Images West 2013

ImagesWest The Guide to the Arts in Jackson Hole

2013 Edition

Traditional & Contemporary Western Art

JOE VELAZQUEZ

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“Back to Camp” by Richard Luce. Oil on Canvas 18" x 24"

“Tatanka Ska” by Bob Coonts. Acrylic on Canvas 30" x 40"

“Solitude” by Richard Luce. Oil on Canvas 20" x 24"

“Floating” by Barbara Meikle. Oil on Canvas 20" x 20"

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Clockwise from the Top R. Tom Gilleon Mary Roberson Jared Sanders Bill Schenck Rocky Hawkins Amy Ringholz Dan Namingha Theodore Waddell John Nieto Also Representing Duke Beardsley James Pringle Cook Glenn Dean Robert Farber Donna Howell-Sickles Andree Hudson Steve Kestrel Ted Knight Ed Mell Arlo Namingha Marshall Noice Howard Post September Vhay Greg Woodard Dennis Ziemienski Altamira Fine Art

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Table of Contents

ART SHORTS

GALLERIES

6 Art al Fresco Fairs in downtown Jackson and Teton Village offer an array of antiques, arts, and crafts.

26 Art of Fly-Fishing Paintings incorporating angling hook sportsmen and collectors.

8 Third Thursdays Once-a-month ArtWalks are jampacked with openings.

30 Functional Art Works by artists who show at Western Design Conference can be found year-round.

10 Beyond the Square Retail shops and artist studios are thriving miles away from the art scene’s epicenter.

34 Sculpture with a Sense of Humor From lanky critters to buxom cowgirls, whimsical bronzes make people smile.

FEATURES

12 Get Out! Jackson Hole’s plein air painting scene is as robust as its landscapes.

Two festivals this summer will draw resident and visiting artists.

16 Documenting a Disappearance George Catlin journeyed West in the 1830s, painting tribes, wildlife and a way of life on the way out.

20 Whole Collections Valley galleries allow area collectors to decorate homes in Western, contemporary or a mix of the two.

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36 A Painter’s Process Jim Wilcox talks about the ‘pleasant struggle’ of creating a canvas.

40 At Home in the Saddle ‘Every painting starts with a horse’ for Utah artist who created Fall Arts Festival poster canvas.

THEATER

44 Summer Stock Shows include Shakespeare, mountain men and rebellious teens.

MUSIC

46 In Tune with the Outdoors Music under the sun and stars gains popularity in the Hole.

GUIDES 49 Advertisers Directory 50 Gallery Map

51 Artist Directory 55 Events Calendar

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Basking in late-afternoon sunshine, flowers flutter in the breeze and the Tetons positively glow.

It’s a scene that draws millions of visitors each year, more and more of them toting easels and paints.

The idyllic scene seemed perfect for this issue of Images West, the magazine devoted to helping you explore the art scene in Jackson Hole. As Dina Mishev writes in the plein air feature on page 12, resident painters and visiting ones can’t get enough of trying to capture the mountains’ majesty.

If you do tire of the scenery in Grand Teton National Park, flip the pages of this magazine for outdoor diversions in Jackson and Teton Village.

From free concerts (page 46) to art walks (page 8), festivals (page 6) and even Shakespeare (page

44), open-air events abound this summer.

At the National Museum of Wildlife Art, sauntering along the new Sculpture Trail is almost as rewarding as taking in the world-class exhibits, including “George Catlin’s American Buffalo” (see page 16).

Inside the 30-some galleries downtown, keep an eye out for works that blend angling and art (page 26) and sculptures that prompt smiles (page 34).

If you’re not in town September 6 through 15 for Fall Arts Festival (page 42), you can still see and purchase museum-quality pieces by Western Design Conference artisans year-round (page 30).

What better souvenir of your trip than fine art that will last for generations? —JOHANNA LOVE

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Art al Fresco Fairs in downtown Jackson and Teton Village offer an array of antiques, arts, and crafts.

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Something about mountain sunshine makes jewelry gleam a little brighter and paintings glow.

Five weekend art fairs this summer offer art lovers the chance to see a wide array of works.

“We handpick each artist for the quality of their craftsmanship and devotion to their expression of what they create,” says Karen Boyd, who, with husband Steven, produces the Art Show at Teton Village. This year, the Boyds are expecting 60 artists to travel to the valley to participate in their two shows, July 26-28 and August 2-4.

Admission is free.

Held for the first time more than 30 years ago, the Art Show at Teton Village was inherited by the Boyds seven years ago. They have curated a wide range of original fine art, from classic to contemporary fiber arts, bronze sculpture, photography and painting. “As artists ourselves, we know and understand what it takes to create a great and fun outdoor art show,” Boyd said. The couple also added a

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second weekend to the schedule.

At Miller Park in downtown Jackson, Art Fair Jackson Hole isn’t free—admission costs $5 for those not members of the nonprofit Art Association—but, with proceeds going to art education and 165 booths to browse, you don’t hear any complaints. The juried fair features everything from fine art (photography, watercolor and oil paintings, blown glass) to whimsy (felted purses, hammocks, jewelry) during two weekends, July 19-21 and August 16-18.

Fall Arts Festival has its own art fair as well.

Takin’ It to the Streets, held the first Sunday of the festival (September 8 this year), showcases the work of 40 local and regional artists, artisans, and craftsmen and women. More than 100 artists from Jackson Hole and Teton Valley apply to participate.

“The fact most of it is made by people you know makes it more fun,” says longtime Jackson resident Sarah Hoffman. Dina Mishev

The Art Fair Jackson Hole, presented by the Art Association, is set for July 19-21 and August 1618 in Miller Park near downtown Jackson.

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Third Thursdays

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Greg Fulton of Astoria Fine Art chats with visitors during the 2011 Palates & Palettes Gallery Walk.

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Although the Jackson Hole Gallery Association has been organizing monthly ArtWalks for years, the events are gathering steam from a combination of factors: show openings, socializing and snacks.

More often than not, galleries now schedule opening receptions for major shows to coincide with ArtWalks, which are held from 5 to 8 p.m. the third Thursday of every month (excluding April, May and November).

“We’ve been going away from merely being open late on ArtWalk nights to offering something special,” said Greg Fulton, owner of Astoria Fine Art. “Knowing that people will be out those nights makes it easy for us to plan special events,” Fulton says. This summer, Fulton, whose gallery is on the Town Square, has receptions for shows of work by watercolorist Mort Solberg (July 18) and still-life painter Jeff Legg (August 15) scheduled to coincide with ArtWalks.

“I think more and more galleries are doing this,” Fulton said. “If they end up having the success with it that we have been having, I think that, moving on, the ArtWalks will become more of a special event evening than just galleries being open until 8.”

Several blocks away, Diehl Gallery has also begun to schedule its summer shows to coincide with ArtWalks.

“On one hand, visitors and locals may come out anyway because there’s an ArtWalk and, additionally, an exhibition brings people out so it’s a double whammy,” said Mariam Diehl, the gallery’s owner. “As more and more

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galleries begin to do this, someone with a busy summer schedule—like most of us here—may be more likely to come out because they know they can hit the openings for several different shows. We’re not asking people to make a special trip into downtown for just one show.”

Diehl Gallery’s ArtWalk openings include wood sculptor Caprice Pierucci on July 18 and mixed-media sculptor Kate Hunt on August 15. This will be Austin, Texas-based Pierucci’s first show in Jackson.

Of course ArtWalks aren’t just about the art. “They’re just really fun nights,” Diehl said.

Fulton said he’s been noticing that the evenings are popular with residents. “I see that locals use the evenings to get together,” he said.

And ArtWalkers need not be collectors. “Openings held on ArtWalk nights seem to draw more general art enthusiasts than openings on other nights,” Fulton said.

“On an ArtWalk, we’ll get plenty of people coming in even if they’ve never heard of the artists, but who are anxious to see new things and meet new people. We make a lot of new fans on ArtWalk nights.” Dina Mishev

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Once-a-month ArtWalks are jam-packed with openings.

Novice and expert connoisseurs can discuss artwork during the Jackson Hole Gallery Association’s monthly walks.

George Catlin, Buffalo Hunt under the Wolf-skin Mask, 1832-1833, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

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Explore MADE in Hotel Terra Teton Village MadeJacksonHole.com Skywolf’s Gallery Mangy Moose complex, Teton Village SkywolfsGallery.com

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Jenny Lake Lodge N. Jenny Lake Jct., Grand Teton National Park Wilcox Gallery 1975 N. Highway 89, Jackson WilcoxGallery.com

Artist Joanne Hennes in her gallery at her home north of Jackson. Hennes has been painting the Tetons for 50 years. Many artists in the valley show their wares from homes or studios.

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Beyond the Square

The following artists often open their studios to guests, but request you make an appointment:

Retail shops and artist studios are thriving miles away from the art scene’s epicenter.

Those interested in art by Wilson woodworkers Charlie Thomas, left, and Mark DeOrsay are invited into Thomas’ home next to the woodshop, where virtually every piece of furniture, and most of the home itself, was constructed by Thomas.

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Magpie Furniture 770 Wenzel Lane, Wilson MagpieFurniture.net

“I always had people coming to the house,” she said. “And people like to meet the artist.”

The gallery’s guest book holds pages of signatures, proving that a gallery doesn’t have to be along the beaten path to be successful. Beyond downtown Jackson, at least a dozen retail locations or artist studios provide a way to see and purchase art.

Near Wilson, artists like Laurie Thal and Charlie Thomas set up small studios and showrooms for their work. They established spaces long before real

Hennes Studio and Gallery 5850 Larkspur Dr., Jackson JoanneHennes.com Thal Glass 3800 Linn Drive, Wilson ThalGlass.com Custom Iron Designs 2155 North Fish Creek Rd., Wilson CustomIronDesign.biz Amy Bright Unfried 6245 W. Wooded Hills Lane, Wilson UnfriedSculpture.com

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Stained glass panels of turquoise, teal, green, pink and purple peacocks flank the wooden entrance of Joanne Hennes’ gallery.

About 10 miles from the blocks of art galleries on Town Square, her showroom is nestled beside the 18th fairway of Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis surrounded by a grove of blue spruce trees. The Hennes home sits behind the gallery.

She’s been painting the valley for 47 years.

She’s had her own gallery full of her oil and watercolor paintings and artwork by friends for about half that time.

Hennes and her husband, Wayne, decided to open up their own place because the stress of owning a large retail space didn’t appeal to them. Bringing her work home was a natural extension of Hennes’ social life.

Susan Thulin 400 North Bar Y Rd., Wilson SusanDurfeeThulin.com

Meredith Campbell 2075 N. Rendezvous Dr., Wilson MeredithCampbellArt.com Margie Odell 5445 Cottonwood Canyon Rd., Wilson

estate costs would have made it nearly impossible for a working artist to live and produce art here.

Thomas, a fine woodworker, uses his home to display hand-crafted bed frames, desks and other mahogany, cherry and walnut furnishings. For Thomas having a showroom for his business, Magpie Furniture, without any rental costs is key.

“The only way to be a woodworker is to have no overhead,” he said. “We’re a pretty small operation.”

Next to her home, glassblower Thal also keeps a small studio where she houses her kilns and finished goblets and vessels of rainbow-hued glass. Twice a year, for Christmas and Easter, she hosts ornament-blowing classes for the public.

On occasion she has a client stop by to see her artwork.

Thal built the studio in 1990, but she’s been turning liquid glass into curvaceous, blown glass designs since 1971. To try to create her pieces in 2,000-degree heat in an in-town gallery space would be impractical, she said, since it takes three days to completely heat up the furnace.

“I probably would find it very distracting to work in a retail space,” Thal said. “Nobody sees me at 6 in the morning or 11 at night when I’m here. There’s so much time saved because I don’t commute.”

Trying to transport glass to a gallery in town on an everyday basis would be problematic for Thal too. She does a lot of careful shipping instead.

For some businesses it’s lucrative and easy to line a store’s shelves with an artist’s creative endeavors.

For example, Teton Village is home to the little sister store of one of Jackson’s most popular boutiques: Made. The 120-square-foot store is tucked inside Hotel Terra and stocked with handmade gifts by local and regional artisans.

Owner John Frechette was approached by the hotel to start the mini-store.

“It was a really great opportunity to hit a different market,” Frechette said.

“There’s not a whole lot in the village that’s not a ski-related shop. We were trying to fill that niche.”

Made in Hotel Terra has been a twofold success for Frechette. It works as a stand-alone store and like a “giant billboard at the base of the village.”

“It’s a great advertising stream for us,” he said. Lindsay Wood

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GET OUT! Bluebird summer days draw painters into the landscape.

Kathryn Mapes Turner says painting en plein air “is as addictive as fly-fishing or skiing.”

Jackson Hole’s plein air painting scene is as robust as its landscapes. By Dina Mishev

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To convey a convincing landscape, a painter can’t be locked in a climate-controlled studio.

“Spend time outside,” says Kathryn Mapes Turner, a Jackson Hole-based painter whose watercolors and oils of landscapes, horses and wildlife are included in museum collections across the country. “That’s where the initial seeds of inspiration come from. You see nuances and subtleties that can’t be captured even with photographs.”

Turner is one of many valley landscape artists who spend time outside painting. A French term for this has been universally adopted: en plein air.

It translates literally as “in the open air.” A plein air painting is one that was painted outside, usually with its subject matter in full view.

“Everybody has their own process,” Turner says. “My mentor doesn’t do any plein air work, but he does spend a lot of time walking, for like 10 miles. He spends lots of time observing things. That is what works for him. I really like actually painting outside though. It’s fun and has its own challenges.”

Artists have long been painting outdoors. You could even argue that our species’ first artists were outdoor painters. The El Castillo cave in Cantabria, Spain, has paintings in it that date back approximately 40,000 years; caves might not be exactly plein air, but they’re not a modern studio either. It was in the mid-1800s that painting in natural light became particularly important to both Impressionists (Monet and Pissarro did much of their work outside) and painters in the Barbizon school. The latter was part of a movement toward realism in art and arose in the context of the dominant Romantic movement of the time. The introduction of paints in tubes in the 1870s made plein air painting even more popular. Before tubes of paints, artists had to make their own paints by grinding and mixing dry pigment powders with linseed oil. Inside a studio, this was an onerous process.

Outside it was nearly impossible.

Around the same time as paint tubes were introduced, so was another invention that assisted painters wanting to work outside: the box easel. Highly portable, with telescopic legs and a built-in paint box and palette, box easels fold up to about the size of a briefcase. Today’s box easels are relatively unchanged in their key characteristics from those introduced in the 19th century.

The popularity and acceptance of plein air painting has changed from the Impressionists’ time though. Monet and Pissaro were considered revolutionary; today there are plein air painting groups across the country and around the world.

PleinAir magazine is published six times a year and has a robust

online presence and blog: OutdoorPainter.com.

Drive into Grand Teton National Park almost any summer day and you’re sure to see at least one painter with his box easel set up alongside the road. “Jackson Hole is an exciting place to paint outside,” says Turner, who was born as the fourth generation to be raised on the Triangle X Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.

Last year, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters held its in-

Outdoors, painters must race to capture a complete scene before the light changes. This is Kathryn Mapes Turner’s “Familiar Place for the First Time,” a vista close to Triangle X Ranch.

augural national paint-out and show in Grand Teton. The invitation-only group, founded in 2001, is returning to Jackson Hole again this summer for the second annual Plein Air for the Park and 12th annual national paintout and show. Members come from all over North America to participate.

“The national [paint-out] has been in a different location throughout the Rocky Mountains every year,” says Turner, a member of the group.

“But after discovering Jackson Hole and partnering with Grand Teton National Park and the Grand Teton Association, it seems they’ve found a home. Jackson Hole is unmatched anywhere else in the Rockies as far as access to the national park and painting spots.”

“Choosing Jackson Hole was a no-brainer,” said member and event organizer Stephen C. Datz.

“Grand Teton is a singularly beautiful park with a rich artistic history,” Datz told Southwest Art magazine for an article in its annual plein air issue. “The opportunity to continue that tradition is a genuine pleasure.”

“Jackson Hole is unmatched anywhere else in the Rockies as far as access to the national park and painting spots.”

–Kathryn Mapes Turner

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This year’s Plein Air for the Park is July 8 through 17 with the final show hanging July 18 to 21. Each day of the event, more than 40 participating artists will be painting in Grand Teton and elsewhere in the valley. On July 15, select works from the painters’ time in the Tetons will be displayed at the Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center in Moose. The full show— every participating artist has a space to fill with work from the event—will hang July 18 through 21 in a 1,200-square-foot gallery space inside the visitor center.

Paintings in both the preview show and the full show will be for sale, with 40 percent of proceeds benefitting the Grand Teton Association and its educational, interpretative and scientific programs.

On July 20, plein air painters will participate in a QuickDraw event at Menor’s Ferry. Starting at 9 a.m., they’ll have two hours to create a complete work. Their paintings will be immediately offered for sale in a fixedprice format.

Jackson painter Jennifer L. Hoffman, a partner in Trio Fine Art and longtime member of the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, said the annual event gives artists enough time to thoroughly explore an area and soak in its beauty.

“And, at the end, it’s fun to see everyone’s differing interpretation.”

Last year wasn’t just the first year for Plein Air for the Park but also for the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Plein Air Fest. This year, the Plein Air Fest is June 22 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the museum’s Sculpture Trail. Artists are given only four hours to complete a new work. For visitors, if watching paintings come to life isn’t enough, there’s also a jambalaya cook-off and live music by valley musicians.

“Our general goal is to connect people with wildlife and we try to offer as many connection points as possible,” says Ponteir Sackrey, Barnes Family Director of Development & Marketing

at the museum. “The Plein Air Fest is another way to appreciate nature and art at the same time. On an artful walk—the Sculpture Trail—there is art being created and there is the entire landscape surrounding us to look out and enjoy.”

Hoffman, who moved to the valley in 1996 to paint, said the wildlife museum event is different from other plein air events she’s done.

“It’s only four hours and everyone who is painting is together. We’re not all off doing our own things,” Hoffman said. “Everyone is working at their easels and the public gets to visit and watch the paintings develop. It is a window into our process.”

A change to the event this year is that artists need to start from scratch.

“Last year they could bring pieces that were already underway,” Sackrey says. “This year everyone needs to start from a fresh slate. We really want to have this landscape inform the artwork without presupposition.”

Another change is the jambalaya.

Last year valley chefs stepped up to a chili cook-off. “The chili was good, but we wanted to mix it up,” Sackrey says.

“It is important that it stay lighthearted though. We want people to come out and not have to do anything but watch, enjoy the view, listen and eat.”

In usual circumstances—i.e. when they’re not required to finish a piece for immediate sale—plein air painters have different processes. Hoffman uses studies she creates plein air to do larger works in her studio. “Most of the stuff I do in the field is small,” she says. She also tends to shy away from the valley’s jaw-dropping views. “I do paint the Tetons occasionally, but I am generally drawn to smaller, more intimate things,” she says.

“I never get tired of painting aspens—they’re different in every kind of light and in every season.” Hoffman also loves painting in the South Park area. “With the Snake River running through

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“I never get tired of painting aspens—they’re different in every kind of light and in every season.”

–Jennifer L. Hoffman

Jennifer L. Hoffman, who moved to the valley in 1996 to paint, sketches by the Gros Ventre River.

Hoffman’s “First Breath of Autumn” is an 8 by 10 pastel she created en plein air.

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Resident artists like Bill Sawczuk will be joined outside this summer by painters from across the country during two plein air gatherings.

and Flat Creek and all the willows—the patterns and textures are interesting to me,” she says. And “I love to be out painting in the snow.” In February Hoffman did 28 plein air paintings, one a day for the entire month.

Not everyone is up for painting outside when it’s below freezing.

“I’m a sissy and I love to ski, so I usually ski instead of paint outside in the winter,” Turner says. Come summer, Turner creates a huge body of plein air work.

“The practice of plein air painting is just really fun,” Turner says. “There’s spending quality time with the landscape and noticing subtle stuff photos don’t capture, and also there are challenges around painting outside you don’t get in the controlled environment of a studio.” Turner’s had her easel blown over more times than she can remember, has been eaten alive by bugs, gotten mildly hypothermic, and, once at Oxbow Bend, had a moose swim across the Snake River and emerge just in front of her. “I had been standing there for so long and was so still that it didn’t even notice me. It shook itself dry right in front of my canvas,” says Turner, who grew up following Conrad Schwiering, a Turner family friend and prolific painter, around her family’s ranch when he would come out to

paint the Triangle X’s fantastic Teton views.

Turner says it’s also like a race against the light to get a painting done. “Light at 9 in the morning is very different from light at noon.” “[Plein air painting] is as addictive as fly-fishing or skiing,” Turner says. “It’s an experience; you’re doing so much more than just painting.”

The valley’s plein air painters are happy to share that experience with others, Hoffman said.

“The plein air community here is beyond generous and are willing to share what they’ve learned and their favorite places to paint,” Hoffman said.

“I’ve met with nothing but friendliness and generosity.”

Turner says there are two different plein air groups that welcome new members. “One gathers Thursday mornings, settles on a spot, and then goes out together,” Turner says. “A Tuesday evening group meets with sack dinners and goes out.” Turner says both groups “stick together and have a great time.”

“Plein air painting attracts a certain type of person,” Turner says. “They like being outside and care about the land and love it. They’re adventurous and enthusiastic about what they do and it’s fun to be around them.” n

“Plein air painting attracts a certain type of person. They like being outside and care about the land and love it.”

–Kathryn Mapes Turner

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Documenting a Disappearance

George Catlin journeyed West in the 1830s, painting tribes, wildlife and a way of life on the way out. By Richard Anderson

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He foresaw the near extinction of American Indian culture and the tides of buffalo they subsisted on. He painted en plein air 40 years before it became practical and fashionable. He dreamed up the idea of a national park long before Yellowstone was established as one. He was an ethnographer, anthropologist and even a bit of a geologist before any of those sciences became formal, academic disciples.

George Catlin was more than a painter. He was an explorer and a documentarian whose attitude about American Indians was far ahead of its time.

Over the course of five long journeys West in the 1830s, when the Great Plains were still wild and largely unknown, Catlin made hundreds of paintings— portraits of Indian chiefs and princesses, scenes of domestic and village life, rites

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and rituals and regalia, and many works that depicted bison either in their habitat or being hunted—that fired the imagination of the public back East and overseas, and left indelible impressions on the Anglo-European mind about who these exotic people were.

The Catlin Collection, as that trove of work is called, is part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which, in collaboration with the National Museum of Wildlife Art, has assembled a selection of 40 works for the touring exhibit “George Catlin’s American Buffalo.” The show opened in Jackson on May 10 and will remain on display through August 25.

Adam Harris, the wildlife art museum’s Petersen Curator of Art and Research, traveled to Washington, D.C., to select the works, “a mixture of scenes that de-

In the 1830s, young lawyer George Catlin used paint and canvas to document things like “Buffalo Chase with Bows and Lances.”

This oil on canvas is one of 40 from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection that hangs this summer at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

pict buffalo and hunting scenes,” he said, as well as some of daily life among Plains Indian tribes and a couple of portraits.

Catlin’s trips also yielded a sad and sobering conclusion. Pondering the fact that the estimated 14 million natives who inhabited North America when Europeans first began to colonize the New World had by 1841, the date of the publication of Catlin’s book “Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians,” been reduced to less than 2 million, he wrote:

“The first deduction that the mind draws from such premises, is the rapid declension of these people, which must at that rate be going on at this day; and sooner or later, lead to the most melancholy result of their final extinction.”

The Indians, the bison, the unspoiled Western landscape—Catlin saw it all was doomed. He made it his job to capture as much of it in paint as he could before it all went away.

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Catlin was born July 26, 1796, in WilkesBarre, the center of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. From a young age, the American Indian intrigued him. His mother, Polly, told him stories about how, as a young girl, she had been kidnapped by a tribe, and he enjoyed wandering the fields and woods in search of the Indian artifacts that must have still practically littered the countryside in the early 1800s. The painter Charles Willson Peale, a friend of the family, showed him Indian items Lewis and Clark had brought back from their expedition of 1804-05. And in Philadelphia, where Catlin moved after practicing law for a short time, he saw a group of Indians that came through the city in traditional dress.

“The U.S. government was fond of bringing important chiefs from the Midwest to the East to dazzle them with the power of the American government,” Elizabeth Broun, director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, said in an interview. “They’d go to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and dance and get medals. ... I think he saw one of those delegations. It formed an impression in him that they were extraordinary and noble, and he was appalled that their life was about to be turned upside down.”

In 1830, Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, reversing the acculturation and acceptance polities of former presidents. As the name suggests, the law authorized the removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek and Seminole tribes from the southern United States to federal territories west of the Mississippi.

“Many people by the early 1830s were coming to understand how transgressive the Indian Removal Act was,” said Broun. “Many people were shocked and concerned.”

Catlin, however, was “almost unique”

in his decision to abandon his law career and journey west to document the “vanishing people,” she said.

In 1830 Catlin set out from St. Louis with none other than General William Clark on a diplomatic mission up the Mississippi to Fort Crawford, the first of five trips he made between 1830 and 1836.

Later trips were made with fur trapping companies, but, Harris said, he was critical of that industry, saying it had a corrupting influence on the tribes, and the companies eventually stopped taking him.

Most of his paintings were done on the Great Plains, within a few hundred miles of St. Louis, but in 1832 he penetrated as far west as the Fort Union Trading Post, which had been established in 1826 on the upper Missouri River near the present-day North Dakota-Montana

Mostly self-taught, Catlin usually painted with oils. This portrait of him by William Fisk is dated 1849.

border. The fort was established to exchange goods with seven Northern Plains Indian tribes, such as the Assiniboine, Crow and Blackfoot, which still largely lived traditional lifestyles they had practiced for centuries.

Over the course of his Western sojourns, Catlin met and painted a total of 50 tribes: Pawnee, Omaha, Cheyenne, Mandan. He also made trips to Florida and the Great Lakes region to paint the native people there. He traveled in the spring, summer and fall, and thus was on the plains during the bison rut and hunting seasons, said Harris, and was able to witness herds of hundreds of thousands of bison.

In the winters, he would return East to see wife, Clara, with whom he eventually had four children. “The Catlins, by all accounts, adored each other,” the journalist-historian Bruce Watson wrote in a 2002 article for Smithsonian magazine, “and Catlin was constantly torn between devotion to his family ... and his artistic ambitions.” Clara accompanied Catlin on part of one journey, and in the 1840s, the whole family came along to Europe for Catlin’s shows and tours of England and France. It was in Paris that Clara died of pneumonia in 1845 and, a year later, their youngest child, George, died of typhoid.

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Broun and Harris said Catlin was mostly self-taught as an artist. Starting in the early 1820s, he began painting portraits—including some rather important people of the day, such as Sam Houston and Dolley Madison, according to Watson—and also scenes from along the Erie Canal and of the city of Buffalo, N.Y., which he drew on site. This, again, was ahead of his time; though artists had been painting en plein air for ages, it wasn’t particularly practical until the 1870s, when it then became fashionable.

On his Western travels, he painted in oil on board, Broun said.

“He knew he had limited time to capture a portrait,” she said. “When he found a good subject, he’d have the Indian pose, but it wasn’t as if he could have [the subject] come back six times.”

Sometimes he would prepare the board beforehand with a landscape—“a pale green brushy area, a pale blue area above for sky,” Broun said—so when he found a subject, he would already have a background.

“He started most of them on the spot and then worked to complete them later,” said Harris. “One of the lines that he used during his life was that he was so excited about the subject and material that he never really had time to finish them.”

He also took copious notes on each individual and on each tribe’s culture: their clothing, the way they used their time, how they hunted, how they lived.

He took special care in his paintings of hunting scenes, Harris said, “to depict the different methods tribesmen used.

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ing to record as much as he could, and some of them he had more time to work on than others. Some are pretty rough sketches. But they capture sort of the immediacy of being out there and of seeing those sights. In that way, they’re sort of proto-impressionistic.”

His paintings of bison can look a bit comical to anyone who has seen the real animals. Catlin’s are great, shaggy beasts, often with ferocious expressions. But Broun suggests he composed those images consciously.

“He had to show the buffalo to people who never saw one,” she said, “so they could see the characteristic form.” The wildlife museum’s show includes several bison portraits, many painted from the side with their heads turned toward the viewers, so they could see their horns. “I find that charming,” she said.

Broun said Catlin’s reputation as a painter has evolved over the ages as tastes have changed and a fascination for minute details of 19th-century realism eased to accept broader brush strokes.

“I personally think he’s a really good painter,” she said. “He has a style and is engaging. It feels immediate, feels like you were there.”

the paintings and his writings.”

He was, in other words, an ethnographer years before the word was even coined. Since his trips predated the invention of photography by several years, his paintings serve as a vital record of the authentic lives, cultures and faces of Plains Indians before they were all radically changed by Anglo-European settlement.

“He had a natural curiosity,” Broun said. “He was curious about every aspect of their lives, which on one fundamental level says he respected them. He was not condescending, he was as interested in them as people.”

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Catlin returned from his Western wanderings in 1838. By then he had a collection of about 500 paintings as well as countless artifacts from his travels. He organized them into his Indian Gallery, While many Americans in the 1830s considwhich he took on tour around the ered Indians “savages,” Catlin used his art to East and, starting in 1840, throughout try to change those perceptions. This oil on Europe. For a while, he attracted interestcanvas is “Ee-áh-sá-pa, Black Rock, a Two ed crowds and high-profile fans, includKettle Chief.” ing Queen Victoria. The French writer a blow, or stole from me a shilling’s worth Charles Baudelaire wrote, “M. Catlin has of my property,” he wrote late in his life. captured the proud, free character and He also was interested in and made noble expression of these splendid felefforts to capture details about the flora, lows in a masterly way.” fauna and even the geology of the area.

On these tours and in his lectures, Again, geology as a science did not ex- he spoke with glowing respect and adist then, but Catlin made careful note of miration for the tribes he encountered, how a band of rocks might be stratified and he advocated for a “national park” to in a canyon and he sought to capture preserve them and their ways. them accurately, too, Broun said.

“His idea was to have a park where During his life, Harris said, Catlin the Native Americans and buffalo could received some criticism for his work be- continue their existence,” Harris said, cause it was “sketchy,” though that may “and then be sort of educational things, have been due more to the nature of to come and view this way of life.” his work conditions and the haste with The racist tone of the idea notwithwhich he had painted than to his talents. standing, Harris said, Catlin is often “He had a good eye, good technique,” credited with foreseeing the creation of Harris said. “Again, he was out there try- the national park a good 30 years before

the 1872 establishment of Yellowstone National Park.

While his championing of Native Americans was certainly ahead of his time, he was not above exploiting them.

In Europe he toured with a couple dozen Ojibwe and had them dance and re-enact hunting scenes and battles, a precursor to the Wild West shows of the later part of the century. He also hired white actors to dress up like Indians.

In his 2002 article, Watson quotes W. Richard West, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes: “A native person is challenged, I think, not to feel on some level a profound resentment toward Catlin. ... His obsession with depicting Indians has an extremely invasive undertone to it.”

Catlin continued to add to his collection, painting from memory and from sketches. It eventually grew to more than 600 works. He also published several books: Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (1841), Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio (1844) and Eight Years’ Travels and Residence in Europe (1848). In the 1850s, he traveled around South and Central America, and he made it back West, too, where he was warmly greeted, which he documented in Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes (1868) and My Life Among the Indians (published posthumously in 1909).

But his years of painting and traveling had taken a financial toll. Touring, lecturing and writing did not pay enough to settle his substantial debts, and he even wound up in debtors prison in England.

He wanted his collection to stay together, and he lobbied to have Congress purchase his Indian Gallery, but the government turned him down several times.

Finally, in 1852, he sold the collection to Joseph Harrison, who had made his fortune manufacturing boilers for

locomotives. Catlin spent much of the rest of his life trying to re-create his Indian Gallery, and managed to amass a second collection of more than 400 paintings that became known as the “Cartoon Collection,” as they were based on his sketches, notebooks and Anglo models.

In 1872, Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, invited Catlin to Washington, D.C. There he worked in a studio in the Smithsonian Castle until he died in

December of that year.

“That was a nice moment for him,” Harris said.

Seven years later, Harrison’s widow donated Catlin’s first Indian Gallery to the Smithsonian, where it remains, nearly intact. In addition, hundreds of his sketches are in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and some of his artifacts found their way into the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. n

TOP: The Smithsonian has hundreds of Catlin’s works in its collection, including “Back View of Mandan Village, Showing the Cemetery,” an 1832 canvas donated to the museum by Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr. BOTTOM: From the exciting to the mundane, Catlin devoted his time to documenting everyday life for various tribes. This is “Crow Lodge of Twenty-five Buffalo Skins.” summer 2013 i m a g e s w e s t

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Collections Valley galleries help collectors decorate homes in Western, contemporary or a mix of the two. By Dina Mishev • Photography by Price Chambers

Diehl Gallery owner Mariam Diehl helped one of her clients choose this bear portrait

by Kollabs. The Anke Schofield and Luis Garcia Nerey collaboration, “Leo,” is mixed media on panel with a satin finish.

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To help soften a castle-like abode north of town, the homeowner enlisted Diehl’s expertise.

This bear painted in oil and wax is by Les Thomas, one of his “Animal Painting” series.

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When Jackson Hole homeowner Helen Laughery returns to the valley after being away, her first stop isn’t a great restaurant or the national park. She heads downtown.

“Going into the galleries is one of the first things I do,” Laughery says. “It is also what I encourage houseguests to do— and also go to the fabulous museum [of wildlife art]—as soon as they get here. Galleries are some of the best ambassadors we have for the town. And they represent wonderful artists. It’s a great place to be a collector.”

For about 15 years, Laughery has been collecting art from Jackson Hole galleries for her home in the Aspens.

“Art is a big part of the story in Jackson and I’ve found that it leads to other fun stuff,” Laughery said. “Gallery owners here not only help you in choosing and learning about art, but they’re also great at sharing their ideas of what’s fun.”

Laughery isn’t alone. More and more often, area collectors across a variety of genres are building entire collections almost exclusively from valley galleries. Being able to build a collection from local galleries isn’t new—Jackson Hole has long been recognized as one of the foremost Western and wildlife art markets in the country. Nowadays though, it’s not just Western collections local homeowners are building.

Yes, Laughery’s collection is Western. But Marcia and Mike Taylor’s collection includes a significant number of pieces by Chinese artist Mian Situ. And the collection in a castle-like home north of town is contemporary.

“We don’t have any seriously Western stuff at all,” says the

homeowner north of town, who wishes to remain anonymous.

“I’ve got one Shanna Kunz that is a landscape and it totally doesn’t fit in with anything else in terms of style, but it looks like it could be the pond just outside the window of the bedroom it’s in, so I got it. Everything else is contemporary.”

Diehl Gallery, where this collector got her Kunz piece, no longer represents that artist because, over the past couple of years, gallery owner Mariam Diehl has been curating a more contemporary roster of artists. Which is actually what first brought the collector into that gallery. “I went to Diehl Gallery for an Ashley Collins opening,” the collector says. “And that was it. I saw several things I liked. And a couple of months later I ended up buying an Ashley Collins piece.” Shortly after the Collins opening, Diehl brought up “a truckload of stuff to see what would work at the house and I ended up with several pieces,” the collector says.

Art purchased from Diehl Gallery has been important in helping this collector “de-castle-ize” her home. “It’s very eclectic inside with lots of beams and artifacts and antiques from Europe.” Outside it is stone. There are turrets. “When we moved in, we wanted to lighten it up and make it less castle and more contemporary. The art has really helped modernize it,” she says.

The “several pieces” this collector ended up with from the initial selection Diehl brought for her to try out include a colorful, emotional Dirk De Bruycker multimedia painting and also two Les Thomas paintings of animals: a bear and an elk. When summer 2013 i m a g e s w e s t

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the collector had seen the De Bruycker piece in Diehl Gallery, she had thought it would fit a space in her living room. “The colors and size seemed right,” she says. Once Diehl brought the piece to her home though, the two could see that it wasn’t right for the space. But it did work in the master bedroom.

This collection has grown to include pieces by Sheila Norgate, Curtis Olson, Peter Hoffer, Susan Goldsmith, Alexandra Eldridge, Angie Renfro and Kollabs. And, of course Collins, whose style is unmistakable: mixed-media pieces of a silhouetted impression of an animal, most often a horse, in black oil paint over a background of artfully collaged antiquehued book pages, scraps of paper, encaustic and thick paint.

Collins then coats everything with resin, providing both a protective sheath and a comment on the resiliency of her subjects.

“It’s hard to pick a favorite, but it’s probably the Ashley Collins,” the collector says. “In the library, there’s Susan Goldsmith’s ‘Central Park’ and that’s probably my second fa-

vorite. But everything I’ve bought is something I’ve liked.”

Although not necessarily right away. The Kollabs piece, which is of a blue bear, is “totally because of Mariam,” the collector says. “I saw it in the gallery and really didn’t like it, but [Mariam] brought it up with her one day and it is absolutely perfect where we put it in the great room.”

Until buying and moving into this home in Jackson Hole, this collector didn’t do much serious art collecting. “I’ve long liked art and been interested in artists and I’m a museum hopper, but I had never spent serious time learning about art or spending money on it until this house,” she says. “But now, between the kitchen and the art collection, this house is my fantasy dream house.”

Maryvonne Leshe, managing partner at Trailside Galleries, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer and where Leshe has been for 37 years, has experience helping build collections from scratch too. “I’ve had people walk in—or even just call—who have bought a big home and asked me to put art in it,” Leshe says. “They had no input and didn’t want any; they trusted my judgment.

“Marcia Taylor was different though,” Leshe says. “She walked into the gallery and really liked what we had to offer.

She was not really knowledgable about Western and wildlife art but from day one had a good eye and a great interest. She wanted to be educated.”

Taylor bought her first piece from Trailside in 2007. Today she is a trustee at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. “It is rewarding working with someone who isn’t just seeking a piece of art, but knowledge too. Marcia started from a good place— she was very discerning from the beginning and quality was always important to her. She was never interested in buying just a name. If she buys a painting by a well-known artist, it has to be a good one.”

The extensive art collection in this castle-like home has helped transform the space into “my fantasy dream house,” its owner says.

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OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP LEFT: Marcia and Mike Taylor’s home in Hoback Ranches features many works from Trailside Galleries, including Howard Rogers’ “Getting a Change in Weather.”

ABOVE: Maryvonne Leshe, managing partner of Trailside Galleries, helped Marcia Taylor select much of her art, including Mian Situ’s painting “Thai Tradition.”

RIGHT: The Taylors’ collection includes Dave McGary’s sculpture “The Honor Dress” and Situ’s “Toy Peddler of Chinatown.”

While Leshe has helped Taylor with her art education, palette, Situ preserves the traditional ways and dress that are Taylor is very much her own collector. “She knows what she slowly vanishing from his homeland. He made his U.S. debut likes,” Leshe says. “When I’m looking at a painting or a new art- in 1995 by winning Best of Show at the Oil Painters of America ist, I can tell almost immediately if it will be something that will National Juried Exhibition. Trailside has been representing him be of interest to her.” Leshe balances what she has learned of since 2000 and Situ is now widely regarded as one of the finTaylor’s taste with pieces’ future value. “What I’m looking to do est living figurative artists and also admired for his exceptional versatility. Over the last decade, he has with Marcia is to build a collection that added landscapes and Western historical will be valuable,” Leshe says. “Everything “It is rewarding working themes to his list of subjects. Taylor’s colshe has bought will hold its value or go up. Even when I’m presenting a piece by with someone who isn’t lection showcases this diversity.

Leshe once flew Situ to the valley from an up-and-coming artist to her, it’ll be a just seeking a piece of his home in California for a cocktail party painting that will hold its value.” art, but knowledge too.”

Taylor was having. “Marcia loved having Leshe says she enjoys introducing him there, surrounded by a collection Taylor to new artists because “[Marcia] –Maryvonne Leshe that included so many of his own pieces, will ask me why this is an artist she needs to talk about his art,” Leshe says. to know about and collect.” As many new While Taylor and the contemporary collector only began artists as Leshe shows Taylor though, Taylor’s collection inbuilding serious art collections after buying property in the cludes many pieces by a single artist, Mian Situ. valley, Laughery confesses to being a “lifelong collector.” Still, Though Situ’s figurative paintings clearly reflect his upshe wasn’t a collector of Western art until she had a home in bringing in rural southern China, they are universal in appeal.

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Many focus on the simple beauty and dignity of people going “Before having a home here, we really had no place that about their everyday lives in China’s small villages and farming communities. Through these impressionistic scenes of rural Western art seemed appropriate,” Laughery says. “Even in life, painted in deep tones with fluent brushstrokes and a subtle Scottsdale, where we spent time, we bought art but it wasn’t summer 2013 i m a g e s w e s t

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Since buying her first painting from Trailside in 2007, Marcia Taylor has immersed herself in the art world. Today she serves as a trustee at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

“Stay of the Tynes” by Alexandra Eldridge hangs over a bed in an anonymous collector’s home near Kelly.

Western art. We began to look at Western art and appreciate Sickles painting, this one of whimsical cowgirls, hanging in it while in Scottsdale, but it wasn’t until here that we began her North Carolina office too. buying it.”

While some collectors are fiercely loyal to a particular galSince starting her Western art collection, Laughery has lery, Laughery says she collects artists from many. “Terry Ray added pieces by traditional and contemporary Western at West Lives On has been wonderful, but, when it was around artists Julie Chapman, Robert Harper, Karl Lansing, Ray in my early days of collecting, I bought a lot from Martin McCarty, Joe Velazquez, Donna Howell-Sickles and Brad Harris Gallery. Also Jinger and Brad Richardson at Legacy Williams. Most of her collection comes from local galleries, Gallery. They have wonderful artists. I’ve really enjoyed what but Laughery has also purchased pieces from the National Heather James Gallery has added too; it brought some nice, Museum of Wildlife Art’s annual Western Visions Miniatures new flavor to the art scene here. I hope my collection will and More Show & Sale. “I bought some pieces back when it never be finished.” n was just miniatures,” she says. “It was a fun way to get things going.” Laughery has also purchased pieces at the Fall Arts Festival’s QuickDraw. “Everything else is from Jackson Hole galleries,” she says.

And everything in her collection is “something that I like,” she says. “I don’t buy art for a spot. I buy a piece I like and find a spot for it.” That said, Laughery has had to pass a few pieces on to her kids, all adults now, to open up spots for newly purchased pieces. “I do feel that you can put up so much that nothing is showing and I’m probably dangerously close to that line,” she says.

Laughery is contemplating perhaps also one day gifting some Western pieces to a museum near her Rocky Mount, North Carolina, home. It’s not an art museum, but has an art wing. “People in a small town in eastern North Carolina don’t get to see too much Western art,” she says. “It could be a fun way to share it.”

In the meantime, Laughery has found some spots for Western art in her North Carolina home and offices. Williams’ “Binding Contract” bronze sits in her office. “Even though it’s cowboys, which don’t fit with This mixed-media work by Ashley Collins, “Infinite,” is the homeowner’s favorite North Carolina, it has a business flavor to it—it’s two piece in her Jackson Hole home. The oil and acrylic painting on aged paper is cowboys shaking hands.” Laughery has a Howell- hand-fired with a resin finish.

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Art of Fly-Fishing Paintings incorporating angling hook sportsmen and collectors.

By Thomas Dewell

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Montana resident and painter R. Tom Gilleon loves to fly-fish and often envisions paintings streamside. This 36-by-36-inch painting “Burning Bush� is showcased at Altamira Fine Art with a list price of $31,000.

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The trout-filled Snake River bisecting Jackson Hole supports a fleet of drift boats rowed by guides who help clients cast flies in stunning Teton settings. Miles from the rapids and runs, the art galleries and antique shops in and around Jackson’s town square have established the valley as a tremendous draw for collectors. Although the Snake’s prized riffles and the downtown are separated geographically, they do overlap. Gallerists and antique dealers have found a sound market in northwest Wyoming for fine and decorative arts focused on angling.

Those on the supply and demand sides of the angling art world appreciate the nuances of the sport. The artists who craft fly-fishing paintings and their collectors are usually anglers. Both groups know trout live in pretty places, and they understand how the solitude found streamside can rejuvenate. A painting that successfully portrays the essence of angling has a good chance of selling in Jackson Hole, said Greg Fulton, owner of Astoria Fine Art.

“If you have a really great painting of fly fishermen or a river, it sells even more quickly than other subjects,” said Fulton, who showcases angling scenes by artists such as Al Agnew and Rock Newcomb. “You’re hitting home on two fronts.”

He noted that the valley’s educated collectors aren’t swayed merely by subject matter.

“Just because it is a painting of fishermen, that doesn’t mean it is going to sell,” said Fulton, who started working in valley galleries in 1999 and tries to fish when he isn’t working. “It has to be of equal quality to the rest of the art we have in this competitive market.”

The Jackson Hole art market features a host of choices for collectors. One can find life-size sculptures of trout carved by Thomas J. Radoumis at Grand Teton Gallery. Altamira Fine Art showcases paintings by R. Tom Gilleon, including work inspired by his fishing trips in his home state of Montana. Wilcox Gallery will feature the bronze sculpture “Catch and Release” by Blair Boswell, who crafts the busts in the Pro Football Hall of

“Not Giving Up” by painter Al Agnew offers a realistic depiction of what anglers love about small stream fishing.

Greg Fulton, owner of Astoria Fine Art, looks for accurate work. He knows that if a piece of fly-fishing art meets his standards it will leave his gallery via a happy collector.

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Ogden Pleissner, who painted fishing scenes in northwest Wyoming early in the last century, remains a collectible artist. This image, “The Outlet— Ross Lake, Wyoming” listed for $45,000 at The Legacy Gallery in the spring.

Fame. Fighting Bear Antiques sells quality decorative art such as antique rods, creels and old photos that capture the romance of fishing’s past.

All these angling objects and expressions touch on a subject long explored by artists. Englishman James Pollard (1792-1867) rendered images such as top-hatted anglers fighting a fish in the 1831 painting “Fly-fishing in the River Lee Near the Ferry Boat Inn.” Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is known for his maritime and fishing scenes. Like many of the artists working in the discipline today, Homer loved to fish. Unlike today’s angler, he fed himself with what he caught. His art adorns walls at the Anglers’ Club of New York. Work

“When you see a beautiful cast, you have to admire that, probably more so than a beautiful brushstroke.”

by East Coast painter Ogden Pleissner (19051983) remains collectible, especially in northwest Wyoming, where the artist visited during summer fishing trips. Pleissner’s work was a central part of the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s 1997 exhibit “The Art of the Cast,” which coincided with the World Fly-fishing Championships held that year in Jackson Hole.

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Lake, Wyoming” for $45,000. Altamira listed the contemporary 36-by-36-inch “Burning Bush” Gilleon painting of a drift boat floating in front of sunlit cliffs for $31,000.

In the three decades he’s worked in the valley, Fighting Bear Antiques owner Terry Winchell has witnessed fly-fishing’s draw on residents and visitors. When he first came to the valley he was a caretaker for Wilson resident Dick Hunt, whose father, Winchell recalled, had been president of the Anglers’ Club of New York. Hunt inherited a “wonderful collection of fishing books, and he also had a lot of his father’s old fishing tackle as well as a couple Ogden Pleissner paintings,” Winchell said. Winchell helped sell the book collection on the East Coast. Through the years Winchell’s clients have purchased antique and vintage paintings, tackle, creels, mounted fish and photographs to decorate their homes.

Excellently crafted antique bamboo fly rods remain popular. Winchell helped produce the book “Living with American Indian Art: The Hirschfield Collection,” which features an exquisite creel by basket weavers from Thompson River, British Columbia.

Similarly, Mary Schmitt at Cayuse Western Americana offers fishing collectibles such as rods and old books. She also sells Western belt buckles featuring trout. She notes the collectors usually have ties to the area.

“Most of the clientele have some sort of stake in the West,” Schmitt said.

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Like the folks who love the Rocky Mountains, Gilleon is a painter based near some of Montana’s storied fly-fishing rivers. He lives a few miles from the Missouri River.

“I’m very fond of fishing on neighbors’ ranches and little streams,” he said.

Gilleon, who considers himself a professional daydreamer, often envisions paintings while angling. The sport lends itself to reflection and pauses. Gilleon, who worked as an illustrator before transitioning to fine art, is cautious when crafting a fishing painting.

“What I find is you have to be extremely careful not to have it come off as a commercial, as a poster advertising Sage rods,” Gilleon said.

For instance, a painting of a river changes significantly when an angler is inserted in the scene. While the angler may impart a human element and signal a sense of solitude or concentration, it can limit who wants to buy a painting.

Prospective buyers can be turned away by the simple inclusion of a fly-fisher.

“I’ve heard comments like ‘I love the painting, but I don’t like fishing that much,’” he said.

“It shouldn’t be the aim of the painting to target a certain group of buyers, but it is something you have to consider.”

That said, “It is almost universal that people love rivers, trees and sky.”

Creels by Thompson River, British Columbia, basket weavers offer a good example of the quality found in many of the decorative fly-fishing art pieces.

Bamboo fly rods, creels, old flies and antique photos decorate many anglers’ homes.

Like many, Gilleon sees angling as more than a sport. The sweep of the rod, the acceleration of fly line through ferrules on a rod, are more than athletic. They are aesthetic. It is that aesthetic that Gilleon appreciates.

“Fly-fishing really is an art,” Gilleon said.

“When you see a beautiful cast, you have to admire that, probably more so than a beautiful brushstroke.” n

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Furniture by Jackson Hole woodworker Bert Feuz can be seen at Wild Hands on Pearl Avenue in downtown Jackson.

Functional Art Works by artists who show at Western Design Conference can be found year-round.

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Are everyday objects art?

One trip to the Western Design Conference and the debate is over. Tables, goblets, jewelry, vases and clothing, when made with love and artistry, are art. The show features genre-pushing, painstakingly crafted functional pieces.

“Handmade objects you live with and use every day have a certain energy they give off,” Wilson-based glassblower Laurie Thal said. “I love when people tell me they use my goblets every day and using them makes them feel good. That’s gratifying for me—my work improving someone’s day.”

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LEFT: These brightly woven baskets by Western Design Conference veterans Montana Blue Heron can be seen and purchased at West Lives On Gallery on Glenwood Street. TOP RIGHT: Timothy Jennings crafted this flute from old-growth black walnut. It features Mojave green turquoise cabochons, horse head fetish and elk leather accents.

While for 21 years the Western Design Conference has been a gathering for functional artists in a variety of categories— accents, fashion, jewelry, leather, metal, woodworking—functional art by many present and past conference participating artists can be found throughout Jackson Hole all year long.

“We’ve got lots of Western Design Conference ‘grads,’” says Mary Schmitt, owner of Cayuse Western Americana. In fact, the boutique on North Glenwood might have more WDC artists than anywhere else in town: Susan Adams, Ricarda McCleary Clause, Clint Orms,

Jack Walker and Rocking K Leather.

Adams, who won Best in Show at the conference in 2008, is a silversmith who makes bits and spurs and also jewelry, cufflinks, and bolos. She recently began doing repoussé, working a flat sheet of silver from the back so that designs stand out on the front. Schmitt makes sure to always have a good supply of Adams’ jewelry, which is recognizable for its whimsical style and cowgirl motifs. (In 2002, the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, selected one of Adams’ designs as its logo.)

McCleary Clause, who has been featured in the book Bits and Spurs: Motifs, Techniques and Modern Makers and is a regular at the design conference, also does bits, spurs and jewelry. Her style is to engrave and overlay them. “Her skill at engraving is among the top in her field,” Schmitt said. “Many of her cowboy colleagues shake their heads in admiration after looking at her work.”

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studio. Thal, who has been in the design conference three times and has also been juried into the Smithsonian Craft Show, the most prestigious juried exhibition and sale of contemporary American crafts in the country, doesn’t blow glass during the summer. Still, she is happy to talk to visitors and maintains a supply of smaller, functional pieces like the goblets, as well as perfume bottles and martini glasses, for people to buy.

“I like the challenge of bigger architectural pieces, but I also enjoy the knowledge that glasses I make are used every day,” she said. An architectural piece of Thal’s was recently hung in a commercial building in Madison, Wisconsin.

(You can reach Thal via her website, ThalGlass.com) Flute maker Tim Jennings won the Sonny Tuttle Spirit Award the first year he was juried into the Western Design Conference, 2011. He’s done the show each year since, including this year. “It’s been a great venue for us because ‘functional art’ describes our pieces exactly,” Jennings said. “That said, we’ve been getting more and more people recently for whom the flute is being displayed on a mantel instead of being played. They want to know that it works, but then are displaying it.”

Jennings’ wooden Native American flutes can take him up to a month to make. Each starts from a piece of reclaimed wood. From there, he does everything, including planing the actual shape of the flute, by hand. Like Thal, Jennings enjoys meeting his clients and invites people who contact him via 3FeathersFlutes.com to come to his workshop. “Meeting in person is a nice way to create a piece together,” he said.

Unlike with Thal, fans of Jennings’ flutes can’t find them elsewhere. He’s not in any area galleries. “People do have to seek me out,” he said.

In 2008 Jeter Case won the WDC’s Best Artist Art to Wear, Jewelry category for a 14-karat white gold and black diamond bolo. His studio and boutique,

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BOTTOM: Although Wilson glassblower Laurie Thal is known for her elaborate etched bowls, she also creates affordable pieces like these martini glasses.

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JC Jewelers, is in painter Conrad Schweiring’s former studio, which has been relocated to North Cache Street.

The year following his award, Case created a white gold belt buckle pave set with purple sapphires for the WDC. “It’s fun for Jeter to let loose and create totally one-of-a-kind stuff for the conference,” said Jan Case, a certified gemologist appraiser and Jeter’s wife. “And the conference itself is fun. It is hard to make money though because we’re spending it as fast as we make it. There’s so many beautiful things to buy there.”

Hines Goldsmiths on North Cache is also a WDC grad. Last year the workshop, which was founded in 1970, created a 14-karat gold necklace featuring a “giant piece of turquoise,” said founder Carolyn Hines, with brown diamonds, coral, and turquoise beads as well as a matching bracelet and ring.

This year is Bert Feuz’s first getting juried into the Western Design Conference, but Wild Hands has been carrying his rustic, reclaimed oak furniture for nearly a decade. Feuz, who was born at St. John’s Hospital in 1937, when it was still the log building on Glenwood Street, and who graduated from JacksonWilson High School in 1956, constructs almost all of his pieces without using nails or screws. “This presents a wonderful challenge to the natural artist,” he wrote in his artist’s statement.

West Lives On carries work by Montana Blue Heron, a long-time WDC participant. A collaboration between Marilyn and William Evans, both of whom are self-taught, Montana Blue Heron has gone beyond simple basketry to woven sculpture and threedimensional wall art. Their work has won not only Best of Fiber categories at shows across the country, but also Best of Sculpture.

RARE Gallery, Hide Out Leathers, Laurie Waterhouse Interiors, Fighting Bear Antiques, and Guchiebird’s in Driggs, Idaho, also carry WDC artists.

This list is by no means comprehensive, though. About 100 artists (out of more than 200 who apply) are juried into the conference each year and the conference makes a great effort to always include a substantial number of new artists. Keeping track of Western Design Conference grads could be a job unto itself. n

Western Design Conference attendees try out a chair designed by Ryan Gauteraux, center, of Gauteraux & Company at the 2012 event. Gauteraux was awarded the conference’s Western Spirit Award for the piece.

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Just because you can find work by Western Design Conference artists all year long doesn’t mean you should pass up the opportunity to see them at the show.

The WDC’s fashion show is one of the most popular events of the Fall Arts Festival, and not just because huckleberry bellinis are served.

A new category (mixed media) has been added to the six the design conference has long recognized at its Exhibit + Sale. And the conference awards ceremony will be held the first morning of the Exhibit + Sale. Other than that, the WDC knows better than to fiddle with perfection. (Last year’s conference saw nearly a 20 percent increase in attendees.) We recommend hitting as many conference events as you can. See WesternDesignConference.com.

Thursday, September 5

6 p.m. Jewelry Show and Champagne Reception, Center for the Arts

7:15 p.m. Winners Circle Art Auction & Fashion Show, Center for the Arts Tickets $35-$125 by calling 733-4900 or online Friday, September 6 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Exhibit + Sale at Snow King Sports and Events Center

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Sculpture with a Sense of Humor From lanky critters to buxom cowgirls, whimsical bronzes make people smile.

Jim Budish’s creatures feature comically elongated limbs.

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No one laughed when Michelangelo pulled the tarp off his David to show it for the first time. They weren’t supposed to.

But in today’s wider—and weirder— art scene, there are sculptors whose aim seems to be not to impress but to amuse.

Not that they don’t take their art seriously.

It’s just that their vision is a bit different.

Call it humorous sculpture. Or, in

some cases call it funny. If you talk to art gallery people, you’ll frequently hear the word whimsical. And odd. Or amusing.

Even corny.

But if there’s an aspect that’s slightly askew, the sculptor is taking the same chance as any other artist with any other approach. A sculptor with a different way of seeing things is still taking an artistic chance.

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Maybe even more of a chance than the portraitist, the still life painter and the landscapist. Or the other sculptors who make cowboys and Indians, bears and birds, horses and trout.

After all, humor is quick, fleeting— and casting a joke in bronze might strain the fun. This is the same joke over and over, forever, so it better be good.

Apparently it’s worked for Lyle Waggoner, a foil for years to television comedian Carole Burnett, and now a bronze artist whose anatomically improbable girls doing sexy things have found him a wide audience. Think girls who are lanky but buxom, in skimpy clothes, sculptures with names like “Whoops! See Daisy” and “The Happy Hooker”—of a girl and her fish. Waggoner’s ladies are playful.

It’s not what you see in a park or a museum. But you do see it.

“His work is in quite a few bathrooms,” said Margene Jensen of West Lives On gallery, “and how many bathrooms do you see with bronze sculpture?”

Funny? “He makes people smile,” Jensen said, “and if it makes you smile or giggle, you’ve got something—people who buy one often get another.”

Or consider the work of Nano Lopez at Horizon Fine Art. Many people do—with their heads cocked to one side, the expressions on their faces amused or puzzled.

Lopez’s bronze “Nanimals” are creatures with a fairy-tale look, doing odd things with odd expressions on humanly expressive faces. They’re decked out in candy-colored hues, adorned with a variety of odds and ends with mysterious meanings: numbers and letters, bees and owls, gears and bolts, twigs, fish, leaves.

Each Nanimal comes with an offbeat story that explains the creation and names it. There’s a frog called “Sticky Climber,” a tortoise called “Thunder,” an elephant called “Alfred.” It’s all very strange.

“I don’t know what makes Nano tick,” says gallery owner Barbara Nowak.

“It’s like looking at a puzzle ... you see something different every time you look at them,” she said of the work. “They’re whimsical, they’re spirited and fanciful— and there’s nothing like them.”

And here’s another word: Ironic.

That’s what you might hear at Heather James Fine Art when the sculpture of Steve Maloney comes up. Maloney has made sculptures from the twisted wreckage of NASCAR wrecks, and also created

a plastic box full of the items seized by TSA agents from unwitting airline passengers, a work called “Banned Booty.”

Who knew that your confiscated nail clippers could become art?

Heather James gallery also shows a series of bright bronze re-creations of ties by Maloney, apparently blowing in the wind.

“There’s definitely a sense of irony,” said Heather James’ James Goralski.

“There’s a wink.”

And, as a sign that people see a bit of a joke in Maloney’s ties, they often share: “We’ve sold a number of them to people who give them as gifts,” Goralski said.

At RARE Gallery the work of Kevin Box makes people smile, said owner Hollee Armstrong. It’s not often you see bronze sculptures of origami birds, the paper-like creatures sitting on a realistic bronze branch.

“His goal is to capture an image and take you on a journey,” Armstrong said. “If it’s a humorous journey, that’s good.”

Box’s work is also likely to catch the first-time viewer off guard: “He’s one of one doing this,” Armstrong said.

And at Diehl Gallery you can see

Jim Budish’s elongated moose and horse sculptures, animals so willowy their legs look like stilts. The rack on one high-rise moose is so stretched out that it looks like wings.

“It’s lighthearted ... when people see it, they say, ‘Oh, how fun,’” owner Mariam Diehl said. “It’s not something people come looking for, but when they see it, they like it.”

And, back closer to humorous, you can even find silly.

For instance, at Mountain Trails Gallery, there are goofy bears by Jesse Horton, along with other animal oddities.

How about a bronze tree about six feet tall, its base being gnawed by two bronze beaver? The branches of the tree aren’t for climbing, but for coat-hanging.

The rack—entitlted “Dam Beavers”—is funnier than most sculpture, and just about all coat racks. It’s a magnet for attention, surrounded by serious art. And it elicits a reaction.

“I don’t know anybody who goes out looking for a funny beaver hat rack,” said consultant Taryn Boals. “But people laugh when they see it.” n

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A Painter’s Process Jim Wilcox talks about the ‘pleasant struggle’ of creating a canvas.

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When Jackson painter Jim Wilcox needs to reflect on his work, he pops a chocolate into his mouth.

He bites off half of the silver-dollar-sized morsel and as it melts, he’s able to slow down and see.

“The older I get the more I find myself taking a little time off to sit down and look at what I’m doing,” Wilcox, 71, said. “Sometimes if I spend more time looking at the painting and less time actually painting it I get a better result.”

His studio at Wilcox Gallery is soaked in sunlight from skylights and large windows that overlook the National Elk Refuge. Finished paintings line the floorboards of the long room. A large canvas is propped up on a modified easel at one end of the room next to a drafting table situated in front of a big-screen television.

Wilcox doesn’t watch TV while he’s painting. He uses it to view his subject in close detail from a digital photography archive located on his computer a few feet away. He selects a photograph, projects it on the big screen, cranks up composer Rachel Portman on Pandora Radio and gets to work.

Painting has been a full-time job for Wilcox since 1969. His oil landscapes have won numerous awards such as the Prix de West Purchase Award, the Frederic Remington Painting Award, the Autry National Center’s Masters of the American West Purchase Award and the Northwest Rendezvous Group’s Juror’s Choice and Buyer’s Choice awards.

He calls his occupation a pleasant struggle.

Wilcox works en plein air, but also spends a chunk of time in the studio, especially during winter. In these times he relies on information from his memory and an archive of paintings in the form of photographs.

He pulled open a cabinet drawer in the studio to reveal thousands of filed photos, explaining that there are many subjects, but fewer paintings.

“Subjects are everywhere, but I’ve actually gone out some days and driven clear around the park, doing the whole loop, and not seen a painting. The next day I went out did the same loop and I saw many paintings.”

Discovering potential artworks depends on a combination of design, light, color and shapes.

Once he’s settled on an inspired scene, Wilcox pulls out 10 brushes—five No. 3 and five No. 7 or 8—some turpentine, a canvas and a dental bib.

The plastic-backed towel works better to wipe off brushes or paint from a work than a roll of paper towels, he’s found.

Wilcox always starts with a drawing of his landscape. Viewers of his art can sometimes detect the red outlines of his initial sketch in the final product. Wilcox doesn’t mind; it adds sparkle.

He continues with the first coat of paint. He covers each canvas with a warm background color, a fleshy tone, to make the cool tones of his landscapes glow like they’re backlit.

From there each piece is its own story.

“I don’t paint with a recipe.”

He’ll often use only primary colors plus black and white or an array of oil paints with names that sound like they belong in a chemistry lab rather than a studio. He frequently

Discovering potential artworks depends on a combination of design, light, color and shapes. turns to 10 colors on his palate: cadmium red light, cadmium red medium, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium orange, Indian red, Alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, permanent green light, sap green and transparent red oxide.

Wilcox keeps a Craftsman toolbox, which he calls his store, flush with three boxes of each paint and then some, gallon-sized cans of paint thinner and hundreds of brushes.

Wilcox does everything on his paintings with the two brushes, No. 3 and No. 7 or 8, by adjusting the angle of the brush to a wide or slim stroke. On occasion he’ll pick up a palette knife to add texture to the water or rocks in his landscapes.

He layers the oils lightly at first, then adds more paint so the foreground becomes opaque.

He’ll soften edges with his finger or a swipe of the plasticky towel.

“There are things you want a painting to do to the viewer,” he said. “I call it tricking and trapping.

“You want to trick them into thinking it’s rock and mountains and sky rather than a canvas with paint on it. But once you get them there, you want to trap them.”

Paintings are read from left to right like a book, he explained. There must be a circulation of sorts to make the viewer’s eye travel over the work or a centered focus.

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Jim Wilcox paints in his studio on April 9, 2013. “My feeling is that a painting ought to look like what you’re trying to get it to look like from a distance but up close I think it’s fun to see the tool marks, see the individual strokes,” Wilcox said. “I want it to look like paint when you get up close. That’s kind of an impressionist idea. There’s a visual texture that can be quite strong.”

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Even someone with Wilcox’s experience can get stuck though. On those days, he’ll pick up another project, go for a hike or whip out his air guns for a little in-studio target practice.

Getting the painting to look as how he envisioned it is often the most laborious part for Wilcox because there’s always a gap between what an artist can do and what he wants to do. He learned that lesson from fellow painter John Clymer.

“I thought maybe the day would come when I take a blank canvas and start painting and I’d know I was going to end up with a masterpiece,” Wilcox said. “That doesn’t happen. There’s almost always something missing.”

Wilcox is seasoned enough to know when to scrap something and start over.

Once he was teaching a workshop on String Lake when he realized the painting he just created as a demonstration was compositionally wrong.

He wiped it right off, so as to not waste the canvas, and started afresh.

A student suggested to Wilcox that he would have paid $500 for the imperfect painting. Wilcox replied that he wouldn’t have wanted that painting in the world with his name on it. The student later told Wilcox his statement was the single best art lesson he’d ever had.

Wilcox is committed to his artistic integrity, and any artist “worth his salt is going to have a certain amount.”

Mentorship is another thing Wilcox is committed to. He leads painting workshops in the summers. Before he decided on a career as an artist, he taught high school art for two years.

He recommends two vital texts to artists of any level and age: “The Art Spirit” by Robert Henri and “Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting” by John Carlson.

Early advice to read and visit museums to study art was ignored by Wilcox during his younger years, but he sees the value in that wisdom now.

But during and after college, he just wanted to paint, not observe.

Rising painters are more concerned with developing their own style, he said.

That comes later.

Wilcox has found his own style to be semiimpressionistic with a dose of realism. He doesn’t paint like a camera takes photos. He still likes people to know the work was created by the stroke of a brush.

“I think most paintings will leave something to the imagination,” he said.

As he nears 3,000 works of fluid California coastlines or the rocky spires of the Tetons, Wilcox is still painting because he’s in love with the landscapes that inspire him. And the masterpieces that come out of it are a gift.

“I think sometimes God gives us something that lifts our spirits, and that’s what that is.” n

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At Home in the Saddle ‘Every painting starts with a horse’ for Utah artist who created Fall Arts Festival poster canvas.

By Jennifer Dorsey

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Jason Rich loves horses, mountains and fall.

All three come together in his oil painting “River Overlook, Gros Ventre River Ranch,” the image for this year’s Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival poster.

The scene is of a man and a woman in conversation while astride a paint and a red roan. The riders are wearing cowboy hats, crisp white shirts and fringed chaps and have stopped by the river, perhaps to confer on which way to go or maybe just to comment on the scenery.

The trees have just enough yellow in them to signal to the viewer that autumn has arrived, and the silhouette of the Tetons looms in the distance to clearly identify the setting as Jackson Hole.

It’s a happy scene, one all about the joy of being out on horseback and enjoying fresh air, sunshine and nature at one of the most beautiful times—some

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would say the most beautiful time— of year in Jackson Hole. If someone told you this was a vintage “Come to Jackson Hole” travel poster, you might not be surprised.

“I can’t imagine a better vacation,” Rich said about what it’s like to horseback ride in the hills on an autumn day. “I wanted to capture that time of year. I wanted to find a different view of the Tetons.”

Conditions were less than perfect when he arrived at the Gros Ventre River Ranch last fall after driving from Utah’s Cache Valley, where he lives with his wife, Kari, and their three children. The Horsethief Canyon Fire and other blazes had enveloped Jackson Hole in haze, making it a challenge to get any view of the Tetons.

But that didn’t deter Rich, a man who’s at home in the saddle and has ridden beside cowboys in corrals and

Utah painter Jason Rich, 43, has been working full time as an artist for 18 years. Fall Arts Festival organizers chose him to paint an autumn scene for the 2013 event poster.

packed through mountains so that he can accurately document cowboys and Native Americans.

“It was really smoky last fall because of all the fires,” Rich said, “but I got up high enough to where it was clear enough for reference.”

“River Overlook” measures 48 by 50 inches in the original. It will hang for public viewing at the Wort Hotel from Memorial Day weekend until September 14, when it will go on the block during the Quick Draw Art Sale and Auction on Town Square.

Posters will be for sale at the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, and Rich will do a poster signing at Legacy

Galleries on September 11, the chamber said. He also will have a one-man show at Legacy Galleries during the festival.

It’s customary for Fall Arts Festival posters to vary from year to year in style and subject matter. The 2012 poster art by contemporary painter Amy Ringholz, for example, was a melange of wildlife.

In painting a Jackson Hole scene of modern-day dudes riding the range, Rich honored his own cowboy art roots and created a Fall Arts image unlike any other.

“I was looking through past Fall Arts Festival works,” he said. “They haven’t had a lot of cowboy-western artists. I kind of wanted to take them back to

the roots of the area, so I showed them sketches and ideas from the ranch.”

His concept struck a chord with members of the committee selecting the 2013 featured festival artist. The painting is not only “gorgeous,” said Maureen Murphy of the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, but different in style and subject.

“I love that he painted it from Gros Ventre River Ranch,” she said.

Rich has said that “every painting starts with a horse for me,” not surprising given that he grew up on a small farm in southern Idaho, where he did a lot of riding in the hills, he said, and helped

“River Overlook” measures 48 by 50 inches.

The original will hang at The Wort Hotel until it goes on the auction block September 14.

relatives push cows in the mountains. He still likes to get out on horseback whenever he can to get ideas for his artwork.

Rich doesn’t know where his artistic talent comes from, although his dad did leatherwork and was good with his hands. Just like horses, though, drawing is something that’s been part of Rich’s life for a long time.

Rich has undergraduate and master’s degrees from Utah State University.

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becoming an art teacher, and he did in fact teach high school art for a year.

Problem was, he said, he realized he wouldn’t have enough time to paint, so he went back, got a master’s degree in illustration and, in 1995, began showing his paintings. He found his first gallery in Jackson Hole: the Silverthorn, which no longer exists.

Now 43, Rich keeps piling up accolades. His paintings have been featured in Art of the West, Cowboys and Indians,

Southwest Art, Western Art Collector and on the cover of Western Horseman.

He’s a member of the elite Cowboy Artists of America and in 2007 was the featured cowboy artist at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s National Day of the American Cowboy celebrating John Wayne’s 100th birthday.

He was the National Cattleman’s Beef Association poster artist in 2002 and received Ralph “Tuffy” Berg Best New Artist Award at the C. M. Russell Auction

in 1998. In the now-defunct Arts for the Parks competition he won the grand prize in 1997 and the Founders Favorite award in 1999.

And those are just some of the honors.

Meanwhile, Rich keeps painting cowboywestern subjects that appeal to him. And each time he completes a painting, he’s preserved a bit of a way of life.

“I hope it can stand alone as a great work of art,” he said, “but I feel like I’m documenting history at the same time.” n

Mountain Trails Gallery artist Dustin Payne carves out a sculpture of a bison during the 2012 Fall Arts Festival Quick Draw in the Jackson Town Square. Artists had ninety minutes to create a work of art in front of a crowd of spectators, and the pieces were then sold at auction immediately after the event.

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It might not be fun to think of the end of the summer at the start of the summer if it weren’t for the annual Fall Arts Festival. Art. Eleven days of events from September 5 through 15 celebrate creativity in a variety of forms—paintings and sculptures, jewelry and clothing, interior design, and food and music—at a great time of year in Jackson Hole. Here are some highlights: The Western Design Conference returns September 5 through 8, showcasing furnishings, jewelry, clothing and more made by regional artists or artists inspired by the West.

On the evening of Friday, September 6, art lovers are invited to stroll from art gallery to art gallery for the perennially popular Palates and Palettes Gallery Walk. In addition to staying open until 8 p.m., many galleries serve appetizers from valley restaurants.

Some host live music, and some even pour a little wine.

Festivalgoers can get a sense of Jackson Hole’s cowboy heritage Saturday, September 7, with a tour of the Snake River Ranch and Walton Ranch. They’ll meet cowboys, enjoy Western entertainment and dine on barbecue.

Jackson Town Square becomes the scene of a big open-air party on Sunday, September 8. The day’s offerings include Takin’ It to the Streets, a juried fair featuring 40 valley artists; Taste of

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Fall Arts Festival the Tetons, where chefs, restaurants and caterers let folks sample their wares for $1 a taste; the Howdy Pardners Pickin’ in the Park; and Rotary Supper Club’s wine tasting and silent auction.

Thursday, September 12, through Saturday, the 14th, brings the opportunity to taste how the other half lives with the Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes. On self-guided tours, participants will see Tetons-style craftsmanship and artistry.

Western Visions spotlights paintings, sculptures, jewelry, sketches and prints. Art lovers can browse and buy in support of the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s education programming. The events include the Wild West Artist Party on Thursday, September 12.

The action returns to Town Square on September 14, a Saturday, for the annual Jackson Hole QuickDraw Art Sale and Auction. People get to see new sculptures and paintings come to life, after which the new works are auctioned off. A highlight of the auction will be seeing Jason Rich’s Fall Arts Festival 2013 image, “River Outlook: Gros Ventre River Ranch” go on the block.

Fall Arts wraps up the following day with the Art Brunch Gallery Walk. It’s a time for folks to gallery-hop for another dose of artwork and perhaps a bloody mary or two. n

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Shows include Shakespeare, mountain men and rebellious teens.

By Brielle Schaeffer

The cast of Jackson Hole Playhouse’s “Footloose” puts a Western spin on the original story of how a city kid moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes things up.

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While it’s hard to stay sitting down during Jackson Hole’s gorgeous summers, three plays set for Jackson Hole stages will give you a reason to stay riveted to your seat. The family-friendly shows span from pop to history to Shakespeare, but will provide entertainment for all.

Footloose Dancing in the streets is what Jackson Hole Playhouse’s summer musical is all about. The cast will even be doing flash mobs around town—airport, grocery store, Town Square—to get people fired up for the show. “‘Footloose’ is one of those smash, fun musicals,” director and playhouse owner Vicki Garnick says. “It is really a blast of huge musical theater song and dance.”

The show is based on the 1984 movie starring

Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack, who tries to reinstate high school dances in a sleepy, religious town that has banned dancing because of its associations with alcohol.

“It’s got an interesting story in it about letting people feel the joy of life,” she says. “Parents feared too much that the joy of dancing and singing goes along with drinking. I don’t believe that so much anymore, but there used to be that problem.”

The show has a brilliant cast, too, to help tell that story.

Seasoned Broadway actress Tregoney Shepherd, who recently finished touring with “Mary Poppins,” is playing McCormack’s mother, Ethel.

Professional actor Robert John Biedermann, who toured with “Titanic the Musical,” plays the stern, booze-ban instigator Reverend Shaw.

Garnick chose to do the play this summer to cultivate a younger crowd. The musical appeals to several age groups, she says.

“I have to get [younger people] excited about coming to theater and enjoying it,” she says.

The show also holds a special place in her heart.

Garnick and her late husband, Cameron, were both dancers featured in the movie in the prom scene, shot at Lehi Roller Mills in Lehi, Utah, she said.

The show will run six days a week, Monday through Saturday, at 8 p.m. through September at 145 W. Deloney.

Before showtime each night, meals will be served by the singing cast of characters at 5 and 6:30 p.m. Pre-show music starts at 7:30 p.m. The Playhouse’s new restaurant in the Saddle Rock Saloon, Big Buckin’ Burgers, will stay open until midnight with food, drinks, karaoke and dancing.

“It’s going to be a dance party every night,” she says.

Tickets are available for both the dinner and the show, or just the show. They’re available at the Playhouse or online at JacksonHolePlayhouse.com.

Thin Air Shakespeare Off Square Theatre Company is hosting professional actors from New York this summer in its inaugural “Thin Air Shakespeare” outdoor performances.

Shows will take place on the lawn at the Center for the Arts in the evenings of July 19 and 20. The production will be an amalgam of “Shakespeare’s biggest hits,” Off Square Managing Producer Natalia Duncan says.

Expect to see family-friendly dramatic and comedic pieces from plays like “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Romeo and Juliet.” The performances will last about 80 minutes.

Teton Botanical Garden will be designing an organic set from area flora and recycled materials, Duncan says.

“The overall goal is to appeal to and make accessible this type of material for the nature-loving, outdoor spirit,” she says. The theater company also hopes to make the Bard relatable to a younger audience and make it relevant to their lives, Duncan says.

“We want to make it exciting for them,” she says.

“Shakespeare has this aura of being stuck-up and stodgy and Elizabethan ... when it’s actually very current and there’s a lot we can learn about ourselves as human beings by experiencing this language.”

Shakespeare penned many words people may never have heard, Duncan says.

“Everyone reads Shakespeare in school, but

Shakespeare was written to be performed, not read,” she says.

Performing Shakespeare outside has been a long tradition—and one that fits in well with the Jackson Hole season.

“We don’t want to work inside in the summer.

No one wants to sit inside a black theater in the summer,” she says. “This is helping us provide our mission to provide year-round professional theater.”

The performances will be the culmination of a Shakespeare residency with the professional actors complete with kid and adult workshops and open rehearsals, she said.

In future years, the theater company hopes to perform full Shakespeare plays outdoors for a longer run.

People are encouraged to bring picnics, blankets and low chairs. The shows are free with a suggested donation of $20 per family.

South Pass!

Audiences will experience the history of Jackson Hole through a new musical debut “South Pass!” playing at the Center for the Arts in July.

The original show was written by Mike Atkins, a reverend at Rafter J’s River Crossing church, as a way to provide uplifting, educational entertainment for all ages, show producer Patti Atkins says.

“It’s the story of the founding of South Pass by the trappers and mountain men of our area,” she says.

Jedediah Smith explored all over the West and discovered the Wyoming pass considered the gateway to the Oregon Trail.

The show is 85 percent historically accurate, Atkins says. And Smith was the perfect character to base it on.

“He was a man of upstanding character,” she says. “He had a lot of integrity dealing with Indians and other trappers. He was very well respected.”

“South Pass” tells the story through punchy musical numbers like something heard in “Oklahoma” or “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” Atkins says. There are a few ballads and a love song with Western flair.

Directed by theater veteran Earl Grove of Pennsylvania, the show has 38 professional actors, a 30-piece orchestra and sets designed by the Utah Opera Company.

“It’s going to be the quality that Jackson’s not used to in anything they’ve seen in theater here,” she says. “It’s a lot of fun.”

The musical is two hours long and will play at 8 p.m. for 14 nights on July 5, 7, 8-9, 14-16, 18, 19, 21-23, 25, 26. Dinner will be available for purchase before the show at 6:30 p.m. on the Center Lawn. Tickets cost $35 for adults, $25 for students and seniors and $15 for children age 10 and under.

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In Tune with the Outdoors Music under the sun and stars gains popularity in the Hole.

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Music is the food of love, a bath for the soul, a balm, a talisman, the language of the heart, the poetry of the air.

The only thing that could possibly make it better is good food and drink in an outdoor venue with a thousand or more of your friends and neighbors.

The summer music festival season is upon us, with dozens of concerts scheduled throughout the region and the state, but three series are of particular interest because, aside from the poetry and the friends and the soul and all that, they’re also free.

JacksonHoleLive returns to the base of Snow King Mountain for its sophomore year on June 29, Music on Main starts its eighth season on June 27 in City Park in Victor, Idaho, and Teton Village’s

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Concerts on the Commons commences its sixth season on July 14.

The outdoor venues draw thousands with their festival atmospheres: summer workers grooving right in front of the stage, children running in packs, parents kicking back. Hula-Hoopers gyrate, vendors from the community sell food and drink to the captive audience, and everyone—young and old—bops and moves to the music by up-and-comers as well as bands that have already made a national or even an international name for themselves. In most cases, a local act opens.

The purpose of all three free festivals, the organizer of each one said in his own way, is to bring the community together for a family-friendly celebration of music and merry-making.

Bands like Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real draw big numbers to Music on Main in Victor, Idaho.

“I think we’ve done a really good job of fostering that,” said Gil Hundley, executive director of the Teton Valley Foundation, which hosts Music on Main.

The free concerts are paid for largely by business sponsorships from the various communities they cater to. Concert on the Commons is funded by the Teton Village Association, the village’s governing body that collects taxes from commercial business owners.

“We’re not trying to do anything huge,” said Sue Bybee, director of the Teton Village Association. “The area isn’t big enough for anything huge. We’re just

country soul sensation Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, Latin funk unit See-I and Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars.

Gagliardi’s working on similarly diverse offerings for this year, while at the same time filling in some gaps from past seasons.

“I’m working on trying to get a good indie rock band into the lineup this year,” he said. “There’s so much good music in that theme, it’s had good success at the Pink Garter, I think there’s interest in that in this community,” he said, throwing out Blitzen Trapper and Nicki Bluhm as examples.

JacksonHoleLive’s 2013 season also was still taking shape at press time.

Shannon McCormick—who booked acts for years at the world famous Mangy Moose Saloon in Teton Village, booked the first few years of Music on Main and arranges performances for the Center for

the Arts—started out the season with hundreds of possibilities and had narrowed it down to a few dozen by May. He had nailed down Lukas Nelson (that’s Willie’s boy) and the Promise of the Real for the opening date, June 29.

He also had Los Angeles Celtic rockers the Young Dubliners booked for the afternoon of July 4, followed by Parker Millsap and Old Crow Medicine Show.

Steve Earle and the Dukes were on tap for July 14, followed by Robert Walter’s 20th Congress on August 3.

That week’s show will be held in conjunction with a Brew Fest organized by JacksonHoleLive title sponsor the Snake River Brewing Company. A closing concert is planned for sometime in the second week of August.

Again, a look at the talent brought to town for last year’s JacksonHoleLive series reveals a lot about McCormick’s

Crowds gather on the lawn at the base of Snow King to hear Justin Townes Earle perform in 2012 during Jackson Hole Live.

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trying to offer people a different activity in the village.”

But whether they’re looking for hugeness or not, the village series attracts sizeable crowds. Dom Gagliardi, who books the acts for Concerts on the Commons (as well as buys talents for Pink Garter Theatre in downtown Jackson), said the series always brings at least 1,000 people to the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, and some concerts—JJ Gray and MoFro, for example, who appears during one of the series’ earlier years—was attended by up to 2,500, he estimated.

As of this writing, the lineup for Concerts on the Commons was still taking shape, but Gagliardi said his goal has always been to present an “eclectic array of styles”: world music, reggae, blues, rockabilly, folk, straight-up rock. Last year, for example, he booked MC Yogi, a hip-hop musician who leads a yoga session before each concert, Appalachian blues rockers the Black Lillies, rising

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JacksonHoleLive: 5:30 p.m. on five dates (maybe six) starting June 29 and running through mid-August. Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real open June 29. On July 4, The Young Dubliners, Old Crow Medicine Show, Parker Millsap and One Ton Pig will play before and after a simulcast of the Grand Teton Music Festival symphony orchestra. Steve Earle and the Dukes play July 14 followed August 3 by Robert Walter’s 20th Congress. Organizers are still working on at least one additional August show. Concerts take place at the base of Snow King Mountain and local food vendors offer a wide range of eatables. Snake River Brewing, the series’ title sponsor, pours on the suds.

JacksonHoleLiveMusic.com.

Concerts on the Commons: 5 p.m.

Sundays from July 14 to Aug. 18. A seventh date, probably Aug. 25, might be added, organizer Dom Gagliardi said, if funding permits. Concerts take place in the commons area behind the Mangy Moose. Teton Village eateries and taverns offer food and drink, and the pop-up jet fountains on the western fringe of the commons provide entertainment for the little ones.

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Music on Main: 6 p.m. Thursdays from June 27 to August 15 (no concert on July 4) in Victor City Park in Victor, Idaho. The eighth-annual series brings the Fox Street All Stars, Nicki Bluhm and the Granblers, White Water Ramber, the March 4th Marching Band, the Monophonics, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Vagabond Opera this summer. TetonValleyFoundation.org.

thinking. The Dunwells, Boom Chick, Sister Sparrow, Justin Townes Earle, The Features, Fin Riggins and Robert Randolph and the Family Band entertained an average of more than 3,000 people each show last year. The series closer, Randolph, drew more than 5,000, McCormick said.

Some of those bands few people had heard of, he said, but in the year since their Jackson appearance have blown up. Boom Chick, for instance—guitarist Frank Hoier and drummer Moselle Spiller—had made it to the big (or at least bigger) time, enjoying a ton of press, including a spread in Rolling Stone.

McCormick hoped to round out the still developing 2013 season with a similar mix of valley favorites and lessknown acts of promise to turn Teton audiences on to.

Teton Valley Foundation boasts its 2013 season is “one of the strongest ... lineups in the Yellowstone region,” with seven dates set between June 27 and August 15 opening with Denver groovesters the Fox Street All Stars and followed by Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers on July 11.

Justin Townes Earle performs during Jackson Hole Live at the base of Snow King last year.

“I’m really psyched about Nicki Bluhm,” said Hundley, who raved about her “Van Sessions” on YouTube: short videos of Bluhm and band playing and jamming in their tour van as they drove from gig to gig last year.

Rounding out July are White Water Rambler and the March 4th Marching Band, making an unprecedented encore appearance July 25.

“That’s actually kind of a big deal,” said Hundley. “One of our rules is we don’t do repeats.” But when the chance to bring the funky Marching Band back was brought up to the Music on Main board, it was an easy decision to grab it.

San Francisco funksters Monophonics, outlaw country star Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Vagabond Opera fill out August.

The last ingredient of any music festival is audience. McCormick, Gagliardi and Hundley are banking on another summer of enthusiastic music fans making their events the newsworthy successes they have been. Odds are pretty darn good they’ll show up in droves. n

Advertiser’s Directory Where to go to find the finest art in Jackson Hole GALLERIES

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The Legacy Gallery The Legacy Gallery has been a staple in western art world for the past 25 years. With two locations, one in Scottsdale, Arizona and the other in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, they have some of the top American’s artists to choose from. Some of the artists they represent are Roy Andersen, Ken Carlson, Michael Coleman, John Coleman, G. Harvey, David Mann, Jason Rich, and Tim Shinabarger. Their Jackson Hole location showcases mainly western, wildlife, and landscape subject matter. The Scottsdale location specializes in western, Americana, and landscape works. 75 N. Cache, Jackson WY 83001, (307) 733-2353, legacygallery.com.

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Grand Teton Gallery Bringing something new and exciting to Jackson Hole, Grand Teton Gallery offers the work of nationally and internationally known painters and sculptors specializing in traditional and contemporary western art. Located one block west of the town square, Grand Teton Gallery provides a warm and friendly atmosphere for your viewing pleasure. 130 W Broadway, Jackson, WY 83001. (307) 201-1172, grandtetongallery.com, info@ grandtetongallery.com.

Turpin & Co. Located on the square in Jackson. Turpin & Company is your source for exclusive Teton jewelry, Jackson Hole charms, and wildlife jewelry.

Our onsite master goldsmith creates any and all manner of custom designed jewelry masterpieces. We specialize in ancient coins and currencies, as well as turquoise, amber, and gemstones. (307) 7337424, turpinandco.com.

Turpin Gallery Located just off the square, we represent the finest artists in the West including JD Challenger, Bruce Miller, Ron DiCianni, Scott Rogers, Ken Spencer, and Judy Nordquist. Stop by our 3,000 sq. ft. showroom to enjoy the finest paintings, bronzes, and wood sculptures in Jackson Hole. With decades of combined experience in the art world, our fine art consultants are ready and equipped to help you continue your fine art collecting journey. (307) 733-7530, turpingallery.com.

Trailside Galleries Established in Jackson, Wyoming in 1963, Trailside Galleries’ 15,000 square foot gallery space provides visitors and collectors with a stimulating and esthetically pleasing art experience as it showcases an impressive collection of paintings, sculpture and unique western furniture by many of the county’s leading fine artists. The gallery is also home to the offices of the Jackson Hole Art Auction, held every September at the Center for the Arts. info@trailsidegalleries.com, trailsidegalleries.com, (307) 733-3186.

Two Grey Hills Indian Art Two Grey Hills Indian Art has featured unique, one-of-a-kind American Indian Art as its trademark for over 37 years. They carry a wide selection of contemporary and traditional Native American turquoise, inlay, 14kt gold and sterling silver Jewelry. You will find the finest collection of award winning Pueblo Pottery, Navajo Rugs and Baskets. These museum quality works of art would please the most discriminating buyer. Two Grey Hills is located at the corner of King and Broadway. 110 East Broadway, (307) 733-2677. Website: fineindianart.com. Email: art@fineindianart.com.

West Lives On Gallery Discover an extraordinary collection of Western art at the West Lives On Gallery, displaying works depicting the American West in both traditional and contemporary style. Featuring Western, wildlife and landscape art in original oils, acrylics, watercolors and bronze. Come see these exuberant pieces from over 100 regional and national artists at both of our locations on Glenwood Street across from the Wort Hotel. Our knowledgeable staff will work with you to locate that special piece for your home or office. (307) 734-2888, westliveson.com, fineart@westliveson.com.

Pearls by Shari Located on the square in Jackson, PBS is an international luxury brand that specializes in the world’s rarest pearls: the Golden South Sea Pearl, and other exquisite fine jewelry. We offer full bridal services and custom designs are available in our exclusive private showroom. We offer the finest designs in Tahitian, White South Sea, Akoya and Freshwater pearls. PBS is also the creator of the famous Teton Bracelet featured in Cowboys & Indians Magazine. (307) 734-0553, pearlsbyshari.com.

2013 Fall Arts Festival Join us this year in celebrating the 29th annual Fall Arts Festival, September 5-15, 2013 when spectacular landscape and abundant wildlife unite to create a perfect setting to celebrate the Arts! The Fall Arts Festival has become the premier cultural event of Jackson Hole and attracts hundreds of nationally and internationally acclaimed artists that embody the spirit of the West. Visitors will experience the visual, performing and culinary arts showcasing the diversity of our region through wildlife, landscape and contemporary pieces. For additional information, please contact Maureen Murphy at the Jackson Hole Chamber, (307) 733-3316, jacksonholechamber.com.

Center for the Arts The Center for the Arts is a growing campus for art and education located in downtown Jackson, Wyoming. Eighteen local, state and regional notfor-profit arts and higher education organizations have their own studios, classrooms and performance spaces under one roof. The Center’s Performing Arts Pavilion houses a world-class 500-seat theater. For information about upcoming events and rental opportunities, call (307) 733-4900.

Coeur d’ Alene Art Auction The 27th Annual Coeur d’ Alene Art Auction will be held July 27, 2013 at the Peppermill Resort/Casino in Reno, Nevada. Coeur d’ Alene is the largest auction of its kind in the country with over $200 million in sales over the last ten years. The auction specializes in period Western American paintings and sculpture from 1880-1940 along with a very select group of contemporary artists. For more information or to purchase a catalog please call (208) 772-9009 or cdaartauction.com.

Jackson Hole Art Auction The Jackson Hole Art Auction is a live auction held during the Fall Arts Festival. The seventh annual auction will be held on September 14, 2013.

It has quickly become one of the premier western art events in the country, defined by the high standard of works offered by both contemporary western artists and deceased masters. (866) 549-9278, jacksonholeartauction. com, or coordinator@jacksonholeartauction.com.

Grand Teton Music Festival Now entering its 52nd season, Grand Teton Music Festival has grown into one of the world’s most renowned classical music gatherings featuring an all-star orchestra of musicians from over 50 major symphony and opera orchestras and chamber ensembles. Music Director Donald Runnicles returns from Berlin each summer to conduct the Festival Orchestra and showcase internationally acclaimed guest artists in the Festival’s intimate home, Walk Festival Hall. This acoustic marvel is nestled at the base of Rendezvous Mountain in Teton Village – gateway to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. July 4 – August 17, 2013. For tickets & information: (307) 733–1128 or gtmf.org.

National Museum of Wildlife Art Connect with wildlife and the natural world. Featuring a NEW outdoor sculpture trail with major installations, permanent collection of more than 5,000 items, stunning architecture, 14 galleries, Museum Shop, Library, summer 2013 i m a g e s w e s t

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Café and Children’s Discovery Gallery, the National Museum of Wildlife Art is not to be missed. With permanent and changing exhibitions from around the world, programming and special events for all ages, there’s always a new reason to experience your museum in Jackson Hole. For information about exhibitions and events, visit us online at WildlifeArt.org. Open daily (9am - 5pm during summer; off-season: 9am - 5pm Mon-Sat; 11am - 5pm Sun) overlooking the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, WY. (307) 733-5771 or toll-free (800) 313-9553.

The Art Shows at Teton Village (Art on the Wild Side) The Art Shows at Teton Village feature 50 professional artists from across the country. Displaying and selling their hand made in America, creations.

From Bronze sculptures, original paintings, inlaid furniture and functional art for the home or office. Presented by Steven and Karen Boyd with Art on the Wild Side. July 26 - 28 & August 2 - 4. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. (208) 317- 2575.

Western Design Conference The Western Design Conference, sponsored by Teton Home and Living magazine, is the world’s preeminent exhibition and celebration of western furniture, fashion, and home accessories. The 21st annual Exhibit + Sale is a 3-day, multi-million dollar event featuring one-of-a-kind works of museumquality functional art. Designers and artisans from throughout North America applied to be among the more than 100 juried artists displaying their work during this kickoff event of the 29th annual Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival. Works in leather, metal, home accents, woodworking, jewelry, and fashion will be showcased and sold. Don’t miss our Thursday kick-off events: A live model jewelry and runway fashion show, Winners’ Circle Art Auction, and Gala reception with food by Dining In Catering. September 5-8, 2013 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. For more information and tickets: WesternDesignConference.com.

VODKA DISTILLERIES

Grand Teton Vodka Distillery Grand Teton Distillery, a craft distillery in Teton Valley Idaho produces the #1 ranked potato vodka in the world, with a 2012 Gold Medal and 94 points ranking from the prestigious Beverage Testing Institute in Chicago, a Double Gold Medal at the 2013 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and 638 points on Proof66.com, showing it is also the #8 ranked vodka in the world overall. The Distillery is located just across Teton Pass, 26 miles from Jackson on Highway 33, part of the Yellowstone-Teton Scenic Loop Drive, one of the West’s ten best scenic drives. Using famous Idaho potatoes and pristine mountain water, the ultra premium vodka, produced in small batches using artisan craft methods, is described as “exceptional, fantastically smooth and flavorful for sipping or martinis.”

Available throughout Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington State, Arkansas and Connecticut. Soon to be offered in Total Wine & More stores in Washington, California, & Arizona. Tours offered Tuesday through Saturday. Please call first for groups over 6. 1755 North Hwy 33, Driggs, ID. (208) 35-GRAND (354-7263). tetonvodka.com.

REAL ESTATE

jhpropertyguide.com Serving real estate buyers and sellers, jhpropertyguide.com responds to the increasing number of real estate searches beginning on the Internet and increases the reach of real estate news published on jhnewsandguide. com. Information and resources on jhpropertyguide.com use the same quality of writing, editing, design and photography that has earned the News&Guide national recognition and awards among its publishing peers. It serves as Teton County’s most complete forum for real estate news, information and property listings — all in the name of bringing together informed buyers and sellers. Jhpropertyguide.com combines three relevant areas of content important to consumers when making a real estate inquiry: market news and information, business resources and active real estate listings. For more information: (307) 732-7070. jhpropertyguide.com, feedback@jhpropertyguide.com.

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The artist directory is an independently compiled list of galleries and artists in Jackson Hole. Additional information may be found by visiting the Jackson Hole Gallery Association website at www. jacksonholegalleries.com.

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Altamira 172 Center Street, Suite 100 307-739-4700 www.altamiraart.com

16 RARE Gallery 60 East Broadway, 2nd Floor 307-733-8726 www.raregalleryjacksonhole.com

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Astoria Fine Art 35 E. Deloney Ave 307-733-4016 www.astoriafineart.com

17 Rawson Gallery 50 King Street 307-733-7306 www.gallerywestframeplant.com

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Brookover Gallery 125 North Cache 307-732-3988 www.brookovergallery.com

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Cayuse Western Americana 255 N. Glenwood Ave 307-739-1940 www.cayusewa.com

18 Shadow Mountain Gallery 10 West Broadway A Touch of Class 125 North Cache 307-733-4069 www.topgifts.com

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Diehl Gallery 155 West Broadway 307-733-0905 www.diehlgallery.com

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Grand Teton Gallery 130 West Broadway 307-201-1172 www.grandtetongallery.com

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Heather James Fine Art 172 Center St. Suite 101 307-200-6090 www.heatherjames.com

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Hennes Studio & Gallery 5850 Larkspur Drive 307-733-2593 www.joannehennes.com

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Horizon Fine Art 30 King Street 307-739-1540 www.horizonfineartgallery.com

10 Jackson Hole Art Auction 130 East Broadway 866-549-9278 www.jacksonholeartauction.com 11 John E. Simms Studio 3535 South Park Dr. 307-733-2277 www.johnesimms.com 12 Legacy Gallery 75 North Cache 307-733-2353 www.legacygallery.com 13 Mangelsen Images of Nature 170 North Cache 307-733-9752 www.mangelsen.com 14 Mortensen Studios 5525 West Main, Wilson, WY 307-733-1519 www.mortensenstudios.com 15 Mountain Trails Gallery 155 Center Street 307-734-8150 www.mtntrails.net

19 Tayloe Piggott Gallery 62 S. Glenwood Street 307-733-0555 www.tayloepiggottgallery.com 20 Trailside Galleries 130 East Broadway 307-733-3186 www.trailsidegalleries.com 21 Trio Fine Art 545 North Cache 307-734-4444 www.triofineart.com 22 Turpin Gallery 150 Center Street 307-733-7530 www.turpingallery.com Turpin & Co. 30 Center Street 307-733-7424 www.turpinandco.com 23 Vertical Peaks 165 N. Center Street 307-733-7744 www.verticalpeaksfineart.com 24 West Lives On Gallery Traditional Art Gallery 75 N. Glenwood Street 307-734-2888 www.westliveson.com 25 West Lives On Gallery Contemporary Art Gallery 55 N. Glenwood Street 307-734-2888 www.westliveson.com 26 Wilcox Gallery 1975 N. Highway 89 307-733-6450 110 Center Street 307-733-3950 www.wilcoxgallery.com 27 Wild By Nature Gallery 95 West Deloney 307-733-8877 www.wildbynaturegallery.com 28 Wild Hands 265 W. Pearl Avenue 307-733-4619 www.wildhands.com

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Arts Calendar Summer 2013 ART ALL SUMMER THIRD THURSDAY ART WALKS: 5-8 p.m. on third Thursday of each month (exceptions: September 12 and December 27). Thirtysome members of Jackson Hole Gallery Association stay open late.

Refreshments also allure. For map, visit JacksonHoleGalleries.com.

GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL: Symphony orchestra concerts six nights per week July 5-August 17.

Concerts start at 8 p.m. TuesdaysFridays and 6 p.m. Saturdays in Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village.

Ticket prices vary. 733-1128 or GTMF.org.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART: Perched north of town overlooking the National Elk Refuge, the museum is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Exhibits include “National Geographic Selections from Greatest Photographs of

the American West,” “Amazing Animals: John James Audubon to Andy Warhol,” “George Catlin’s American Buffalo,” “Traveling Trout,” “Ancient Traditions: The Whetzel Collection of Pueblo and Pre-Pueblo Pottery” and “The Odd Couple: A New Pairing of ThoughtProvoking Art.” Try yoga on the sculpture trail at 10 a.m. each Thursday July 11-August 29, and hear string quartet at 11 a.m. there each Friday in July. 733-5771 or WildlifeArt.org.

JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM: Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday with exhibits on homesteading and early times in the valley. Admission $5 adults, $4 seniors and students, free to kids younger than 12. Hourlong free historic downtown walking tours meet at 10:30 a.m. TuesdaysThursdays from center of Town Square. JacksonHoleHistory.org.

JACKSON HOLE HOOTENANY: Acoustic performances by variety of artists, 6 p.m. each Monday at Dornan’s in Moose. Free.

June

1 to July 6 CHARLES GILL EXHIBITION at Tayloe Piggott

Gallery. TayloePiggottGallery.com.

15 to 27 NEW WORKS BY JARED SANDERS AND SEPTEMBER VHAY at Altamira Fine Art. AltamiraArt. com.

20 RECEPTION FOR HIGH COUNTRY SUMMER SHOW,

5-8 p.m. at Trailside Galleries. New works from all artists, plus showcases by Robert Moore, Robert Duncan and Gary Ernest Smith, hang June 17-30.

733-3186.

20 RECEPTION FOR SHOW BY DENNIS ZIEMIENSKI AND HOWARD POST, 5-8 p.m. at Altamira Fine Art. Works hang June 19-29. AltamiraArt.com.

DINNER THEATER: Jackson Hole Playhouse presents the musical “Footloose” six nights per week. Dinner is at 5 and 6:30 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. JacksonHolePlayhouse.com or 7336994.

TETON VILLAGE EVENTS: Teton Village Association puts on several free, repeating family events June 25-August 18, including Concert on the Commons, 5-8 p.m. Sundays; wildlife talks at 5 p.m. Tuesdays; raptor demonstrations from 1 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays; symphony musicians at 5 p.m. each Thursday.

733-5898.

JACKSONHOLELIVE: Free outdoor concerts at base of Snow King Mountain. Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real June 29; The Young Dubliners, Old Crow Medicine Show, Parker Millsap and One Ton Pig July 4; Steve Earle and the Dukes July 14; Robert Walter’s 20th Congress August 3. Food and beverage vendors, kids activities.

JacksonHoleLiveMusic.com.

27 JACKSON HOLE WRITERS CONFERENCE at the Center for the Arts. For three days, aspiring and published authors, editors and agents come together for lectures, readings, workshops and critiques.

JacksonHoleWritersConference.com.

29 RECEPTION FOR SOLO SHOW BY JERRY MARKHAM, 5-8 p.m. at Astoria Fine Art. Works hang June 20-30.

733-4016.

July

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to 13 NEW WORKS BY TOM GILLEON, BILLY SCHENCK AND GREG WOODWARD at Altamira Fine Art. AltamiraArt.com.

21 TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, 8 p.m. at Center for the Arts. Husband and wife musicians lead 11-piece ensemble. $70-$85. 733-4900.

2 to 3 JEWELRY SHOWCASE FOR WORKS BY VICTOR VELYAN at Tayloe Piggott Gallery. Also see showcases by Lauren Harper July 9-10, Monique Pean July 22-23, Nicholas Varney July 30-31, Guhran August 7-8 and Todd Reed August 14-15.

TayloePiggottGallery.com.

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4 MUSIC IN THE HOLE, 6 p.m. symphony concert by

to 22 JACKSON HOLE WINE AUCTION in Teton Village. Food, wine, fundraising for Grand Teton Music Festival. $750-$1,050. JHWineAuction.org.

22

PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the Sculpture Trail at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. More than 30 artists will paint outdoors for a silent auction. Jambalaya cookoff, kid activities, live music.

Free. WildlifeArt.org.

Grand Teton Music Festival in Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village. Concert will be broadcast via Jumbotrons in village and at base of Snow King Mountain in Jackson.

In town, the concert will be preceded and followed by other live concerts. Free.

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to 6 FOURTH OF JULY SHOWCASE: JOSHUA TOBEY AND GREG SCHEIBEL at Astoria Fine Art. 733-4016. summer 2013 i m a g e s w e s t

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5 NELSON BOREN AND TERRY DONAHUE SHOW, 4-6 p.m. at Legacy Gallery. Watercolor and pastels on paper. On view July 5-19. LegacyGallery.com.

19 to 21 ART FAIR JACKSON HOLE, 10 a.m.6 p.m. in Miller Park. Show closes at 4 p.m.

Sunday. Juried fair with 200-plus artists. $5.

5

24 KATHY MATTEA CONCERT, 8 p.m. at Center for the Arts. Multiple Grammy winner. $40. 733-4900.

to 26 SOUTH PASS THE MUSICAL, 8 p.m. at Center for the Arts. Story centers on life of mountain man and explorer Jedediah Smith.

More than 60 people in cast. Performance dates are July 5, 7-9, 14-16, 18, 19, 21-23, 25, 26. $15-$35. 733-4900.

6 THE FETE AT DIEHL GALLERY, 5-9 p.m. All-artist exhibition celebrates gallery’s 11th anniversary.

DiehlGallery.com.

8 to 18 ART ACROSS THE UNIVERSE art and science festival at the Art Association.

Classes and events mix astronomy and art.

ArtAssociation.org.

8 to 21 PLEIN AIR FOR THE PARK in Grand Teton

National Park. Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters descend on valley to paint and show their works.

Show will hang July 15-21 at Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center in Moose. Reception set for 7 p.m. July 18 at visitor center; Quick Draw is at 9 a.m. July 20 at Menor’s Ferry. Free. RMPAP.org.

11 RECEPTION FOR JENNIFER L. HOFFMAN SHOW, 5-8 p.m. at Trio Fine Art. Exhibit hangs July 10-27.734-4444.

11 OPENING PARTY FOR LANCE LETSCHER EXHIBITION, 5-8 p.m. at Tayloe Piggott Gallery. Works hang through August 24.

TayloePiggottGallery.com.

11 MIX’D MEDIA, 6-9 p.m. on the Sculpture Trail at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Food, music, art, family fun. Free. 733-5771.

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to 14 ART AND ANTIQUE SHOW by MC Presents in Teton Village.

17 PAUL THORN CONCERT, 8 p.m. at Center for

the Arts. Mississippi soul funk Americana. $25.

733-4900.

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RECEPTION FOR SOLO SHOW BY MORTEN SOLBERG, 5-8 p.m. at Astoria Fine Art. Works hang July 10-20. 733-4016.

18 RECEPTION FOR SHOW OF NEW WORKS BY

CAPRICE PIERUCCI, 5-8 p.m. at Diehl Gallery.

Wood wall relief pieces hang through August 13.

DiehlGallery.com.

18 RECEPTION FOR MASTERS IN MINIATURE

INVITATIONAL, 5-8 p.m. at Trailside Galleries.

Approximately 250 paintings will be sold by draw at 7:30 p.m. during reception. Works hang July 15-28. 733-3186.

18 RECEPTION FOR CAROLE COOKE SHOW, 6-8 p.m. at Legacy Gallery. Dozen new landscapes on view July 18-21. LegacyGallery.com.

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to 20 THIN AIR SHAKESPEARE, 7 p.m. outdoors at Center for the Arts. OffSquare.org.

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26 to 28 THE ART SHOWS AT TETON VILLAGE, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on lawn near Mangy Moose. Free.

August

1 RECEPTION FOR BILL SAWCZUK EXHIBITION,

5-8 p.m. at Trio Fine Art. Exhibit hangs July 31-August 17. 734-4444.

2 to 4 THE ART SHOWS AT TETON VILLAGE, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on lawn near Mangy Moose. Free.

5 to 10 NEW

YORK CITY BALLET MOVES is in residency with Dancers’ Workshop at the Center for the Arts. Master classes, open rehearsals all week, performances Aug. 9-10. Free to $75. See schedule at DWJH.org.

8 MIX’D MEDIA, 6-9 p.m. on the Sculpture Trail at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Food, music, art, family fun. Free. 733-5771.

12 HOOTENANNY IN CONCERT, 7 p.m. at Center for the Arts. Acoustic folk showcase. $10. 733-4900.

13 JOHN BUTLER TRIO, 8 p.m. at Center for the Arts. Indie band discovered while busking streets of Australia. $55-$65. 733-4900.

15 RECEPTION FOR SOLO SHOW BY JEFF LEGG, 5-8 p.m. at Astoria Fine Art. Works hang August 11-20. 733-4016.

15 RECEPTION FOR SHOW OF NEW WORKS BY KATE HUNT, 5-8 p.m. at Diehl Gallery. Mixedmedia works hang through September 4.

DiehlGallery.com.

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to 18 ART AND ANTIQUE SHOW by MC Presents in Teton Village.

19 to 21 ART FAIR JACKSON HOLE, 10 a.m.6 p.m. in Miller Park. Show closes at 4 p.m.

Sunday. Juried fair with 200-plus artists. $5.

21 RECEPTION FOR KATHRYN MAPES TURNER

SHOW, 5-8 p.m. at Trio Fine Art. Exhibit hangs August 21-September 7. 734-4444.

23 to 25 ART AND ANTIQUE SHOW by MC Presents in Teton Village.

23

GALA TO CELEBRATE 50th ANNIVERSARY of Trailside Galleries. Anniversary show hangs August 19-31. TrailsideGalleries.com.

26 NEW WORKS BY MARY ROBERSON AND DONNA HOWELL-SICKLES go up at Altamira Fine Art. Exhibit hangs through September 7.

AltamiraArt.com.

30 RECEPTION FOR MICHAEL EASTMAN EXHIBITION, 5-8 p.m. at Tayloe Piggott Gallery. Works hang August 29-October 19.

TayloePiggottGallery.com.

September

5

WESTERN DESIGN CONFERENCE FASHION + JEWELRY SHOW, 6 p.m. at Center for the Arts.

Live-model runway show with gala reception. $35-$125. WesternDesignConference.com.

6 to 8 WESTERN DESIGN CONFERENCE EXHIBIT + SALE, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Snow King Sports and Events Center. Juried show features best of museum-quality functional art. $15 at door.

WesternDesignConference.com.

6 to 15 FALL ARTS FESTIVAL. Highlights include Palates & Palettes Gallery Walk, 5-8 p.m.

September 6; historic ranch tours September 7; Takin’ It to the Streets art fair 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Taste of the Tetons 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

September 8; studio tours September 10; Jewelry and Artisan Luncheon September 11 at Four Seasons Resort; Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes September 12-14; QuickDraw Sale and Auction, 9 a.m. September 14; and Art Brunch Gallery Walk 11 a.m.-3 p.m. September 15. JacksonHoleChamber.com/fallartsfestival.

6 RECEPTION FOR ONE-MAN SHOW BY FALL ARTS POSTER ARTIST JASON RICH, 6-8 p.m. at Legacy Gallery. Ten new works by cowboy artist on view September 5-8. LegacyGallery.com.

6 RECEPTION FOR HUNG LIU’S BASTARD PAINTINGS II, 5-8 p.m. at Diehl Gallery. Chinese social realist’s works hang through September 30. DiehlGallery.com.

9 to 21 NEW WORKS BY JOHN NIETO at Altamira Fine Art. AltamiraArt.com.

11 RECEPTION FOR “IN OUR VALLEY” GROUP SHOW, 5-8 p.m. at Trio Fine Art. Exhibit hangs September 11-28. 734-4444.

13 to 23 WESTERN VISIONS at National Museum of Wildlife Art. This 26th annual show and sale features several components and raises money for educational programming.

WesternVisions.org.

13 ONE-MAN SHOW BY TIM SHINABARGER at Legacy Gallery.

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JACKSON HOLE ART AUCTION, 1 p.m. at Center for the Arts. Live auction of past and present masterworks. 866-549-9278.

14 RECEPTION FOR FALL GOLD SHOW at Trailside Galleries. Group show of wildlife and sporting art hangs September 2-15. Also showcases by Adam Smith and Dustin Van Wechel. TrailsideGalleries.com.

19 SHAWN MULLINS CONCERT, 8 p.m. at Center for the Arts. Atlanta-based singer-songwriter. $28. 733-4900.

An Auction of Past & Present Masterworks of the American West

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