Energetic Administrator needed for Executive Director position at AVA, Gillette’s growing Community Art Center. Skills needed include ability to multi-task and a working knowledge of Quickbooks and MS Office Suite; must be an effective communicator, dependable and self-motivated. Email resume to cathrinecoulter@gmail.com or mail to same at PO Box 3108, Gillette, WY 82717.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
‘Post 9/11’ film, talk set Aug. 10 in Cody
‘Post 9/11’ film, talk set Friday in Cody - Cody Enterprise:
The Heart Mountain Interpretive Center is hosting a film showing and panel discussion at Wynona Thompson Auditorium on Friday.
The event is part of the two-day Pilgrimage Event for the center. The film begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public “Ken Watanabe’s America: Japanese Americans and Post 9/11 America” will be followed by a panel discussion with former congressman and Transporation Secretary Norman Mineta, retired senator Al Simpson, former head of the Japanese American Citizens League Floyd Mori, board chair of Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Shirley Ann Higuchi, and vice-chair Doug Nelson. Board member Eric Muller will moderate the panel discussion.
The Heart Mountain Interpretive Center is hosting a film showing and panel discussion at Wynona Thompson Auditorium on Friday.
The event is part of the two-day Pilgrimage Event for the center. The film begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public “Ken Watanabe’s America: Japanese Americans and Post 9/11 America” will be followed by a panel discussion with former congressman and Transporation Secretary Norman Mineta, retired senator Al Simpson, former head of the Japanese American Citizens League Floyd Mori, board chair of Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Shirley Ann Higuchi, and vice-chair Doug Nelson. Board member Eric Muller will moderate the panel discussion.
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“People will have an opportunity to ask questions and interact with the panel because we’re not here to lecture people – we’re here to have a discussion and learn from one another,” he said.
Mineta was secretary of transportation under George W. Bush during the Sept. 11 attacks. Leger said Mineta’s experience as an internee at the Heart Mountain camp influenced his decisions during the difficult days after the attacks.
“He has many interesting things to say about that time and the pressures,” Leger said.
Abbie Miller in TERRA: TEXTILE Show Aug. 17 at Center for the Arts in Jackson
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| Tickets on sale now at Shades Cafe, Teton Valley Bookstore, Teton Art Lab and the Center for the Arts Box Office |
Tim O'Brien leads a writing workshop on "The Things We Carry" Oct. 5 at LCCC in Cheyenne
Want to take a free writing workshop with one of America's best writers?
Tim O'Brien, author of "The Things They Carried" and "Going After Cacciato," will be at the Literary Connection at Laramie County Community College on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6. On Friday, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., he will join two other award-winning writers -- John Calderazzo and Cat Valente -- who will each conduct a free workshop. Tim is a Vietnam veteran whose work continues to explore the legacy of that conflict on the American psyche. Here are the workshop details:
"In this workshop I'll be discussing my approach to writing fiction and will touch on such topics as the use of autobiographical materials in fiction, the principle of simultaneity, animating a story, thematic gravitas, etc."
Tim O'Brien, author of "The Things They Carried" and "Going After Cacciato," will be at the Literary Connection at Laramie County Community College on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6. On Friday, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., he will join two other award-winning writers -- John Calderazzo and Cat Valente -- who will each conduct a free workshop. Tim is a Vietnam veteran whose work continues to explore the legacy of that conflict on the American psyche. Here are the workshop details:
Tim O'Brien: The Things We Carry
"In this workshop I'll be discussing my approach to writing fiction and will touch on such topics as the use of autobiographical materials in fiction, the principle of simultaneity, animating a story, thematic gravitas, etc."
Tim O’Brien received the National Book Award in Fiction in 1979 for his novel Going After Cacciato. In 2005 The Things They Carried was named by the New York Times as one of the twenty best books of the last quarter century.
E.W. Gollings statue almost ready for the Sheridan County Historical Museum
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| This photo from Billings, Montana's, Meadowlark Gallery home page shows the new statue of "E. W. Gollings" by Marylee M. Moreland which soon will be installed at the Sheridan County Historical Museum in Sheridan. |
Help wanted: Lander Art Center seeks program coordinator
The Lander Art Center is seeking a Program Coordinator. Main duties include managing arts programming, financial data entry, and public relations. If you are interested in working at the premier visual art center of central Wyoming, please send a letter of interest and resume to Lisa Hueneke at 224 Main St. in Lander by August 17th. Salary dependent upon experience.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
"Upstairs, Downtown" in Laramie Aug. 17
On Friday, Aug. 17, 3-7 p.m., Laramie will hold a "home tour" of downtown's second floor remodeled lofts and apartments. Tickets are $10 per person in advance, $15 the day of and can be purchased at the Laramie Main Street office at 207 Grand Ave. M-F 11 to 3 p.m. or by calling 307-760-3355.
The Upstairs/Downtown tour is sponsored by Mountain Valley Properties, Pence and MacMillian, Advantage Real Estate, The Mortgage Source and Wolf Creek Broadcasting: Hits 106.
FMI: http://www.facebook.com/wyomingartscouncil#!/events/431933180170260/
The Upstairs/Downtown tour is sponsored by Mountain Valley Properties, Pence and MacMillian, Advantage Real Estate, The Mortgage Source and Wolf Creek Broadcasting: Hits 106.
FMI: http://www.facebook.com/wyomingartscouncil#!/events/431933180170260/
Drink lemonade -- support dance in Wyoming
More info on the Wyoming Arts Council poetry fellowships
On Monday, the Wyoming Arts Council announced the recipients of this year’s creative writing fellowships in poetry. Here is some additional information on the three winners and two honorable mentions.
The three winning poets are Matt Daly and Claudia Mauro of Jackson and W. Dale Nelson of Laramie. They each will receive a $3,000 award plus a $500 stipend to travel to Casper to read their work at the annual fellowship reading on Sept. 14 at the Equality State Book Festival. They will be joined at the reading by fellowship judge Brian Turner, a soldier-poet who is the author of two poetry collections, Here, Bullet and Phantom Noise.
The fellowship judge also selected two writers for honorable mentions. They are Michael McIrvin of Cheyenne and Kristen Gunther of Laramie.
Matt Daly is the author of Wild Nature and the Human Spirit: A Field Guide to Journal Writing in Nature. His poetry, short fiction and essays have been published in To Everything on Earth, Stories of the Wild and Ahead of Their Time: Wyoming Voices for Wilderness. He grew up in Jackson Hole, teaches creative writing workshops for tweens, teens, and adults, and is a member of the Wyoming Arts Council's artist roster.
Claudia Mauro is founder and director of Whit Press, which publishes work by writers from ethnic, economic and social minorities, young writers and first-time authors. Before moving to Wyoming, she worked for nearly 20 years as a marine science tech and a backcountry pilot in support of private and public environmental projects in Alaska. She's published two poetry collections: Stealing Fire and Reading the River.
W. Dale Nelson’s poetry has been published in The New Yorker, The Nation and other magazines in the U.S., Australia and Canada. Finishing Line Press in Kentucky is publishing his chapbook, Range of Motion. He won a WAC poetry fellowship in 2004 and was the recipient of a 2010 Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award for Nature Writers.
Michael McIrvin is the author of five poetry collections, including Optimism Blues: Poems Selected and New from Cedar Hill Publications, an essay collection and two novels. He's a free-lance editor. Kristen Gunther was born in Maryland and has called southeast Wyoming her home since 2009. She's a recent graduate of the University of Wyoming’s MFA program in creative writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cutbank and High Country News and has aired on Wyoming Public Radio.
This is the 27th year for the creative writing fellowships sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council. Next year’s category will be creative nonfiction. Applications will be available in spring 2013.
For more information, contact Michael Shay at 307-777-5234 or mike.shay@wyo.gov
The three winning poets are Matt Daly and Claudia Mauro of Jackson and W. Dale Nelson of Laramie. They each will receive a $3,000 award plus a $500 stipend to travel to Casper to read their work at the annual fellowship reading on Sept. 14 at the Equality State Book Festival. They will be joined at the reading by fellowship judge Brian Turner, a soldier-poet who is the author of two poetry collections, Here, Bullet and Phantom Noise.
The fellowship judge also selected two writers for honorable mentions. They are Michael McIrvin of Cheyenne and Kristen Gunther of Laramie.
Matt Daly is the author of Wild Nature and the Human Spirit: A Field Guide to Journal Writing in Nature. His poetry, short fiction and essays have been published in To Everything on Earth, Stories of the Wild and Ahead of Their Time: Wyoming Voices for Wilderness. He grew up in Jackson Hole, teaches creative writing workshops for tweens, teens, and adults, and is a member of the Wyoming Arts Council's artist roster.
Claudia Mauro is founder and director of Whit Press, which publishes work by writers from ethnic, economic and social minorities, young writers and first-time authors. Before moving to Wyoming, she worked for nearly 20 years as a marine science tech and a backcountry pilot in support of private and public environmental projects in Alaska. She's published two poetry collections: Stealing Fire and Reading the River.
W. Dale Nelson’s poetry has been published in The New Yorker, The Nation and other magazines in the U.S., Australia and Canada. Finishing Line Press in Kentucky is publishing his chapbook, Range of Motion. He won a WAC poetry fellowship in 2004 and was the recipient of a 2010 Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award for Nature Writers.
Michael McIrvin is the author of five poetry collections, including Optimism Blues: Poems Selected and New from Cedar Hill Publications, an essay collection and two novels. He's a free-lance editor. Kristen Gunther was born in Maryland and has called southeast Wyoming her home since 2009. She's a recent graduate of the University of Wyoming’s MFA program in creative writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cutbank and High Country News and has aired on Wyoming Public Radio.
This is the 27th year for the creative writing fellowships sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council. Next year’s category will be creative nonfiction. Applications will be available in spring 2013.
For more information, contact Michael Shay at 307-777-5234 or mike.shay@wyo.gov
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Arts in the Parks: Kane's River at Hot Springs State Park Aug. 23
Our colleagues at Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites share this news:
Nationally recognized bluegrass band Kane's River will make a rare Wyoming appearance on Thursday, August 23, in Thermopolis. The free performance will be held in Hot Springs State Park Pavilion at 7 p.m.
The Montana-based band is a five-piece acoustic group known for its high-quality harmonies and hard-driving music that appeals to bluegrass, folk and popular music aficionados. It includes founding members John Lowell, guitar, and David Thompson, bass, both from the Bozeman area; Julie Elkins, banjo, former Montana native, now living in Raleigh, North Carolina; Ben Winship, mandolin, Victor, Idaho; and Jason Thomas, fiddle, Orlando, Florida. Sound will be provided by John Brooks.
The performance is a Wildcat Production and is part of the Arts in the Park series. It is sponsored by Hot Springs State Park, Pinnacle Bank, Centennial Energy, Morning Star Oil Company, Jim Boles/BNSF Railway and Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation. Additional in-kind support comes from Paintbrush Inn, Las Fuentes, Nature's Corner, Black Bear Cafe, Michael & Jacky Wright, KTHE Radio and the Independent-Record.
The group has performed around the United States and Canada at such top festivals as the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Artist Showcase & Fan Fest, Rockygrass, Wintergrass and Winfield.
Songs from the group's two albums reached the top ten on the country’s National Bluegrass Charts. and past performance highlights include the IBMA Artist Showcase & Fan Fest, Rockygrass, Wintergrass, Winfield, and other top festivals and venues around the U.S. and Canada.
FMI: Jacky Wright, Broadway Bygones, 307-864-4070.
Nationally recognized bluegrass band Kane's River will make a rare Wyoming appearance on Thursday, August 23, in Thermopolis. The free performance will be held in Hot Springs State Park Pavilion at 7 p.m.
The Montana-based band is a five-piece acoustic group known for its high-quality harmonies and hard-driving music that appeals to bluegrass, folk and popular music aficionados. It includes founding members John Lowell, guitar, and David Thompson, bass, both from the Bozeman area; Julie Elkins, banjo, former Montana native, now living in Raleigh, North Carolina; Ben Winship, mandolin, Victor, Idaho; and Jason Thomas, fiddle, Orlando, Florida. Sound will be provided by John Brooks.
The performance is a Wildcat Production and is part of the Arts in the Park series. It is sponsored by Hot Springs State Park, Pinnacle Bank, Centennial Energy, Morning Star Oil Company, Jim Boles/BNSF Railway and Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation. Additional in-kind support comes from Paintbrush Inn, Las Fuentes, Nature's Corner, Black Bear Cafe, Michael & Jacky Wright, KTHE Radio and the Independent-Record.
The group has performed around the United States and Canada at such top festivals as the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Artist Showcase & Fan Fest, Rockygrass, Wintergrass and Winfield.
Songs from the group's two albums reached the top ten on the country’s National Bluegrass Charts. and past performance highlights include the IBMA Artist Showcase & Fan Fest, Rockygrass, Wintergrass, Winfield, and other top festivals and venues around the U.S. and Canada.
FMI: Jacky Wright, Broadway Bygones, 307-864-4070.
Monday, August 6, 2012
WAC announces winners of creative writing fellowships in poetry w/update
The Wyoming Arts Council is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s creative writing fellowships in poetry.
They are Matt Daly and Claudia Mauro of Jackson and W. Dale Nelson of Laramie. They each will receive a $3,000 award plus a $500 stipend to travel to Casper to read their work at the annual fellowship reading Sept. 14 at the Equality State Book Festival. They will be joined at the reading by fellowship judge Brian Turner, a soldier-poet who is the author of two poetry collections, “Here, Bullet” and “Phantom Noise.”
Honorable mentions in this category go to Michael McIrvin of Cheyenne and Kristen Gunther of Laramie.
This is the 27th year for the creative writing fellowships sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council. Next year’s category will be creative nonfiction. Applications will be available in spring 2013.
For more information, contact Michael Shay at 307-777-5234 or mike.shay@wyo.gov.
UPDATED 8/8/2012: http://wyomingarts.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-info-on-wyoming-arts-council.html
They are Matt Daly and Claudia Mauro of Jackson and W. Dale Nelson of Laramie. They each will receive a $3,000 award plus a $500 stipend to travel to Casper to read their work at the annual fellowship reading Sept. 14 at the Equality State Book Festival. They will be joined at the reading by fellowship judge Brian Turner, a soldier-poet who is the author of two poetry collections, “Here, Bullet” and “Phantom Noise.”
Honorable mentions in this category go to Michael McIrvin of Cheyenne and Kristen Gunther of Laramie.
This is the 27th year for the creative writing fellowships sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council. Next year’s category will be creative nonfiction. Applications will be available in spring 2013.
For more information, contact Michael Shay at 307-777-5234 or mike.shay@wyo.gov.
UPDATED 8/8/2012: http://wyomingarts.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-info-on-wyoming-arts-council.html
New YouTube video from Bill Boycott sings Daisy's praises
Lander's Bill Boycott, a WAC roster artist, and Dr. Jo sing about Daisy -- "The Best Dang Dog in the USA"
New York Times reviews "new" Buffalo Bill Museum at the BBHC
Edward Rothstein, museum critic for the New York Times, spent some time in Cody recently and wrote a thorough review of the "reconceived" Buffalo Bill Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, with side trips to the Dug Up Gun Museum, the Cody Nite Rodeo and the Irma Hotel. Read the entire review here. (Thanks to Gregory Hinton, a BBHC resident fellow in 2011, for alerting me to the article.)
Friday, August 3, 2012
Governor Matt Mead announces appointments to Wyoming Arts Council board
Governor Matt Mead has appointed
two new board members and two returning members to the Wyoming Arts Council
Board.
New board members are Erin Taylor of Cheyenne, Executive Director of
the Wyoming Taxpayers Association, and Casper’s Holly Turner, Executive Director
of the Trails Center Foundation and past Executive Director of both the
Nicolaysen Arts Museum and the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra.
Reappointed board members are Janelle Fletcher-Kilmer of Laramie and
Neil Hansen of Powell. Fletcher-Kilmer is Director of Fine Arts Outreach at the
University of Wyoming. Hansen is Chairman of the Music Department at Northwest
College.
Stepping down from the board are artist and retired arts
educator Ila Miller of Aladdin and David Neary, Lander, Technical Director of
the Wyoming Shakespeare Festival Company.
“I thank Ila and David for their service and dedication to
the arts in Wyoming,” Governor Mead said. “The arts enrich the lives of
everyone and this Board has an important role in fostering both the arts and
artists in Wyoming. I am pleased to have Erin and Holly join the board and that
Janelle and Neil are willing to stay on. They are all contributing time, talent
and energy to promote arts in Wyoming.”
The Wyoming Arts Council Board is made up of 10 members who
are appointed by the Governor for three-year terms. The board serves in an
advisory capacity to the Wyoming Arts Council, and makes determinations on
grants awards.
Other board members are:
Karen Stewart, Board Chair from Jackson; Duane Evenson, Gillette; Bruce
Richardson, Casper; Chessney Sevier, Buffalo; Leslie Shinaver, Afton; and Tara
Taylor, Mountain View.
The mission of the Wyoming Arts Council is to provide
leadership and invest resources to sustain, promote and cultivate excellence in
the arts.
For more information
on the Wyoming Arts Council, the board members, the schedule of quarterly board
meetings and other items, call the Cheyenne office at 307-777-7742 or go to the
web site at http://www.wyomingartscouncil.org
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Public invited to attend Wyoming Arts Council Board events August 9-10 in Kemmerer
The Wyoming Arts Council Board will meet Aug. 9-10 in the Helio Batis Room of the South Lincoln Training and Event Center (SLTEC) in Kemmerer. The meeting will be held Thursday from 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. until business is concluded.
Agenda items include: WAC’s Long Range Plan, the new communications strategy, the Community Arts Partner grant application, a proposal for new Folk & Traditional Arts fellowships, WAC’s grant programs, upcoming WAC-sponsored events, and appointment of WAC Board committees for FY2012/2013. The board invites individuals and organizational representatives to attend the meeting, and a public comment session will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday. For a detailed agenda, contact the Wyoming Arts Council office at 307-777-7742.
Please join us for a public reception sponsored by the Frontier Arts Council on Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the South Lincoln Training and Event Center.
The mission of the Wyoming Arts Council is to provide leadership and invest resources to sustain, promote and cultivate excellence in the arts.
Board members are: Karen Stewart, Board Chair from Jackson; Duane Evenson, Gilltette; Janelle Fletcher-Kilmer, Laramie; Neil Hansen, Powell; Bruce Richardson, Casper; Chessney Sevier, Buffalo; Leslie Shinaver, Afton; Erin Taylor, Cheyenne; Tara Taylor, Mountain View; and Holly Turner, Casper.
For more information, contact Rita Basom, WAC, 307-777-7473 or rita.basom@wyo.gov.
Create your own sidewalk art masterpiece Saturday at the library in Cheyenne
From the Laramie County Public Library in Cheyenne:
For more information call the library at
634.3561 or visit the 1st floor Ask Here Desk, Laramie County
Library, 2200 Pioneer Avenue, Cheyenne.
Are you an artist? Do you aspire to be? We’ll provide the
colorful chalk and you provide the art! Reserve your sidewalk square(s) at the
Laramie County Library in Cheyenne for Saturday, August 4, from 10:00 am to
1:00 pm and win prizes! Create your masterpiece by yourself, with your friends
or with your family.
Sign up now for your “patch” of sidewalk. Email communityrelations@lclsonline.org
or call 307.634.3561.
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