You're invited to pre-Summit workshop on arts-based development in the West

This e-mail invitation comes from wyomingarts' colleague Randy Oestman:

Greetings Everyone,

I'm hoping you might be able to spread the word on this Pre-Summit Workshop I am putting together. Anyone may attend free regardless of attending the WAC Arts Summit.

Pre-Summit Workshop
"Creating and Sustaining Arts Based Development in the Rural West"
Facilitated by Dan Wecks
Wednesday September 23, 2009
Location: Cheyenne Depot Museum
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This Workshop is free to all, but attendees must RSVP!

More than ever communities across Wyoming are realizing the importance of Community Development and the Arts with may of the same questions being raised. Where do we start? How do we determine and communicate the importance of arts and creativity? What are possible projects? How do we attract participants? How do we fund this project and make it sustainable?

This will be an open discussion exploring successful and unsuccessful examples of Community Development and Arts projects from smaller communities with an opportunity to glean information from a very successful Community Development Leader. This meeting will also provide an opportunity for community leaders with similar visions to network and connect for assistance in making things happen throughout Wyoming.

Dan Wecks has a broad background of experience including government, non-profit, and private business. Before deciding to follow his heart to do what mattered to him, he was President of a large real estate and development company. He was elected to the Manitou City Council and later as its Mayor. During this time he became the Executive Director of the Business of Art Center, a business incubator for artists and arts organizations in Manitou Springs.. Dan’s twin loves are assisting arts/community organizations, schools and government in looking to creative solutions to community issues and helping build Strength Based organizations through the development of their people.

In recognition of challenging economic times, the Wyoming Arts Council is offering travel stipends to Wyoming artists, arts organization representatives and community leaders interested in attending the Arts Summit Sept. 24-25 at Little America in Cheyenne.

Thank you!

Cheers,

Randy Oestman
Wyoming Arts Council
Community Development and the Arts Specialist
307.777.7109

Call for entries: Serendipity Poets anthology

Ed Warsaw dropped into WAC HQ today to talk about poetry.

He's been shepherding the publication of the Serendipity Poets annual anthology for a lot of years. He's now seeking submissions for the 14th annual edition.

So, please submit poems in all forms, 32 lines or less, geared for a general audience (G-rated) to:

Serendipity Poets
415 W. 28th St.
Cheyenne, WY 82001

No entry fee.

Deadline is Oct. 30.

Ed says that it's O.K. to drop your submission through the building's mail slot. Make sure it includes your name, a short bio, address and phone number.

You may also e-mail submissions to chyserendipity@earthlink.net.

FMI: Ed at 307-635-4725 or Michael Riversong at 307-214-1553.

Ed invites all local poets to come out to the weekly gatherings of Serendipity Poets each Tuesday, 7 p.m., at Synergy Cafe, 459 Vandehei Ave.

RSVP WAC to attend sessions on grants training and creating arts-based communities

The Wyoming Arts Council requests that people interested in attending its Sept. 23 pre-conference sessions at the Arts Summit send in their RVSPs by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

A grants training session will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sept. 23 at the Wyoming Arts Council conference room. This free session will be led by WAC staffers Mike Shay and Karen Merklin. To RSVP, call Karen at 307-777-7743 or e-mail kmerkl1@state.wy.us.

Another session, "Creating and Sustaining Arts-Based Development in Small Town Rural West," will be facilitated by Dan Wecks from 1-5 p.m. at the Historic Depot in downtown Cheyenne. This workshop is free to registrants of Wyoming Arts Summit. To RSVP, call Randy Oestman at 307-777-7109 or e-mail roestm@state.wy.us.

The Arts Summit kicks off at 5 p.m. on Sept. with registration and reception at Little America in Cheyenne in Wyoming Rooms A&B. Stick around for the 20:20 presentation for 7-9 p.m. This event is hosted by the UW Art Museum.

A full slate of Arts Summit presentations and panel meetings will be held on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 24-25, at Little America. Still time to register for this one-of-a-kind statewide event that addresses the crucial role that the arts play in community development.

FMI: http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/Events/ArtSummit2009registrationbrochure.pdf

Cheyenne Little Theatre Players Event

Dates: Friday, September 11 2009,
Time : 7:30pm
Location: Historic Atlas Theatre
MORE: Strong Language and Adult Themes. Not suitable for children!

Marilyn Miller artist reception tonight at the Y

Not sure what to do on a Friday evening in Cheyenne?

Drop by the Cheyenne Family YMCA from 5-6 p.m. for a reception for artist Marilyn Miller. Her work is on display (and for sale) through the end of September. You don't have to be a YMCA member to attend. Refreshments served, and it's free.

Can't beat that.

FMI: Chris Shay at 307-634-9622.

Buffalo Bill Art Show &Sale

September 22, 23, 24, 25
Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Exhibition (8 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
Buffalo Bill Historical Center John Bunker Sands Photography Gallery. Free to the public.

September 24, 25
Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artist Demonstrations
Participating artists are placed in one of the following locations: Big Horn Galleries, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody Country Art League, Simpson Gallagher Gallery, or other Cody art-related venues depending on the number of participants. Free to the public.

September 25
Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artist Studio Tour (9 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
Trolley departs from the Party Tent at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Take a trolley tour of the studios of participating Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale artists Steve Schrepferman, Linda S. Raynolds, M.C. Poulsen, Vic Payne, J. Burnham Rudolph, and Caleco Foundry. Reservations required.
Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Honored Artist Lecture (2 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Coe Auditorium. 2009 Honored Artist T.D. Kelsey discusses his life’s influences and work. Free to the public.
A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Collectible Poster Signing (3 p.m. – 5 p.m.)
Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Honored Artist T.D. Kelsey signs copies of the collectible 2009 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale poster.
Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Final Preview (4 p.m.)
Buffalo Bill Historical Center. View the exhibition a final time and visit with artists in the John Bunker Sands Photography Gallery, then stroll to the Party Tent adjacent to the historical center for fine food, drinks, and live music.
28th Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Auction (6:30 p.m.)
Buffalo Bill Historical Center—Party Tent. Join in the fun with spirited bidding of fine western art orchestrated by the rapid-fire delivery of auctioneers Troy Black and Associates. Reservations required.

September 26
Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Quick Draw (9 a.m.)
Buffalo Bill Historical Center—Party Tent. Join us for a champagne brunch and silent auction. Stroll through the Robbie Powwow Garden to observe over thirty painters, potters, and sculptors at work—often using live models—to complete a piece in one hour. Quick Draw pieces are then sold at live auction. Reservations required.

http://www.buffalobillartshow.com/

Anne and Pete Sibley perform this weekend at Pickamania in Silver City, N.M.

Anne and Pete Sibley of Jackson will be one of thirteen musical groups performing this weekend at the second annual Pickamania in Gough Park in Silver City, N.M. Performances begin at 6 p.m. today (Friday) and are free and open to the public.

Here's more from an article in the Silver City Sun-News:

Wyoming's Anne and Pete Sibley were recently awarded top honors in the NPR's Prairie Home Companion Great American Sing-off.

"We are very excited to come to Pickamania," Anne Sibley said. "Neither of us have ever stepped foot in New Mexico before and are excited to have the chance to finally do so. The landscapes are breathtaking around here, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah and now, New Mexico. It seems that lots of people are grateful for life and for the love of music."

The Sibleys will offer the first of three musical workshops throughout the weekend. Workshops will be held in the Wells Fargo Bank. Cost for each workshop is $10.

Anne was awarded a 2009 performing arts fellowship in music performance from the Wyoming Arts Council.

FMI: http://www.scsun-news.com/ci_13304550

Postmark deadline for Blanchan/Doubleday writing awards is Oct. 30

The postmark deadline for applications to the Neltje Blanchan and Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Writing Awards is Friday, Oct. 30, 2009.

The $1,000 Blanchan Award is given to a writer whose work, in any literary genre, is inspired by nature. The $1,000 Doubleday Award is given to the best manuscript submitted by a woman author.

To apply, you must be at least 18 years old and a Wyoming resident.

The competition is sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council and funded by artist and arts patron Neltje from Banner.

Judge for the competition is Aaron A. Abeyta, a poet, novelist and and professor of English at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. His first poetry collection, Colcha, received both an American Book Award and the Colorado Book Award. His second poetry collection was As Orion Falls, published by Ghost Road Press in Denver. Abeyta’s first novel, Rise, Do Not Be Afraid, was published in 2007 by Ghost Road Press. He is the recipient of a Colorado Council on the Arts fellowship for poetry. He earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from Colorado State University.

Get a printable application and guidelines at the WAC web site, http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/. For more information, contact Michael Shay, 307-777-5234 or mshay@state.wy.us.

"Jukeboxes & Jackalopes" -- the photographic companion

Writer Julianne Couch and photographer Ronald Hansen dropped by the Arts Council this afternoon to show off their new book.

"Jukeboxes & Jackalopes: A Photographic Companion to Wyoming Bars & Backways" was hot off the presses when Julianne and Ron sidled into the WAC. The large format book features Ron's color photos of the state's distinctive bars, accompanied by Julianne's captions. It's published by the Wyoming State Historical Society, and features an intro by noted historian Phil Roberts.

This is a follow-up to Julianne's "Jukeboxes & Jackalopes: A Wyoming Bar Journey," published by Pronghorn Press in Greybull. It features a lone photo of each out-of-the way bar with essays by Julianne. I've heard Julianne read several of these essays. The bars serve as catalyst for the essays, as her writing begins at the watering holes but ranges further afield into history and geology and her own life. She received an Individual Artist Professional Development grant to help defray costs of research and site visits. Now don't laugh. Research can take many forms, especially when you're dealing with small-town Western traditions such as saloons and bars -- and their patrons. As Julianne notes in the intro to the new book:

As another traveler once said, "A town in Wyoming consists of a post office, a gas station, and a bar."

In some of the locales chronicled by Julianne and Ron, a bar is all that remains. Just take a look at Steelman's Brite Spot in Hiland. It includes a bar and convenience store, the only shops in this town of 10 residents.

Just take a look at the Longbranch Saloon in Hawk Springs. You can't, not in person anyway, because it burned down after Julianne's visit for her first book. Rebuilding plans are supposed to be underway.

I urge you to take a look at the book. You can buy it in Cheyenne at City News and the Wyoming State Museum Store. You can order copies from Julianne and Ron's Horse Creek Studio. Get more info at http://www.myspace.com/wyojulianne

And here's a terrific idea. Bring Julianne and her books and her expertise to your community for a presentation. You can do this through a WAC Arts Across Wyoming grant. Julianne is one of our fine roster artists. An AAW grant can help pay her fee and travel costs. Why not do that now, while it's fresh on your mind. Go to http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/Grants/EApps.asp

--Michael Shay

Plein Air Painting workshop at AVA

Nina McConigley to celebrate new story in American Short Fiction with Texas reading

Wyoming fiction writer Nina McConigley (upper right) is one of the writers featured in the new issue of American Short Fiction.

Casper's Nina Swamidoss McConigley (now teaching at UW in Laramie) has a new story out this fall in American Short Fiction magazine. The story is "Curating Your Life." A reading featuring contributors to this issue of ASF will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, at the Austin, Texas, home of Kelty Christman. This is free and open to the public.

The event features readings by writers Nina McConigley and Josh Weil. Actor Gabriel Luna, fresh from his title role in Cambiare Productions’ Orestes, will also read. Buzz Moran and LB Deyo of Dionysium will emcee. Music from the fall issue's diskette will also be played.

FMI: http://www.americanshortfiction.org/blog/?p=1236

UW ReVisioning Conference features performances, workshops and panel discussions

From a UW press release:

The University of Wyoming will host the third annual "ReVisioning the (W)hole" conference from Sept. 29-Oct. 1.

The conference will include presentations, workshops, performances and panel discussions led by students, faculty and staff. The conference is free and open to the public.

"This conference has two primary objectives," says organizer Meg VB-Wood, UW Department of English faculty member. "To recognize and celebrate the on-going interdisciplinary/integrated projects on campus and beyond, and stimulate future work that looks at blurring, enlarging and/or redefining disciplinary boundaries."

The conference's keynote speakers are David Carson, UW eminent artist-in-residence and graphic designer, and Larry Livingston of the University of Southern California School of Music.
"We're excited about the conference's trajectory from simply recognizing interdisciplinary collaboration in the first year to actually embodying it," says organizer Margaret Wilson, associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance. "This year, we are grouping presenters together and asking them to develop their presentations collaboratively."

"ReVisioning the (W)hole III" is supported by the UW Foundation; the College of Arts and Sciences; the Outreach School; the Learning Resource Network; the Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning; ASUW Student Activities Council; the American Studies Program; the departments of Art, English, Geology and Geophysics, Music, and Physics and Astronomy; and the Laura Jane Musser Fund.

FMI: Wilson at mawilson@uwyo.edu or VB-Wood at megw@uwyo.edu.

Here's all you need to know for the 2010 Blanchan/Doubleday writing competition

By Friday, Sept. 11, applications for the 2010 Blanchan/Doubleday writing awards will be in the mail to the 250-some resident writers on the Wyoming Arts Council mailing list. You will also find a printable version at the WAC web site at http://www.wyoarts.org/. Meanwhile, take a look at this abbreviated version of the application. If you can't wait for the mailman, feel free to cut and paste this material to an MS Word doc and take it away.

Here's the info from the 2010 Blanchan/Doubleday application:

Through the generosity of private donor Neltje, the Individual Artists Program of the Wyoming Arts Council gives the Neltje Blanchan and Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Awards for excellence in creative writing.

These awards are designed to bring attention to writers who have not yet received wide recognition for their work, and to support emerging writers at crucial times in their careers. Poets, fiction writers, essayists, and script writers who have published no more than one book in each genre and who are not students or faculty members are invited to apply by submitting manuscripts and an entry form by the October 30, 2009 postmark deadline.

Since 1989, 37 talented writers have received Blanchan/Doubleday awards: Geoffrey O’Gara, Betsy Orient Bernfeld, Hannah Hinchman, David Mouat, Sheila Roberts, Scott Hagel, Holly Skinner, C.L. Rawlins, Marcia Saum, Dainis Hazners, Barbara Gilbert, William Hoagland, Diane LeBlanc, Tina Willis, Maija Rhee Devine, Mary Beth Baptiste, Julene Bair, Chavawn Kelley, Geneen Marie Haugen, Janell Hanson, Mark Spragg, Karol Griffin, Stefani Farris, Laura Bell, Darcy Acord, Jack Clinton, Tina Welling, Susan Marsh, Myra L. Peak, Marcia Hensley, Jeffe Kennedy, Melodie Edwards, Bo Moore, Barbara Smith, Alisan Peters, Lou O. Madison and Christine B. Nelson.

The Neltje Blanchan Award, $1,000, is given for the best poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or script which is informed by a relationship with the natural world.

The Frank Nelson Doubleday Award, $1,000, is given for the best poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or script written by a woman author.

Blanchan/Doubleday Judge is Aaron A. Abeyta

Aaron A. Abeyta is a Colorado native and professor of English at Adams State College. His first poetry collection, Colcha, received both an American Book Award and the Colorado Book Award. His second poetry collection was As Orion Falls, published by Ghost Road Press. It received a number of favorable reviews, including one from Juan Felipe Herrera, author of Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside a Cereal Box:

“There is no other voice that conjures the sky and keeps count of stars as human migrations, moving, fading, and bursting anew as Aaron Abeyta’s. Here he is standing naked and alone on the abandoned snow drifts and tierras, holding them as fallen angels and stellar evidence of our birthright -- the luminous lands we claimed we would honor thirty-five years ago. Abeyta speaks with the voices of Nazim Hikmet, Jim Sagel, Allison Hedge-Coke and Albert Hunter, all lovers of the small earth and its colossal heart."

In 2007, Aaron published his first novel, Rise, Do Not Be Afraid, also published by Ghost Road Press in Denver. Annie Dawid wrote a review in High Country News:

“Entering Colorado poet Aaron Abeyta’s first novel, Rise, Do Not Be Afraid, is like visiting a world that no longer exists -- if it ever did. Santa Rita, the mythical Western town that forms the subject of this short, dense novel, is a place reminiscent of Eden, both before and after the Fall. One is reminded of Gabriel García Márquez’s fictional Colombian town, Macondo, as Abeyta creates a culture in a specific place and witnesses its dissolution -- from greed, abandonment, the withering of love. Like García Márquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude, Abeyta begins with an annotated cast of characters, for it’s easy to confuse the people in this novel. Abeyta moves through time and generations as if through memory: ‘That was 1926,’ when the fences were built, we are told in the same paragraph in which we have traveled even further back to the arrival of the treacherous Matthews family in 1878. “ ‘Santa Rita sat in a long and deep canyon cut by an ancient river of ice, now melted to a river that flowed east toward the Rio Grande. There was no TV reception in Santa Rita. Most news traveled like it always had, by word of mouth.’ ”

Aaron is the recipient of a Colorado Council on the Arts fellowship for poetry. He earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from Colorado State University. He lives in southern Colorado where, as he says in his bio, he can remain close to his family and culture, both of which greatly influence his work. Abeyta was born in 1971.

Guidelines: 2010 Blanchan/Doubleday writing awards

Eligibility:
You may enter if you meet the following requirements:
*You must not be a full-time college student or full-time college faculty.
* You must be at least 18 years old and a legal resident of Wyoming, living in the state for at least ten months of the year, since July 1, 2008.
* To receive an award, you must remain a Wyoming resident until June 30, 2010, living in the state for at least ten months of the year.
*You must not have received a Blanchan or Doubleday award in the last four years. You may apply for these awards if you received a 2009 creative writing fellowship.
* You may not receive a 2010 Arts Council creative writing fellowship.
* You may enter if you have never published a book, if you’ve published only one full-length book of fiction, poetry or nonfiction, or if you have published no more than one book of poetry, one of fiction, and one of nonfiction (self-publication excluded).
* To enter the Frank Nelson Doubleday competition, you must be a woman.

Manuscript guidelines:
* Submit two copies of work, for each competition, typed on 16 or 20 pound 8 1/2" x 11" white paper. Photocopies are acceptable. You may enter the same work to both competitions, but must submit two separate copies of it for each award.
* Do not staple manuscripts or use any manuscript cover or binder; paper clip each copy after collating.
* Submit work in one genre only (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction or script).
* Writing may have been previously published, but don’t submit reprints; published work must be retyped to conform to the rest of the manuscript.
* Manuscript must be consecutively page-numbered. Include title of work and page numbers on each page.
* Your name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript.
* If you submit more than the allowed page limits (see below), extra pages will be removed; you will not be notified.
* Do not send supplementary materials (letters, resumes, etc.).
* If novel or play/film synopses are part of the manuscript (this is often helpful to juror), include them in the total page number count.

Length requirements:
* Poetry, maximum length: 10 printed pages. Type single-spaced, with no more than one poem per printed page.
* Fiction and creative nonfiction, maximum length: 25 printed pages. Type double-spaced, using either one side or both sides of page.
* Drama and screenplays, maximum length: 25 printed pages. Must be typed and presented in the standard, industry-accepted format for the type of script submitted.

Submission procedures:
* You may enter each competition once only, by October 30, 2009.
* Send two copies of the manuscript for each competition.
* Fill out and enclose a signed entry form (you may use a photocopy) with manuscripts. The same form may be used to enter both competitions.
* If you want the Council to acknowledge receipt of your manuscripts, enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard.

After you submit your application:
* If you enclosed a self-addressed stamped postcard, the Council will acknowledge receipt of your manuscript.
* Your name and credentials are not available to juror; all manuscripts are identified by number. Juror will not critique individual manuscripts.
* Winners will be notified after January 1, 2010.
* Manuscripts will not be returned, and will be discarded after the competition. Please be sure to retain copies of your work.
* You’ll receive $1,000 (after January 1, 2010). At the discretion of the juror, no award may be given, or both awards may be given to the same writer.
* You’ll sign a contract which verifies that you’re eligible to receive this award.
* You must remain a resident of the state through June 30, 2010, living within its borders for at least ten months of the year.
* You’ll need to supply a resume and black and white photograph for publicity, and the Council will ask permission to print some of your work in its publications.
* You’ll retain the right of publication to the work you produce during the award period.
* You must fill out a form, due June 30, 2010, which asks questions about how this award helped you and what you accomplished during the year. There are no requirements regarding work you complete during the award period or how you use the funds.

2010 Blanchan and Doubleday Writing Awards Application
(Please print, complete and mail with entry)

Name ____________________________________

Address__________________________________

City ________________State_______ Zip _______

Phone (Day) ___________ (Night) ______________

E-mail: ___________________________________

___Check here if you’re applying for both the Frank Nelson Doubleday and the Neltje Blanchan
Awards.
___Check here if you’ve enclosed a self-addressed stamped postcard (optional) so we can acknowledge manuscript receipt.

FRANK NELSON DOUBLEDAY ENTRY
I have submitted two copies of a manuscript which contains (check only one of the following genres and how many pages in the submission):
Genre: # of pages
____ Poetry __________
____ Fiction __________
____ Creative Nonfiction __________
____ Script __________
List manuscript title and (if applicable) titles of individual poems, essays, short stories, etc.:
________________________________________________

NELTJE BLANCHAN AWARD ENTRY
I have submitted two copies of a manuscript which contains (check only one of the following genres and how many pages in the submission):
Genre: # of pages
____ Poetry __________
____ Fiction __________
____ Creative Nonfiction __________
____ Script __________
Please list manuscript title and (if applicable) titles of individual poems, essays, short stories, etc.:___________________________________

ARTISTIC STATEMENT
In 100 words or less, please provide us with a brief artistic/biographical statement. This information will not be available to the judge, nor will it affect your application in any way. The WAC will use it in an announcement if you’ve won an award, and in its files of Wyoming writers (please attach as a separate sheet.)

Send two copies of your manuscript -- for each competition entered -- one application form (you may use the same form to enter both competitions; a photocopy of this form is acceptable) plus a stamped, self addressed postcard (if acknowledgement of manuscript receipt is desired) by October 30, 2009 to:

Wyoming Arts Council
2320 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Attn: Blanchan & Doubleday Awards

Enclosure Checklist
Deadline: October 30, 2009
_____ Two copies of the manuscript for each competition entered.
_____ Signed entry form.
_____ Optional acknowledgement postcard.
_____ Biographical statement.

I verify that I am at least 18 years old, have been a legal resident of Wyoming since July 1, 2008, that I am not a full-time college student or a full-time college faculty member, I have not received a Blanchan or Doubleday Award in the last four years, and that I have published no more than one book in each genre listed on the reverse side of this page. To receive this award, I understand I must remain a Wyoming resident until June 30, 2010, and live within the state’s borders for at least ten months of the year.

Signature: _______________________Date: __________

CAM-PLEX Upcoming Events

1635 Reata Dr. Gillette. WY82718

Artists of the Black Hills
Exhibition date : August 25-September25
Artist Reception Sept 11 (6-8pm) Heritage Center South Lobby & Gallery

Alpin Hong, Classic Pianist
September 25, 6:30pm Heritage Center
Ticket Office 307-682-8802

www.cam-plex.com

Cheyenne Artists Guild - Upcoming Events

1701 Morrie Avenue, Cheyenne, WY82001
307-632-2263

Sept 1-30 : National Juried Art Show
Sept 14 : 1-4pm, National Show reception, talk by National Show Judge & monthly meeting
Sept 17: 11:30am Lunch Bunch, Egg & I
Sept 25 : Turn-in for "PAINT YOUR PALETTE" for October Fund Raiser

www.cheyenneartistsguild.org

AVA Community Art Center, Fall Class & Event September Schedule

509 West Second Street, Gillette, WY
307-682-9133

Grade School Kids Club Fall Session (Sept 4,17,24)
Parent and Child Class (Sept 14,21,28)
Yupo for Kids (Sept 14,21)
Pottery in the Morning with John Werbelow (Sept 15,16,22,23,29,30)
Kids Clay Class with Kate Payne (Sept 17,24 Oct 1)
Little Tikes (Sept 18,25)
Plein Air with Nancy Brown (Sept 19)
Vase Class (Sept 22)
September Luncheon with Stain Glass Artist Linda Lang (Sept 23)
Flower Press Class (Sept 24)
Community Art Show Work Due(Sept 25)
7th Annual Mini Art Auction (Sept 25)
Ikebana Floral Arrangement (Sept 29)
Early Release Day (Sept 30)

www.avacenter.org

Book signing and open house for Pat Frolander

This comes from Andi Hummel in Hulett:

You are invited to a book signing and open house honoring award-winning Sundance poet Patricia Frolander on Monday, Sept. 21, at the Community Room of the Crook County Public Library in Sundance. The event, which will run from 4-7 p.m., is hosted by Bearlodge Writers and friends of the poet, and it will debut Frolander's new chapbook, Grassland Genealogy (Finishing Line Press, July 2009).

Frolander, who promises to entertain those attending the event with selections from forty years of poetry written about raising children, weathering ranch life, and life in general, is celebrating more than a new book. She was recently notified that her poem, "Father, when You call," was named the 2009 winner of the 17th Annual National Senior Poets Laureate Competition. Sponsored by Amy Kitchner's Angels Without Wings Foundation, the competition draws entries from all over the United States. Picked as best from more than 700 entries for this year, "Father, when You call" brings its author both prestigious recognition and a nice cash award.

This poet, who admits to digging deep when she pens her lines, is definitely on a roll. Determined to keep the momentum going, she's submitting more — already has a new manuscript making the rounds — and is also on the schedule for readings at the Campbell County Public Library in Gillette, a parlor reading at a more private affair in Glendo, and other upcoming events.

Her work has appeared in a number of anthologies, newspapers, and magazines, and she often speaks to the joys and problems of Wyoming ranch life when she shares her lines at gatherings throughout the region. She and fellow Sundance poet Jeanne Rogers most recently "worked the crowd" together at a Bellman Brown Bag Series presentation at the Matthews Opera House in Spearfish, South Dakota in April 2009, skillfully playing on the memories of all in attendance, evoking laughter and tears with their words.

Grassland Genealogy will be available for purchase at the signing. You may also pick up a copy from the author or from your favorite local bookstore, or order it from Backpocket Books, 364 Farrall Road, Sundance, WY 82729 (1/307/283-2665) for $14 plus shipping and handling.

It is also available from the publisher, Finishing Line Press, at http://www.finishinglinepress.com/NewReleasesandForthcomingTitles.htm.

ARTCORE announces September line-up

ARTCORE, 330 S. Center, #415, in Casper, announces the playbill for this month:

Bill Mize
September 10,7:30 p.m., Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Fingerstyle guitarist and composer Bill Mize appeared with the emerging acoustic guitar movement in the 1980s and has continued to develop a style and sense of taste that influences many of today's guitarists.

Japan Arts Day: Akemi Iwase
September 19, 7:30 p.m., John F. Welsh Auditorium, Natrona County High School

Scrambled McManus
September 24, 7:30 p.m., John F. Welsh Auditorium, Natrona County High School
“Scrambled McManus” is a tribute to humor and to the concept of story. The show is structured to appeal equally to diehard fans and to those who are stepping into the wonderful, wacky world of McManus for the first time. Behrens concocts a feast for the audience’s imagination with the simplest of ingredients: a bare stage, 4 props, and 6 stools. The usual McManus “staples” all make an appearance: Rancid Crabtree, Crazy Eddie Muldoon, Mrs. Swisher, Melba Peachbottom and Goombaw to name a few. Each contributes his or her (or its!) own idea about the nature of story itself, and how it feels to be a McManus character, much to their creator’s consternation.

The Lowe Family
September 30, 7:30 p.m., John F. Welsh Auditorium, Natrona County High School . The Lowe Family has been entertaining hundreds of thousands around the world for over 25 years. Versatile on many instruments, the nine Lowes offer an amazing blend of show-stopping classical, Broadway, Irish, jazz, bluegrass, old-time favorites, spectacular dance, 6-part harmony, gospel, a stirring patriotic tribute, and more!

http://www.artcorewy.com/

The Marquee: What's at the WYO Theater?

Cornerstone Church Presents Bill Dallas

Sunday, September 20, 7 p.m.

Real-estate entrepreneur Bill Dallas's charmed life changed dramatically when he was charged, convicted, and sentenced to five years in prison for grand-theft embezzlement. Lessons from San Quentin tells the true story of how one man's life was changed for the better due to the hardships encountered at the legendary maximum-security prison.

Sundowner Lions Benefit : The Emperor's New Clothes By Lamb Caravan Theatre Co.

Friday, September 25, 7 p.m.

The EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES is one of the all-time favorite fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Adapted to the stage by Kathryn Schultz Miller, this fast-paced, funny and clever play has something for everyone: Lots of action, laughs, magic tricks and great audience participation! Come and join the LAMB Caravan Theatre Company as they energetically recreate this fabulous fairy tale in their own sort of hip, jazzy, irreverent style. You will be enthralled! Sundowner Lions will be using their portion of the proceeds to give eye exams, eye glasses and eye surgery for low income children, high school students and adults here in Sheridan. Call the Sundowner Lions at 866-358-9234 for more information

http://www.wyotheater.com/

Justin Jensen at Community Fine Arts Center

"Exploring the form of nature" by Justin Jensen is on exhibit through Sept. 30 at the Community Fine Arts Center, 400 C Street, Rock Springs.

Hours are Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

FMI: 307-362-6212