Arts

When 15-year-old Kyle Ma first walked into Wilcox Gallery to show Jim Wilcox some images of his work on his iPad, the two made a date to meet the following summer when Ma would once again be passing through with paintings in hand.

It’s not every day that a world-class dance repertory company makes its way to Jackson.

While most people move here for the mountains, Taryn Boals moved to Jackson for its rich art culture.

The Center for the Arts lawn may not be The Globe, but it’s still a pretty good place for some Elizabethan theater.

Working as an illustrator for over a decade, fine artist David Frederick Riley is used to collaborating.

Maggie Jordan Heumann suspected that there were more women in the area who, like her, developed their own passion for fly fishing independent of the men in their lives.

Matt Thackray was on the Center for the Arts lawn recently admiring the Center’s newest structure, when a couple of kids started playing in it.

Painter Doug Schneider feels a deep, spiritual connection to animals.

Maggie Jordan Heumann suspected that there were a lot more women in the area who, like her, developed their own passion for fly fishing independent of the men in their life.

Billy Schenck doesn’t text or email.

Still, from his Santa Fe studio in New Mexico, he manages to create pop art embedded in the modern West’s landscape through a laborious process of digital imaging, projection, illustration and painting. Schenck’s sunsets and high desert animals may exhibit traditional Rocky Mountain elements of light, geography and wildlife but at the heart of his work is attitude and absurdity.

S.C. Mummert admits he’s a product of his environment. As a boy growing up in rural San Diego during the ’50s he was surrounded by cowboys and horses, and though the countryside has since changed dramatically, he hasn’t.

Little-known fact: The theme song to the children’s cartoon movie “SpongeBob SquarePants” is a Ween song titled “Ocean Man.”

Not everyone in Jackson wants to be a painter.

The Center Theater Gallery isn’t the most traditional space for artists to exhibit work.

Nicola Hicks, though not native to the West, has strong admiration and curiosity about the beast.

Seven shows, four hours, one park party. That’s what Jacksonites can look forward to on Thursday during the longest day of the year.

At best Jason Ruff expected a polite rejection letter. If nothing else he had made good on a challenge he’d set forth to the high school students in his summer writing workshop.

The parking lot outside the Center for the Arts will turn into a bazaar this week, highlighting the pottery work of artists and students.

Migration is the name of the game this summer at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

The inspiration for Contemporary Dance Wyoming’s production of “Stealing Inward” came from two unexpected places.

Plein air painting would be terrible in the winter.

This art exhibit has been on Kathryn Mapes Turner’s wish list for more than 15 years.

Last week artist Bland Hoke declared the Jackson Hole Public Art Mobile studio was now the Village of Treepoli’s Department of Public Works.

When Alissa Hartmann heard her painting was named as a finalist in the third annual Spirit of Wyoming vodka label contest she was beyond excited.

For Steve Badgett this is the 17th year dancing and singing onstage at Jackson Hole Playhouse.

You wouldn’t expect a digital artist who has worked on the animated films “Rio,” “Ice Age 4,” “Ferdinand” and “The Peanuts Movie” to focus on Western pastoral settings, but David Dibble does exactly that.

The mountainous backdrop of Jackson Hole may be stunning, but all the delicate details linger in the canopy. Those details are what September Vhay takes her inspiration from, in every little emotion that the natural world shares.

Two arts-related nonprofits will merge to better forge a vision for arts and creative education in Jackson.

Two references to “Pirates of Penzance” play out within seconds of each other in the award-winning musical “Hamilton.” In an episode of “The Simpsons,” Sideshow Bob croons out line after line of “H.M.S Pinafore.”

Of all the events that National Museum of Wildlife Art Director of Programs and Events Amy Goicoechea gets to set up each year, the kickoff party is by far one of her favorites.

If you were glancing around the Teton Artlab studio it would be easy to miss the purple box.

Refugees, Godzilla, lifejackets, laser-cut reliefs in the shapes of Gameboys and balloons make up the hyper-colored, mythic landscapes of Jave Yoshimoto’s art.

California painter Adam Wolpert was worried that painting the same scene consistently for a year would be nothing short of monotonous.

Celia Gerard’s latest body of work originated with a painting she saw 20 years ago.

This is the year of women.

This past year, when Gina Feliccia of Big City Broadway was at Jackson Hole High School meeting with the drama department, she realized the school’s performing arts were in dire straits.

Bears, bison and birds combine in a celebration of the reflective powers of nature in a Turner Fine Art exhibition opening Monday.