 |
"Lamps," Jenny Dowd, muslin, fabricated steel
armature, porcelain, 64x34x14 inches |
Jenny Dowd of Alpine, David Klaren of Pinedale and Adrienne Vetter of Lander have been named the winners of the 2011
Wyoming Arts Council visual arts fellowships.
Each artist will receive a $3,000 prize. Their work will be on display Nov. 4-Dec. 30 at the
Art Center in
Jackson as part of the WAC’s 2010-2011 biennial exhibition.
Two artists received honorable mentions in the 2011 competition. They are Abbie Miller of Jackson and Suzanne Morlock of Wilson. There is no cash prize, but both artists’ work will be featured in the biennial show.
Judges for this year’s fellowships were Nancy Bowen, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Mark Klett, Tempe, Ariz.; and Joshua Wiener, Boulder, Colo.
Jenny Dowd is a mixed-media artist who works with paper, ink, porcelain, acrylic and muslin fabric, among other materials. She is education director and painting and drawing studio manager at the
Arts Center in
Jackson. Her work was featured in the 2010 Wyoming Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition, the 2011 Feats of Clay XXIV exhibit in
Lincoln,
Calif., and the 2007 Texas National exhibit in
Nacogdoches, Texas.
 |
"Black Gulf," David Klaren, ink on vellum,
18x24 inches |
David Klaren draws with ink and graphite on paper and vellum. He’s exhibited his work throughout
Wyoming and at galleries and museums in
Florida,
Colorado,
Nebraska,
Idaho and
Montana. He’s a member of the Pipeline Art Project, a group of contemporary artists who “promote their work in the wider world while maintaining
Wyoming residency.”
Adrienne Vetter grew up in Wyoming and studied art at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, the University of Wyoming and the University of Michigan. She is program manager for Wyoming Kids First of the Wind River Reservation. She works in sculpture and multimedia installation and is interested in “social class, cross-cultural organizing, autobiography and rural culture.”
 |
"White Trash Beautiful" (interior), Adrienne Vetter,
installation, life-size |
Abbie Miller is a sculptor who works with a variety of materials, including cloth, vinyl, zippers, wood and metal.
Suzanne Morlock is a sculptor who incorporates local materials into her work, using local newspapers in
Lodz,
Poland, and cast-off nets at a fishing village in
Iceland.
The Wyoming Arts Council has offered fellowships to individual artists since 1987. Applications for the 2012 visual arts competitions will be available in March 2012 with a deadline in May.
