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Event Series COMMUNITY PROGRAM: Afternoon Art—Ketchum

COMMUNITY PROGRAM: Afternoon Art—Ketchum

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Play, create, discover, and have fun! Afternoon Art is a free drop-in opportunity for community members of all ages to explore concepts from the Museum's current exhibition and create works of art. Families and friends are encouraged to communicate, reflect, and produce as artists together. Perfect for art lovers, curious minds, and anyone seeking inspiration. Projects will vary. Age & Ability: all ages, families encouraged to attend together Ketchum Afternoon Art runs from 1:30–4:30pm at the Sun Valley Museum of Art. Afternoon Art is offered in Ketchum on the first Friday of each month and in Hailey on the second Friday from 1:30-4:30pm and are recommended for families with children of all ages. Please be sure to check dates and location.

Free

EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: In Conversation: Will Wilson

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Join SVMoA's curators for a tour of In Conversation: Will Wilson and Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present. This event takes place from 5:30–6:30pm. Part of SVMoA’s exhibitions In Conversation: Will Wilson and Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present

Free
Event Series COMMUNITY PROGRAM: Afternoon Art—Ketchum

COMMUNITY PROGRAM: Afternoon Art—Ketchum

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Play, create, discover, and have fun! Afternoon Art is a free drop-in opportunity for community members of all ages to explore concepts from the Museum's current exhibition and create works of art. Families and friends are encouraged to communicate, reflect, and produce as artists together. Perfect for art lovers, curious minds, and anyone seeking inspiration. Projects will vary. Age & Ability: all ages, families encouraged to attend together Ketchum Afternoon Art runs from 1:30–4:30pm at the Sun Valley Museum of Art. Afternoon Art is offered in Ketchum on the first Friday of each month and in Hailey on the second Friday from 1:30-4:30pm and are recommended for families with children of all ages. Please be sure to check dates and location.

Free

EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: In Conversation: Will Wilson

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Join SVMoA's curators for a tour of In Conversation: Will Wilson and Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present. This event takes place from 5:30–6:30pm. Part of SVMoA’s exhibitions In Conversation: Will Wilson and Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present

Free

LECTURE: Louise Dixey and Velda Racehorse on Benedicte Wrensted

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Join Louise Dixey, Cultural Resources Director at the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, and Velda Racehorse, Archivist at the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, for a conversation on Danish American photographer Benedicte Wrensted, who made portraits of many members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in her photography studio in Pocatello, Idaho, at the turn of the 20th century. This Lecture is part of SVMoA’s Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present Exhibition.

Free

EXHIBITION OPENING CELEBRATION

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Join us as we celebrate the opening of two exhibitions: In Conversation: Will Wilson and Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present. In Conversation: Will Wilson features tintype portraits Diné artist Will Wilson has made as part of his ongoing project Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX). A direct response to the work of 20th-century photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952), whose photographs are also included in the exhibition, Wilson’s CIPX offers a critique of Curtis’s 20-volume The North American Indian (1907-1930), which was created to capture the supposed vanishing race of Native Americans. Curtis’ photographs simplified and romanticized Native American life. In contrast, Wilson has created rich, complex portraits that center Indigenous perspectives. Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present explores portraits of members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes made at the turn of the 20th century and today. In 1895, the Danish American photographer Benedicte Wrensted arrived in Pocatello, Idaho, where she established a photography studio. Among her clients were members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes whose portraits Wrensted took until leaving Idaho in 1912. Unlike Edward Curtis, Wrensted invited her sitters to present themselves as they wished, and members of the Tribes appear in her photographs in both traditional ...

Free

SVMoA MEMBERS: Exhibition Preview & Tour

Sun Valley Museum of Art

SVMoA Members are invited by the Museum's curators for a preview and tour of the exhibitions In Conversation: Will Wilson and Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present prior to the Opening Celebration. In Conversation: Will Wilson features tintype portraits Diné artist Will Wilson has made as part of his ongoing project Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX). A direct response to the work of 20th-century photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952), whose photographs are also included in the exhibition, Wilson’s CIPX offers a critique of Curtis’s 20-volume The North American Indian (1907-1930), which was created to capture the supposed vanishing race of Native Americans. Curtis’ photographs simplified and romanticized Native American life. In contrast, Wilson has created rich, complex portraits that center Indigenous perspectives. Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present explores portraits of members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes made at the turn of the 20th century and today. In 1895, the Danish American photographer Benedicte Wrensted arrived in Pocatello, Idaho, where she established a photography studio. Among her clients were members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes whose portraits Wrensted took until leaving Idaho in 1912. Unlike Edward Curtis, Wrensted invited her sitters to present themselves as they wished, and ...

Free

ART CLUB: Portraiture in the 21st Century

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Join SVMoA for a session in a series of conversations about portraiture in the 21st century. How are contemporary artists approaching the genre of portraiture in new and innovative ways? How can portraits express not just the identity of the sitter but larger ideas reflecting the time and place in which they are made? $25 for adults / $15 for students, pre-registration highly encouraged; walk-ups accommodated if space allows

$15
Event Series COMMUNITY PROGRAM: Afternoon Art—Ketchum

COMMUNITY PROGRAM: Afternoon Art—Ketchum

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Play, create, discover, and have fun! Afternoon Art is a free drop-in opportunity for community members of all ages to explore concepts from the Museum's current exhibition and create works of art. Families and friends are encouraged to communicate, reflect, and produce as artists together. Perfect for art lovers, curious minds, and anyone seeking inspiration. Projects will vary. Age & Ability: all ages, families encouraged to attend together Ketchum Afternoon Art runs from 1:30–4:30pm at the Sun Valley Museum of Art. Afternoon Art is offered in Ketchum on the first Friday of each month and in Hailey on the second Friday from 1:30-4:30pm and are recommended for families with children of all ages. Please be sure to check dates and location.

Free

EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: Tina Barney: Homecoming AND ROB DAVIS: RECORDS

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Join SVMoA’s curators for a tour of the exhibitions Tina Barney: Homecoming and Rob Davis: Records. Refreshments will be served. Tina Barney: Homecoming features photographs Barney made between 1976 and 1980, when the internationally renowned artist was living in Ketchum, Idaho, and taking photography classes at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts (now Sun Valley Museum of Art). Made with a Pentax 35mm camera, the images document the daily life and activities of the people closest to Barney. They are representative of a key stage in her trajectory as an artist, before she began working with a large format camera to make carefully composed and directed photographs. In contrast, the images in this exhibition, which were made in Sun Valley, Rhode Island, and New York, are more spontaneous. But like her later photographs, these early works illuminate the subtle interactions and psychological tensions that occur among family and friends even in moments of leisure – at weddings and on squash courts, at the beach, waterpark, or a ski race. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1970, the artist Rob Davis has spent the past six years making paintings that mine his childhood memories – specifically those from ages five to ...

Free

OPEN STUDIO: Watercolor Tips & Tricks WITH JIM CALDWELL

Sun Valley Museum of Art

A drop-in Open Studio focused on watercolor painting and a chance to learn some tips and tricks from Jim Caldwell. No prior experience necessary. Though not an instructed class, Jim will be on hand to share some of his watercolor skills. All materials and supplies will be provided. Age & ability: 12+ years old; beginners welcome! THIS OPEN STUDIO TAKES PLACE THU, AUG 15, FROM 1:30–3:30PM. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Jim Caldwell graduated from Williams College in 1964 as an Art Major and spent the next year in Paris studying printing and etching at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1969, he received his Master of Architecture Degree from the Yale School of Architecture. Jim has had over 45 one-man shows, and his paintings are represented in more than 450 collections worldwide. Though he has spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jim’s Sun Valley connections go back to the 1950s. This will be the fourth class he has taught in Sun Valley.

Free
Event Series WORKSHOP: Watercolor Sketching Intensive—For Those on the Go! WITH JIM CALDWELL

WORKSHOP: Watercolor Sketching Intensive—For Those on the Go! WITH JIM CALDWELL

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Awaken your creativity. In this 8-day intensive, learn to draw and paint: first in ink, then in watercolor. Capture travel scenes in a pocket sketchbook with Prismacolor and ink, draw and paint from still life setups as well as from projected images. Each 3-hour class will start with a slide show of watercolors by favorite artists and end with a group critique. Treasure the souvenirs! All materials and supplies will be provided. Age & ability: 17+, beginners welcome! THIS 8-SESSION WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE MON–THU, AUG 5–8 AND AUG 12–15, FROM 10AM–1PM DAILY. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Jim Caldwell graduated from Williams College in 1964 as an Art Major and spent the next year in Paris studying printing and etching at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1969, he received his Master of Architecture Degree from the Yale School of Architecture. Jim has had over 45 one-man shows, and his paintings are represented in more than 450 collections worldwide. Though he has spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jim’s Sun Valley connections go back to the 1950s. This will be the fourth class he has taught in Sun Valley.

$500 – $550

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