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FABulous Women

Call for Artists: The theme for this years FABulous Women show is “Fire Within.”  Submissions are due October 3^rd. For more information, contact the gallery at 742.6574 or stop by.  

The opening reception will be 6-8pm on October 7th and the show will be up through November 21st.

Thanks to those of you who have already submitted....It looks like there will be some FABulous work!

Snow White Sessions

Call for Artists:

On December 3rd, 2011 Ballet 7220, will perform the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White at the Laramie Plains Civic Center.  Works of Wyoming, in partnership with the Laramie Dance Center, is inviting artists to attend rehearsals to document the making of Snow White through whatever media they choose.

Selected works created in response to these sessions will be displayed in the gallery beginning December 3. Artists are invited to apply for the opportunity to sit in on ballet practices and enter this show. Applications are due September 26 (This date may be pushed back, if space permits).

The cost for unlimited practices (at least two sessions will be held per week October 3rd though November 28th) is $15 for members, $10 for students and $25 for non-members.

Drop-ins are also welcome. $7 for members, $5 for students and $10 for non-members.

All work may be submitted to be in the show. Submissions due November 21st. The opening with selected works will be held December 10th.

Contact the gallery at 742.6574 or stop by for more details.

Top 5 Reasons Artists Should Have a Facebook Page

While Facebook is not for every artist, I would like to address some of the reasons that a Facebook business page can be a wonderful venue for marketing your work.  Here are the five most important reasons to consider creating a business page on Facebook.

1. The numbers.  250 million people use Facebook.

2. People do not need a Facebook account to view you business page.  This means that potential customers can access your work even if they don't have a Facebook account.  In effect, a Facebook business page can act as a website, a blog, and a forum for members and non-member to view and talk about your work.  You can also use Facebook for events and email.

3. Facebook ranks high on Google.com.  A Facebook page will likely come up toward the top of a search for your name.

4. Facebook is user friendly and if you already have a personal profile page on Facebook, you are halfway to creating a business page.

5. Facebook integrates with a variety of other social media marketing tools.  You can link Facebook to your blog, Twitter, YouTube, Etsy, your phone text messages and more.

Does this all sound a bit overwhelming?  If so, you can set up a time to come meet with a WOW staff member to help you set up a Facebook page.  We can also help you to implement some best practices and the other social media marketing tools listed above.  Best of all this service if FREE for WOW members.  If you are feeling inspired and would like to jump in on your own the ArtBizBlog shows you how to create your own business Facebook page.

Check out some of our members' Facebook Pages

Bethels Beadwork
Felicia Follum Art and Design
Jill Hartley Paintings

Book Arts Video

The opening for the Book Arts show was a success.  If you did not make it to the opening, our hours are 11-5pm Monday - Friday. Thursday we will be open until 6pm.  Here is a preview of the show.



Enjoy!

Laramie Art This Week

Art Events this Week

Wednesday, September 7
        Compositions: Poetry in oil -  6 - 8pm.  Art reception and show by Hillary Havlik, a University of Wyoming student.

Thursday, September 8
        Book Arts Opening and Reception - 6 - 8pm. Works of Wyoming is proud to present the opening for its first Book Arts show. Be sure to join us for a light snack and beautiful books made by Wyoming Artists. The opening will be held Thursday, September 8, from 6pm – 8pm and the work will be up through September 29th.
        Downtown Fashion Show - Downtown Laramie is excited to celebrate Fashions Night Laramie - an event to support downtown retailers. Participating merchants throughout downtown will host special events in their stores between 6:00 pm - 9 pm on Thursday, September 8th. Shoppers are encouraged to attend in fashionable attire. Please come out and support this event September 8th! If you have any questions about this event please contact Eileen Byrd, Byrd’s Paradise, at 742-2973 for more information.  WOW Member Bethel Anthony and WOW Friend, Susan Soderberg will be showing their work at Byrd’s Paradise!
        Art Talk with Margo Grant Walsh - 7pm.  An artists lecture hosted by the University of Wyoming Art Museum.  Margo Grant Walsh is the collector behind "Silver and Metalwork of the 20th Century.

Friday, September 9
University of Wyoming Art Museum 
        Gallery Walk Through with Margo Grant Walsh - 4:30pm
        Opening Reception for Fall Exhibitions - 6 - 8pm. Come celebrate the opening of our fall exhibitions. They include "Talismans of Protection from Chosŏn Korea: Antique Locks, Latches, and Key Charms," "Donovan Widmer: Small Metals," "300 Years of British Silver," "Silver & Metalwork of the 20th Century: The Margo Grant Walsh Collection" and "The West of Eliot Porter: Images of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah."

Book Arts Show

Works of Wyoming is proud to present the opening for its first Book Arts show.  Be sure to join us for a light snack and beautiful books made by Wyoming Artists.  The opening will be held Thursday, September 8, from 6pm – 8pm and the work will be up through September 29th. 

This event will be a great opportunity to network with other local artists and meet some of the new staff members here at WOW.

Artist Books Show at Works of Wyoming in Laramie Plains Civic Center

Artist Books Call for Entries at Works of Wyoming!



Call for Entries Deadline is August 11th

 Wyoming artists are invited to submit images for jurying for an artist books show at Works of Wyoming at Laramie Plains Civic Center. Deadline for submission is August 11th, 2011. Call 307-742-6574 to get a prospectus and application e-mailed to you.

The show will open September 8th with a reception from 6:00-8:00pm. It promises to be an interesting show considering all of the definitions.





Center for Book Arts founder Richard Minsky’s definition is our guide for the show.

“In Book Art the container works with the content. The materials are tactile and often relate to the metaphor of the text. In some cases there is no written text. The book is then a purely visual, totemic or iconographic work, in which the image, structure and materials are the content. The physical presence of a book, its feeling and smell, its weight, the process of moving through its pages or unfolding it speak to our deepest inner sensibilities. The very form speaks of knowledge preserved and communicated. It represents our ability to build on complex ideas which survive millennia beyond the cultures which created them.”

Rated M for Mature Artists Show

Join us Thursday, June 30th, 5:30-7:30 pm at Works of Wyoming gallery for the opening of our Rated M for Mature Artists show. This show features a variety of work fromWyoming artists at least 60 years of age. Art includes everything from quilts to photos to glasswork. There will be snacks and entertainment as well and it is also a Laramie Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Event.

Illuminations - Past, Present and Future

Scapegoat by Ray Jordan

A variety of art by Barry O'Riley, Ray Jordan and Jim Jereb is on display at Works of Wyoming until June 24th. Stop by the gallery located in the Laramie Plains Civic Center (710 E Garfield, Ste 271) to view the artwork during our hours we are regularly open: Monday-Friday, 1:00-5:00pm.

Wyoming Arts: Judges announced for 2011 Wyoming Arts Council visual arts fellowship competition

Wyoming Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship Excellent Event!

Wyoming Arts: Judges announced for 2011 Wyoming Arts Council visual arts fellowship competition.

Sculptor Joshua Wiener from Louisville, CO, Mark Klett Landscape Photographer out of Tempe, Arizona, and Nancy Bowen, Mixed Media Artist from Brooklyn, will all be here in Laramie to judge the Wyoming Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship Applications.  It's a great opportunity to get together with accomplished artists to hear about public art process, welcome new ideas in landscape photography, and see how the pros compete for arts projects.  Not to mention a free lunch and getting to know the Wyoming Arts Council staff.  They are all really helpful and knowledgeable about opportunities for funding, for shows, and of course for professional development for artists. You've gotta come join us!  It'll be fun to meet everybody.

Kathy Palochak



Kathy Palochak, Pendant, "Amazonia"

 Congratulations Kathy Palochak! She won the laptop at the Wind River Business Conference and Native American Business Expo.  Kathy is a long-time accomplished jeweler in the Rawlins, Wyoming area who wants to do everything she can to continue to build her woman-owned business and be more responsive to her clients.
So Kathy came away with alot more tools to do her beautful work than she went to the Expo with.  Just goes to show, to win, you have to sign up!

A statewide business conference hosted by the Central Wyoming College in Riverton, WY, on May 4, 2011, held a drawing for the laptop at the conclusion of the business conference.

Kathy said, “I wasn’t sure it was my name that was called. I was flabbergasted, tripping over my tongue, hoping I didn’t trip over my feet or drop the computer. I was just so stunned!”

The business conference had three different tracks that addressed the needs of small businesses: General Business, Government Contracting and Artisan. Each track taught ways of expanding markets in both traditional and innovative venues, including digital marketing and social media. The laptop computer was chosen with the goals presented in the conference in mind, with 500 GB of storage, Windows 7 operating system and HD graphics support.

She intends to use the computer to implement many of the ideas presented at the conference, with emphasis on digital presentation and social media. Although she has had a website for many years, she felt it was necessary to include other media such as Facebook, Etsy, Blogger and Flickr to be integrated as well.

The conference was sponsored by: Central Bank and Trust, Central Wyoming College, Chem Trade, Encana, First Interstate Bank, National Endowment for the Arts, Tribal Employment Rights Office, University of Wyoming, USDA Rural Development, Wells Fargo, Wind River Casino,Wind River Development Fund, Works of Wyoming, Wyoming Arts Council,Wyoming Business Council, Wyoming Community Foundation,Wyoming Entrepreneur,Wyoming Small Business Administration