A Community Supported Arts informational meeting takes place at the Snake River Brewery (Brew Pub!) on Tuesday, December 17th, 5:30 – 6:30 pm.
“Having launched the Community Supported Art program a couple of weeks ago with a call for artists, CSA Jackson Hole is hosting an informational meeting for artists to learn more about the project,” says CSA founder Alissa Davies.
Currently, says Davies, CSA Jackson Hole is looking for local artists of all disciplines to apply to the new and innovative program. Nine artists will be featured during the summer of 2014, with names being announced in January. The deadline for artists to apply is January 13, 2014.
CSA Jackson Hole is modeled on Community Supported Agriculture programs, programs that are gaining popularity everywhere, every year.
Selected artists will receive a commission to create 40 “shares,” and potential collectors may purchase a share. In return they receive crates of locally produced artwork at three “pick-up parties” next summer. Each shareholder receives one piece from each of the nine CSA artists over the course of the summer. Pick-up parties take place at various local venues and will be festive occasions— enjoy music, food, and the chance to meet that evening’s featured artists and their work. For more information, contact Alissa Davies at 307.690.4757 or [email protected]
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Remember Tapas Tuesdays?
Now there’s “Wild Wednesdays,” a day of the week to visit the National Museum of Wildlife Art, enjoy the museum’s fine art collection, sit down to delicious food served up by Rising Sage Café and hear a little music. Piano music, to be precise, performed by Francis Koerber. Shop the gift store, open until 7:00 pm. Doors are open 5:30 – 8:00 pm. Reservations are strongly suggested; call (307) 732-5434, and view the winter dinner schedule online at www.WildlifeArt.org
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On Friday, December 13th, the Tayloe Piggott Gallery opens its new show, an exhibition of works by Alex Katz. An opening reception takes place that evening, 5-8:00 pm, and the exhibition remains up through January 31, 2014.
Associated with the Pop Artists, Katz’s work blossomed once the artist began studying at Manhattan’s Cooper Union Art School. The rest is a long, successful, high-profile history: read Katz’s full bio here. Piggott is noted for her ability to corral internationally renowned artists and draw selections of their work to Jackson Hole.
I do love this bit, pulled from Katz’s bio:
“During his years at Cooper Union, Katz had been exposed primarily to modern art and was taught to paint from drawings. Skowhegan exposed him to painting from life, which would prove pivotal in his development as a painter and remains a staple of his practices today. Katz explains that Skowhegan’s plein air painting gave him ‘a reason to devote my life to painting.’ ” www.tayloepiggottgallery.com
Tammy Christel 
