heart of his story. Set in the West Texas town of Solitario on the Mexican border, Moving Serafina involves an entire community of characters who each have a unique and personal stake in these political questions."
To read entire review, go to http://www.newwest.net/city/article/good_grief_bob_cherrys_moving_serafina/C101/L101/
NEA NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
New Arts Endowment initiative will enhance the ability of the nation's nonprofit theaters to bring new work to full production.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced a new program, the NEA New Play Development Project (NPDP), to help the nation's nonprofit theaters bring more new plays to full production. The national program will be administered by DC-based Arena Stage's American Voices New Play Program. Selecting and providing support for exceptional new plays and new play development models will be a key component of the program. The NEA New Play Development Project will support the development of seven new plays at theaters from across the country. Two projects selected as NEA Outstanding New American Plays will receive up to $90,000 each to support advanced development, including at least one full production. Five projects selected as NEA Distinguished New Play Development Projects will receive up to $20,000 each to support the early stages of development for a new play with strong potential to merit a full production. In both cases, the selected plays will be developed in close collaboration with the playwrights.For the complete release, please visit: http://www.arts.gov/news/news07/newplay.html.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced a new program, the NEA New Play Development Project (NPDP), to help the nation's nonprofit theaters bring more new plays to full production. The national program will be administered by DC-based Arena Stage's American Voices New Play Program. Selecting and providing support for exceptional new plays and new play development models will be a key component of the program. The NEA New Play Development Project will support the development of seven new plays at theaters from across the country. Two projects selected as NEA Outstanding New American Plays will receive up to $90,000 each to support advanced development, including at least one full production. Five projects selected as NEA Distinguished New Play Development Projects will receive up to $20,000 each to support the early stages of development for a new play with strong potential to merit a full production. In both cases, the selected plays will be developed in close collaboration with the playwrights.For the complete release, please visit: http://www.arts.gov/news/news07/newplay.html.
Grand Teton Music Festival Presents...
Winter Chamber Music
Friday, January 11, 7:30 p.m. -- Strings and Piano, featuring festival musicians as the University of Utah Chamber Players -- Hasse Borup on violin; Roberta Zalkind on viola; Amy Leung on cello; Heather Connor on piano.
Friday, February 15, 7:30 p.m. -- Brass Quintet, featuring Festival Musicians from the Houston Symphony -- Mark Hughes on trumpet; Theresa Hanebury on trumpet; Nancy Goodearl on horn; Brad White on trombone; David Kirk on tuba.
Thursday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. -- Woodwind Quintet, featuring Festival Musicians from the Atlanta and Houston Symphonies -- Elizabeth Koch on oboe; John Thorne on flute; Laura Ardan on clarinet; Juan de Gomar on bassoon; Brice Andrus on horn.
Thursday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. -- Percussion featuring the Festival Orchestra's beloved percussions section -- Richard Brown, William Cahn, Brian Prechtl, Tom Sherwood, and Wiley Sykes.
Not only does the Grand Teton Music Festival bring its talented Festival Musicians to the stage at Walk Festival Hall, but these artists also play a vital role in the Festival's educational programming. Throughout the winter, the Festival brings its visiting musicains into local Jackson Hole classrooms to connect with students through in-school demonstrations, master classes, and mini-recitals.
FMI call (307) 733-1128 or go to http://www.gtmf.org/
Friday, January 11, 7:30 p.m. -- Strings and Piano, featuring festival musicians as the University of Utah Chamber Players -- Hasse Borup on violin; Roberta Zalkind on viola; Amy Leung on cello; Heather Connor on piano.
Friday, February 15, 7:30 p.m. -- Brass Quintet, featuring Festival Musicians from the Houston Symphony -- Mark Hughes on trumpet; Theresa Hanebury on trumpet; Nancy Goodearl on horn; Brad White on trombone; David Kirk on tuba.
Thursday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. -- Woodwind Quintet, featuring Festival Musicians from the Atlanta and Houston Symphonies -- Elizabeth Koch on oboe; John Thorne on flute; Laura Ardan on clarinet; Juan de Gomar on bassoon; Brice Andrus on horn.
Thursday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. -- Percussion featuring the Festival Orchestra's beloved percussions section -- Richard Brown, William Cahn, Brian Prechtl, Tom Sherwood, and Wiley Sykes.
Not only does the Grand Teton Music Festival bring its talented Festival Musicians to the stage at Walk Festival Hall, but these artists also play a vital role in the Festival's educational programming. Throughout the winter, the Festival brings its visiting musicains into local Jackson Hole classrooms to connect with students through in-school demonstrations, master classes, and mini-recitals.
FMI call (307) 733-1128 or go to http://www.gtmf.org/
The Eggstraordinary Eggxhibit
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The egg at right was entered as the Wyoming offering in the White House state egg display for 2007. It was done by Illinois artist Phillip M. LeDonne)
The egg at right was entered as the Wyoming offering in the White House state egg display for 2007. It was done by Illinois artist Phillip M. LeDonne)The Wyoming decorated egg saga continues as the mailing for entries to the upcoming aforementioned exhibit has been mailed out. Interested artists can apply in one of three categories: White House Eggs, egg-themed 3-D art, and 2-D egg-themed art. Each category has guidelines to meet.
The postmark deadline for the required entry components is January 18, 2008.
Notification of jury results (for 2-D and 3-D egg-themed art only) is February 1, 2008
Artwork is due to the Wyoming Arts Council February 21, 2008
Exhibit dates are March 3-May 9, 2008
Reception will be announced
FMI about entry requirements, go to the WAC website at http://www.wyoarts.state.wy.us/ or call us at (307) 777-7742.
FMI about the White House egg display go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/easter/2007/eggsbystate
Merry Christmas!!
The postmark deadline for the required entry components is January 18, 2008.
Notification of jury results (for 2-D and 3-D egg-themed art only) is February 1, 2008
Artwork is due to the Wyoming Arts Council February 21, 2008
Exhibit dates are March 3-May 9, 2008
Reception will be announced
FMI about entry requirements, go to the WAC website at http://www.wyoarts.state.wy.us/ or call us at (307) 777-7742.
FMI about the White House egg display go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/easter/2007/eggsbystate
Merry Christmas!!
CWC Library receives grant for Jordan visit
Our librarian pals at the Central Wyoming College Library in Riverton report on their blog that they've "recently received notice that the Wyoming Humanities Council approved our grant application to fund Teresa Jordan's visit in April. Jordan is the author of the Western classic, Riding the White Horse Home about her experience growing up on a ranch near Iron Mountain in Laramie County and the later sale of the ranch. She has written about a wide variety of Western issues, in particular the role of women in the settlement of the region. Four communities are participating in the grant project. Jordan will speak at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs on April 9 as part of their 'Speakers of the West' series, here at CWC on April 10 and in Cody and Powell on April 11. For more information about Jordan, visit her webpage at teresajordan.com."
Go to the library's blog at http://cwclib.blogspot.com.
Go to the library's blog at http://cwclib.blogspot.com.
More poetry
From Ted Kooser:
There's that old business about the tree falling in the middle of the forest with no one to hear it: does it make a noise? Here Linda Gregg, of New York, offers us a look at an elegant beauty that can be presumed to exist and persist without an observer.
Elegance
All that is uncared for.
Left alone in the stillness
in that pure silence married
to the stillness of nature.
A door off its hinges,
shade and shadows in an empty room.
Leaks for light. Raw where
the tin roof rusted through.
The rustle of weeds in their
different kinds of air in the mornings,
year after year.
A pecan tree, and the house
made out of mud bricks. Accurate
and unexpected beauty, rattling
and singing. If not to the sun,
then to nothing and to no one.
There's that old business about the tree falling in the middle of the forest with no one to hear it: does it make a noise? Here Linda Gregg, of New York, offers us a look at an elegant beauty that can be presumed to exist and persist without an observer.
Elegance
All that is uncared for.
Left alone in the stillness
in that pure silence married
to the stillness of nature.
A door off its hinges,
shade and shadows in an empty room.
Leaks for light. Raw where
the tin roof rusted through.
The rustle of weeds in their
different kinds of air in the mornings,
year after year.
A pecan tree, and the house
made out of mud bricks. Accurate
and unexpected beauty, rattling
and singing. If not to the sun,
then to nothing and to no one.
AFF Snow Night features new snowboard flick
The Alpinist Film Festival has announced that it will present "Let It Ride: The Craig Kelly Story" on Jan. 17, 2008, at the Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village.
An AFF press release describes the film as "an acclaimed celebration of the life and snowboarding of legendary rider Craig Kelly.... While Jake Burton created the origins of snowboarding, the pursuit as an industry, a profession and a lifestyle owes Craig Kelly a profound debt. The director of Let It Ride, Jaques Russo, met Kelly in the late 1980s, when snowboarding was still in its infancy and Kelly was just beginning to ride. Kelly soon began to make an impact on the sport, amassing more than seven World Snowboard Championship titles. Million-dollar contracts and the X-games soon followed, but Kelly eventually dropped out, quitting the competitions to search the world’s mountains for big new lines. Russo maintained his contacts with the athlete, and spent over a decade filming him in such disparate places as India, Iran, Greenland, South America and Japan."
On January 20, 2003, an avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., Canada, took Kelly’s life, as well as the lives of six others. After Kelly’s death, Russo compiled his footage from the preceding years—as well as footage from other filmmakers concerned with telling the story -- and culled the rest to create a film that is both a documentary on the history of the sport, and the story of one of its most influential participants.
A rough cut of "Let it Ride" won "Best Film" at both the Whistler and the X-Dance film festivals (it also won best soundtrack at the latter). The Alpinist Film Festival screening will be the first of the finished film.
The 2008 Alpinist Film Festival will feature its Snow, Surf and Stone nights January 17-19 at Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village. A fourth evening, The People's Choice Ceremonies, will present the People's Choice award-winning films from the previous three evenings at the Center for the Arts in downtown Jackson. As an official entry into the AFF, "Let It Ride" will be in contention for the People's Choice Awards. Winners of the individual evenings receive a gift certificate from Patagonia worth $750. The grand-prize winner receives an additional gift certificate worth $1,500.
Tickets for The 2008 Alpinist Film Festival are $18 for the Snow, Surf and Stone nights and $20 for the People's Choice Ceremonies. Tickets and additional information can be found online at http://www.alpinist.com/film_festival.
The festival's mission is "to advance the art of cinematographic storytelling as it underscores the unity among the adventure lifestyle communities. A portion of every year's proceeds are donated to charities that help preserve the places of our inspiration. Because one of these places is our planet, beginning in 2008, the festival will purchase carbon offsets to counteract its
carbon footprint."
carbon footprint."
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Call for entries: the Niche Prize
The Royal Institution of Great Britain sent out this call for entries:
The Royal Institution is delighted to be working on a new partnership with the journal Nature on an unprecedented competition bringing together science and art. Initially inspired by the words of a former Director of the Ri, Lawrence Bragg, who said 'never talk about science, show it to them!' the Niche Prize will give entrants the chance to stretch their imaginations to the full in devising an arresting and inspiring installation.
In spring 2008, the Ri will reopen its doors following a £20 million refurbishment and this prize will provide the winners with the opportunity to fill a niche - both literally and metaphorically - for one year in this unique and iconic building. The prize will also provide the winners with a fabulous opportunity to identify with the global agenda and the democratization of science which the Ri is famous for.
Judges of the prize will include Susan Greenfield, Director of the Royal Institution, Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of Nature and Lady Ritblat. Needless to say, the award provides a unique opportunity for the winners to become an integral part of a key moment in the Royal Institution's 208-year history of celebrating science.
Open to artists of any nationality.
Application deadline is Feb. 22, 2008
Find guidelines and an application form at http://www.rigb.org/events/awards.jsp
The Royal Institution is delighted to be working on a new partnership with the journal Nature on an unprecedented competition bringing together science and art. Initially inspired by the words of a former Director of the Ri, Lawrence Bragg, who said 'never talk about science, show it to them!' the Niche Prize will give entrants the chance to stretch their imaginations to the full in devising an arresting and inspiring installation.
In spring 2008, the Ri will reopen its doors following a £20 million refurbishment and this prize will provide the winners with the opportunity to fill a niche - both literally and metaphorically - for one year in this unique and iconic building. The prize will also provide the winners with a fabulous opportunity to identify with the global agenda and the democratization of science which the Ri is famous for.
Judges of the prize will include Susan Greenfield, Director of the Royal Institution, Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of Nature and Lady Ritblat. Needless to say, the award provides a unique opportunity for the winners to become an integral part of a key moment in the Royal Institution's 208-year history of celebrating science.
Open to artists of any nationality.
Application deadline is Feb. 22, 2008
Find guidelines and an application form at http://www.rigb.org/events/awards.jsp
Saddle maker and leather worker Verlane Desgrange passes Dec. 2
Cody resident, renowned saddle maker and leather worker Verlane Desgrange passed away December 2.
She came to Wyoming when she was just 24 years old to attend saddle making school. There she met and apprenticed with saddle maker Cliff Ketchum of Ralston. Working with him for a year, seven days a week, she eventually moved to Cody and opened the South Fork Saddle Shop, building saddles, making bridles, chaps, purses and all manner of tack for local residents and clients throughout the country.
She won many awards. In 2007 she won 1st place in the International Leathercraft Guild's Leather Carving Contest. In 2006, she was awarded the prestigious Al Stohlman Award for Lifetime Achievement in Leather Craft, when she also received additional recognition from Senator Mike Enzi and the Wyoming Arts Council. WAC also nominated her this past spring for the Ford Foundation's USA Artists Award. From 2002-2004, she taught at Spokane Falls Community College where she resurrected the last formal (degreed) school of saddle making in the country.
In 1998, she received local recognition as Best Artist in Leather at the Western Design Conference for her creative interpretation of a 1918 lady's astride saddle which toured the state for the third Wyoming Biennial. Her passion was studying historical saddles and leather work and creating fresh interpretations of these designs. She was also one of ten horse-related crafters in the WAC's The Well Dressed Horse exhibit in 1992
Verlane was a backbone of the Cody equestrian community, donating her time and expertise to the Heart Mountain Dressage Club, of which she was a founding member, and to Pony and 4-H clubs. At the time of her death, she was working with 4-H groups in Spokane to develop leather working programs for middle and high school students.
She came to Wyoming when she was just 24 years old to attend saddle making school. There she met and apprenticed with saddle maker Cliff Ketchum of Ralston. Working with him for a year, seven days a week, she eventually moved to Cody and opened the South Fork Saddle Shop, building saddles, making bridles, chaps, purses and all manner of tack for local residents and clients throughout the country.
She won many awards. In 2007 she won 1st place in the International Leathercraft Guild's Leather Carving Contest. In 2006, she was awarded the prestigious Al Stohlman Award for Lifetime Achievement in Leather Craft, when she also received additional recognition from Senator Mike Enzi and the Wyoming Arts Council. WAC also nominated her this past spring for the Ford Foundation's USA Artists Award. From 2002-2004, she taught at Spokane Falls Community College where she resurrected the last formal (degreed) school of saddle making in the country.
In 1998, she received local recognition as Best Artist in Leather at the Western Design Conference for her creative interpretation of a 1918 lady's astride saddle which toured the state for the third Wyoming Biennial. Her passion was studying historical saddles and leather work and creating fresh interpretations of these designs. She was also one of ten horse-related crafters in the WAC's The Well Dressed Horse exhibit in 1992
Verlane was a backbone of the Cody equestrian community, donating her time and expertise to the Heart Mountain Dressage Club, of which she was a founding member, and to Pony and 4-H clubs. At the time of her death, she was working with 4-H groups in Spokane to develop leather working programs for middle and high school students.
Remember Maria Callas
From Ted Kooser:
Here is Arizona poet Steve Orlen's lovely tribute to the great opera singer, Maria Callas. Most of us never saw her perform, or even knew what she looked like, but many of us listened to her on the radio or on our parents' record players, perhaps in a parlor like the one in this poem.
In the House of the Voice of Maria Callas
In the house of the voice of Maria Callas
We hear the baby's cries, and the after-supper
Rattle of silverware, and three clocks ticking
To different tunes, and ripe plums
Sleeping in their chipped bowl, and traffic sounds
Dissecting the avenues outside. We hear, like water
Pouring over time itself, the pure distillate arias
Of the numerous pampered queens who have reigned,
And the working girls who have suffered
The envious knives, and the breathless brides
With their horned helmets who have fallen in love
And gone crazy or fallen in love and died
On the grand stage at their appointed moments--
Who will sing of them now? Maria Callas is dead,
Although the full lips and the slanting eyes
And flared nostrils of her voice resurrect
Dramas we are able to imagine in this parlor
On evenings like this one, adding some color,
Adding some order. Of whom it was said:
She could imagine almost anything and give voice to it.
Here is Arizona poet Steve Orlen's lovely tribute to the great opera singer, Maria Callas. Most of us never saw her perform, or even knew what she looked like, but many of us listened to her on the radio or on our parents' record players, perhaps in a parlor like the one in this poem.
In the House of the Voice of Maria Callas
In the house of the voice of Maria Callas
We hear the baby's cries, and the after-supper
Rattle of silverware, and three clocks ticking
To different tunes, and ripe plums
Sleeping in their chipped bowl, and traffic sounds
Dissecting the avenues outside. We hear, like water
Pouring over time itself, the pure distillate arias
Of the numerous pampered queens who have reigned,
And the working girls who have suffered
The envious knives, and the breathless brides
With their horned helmets who have fallen in love
And gone crazy or fallen in love and died
On the grand stage at their appointed moments--
Who will sing of them now? Maria Callas is dead,
Although the full lips and the slanting eyes
And flared nostrils of her voice resurrect
Dramas we are able to imagine in this parlor
On evenings like this one, adding some color,
Adding some order. Of whom it was said:
She could imagine almost anything and give voice to it.
Blue Sky Project teams artists & teens
Blue Sky Project invites professional artists and McHenry County, Ill., teens to create new works of contemporary art. This eight-week Artist in Residence Program during summer 2008 hosts artists who have a demonstrated commitment to innovation and exploration and are interested in collaborating with fellow artists and young people as a means of creating new works. In support of artistic experimentation and collaboration, we organize small groups of local teens eager to work with a professional artist, provide fees and materials to artists, and employ our facilities and staff to address the creative needs of our Blue Sky Project teams.
Postmark deadline for artists is Feb. 4, 2008.
FMI: http://www.blueskyart.org/.
Postmark deadline for artists is Feb. 4, 2008.
FMI: http://www.blueskyart.org/.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Call for Entries: Jackson
The Art Association of Jackson Hole will hold Labor of Love from February 15 to March 20, 2008. It's back by popular demand and open to everyone. Dust off your tools, your palettes, bruches, paints, hammers and chisels. Start building art today. Labor of Love is an open invitation to artists who work other jobs in order to live in Teton County, yet they still find time to create art. Any medium welcome, any size welcome, as long as it fits through the door.
Members Only Exhibition 2008 is held March 28-May 1, 2008. This year will be held in the Artspace Gallery. Not a member? Join today by calling (307) 733-6379 or visit http://www.artaxxociation.org/.
Entry deadline for Labor of Love is February 1; for Members Only Exhibition, March 14.
Members Only Exhibition 2008 is held March 28-May 1, 2008. This year will be held in the Artspace Gallery. Not a member? Join today by calling (307) 733-6379 or visit http://www.artaxxociation.org/.
Entry deadline for Labor of Love is February 1; for Members Only Exhibition, March 14.
Artist Edie Reno debuts MySpace site
Gillette artist Edie Reno, visual arts fellowship honorable mention last year, has a new MySpace page. Go to http://www.myspace.com/ediereno. Edie's work was featured in an exhibit at the Wyoming Arts Council Gallery during the spring and summer of 2007. She is shown above (at right) in the gallery with WAC Manager Rita Basom.
"No slouch of a newsletter"
So my daughter said when she looked at this second issue.
The Wyoming Art Council's Artscapes November newsletter issue is off the presses and being mailed as I write this. Begins with a great review by Mike Shay about the Arts Summit that took place in Casper in October, including Casper College's Literary Conference and assorted activities at the Nic and the Wyoming Arts Alliance Block-Booking Conference that featured Casper 's own Tremors, husband and wife duo Laughing Bird, who call Story home but travel the world, and Dayton's Dave Munsick, who performed solo, but whose sons and their instruments occasionally travel and sing on the road with him.
This issue also includes a profile of the arts in the small, but talented community of Cokeville. They held a year of art activities culminating in the very successful Minerva Teichert plein air art show and sale. Teichert is a fairly well-renowned early 20th century artist who lived and worked in Cokeville. A fine piece of her work is on the front cover.
Rita Basom, WAC manager used this issue to look back over the year and the amazing depth and breadth of what the WAC does. Another page features an advocacy column by the current board chair, Bruce Richardson, and a short history of the board. We spotlighted three artists: Ed Fowler, the bladesmith from Riverton; Martin (Mar-teen) Goicoechea (Guoy-ca-chay-a), the bertsolari from Rock Springs who has been honored with a National Heritage Fellowship Award; and Alyson Hagy, an English professor at UW, who has numerous publications, her most recent, Snow, Ashes. We also introduced a new WAC roster artist, Trio Dolce, from Evanston.
Sadly, Don King passed away this year, and we have an article about his life and work. Tim Evans, former folk arts director at the WAC, wrote Remembering the king of the western saddle. This issue seemed to revolve around folk arts. We also featured a story about the "Wyoming Folk Masters" exhibit going on in the WAC Gallery through February 22, 2008. Some wonderful folk artists and their craft are represented.
Our blog page lists several items, along with a photo of the WAC Literary Fellowship winners John Nesbitt and John Sutton, and judge Nick Flynn.
You can also read about the upcoming egg exhibit, VSA Wyoming, and get tips on how to fill out grant forms.
Please call us at the WAC to get on the mailing list -- (307) 777-7742 or go to the our website at http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/ for more information.
The Wyoming Art Council's Artscapes November newsletter issue is off the presses and being mailed as I write this. Begins with a great review by Mike Shay about the Arts Summit that took place in Casper in October, including Casper College's Literary Conference and assorted activities at the Nic and the Wyoming Arts Alliance Block-Booking Conference that featured Casper 's own Tremors, husband and wife duo Laughing Bird, who call Story home but travel the world, and Dayton's Dave Munsick, who performed solo, but whose sons and their instruments occasionally travel and sing on the road with him.
This issue also includes a profile of the arts in the small, but talented community of Cokeville. They held a year of art activities culminating in the very successful Minerva Teichert plein air art show and sale. Teichert is a fairly well-renowned early 20th century artist who lived and worked in Cokeville. A fine piece of her work is on the front cover.
Rita Basom, WAC manager used this issue to look back over the year and the amazing depth and breadth of what the WAC does. Another page features an advocacy column by the current board chair, Bruce Richardson, and a short history of the board. We spotlighted three artists: Ed Fowler, the bladesmith from Riverton; Martin (Mar-teen) Goicoechea (Guoy-ca-chay-a), the bertsolari from Rock Springs who has been honored with a National Heritage Fellowship Award; and Alyson Hagy, an English professor at UW, who has numerous publications, her most recent, Snow, Ashes. We also introduced a new WAC roster artist, Trio Dolce, from Evanston.
Sadly, Don King passed away this year, and we have an article about his life and work. Tim Evans, former folk arts director at the WAC, wrote Remembering the king of the western saddle. This issue seemed to revolve around folk arts. We also featured a story about the "Wyoming Folk Masters" exhibit going on in the WAC Gallery through February 22, 2008. Some wonderful folk artists and their craft are represented.
Our blog page lists several items, along with a photo of the WAC Literary Fellowship winners John Nesbitt and John Sutton, and judge Nick Flynn.
You can also read about the upcoming egg exhibit, VSA Wyoming, and get tips on how to fill out grant forms.
Please call us at the WAC to get on the mailing list -- (307) 777-7742 or go to the our website at http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/ for more information.
"Take a Seat" at Margo's Pottery in Buffalo
Celia Ann Bolinger and Dollie Iberlin return to Margo's Pottery and Fine Crafts in downtown Buffalo through Dec. 31 with "Take a Seat," a show that features the recycled re-upholstered furniture that the duo are known for. Also featured will be three of Dollie's hand-painted chairs.
December hours at Margo's: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m.
FMI: 307-684-9406.
December hours at Margo's: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m.
FMI: 307-684-9406.
HarperTeen sponsors writing contest
For teen writers only:
Submit your original writing (a short story, poem, or song) between now and Monday, January 7, 2008 and you will be entered for a chance to win $5,000. A panel of HarperTeen judges will select the 10 most original and creative pieces. But it will be up to on-line readers to decide who wins. Check back after the deadline to cast a vote.
HarperTeen suggests that writers “keep it clean, short, and your own.”
For writing tips and advice from authors and editors, go to http://www.myspace.com/harperteen.
Submit your original writing (a short story, poem, or song) between now and Monday, January 7, 2008 and you will be entered for a chance to win $5,000. A panel of HarperTeen judges will select the 10 most original and creative pieces. But it will be up to on-line readers to decide who wins. Check back after the deadline to cast a vote.
HarperTeen suggests that writers “keep it clean, short, and your own.”
For writing tips and advice from authors and editors, go to http://www.myspace.com/harperteen.
AutomaticBoy returns to Wyoming
This press release comes from alt-rock musician and Riverton native Kenny Fleetwood:As proven by what seems like a million bands before, planning and executing a winter concert tour in the northwestern U.S. can be quite a challenge. This winter, three northwestern-based alt-rock groups plan to tackle that challenge one isolated snow-storm at a time.
Having just returned home from their first national headlining tour, Spokane, Washington, natives Paper Mache prepare to tackle even more U.S. cities only weeks after wrapping up work on their second studio album, "Easier to Lose." This time around; however; they'll be treating Wyoming to three fun-filled nights of music and stories in the best way they know how: live and in concert.
Joining Paper Mache on their northwestern winter escapade will be Missoula, Montana, rockers AutomaticBoy and Indianapolis natives Eyes Like Aster. With two band members who are Riverton natives; AutomaticBoy is proud and happy to be playing for their home-crowd again. The tour kicks off Feb. 5 in Helena, Mont., and will wrap up in Spokane on Feb. 13 with stops in Casper (Feb. 9), Laramie (Feb. 10) and Riverton (Feb. 11). Ticket info and pricing is available on www.MySpace.com/PaperMacheMusic or www.MySpace.com/AutomaticBoyMusic
Laramie gets new classical and jazz stations
From a UW press release:
New radio stations offering classical and jazz music can now be heard in Laramie 24 hours daily.
The Wyoming Public Radio (WPR) Network recently launched Classical Laramie KUWY 88.5 FM and Jazz Laramie KUWL 90.1 FM. Both stations feature Laramie weather forecasts and Wyoming Public Radio news, says Roger Adams, Wyoming Public Radio program director.
He says KUWY offers the same classical selection heard until recently on KVOD's Laramie translator.
"KUWY offers the greatest classical compositions, in their finest recorded performances, introduced by knowledgeable announcers," Adams says. "It also offers insightful commentary, special shows and features about the music and musicians."
KUWL showcases the finest performances of jazz, plus BBC World Service news updates at the top of each hour.
"The lineup features music by both renowned masters and exciting new artists, including Clifford Brown, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and many more," Adams says.
Classical Laramie and Jazz Laramie are a service of the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming Public Radio Network, which also operate the statewide Wyoming Public Radio (WPR), the Classical Channel HD on KUWY-FM in Laramie and Cheyenne, KUWC-FM in Casper and KUWJ-FM in Jackson, as well as associated web sites, podcasts, and streaming Internet audio.
New radio stations offering classical and jazz music can now be heard in Laramie 24 hours daily.
The Wyoming Public Radio (WPR) Network recently launched Classical Laramie KUWY 88.5 FM and Jazz Laramie KUWL 90.1 FM. Both stations feature Laramie weather forecasts and Wyoming Public Radio news, says Roger Adams, Wyoming Public Radio program director.
He says KUWY offers the same classical selection heard until recently on KVOD's Laramie translator.
"KUWY offers the greatest classical compositions, in their finest recorded performances, introduced by knowledgeable announcers," Adams says. "It also offers insightful commentary, special shows and features about the music and musicians."
KUWL showcases the finest performances of jazz, plus BBC World Service news updates at the top of each hour.
"The lineup features music by both renowned masters and exciting new artists, including Clifford Brown, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and many more," Adams says.
Classical Laramie and Jazz Laramie are a service of the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming Public Radio Network, which also operate the statewide Wyoming Public Radio (WPR), the Classical Channel HD on KUWY-FM in Laramie and Cheyenne, KUWC-FM in Casper and KUWJ-FM in Jackson, as well as associated web sites, podcasts, and streaming Internet audio.
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