Art and Design: Luck and Intention Triangle X Ranch Grand Teton National Park January 25-27, 2013
Welcome
to the Art Association of Jackson Hole’s art weekend at the spectacularly beautiful and historic Triangle X Ranch! This weekend marks the commencement of the Art Association’s 50th Anniversary year, and we are delighted to celebrate this momentous occasion with all of you. On the following pages, you will find detailed descriptions of the events taking place over the course of the weekend, along with biographies on the participants to help you understand just how very special this weekend is going to be. The ranch offers unsurpassed cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, photography, and wildlife viewing right out your front door. Have a look and prepare yourself for a truly sumptuous feast for the mind, body and spirit! Please don’t hesitate to contact Cathy Wikoff at the Art Association directly if you have questions regarding the weekend. She can be reached at 307.733.6379. We look forward to seeing you on the 25th! Warmest regards, Mariam Diehl and Agnes Bourne Co-Chairs, Triangle X Art Weekend
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Friday, January 25th
Schedule
3:00 pm
Check-in
5:00 pm
Welcome, introductions and cocktails: Join us in the Triangle X Great Room for cocktails, followed by the very first sneakpreview of “Wild & Full of Grit”, a short film about Kathryn Turner and Triandle X Ranch. It will be premiered in Jackson Hole in the coming months, and our group will be the first to see it!
Wild & Full of Grit
Wyoming, Born & Raised is a dance film project which merges the worlds of historical and oral storytelling with modern dance into the creation of a film. The final film will consist of several 10-15 minute segments. Each segment will utilize spoken word, music, visual imagery, and dance to express the myths, legends, anecdotes, and memories of an individual and/or family from Wyoming. Wild & Full of Grit is a segment told by Kathryn Mapes Turner and features the Triangle X Ranch. Founded in 2008, Hole Dance Films (HDF) projects explore the art of dance on camera, guiding the audience to view and understand dance by portraying everyday human activity through choreography and film. HDF is a collaborative partnership between Carrie Richer, Kate Kosharek, and Natalia Duncan, and HDF’s projects have screened in festivals across the US and abroad.
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6:00 pm
Dinner: Five-course gourmet dinner by chef Tom with specially selected wine pairings and a talk during dinner by premier Napa Valley sommelier Nicole Darracq, followed by good cheer and further discussion over port selections, dessert and coffee around the library fire.
Nicole Darracq
Nicole Darracq began her formal wine training as a Corporate Trainer for the Paragon Restaurant Group, where she developed educational semi nars in wine and food pairing for restaurant per sonnel and consumers. After moving to the Napa Valley’s Beringer Wine Estates, she managed the marketing efforts for the company’s imported wine portfolio. At Beringer, Nicole served on Sensory Evaluation panels for the company’s research de partment and had the opportunity to work with Tim Hanni, America’s first Master of Wine and an innovative wine educator. It was during her tenure as Marketing Director for Wildhurst Vineyards that Nicole began to travel the country, conducting wine dinners and semi nars for restaurants and wholesalers, charity events and consumer groups and continuing to train wait staff and kitchen crews in wine service and food pairing. Now the owner of Classical Impact Marketing, an agritourism development firm, Nicole works with small, family-owned estate wineries throughout California and with importers on the East Coast. She teaches Wine Sensory Evaluation at community colleges and through adult education centers, judges wine competitions, and continues to give seminars and dinners at resorts, charity galas and private events. In 2006, her annual stint as Guest Sommelier at the Triangle X Resort Winter Gala in Jackson Hole, Wyoming earned her an invitation to conduct a private wine dinner for Vice President Dick Cheney. She has been a featured session speaker at the Certified Wine Educators’ annual conference and taught classes on Spanish and Rhone varietal wines at UC Davis for the Alumni Association and the California Ag Leadership Foundation. Her direct, informative style is highly popular with both industry experts and wine hobbyists, successfully de-mystifying wine for hundreds of delighted consumers. Nicole lives in Jackson, California and when not swirling, sniffing and spitting, enjoys backpacking, kayaking, cross-country skiing and cooking up a storm with her husband Jeff.
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Saturday, January 26th Early morning
For early risers, please feel free to grab a set of cross coutry skiis or snowshoes and head out for a tour around the property! (We’ll make sure everyone knows where to find equipment upon arrival at the ranch on Friday, and you’re welcome to bring your own if you prefer.)
8:30 - 9:30 am
Breakfast
10:00 am – noon Painting with Kay Stratman: Watercolor Without Fear Join master watercolor painter Kay Stratman for a special P’o Mo watercolor painting session. Refresh your skills or learn new ones! Kay has adapted a Chinese technique called “p’o mo” (translated meaning “splash ink”) to createcolorful saturated watercolor paintings on a gold or silversurface. The outcome can be abstract or realistic to fit your style.
Kay Stratman
Controlled spontaneity. This dynamic dichotomy originally drew Kay Stratman to Asian brush painting, an ancient art she has since translated into a style all her own, a mix of traditional technique and contemporary aesthetic. She describes her current work as “Asian influenced.” After majoring in graphic design in college, Kay spent 14 years at a commercial art studio in Minneapolis, but continued to search for her own artistic medium. In 1983, she met a “sumi-e” (Asian ink painting) artist and instantly knew she had found her visual voice. Asian paintings are simple in composition, yet full of harmony, balance and peace. Kay studied sumi-e full-time for four years, and still continues studying with master artists and teaches and demonstrates painting across the country. Kay’s focus now is P’o Mo, (translated as “splash ink”). Though an ancient Chinese technique, the results look contemporary. The spontaneous look of P’o Mo disguises the skill required to master the difficult medium and its special tools. She applies a wide range of techniques honed by years of practice and experimentation to the subjects she loves in life: the mountainscapes that surround her Wyoming home; cranes sailing across a sunset; a frog bathing in a marbleized pool.
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
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1:00 – 2:30 pm
Cross country ski tour of the property with John Turner
John F. Turner
John Turner served for 19 years in the Wyoming State Legislature and is a past President of the State Senate. He has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, International Environment & Scientific Affairs, and was President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to public-private partnerships to protect land and water resources. During his tenure, the Fund protected more than 2.8 million acres of parks, wildlife habitat, and open space across America. Between 1989 and 1993, Mr. Turner served as the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where he was responsible for expanding collaborative approaches under the Endangered Species Act, increasing wetland protection and establishing 55 new National Wildlife Refuges, the most of any administration in the nation’s history. A native of Moose, Wyoming, Mr. Turner is a third-generation rancher who, with his brothers, operates the Triangle X Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.
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Art and Design: Luck and Intention 1:00 – 2:30 pm
OR Painting with Kathryn Turner: Of anywhere in the valley, Triangle X Ranch has one of the most magnificent angles of the Teton Range. Learn how to depict them with the artist who grew up with this view. Kathryn Mapes Turner will lead participants through a step by - step process to create a finished image.
Other optional activities: snow shoe, photography, hot tub, nap, explore
Kathryn Mapes Turner
The artwork of Kathryn Mapes Turner has unfolded from the mountain valley of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Here she was born as the fourth generation to be raised on the Triangle X Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. She grew up riding the trails of the valley, learning wilderness lore and gaining an eye for landscape amid what she believes to be the most spectacular scenery on earth. Turner began studying art in her teens from noted local painters. She then left Wyoming to attend the University of Notre Dame, majoring in Studio Arts. She spent an influential semester in Rome, Italy and then studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. Turner now has a master’s degree from the University of Virginia. Having been passionate about painting since childhood, Turner is now nationally recognized with top honors from the American Impressionist Society and the National Academy of Equine Art. Her work has been exhibited in the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Charlie Russell Museum and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Turner has been recognized as Wyoming Best Watercolor Artist in 2001 by the Wyoming Watercolor Society and was included in SouthwestArt Magazine’s “Annual Profile of Young Artists with Promising Careers.” Turner believes that growing up in Grand Teton National Park, a place with such dramatic light and dramatic natural composition, gave her an intimate appreciation for art. “I believe the valley of Jackson Hole evokes expression,” says Turner. She now travels all over the world to paint. With watercolors and oil paints, Turner responds to what she sees in hopes of sharing this love of the sublime with others through her work. Turner believes beauty, which can be found everywhere, is a true richness in life.
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3:00 – 4:00 pm
The Sommelier’s Guide to Wine and Food Pairing: Join sommelier and wine educator Nicole Darracq for an introduction to the chemistry and concepts behind the matching of wine to food. Using simple, familiar ingredients and four basic “categories” of wine, Nicole demonstrates how fundamental flavors react both for and against each other in a fun, informative session that will leave you with all the science you need to start delighting your dinner guests! You’ll learn useful things like how to profile a wine (and a taster), how to read a menu for pairing hints, how to adjust a dish to improve a pairing and why the French invented hollandaise! No matter your experience level, Nicole has found that this seminar has something new for everyone, so bring a note pad and prepare to have a ball. (Please be mindful of scented lotions, perfumes and sunscreens at this event, as your aromas can negatively impact your neighbor’s sensitivity and your own appreciation of the wines.)
5:00 pm
Cocktails in the Great Room
5:45 pm Dinner: Gourmet dinner followed by conversation lead by Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Fran cisco Museum of Modern Art. Janet will speak about The Stein Collection, relating the Stein experience to the importance of thoughtful collecting and the friendship of present day art pa trons.
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Art and Design: Luck and Intention Janet Bishop
Janet Bishop is curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). In this capacity, Bishop’s primary responsibilities include the acquisition, research, presentation, and interpretation of objects in the permanent collection of the Painting and Sculpture Department and the organization of special exhibitions. Bishop was one of the lead curators for The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde — an award-winning and critically acclaimed historical exhibition that premiered at SFMOMA and traveled to the Grand Palais, Paris, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2011-12). Other exhibition projects of special note include 75 Years of Looking Forward: The Anniversary Show (2010-11), a major reinstallation of SFMOMA’s collection assembling some 400 works in all media; Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective (2005-6), the first comprehensive exhibition of the California realist’s paintings and drawings; and 010101: Art in Technological Times (2001), which brought together the work of 20 international contemporary artists on the occasion of the millennium. Bishop is currently at work on a Matisse/Diebenkorn exhibition, which she is co-organizing with the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the first David Park exhibition to examine the full scope of the artist’s output. She is also overseeing the museum’s off-site exhibition programming during its expansion construction period from the summer of 2013 through early 2016. Bishop joined SFMOMA as a curatorial assistant in 1988, was promoted to Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture in 1992, and was named Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture in 1997. She was promoted to her current position in 2000. Prior to joining SFMOMA, Bishop worked at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University (1987-88) and at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University (1984-85). She received her BA in art history and psychology from Cornell University in 1985 and her MA in art history from Columbia University in 1988.
The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde SFMoMA, May 21 - September 06, 2011 American expatriates in bohemian Paris when the 20th century was young, the Steins — writer Gertrude, her brothers Leo and Michael, and Michael’s wife, Sarah — were among the first to recognize the talents of avant-garde painters like Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Through their friendship and patronage, they helped spark an artistic revolution. This landmark exhibition draws on collections around the world to reunite the Steins’ unparalleled holdings of modern art, bringing together, for the first time in a generation, dozens of works by Matisse, Picasso, Paul , Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and many others. Artworks on view include Matisse’s Blue Nude (Baltimore Museum of Art) and Self-Portrait (Statens Museum, Copenhagen), and Picasso’s famous portrait Gertrude Stein (Metropolitan Museum of Art). The Steins Collect offers a rare, in-depth encounter with the artworks and the extraordinary people behind the birth of modern art.
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Sunday, January 27th 7:30 -8:20 am
Sunrise Yoga: Inversion Yoga will conduct a sunrise yoga class for all levels. Mats will be provided, or you are welcome to bring your own.
8:30 – 9:30 am
Breakfast
9:30-11:30 am Painting with Kathryn Turner OR Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, photography, nap, jacuzzi 12:00-2:00 pm
Brunch: Gourmet brunch and presentation by Agnes Bourne, ASID Design: An Unlimited Language is an interactive presentation combining visual examples with a handbook for better building. We will experience a special segment of the course Agnes taught at Stanford University in the Continuing Studies Program, emphasizing the important of individuals in the design process and design thinking.
Agnes Bourne
Agnes Bourne, ASID has been involved in the practice of design for over forty years. She created the Agnes Bourne Showroom at the San Francisco Design Center to include the work of furniture artists and selected manufactured furniture, fabric and lighting lines. In 1987 she introduced her own line of furniture, The Agnes Bourne Collection, and began a design-licensing program. Her design practice includes interior design for residential and commercial clients, product design for international companies, remodeling and restoration projects, retail display and healing spaces. In 1999, she passed her San Francisco business on to her employees. She became a consultant and an arts educator. Ms. Bourne currently serves as a trustee for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum - Smithsonian Institution, The Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, and as emeritus trustee of the San Francisco Art Institute. Other past board service includes San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA. and The Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Ms. Bourne studied art in Florence, Italy, earned a BA in Art and Psychology from Mills College and an AA in Design from Rudolph Shaeffer School of Design.
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Triangle X Dude Ranch History The 2013 season marks the 87th year of operation for the Triangle X Ranch. Four generations of Turners have called the ranch home. 1st Generation: John S. and Maytie Turner lived operated the Lost Creek Ranch outside of Morgan Utah, and occasionally during the early 1900’s they would take a fun vacation to Yellowstone National Park and a special place they loved, a relatively unknown valley called “Jackson Hole.” They would stay with some homesteading friends, the Meyers, who had a small ranch to the east side of the valley which a spectacular view of theTetons and overlooked the Snake River. During these early visits, the Turners’ love for Jackson Hole became stronger. One summer day John S. Turner once again walked to the river to fish from the Meyer homestead. As he came down a small draw carpeted with aspen trees and pines, he followed a small creek out into an open area the land sloped gently towards the river and the spectacular Teton Range. Nestled here was a small homestead owned by Bill Jump. Turner decided at that moment, at that spot, he wanted to move his family to Jackson Hole and build their home in this spot. On July 6, 1926, he bought the property where now sits the Triangle X Ranch by paying twice what the owner had asked. Treating a man fairly was an unwritten code of the mountain west. That summer Turner came to the valley with his two sons, John C. and Bert to begin building their new home. While the basement was being built, trees were felled and logs were pulled to the site. Upon completion of the basement the Turner men moved to the site to live in the underground room. That fall, the Triangle X Turners hosted their first guests, who were big game hunters. The hunters also stayed in the basement that first fall of service. In early winter, work continued and the large two story log home took shape. During these early decades, there were no plowed roads in this area of the valley, so winters were long and isolated at the ranch. A trip to town usually consumed several days, requiring four days of round-trip travel in a canvas covered sleigh pulled by teams of horses and heated inside with a small wood stove. Since the small town of Jackson was a long trip on dirt roads the ranch was quite self-sufficient. Vegetables came from a large garden. Milk cows supplied milk, cream, and butter. In fact, during these early days, the Turners had a considerable surplus of milk which they sold to neighbors up and down this side of the Valley. The milk was put into metal cans which were taken to customers by mailman who passed the ranch each day. In the winter, the mail was delivered on sleighs with strong horse teams or dogs. Because there was no electricity, wood supplied heat and kerosene lamps brought light to interiors. Refrigeration was provided by large chunks of ice that had been cut form nearby beaver ponds in the winter and stored in piles of sawdust to keep through the summer. A fresh meat supply was provided by the Turners’ cattle herd, chickens, and big game harvested in the fall. Surprisingly, most of these methods of supply continued through the 1940’s.
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Second Generation In the late 1920’s the ranch property was sold by the Turners to the Snake River Land Company. This company was represented to be a group of wealthy easterners who wanted to invest in the cattle and hunting business. Later it became known that this entity was representing the Rockefeller family who wanted to secretly buy up much of the valley of Jackson Hole for preservation purposes. This revelation began more than two decades of bitter controversy, stretching the valley to Washington D.C.. As his parents and siblings moved off the ranch and started other ranches around the valley, John C. Turner continued to operate the Triangle X as a working dude ranch. In 1931 he had the opportunity to guide a young lady on an elk hunt who had moved to Jackson Hole earlier with her father, a retired mining engineer, Harold T Mapes. John C. Turner and Louise Mapes were married in 1935. John and Louise had three sons: Harold, John, andDonald. Early guests came for long periods of time extending often for a month or more. Riding, fishing, square dancing, hiking and relaxing were as popular then as now. Most guests enjoyed helping with the ranch work such as roundups, branding cattle and cutting and putting up the hay for winter feed. Falls were as busy as summer and the Triangle X became well known for its excellent elk, moose, and deer hunting. This was all done from the ranch complex during these early days. Today, the ranch’s big game operation is conducted from wilderness hunting camps located northeast of the valley. In 1950, Congress included much of the valley floor into an expanded Grand Teton National Park, including the acreage of the Triangle X Ranch. Today, the Triangle X continues operation as a working dude ranch and as an authorized concession of the National Park Service - the last dude ranch concession within the nation’s entire National Park’s system. Third Generation Harold is the oldest of the three third generation Turner boys. John is the middle brother and Donald the youngest. Triangle X Ranch currently operates as a partnership between the three third generation brothers. Harold married Berniece and they have three sons; Matt, John and Robert. John married Mary Kay and they have two sons and a daughter; John (Tote), Kathy, and Mark. Donald married AnneKelsey of Salt Lake City and they have a son and a daughter; Lucas and Elizabeth. All fourth generation Turners grew up on the ranch and at one point worked in one position or another at Triangle X. A couple of the fourth generation clan continue working at Triangle X, helping their fathers with the family way of life.
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Directions to the Ranch FROM DOWNTOWN JACKSON:
FROM JACKSON HOLE AIRPORT:
Head North on US-191 N Proceed 24 Miles Turn right onto Triangle X Ranch Road
Turn left onto US-191 N Proceed 15.2 miles Turn right onto Triangle X Ranch Road
What to bring: 1. Comfortable attire - this weekend is casual; 2. Outdoor clothing for cross country skiing/snowshoeing; 3. Cross country ski equipment and snowshoes will be provided by the ranch. You are welcome to bring your own equipment if you wish; 4. Watercolor, drawing and painting materials will be provided. You are welcome to bring your own supplies if you wish; 4. Yoga or other loose comfortable clothing if you plan to participate in yoga class; 5. Bathing suit for the hot tub; 6. Camera and/or other photographic equipment if you wish to photograph the ranch and wildlife; 7. Sunglasses; 8. Sunscreen; 9. Hairdryer- the ranch has some for loan, but you might prefer your own. 10. Wool socks and snow boots.
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+ January 25th - 27th, 2013 A winter weekend of ART, fabulous GOURMET FOOD and FINE WINE at the beautiful, historic Triangle X Ranch in Grand Teton National Park hosted by the Art Association of Jackson Hole.