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A special supplement to the Jackson Hole News&Guide

September 9-20, 2026

Outside the lines Featured artist Ben Steele remixes traditional Teton view. See page 5A.

Discover festival’s Signature Events

Try colorful bites at Palates and Palettes

Photographer goes Down Under

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A note from the editor...

he secret isn’t just out; it’s ranked No. 1. The Jackson Hole art scene has found national recognition as a vibrant community and the evidence abounds during the Fall Arts Festival as artists and their enthusiasts take over town. From the timed trial of QuickDraw to the many demonstrations to be found during the gallery walks, artists and their

followings remind everyone that after surviving the heat and traffic of summer, Jackson is indeed filled with beautiful things, vistas and people. With the addition of the Teton Village Art and Food Fair, the timing of Far Out Fest, Teton Gravity Research’s 31st premiere, Fall Arts Festival is once again breaking down boundaries between creatives in the Tetons. Every day of the festival there is a

new experience to be had. There are self-guided art tours to take you through the center of town. Head north for local art on the banks of the Snake River. Or go out looking for the sales of the season at the 20th Annual Jackson Hole Art Auction or the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Western Visions, including pieces from Ansel Adams, Bob Kuhn and G. Harvey on this year’s lot lists.

But most importantly, leave room for your plans to change. Keep the Fall Arts Festival guide close and be ready to stay longer at a gallery or to purchase tickets for a program you hadn’t considered or drop in for an artist talk. If anything can be learned from the plein air community in Jackson Hole, it’s that sometimes you just need to pull over and engage with what you see. — Tibby Plasse

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MANAGING EDITOR Kyle Leverone SECTION EDITOR Tibby Plasse PHOTOGRAPHERS Bradly J. Boner, Kathryn Ziesig, Andrew Berger EDITORIAL DESIGN Andy Edwards CONTRIBUTORS Jasmine Hall, Kyle Leverone, Christina MacIntosh, Charley Sutherland, Alex Viveros, Sabina Dana Plasse, Kate Ready, Rich Anderson, Melissa Thomasma

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Jackson Hole’s art scene is more than Fall Arts Festival Chamber ranks art as highly as outdoor attractions.

By Tibby Plasse

1 Palates & Palettes Gallery Walk − Sept. 12, page 12A 2 Fall Arts Festival Art Walk − Sept. 16, page 12A

hough antlers and cowboy boots adorn most vignettes around town, one thing is undeniable: Jackson is more than just cowboys. Ranked the No. 1 Most Arts-Vibrant Community in America by the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University in 2025, Jackson’s art community is now recognized as an art mecca at higher elevation. From urban planning to conservation to early education, the Tetons scored highest among other small communities for arts participation and investment, and public support for the arts. The 42nd Fall Arts Festival is the perfect barometer for seeing a vibrant arts community in action. Planning for Fall Arts is a year-round process, working with artists, galleries, event planners and other agencies. “We didn’t create the Tetons or Yellowstone. We didn’t create the snow that draws skiers from around the world. But over the past four decades, our artists, galleries, museums, arts organizations, educators, and businesses have collectively built one of the most vibrant arts communities in the country,” wrote John Morgan, the chamber’s vice president, in an email. The Chamber represents more than 60 arts-related member businesses and organizations, including 29 galleries and museums, along with institutions like the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, Grand Teton Music Festival, Jackson Hole Public Art, Teton Music School, Dancers’ Workshop, local theaters, photographers, musicians and many other creative businesses that enrich our community, Morgan explained. “The arts enrich the experience of living here, strengthen our sense of community, and give visitors another reason to fall in love with Jackson Hole,” he added. Morgan said the Chamber found two of the measures from the index “especially meaningful,” program revenue and total compensation. According to a report from the University of Wyoming’s Center for Business and Economic Analysis’ report, artist growth is running wild throughout the Cowboy state. Photographers were the largest category of arts and cultural workers in the state from 2018 to 2022, growing by 12% from 1,932 in 2018 to 2,157 in 2022. The second largest occupational category is writers and authors. “Program revenue reflects the total dollars earned in our community due to people participating in the activities of arts and culture organizations. Total compensation measures wages paid to artists and arts professionals, recognizing that a truly vibrant arts community is one where creative people can build sustainable careers,” he explained. “The Scope and Economic Impact of Wyoming’s Arts and Culture Economy,” report which was funded by the Wyoming Arts Alliance (WyAA) estimated economic impact of core creative economy industries for Teton County

Signature events of Fall Arts Festival

3 Featured Artwork Poster Signing with Ben Steele − Sept. 16, page 5A 4 Jackson Hole QuickDraw & Auction − Sept. 19, page 2C 5 QuickDraw Celebration − Sept. 19, page 2C 6 Sunday Art Brunch Art Walk − Sept 20, page 2C

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supporting Jackson Hole’s thriving arts economy,” he added. One of the committee’s most important responsibilities is selecting the Featured Artist and the artists invited to participate in the Jackson Hole QuickDraw. Those conversations begin with nominations from chamber member galleries, which represent hundreds of artists throughout the region. Morgan outlined the committee’s selection process and how it considers how each artist contributes to the overall story of Fall Arts Festival, and, “reflects the diversity, creativity, and character of the Jackson Hole arts community. Current members of the Fall Arts Festival Committee include Allison Merritt, Western Design Conference; Kevin Doyle, Jackson Hole Art Auction; Amy Goicoechea, Art Association of Jackson Hole; Madison Webb Stanko, National KATHRYN ZIESIG / NEWS&GUIDE FILE Museum of Wildlife Art; Mindy DuPalates and Palettes patrons walk through Gallery Wild examining the art and take advantage of quette, Homestead Magazine; Tim Plathe free food and drink from Gather last year. Gallery Wild was one of 22 galleries participating in mondon, Cloudveil Hotel; Amy Ringthe annual event. holz, Ringholz Studio; Carrie Wild, was reported as total estimates as 934.9 other major Jackson Hole attractions Gallery Wild; Darren Irving, Altamira employees, $63,989,885 in labor in- like skiing and boating when it garnered Fine Art; Merritt Anderson, Teton Vilcome, $139,169,012 in value added and SMU’s No. 1 ranking. lage Association; Tim Walker, Jackson The Chamber’s Fall Arts Festival for Hole News&Guide; John Morgan and $228,623,433 in output. The report defines output as representing total sales more than 40 years has showcased Jack- Andrew Kruger, Jackson Hole Chamber in all industries generated by economic son Hole’s diverse arts community — of Commerce. and though intended originally to exactivity. Among the many signature events the Morgan called the Fall Arts Festival tend the summer season for visitors, the chamber’s Fall Arts Festival committee one of the most visible expressions of the artist community has surpassed tour- meets on throughout the year — includrobust art community’s commitment to ism goals, “earning its rank as a draw as ing art walks, QuickDraw and auctions much as climbing, boating and skiing,” — the QuickDraw Artists Celebration is Jackson. “Those indicators reinforce what we’ve Morgan said. one of the organization’s favorite nights While the Chamber doesn’t collect out during the festival. This year’s celseen develop over the past four decades: Jackson Hole isn’t simply a place where artwork sales data from individual gal- ebration will be held at Altamira Fine people come to view and purchase art. leries, he did write that “We consistently Art, the gallery representing the 2026 It is a community that actively supports hear from our gallery partners that Fall Featured Artist, Ben Steele. The ticketed artists, cultural organizations, and the Arts Festival is one of the most impor- event is open to the public. tant periods of the year for connecting creative economy year-round.” For more information about Jackson What started out as an event to aug- with collectors and generating sales.” Hole Chamber, their Fall Arts Festival “Collectively, those indicators give us Signature events, and a downloadable ment the summer tourism season has not confi dence that the festival plays an im- gallery guide, visit JacksonHoleChamjust surpassed goals after 40 years, Morgan said. It earned its ranking alongside portant role in attracting visitors while ber.com/fall-arts-festival.

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Coloring outside clichés Featured artist Ben Steele uses pop imagery, Western feel for poster painting.

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The 2026 Fall Arts Festival committee commissioned Ben Steele to create this playful “26 Old West Colors” to adorn the official 2026 festival poster. The original oil on canvas measures 72 by 48 inches.

By Jasmine Hall

en Steele knows how iconic the Tetons are. The mountain range leaves onlookers stunned. Its peaks have influenced countless images of the West and inspired traditional landscape paintings. But when Steele was selected as this year’s Fall Arts Festival Featured Artist

and tasked with creating an image that “captures the spirit of Jackson Hole,” he didn’t want to just paint a landscape. Steele, 49, wanted to “reinterpret” the Tetons. “Would it be a beautiful painting of the Tetons?” Steele said. “Sure. But I want to repackage it in some way that’s interesting.” He decided to put his own creative “spin” on the Tetons and lean into his

roots: playfulness, surrealism, pop culture — and crayons. Steele started by placing a vintage crayon box in front of the iconic range and built an ode to Jackson around it. He’s hidden Easter eggs in “26 Old West Colors,” dedicated to the 2026 festival and the 26 colors used. His piece was also shaped by what he considers the essence of Jackson Hole: Town Square. From the elk antler arch

on the town square to the famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar neon sign, he hopes viewers will notice all the details. Even the names of the streets on the square are present. “What really is unique is having that square in the middle of town,” he said. “It’s almost like the micro version of Central Park. You have this little square that everything’s built around and it See STEELE on 7A

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This piece by Fall Arts Festival Featured Artist Ben Steele, entitled “Best of the West Inn,” measures 50 by 40 inches and is oil on canvas.

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makes it such an inviting space.” Steele is a Utah-based artist who’s been creating “a conversation between the old and the new” for more than two decades. He was born in Kennewick, Washington, and moved to Utah in his teens. Steele attended the University of Utah and studied art and painting. Upon graduating, he moved to Helper, Utah, for an internship and continued his artistic education at the Helper Workshops with instructors David Dornan and Paul Davis. He’s stayed in Helper, Utah since then, where he established his studio and built a life with his family. For his first emerging art show in the early 2000s, he explored chrome objects and crayons. He also combined his love for pop art and art history. Those concepts have only evolved over time, along with the skill to execute certain moves and paintings that he didn’t have as a beginning painter, he said. COURTESY He hopes his work will pull people in and convince them to pay close attention. Contemporary Western artist Ben Steele was selected to create the featured artwork for the 2026 “It’s so hard,” Steel said. “We’re inun- Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival. His painting “26 Old West Colors” is an ode to Yellowstone and the Tetons, as well an Easter egg hunt of sorts for the viewer. dated with information and images.” He said it takes a certain amount of His artwork is featured in galleries or hard candies and Wild West figurines, power to get someone to stop, look and across the West, such as Utah, Montana, they can share the same dialogic space. In take in artwork. He wants his paintings Idaho and California. But his Western his paintings and his practice, personality to tell them a “little story.” Steele said it’s pop art also found a home in Altamira pervades.” an honor and a challenge to try to relate Fine Art gallery in Jackson nearly a deSteele and his wife, Melanie, brainwith onlookers, as well as just fun. cade ago. storm subject ideas to create what, “at the He also said that art is “just a placeJason Williams, Altamira’s owner, end of the day, is an original Ben Steele holder for history,” with the opportunity praised Steele’s ability to take his still life painting,” Williams said. to celebrate “on the biggest scale human- painting techniques and wrap them into Crayon boxes have remained one of ity and culture.” “creative storytelling within each piece.” Steele’s signature subjects and Williams “Our work feels like it’s somewhere “Equipped with such fine skills, Steele is excited to see how Fall Arts Festival between jokes and art education,” he said. never stays in one mode for too long,” ac- collectors and audience members react He enjoys creating art and is “trying to cording to the gallery’s website. “Instead, to “26 Old West Colors.” He also said convey that fun to other people.” he travels through art’s historical and pop art is a rarity in the festival. Attend“I don’t really ever not want to come pop cultural references, arriving at scenes ees will be able to meet Steele at various into the studio,” Steele said. “It’s a place defined by his own lyrical sensibility. events throughout the festival and learn Whether it is Vermeer and Lichtenstein more about his artistry. that brings me a lot of comfort.”

Meet featured artist Steele There are two events on the calendar to see Ben Steele’s painting up close and meet him. From 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 16, Ben Steele will be signing posters at Altamira Fine Art. The gallery is located at 172 Center St. in downtown Jackson. The QuickDraw and auction, where Steele’s painting will be sold, will take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 19 in the town square. Tickets cost $30. Afterward, there will be a celebration at the gallery from noon to 2 p.m., which Steele will also attend. Take 26 Old West Colors home Only one person gets to take home Ben Steele’s original artwork during the QuickDraw auction. But there is still the chance to pick up a commemorative poster featuring “26 Old West Colors,” a lasting piece of the 42nd annual Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival. The poster is available online at the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce website. An unsigned poster costs $45 and one signed by Steele is $55. The posters will also be sold throughout the festival and during the exclusive signing event on Sept. 16.

“His work makes people happy,” Williams said. Williams and Steele both said it was a “privilege” to have a piece featured in this year’s Fall Arts Festival. “It’s definitely a big honor,” Steele said. “I tried to hopefully do it proud by trying to create something that I’m excited to put out into the world.”

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Walk, talk, taste, take in unique art

Take an art stroll with Palates and Palettes, Fall Arts Festival Art Walk and Sunday Art Brunch. Art walks

Palates and Palettes 5-8 p.m. Sept. 11 Fall Arts Festival Art Walk 5-8 p.m. Sept. 16 includes Featured Artwork Poster Signing with Ben Steele at Altamira Fine Art Gallery, 5-7 p.m. Sunday Art Brunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 20 By Melissa Thomasma

or some, the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival begins with a brushstroke. For others, it begins with a bite, a glass raised among friends, a song drifting down a downtown sidewalk or the first step through a gallery door they might otherwise have walked past. During Fall Arts Festival, art walks bring color, flavor and verve to downtown, opening gallery doors to longtime collectors, curious locals and first-time visitors alike. That is part of the magic of the festival’s art walks. They do not ask visitors to understand the art world before they arrive. They simply invite people in. During a festival known for exhibitions, auctions, artist receptions and special events, the three signature art walks — Palates and Palettes, the Fall Arts Festival Art Walk and Sunday Art Brunch — offer some of the most welcoming ways to experience Jackson Hole’s internationally celebrated arts community. Together, they transform downtown Jackson into a lively, open-ended celebration of creativity, connection and place. This year, that celebration arrives with fresh national recognition. Jackson Hole was named the No. 1 most arts-vibrant community in America in the 2025 Arts Vibrancy Rankings from the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University. For those who live here, work here or return year after year for the Fall Arts Festival, the honor confirms something already deeply felt: Art is not an accessory to Jackson Hole’s identity. It is woven into the life of the community. That connection between art and place runs deep here. Long before Jackson Hole was known as a gallery town, artists such as Thomas Moran, Charles M. Russell and Carl Rungius helped introduce the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the wider West to national audiences. Art was not merely decorative; it was a way of capturing the previously unimagined — a means of connecting to the land and helping others understand why it mattered. John Morgan, vice president of the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, sees art walks as one of the festival’s most important entry points. “They are such a significant part of the Fall Arts Festival,” Morgan said. Unlike some ticketed or collector-focused events, art walks offer a way for locals and visitors alike to engage with the galleries, artists and creative verve that exist in Jackson Hole year-round. Morgan said they are especially meaningful for people who may not consider themselves regular gallery-goers. “When I was in my 20s and 30s, I probably walked by every gallery and

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Attendees have the opportunity to meet the artists behind the paintings and sculptures, offering a rare chance to connect with them one-on-one.

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Some galleries also feature local musicians, adding another layer of artistry to the evening.

never went in because I was sort of intimidated,” he said. Art walks change that dynamic. Doors are open. Artists are present. Conversations begin organically. The experience becomes less about whether someone is prepared to buy a major work and more about engaging with the creative life of the town. Palates and Palettes, the festival’s opening Friday evening art walk, is per-

haps the most festive of the three. Galleries throughout downtown Jackson partner with local restaurants, chefs, caterers and food producers, bringing together visual art, food, drink and music in a way that engages all the senses. Paintings, sculpture, conversation, music and small bites spill together into one of the festival’s most anticipated evenings. For many locals, it is the night that marks the true beginning of Fall Arts Festival.

The Fall Arts Festival Art Walk on Wednesday, Sept. 16 offers a different kind of energy. More intimate and artist-focused, it gives visitors the chance to meet artists, watch demonstrations, attend signings and cultivate a deeper understanding of the creative process behind the work. This year’s Fall Arts Festival Art Walk includes a poster signing with 2026 featured artist Ben Steele at Altamira Fine Art, offering festivalgoers a chance to meet the artist behind “26 Old West Colors,” the image selected to represent the festival. Sunday Art Brunch closes the festival on a more relaxed note. It invites people to return to favorite galleries, revisit works that stayed with them and linger a little longer before the festival ends. That sense of invitation matters. Jackson Hole is home to an inimitable caliber of art, from historic Western masters to contemporary wildlife artists, landscape painters, sculptors, photographers and artists working across traditions and styles. The galleries represent work that is serious, sophisticated and, in many cases, nationally or internationally recognized. But during the Art Walks, that world feels approachable. Morgan said arts and culture add a kind of vibrancy to a community, and the art walks help people find their way into that broader ecosystem. A person might begin with live music, a gallery reception or an evening out with friends, then discover new connections to the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Center for the Arts, local public art, classes, performances and the many organizations that make Jackson Hole’s creative life so vibrant. “Once you’re looking for it, you start to realize” how much is here, Morgan said. That is the real beauty of the art walks; they are not only about seeing finished works on gallery walls. They are about meeting the people behind the work, feeling the pulse of downtown and recognizing that Jackson Hole’s arts community is not something distant or exclusive. It is alive, generous and open to anyone willing to step inside.

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‘Lines in Country’ takes aerial view of humanity David Brookover Gallery’s newest photographer is mission-driven.

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hen J. Thomas McMurray started a foundation in 2000, Marine Ventures, his primary goal was to fund conservation efforts for oceans and rivers globally. He soon discovered that most conservation groups back then did not document and share their work effectively. “So, I bought a high-end digital camera and started documenting the projects we funded.” McMurray and his team headed to Mexico, Cuba, North America, while McMurray lived in Jackson from 2003 to 2021, regional efforts. His team was then invited to participate in a scientific expedition on the West Coast of Australia, documenting whale and dolphin populations as part of a joint program between Duke University and Murdoch University in Perth. “The journey up the coast consisted of meeting with local scientists, conservation groups and community members centered on a citizen-science app development. What I thought was science quickly became something entirely dif-

Photograph “Dampier Salt” taken by J. Thomas McMurray captures the major port in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Dampier Salt ponds cover over 10,000 hectares and the salt is used in the production of EV batteries and solar panels.

ferent. It was not the whales that were most important but the people, their communities and their indigenous cultures who were at risk even more than the whales.” McMurray was in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, one of the most sparsely populated places on the planet. “It’s about the size of California with less than 50,000 inhabitants all

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living on land that had been continuously inhabited by the indigenous clans for more than 30,000 years, as documented by their rock art.” McMurray then documented them and their land as art. McMurray bought his first camera in 1976 for a creative design class while attending Duke University to study engineering. “I wanted to capture and share what I

saw or perceived about design, structure and purpose. I also did a lot of portrait work with my classmates. I just wanted to capture the moment on film and share it.” Decades later, McMurray’s bird’s eye view has merged mission with masterpiece. Though shot from the air, the images render on a very macro level where shorelines resemble a glass platelet zooming in on organisms. McMurray first visited Jackson in 1968 on a family vacation to Yellowstone, then he came to the Tetons and Yellowstone to climb, ski and fish for years before moving full-time to the area in 2003. “I call Jackson ‘full immersion,’ unlike what is possible in [other] places that I have lived, like San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Seattle and now Boulder. I think living so close to nature, you become more aware of nature, the seasons, where the sun sets each evening, the wildlife, the quietness in the winter snows.” McMurray’s images are meant to be revelatory. “The simple beauty of a photograph from the air tells a deep and complex story about how we humans live on the planet.” McMurray will be present at David Brookover Gallery to talk about his show “Lines in Country” during the Palates and Palettes gallery walk.

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At the Center of it all Jackson’s creative community celebrates art in every corner. See page 2B.

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At the Center of it all Center for the Arts anchors the creative community with a plethora of dynamic artistic diversity.

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Ilya Finkelshteyn, principal cellist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, performs at the Center for the Arts in September 2025 as part of Jackson Hole Chamber Music’s fall festival, “Bach and Blues.”

Center for the Arts 240 S. Glenwood JHCenterForTheArts.org

Fall into art at Center Sept. 9-20: The Center Theater Gallery: Uncommon Art Show Sept. 11: Co-Presenting Palates and Palettes with Art Association Sept. 13: Arts on the Green (Presented by Art Association) Sept. 17: JH Chamber Music and The Center: ‘Appalachian Spring’ (Presented by The Center, Dancers’ Workshop, Jackson Hole Chamber Music, Contemporary Dance Wyoming) Sept. 18: Rise of the Western Lights: Mark Maggiori (Presented by Jackson Hole Art Auction and Far West) Sept. 19: 20th Annual Jackson Hole Art Auction

By Tibby Plasse

hen it comes to Fall Arts Festival, Marty Camino says Arts on the Green in The Center Park is one of his top picks of the festival. “It feels like an intimate ‘art fair’ experience, where I see a lot of community members enjoying the incredible art that’s available in our town,” the Center’s executive director, Marty Camino, wrote in an email. An exemplary event reflecting the creative forces of the Jackson community, the annual art fair showcases artists who live in and around the Tetons, selling an array of mediums including ceramics, fiber arts, painting, glass, photography, jewelry and mixed media. This year’s Arts on the Green, a longtime festival signature event, takes place on Sunday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A fundraising event for the Art Association of Jackson Hole, Arts on the Green’s admission and artist booth fees directly support the Art Association’s ability to provide adult and youth art programming, art therapy outreach for 30-plus valley organizations, gallery exhibitions and open studio access each year. The organization is one of the first entry points into the local creative community for adults and families alike. Just one of the many creative and intellectual forces orbiting at the center, Cathedral Voices, Central Wyoming College, Dancers’ Workshop, Jazz Foundation of Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole

‘Uncommon Arts Show’ features artists from across the country such as Jackson Hole’s Travis Walker, Keren Anavy, a New York-based multidisciplinary visual artist, and Brooklyn-based painter Lila Steffan who is currently pursuing an MFA at University of New Mexico.

Community Band, Jackson Hole Writers, JH Public Art, JH Wild, KHOL, Teton Music School, Musicland, pARTners, Off Square Theatre Company, Riot

Act Inc., Teton County School District, The Jackson Hole Chorale and Wyoming PBS are also residents. That collaborative camaraderie of the

center campus will be as palatable as Palates & Palettes ( Sept. 11) with the Art Association and the center co-hosting the evening. But also, all arts fest long: the doors are open with new art on the walls and dancers on the stage. “Uncommon Art Show,” a multidisciplinary group exhibition, features the work of past participants in the Uncommon Art Residency. Founded by Erik Warner at Sound View Greenport in New York and expanded to The Anvil Hotel in Jackson, the Uncommon Art Residency has offered selected artists dedicated time and space to create, explore, and share their work with the community for the last eight years. “In Jackson Hole, Travis Walker, director of the Uncommon Art Residency and founder of Teton ArtLab, leads the local residency program. A full-time artist himself, Walker ensures that visiting artists are immersed in the region’s rich culture,” wrote Jenny Graham, Campus See CENTER on 3B

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Activations and Resident Relations for the center, about the exhibition returning to Fall Arts. The two other center residents will join forces for Fall Arts with an evening exploring “Appalachian Spring,” a ballet by the choreographer Martha Graham and the composer Aaron Copland. “We’re creating, and as humans we’re looking for patterns, like great music and math, it is a universal language,” Fran Romo, Director of Contemporary Dance Wyoming (CDW ) at Dancers’ Workshop said when describing the program’s upcoming collaboration with Jackson Hole Chamber Music on Thursday, Sept. 17. Folk hymns, open skies, and the joyful story of a young couple starting life on the frontier, the masterpiece earned Copland a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1945. The Fall Arts performance also pays homage to the 100th anniversary of The Martha Graham Dance Company — Romo and Charlotte Landreau are former Martha Graham Dance Company members. “The Bride Solo,” Martha Graham once described as “a testimony to the simple fineness of the human spirit,” has been built into the evening repertoire, helping to tie the freeness of modern dance’s expression to its traditional pioneers. Michaela Ellingson will also be performing from CDW. This year’s prelude to the annual Jackson Hole Art Auction, “Rise of the Western Lights: Mark Maggiori” sold out within 10 days of the ticket release and briefly crashed out the center’s website the morning of the release. Maggiori’s first solo show in three years, Managing Director and Partner Kevin Doyle says the evening is poised to be “one of the most significant events of the year in

The Annual Arts on the Green features regional makers with ceramics, fiber arts, painting, glass, photography, jewelry and mixed media.

contemporary Western art.” “I think his work resonates because it is both nostalgic and fresh,” Doyle said. “He takes the American West, which already carries a powerful mythology, and reinterprets it with a contemporary sensibility. His work feels rooted in tradition, but it also feels immediate, with cinematic compositions that makes it accessible to new audiences while still appealing to serious collectors.” A natural steward for the art community, the Center for the Arts has quite literally become the bricks for the mortar, and a stage for more than just a cur-

tain call. Responsible for maintaining the building and grounds, managing shared spaces, and producing a wide range of arts, education and community programming throughout the year, Camino says “these efforts have gone a long way in providing the physical and social space for creative partnerships to flourish.” “Providing a campus to connect and share ideas on a regular basis is central to how partnerships grow in an organic and meaningful way,” he added. There is a formal body, the Center

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Advisory Council, that invites and encourages collaborations as one of its central priorities “But often these efforts develop through hallway conversations or informal conversations first,” Camino said, describing how in recent years the center has developed more shared workspace in the building — including The Center Commons — to provide more free and open space to the public. This Fall Art Festival, be sure to take a stroll on campus and see what it’s like at the center of the community, at the Center for the Arts.

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Altamira shows Western masters at work Curated gallery maintains high standard of ‘new West’ styles, modern techniques, lasting images.

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ltamira Fine Art is geared up to take center stage at the Fall Arts Festival. A Palates and Palettes party. Live conversations and poster signings with acclaimed artists. A maestro lending his hand to the Jackson Hole QuickDraw. All in the name of modern Western art, Altamira’s specialty. “This is the top of the Western art game,” Jason Williams, owner of Altamira Fine Art, said. “Pound for pound, what we’re known for is having the top storytellers in this genre, all under one roof.” The gallery represents about 30 artists at any given time. It focuses on the “new West” style, where artists use modernist techniques to tell Western stories. The roster ranges from emerging young artists to founders of the genre, like Billy Schenk, who Williams called the founder of Western pop. “Artists produce at a higher level, for most of them, when they’re younger,” Williams said. “Now Billy’s an exception, he’s 79 and painting as much and works as hard as our youngest painters.” The curated gallery tries to maintain a high standard of art that highlights Western concepts and stories. For the Fall Arts Festival, the gallery is set to kick off with a collaboration with Teton Tiger during the Palates and Palettes art walk on Sept. 11. The night is largely for the Jackson Hole community, who can enjoy a solo show by Michael Blessing, a well-known southwestern artist that captures the spirit of the west through neon works. Ben Steele, the painter behind the festival’s featured artwork, will be at the gallery on Sept. 16 with a new body of work and Fall Arts Festival posters to sign (see page 5A). That evening will also feature a show for Robert Moore, an acclaimed modern Western landscape painter. The Idaho-based artist, who is famously colorblind, is known for having trained and taught top Western artists who have gone on to have successful careers.

Landscape master Robert Moore often takes students into the ﬁeld with him to impart his knowledge. This is “Nothing Better,” a 48- by 60-inch oil on canvas being shown at Altamira Fine Art.

“He’s the master, he’s the one that teaches everybody else,” Williams said. “To quote other artists that have come in and seen his work, he’s the man.” Some artists may shy away from sharing the secrets of their craft. But Moore often invites his students to paint in the field with him and capture the same landscapes. “He loves sharing his skills with people,” Williams said. “He’ll even have a show with us and just leave to go see his students’ work in other galleries.” Paintings that Moore is displaying at Altamira include “In-between Seasons,” “Nothing Better” and “Spring Has Sprung.” The works show landscapes transformed between seasons, from blooming purple flowers among mountains

and aspen trees to the yellowing leaves of the fall. Moore paints with two hands, paints flat instead of using an easel and paints mostly with makeshift nonbrush tools like palette knives and even a kitchen spatula. It’s a sight to see. “I would almost call him an action painter, in some way. I mean, he’s very active,” Williams said. “He’s a very calm guy, but he paints in a wild way, very different way, I would say, than most landscape painters.” The artist can paint en plein air, from an image or even from his own imagination, Williams said. Fall Arts Festival attendees can catch the master live in action during the festival’s QuickDraw and Auction on Sept. 19.

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Art collectors eye Jackson Hole Art Auction Ansel Adams, Rungius and G.Harvey featured in 20th anniversary event.

Jackson Hole Art Auction Office at 130 E. Broadway Ave. JacksonHoleArtAuction.com Sept. 19 at Center for the Arts 240 S. Glenwood JHCenterForTheArts.org By Tibby Plasse

fter last year’s record breaking success, anticipation is building around this year’s Jackson Hole Art Auction. Kevin Doyle, managing director and partner at Jackson Hole Art Auction, told the News&Guide that last year’s sale achieved $13.5 million with 97% sell-through. The landmark auction showcases masterworks of Western, wildlife, Native American and American art, drawing worldwide collectors to the heart of the Rocky Mountains. “This 20th anniversary promises fresh-to-market treasures and iconic artwork of the American West,” he said. With three paintings by celebrated Texas artist G. Harvey, Doyle’s prediction for a competitive season may be spot on. “Rawhide and Roughnecks,” “Morning Glow on Powder Snow” and “Watering Their Horses,” an oil on canvas painting by Ernest Martin Hennings (1886-1956), is “Thinking of Spring,” all oil on can- expected to garner a $200,000 to $400,000 winning bid at this year’s Jackson Hole Art Auction. vas, the ensemble is estimated to fetch $125,000 to $500,000. alpine lake nestled in the foreground, includes a deer hasn’t been seen publicly Among the lot items of interest in framed by verdant evergreens that an- in decades. “They are very rare to come this summer’s sale is a 1902 watercolor chor the composition and draw the to market, and so we have high hopes.” by Charles M. Russell, “Buccaroos from viewer into the high country tableau.” “October Aspens” is estimated to sell the N-N on the Big Dry,” a watercolAnother gem for collectors to note for between $200,000 to $400,000. or on paper (19 3/4 by 28 5/8 inches). is a rare print of the iconic Ansel AdContemporary Western artist Eric Doyle said the sale estimate should ams photograph, “The Teton Range and Bowman’s surreal landscapes and porrange between $300,000 and $500,000). Snake River, Grand Teton National traits are also in this year’s offerings. “This dynamic work encapsulates Park, Wyoming” from 1942 (silver gela- Bowman has shown at the Briscoe MuRussell at the height of his powers in tin print on paper, 7 3/4 by 9 3/8 inches, seum, San Antonio, Texas, the Natural watercolor, capturing the drama, dust, estimate range $25,000 to $35,000). History Museum of Los Angeles and and danger of a high-speed steer roping This sampling hardly grazes the im- the Salmagundi Club in New York City. on the open range,” Doyle said. Native American painter and printpressiveness of the nearly 300-item auc“This work dates from a pivotal pe- tion list. One artist Doyle is particularly maker Emmi Whitehorse makes a camriod when Russell was transitioning excited to include is William Herbert eo with “Mt. Taylor Series No. 661,” a from working cowboy to nationally rec- “Buck” Dunton. Born in 1878, the re- charcoal and pastel on paper (29 3/4 by ognized artist, and his watercolors from nowned painter and founding member of 22 inches, estimated sale range $25,000 this period are especially coveted by col- the Taos Society of Artists is highly re- to $45,000). Inspired by the landscape lectors and institutions.” garded for his classic renderings of cow- near her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, One of the few painters to have a boys, wildlife, and the American West. Whitehorse represents her state at the named gallery in his honor at the NaThe 14- by 14-inch landscape that National Museum of Women in the Arts. tional Museum of Wildlife Art, famed wildlife artist Bob Kuhn’s painting of a cougar cornered by hounds in “Cacophony” (acrylic and pencil on board, 24 by 24 inches) is expected to fetch $80,000 to $120,000. The sale also includes a number of quality works from Wyoming wildlife great Tucker Smith, including “Canadian Rams” from the esteemed collection of Bob and Curtice McCloy (oil on canvas, 16 by 20 inches, estimated sale range $30,000 to $50,000), “Elk” (oil on canvas, 10 by 12 inches, estimated range $15,000-$25,000), and “Goats of Norway” (oil on linen, 20 by 24 inches, estimated to fetch between $7,000 and $10,000). Doyle said leading the landscape highlights this year is “Mount Assiniboine” by Carl Rungius (oil on canvas, 25 by 30 inches, estimate: $50,000$75,000). “The painting captures the dramatic majesty of snow-capped mountain peaks rendered in Rungius’s signature plein air style, with brilliant blue-violet shadows playing across rocky outcroppings and gleaming snowfields.” Bill Schenck’s “Drive to Coyote Creek” is listed in this year’s Jackson Hole Art Auction taking place Doyle describes it as a “crystalline at the Center for the Arts on Sept. 19.

According to the museum, Whitehorse exemplifies the Navajo philosophy of Hózhó, which refers to the interconnectedness of harmony, beauty, wellness, and order. “Hózhó guides and informs Whitehorse’s abstract paintings as she explores the balance between paint, pastel, and graphite to tell the story of the connection between land and life,” wrote the museum. “My work is about and has always been about land, about being aware of our surroundings and appreciating the beauty of nature. I am concerned that we are no longer aware of those,” Whitehorse says in her artist statement at NMWA. With so much anticipation around lots that may yield half a million or more, one has to wonder if it’s a buyer’s market or if art sales are improving their notoriety despite tight economic reporting in other luxury markets. “After a year of volatility in the art market, 2025 ended on an optimistic note,” ArtTactic wrote. “Single-owner collections — particularly in the second half of the year — helped lift global sale totals at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips to $4.55B, a 11.1% increase from 2024 and the first growth year since 2022.” According to Art Basel’s Art Market reporting, “Aggregate sales in the dealer and public auction markets both improved in 2025. Public auction sales showed the biggest uplift year-on-year, rising 9% in value after a sharp contraction in 2024, while the dealer sector rose by just 2%. In contrast, private sales at auction houses declined by 5%. This reversed the pattern of 2024, when public auction sales declined and private sales increased.” Interestingly, the reporting included that in 2025, online sales fell to $9.2 billion, their lowest level since 2019. “Dealers reported a significant drop in the share of their sales made through exclusively digital channels. Auction house online-only sales were focused on mid and lower price levels, while the highestpriced lots were sold in live sales.” The report said as high-end offline sales regained momentum, the share of online-only sales fell 3% year-on-year to 15% of total art market sales. It was down 10% from its peak of 25% in 2020 but remained above the pre-pandemic level of 9% in 2019. Jackson Hole Art Auction proves that live is not just better than online, it’s highly sought after. The prelude to this year’s 20th Anniversary Auction, the solo show and sale for Mark Maggiori’s “Rise of the Western Lights,” which includes an artist talk in the morning at the Center for the Arts, has been sold out since July. Opening during the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival and in tandem with JHAA’s Annual Live Auction, Maggiori’s first solo presentation in three years will unveil 20–25 works for auction, ballot sale and showcase on Friday, Sept. 18, with an artist talk in the morning. Live stream and online bidding will be at JacksonHoleArtAuction.com and Invaluable.com. All works are available for preview in the art auction’s showroom located at 130 E. Broadway in Jackson, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The 20th annual Jackson Hole Art Auction takes place on Saturday, Sept. 19, in the Center Theater.

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Art is front and on Center Street Mountain Trails Gallery has track record of featured festival artists.

Mountain Trails Gallery 155 Center Street MTNTrails.net Artist Celebration Show 4-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 QuickDraw Artists Showcase 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 By Tibby Plasse

any of Fall Arts Festival’s storied names can be found at one gallery: Mountain Trails. Former featured artists and regular QuickDraw participants such as Colt Idol, Troy Collins, Andrew Bolam, Bryce Pettit, Amy Lay, Whitney Weidow and Lyn St. Clair are among its diverse roster of artists. “Over the years, four of our artists have been selected as the Festival’s Featured Artist — Edward Aldrich, Troy Collins, Bryce Pettit, and most recently Colt Idol. It is an honor to see their work recognized in such a meaningful way,” Mountain Trails Gallery Director Sarah Serre said. Bolam, Pettit, Lay, Weidow and St. Clair are among this year’s timed painting trial participants, and are always highly anticipated creatives to witness their processes up close on the Town Square each year. “The QuickDraw itself offers a truly unforgettable experience, watching an artist create a painting before your eyes brings a new level of appreciation for the creative process, and having the opportunity to speak directly with the artist makes the experience even more meaningful,” the gallery director said. Serre said she has seen many first-time collectors purchase a piece during the festi-

Hamilton, Montana painter Whitney Weidow returns for the 2026 QuickDraw and is known for her use of nostalgia as seen in “First Memories of the Cowboy,” a 30- by 24-inch oil.

val, only to return to Jackson year after year to continue collecting that artist’s work. “Those lasting relationships between artists, collectors, and galleries are one of the most special aspects of the Fall Arts Festival

and something that makes the event truly unique.” She says the forces of the festival are not just for the collector but for the artists as well.

“I truly believe the Fall Arts Festival has the ability to elevate an artist’s career in a remarkable way. The festival introduces artists to an entirely new audience of collectors, designers, and art enthusiasts while creating opportunities and professional relationships that might otherwise take years to develop.” Jackson Hole has long been recognized as one of the premier destinations for Western and wildlife art, and Serre says Mountain Trails continues to forge fresh perspectives from new artists, like Weidow, and a new local artist, Rob Samartino. “He is a talented local artist whose beautiful wildlife and landscape paintings capture the spirit and beauty of the American West.” Longtime participation in the festival, Serre says, pays off, and she witnessed the impact of Idol’s Featured Artist selection last year. “While he was already an exceptionally talented artist, we’ve watched his collector base grow tremendously over the past year and the work has become highly sought after — it’s rare for one of his paintings to remain in the gallery for very long.” With so many artists in the QuickDraw, circle by Mountain Trails on your fest schedule. “Once the festival begins, there is an unmistakable energy throughout town, the galleries are filled with collectors, artists, and visitors who have all come together to celebrate art, and that excitement is contagious.” In addition to enjoying extended hours during the Fall Arts Festival gallery walks, Mountain Trails Gallery will host an annual Artist Celebration Show, its signature festival exhibition, and then a QuickDraw Artists Showcase following the competition.

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The Prophecy, 2024, oil on canvas, 45 x 70 in.

Master of Dreams, 2026, oil on linen panel, 35 x 38 in.

Texan Blood, 2026, oil on panel, 40 x 40 in.

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Lot 269, Walter Ufer (1876-1936), The Bake Oven, 1922 oil on linen, 25 x 30 in., Estimate: $500,000-700,000

Lot 169, Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), Buccaroos from the N–N Outfit on the Big Dry in Montana, 1902 watercolor on paper, 19 3/4 x 28 5/8 in., Estimate: $300,000-500,000

Lot 150, G. Harvey (1933-2017), Morning Glow Through Powder Snow oil on canvas, 26 x 41 1/2 in., Estimate: $150,000-250,000

Lot 137, W. Herbert Dunton (1878-1936), October Aspens oil on canvas, 14 x 14 in., Estimate: $200,000-400,000

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JH History to display drawings, photos Two exhibits will show slice of 1950s life in Jackson, Native ledger drawings.

History Jackson Hole 175 E. Broadway Ave. JacksonHoleHistory.org By Christina MacIntosh

istory Jackson Hole will have two shows on display during Fall Arts Festival, featuring Native American ledger drawing through the ages and archival photographs of Jackson Hole from the 1950s. “Both have historic elements to them,” said Kirsten Corbett, the museum’s director of exhibits and communications. Jackson Hole History Museum’s upstairs gallery will display color film photos taken by Orson Arvin in 1955 and 1956. The images capture a little-known moment in Jackson Hole history: The slice of time between the post-World War II auto-tourism boom and the ski resort development in the 1960s that began transforming Jackson into the resort community it is today. Jackson was still really small, but was starting to be well-known. “Some people kind of call this a golden age before Jackson really took off,” Corbett said. “There’s a little bit of nostalgia for it in some ways.” The museum has not had any exhibitions on that time period ever, or at least in the recent past, Corbett said. “It’s a time period we do not have extensively represented in our Jackson Hole History collection, and these vivid Kodachrome images offer a rare and beautiful window into that moment,” Corbett said. Arvin worked in the film industry in Los Angeles, for Twentieth Century Fox. In 1955, an actor on set told Arvin that he was headed to Jackson to escape the heat. Soon after, Arvin and his wife Bettye followed suit. The exhibition will pair large-format photographs with interpretive texts about Arvin’s personal experiences in

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Bettye and Orson Arvin on Jackson Lake in 1955. The Arvins came to the valley from California and Orson documented their life and exploits.

Jackson and history of mid-20th century Jackson. The exhibition is a partnership with the Arvin family and will be on display through Jan. 4, 2027. “It’s a very unique time period in Jackson, and there’s interpretation around what Jackson was like during that time period, as well as just being beautiful pieces of photography art,” Corbett said. Photographs include some classic Jackson Hole experiences that still exist today — such as rafting on the river and visiting Mormon Row — as well as some that are foreign. A favorite photo of Corbett’s is of a horse race down Cache Street. “It’s down the center of town,” she said. “It gives the feel of what it was like to live here when it was small but very

active, when it was on the cusp of being really developed.” The other exhibition, called “Behind Linear Narratives: Indigenous Plains Ledger Art,” traces the evolution of ledger drawing from the late 1800s to the present. It is a collaboration with Central Wyoming College and features works by father-and-son artists Terrance Guardipee and Terran Last Gun. Works by the contemporary artists will be available for sale, which is rare for art on display at the museum, Corbett said. Historically, ledger drawings commemorated heroic deeds, memories, significant events, war, dreams and ceremonies, Corbett said. The art form got its name because, by the late 19th cen-

tury, many Native artists used actual ledger books that were available from the government as their medium. Often, the ledgers were already written in and artists would draw on top of them. Contemporary artists still use historic ledger books, Corbett said. But the art form has evolved over time to make new interpretations of the old themes. Guardipee’s and Last Gun’s work looks very different, despite being in the same tradition. Last Gun’s work is more abstract, Corbett said. The historic images on display help demonstrate that evolution. “You can kind of see how that compares to how the art form is being interpreted now,” Corbett said.

This is Terrance Guardipee’s “Running Eagle Blackfeet Woman Warrior.” Guardipee’s work is featured in the Jackson Hole History Museum’s exhibit on Indigenous ledger art, on view through Nov. 7.

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Showcase of Homes shares design choices and craftsmanship Indulge in a self-guided luxury home tour and support area nonproﬁts.

Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes presented by Homestead Magazine 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 18 Various locations around Jackson Hole $125 307-733-8319 JacksonHoleShowcase.com By Sabina Dana Plasse

eturning for the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, the 2026 Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes, presented by Homestead Magazine, invites the community to tour an inspiring collection of homes while supporting local nonprofit organizations. Held annually, the showcase celebrates the creativity and craftsmanship of the talented architects, builders, interior designers, landscape professionals and artisans who help shape the character of homes throughout the Jackson Hole valley. A Fall Arts highlight, the showcase offers a glimpse into the world of Jackson Hole’s most exclusive and ultimate luxury homes, providing an im-

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mersive experience of the region’s most breathtaking and architecturally iconic homes, each a masterpiece of design and elegance. Participants can meet and engage with the professionals behind the architecture, construction, interior design, and landscaping, who will share the inspiration and backstory behind some of Jackson Hole’s most desirable living spaces. This one-day, self-guided

tour is a curated selection of Jackson Hole’s most coveted abodes. Visitors can peruse a selection of homes nestled in stunning landscapes, with panoramic views of the majestic Teton Range. The tour also offers an up-close look at these extraordinary residences, which exemplify both appealing architectural brilliance and cuttingedge, sophisticated design. “One of the things I appreci-

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ate most about the Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes is how it brings together homeowners, architects, builders, designers and our community to celebrate exceptional design and craftsmanship,” said Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes Director Mindy Duquette. “It’s a rare opportunity to experience remarkable homes that are not typically open to the public.” More than a home tour, the

Showcase of Homes is a community event with a purpose. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit local nonprofit organizations, including Jackson Hole Land Trust, One22 Resource Center and Coombs Outdoors, allowing attendees to experience these outstanding and fascinating homes while giving back to causes that strengthen the community. Each featured home in the showcase offers a distinct style, story, and design, drawing inspiration from new construction and renovations, as well as timeless mountain architecture and beautifully crafted interiors. The event aims to inspire homeowners, design enthusiasts and anyone who appreciates quality craftsmanship and design. It’s a perfect complement to Fall Arts, offering a unique place-and-space experience. Duquette added, “What makes the Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes so special is seeing our design community generously share their work, giving residents a chance to experience inspiring homes and knowing that every ticket sold helps strengthen nonprofits that make Jackson Hole such a special place to live.”

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An American West exploration of identity Douglas Schneider elevates tradition with a solo show at Diehl Gallery.

Diehl Gallery 30 S. King Street 307-733-0905 DiehlGallery.com

Celebrate 25 years at Diehl Gallery during Fall Arts Sept. 11

By Sabina Dana Plasse

rtist Douglas Schneider works with subjects deeply rooted in the American West — bison, horses, cowboys and Native American imagery — yet his paintings never feel nostalgic. “He’s not interested in recreating the past,” said Mariam Diehl, owner of Diehl Gallery. “Instead, he uses those familiar subjects to explore memory, place and identity in a way that feels entirely contemporary.” For his solo show “Echoes of the Plains,” Sept. 11- Oct. 31 at Diehl Gallery, Schneider presents new works in conjunction with the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, offering an evolving sense of the West that extends beyond traditional Western Art. When describing his painting “Twilight,” Schneider said he had just read about the Dawes Act. “Native Americans had no concept “White Horse” by Douglas Schneider, 2026, acrylic, oil, China markers, and collage on canvas, of land ownership. The Dawes Act measuring 30 by 30 inches. changed that. Indigenous people had a spiritual connection with nature. Rev- to open up. I felt the reverence and awe minous color, or the way a figure quierence and respect for nature made of my ancestors and the faith that the etly emerges from the surface. They’re natural world will survive.” paintings that reveal themselves over ownership of it inconceivable.” Schneider’s paintings are layered time rather than all at once.” “While painting this piece, rather Drawn to the balance he achieves than focusing on the negative aspects and richly textured, featuring passages of the Dawes Act, a spiritual experi- of abstraction, collage, and expressive between abstraction and representaence began to unfold,” Schneider said. color that invite you to linger with tion, Schneider’s subjects are imme“The colors and the light of twilight in them. They possess a remarkable sense diately recognizable yet never literal. a vast space brought me back to the in- of depth, both visually and emotionally. The paintings leave room for the While spending time with Schnei- viewer to bring their own experiences effable experiences I’ve had in nature. I became aware of a spiritual awakening, der’s works, Diehl remarked that she and interpretations. “Presenting Schneider’s exhibition a sense of peace and harmony. The vast- always notices something new: “a ness of time and the universe seemed subtle piece of collage, a passage of lu- during Fall Arts feels especially fitting because his work embodies the thoughtful, contemporary vision we’ve championed for the past quarter century,” Diehl said. “We’ve always been in-

“Twilight” by Schneider, 2026, oil on canvas, measuring 72 by 60 inches.

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terested in artists who respect tradition while pushing it forward, and Schneider’s work embodies that beautifully — a strong body of paintings that feels confident and fully realized.” The 2026 Fall Arts is especially meaningful to Mariam Diehl because Diehl Gallery is celebrating its 25th anniversary and because Douglas Schneider will be present. “Fall Arts is the most exciting week of the year for galleries in Jackson,” Diehl said. “Our longtime collectors return, new collectors discover the gallery for the first time, artists are in town, and the community buzzes with incredible energy. People come here specifically to experience art and take the time to engage deeply with the exhibitions. Having the artist here is always a highlight of the festival because visitors can hear directly about the work, ask questions, and gain a deeper understanding of the creative process.”

Diehl Gallery marks its 25th anniversary with an exploration of the American West and a solo exhibition from artist Schneider.

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Food, art pair well at Teton Village Art and Culinary Fair The West Bank is a cache of food talent, craftsmanship. Teton Village Commons Teton Village TetonVillageWy.gov By Tibby Plasse

eton Village’s culinary community is joining the Fall Arts Festival for the first time. With plates from Corsa, Shin Shin, Handle Bar, Steadfire Chophouse, Mangy Moose, Piste, The Spur, Il Villaggio Osteria, Wild Pine and Sure Hand, this new event is sure to become a menu favorite for Fall Arts fans. “This event was inspired by the spirit of Taste of the Tetons, which was always one of my favorite parts of the Fall Arts Festival,” said Meghan Quinn, director of the Teton Village Association. Quinn said she wanted to create something “that honors that tradition while bringing a fresh energy to Teton Village — celebrating our incredible culinary scene, talented artists, and the mountain community all in one place.” “This new event allows us to showcase the many creative and culinary talents that make Teton Village such a special destination.” A new signature event on the Fall Arts schedule, the Village’s celebration is quintessential mountain culture with food, live music and art all at the base of the ski hill. Featuring more than 20 regional artists and makers, the Art Fair in Teton Village is free and open to the public. Presented in partnership with Mountain Craft Jackson Hole, Merritt Anderson, of On Merit agency and a FAF committee member, said guests can browse fine art, handcrafted goods,

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Teton Village chefs will be sharing a cornucopia of small plates and dinner specials during Fall Arts Festival at the inaugural Teton Village Art and Culinary Fair.

jewelry, ceramics, textiles, woodwork and “other mountain-inspired creations that celebrate the creativity, craftsmanship, and independent spirit of the Jackson Hole community.” Mountain Craft Jackson Hole is a seasonal curated pop-up market that features local makers, vintage finds and homespun wares often featuring the work of Lisa Walker Handmade, Anika Youcha, Sing Hat Company, Full Moon Ceramics and Bronwyn Minton. Anderson said the Teton Village Art and Culinary Fair was created to celebrate the unique combination of “artistry, hospitality and mountain culture” that defines Teton Village. “By bringing together regional art-

ists, local restaurants, and the broader Jackson Hole community, the event offers a new way for guests to experience the Village during one of the area’s most celebrated cultural weeks for an afternoon where art, culinary craft, and live music converge,” she said. Often mistaken as focused just on recreation, Teton Village’s robust community calendar holds its own rhythm on the West Bank. “Visitors are encouraged to make a full day, or weekend, of the celebration by exploring the fair before enjoying Restaurant Week offerings across Teton Village,” said Anderson. Guests can get an early start at the fair by pairing an optional Food and

Drink Pairing Experience that takes place from noon to 3 p.m. The fair will run through 5 p.m. on the Village Commons. Conveniently timed this fall, The Teton Village Art and Culinary Fair coincides with Teton Village Summer Restaurant Week (Sept. 7-13), when participating Village restaurants offer prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus at $29 and $49. “Our first Restaurant Week this winter was an incredible success and highlighted the depth and diversity of Teton Village’s culinary community,” Quinn said. It’s also a steal of a deal to enjoy a night out with friends, family and fun menus. Featuring signature dishes, craft beverages, and curated tastings, there’s no doubt you’ll get a taste of the Tetons with Corsa’s smoked carrot Romanesco sauce and Shin Shin’s kyuri no. With food finds like Wild Pine’s hearth-fired cornbread and Osteria’s whipped ricotta, or The Handle Bar’s elk chili nachos and the Mangy Moose’s fried green tomatoes, the village palate stretches from comfort to sophisticated from one building to the next, all within a city block’s walking distance. For more information about the inaugural Teton Village Art and Culinary Fair, tasting tickets, Teton Village Summer Restaurant Week, and other Teton Village happenings during Fall Arts Festival, visit TetonVillageMix. com. Foodies interested in adding on the Food and Drink Pairing Experience will need to purchase tickets in advance.

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Patience, humor underscore Crandall’s latest ‘buff’ shots Photographer loves exploring relationship between birds, bison.

By Alex Viveros

ary Crandall is known for creating some of the most iconic bison photographs in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, including the famed “Ghost of the Plains” image of a lone frost-covered bison strutting through Yellowstone in 1998. Nearly three decades later, Crandall is still capturing and unveiling new favorites. Nowadays, he’s more focused on the relationship “buffs” have with each other and with the world around them. “I’ve always hung out with buffs. They’re one of my favorite critters, and I spend a lot of time with them,” Crandall said. “When I first started doing them, it kind of focused on the individual buff. Now, it’s more fun to show them a little more in their environment.” Visitors to Crandall’s Medicine Bird Gallery at the heart of Town Square are now set to be treated to a slew of bison epics captured within the last few winters. “Winterlong,” which displays over a dozen snow-speckled bison walking through a foggy morning as the blue sky peeks above, has become one of Crandall’s favorites. “It had to be like 15, 20 below that morning,” Crandall remembered. “I love that they’re creating a v, right? It’s kind of cool looking.” In another image, “Buffalo’s Soldiers,’” a

Bison move along on a frigid morning in “Winterlong” by Gary Crandall.

crowd of bison appear to traipse from the forest on a winter day in Yellowstone National Park. Onlookers’ eyes could be drawn to the lower right corner of the image, where one young bison is ahead of and turned in the opposite direction of the crowd. “It’s almost looking at mom like ‘Is it okay if we keep going?’” Crandall said. Patience with the buffs is the name of the game in capturing images like “Winterlong” and “Buffalo’s Soldiers.” Sometimes, he gets lucky, where the bison line up in rows to create a unique perspective. “I always let it come to me, I never go out and interfere with it,” Crandall said. “I don’t want to get tossed 10 feet in the air.” Over the last several years, Crandall has increasingly explored the relationship

between birds and bison. That’s culminated in works like “Hello Old Friend” and “Happy Together,” where massive bison contrast with tiny brown-headed cowbirds in the spring. This time around, Crandall is exploring birds and buffs’ bond in the winter. “Old Ties and Companions,” which Crandall believes was taken last winter, displays a magpie sitting on a bison’s horn. “You don’t see it” that often, Crandall said. “I’ve probably got four or five different images with magpies actually on buffs.” In this case, Crandall found the image almost comical. “The buffalo has an expression like ‘really?’” Crandall said. “He’s like, hanging out on his horn. Kind of like some bling.”

Crandall has been taking photographs for long enough that hidden gems get lost in the archives. Every so often, he and his crew look back through the files and find new photos to display. “I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing that I’m old enough where I have such a huge volume of film images. And you can’t use them all,” Crandall said. “Now we go through and we’re like, ‘How did we miss that one?’” That was the case with “Oxbow in Pink,” a new film photograph. The image shows Mount Moran in the Teton range at sunrise, as stunning hues of pink light up the mountains. “Sometimes in those sunrises in the winter, you get those really vibrant colors,” Crandall said. “Some mornings will be okay, other mornings it just lights up. It’s pretty interesting. I haven’t figured it out yet, I just know the more times you’re out there, the luckier you’re going to get.” Another pink-lit image of the Tetons graces the cover of a new book by Crandall, called “Majesty.” The photographer fought for a cover photo that also had a buffalo on it, but got voted down. “I’m like, alright, I can live with it,” Crandall said. Birds are a passion of Crandall’s, including in a photo of a mallard called “Mad Duck.” He’s willing to toy with the gallery’s manager for the birds to be displayed. “I always want to do birds. He’s like ‘come on man, birds don’t sell,’” Crandall said, on the cusp of a chuckle. “I’m like, ‘I don’t care.’”

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A special supplement to the Jackson Hole News&Guide

September 9-20, 2026

Sold before the paint dries Not just fastest paintbrush, QuickDraw rewards fastest bidders. See page 2C.

Wild use of color in Amy Ringholz’s new work

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QuickDraw invites bold speed Beloved event underscores fun, raw, throws out second guessing.

Jackson Hole QuickDraw and Auction Saturday, Sept. 19 8 a.m. to about 1 p.m. Jackson Town Square Tickets $30 JacksonHoleChamber.com By Kate Ready

ith 90 minutes on the clock to produce a work of art that will be sold in a live auction on Town Square, the annual QuickDraw is like an athletic event for artists. Intention and preparation meet muscle memory and commitment to create a one-of-a-kind piece with zero time for second guessing. This year, 30 confirmed artists will take to their tents on Town Square, each one vetted and invited by the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by a valley art gallery. Among the artists are returning local faces like Amy Ringholz, Lyn St. Clair and Kathryn Turner, while others are drawn from farther afield: Utah, Montana, Georgia, OklaBRADLY J. BONER / NEWS&GUIDE FILE homa, even England and Russia. Katy Ann Fox creates her painting at the Town Square during the 2022 Fall Arts Festival QuickDraw. Fox will return for this year’s event. Many artists find the QuickDraw sticky. Not only because finished pieces gives the public a chance to watch art beare auctioned while their paint is still ing created in real time,” said John Morwet but because the artists keep com- gan, vice president of the Jackson Hole ing back for more. The word that comes Chamber of Commerce. up most often when speaking about the “Rather than viewing finished pieces QuickDraw with local artist Katy Fox is in a gallery, visitors experience the cre“fun.” Fox, 39, has participated nine or 10 ative process firsthand before the artwork heads to auction. The atmosphere on the times, by her own estimate. Making art is solitary, she said, and in Town Square is electric all morning.” Preparation for the art-creating blitz her daily life she can find herself overvaries. Some artists make a practice piece thinking “her entire life and what each brushstroke means.” The 90-minute beforehand. Others take time to premix timer of the QuickDraw, and the spon- paints. Fox opts for a subject that’s fataneous high-five miliar to her. She thrown her way prioritizes high from a crowd contrast to ensure member, bursts her painting pops through that, inin the live auction viting in the levity. where people often “It’s silly, it’s are standing far fun, it’s activated,” away. Fox said. “You get “The first couto engage with ple years I was like people and make ‘This is funny and quick decisions this is edgy,’” Fox and hope they said. “Then I realwork out. There’s ized I needed to a thrill of it. The paint something whole square is solid. I need to filled with people — John Morgan make the decisions circling around.” JH CHAMBER VICE PRESIDENT beforehand.” Thirty-one years Now, she sets ago, the Quick20-minute timers Draw was added to the Fall Arts Festito track her progress and keep her on val lineup. It quickly became a hallmark event that draws large crowds eager to pace. Still, she finds the 90 minutes goes see art in action. Artists specializing in by in the “blink of an eye.” Bozeman-based wildlife painter DG watercolor, oil, acrylic, even ceramics and House, 66, is returning for her third sculpture, set up side by side. QuickDraw after a 16-year hiatus, sponShortly after the 90-minute timer goes off, the artwork is auctioned live. sored by the National Museum of WildCOURTESY PHOTO Funds support the artists and the Jackson life Art. She also relies on timers and one Artist Amy Ringholz smiles next to her fox that she completed and auctioned in the Fall Arts Festival QuickDraw. Ringholz has been participating in QuickDraw for 20 years and serves on the Hole Chamber of Commerce. Each year, word: commit. “I know where I have to be every 15 Fall Arts Committee. the Chamber picks a “Featured Artist” whose piece will be auctioned as well. For minutes,” House said. “I use big brushes a seat in the auction tent, or to bid online, and I like that big, juicy paint and you go You have to jump off the cliff.” their bodies to canvases (uninvited). CeAdding to the time pressure are the ramicists pack their pottery wheels along bidders can register on the Chamber’s for it. It’s a feeling. The way you can be successful is if [the painting] has a soul elements. Artists negotiate rain, wind, with heaters, not for themselves, but to website for a piece of the action. “One of the things that continues to when you’re done. I think that’s what is even snow. keep their clay from hardening. Bugs and pine needles have donated make QuickDraw so special is that it exciting for the viewer and for the artist. See QUICKDRAW on 3C

“One of the things that continues to make QuickDraw so special is that it gives the public a chance to watch art being created in real time.”

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In Fox’s experience, the day is “inevitably colder than you want it to be.” She turns that into a badge of honor. “The paint performs differently,” Fox said. “It makes you feel like being an artist is cool.”

“There’s a thrill of [QuickDraw]. The whole square is filled with people circling around.” — Katy Fox LOCAL RETURNING ARTIST

Where House otherwise works in solitude, there’s something special about the energy and excitement of the crowd cheering you on. In the crucible of the QuickDraw, an onlooker may turn into a collaborator. “Last time I forgot to put a color on my palette,” House said. “Someone found it in my bag and squirted it on my palette for me. When I was done, I stood up and we gave each other a bear hug.” To squeeze the most out of the

Audience members in the crowded tent on Town Square watch and bid on artwork created during the 2019 QuickDraw.

QuickDraw, bring hot coffee, Fox advised, and maybe pair your fur or fringe with a beanie, or insulated puffy pants, a la QuickDraw mainstay Kathryn Turner. Maybe bring a snack or two to offer one of the frenzied artists (House encourages people to feed her snacks, specifically trail mix).

Another highlight of the QuickDraw? The timer seems to ring out in the valley beyond as nature boldly expresses its own hurrah before winter. “The whole Snake River corridor is lined with bright yellow and there’s people selling flowers and baked goods at the last farmer’s market of the year,” Fox said.

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Western art is way of life for Amy Ringholz Wild subject matter produces canvases both bold and intimate.

Artist Amy Ringholz’s landscape watercolor features one of the artist’s favorite angles of the Tetons.

Ringholz Studios 160 East Broadway, Suite A AmyRingholz.com Artist talk: Noon Sept. 20 during Sunday Brunch Art Walk

By Tibby Plasse

fter 20 years of battling the elements in QuickDraw and in her backyard near Game Creek, local artist Amy Ringholz still considers Fall Arts Festival the pinnacle of an incredible arts community. “It’s an opportunity that a lot of our buyers fly in for to see what’s happening in the Western Art market and are happily greeted with lots of solo shows and art walks and events and chances to meet artists, and it just makes for an incredible week of art in the Tetons,” Ringholz told the News&Guide. She said that throughout the year, people come into the gallery from all over the country talking about QuickDraw, and how they first discovered her work at the timed painting event. Ringholz’s history at Fall Arts also includes being selected as the featured artist almost 15 years ago at 34 years old. “It was a massive accolade in my life at that age. It was an opportunity for me to really start my journey in this field and become more known,” she said. Known for her vibrant, textured animal portraits, Ringholz finds intimacy in the most wild subject matter. With attention to detail fortifying the emotional depth of her canvas, where every brushstroke is meant to provoke connection, her animal canvases are commanding — be it majestic or untamed, a

Amy Ringholz’s “Bear as Landscape” was created by the artist during a landscape show, marrying her love for portraits with scenery.

bear or a fox. “If you choose to reside in the West, sharing space with wildlife is a way of life,” Ringholz said. “These portraits not only help bring the outside in and give your home a sense of place and belonging, but they have such life and personality that it helps bring heart and soul into the house to help make it feel more like a home.” For Ringholz, artwork reflects “the personality, preference and voice of the collector,” but her art also reflects her own inescapable and insatiable love for the West. Since her arrival on the Jackson art scene, Ringholz has been collected by two museums, created

hundreds of paintings and opened her own gallery, Ringholz Studio. “I continue to grow and change what I do, and how I work in order to stay relevant and exciting in this field.” She said that the Fall Arts Festival of 2012 gave her the platform of recognition, validating Ringholz’s animal portraits and landscapes as important documentation of Jackson Hole. “And it helped me continue to charge down the path of being an original artist, and being collected and respected for that,” the painter said. QuickDraw though, for Ringholz, encapsulates all the art components of the Jackson community. “By hosting a beautiful event in a beautiful location with an excellent auctioneer and a curated grouping of artists that cater to a sophisticated art buyer, and that the culmination of all efforts help to make it the most exciting live art event of the year.” Though she said in addition to the thrill of the live painting event, she’s looking forward to unveiling her newer pieces and for the festivalgoers and art enthusiasts to arrive. “I am always continuing to explore and push the boundaries of my own artwork, and this new work will be on an even larger scale.” Ringholz Studios will participate in Palates and Palettes. Ringholz’s solo show will open on the Wednesday night art walk and art buyers should look for her work in the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Western Visions. Art fans can catch her in action at QuickDraw, and then on Sunday, the artist will host a noon art talk in conjunction with the Sunday Brunch Art Walk. “The best part is the beautiful weather, the excited vibe in the air and the fun engagements of seeing old friends and meeting new people,” Ringholz added.

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Contemporary art has a home in historic Gaslight Alley Corbeau Gallery opens its doors on Fall Arts Festival.

Colorado painter Scott Yeager’s works are traditionally Western in subject and setting, many painted in plein air or in situ, like “Call of the Raven,” a 48- by 60-inch oil on linen.

Corbeau Gallery In Gaslight Alley, 125 N. Cache St. 307-201-5271 CorbeauGallery.com Artist Demonstrations: September 11-23 Nic Fischer will be painting in the gallery 10 a.m.-2 p.m. September 17 Scott Yeager will be painting in the gallery 10a.m.-2 p.m. By Richard Anderson

orbeau Gallery celebrates both the 2026 Fall Arts Festival and its new space off North Cache Street with “Rare. Revered. Resilient.” The exhibition spotlights three of its artists: Lee Andre, Heimir Björgúlfsson and Scott Yeager. Owner-director Isabel McDowall and executive director Chad Repinski initially started Corbeau (French for “raven”) as a virtual gallery last year, but this spring it evolved into a physical space in Gaslight Alley. “We encountered a lot of different artists through the years,” said Repinski, who met and worked with McDowall at other galleries. They kept a “wish list” for what then was their fantasy gallery, “not knowing that it would ever serve a purpose.” “We started with maybe a dozen artists a year ago, in phase one,” he said, “and then, when we got this space, we hit the gas securing new artists.”

Heimir Björgúlfsson sets his meticulously rendered creatures in blank, colorful backgrounds, as in “No awareness to be aware of at all,” an acrylic and graphite on canvas measuring 24 by 30 inches.

McDowall said pinpointing artists’ attributes that catch their attention isn’t easy. “Authenticity, an original voice, obviously the skills behind it,” she said. “The overall concept of what we do is contemporary artists living and working in the West, but it’s broader than that even. The subject matter is the West, but it’s the interpretation — original, unique, timeless … .” Corbeau now represents more than 30 artists who, with few exceptions, haven’t previously shown their work in Jackson Hole. They cover a wide range of me-

diums and methods: drawing, painting, mixed-media, sculpture, glass work, photography and more that offer individual interpretations of the Western landscapes, wildlife and archetypes. Lee Andre works in charcoal to create fabulously detailed wildlife drawings. Empty backgrounds focus attention on the physical attributes of her almost zoological depictions. Repinski noted an antique look of her work, and indeed one of her inspirations is a collection of old black-and-white

photographs of people and creatures in old-timey, static poses. But McDowall noted a modern touch, as well, in her studious approach to her subjects: “It’s got balance — a little abstraction with incredible details as well.” Working in acrylic and graphite, Heimir Björgúlfsson also sets his meticulously rendered creatures in blank, though colorful, backgrounds. Born in Iceland and now living in Los Angeles, he first got training and attention in Europe, but his work now is spreading around both sides of the Atlantic. “He explores the relationship of species in the Anthropocene,” McDowell said, “and how our interaction with them affects their survival. So you get these intentionally awkward poses ... and awkward juxtapositions.” Oil painter Scott Yeager, an avid Colorado outdoorsman, contributes works that are more traditionally Western in subject and setting — sweeping landscapes, wildlife at home in their wild settings, highaltitude environments as well as secret, secluded clearings — painted en plain air or from studies completed in situ. “What he paints, he has been there himself,” McDowall said. “He takes a very traditional approach, but has a very modern use of light and shadow and story.” Yeager’s work also will appear in the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s “Western Visions” show and fundraiser this year. Visit CorbeauGallery.com or stop by Gaslight Alley for close looks at the trio’s work, as well as that of the rest of Corbeau’s roster of artists.

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Place shapes art on Triangle X Ranch Kathryn Turner’s ‘The Land That Raised Me’ opens at gallery on North Cache.

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t’s not easy to express the range, depth and intensity of feelings for a stretch of land when you and your kin have lived on it for five, 10, even 100 or more generations. But Kathryn Mapes Turner does her best. Turner, a fifth-generation valley resident who grew up on the century-old Triangle X Ranch in Grand Teton National Park, displays this year’s efforts at her Fall Arts Festival show, “The Land That Raised Me,” with drawings, oils and watercolors. Turner also will paint at the QuickDraw, and her Turner Fine Art gallery will participate in Palates and Palettes and the Sept. 16 Gallery Walk. Turner’s great-great grandparents, John and Maytie Turner, purchased the tract with a panoramic view of the Teton Range from homesteader William Jump in 1926. Their extended family soon moved in and they started a cattle and hay operation as well as one of the valley’s earliest dude ranches. “I thought everyone had recovering eagles in their yard and elk wandering through. I thought everyone was raised like that,” Turner said of growing up on the ranch. “Summer’s First Breath,” 8 x 10 oil on linen by Kathryn Mapes Turner is part of the exhibit “The Land That Raised Me,” a series of drawings, oils and In addition, her father, John F. Turner, watercolors inspired by Triangle X Ranch. was a wildlife biologist who directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the first do it justice. I feel like I’m not anywhere Bush administration and served as Assis- near where I want to be with that.” Turner admits to being a control freak, tant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific but watercolor, in particular, has been a Affairs under the second President Bush. great teacher. “There is no undo button in watercol“He raised us to appreciate wildlife and animals,” she said. “There’s a photo ors,” she said. So she seeks to get into a certain frame of me with a baby elk — I’m not even walking yet — and this orphaned baby of mind, “that place beyond the mind … that is deeper than elk is on a blanket just the logical rationext to me.” nal mind.” And then there’s “The Wind the ever-growing Knows My Name,” circle of ranch guests a 30- by 22-inch and friends. painting of a spir“Connie Schwiited Arabian horse, ering” — one of shows what hapthe first star Teton pens when she gets painters of the 20th to that place. Spots century — “was one and blotches speckof my first inspiraling the white space tions,” she said. “He — Kathryn Mapes Turner — happy accidents was a family friend. ON HER LIFELONG ARTISTIC SUBJECT that look like mud When I was a little MATTER AND HOME, TRIANGLE X flying up under its kid, he’d bring these hoofs — the enermassive canvasses getic strokes of the and I’d watch him mane speak to both all day … asking him the animal’s wild silly questions. That power and to Turner This 6- by 6-inch watercolor, “Light Across the Gros Ventres,” by Kathryn Mapes Turner was planted a profound giving herself over to the medium. seed. Who gets that opportunity?” painted from Turner’s century-old family homestead in Grand Teton National Park. “I am focusing on horses,” she said of As a result of such blessings, Turner approaches her work with gratitude and this year’s Fall Arts Festival, “because matter I love. It’s incredibly challeng- cracking herself up. Though she has all of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem it’s the Year of the Horse and we have ing, even after a lifetime of riding.” humility. to explore, she always ends up back on Artists paint what they know best, “This place shaped all of us,” she said. all these beautiful horses, and I just the family spread. “I’ve been painting Turner said, and the Triangle X is what “It just so happens to have shaped me got a new horse” — Betsy, though she it since I was a kid. I don’t feel like I’ve into an artist and to have a special sen- might change the name to Miss B, af- she knows best. “It’s daunting but also so comfort- exhausted it ... and I don’t think I ever sitivity of the nuances of the landscape. ter her grandmother — “and I spend It’s my life’s work to render it in a way to a lot of time with horses. It’s a subject ing. I’m like a homing pigeon,” she said, will.”

“It’s daunting but also so comforting. I’m like a homing pigeon.”

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cross the street from the historic Wort Hotel, West Lives On Gallery has been a pillar of the Jackson Hole art scene since before The Wort Plaza was called The Wort Plaza. Gallery doors opened in 1998 with artists Robert Harper, Danny Edwards, R.C Jones and Reid Christie, who are still represented by West Lives On today. The gallery has since added about 100 other artists to its roster between its main gallery and contemporary-focused sister location, also in The Wort Plaza. Owner Terry Ray said about 40% of his artists are regional, hailing from Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah — and that includes exclusive representation for Roger Ore, the festival’s 2024 featured artist. Art is as big as the horizon line at West Lives On. Large-scale panoramas, bronzes, watercolors, Western and wildlife pieces are ample throughout the two downtown spaces. “My favorite part of Fall Arts Festival is seeing all the customers come back to town, and the camaraderie that’s in the air,” Ray said. “It’s really a fun event.” Ray said newer names to seek out during Fall Arts Festival this year at the gallery include Greg Overton and Tyler Saunders. Overton joined the West Lives On roster earlier this year with his large-scale portraits of Native Americans. The portraits, the core of Overton’s work, have been collected by a list of Page 6 celebrities including Channing Tatum, Judge Judy, Laird Hamilton and more. Saunders’ work is considered photorealism. Often his own photographer in the field, Saunders documents the intricate details caught in the lens and trans-

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lates them brushstroke by brushstroke. According to the gallery, several of Saunders’ works have been accepted by the Society of Animal Artists. The gallery’s regular QuickDraw entrant, Trey McCarley will return once more to the Town Square. Known for his plein air paintings, the influence of and time as an apprentice with American Impressionist Robert Moore is undeniable. McCarley was named one of Southwest Art Magazine’s Top 21 Under 31 Young Artists to Collect in September 2017. Also at the gallery during Fall Arts is Shannon Marie Schacht, a self-taught professional wildlife artist. Originally from Maine, Ray said “it’s always fun to catch her during the festival.” Schacht’s pieces are playful and humanizing expositions of her love for wildlife. “My hope is to show this passion and love through my work so that others can appreciate it and feel inspired,” she writes in her artist statement.

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Astoria Fine Art unveils ‘True Hands’

Master artists present new works from Gros Ventre Mountains collaborative experience. Astoria Fine Art 35 E. Deloney Avenue 307-733-4016 AstoriaFineArt.com By Sabina Dana Plasse

storia Fine Art, a premier fine art gallery on Jackson Hole’s Town Square, is known for its collection of award-winning and museum-collected artists — including historic masters — and features both traditional and contemporary works. For this year’s Fall Arts Festival, the gallery presents the group exhibit “True Hands” and a sculpture show by Joshua Tobey. In June 2025, the gallery sent four master artists represented by Astoria Fine Art, including G. Russell Case, Joseph Alleman, Jill Soukup, and Zhaoming Wu, to a historic cattle ranch on the edge of the Gros Ventre Mountains to draw inspiration from working cowboys and cowgirls, as well as the landscape. The result is “True Hands,” an exhibit that showcases an eclectic range of painting styles by these four nationally award-winning artists who devoted three days to exploring a 110-year-old working cattle ranch and its surrounding landscape, rendering the contempo-

Zhaoming Wu was born in China, grew up in Guangzhou City, and is represented by Astoria Fine Art.

rary cowboy and cowgirl through their individual artistic approaches. Highlights of the exhibition include Soukup’s unmistakable horses, Wu’s contemplative cowboys, Alleman’s precisionist interpretations, and Case’s classically grounded Western style — together offering a nuanced survey of form, tradition and contemporary vision.

“We are honored to bring together a compelling group of artists to capture the grit and style of the American cowboy on a working ranch that remains grounded in tradition,” said Gallery Director Pierce Tome. “This exhibition invites viewers into the country, on horseback and among the cattle, offering an intimate look at the cow-

boys and cowgirls who have carried the Western culture forward as stewards of tradition.” Western painter G. Russell Case’s sweeping, idealized depictions of the Western landscape blend the beauty of the natural world with the rich imagination and originality of an artist’s mind. Joseph Alleman is particularly noted for his watercolor work and is well-versed as a painter, working in a variety of media. Jill Soukup’s work continues to gain recognition as she receives awards, appears in national publications, and exhibits in important juried and one-woman shows. Zhaoming Wu was born in China, grew up in Guangzhou City, and has long been active as both an artist and a teacher. In addition to “True Hands,” Joshua Tobey, a former Fall Arts featured artist who creates bronze wildlife sculptures with a contemporary patina, is also highlighted during the festival. Renowned for his patina work, Tobey combines his love of art with his lifelong passion for the outdoors in his bronze sculptures. Sometimes whimsical, Josh’s work also has a serious side; it depicts the “interdependence of wildlife and humanity” by revealing aspects of human emotion, experience and culture through wildlife sculpture. His work ranges from miniature to monumental.

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Natural beauty has no boundaries Horizon Fine Art Gallery artists are energized by the world around them.

A collection of Kevin Courter’s work titled “All Things Beautiful” includes this 8- by 12-inch oil on canvas panel, “Shimmering Light.”

Horizon Fine Art Gallery 30 S. King St. HorizonFineArtGallery.com by Sabina Dana Plasse

Horizon events Sept. 19 QuickDraw and Auction Features Horizon artists Gleb Goloubetski, Sofia Goloubetski and Benjamin Walter 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Jackson Town Square Sept. 20 Sunday Art Brunch “All Things Beautiful” by Kevin Courter 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

native of Northern California, Horizon Fine Art Gallery’s Kevin Courter is drawn to the beauty and diversity of the California landscape, from the rugged Sierra Nevada to the vast wetlands of the Sacramento Valley to the majesty of the California coastline. Court- a world where beautiful landscapes and er is, first and foremost, a painter of Cali- atmosphere are observed with care, revfornia. However, after a visit to Montana, erence, and painterly depth. he fell in love with the beauty of MonAt the Fall Arts QuickDraw, Horizon tana’s fertile valleys, specifically the Bit- Fine Art Gallery presents Gleb Golouterroot Valley, Livingston, Bozeman and betski and his daughter Sofia Goloubetski Paradise Valley. and Benjamin Wal“All Things Beauter. Born in Omsk, tiful” is a new work [Courter’s]oil paintings the former Soviet by Courter, bringing Union, in 1975, Gleb together a luminous are especially rich in displayed noticeable collection of original artistic talent and a color and light, with oil paintings and a keen interest in the few charcoal drawarts from an early age. glowing skies, soft ings inspired by the His initial tutelage quiet beauty of the reflections on water, and inspiration came natural world. Featurfrom his late father, ing landscapes, sunand layered terrain... a painter in his own sets, lakes, and a few right who actively animals, the paintings encouraged Gleb to move between expanpaint. Gleb’s inspirasive Western vistas tion comes primarily and intimate scenes, creating a body of from the aged architecture and geography Gleb Goloubetski, a native of the Soviet Union, will be one of Horizon Fine Art’s painters to work that feels both contemplative and of Europe, and he has special associations participate in the QuickDraw. He likes painting fly-fishing scenes. “Night FlyFishing” is a 24- by deeply rooted in the land. with the United Kingdom, the Mediterra- 20-inch oil. The oil paintings are especially rich in nean, the U.S., and the Far East, painting color and light, with glowing skies, soft high-quality European landscapes and knife, paints whimsical works with a di- Whether painting en plein air or in the reflections on water, and layered terrain fly-fishing paintings. verse palette. She began exhibiting and studio, Walter captures the light and atthat capture the shifting moods of mornBorn in 2006, Sofia is Gleb’s eldest selling her works at age 10 in galleries in mosphere of the landscape. He seeks to ing, evening and open country. The char- daughter and the fourth-generation the U.S. and Great Britain. convey both the majesty and the calm coal drawings add a contemporary feel painter in the Goloubetski family. SoWalter captures the stark beauty of felt when experiencing the grandeur of while still remaining quite traditional. fia has inherited her forebears’ passion the Western landscape with a harmo- creation, painting beautiful local landTogether, the works invite viewers into for oil painting and, using only a palette nious palette and careful composition. scapes and barns.

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September 9-20, 2026

Plein and simple Fresh air painters ﬁnd one another in ﬁeld. See page 5D.

Western Visions is an expedition in wildlife art

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The 39th Annual Western

Visions Art Show + Sale features aquatic wildlife

Dive into the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s festive annual fundraising event. National Museum of Wildlife Art Show + Sale 5-8:30 p.m. Sept. 17 2820 Rungius Road 307-733-5771 WildlifeArt.org by Sabina Dana Plasse

he National Museum of Wildlife Art’s largest and longest-running fundraiser, Western Visions, returns for its 39th year as part of Fall Arts Festival. A highly anticipated and important fundraiser, the Western Visions Art Show + Sale showcases top wildlife artists from around the world. For 2026, the event will feature 176 participating artists, including 13 firsttime participants, who will present a wide range of traditional and contemporary artworks across media, from paintings and sculpture to woodcuts, found objects and cut feathers. “As always, the Western Visions Art Show + Sale represents the best of con-

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temporary wildlife art, showcasing the breadth and depth of the field,” said Show Director Madison Webb Stanko. “The exciting thing about the show is

that it ranges from established artists like Tucker Smith, Ken Carlson, and Dan Ostermiller to artists earlier in their careers who are joining the show for the

first time. This not only provides an important platform for artists but also gives collectors a unique opportunity to connect with longstanding favorites and potentially discover something new.” Among this year’s first-time participants are Joyful Ward and Paul Puckett, both of whom specialize in marine subjects. Ward explores the underwater worlds of whales and other sea creatures, while Puckett focuses on sporting images of fishing. “We are excited to add more variety to the wildlife depicted in the show,” Webb Stanko said. “Aquatic species have historically been underrepresented, and these two artists bring a fresh perspective to the roster.” Each year, the show features a number of species that become the zeitgeist of the show, and for 2026, there are several aquatic animal pieces, including three distinct paintings of otters and two sculptures of horned toads. “It’s exciting to show the breadth of subject matter within wildlife art,” Webb Stanko said. “Seventy-one percent of the earth’s surface is covered by water, so when looking at wildlife, that is the majority.” See WESTERN VISIONS on 3D

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WESTERN VISIONS Continued from 2D

All artists were required to include an element of nature or wildlife in their work, and artists in the large-format category were asked to interpret this year’s theme: “curiosity.” The theme continues a recent tradition of thematic prompts for large-format works, building on last year’s theme of “wonder.” A large-format spotlight is Stella Nall, a native emerging artist, who carved and painted a wolf in acrylic on a reclaimed wooden panel. This contemporary work demonstrates that there is something for everyone.

“This platform for artists also gives collectors an opportunity to connect.” — Madison Webb Stanko WESTERN VISIONS ART SHOW + SALE

“The Museum’s vision statement is to inspire connections with wildlife and nature, and curiosity is often the first step toward connection,” said Webb Stanko. “As the museum’s largest fundraiser, supporting everything we do, it also supports the artist.” With 176 works of art spanning a range of media and price points, the show offers something for every collector. Works will be available through an intent-to-purchase draw during the evening event. “My hope is always that visitors will be inspired,” Webb Stanko said. “That they will find connection with the works and, through the works, connection to the natural world, and that this connection will bring them wonder, joy, and serenity.” The Western Visions exhibition will be on view at the museum through Sept. 27. Tickets are available at WildlifeArtEvents.org, where collectors can also browse the full online catalog.

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Plein Air Painters

EMBRACE SPONTANEITY Creative corners, sensational scenery, backcountry bonds abound. Paint out there

Anyone interested in painting with Teton Plein Air Painters can contact the Art Association of Jackson Hole to join the Tuesday sessions from 9 a.m. to noon. To see plein air painting in action this Fall Arts Festival, stop by the Native Gallery, where Andy Taylor will be doing a live demonstration daily. By Kate Ready

utside in the ever-changing summer air, an artistic cross-pollination occurs every Tuesday morning when an intrepid group of plein air painters set up their canvases, crack their knuckles, and begin the work of documenting the nooks and crannies of the Jackson Hole landscape, as long as there’s a road and restroom nearby. This summer, the plein air painting community sprouted, according to current leader Andy Taylor, who reported that weekly attendance for the Teton Plein Air Painters ranges between 15 to 20, with a peak of 40. Everyone is welcome to join in the three-hour morning sessions from 9 a.m. to noon, May through October. Professional artists, newbies, locals and visitors all band together for these backcountry excursions, some with pen and ink in tow, others with chalk or pastels, while yet another prefers watercolors to create close-up renderings of wildflowers. Everyone knows that in bear country, there’s strength in numbers. None more so than Bobbi Miller, lovingly dubbed the founding father of TPAP, her selfdescribed tribe. “After taking a plein air painting workshop in 2012, I suggested to another participant that we meet weekly to practice the painting techniques underscored in the workshop,” Miller wrote in an email. Miller began suggesting painting locations and soon, other friends joined in the weekly sessions. Monthly critiques over brown bag lunches followed, as well as group exhibitions. “By 2017, the communication list totaled over 170 names, which included visiting artists,” Miller wrote. Satellite communication from Miller’s home in Moran proved spotty so Miller asked the Art Association of Jackson Hole for help in disseminating information. That relationship stuck: plein air participants are members of the association, which still serves as the hub for coordination and communication. Acrylic painter June Nystrom, 78, has been attending for the better part of eight years. Finishing a painting in a blinding snowstorm at the summit of Blacktail Butte proved no deterrence to her loyal participation. “When you sit in a place for two to three hours, you look around and you start to know it,” Nystrom, a former art teacher, explained. “When I bring the painting home, that place is a big deal to me. I’m now very fond of that place.” Both Nystrom and Taylor named the Wedding Tree in the lower Gros Ventre Mountains inside the Bridger-Teton National Forest as an especially splendid place to paint — particularly when

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nuptials are underway and painters must practice another technique: the art of camouflage. “The wedding was going on but we all just drifted back into the woods, a little bit away from the ceremony and started painting,” Nystrom said with a laugh. “I love it there because the view of the Tetons is stunning but there’s beautiful old trees in there.” For those interested in getting started, Taylor recommends starting small with your canvas choice — he recommends a 4- by 6-inch canvas — but going one size bigger with your paintbrush than you think you need. With these

tools in place, simplify your painting to one focal point: usually whatever drew your attention in the first place. “The smaller you go, the easier it is to get a good painting,” Taylor said. “You don’t need to worry about all the details. It forces you to simplify your composition, simplify your brush strokes. With a couple brushstrokes, you can capture a great deal.” Taylor appreciates the energy that plein air painting lends, often resulting in a much more “spontaneous” painting. “You have all the time in the world in the studio,” Taylor said. “Sometimes you can overproduce a painting in the

studio. You get one chance in plein air.” Whether the day brings crashing weddings, or a local crashing your painting, Taylor recommends everyone step away from their car and their phone for a little while to breathe it all in. “Even at Rendezvous Park, you’ll have a moose come in with a calf, walking into the group,” Taylor said. “You never know what you’re going to get. It’s still wild out here.” The buddy system of backcountry painting isn’t just about safety, it generates a more encompassing and expansive creativity. “For one thing it keeps us painting,” Nystrom said. “You can lose steam when you’re alone. Halfway through the morning you walk around, you peek over people’s shoulders, maybe visit a bit and then you go back to your own and look at it from far away. There’s other people with you, which gives you an energy.” Taylor, a Bondurant resident who joins from far afield as many in the group do (one painter drives from Dubois) echoed this sense of connection. “I don’t have that many artists that live directly around me,” Taylor said. “TPAP allows me to interact with other local artists. We can share ideas and get inspired.” With oft-unfinished sketches in tow, the painters pack up, carrying a deeper imprint of place and creative connection. “We’re focused on that one spot for an hour, hour and a half, burning that scene into our memory,” Taylor said. “Most people walk by it. For the artist, we’re deeply involved with it. That makes an impression in our memory. “So we’re making memories, and we’re also making paintings.”

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ArtShop boasts 75 artists, something for every budget Jackson Hole artists have a home on the banks of the Snake River. ArtShop At Dornan’s in Moose 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily ArtShopJH.com By Tibby Plasse

ucked into the foreground of the Tetons sits ArtShop. Meant not just for collectors, the north valley art outpost has earned its place in the Jackson Hole art scene as the locals’ connection. With over 75 local artists, ArtShop is about connecting to art for the joy of it. “This isn’t so much about collecting, it’s about making art accessible,” owner Alex Pope told the News&Guide. The roster includes local artists Wendell Field, Anika Youcha, Bronwyn Minton and Ryan Stolp, and paintings from Judith Dragonette, Abby Paffrath and Fred Kingwill. The tables are covered in ceramics and other sundries. And Sept. 9-20 during the Fall Arts Festival, Pope will celebrate a collection of new work from Boughton Walden. “Jackson Hole is a vibrant arts community and that generally refers to the downtown galleries. ArtShop focuses on the local talent of which there is an Boughton Walden’s new work is on exhibit at ArtShop in Moose.”Desert Walden’s work, “Blue Stance,” also measures 24 by 36 inches and is an abundance!” Pope said most of ArtShop’s artists Cowboy” measures 24 by 36 inches and is an acrylic on birch wood with acrylic on birch wood with an epoxy resin finish. are not represented, “may or may not an epoxy resin finish. have a working website, and most work wooden canvas, finishing each piece grew up in North Carolina, where she phasize the subject matter.” another job to support their creative immersed herself in artistic culture afWalden’s signature look comes from with a sleek, poured epoxy resin. habit,” but said the shop connects that Based out of Jackson Hole, Walden ter initially studying under her grandexacting layers of acrylic paint on local talent with locals and visitors alike. father, a talented watercolorist. RealizThere are landscapes from Elizabeth ing her passion, she pursued it formally Wright and Dee Parker, animal porat the University of Alabama and matraits from Gabriel Lopez, a Jackson jored in graphic design with a focus in Hole High School Spanish teacher, and studio art. watercolors from Steve Ehrlich, who Pope said Walden’s work was heavily works for Teton Family Youth Services. influenced and inspired by Mike Mills, These are among the artists in Andy Warhol, Chris Johansen, Sally ArtShop who make Jackson their home Mann, Georgia O’Keeffe and Banksy. and who simply include art as part of “Not only in style, but use of meditheir day. ums,” Pope said. “She moved to Jack“The work ranges from coaster size son Hole in 2008 and was introduced to large with price points for all budto a whole new range of life, one that gets. The shop focuses on the experishe decided to capture through her ence of Jackson Hole and a sense of artwork.” place,” Pope said, “which is why the “Her love for the wild animals of work is so special. They get to bring the West was a huge inspiration for the home a memory — a bison painting, work she has done in the past years.” the view from Jenny Lake — a snapBroughton’s work has been featured shot of an experience.” in galleries in Jackson, Montana, ColoAnd ArtShop’s featured artist for rado, Alabama, and can now be seen in Fall Arts, Walden, encapsulates that Toronto. experiential moment, an organic in“The Fall Arts Festival brings an stinct to seek out an idea for oneself. incredible creative energy to the val“To focus on one subject, I can ley, and we are thrilled to anchor that present the beauty and freedom that celebration here in Moose,” Pope said. “Boughton’s approach breathes fresh exists, taking it out of its traditional life into familiar themes. By making landscape and giving it a new backthe subject the absolute star, this new ground where the subject is the star of work brings a captivating contempothe show,” Walden said about her new rary energy to our walls that we can’t cowboy pieces. wait to share with collectors.” Walden challenges traditional WestOther artists to look for in ArtShop ern perspectives, “isolating subjects include Brenda Swinney, Tracy Logan to highlight their intrinsic power and and the colorful Richiebeats series by grace,” Pope wrote in an email. Rich Goodwin. Katy Fox and Sue Mor“Designed to be bold statement piecriss are among the featured ceramicists. es, her paintings offer a bright, contemArtShop is open daily 10 -6 p.m. porary adaptation of single subjects. Her and online at ArtShopJH.com. Art endistinct style is best described as modthusiasts inspired to make art of their ern Western portraiture with a pixelated own can also find a corner of art suptwist, utilizing deliberate negative space plies that cover most field needs. and shadow blocking specifically to em- Judith Dragonette’s paintings are sold in Moose as one of the many local artists at ArtShop.

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Holdsworth stays close to home in new work Inspired by natural world around him, his camera captures stories of Yellowstone ecosystem.

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“Autumn Grandeur,” a new work by photographer Henry Holdsworth, captures the Tetons during the change of the season. The new work will be on exhibition at his gallery Wild By Nature during Fall Arts Festival.

Wild by Nature Gallery 95 W. Deloney Ave. WildByNatureGallery.com

By Tibby Plasse

or Henry H. Holdsworth wildlife photography embodies cohabitation. More than documenting animals, Holdsworth says he gains insight through interaction with other living creatures. “It’s about the challenge of capturing behavior, color, composition and light in that one perfect moment that brings life to the subject,” the photographer writes on his website. “The sheer beauty of the images is important, but the true heart of Henry’s photography is focused on bringing about a greater appreciation of nature and its preservation.” A Native of New Hampshire, Holdsworth says since his first trip to Jackson Hole, he focused on returning. “I can always remember having a snowball fight on the Fourth of July, at the top of the Tram.” The biologist with a background in animal behavior and environmental education is now celebrating his 29th anniversary at his gallery, Wild By Nature. Holdsworth’s images are used regularly by leading publications, including National Geographic, Nature’s Best, National Wildlife and Wildlife Conservation. His work has also been displayed in galleries and museums such as the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. and the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson. In 1997, he published his first book on grizzlies, which has been followed by 16 other photographic books on the

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With Mount Moran in the background, Holdsworth’s “Snake River Crossing” captures an elk herd moving in autumn light. One of many of his new work that will be on exhibition at his gallery during the festival.

mountains and wildlife of Alaska and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. This Fall Arts Festival, Holdsworth is looking forward to sharing new works he snapped in our backyard. “It’s going to be very colorful and full of fall,” he said. “Lots of new aspen groves and Tetons in the autumn, at Oxbow Bend and various locations around the valley.” He describes a bluebird shot in a snowstorm and says images of bears and the northern lights are also in the mix. Holdsworth loves shooting bears. He’s led photography workshops every year for almost 25 in Alaska for grizzly bears in addition to trips to Africa’s Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park. “I would say bears are my favorite, they’re just so interesting, and really fun

to watch,” he said. “Especially when they react around each other, they have a lot of human qualities — I think that we give them — but they are very animated, especially if you find a mom with cubs that are always playing and the wrestling, doing silly things, tumbling around doing their bear thing every day.” A conservationist at heart, Holdsworth’s camera focuses on sharing the stories of threatened species such as the grizzly bear, bald eagle, bison and trumpeter swan. Holdsworth holds annual photography workshops at the Murie Center on Mardy and Olaus Murie’s ranch in Grand Teton National Park. The fall workshop will take place during peak leaf peeping and during the annual rut for

elk, bison and moose in a few weeks. And after that, Holdsworth leads a Southern Africa photography safari in Zambia. “On top of the spectacular landscapes we have, the grizzly bears and wolves, elk herd and moose — and everything hanging around in your yard — and then in the parks, it’s a pretty neat place to be able to live with nature, even downtown when a moose walks down the boardwalk.” Holdsworth says people are always inspired by their trips to Jackson Hole but events like Fall Arts Festival keep them coming back consistently year after year. “The colors are changing, and all the elk are bugling,” he added, with the same wonder that overtook him as a kid on his first Jackson Hole visit so many years ago.

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Through the cabin and to the gardens Maya Frodeman Gallery’s 5 exhibitions are expansive, filled with emotion, energy.

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Mike Piggott’s whimsical “Trunks on Trunks, 2026,” is a 48- by 66-inch oil on canvas. His new works will be exhibited this month at Maya Frodeman Gallery West in the Aspens.

Maya Frodeman Gallery 66 S. Glenwood St., Jackson 3465 N. Pines Way, Wilson MayaFrodemanGallery.com By Jasmine Hall

he opportunity for exploration isn’t lacking in September. Fall Arts Festival features more than 50 arts and culture events across 12 days, with dozens of community hubs and galleries opening their doors to art lovers. But there is a unique, emotion-filled journey to go on at Maya Frodeman Gallery, through “Carol’s Cabin,” a solo exhibition with artist Mike Piggott at the gallery’s location in Wilson, and into “New Gardens,” Glenn Goldberg’s exhibition in the gallery’s downtown location. On Glenwood Street, onlookers can also find W. Tucker’s “Offerings,” Kathryn Lynch’s “Seeing Silence” and Wolf Kahn’s exhibition of landscapes that evokes “an ethereal world, a world marked by epiphanies.” Four of the expansive exhibitions, by Goldberg, Tucker, Lynch and Kahn, will be available to view starting Sept. 17. An opening reception will be held that night at the downtown location from 5 to 8 p.m., with some of the artists in attendance. The gallery describes Goldberg’s paintings as “akin to dreams, providing an aperture for the viewer to discover, meander and absorb.” His vignettes of the garden are marked by precise, painted dots. He said that they afford him a “way to measure: to show what was put into the paintings physically.” “The dots also give an electricity, an energy; I can use them to create explo-

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Kathryn Lynch is one of four artists whose work will be highlighted in Maya Frodeman Gallery’s downtown location on Glenwood Street during the festival. This is “Pink Window, 2024,” a 53- by 48-inch oil on linen.

sions, or create light,” he said about his upcoming solo exhibition. Tucker’s “Offerings” are also a “unique timestamp.” He scribbled that timestamp on a “wide array of found objects from the

past,” according to Maya Frodeman Gallery. “A scrappy cast of characters tumbles to life from his non-dominant hand, scrawled across vintage book covers, children’s blocks, and old records from his favorite thrift

shops, abandoned cabinet doors, and homemade cement objects,” the gallery said. Lynch explores her own neighborhood in New York in “Seeing Silence.” She “paints like a poet, evoking emotion through eloquent imagery.” “I am painting the poetry of place rather than the place,” Lynch told the gallery. “It’s a boat anywhere, it’s a sky for everyone. It’s nowhere and everywhere.” Kahn’s paintings will pull the audience into the way “masses of saturated hues can be made to ‘push and pull’ each other into space.” Piggott’s dive into the cabin of a fellow artist, “whose eclectic collections and ever-changing arrangements provide the foundation for Piggott’s compositions,” kicks off Aug. 14. The show will run through Sept. 27 in Wilson. “We have a really great lineup of shows,” Maya Frodeman Gallery Director Avery Freeman said. “All of these artists are really strong.” She’s worked for the gallery for four years and seen the community come together for the Fall Arts Festival. Freeman said she enjoys seeing all of the galleries participate in the festival at the same time. “It feels good,” Freeman said, “builds camaraderie.” The artists that will be featured this fall all have deep connections to the gallery. Lynch and Tucker have worked with Maya Frodeman Gallery for years and Goldberg is returning for the first time in a long time, Freeman said. Kahn, who passed away in 2020, is a “brilliant colorist” and landscape painter, who also had a longstanding relationship with the gallery. Piggott has had numerous solo exhibitions at the Maya Frodeman Gallery and lives and works in Victor, Idaho.

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Translating impact of the wild Gallery Wild features landscapes, layers of luxury, still life and lots of demonstrations.

Gallery Wild 80 W. Broadway GalleryWild.com

By Tibby Plasse

rom collages to mountain ranges illuminated in a glass sculpture, the mediums and perspectives vary but one ribbon of congruency sets Gallery Wild’s unexpected collection apart from other art spots in Jackson Hole. It always returns to the same question: How does one translate the impact the wild world has on a person? Gallery owner and artist Carrie Wild says she is continuously meeting first time art buyers and first time visitors who are looking for a way to connect with the experiences they discover on a visit to the Tetons. And during Fall Arts Festival, the impact of creative forces doubles. “I would say we have at least 15 of our artists coming through during Fall Arts Festival,” Wild said, pointing out new works from returning QuickDraw celebrities like Caleb Meyer, Patricia Griffin and Aaron Hazel, who will be in and out throughout the festival. Fifteen is nearly half the gallery’s roster. Wild’s energy picks up as she begins to list the confluence of creative forces that will descend on the Broadway gallery, turning its regular function from display to an arena of action for the length of the festival. “And, we’ll be having demonstration, carving, sculpting, painting — and we have an art program at the Four Seasons.” Also in this year’s QuickDraw, is Amber Blazina. Raised on a wheat farm in rural Eastern Montana, Blazina says her connection to animals and open land “runs deep.” “Her subjects, bison, horses and wildlife emerge through sweeping strokes of saturated pigment,

Artist Christy Stallop paints large-scale still lifes, many of bandanas, narrating a new West.

their forms defined by both energy and anatomy,” Wild said. Gallery Wild has five artists entered this year in the annual iconic timed painting challenge on the Town Square: Meyer, Griffin, Hazel Blazina and Georgiabased artist Carrie Penley, known for her mixed media paintings that layer realism with narrative. Penley says she “with both brush and history,” weaves together vintage collage material and realism “to explore how the past continues to shape our visual and cultural identity.” Vintage photographs, weathered newspaper clips,

sheet music, and book covers can all lay the foundation for Penley’s historic accounts that rewrite the narrative for each viewer. Wild points out that “Years In The Making,” featuring a thoroughbred, also has a prominent handpainted Hermès logo along with other layers of French references. “She’s wanted to tell the story of the brand’s equestrian origins, and how it all began with tack, saddles and bridles.” Wild is also excited about new work from one artist who is reinventing the role of still life for the modern West, Christy Stallop. Various vignettes, some in monochrome, some to the backdrop of cerulean blue, Stallop’s oil paintings are “unwitting icons, including grackles, bandanas and local landmarks,” Wild said. The artist is known for “grackles” painted in oil, imbuing “her emotionally intelligent sense of humor into her work,” Wild said. “ ‘Sometimes you need something that makes you smile,’ she has said.” Grackles are known for being highly vocal birds, and emulating Stallop’s take on material culture, the way grackles claim their space on the wall, loud and without saying a word. Stallop’s 40- by 30-inch paintings of bandanas may feel reminiscent of American pop artist Andy Warhol, but none of Stallop’s objects are ever suspended out of place. Even a tied kerchief is nailed to a wall, with a shadow in the painting anchoring its isolation to something bigger and unseen, to a story waiting to be told. Wild said Stallop collects bandanas from wherever she goes. “She has hundreds if not thousands — and she’ll pull them out eventually.” Wild said with so many artists coming and going throughout the Fall Arts Festival, stopping in more than once is a must-do, but the best way to stay ahead of the schedule is to join the mailing list.

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Exploring human connection through art Cordair gallery focuses on romantic realism.

Quent Cordair Fine Art 105 N. Glenwood St. Cordair.com

By Tibby Plasse

ust steps from the historic Wort Plaza, Quent Cordair Fine Art champions romantic realism and pieces that center beauty around human connection. From figurative works to still lifes and sculpture, the gallery says many of their collectors look to Fall Arts Festival to check in with the gallery’s uplifting art. “FAF provides an opportunity for gallery guests to enjoy the art and artists in a vibrant setting amongst the many scheduled events,” Linda Cordair said in an email. Two of the gallery’s artists have previously participated in the festival’s annual QuickDraw event: Quent Cordair and Bryan Larsen. This year, Eric Wilson will create a bronze relief sculpture, most likely featuring the Tetons, Cordair said. “I think the impact on an artist’s career depends largely on their individual FAF experience combined with how their gallery represents their interests,” Cordair said when asked if the festival helps artists reach the next rung on their exhibition CVs. “Fall Arts introduces new collectors every year and is also a repeat event for many of our collectors,” she also said. And among the list for potential art buyers to keep an eye out for are the gallery’s new works by Dave McNally, Jon Wos, Larsen, Bill Mack, Karl Jensen and several others. Cordair said the gallery is now also offering estate artworks.

“Lunch Break,” a giclée print on canvas from artist Quent Cordair, is available in two print sizes, 20 by 28 inches and 30 by 42 inches, at his gallery, Quent Cordair Fine Art.

Cordair said it’s best to check in with the gallery to see how events and artist schedules come together but she confirmed that Quent Cordair will participate in each of the art walks and celebrate after QuickDraw. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, gallery founder Quent Cordair taught himself how to paint and would soon begin taking portrait commissions to support his writing. In 1996, Quent Cordair Fine Art gallery opened in Burlingame, California. Now in Jackson, the gallery represents the work of 30 Romantic Realist painters and sculptors.

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TGR fires all cylinders for film premiere Ground zero screening under Aerial Tram.

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o, really, that’s the title of Teton Gravity Research’s new film, “Actually, it is Rocket Science.” That phrase came from an in-law’s Tshirt with a shot of Albert Einstein, because of all the things that go into making a ski film, snow science, inspecting a hazard, dissecting a line and right down to building kickers and where the transitions are, Steve Jones says yes, making a ski film is rocket science. “And with that, we’re having a really good time with the athletes with backcountry skits and a kiddo trying to launch a homemade rocket with a banged-up rendering of Teton Gravity Research on its barrel side.” The 31st annual ski film premiere from the Jackson backcountry atelier will take viewers into the backcountry of Jackson Hole, surrounding Wyoming backcountry, Japan, British Columbia, Andorra, Finland, Alaska, Vermont’s Jay Peak, and even a few side streets. “We’re going into lines with high consequence, the cameramen have 70-pound packs on and really understanding what a line is, there’s a lot of coordination with a tremendous amount of exposure,” Jones told the News&Guide. Jones said that, along with a couple

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of isolated athlete segments, the film brings together all the components of big mountain stories, including the next generation of Joneses to keep up with. Kai Jones, along with his cousin Mia Jones, was invited to the inaugural Allianz FIS Freeride World Championships this past February in Andorra. “They both podiumed, Mia won actually, and so we stuck around to shoot a segment,” he said. A family showtime is set for 5 p.m. Sept. 19 in Hotel Terra’s Murie Ballroom, followed by the live music and Far Out Fest activities on the Village Commons, from 6-8 p.m. with live music before the outdoor screening of “Actually, it is Rocket Science” under the Aerial Tram. An afterparty at The Mangy Moose Saloon will kick off at 10 p.m. Ticket bundles for the after party and screening are available. Youth tickets cost $15 and adults $25 for just the screening. Family screening tickets cost $15 for youth, $20 for adults and a family pass (2 adults + 2 kids) is $60. For information visit Tour.TetonGravity.com.

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A special supplement to the Jackson Hole News&Guide

September 9-20, 2026

Art for public consumption Community projects lend color. See page 2E.

Glass at any age with Laurie Thal

David Yarrow’s large format reﬂects large lifestyle

Art that has shaped nation

Mangelsen bears it all this fall

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Jackson Hole’s creative ecosystem redefines community Public art is shared space where artistic expression inspires, connects.

By Melissa Thomasma

cross Jackson Hole, public art transforms shared spaces into expressions of place, memory, creativity and connection. Long before public art became a formal phrase, Jackson Hole understood the power of an image in a shared space. The iconic antler arches on Town Square are among the valley’s most recognizable landmarks, photographed by visitors and serving as gateways into the park at the heart of town. In summer, the borders of the square fill with the bustle of the Jackson Hole Farmers Market; each fall, the park inside becomes the setting for some of the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival’s highest-profile events, including the QuickDraw. Today, that language extends far beyond downtown. Across parks, pathways, COURTESY PHOTO underpasses, museums, health care spaces Glasswork by local artists Laurie Thal and Dan Altwies is one of many custom art installations woven throughout the Jackson Hole Children’s Museum. and schools, public art turns the valley into a shared canvas — one that reflects sculpture against sagebrush, sky and the what this community values and invites sweep of the National Elk Refuge. St. others to see this place through a more John’s Health has worked with JH Public creative lens. Art for more than a decade, including art For Carrie Geraci, executive direc- curated for Sage Living. tor of JH Public Art, Jackson’s public art Those projects point toward somescene is shaped by the same forces that thing resonant: Art changes how a define the valley itself: the Tetons, abun- place feels. dant wildlife, gifted artists, generous arts Leann Dzemske, a licensed propatrons, curious residents and visitors, fessional counselor and registered art and scientists willing to share what they therapist with Heart Revolution Therapy and Counseling, know about the Greater said art gives people a Yellowstone Ecosystem. way to communicate Together, she said, through symbols, feelthose elements create opportunities “to edu- “Art is a connection ing and image, even language is not cate visitors about how point across time when enough. Art, she said, to conserve and protect is a “connection point our unique ecosystem” and space and across time and space while inviting artists to humanity.” and humanity.” respond visually to the That connection matlandscape and rich his— Leann Dzemske ters in public spaces. A tory of the region. REGISTERED ART THERAPIST WITH mural, sculpture or unPublic art, Geraci HEART REVOLUTION THERAPY expected burst of color said, “reflects our shared AND COUNSELING may not transform an values,” welcomes entire day, she said, but it people into gathering can create a shift. Even spaces and “can educate a 10% or 15% lightening us about our ecology, of someone’s mood is meaningful from a people and heritage.” That may sound lofty until you start mental health perspective. At the Jackson Hole Children’s Mulooking around. JH Public Art’s annually updated seum, public art becomes something public art map offers an easy way to ex- children can climb into, crawl through, plore the collection through a self-guided touch, question and inhabit. When the museum developed its new tour. It leads viewers to projects such as the Wilson 22 underpass murals, which space, executive director Ethan Lobdell include videos about the artists, and the said the goal was not to order generic mural at the Jackson Hole History Mu- exhibits and paint everything in primary seum by Nanibah Chacon — an artist colors. Instead, the museum worked with Geraci notes was invited to this year’s a wide network of local artists, architects, Whitney Biennial, one of the country’s educators, builders and tribal partners to Jackson Hole Children’s Museum has art interspersed throughout its exhibits. most prestigious surveys of contempo- create an immersive environment rooted to create an emotionally rich connection place home with them. rary American art. At R Park, Mama in Jackson Hole. The antler arches still stand on Town The result includes osprey eggs made to Jackson Hole was to bring local artists Mimi, a giant troll by Danish artist and recycling activist Thomas Dambo, sits from recycled materials, a fox carved into the work. Their pieces, he said, “feel Square, doing what public art does best. within a community conservation prop- from a local log, an epoxy river inspired alive and feel real and feel like a true rep- They tell people, before a single word is spoken, something about where they are. erty, connecting local landscape with a by the Snake River, a Grand Prismatic- resentation of the community.” And like the landscape around them That is the heart of public art in Jackglobal family of whimsical recycled- inspired art studio, a sensory tree, lo— and the shed antlers that give them son Hole. It is not simply something to cal wood, climbing ropes donated by wood forest giants. form — they are part of a living story. admire. It is something that asks us to Even outside traditional public art Exum and an exhibit shaped in part by Public art is not a static artifact; it grows notice more deeply: the wildlife, the waprograms, accessible art is woven into conversations with Shoshone-Bannock and changes with the community, makter, the stories, the absences, the neighdaily life. The National Museum of and Eastern Shoshone indigenous bors whose hands made the work and the ing visible who we are, what we value and Wildlife Art’s Sculpture Trail is free partners. visitors who will carry an image of this how this place continues to shape us. Lobdell said the most authentic way and open to the public, offering wildlife

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Monica Ard’s work is layers of observation

Layers of resin shape stories in large format.

Monica Ard creates large-scale abstract contemporary pieces many layers thick. “Water Lilies” is a 60- by 84-inch mixed media on canvas and board with hand-ﬁred resin. Ard’s work can be seen at Lassiter Fine Art.

Lassiter Fine Art 36 E. Broadway Ave. LassiterFineArt.com By Tibby Plasse

Monica Lassiter Ard says of her latest works, “they are without a doubt, a culmination of travel, observance and many years of learned skill.” Ard’s pieces can run inches deep in heavy paints and epoxies. Wielding a palette knife, her large-scale works are often as heavy as 200lbs and measure up to 8 feet. “These works begin with a foundational painting and texture followed by the first layer of 2-part epoxy resin, handling it with a blow torch to attain a crystal clear surface.” Ard says most artists stop working with resin at this point, while she says that it’s just the foundational layer for her. “To create the depth and dimension, I can add up to 15 pours of painting and resin.” Layer by layer, an entirely new fabric emerges on the canvas, changing the story from subject matter to formation, reinforcing Ard’s capacity to observe the process and not just the idea. Which feels reflective of Ard’s upbringing, watching her mother day after

day in her studio, helping with supplies and absorbing techniques into instinct. Ard’s mother, Vernice Brown Lassiter, studied at the Art Students League of New York and with private instructors, including Salvador Dali. Vernice was included in “Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975,” and according to Scott Barrie, she studied with other greats such as Joseph Hirsch, Henry Gasser, Max Carter, Valdi Maris and Hans Hofmann. Barrie co-owns the gallery with Ard. The artistic family legacy has enveloped Ard’s contemporary perspective. Pop culture-influenced portraits of Jean Michel Basquiat and Audrey Hepburn, as well as wildlife subjects, are quite literally deposits of dialogue that wax nostalgic while offering something new to say. Even 399 has a place at Lassiter, on a 96- by 48-inch triptych titled “Queen of the Tetons.” After nearly a decade participating in the Art Fairs under the Miami Group, which took Ard and Barrie from Art New York to Art Palm Springs and back to Art Miami, the pair realized that heading West was the only match for an unwavering passion for wildlife. In 2024, Lassiter Fine Art gallery opened on the Town Square under Belle Shops. During Fall Arts Festival, the gallery will offer extended hours.

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Still chasing light after 50 years Glass works glow with luminosity inspired by natural world. Thal Glass Studio open houses 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 17-18 3800 Linn Drive, Wilson ThalGlass.net

By Melissa Thomasma

fter 50 years in Jackson Hole, artist Laurie Thal is still finding innovative ways to follow the light. When she first came to the valley, Thal had left ceramics behind with one goal: to blow glass. In 1977, she built her own glassblowing studio. For decades, Thal supported herself through creating functional blown glass: bowls, vessels and other pieces that found their way into galleries and homes. But her work has never lingered in one place for long. Today, she is increasingly drawn to fused glass and architectural pieces — windows, doors, room dividers and installations that shape the atmosphere of a room. For the past 10 years, Thal has worked closely with Dan Altwies, her life and studio partner. Altwies brings a background in stained and leaded glass and is an expert at cutting, layering, sandblasting and carving glass. Thal brings the heat and dynamic pace of the heat-soaked shop. “He does all this really fine detail, exact work, and I do all the hot, fast-moving work,” Thal said. Together, they have expanded the possibilities of what glass can become. At the Jackson Hole Children’s Museum, the pair created a bright donor appreciation wall designed with children in mind. Altwies executed the colorful window, while Thal blew 200 hanging glass pieces, each requiring its own balance of shape, weight and color. The glass hangs above children’s reach and lends the space warmth and whimsical light. Thal is also working on pieces for the new Jackson Hole Jewish Community Building, including sanctuary windows and a blown glass piece for the Eternal Light, or Ner Tamid. The piece, shaped like a twisting flame, reflects the gold and turquoise tones of the surrounding glass.

Laurie Thal draws inspiration from the natural world, incorporating colors and forms that evoke ﬂowers, trees and ﬂowing water.

Even in private homes, Thal thinks about the daily encounter between person, space and light. One recent window used vivid orange and gold aspen leaves. Another was pale and cloudlike, made for high windows where the homeowners wanted light, subtle beauty and privacy. “I think about what will bring joy to the people ... every day,” she said. That sense of joy emanates from the material itself. “When I tried blowing glass, I immediately fell in love with the material because it’s alive, it’s seductive, it’s moving,” she said. At 2,000 degrees, molten glass demands full attention. The pipe must keep turning. Timing is critical. If the glass is too hot, it can pop. If it is too cold, it becomes stiff. Thal describes the process as a dance that requires strength, focus and presence.

Her inspiration comes less from direct imitation than from a life of careful observation: rivers, mountains, sailing, snorkeling, whitewater kayaking, and the colors and patterns of the natural world. Those impressions braid together beneath the surface, then emerge in glass. “It all feeds into the subconscious,” she said. “I’m surrounded by art, so I make beautiful art.” During Fall Arts Festival, Thal and Altwies will open the studio from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 17 and 18. At other times, the studio is open by appointment. For Thal, the invitation is simple: Come see what glass can do. After half a century in the valley, she is still making work that catches light, exudes color and beckons people to look again.

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From space shuttles to grizzly bears, Jeffrey Soulliere leads a Life So Wild New gallery launches out-of-this-world images for Fall Arts Festival.

Grand Opening for Life So Wild 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 Teton Reverra Gallery 490 W. Broadway LlifeSoWildGallery.com By Tibby Plasse

nticipating his first Fall Arts Festival with the excitement of a shuttle launch, photographer Jeffrey J. Soulliere is celebrating the grand opening of his gallery space, Teton Reverra Gallery. It’s common to hear about a biologist or a researcher who was assigned to public lands in the West, and turned to photography initially to document on the record. And so often the pastime transcends from assignment into an experiment of narrative. Wildlife photographer Soulliere’s storyline, which inspired him to pick up the camera, is quite literally from out of this world. “From Space Shuttles to Grizzly Bears” follows Soulliere’s journey from a distinguished career at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to choosing a life on foot following Ursus arctos, horribilis and americanus and leading tours into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Details have always dictated Soulliere’s view on life. Details dictated every lift-off and every rocket part in Florida. But sitting against the backdrop of wildlife pre-

“Dual Devotion” photographed by Jeffrey J. Soulliere of Life So Wild Images was shot in Yellowstone National Park.

serve, the astronomical connection of day-to-day life between stars and man cultivated a passion for storytelling. A self-proclaimed space geek, for Soulliere firsthand observation became just as important as the factoids and memorabilia. “All that drama and all that visualization and all that color on a wildlife refuge with rockets blasting off in the middle of the night and all the candlelight power,

it just kind of brought the art out of my soul,” he said. He says he started taking formal photos around 2010-11, capturing over 100 alligators behind one of the space center’s buildings. Now Soulliere calls Jackson Hole home and his new Life So Wild Images exhibit space inside Teton Reverra Gallery on Broadway is opening with a unique body of work that, according to

the photographer, “celebrates the beauty, wonder, and untamed spirit of the natural world.” The gallery is also one of the only spots in town with a dedicated parking lot for its guests. “Images of the Natural World is a remarkable curated collection of backcountry and front country fine art wildlife photography,” Soulliere said in an email. On Saturday, Sept. 12, from 1 to 5 p.m., Life So Wild Images will host a Grand Opening where wildlife photography fans can meet the artist, hear the stories behind the images, and discover the inspiration behind his works, and try to guess just exactly how many hours Soulliere logs in the backcountry each year. Kathryn P. Hire (Captain, U.S. Navy, Ret.), NASA Astronaut has flown on two space shuttle missions, logging 473 orbits around Earth and traveling more than 12 million miles in space. “Together, they will offer visitors a rare opportunity to explore the connection between art, space exploration, discovery, and the natural world,” the email read. The curated collection of 34 images will be on display with an anticipated release of 4 more for the upcoming Fall Arts. Whether you are a collector, an admirer of wildlife photography, or visiting Jackson Hole for the Fall Arts Festival, Life So Wild and Teton Reverra Gallery will be the place to hear some of the most unique stories this Fall Arts Festival. The afternoon celebrating wildlife art, NASA, nature, and its core is about meaningful conversation and connection to the science that bonds us.

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Storytelling one brushstroke at a time ‘Influencers’ on display at Shari Brownfield Fine Art.

Wendell Locke Field’s “Red Hills” will be hung next to a painting, “Zucchini Patch,” by March Avery in a show that pairs artists and artworks at Shari Brownfield Fine Art.

Shari Brownfield Fine Art 55 S. Glenwood ShariBrownfield.com

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any artists can trace their inspirations to those who came before them. Other influences may be more subtle, with choices made decades ago unconsciously finding similar homes in

newer works. Shari Brownfield Fine Art is exploring the idea of influence in today’s society by pairing up regional artists with artists of the past. Festivalgoers can stop by the historic cabin on Glenwood Street to catch “Influencers,” a show which will feature works by the paired artists next to each other. “Influence is not always inherited,” Shari Brownfield, a private art advisor and art appraiser, said. “There’s this ripple effect of what someone once did and what someone is doing today. And what they are doing today will likely influence — whether they are in Jackson Hole or somewhere else — someone else in the future, too.” Seven local artists’ work will be placed alongside more internationally recognized works from Brownfield’s personal collection, mainly tracing back to artists who worked during the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Artists are regularly asked who their mentors were, or where their stylistic influences came from. Sometimes, the artist is able to answer right away. Other times, the artists themselves may not know where they came from. “Sometimes, that influence happens without any direct connection,” Brownfield said. “Two people can independently come at remarkably similar ideas, aesthetics, conceptual concerns.” Even in cases where a direct artistic influence cannot be traced between two artists’ works, the “Influence” show plays with drawing the line. Brownfield doesn’t consider her cabin to be a gallery, but rather a project space that allows her to exhibit work she loves and supports. Whereas her private art advisory practices involve dealing works from household names like Warhol, Lichtenstein or Picasso, the walls of the cabin’s space are focused on what the local community wants. The cabin’s latest exhibition displayed works by Al Hubbard, a young contemporary Native American artist whose works dive into Indigenous experiences and identity. As Brownfield was brainstorming a pairing, she thought of the work of the late Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, a Native American artist who used paint, collages and imagery to tell stories of the environment and Indigenous oppression. “She is really dealing with storytelling of Native American story through contemporary messaging techniques in her art,” Brownfield, who owns three of

Miga Rossetti’s “Candied Paintbrush” will hang in a show at Shari Brownfield Fine Art.

Quick-to-See’s works, said. “I really saw a connection between Al’s work and her work. So I was like ‘this is going to be a great pair.’” Brownfield called Hubbard, to see how he felt about the pairing. Unbeknownst to her, it was a dream of Hubbard’s to be exhibited side by side with Quick-to-See Smith. “He was like … ‘she is a direct influence of my work,” Brownfield said. “Which I wasn’t aware of.” March Avery, a painter known for simplifying landscapes in rich colors, is the matriarch of another notable pairing. A 1967 painting of hers will be displayed alongside a painting of the Red Hills by Kelly-based artist Wendell Locke Field. Field has spent most of his adult life living and

working in Jackson. Splitting his time between a yurt on the edge of Grand Teton National Park and his historic barn studio in Jackson, Field’s artwork reflects his day-to-day excursions in the Tetons, and documenting what’s been lost. “It’s just another love poem to the land, by simplifying it to get to the essence of Mother Nature,” Brownfield said. “So that’s a cool pairing.” Those combinations are the more obvious pairings, Brownfield said. Attendees can dive into some of the more subtle ones during the Fall Arts Festival showing. “Others are far less obvious, but when I see them together, it feels right,” Brownfield said. “You’ll see that in the images.”

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Big art, bold designs playfully express modern West Pop art fused with geography redefines mountain modern at Gold Mountain Gallery. Gold Mountain Gallery 55 N. Glenwood St GoldMountainGallery.com

By Tibby Plasse

using pop and mountain modern, Gold Mountain Gallery’s lounge vibe reflects the showroom’s mission to express the modern West with playful ruggedness, from David Yarrow photographs to mid-century-inspired handcrafted furniture by local artisan Blake Lewis. The showroom showcases unique finds for collectors who don’t want to watch their art but live with it. “Blake creates one-of-a-kind, heirloom-quality furniture inspired by midcentury modern design. His pieces are striking and elegant, with distinctive angles and craftsmanship that make his work instantly recognizable,” Gold Mountain Gallery’s manager Trevor Ruffner said of the newest addition to the gallery’s roster. Seamlessly, Lewis’ eye for structure is seen in the custom black walnut stand that he commissioned for Yarrow’s limited-edition sumo book titled, “The Collection.” “The stands are beautifully crafted and elevate the presentation of the book as functional works of art themselves,” Ruffner said. Also new to the Fall Arts Festival at the gallery are Matt Downer Designs “The White Lady” by David Yarrow is being sold in an edition of 12. It’s available in color or black and white in two sizes: 52 by 60 inches or 71 by 83 and Jonathan Ward’s Campfire Coats. “It feels far beyond a traditional game inches. See it at Gold Mountain Gallery. table,” Ruffner said. The gallery also pand its selection of vintage aviation and Ruffner said Yarrow spent much of north of town in Kelly. “The image — a features some of Downer’s illuminated Americana pieces, including rare finds this past winter producing new work in powerful portrait of a woman holding a wood and stone sculptures. like an ejection seat from a Phantom Jackson Hole that celebrates a mature firearm — has already generated strong Gold Mountain’s exposition into life- fighter jet, polished aircraft cowling mir- sensibility for pop art but with a child’s interest, and there is anticipation that the style centers around a cabin-infused aes- rors, vintage and antique binoculars, and sense of wonder. Among Yarrow’s loca- edition will sell out quickly,” Ruffner said. thetic that Ruffner calls “a curated mix new steampunk-inspired Americana col- tions and characters this winter was a Yarrow, born in Glasgow, Scotland, of fine art, bespoke furniture, collectible lectibles. standout series featuring tennis legend in 1966, is surreal and potent. At 20, he Americana, and one-of-a-kind craftsLocated in the historic Wort Plaza, the John McEnroe at the iconic Silver Dol- found himself working as a photographer manship pieces.” gallery’s collections are playful without lar Bar inside the Wort Hotel, alongside for The London Times on the pitch at He says that the Fall Arts Festival of- being pretentious, capturing the itinerary- a new cowboy bar series incorporating an the World Cup Final in Mexico City. ten feels like a research trip for festival based lifestyle of mountain culture — Icon 4x4 Bronco. No detail is without intention. attendees, saying that he hears from cli- from dawn patrol through a viewfinder to “Another notable release was ‘ White “In a large piece, nothing can be hidents throughout the year who said they vintage gaming machines at happy hour, Lady,’ photographed at Oxbow Bend den,” Ruffner said. discovered Gold Mountain during Fall the gallery catches the masculine energy with model Josie Canseco and a strikRepresented in over 40 galleries Arts, and often because of the extended of manifest destiny in its collection of ing red Ferrari set against the dramatic worldwide, Yarrow himself can be flying hours during the gallery walks. lamps, desks and sculptures as they sit Mount Moran,” Ruffner said. from Jackson Hole to Miami to South Congruent to its featured designers below the centrifugal force of the gallery, Yarrow’s recently released “Twilight” Africa to Dallas on any given week, and artists, the gallery continues to ex- Yarrow’s larger-than-life photography. was photographed at a private residence scouting his next shots.

David Yarrow’s “Twilight Edition,” an edition of 12, can be seen at Gold Mountain Gallery. It’s available in color and black and white in two sizes: 46 by 92 inches and 56 by 118 inches.

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Art shapes America in Heather James show Independent and tenacious, pieces define a cultural landscape that embodies creativity.

To honor the 250th anniversary of American independence, Heather James Fine Art traces this shift with its 2026 summer exhibition, “America the Beautiful: Shaping the Nation.” This piece, “Horizontal Painting,” by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente and Andy Warhol, is a 42 1/2- by 101 1/2-inch acrylic, silkscreen ink and oilstick on canvas.

‘America the Beautiful: Shaping a Nation’ On display until October Heather James Fine Art Free admission HeatherJames.com By Richard Anderson

or more than 2,000 years, Europe was the center of Western civilization, from ancient Greece to the Renaissance to cubism. Even in the ornery, upstart United States, a tour of Europe’s great cities and museums was de rigueur for coming-of-age elites and “serious” artists up through the start of the 20th century. But after two world wars tore the continent apart and millions crossed the Atlantic in pursuit of liberty and opportunity, all eyes turned west. To honor the 250th anniversary of American independence, Heather James Fine Art traces this shift with its 2026 summer exhibition, “America the Beautiful: Shaping the Nation.” “We started looking at landscapes but then expanded to the cultural landscape,” said Sarah Fischel, chairman of Heather James’ Jackson Hole gallery, who curated the show. ”We wanted to showcase how artists contributed to the identity and definition of America over the centuries ... of America shaping artists, but also artists shaping America.” The exhibit opened July 3 and hangs through Fall Arts Festival before moving on to Heather James’s Palm Springs, California, gallery. The shift didn’t happen overnight. American culture remained Eurocentric through the 19th century, with classical subject matter — portraits, romanticized tableaux and landscapes like George Inness’s bucolic “Afternoon” — and styles. However, many often captured a sense of New World independence and tenacity, reverence for the territories waiting to be explored and exploited, the creation of a new culture. But American artists still closely followed the lead of European developments, like impressionism. Childe Hassam, born in Boston to an old New England family, started as an illustrator, but after European travel began to employ impressionistic methods — a softer palette, looser brushwork — in an effort to capture the way light plays on the land, as in “Isle of the Shoals,” a rugged seascape. “World War II changed the tide,” Fischel said, holding up as a prime example Hans Hoffman, who has two colorful, kinetic canvases in the show. Born in Bavaria, raised in Munich, he received academic training in Paris but fell under the spell of modernists like Matisse, Picasso and Cezanne. When he moved to the States in 1932, his work, modern but still mostly representation,

This is Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Black Place II,” a 24- by 30-inch oil on canvas on display at Heather James Fine Art.

turned to pure abstraction. “He … educated a whole generation of [American] artists,” Fischer said, and became one of the leading pioneers of what came to be known as abstract expressionism, which Fischer called perhaps the first truly American artistic movement. Robert Motherwell’s “Red Open Window” hints at Hoffman’s far-reaching influence. In close competition for the “first” title was pop art, which also grew out of post-World-War II society. Using found images, advertisements and bright words in modern fonts torn from popular media, pop art repudiated the standards and styles of the day (including abstract expressionism) with slyly ironic, sometimes humorous collages, such as Robert Rauschenberg’s “Urn (Spread).” And then there’s Andy Warhol, whose silkscreen print of Chinese leader Mao Zedong (hanging right next to one of Grace Kelly) offers a colorful and concise ex-

ample of America reflecting on the larger world. Fischel uses the word “dialogue” to describe this transatlantic relationship. Not all Americans turned their backs on tradition, though American themes and tropes emerged. Works by N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth and Winslow Homer illustrate this, while artists in the West — Georgia O’Keeffe, Ansel Adams, Wayne Thiebaud — found new ways of expressing age-old experiences in the vastness beyond the Mississippi River. An oil by Norman Rockwell, “Ticket Seller,” gives the final word. Behind the barred window of a kiosk plastered with posters and leaflets encouraging passersby to travel abroad — “Why not go to Europe?” “The Orient calls you,” “You will love Paris” — a bored and weary man stares out blankly, head resting in his hand. “He looks so disenchanted, caged in there,” Fischel said. “Only Rockwell can tell a story like that.”

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For 18th edition of his Guggenheim Museum series, Borbay returned to the streets of New York City to complete his project.

While on location, he stayed on the ninth floor of some friends’ Upper West Side apartment, and after a few days of meandering through the initial stages of his painting, that’s where his vision took place. “I just saw all the bright city lights,” Borbay said. “When I lived in Manhattan for 12 years, my absolute favorite thing in the world was to look out at night and see the lights and imagine all the lives that were happening, and that kind of inspired the painting.” The result was Charles Sheeler- and Charles Demuth-inspired with geometrical shapes in the foreground that reduce the buildings and windows to mere shapes and “activate areas that otherwise would be very static,” Borbay said. He painted the first eight years of the series on location and has returned for the last three. “There’s something about being on location that brings a whole different energy to the painting,” Borbay said. Outside of his regular programming, the Idaho artist found inspiration in the 2026 Winter Olympics. A big men’s league hockey player, Borbay was invested in the gold medal game between the United States and Canada, which ended in an overtime goal scored by American forward Jack Hughes. After the game, a shot of Hughes went viral. With an American flag draped around his shoulders, his right fist raised and a bloody, toothless grin, the image became the symbol of the team’s underdog victory. And in that moment, Borbay — who watched the game hovering just above his couch the entire time — decided to paint it. Borbay completed the Hughes portrait in July. During the Fall Arts Festival, Borbay says he encourages collectors to come over to his gallery at 10 South Main Street in Victor and enjoy a cocktail with him. In the meantime, he’ll be working on his game — at the range and in the studio.

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Mangelsen still has inspiration of Grizzly 399 in mind Photographer captured shots of ‘Giza,’ a black leopard in Kenya.

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om Mangelsen sees the spirit of Grizzly 399 in the other creatures he photographs across the globe. On one particularly memorable excursion in the past year, Mangelsen was photographing “Giza,” a famous black leopard, in Kenya. Mangelsen watched as Giza killed a bush hare. She carried the hare by its neck and shared it with her cubs. At 14 months old, those cubs would typically be on their own. But Giza — with maternal instincts similar to Grizzly 399 — was still looking out for them, Mangelsen said. “She reminded me of 399 with her cubs over the years,” Mangelsen said. “She was an incredible provider.” “It was touching to see the similarities of motherhood,” Mangelsen said. Mangelsen is best known for his work capturing the life of Grizzly 399, one of the world’s

THOMAS D. MANGELSEN

Jackson Hole photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen has traveled the globe, ﬁnding creatures that remind him of his favorite bear, the late Grizzly 399, like Giza, a black leopard in Kenya.

most famous animals, who died at age 28 in a car crash in the Snake River Canyon south of town in 2024. Mangelsen’s work, however, has spanned the globe. He has captured photos of tigers in India, wild horses in the south of France, jaguars in South America and much more. His images of wild

creatures will be on display at his gallery, Images of Nature, during Fall Arts Festival. Grizzly 399 is also still motivating Mangelsen to pursue various conservation initiatives including fighting a movement to remove grizzlies from the endangered species list. He also said the

country needs to reassess game management more broadly. Mangelsen grew up hunting and fishing and is not opposed to hunting for food but is opposed to “trophy hunting,” hunting wild animals for sport or gathering hides, horns or heads. Last year, for the first time in

two decades, Mangelsen spent the spring bear watching and photographing season in Africa, rather than Grand Teton National Park. This spring, he retuned to his old haunts to watch and take photos of roadside bears. It seemed the death of Grizzly 399, one of the world’s most famous bruins, might reduce the public interest in bears, Mangelsen said. Not so. “It doesn’t seem that way at all,” Mangelsen said. “They have brought so much joy to the public.” Mangelsen photographed Grizzly 793, known by wildlife watchers as “Blondie,” this past spring. He has a long history of photographing the celebrity bear and took a famous shot of her with a piece of grass in her mouth that Anderson Cooper featured in a profile in 2018. In 2022, Blondie lost three of her cubs. Park officials suspected a male grizzly was responsible. Mangelsen questioned that assertion. But, Mangelsen said, it was good to be back capturing shots of the bear. “She’s a very beautiful bear and smallish and of course blondish,” Mangelsen said.

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Native Jackson Hole is curated for lifestyle From plein air canvases to turquoise belt buckles. Native Jackson Hole 10 West Broadway NativeJH.com By Tibby Plasse

rom silversmiths to oil painters, Native Jackson Hole’s curated collection of creatives is a must-stop during the Fall Arts Festival. For owner Safaa Darwiche, the annual art festival is a beloved chance to connect with people. “The energy is incredible,” she said. “The gallery comes alive with artists, collectors and visitors sharing stories and discovering new work. It’s one of our favorite times of the year and a wonderful celebration of art and community.” Throughout the 10 days of art walks, demonstrations and auctions, Native’s boutique atmosphere transforms into a meeting spot for artists and collectors. “Throughout the festival, several of our artists will join us for on-site painting and to meet clients.” It’s no secret that Native Jackson Hole is one the best places to find “packable” art. Its large roster of jewelers ranges from local artisan Annie Band to metalsmith Ayesha Mayadas.

Located in the heart of Jackson Hole since 1983, Native has established itself as a staple for Western art, jewelry and lifestyle pieces from diamondtopped Indian head necklaces to hand-forged turquoiseadorned belt buckles and bolos. Mayadas works gold like it is clay, and claims that out of all the tools in her studio, she employs her hammer the most. Her maneuvering — raising, sinking, forging and sculpting of metal — becomes the creative process, enabling cause and effect to drive the shape of her jewelry, and often becoming integral parts of her finished pieces. Band inscribes every piece with inspirations, quotes or poetry on the reverse. Band has degrees in biology, poetry and a master’s degree in wildlife biology, which she says inform her designs. Five percent of all her sales are donated to environmental causes. Amid the many talented jewelry makers, Native hangs on its walls several regional painters worth keep an eye on, including Marie Prescott Jenkins, Sandy Bridgewater and Andy Taylor. Jenkins is a native of Idaho and a plein air painter who enjoys the direct and vital experience of painting outdoors. She finds the Western states are a

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Sandy Bridgewater’s “Meadow Crossing,” a 36- by 24-inch oil painting, is on display at Native Jackson Hole.

rich melting pot of scenes to be painted. Bridgewater moves between plein air and studio practices “using direct observation to capture the emotional reso-

nance of the landscape,” she writes on her website. A mostly self-taught artist, Bridgewater’s visual footing is a full immersion into nature when viewing her canvas as a place of wonder,

as she discovers new uses for light. For Taylor, art has always been a central part of his life — before he even claimed to be an artist. A career U.S. Navy man, Taylor describes it as a 20-year detour to fly in the U.S. Navy before returning as a full-time artist. “During that time, I managed to take some classes with professional wildlife artists, experiment with a variety of art mediums, and study animal anatomy, among other things.” By chance, while camping with his wife some years later in a small RV while on a drive across the country, Taylor met a known plein air painter in the area, Fred Kingwill. “During the day, I would look for animals and paint local plein air landscapes,” he writes in his artist statement. Kingwill introduced Taylor to other local artists and he began painting weekly with the Teton Plein Air Painters. “Before we knew it, my wife and I took the plunge to live in Wyoming fulltime, allowing me to be fully engaged in the local art scene,” he wrote. An active artist in the regional art scene, Taylor has also taught art classes and is an active member of the Art Association of Jackson Hole and Wyoming Artist Association.

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Wilcox Gallery is a Fall Arts tradition ‘Wildlife and Wildlands 2026’ exhibits a bevy of Western artists.

Wilcox Gallery 1975 N. Highway 89 Wilcox Gallery II 60 Center Street | Town Square 307.733.6450 WilcoxGallery.com September 19 Quickdraw and Auction Allie Zeyer and Julie Jeppson 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Jackson Town Square By Sabina Dana Plasse

epresenting some of the biggest names in Western art, the Wilcox Gallery roster of artists focuses primarily on representational art, spanning landscapes, wildlife, portraiture, Native American scenes, bronze sculpture and woodcarving. Founded in 1969 by Jim Wilcox, arguably Jackson Hole’s best-known living artist, Wilcox Gallery north of town and Wilcox Gallery II on the Town Square have showcased some of the finest Western and wildlife art in the region. The galleries feature breathtaking paintings, sculptures, and draw-

Julie Jeppsen’s “Royal Generation” a 36- by 48-inch oil captures the change of season.

ings by nearly 50 accomplished, fulltime artists, many of whom attend Fall Arts Festival. In keeping with its tradition, Wilcox Gallery will present “Wildlife and Wildlands 2026,” and the gallery’s participating artists in this year’s QuickDraw will be Allie Zeyer and Julie Jeppson. For Zeyer, painting provides a tran-

quil reprieve and helps her find balance. She grew up watching her dad, Michael Hadley, paint and sell his work in Jackson Hole. She recalls many family vacations spent driving to Jackson, where the smell of oil paint and wool blankets filled the air as her family followed the Snake River west. This played a large role in motivating Zeyer to pursue art. Often spotted painting

in and around Treasure Valley, Zeyer wrote, “The richness of painting from life is where I find myself as an artist.” Jeppson, who grew up with wildlife, mountain ranges, round-ups, trail rides and rodeos, all of which have provided ideas and material for her oil paintings, is a firm believer that nature itself is the best teacher of color, lighting, value and composition, which explains why she prefers to paint in the great outdoors, using live models for her paintings. She believes, “Art is something you just have to love to put the time and passion into it.” Residing in Utah, Jeppson has been involved in some form of art all her life and will continue to do so because it’s a major part of who she is. When Zeyer and Jeppson have concluded QuickDraw, they will move over to Wilcox Gallery to mingle and discuss their work and processes at the gallery location off of Town Square. More work by these artists will be available at the gallery. In addition, Wilcox Gallery’s main location near the National Museum of Wildlife Art on the way to Grand Teton National Park will be open, with plenty more top-tier fine art available for view and purchase. Wilcox Gallery will be participating in several 2026 Jackson Hole Fall Arts events, including art walks and demos.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS September 11

September 16

Artist Demonstration by Nic Fischer, Thal Glass Studio Open House, 10 a.m.10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Corbeau Gallery in Gaslight 5 p.m. See page 5E. Alley. See page 7C. Fall Arts Festival Gallery Walk, 5 p.m. at parPalates and Palettes pairs food and art, ticipating galleries. See page 3A. 5 p.m. at downtown Jackson galleries. See page 3A. Reception for Robert Moore’s solo show Open reception for Michael Blessing’s “Place of Peace,” 5-7 p.m. at Altamira Fine “West Of Somewhere,” 5-8 p.m. at Altamira Art. See page 5B. Fine Art. See page 5B. Featured Artwork Poster signing with Ben It’s Teton Village Summer Restaurant Steele, 5-7 p.m. at Altamira Fine Art. See Week. Prix ﬁxe menus at various Teton Village page 5B. Restaurants. See page 13B.

September 12

September 17

Mountain Trails Artist Celebration Show, 48 p.m. at Mountain Trails Gallery. See page 7B. Rise of the Western Lights: Mark Maggiori, 10 a.m. in the Center Theater. Presented by Jackson Hole Art Auction and Far West. See page 6B.

September 19 Jackson Hole QuickDraw and Auction, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Town Square. See page 2C. Featured Artist Celebration for Ben Steele, noon-2 p.m. at Altamira Fine Art. See page 5A. QuickDraw celebration, 6-9 p.m. at Altamira Fine Art. See page 5B.

Artist Demonstration by Scott Yeager, Artist Demonstration by Nic Fischer, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Corbeau Gallery in Gaslight 10-2 p.m. at Corbeau Gallery in Gaslight Al- 20th Annual Jackson Hole Art Auction at ley. See page 7C. the Center for the Arts Theater. See page 6B. Alley. See page 7C.

Teton Village Art and Culinary Fair, 11 a.m.- Thal Glass Studio Open House, 10 a.m.- 31st Annual Teton Gravity Research Pre5 p.m. in the Village Commons. See page 13B. 5 p.m., 3800 Linn Dr. in Wilson. See page 5E. miere, “Actually, it is Rocket Science.” Family screening, 5 p.m. at Hotel Terra’s Murie Life So Wild Grand Opening, 1-5 p.m. at “Appalachian Spring,” presented by The Cen- Ballroom. Live music and Far Out Festivities, Teton Reverra Gallery, 490 W. Broadway. See ter, Dancers’ Workshop, Jackson Hole Cham- 6-8 p.m. in the Village Commons. 30th Annual page 6E. ber Music, Contemporary Dance Wyoming, Teton Gravity Research Premiere, 8-9 p.m. 6 p.m. in the Center Theater. See page 2B. under the Aerial Tram. See page 14D. Western Visions exhibit opens. See page 2D. Western Visions Show + Sale, 5-8:30 p.m. at September 13 National Museum of Wildlife Art. See page 2D. September 20 Arts on the Green, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Center for the Arts lawn. See page 2B.

September 18

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Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes. Various Artist Talk with Amy Ringholz, noon at Ringholz locations, self guided. See page 11B. Studios. See page 5C.

Sunday Brunch Art Walk, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at participating galleries. See page 3A.

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JACKSON HOLE FALL ARTS FESTIVAL 2026 INSPIRED BY WILDLIFE, WILD PLACES & THE WILD WEST

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