Cheyenne International Film Festival film highlights the arts in downtown Cheyenne

The Cheyenne International Film Festival (CIFF) short documentary airs on Bresnan Cable Channel 19 in Cheyenne daily at noon and 7 p.m. The program emphasizes the importance of the arts in downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming. The documentary features filmmakers MaryLee Herrmann, Patrick Mallek and Ken Wajda discussing film festivals and independent film. Local economic and community development officials Darren Rudloff of Visit Cheyenne, Michell Howard of the Wyoming Film Office and Randy Oestman from the Wyoming Arts Council discuss the importance of the arts.

Next Art Design & Dine tour takes place May 12

Call for proposals: Pinedale Properties Mural Project

The Pinedale Fine Arts Council (PFAC) announces a call for entries for the mural project to be located on the west end of the Pinedale Properties Building at 431 W. Pine St. PFAC is soliciting design ideas from the public. Anyone living in Sublette County is eligible. No mural experience is necessary. The PFAC Visual Arts Committee (VAC) will choose the final design concept. Design need not be a finished piece of artwork, as the VAC will be available to help develop and fine-tune the final design (for application to the wall) if necessary. The execution of the mural will be with the help of community volunteers, under the guidance of the Visual Arts Committee. Work will begin in July, as weather allows. Applications must be completed by April 29. Click here to download application

New CD from Gary Small & the Coyote Brothers: "Wyoming (For Dummies)"

Grady Kirkpatrick playing latest CD by Gary Small and the Coyote Brothers today on Wyoming Public Radio's "Morning Music." Selection was "Snaggle-Tooth Jackalope." Here's info from the Coyote Bros web site: "We've just released 'Wyoming (for Dummies).' An EP with 6 crazy rockabilly and surf songs about our quirky culture in Wonderful Wyoming. If you've ever worked in the Park, or been to Yellowstone, ya' better get this one."

Winter Farmers' Market features gardening arts and culinary arts and arts artsts

The next Winter Farmers' Market will be held at the Historic Downtown Train Depot in downtown Cheyenne on Saturday, March 5 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

It features local foods grown raised or created within 150 miles of Cheyenne. Also includes arts and crafts items handmade within 150 miles of Cheyenne.

Items for sale include :
Local Honey
Jams & Jellies
Fruit Butters
Winter Squash
Pumpkins
Chili
Cupcakes
Sauces
Bar-B-Que to-go
Beef
Bison
Chicken
Lamb
Turkeys
Tamales
Tortillas
Salsa
Empanadas
Winter Garden Produce
Farm Fresh Eggs
Gourmet Mushrooms
Wyoming-made Baked Goods
Cakes and Pies
Soups and Chowders
Roasted Coffee
Gourmet Pasta
Smoked Turkey
Handspun Yarns
Hand-knitted Garments
Handmade Clothes
Natural Skin Care
Art from recycled glass
Handmade Jewelry
Tole painted items


Sponsored by Wyoming Business Council, Cheyenne Depot Museum, Wyoming Farmers Marketing Association, Wyoming Community Network and individuals who support the local food movement.

For more information call 307.649.243

Ozy Theater plans more unscripted hilarity Feb. 5

Another Night of Unscripted Comedy!!! Hilarity and hijinks, too!!!

February 5th 2011 - 7:30 pm at the Atlas Theatre, Cheyenne

Join those silly Ozy's as they bring another night of all-improv comedy to Downtown Cheyenne! The doors open at 7 p.m. and the laughter starts at 7:30 p.m!

Tickets at $8 bucks for adults and $5 bucks for military and students... bring your funny bone!

As always Ozy's comedy is rated PG-13.

Proceeds from all shows benefit mostly local charities.

FMI: www.ozytheater.com

Crochet across cultures Feb. 1 in Jackson

From the Teton County Library in Jackson:

The Crochet Circle meets at the Teton County Public Library on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 6:30-8 p.m.

Crochet across cultures and learn basic stitches, how to shape a project, and have fun making vests, hats, scarves or flowers with Chilean crocheter Carmen Gloria Rodríguez Sanzana. Bring your own yarn and hooks. Drop-ins welcome. Location: Conference Room. Free. Latino Programs Coordinator, Patty Rocha, 733-2164 ext. 237 or procha@tclib.org. In Spanish and English.

Wintermart Arts & Crafts Sale Dec. 11-12 at UUCC

WINTERMART ARTS & CRAFTS SALE

Opening reception/preview: December 10, Friday, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Arts & Crafts Sale: December 11, Saturday 9 am - 5 pm and December 12, Sunday 10 am - 1 pm

A few booths are still available for Holiday Gift Market; open to all artists, craftspeople and other vendors of hand-crafted wares. Booth and/or table fee members $50, non-members $60, and shared booths for $80.

Entry form download and information at www.uucheyenne.org/artfest/. For booth/table reservations and information, contact Terry Kreuzer at tkreuzer@terrykreuzer.com or Andrea Heater, Church Administrator at 638-4554 or administrator@uucheyenne.org.

Casper College art students hold annual sale Dec. 3-5

From a Casper College press release:

Casper College art students will be holding the Annual Remainder Art
Sale for three days: Friday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday,
Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 5 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Casper College Visual Arts Center.

The annual fund-raising sale, sponsored by the Casper College Art Club, will feature student created art "primarily ceramics" but also jewelry, photographs, paintings, and sculptures.

"The proceeds go to help bring in guest artists and travel to museums
by art club students. All the work is handmade original pieces and range
in price from a few dollars to hundreds," said Mike Olson, ceramics
instructor at Casper College.

The Casper College Annual Remainder Art Sale will be held in Room 102.

The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be
served.

Call for entries: ROOTS Fest 2011

Call for artists to perform at ROOTS Fest 2011: "Many Communities, One Voice," June 22–26, 2011, Baltimore, MD

http://alternateroots.org/festival

Alternate ROOTS is pleased to announce artist opportunities to perform at ROOTS Fest 2011: "Many Communities, One Voice," a national arts festival celebrating the very best of our nation’s local art in honor of ROOTS’ 35th Anniversary. ROOTS Fest 2011 will be held June 22–26, 2011 in Baltimore, MD. As part of this national event, five days and evenings of local, regional, and national performances, workshops, case studies, community dialogues, and more will be presented.

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2010

Shop locally at the "Among Friends" exhibit Dec. 9-11 in Cheyenne w/update

You are invited to the Among Friends Art Show and Sale, December 9, 10, 11. Hours are 5-8 p.m. on Dec. 9-10 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Dec. 11. The "Among Friends" are Chad Blakely, Maura Jacobsen, and Connie Norman. This year the show will be at The Artful Hand Gallery, 302 East 1st Ave. Guest artists are Georgia Roswell, mixed media and paper; Jennifer Rife, silk fiber coil baskets; Kelley Jones, mixed media figurative kinetic sculptures; and Heather Fetsco, jewelry. If you live in the Cheyenne area, stop on by and say hello.

This exhibit will be a part of Cheyenne’s Art, Design and Dine Art Walk, Thursday, Dec. 9, 5-8 p.m. Art, Design & Dine features local galleries, businesses, and dining options in downtown Cheyenne Wyoming, every second Thursday of the month.

Visit the Among Friends page on Facebook, it has pictures of all the art work.

This year all of Chad Blakely’s art work is pink in honor of his sister who is battling breast cancer, and he is donating all his proceeds help Heather with her medical bills and missing so much work.

And this update from Connie Norman:

I am selling raffle tickets from my Ceramics Blog for a pair of my black and white salt and pepper shakers ($150) with the quote, “Add Spice to Your Conversation.” Proceeds will go to my friend Heather Blakely Voyles who is battling breast cancer. Heather is only 32 and just had a double mastectomy, hysterectomy, and her biopsy came back positive for malignant lymph nodes. Heather is a second grade teacher and will be missing the rest of the school year.

$1.33 for one ticket and $5.45 for six tickets.

http://connienorman.com/blog/

The weird prices for the raffle tickets are to offset the Paypal charges, so when I give Heather the proceeds of the raffle she will won’t have to share with Paypal. The drawing will Dec. 11 at the end of our Among Friend’s Art Show and Sale. If you are buying a Paypal ticket I will fill out a raffle ticket for you for the physical drawing. I will email the winner on December 12.

If you want to help support Heather, but don’t want to purchase raffle tickets on-line, you can come to our Among Friends Art Show and Holiday Sale.

Sept. 11 Sheridan Harvest Festival features local food, homegrown music and "Pies by Guys"

Handmade/homemade arts & crafts at State Museum Volunteers' show and sale on Saturday

Wyoming State Museum Volunteers, Inc., 33rd Annual Arts and Crafts Show and Sale will be held on Saturday August 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.., on the Barrett Building grounds, 2301 Central Ave., Cheyenne.

Homemade crafts, only. For more information, please contact Carolyn at 307-632-8244

One of the exhibitors is Pinecone Furniture, co-owned by Jeff Tish, a member of the Wyoming Arts Council's artist roster. Read more about Pinecone Furniture on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001053042731

New show opens at Clay Paper Scissors on next Art Design & Dine event on July 8

From Clay Paper Scissors Gallery in Cheyenne:

Art Design & Dine is coming up and Clay Paper Scissors has a new show!

The show features pottery by Maura Jacobsen, Marianne Vinich and Paulette Rasmussen, jewelery by Kevin Heater and Marianne Vinich, collages by Eric Lee, encaustics by Meggan Stordahl, photographs by Janet Jensen and paintings by Jim Sable and Kandice Starbuck.

Clay Paper Scissors also has studio space available for rent. There are two spaces, which could easily be combined into one private space if desired. Join a community of working artists! Studio members have access to a kiln and slab roller. If you or someone else you know is interested, please contact Camellia at 631-6039 or claypaperscissors@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you Thursday!
Art Design & Dine
ADDing creativity to your life!
Thursday July 8th from 5:00 till 8:00

This month's featured restaurant is Don Rey's Mexican Restaurant. The restaurant is offering event goers a free order of Sopapillas with the purchase of two meals. Pick up a flyer at anyone of the ten participating venues for all the details.

July's Art Design & Dine Venues:

Artful Hand Studio and Gallery- featuring monoprints and drawings by Dave Rowswell.
Prairie Wind - Lamp work artist Carol Vroman
Glen Garrett Architect- Terry Kreuzer
The Quilted Corner
Deselms Fine Art
The Link Gallery - Ulrich Gleiter
Nagle Warren Mansion B&B
Unitarian Universalist Church - featuring Laramie painters Jon and Ginnie Madsen and Cindy Paul, Cheyenne quilter and fiber artist
Ewe Count - Trunk show from Lee's Needlearts

Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studio
Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cheyenne-WY/Clay-Paper-Scissors-Gallery-Studio/84834729244

Cheyenne's Jeff Tish and Dale Williams get "theatrical" with handcrafted wood furniture

Jeff Tish (left) and Dale Williams pose with some of their handcrafted furniture on the grounds of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. Jeff is best known for his technical theatre skills (he just won an honorable mention in the 2010 WAC performing arts fellowships) and Dale is best known for his stage roles with the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players. You can get a closer look at their work on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001053042731#!/profile.php?id=100001053042731

The Blue Routes on stage at Lucinda's Gallery

The Blue Routes perform this summer on Wednesday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Lucinda's Artisan Gallery, 160 North Main Street, Sheridan.

Remaining dates are June 23rd & 30th; July 14th & 21st; August 4th, 11th & 18th.

From The Blue Routes member Micah Wyatt:

Lucinda's Artisan Gallery in downtown Sheridan has gracefully agreed to play adopted home to The Blue Routes the whole summer long! Come hear the soft, subtle tones and help keep a unique local business alive - every Wednesday night throughout the summer from 5:30pm - 7:30pm. The Blue Routes consists of Bret Norwood, Jascha Herdt, Philip Cleveland, and Micah Wyatt....but look for special guests throughout the summer.

FMI: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120171641338119&index=1

International traditions and local food highlight weekend in Jackson Hole

We posted this way back in April and thought it was worth repeating:

The 2010 Vista 360 Jackson Hole Fire Festival: Connecting Mountain People will take place from Friday, June 18 through Sunday, June 20, 2010, in the Town Square and other downtown venues in Jackson. Friday night will be the Fire Festival, a "cultural sharing" with Mt. Fuji in Japan. This year, the weekend days (Saturday and Sunday) we'll be exploring the mountain culture(s) of the Yellowstone region -- our own backyard. Saturday will be the Yellowstone Food and Heritage Fair, exploring the mountain culture (and flavors!) in our own backyard. And Sunday will be Children's Day -- Japanese and Yellowstone combined. Contact: Candra Day at canday@wyoming.com

Art Design & Dine May 13 in Cheyenne

From the Art Design & Dine blog:

Art Design & Dine will be taking place this Thursday, May 13th from 5-8:00 p.m., in Cheyenne. Stop at any one of the eleven venues to pick up a map. Get your map stamped at any five businesses on the walk and recieve 10% off your bill at the Historic Plains Hotel Restaurant in downtown Cheyenne.

Start your walk at....

Artful Hand Studio and Gallery
Deselms Fine Art
Clay Paper Scissors Studio & Gallery
Envy Photographics
Ewe Count
Glen Garrett, Architect
The Link Gallery
Nagle Warren Mansion
Prairie Wind Fiber Arts and Beads
The Quilted Corner
Unitarian Universalist Church

See you there!

Wyoming PBS sponsors Wind River Music Showcase in Lander

From the Wind River Music Showcase web site:

Music is integral to every culture, and with its independent spirit and unique history, Wyoming has its own unique flavor of talented musicians in many genres. Please join us for this four part music series featuring Wyoming musicians performing live at the Museum of the American West in Lander!

Hosted by Wyoming Public Radio’s music director Grady Kirkpatrick, the show celebrates the talent of musicians whose music tells the story of Wyoming’s people. The television series will air in November 2010. Don’t miss your opportunity to hear fantastic live music, get a chance to be on television, and support Wyoming PBS all at the same time!

Showcase Lineup:

Saturday, May 8th, 7:00 pm: Michael Hurwitz (shown in photo) & the Aimless Drifters with opening act “V” the Gypsy Cowbelle

Saturday, June 26th, 7:00 pm: The Teka Brock Band with opening act Jared Rogerson

Saturday, July 17th, 7:00 pm: Anne and Pete Sibley with opening act Doug Andrews

Thursday, July 29th, 7:00 pm: The Jalan Crossland Band with opening act J. Shogren

Presented By, Wyoming PBS, committed to producing the music series because it fulfills an important aspect of their mission - to provide a “cultural resource dedicated to enriching the lives of Wyoming people through telecommunications and other related services.” The Wind River Music Showcase will bring Wyoming music to viewers who might never have the opportunity to hear and see that music in person.

FMI: http://www.wyoptv.org/musicshowcase/

Editor's Note: Mike Hurwitz, Miss "V" the Gypsy Cowbelle and Doug Andrews are Wyoming Arts Council roster artists. Support local music by bringing them to your community through a WAC Arts Across Wyoming grant.

"What's It All About, Jackson Hole?"

What’s it all about? Art Representing Local (Jackson Hole) Culture

Application: Deadline April 30

Ciao Gallery & Lines Mountain Sports Galleries of Jackson Hole invites local artists to showcase their choice pieces in the juried exhibition “What’s it all about”? This exhibition is dedicated to celebrating our local culture. We aspire to exhibit works that express and embrace what life is like in Jackson.

Eligibility:
• Open to but not limited to, any and all works created in all mediums that is inspired by Jackson Hole lifestyle and culture.
• Applicants must be local residents of Teton County ID or WY.
• Submitted entries must be original works produced by the applicant.
• Work must be framed, ready to hang and under glass/Plexiglas, and clearly labeled with the artists name and contact information.
• No substitutions of accepted work.
• All work will remain on display during the duration of the exhibit.
• Art work must be for sale.
Calendar:
• Submissions must be received on or before April 30st, 2010. All those who have entered will receive a reply on May 3, 2010.
• All chosen artists work must be delivered no later than May 6th 2010.
• All chosen artists will feature their work at a special “What’s it all about?” exhibition May 7th 2010, which will continue to be displayed, front exhibition space of CIAO & Lines Gallery, until May 19, 2010. The reception will be publicized and open to the public.
• Unsold art is to be picked up May 19, 2010.

Jurors: Michele Walters, Director of Ciao Gallery, Tarley Smith, Director of Lines Gallery & Local artist Tom Woodhouse.

FMI: http://www.ciaogallery.com/