6 - STEPPING OUT Jackson Hole News&Guide, Wednesday, April 14, 2010
New gallery presents spectrum of fine art
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Who: Owners Heather Sacre and James Carona, gallery director Lyndsay McCandless What: Heather James Fine Art When: 10-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (off-season hours) Where: 172 Center St. Web: www.heatherjames.com Telephone: 200-6090 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– By Katy Niner
Yoshio Ikezaki’s watercolor concentrations of chi. Then they can travel through distinct yet dialoguing galleries – from the extinct botanical explosions of Penelope Gottlieb to the mesmerizing nebula of Timothy Tompkins, moving on to a Japanese embroidery of a bird of prey and the Modernist planes of Milton Avery, then Tim Hawkinson’s ram’s horn of gingerbread molds, before concluding in a corner of Latin American art or a nook of photography. “The full spectrum of art lovers in this community will feel welcome here,” McCandless said. Echoing the narrative of so many Jackson transplants, Sacre and Carona fell in love with Jackson as a pit stop between their home, Palm Desert, and her family’s in South Dakota. Jackson fulfilled latent longings, like Sacre’s love of animals, nature and winter. In 2006, the two got married atop East Gros Ventre Butte at Spring Creek Ranch and bought a condo here. “We always thought of Jackson as the place we would be someday,” Sacre said. Fate accelerated that time line. Stepping inside Bland Hoke’s Center Street space, they knew. “The actual decision was a Blink moment,” Sacre said, referring to Malcolm Gladwell’s book. “Instead of waiting for someday, we would make it happen now. It’s a dream come true,” she said. “This wouldn’t have happened three years ago or
A work of art, when placed in a different setting, can appear anew. Such is the same within an art community: A new gallery can shift the aesthetic composition. With its arrival, Heather James Fine Art adds new perspective with the breadth and depth of its worldclass collection. From antiquities to the avant-garde, old masters to contemporary photography, Heather James bridges art genres and periods. The gallery pledges to do the same between art channels in Jackson – a vow underscored by recruiting gallery director Lyndsay McCandless, who will forge new opportunities for aesthetic communion with owners Heather Sacre and James Carona. Heather James Fine Art, modeled after the owners’ existing galleries in Palm Desert, Calif., presents a diverse spectrum of art, past and present. With little duplication of artists, each piece simultaneously stands alone and in concert. To transition from the outside world, visitors are greeted with tranquil works like Seiju Toda’s meticulously composed photographs and
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Owner Heather Sacre and director Lyndsay McCandless feature a wide variety at the new Heather James Fine Art.
three years from now.” As gallery owners, Sacre and Carona have learned they must be flexible and change, assess and take risks – an approach mirrored by McCandless’ experience. Sacre sees Heather James Fine Art as building on what McCandless started at Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary. “She laid the foundation for people like us to come here,” she said. For McCandless – who graduated with an art history and studio art degree from Princeton University, has worked with pARTners and the Snake River Institute, and spent five years at Martin-Harris Gallery before opening her own – an opportunity like this previously only seemed possible in big cities. To her new role, she brings her background as an artist, an
art student, an art teacher and advocate, and as an art dealer. McCandless feels her route has been shared by all who weathered the recession together. One way to channel such an experience is to “come out with new collaborations, new energy,” she said. Such innovation is palpable in the gallery, particularly in its design by architect Dianna Wong, of Los Angeles, (designer of the new W Hotel in Washington, D.C.). Wong traveled to Jackson and toured sights and structures for inspiration. The finished space uses a local palette of materials, colors and textures to create an ambience at once serene and electrifying. Paramount to the design was constructing four galleries while fostering a flow throughout. Sightlines forge relationships between artworks. The
design demonstrates how art might live in clients’ homes as a conversant whole. Beyond Teton recruitment, Sacre and Carona also enlisted the team they have built at their two Palm Desert galleries, Heather James Fine Art and Heather James Art and Antiquities. Curator Chip Tom lends contemporary prowess, while Carona brings expertise with antiquities, impressionist and modern art. Like McCandless, Sacre and Carona value education, she as a former schoolteacher and he as a martial arts instructor (he holds a fifth-degree black belt in karate). They approach selling art as building long-term relationships with clients. As a former investment banker and voracious news reader, Carona connects with people’s professions and honors the investment of an art purchase. “When people come into the gallery, I want to educate them so they leave enriched, whether they purchase a piece or not,” Sacre said. After this soft launch, the gallery will host an official opening in the next few months and present its first major show in June. New shows will be staged periodically, with a focus on summer and early fall. “The fact that Heather and Jim opened a business here not only attests to their desire to be a part of Jackson on a long-term basis,” McCandless said, “but it also attests to what everyone else in the arts community is doing. There is strong support for the arts in Jackson.”
galleries&museums j a c k s o n h o l e
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By Nature Gallery
Specializing in the finest quality fossil, mineral and meteorite specimens from around the world. We offer fossils from local Kemmerer as well as the very rare Tyrannosaurus Bataar from Mongolia and a fun kids corner with fossils and minerals for all ages. Jewelry, gifts, and a broad variety of petrified wood is also available. Open daily. 86 East Broadway on the Town Square. 307200-6060.
2 Cayuse Western Americana Specializing in high quality Cowboy and Indian antiques. Great selection of chaps, spurs, beadwork, textiles, and antique and new hitched horsehair items. Vintage buckles, early western and Native American jewelry, old photography, art, prints, and lithos are featured and historic Jackson Hole, Teton Park and Yellowstone items. Exclusive
PERRY MERCILL
TOWN PARKING LOT
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4 Jackson Hole Art Auction Trailside Galleries and Gerald Peters Gallery will present the fourth annual Jackson Hole Art Auction in Jackson, Wyoming on Saturday, September 18th. The much anticipated event will be held in the Center Theater at the Center for the Arts. The Jackson Hole Art Auction focuses on important works by the Taos Society of Artists, Contemporary Western Masters, as well as historically recognized artists of the American West. A portion of the proceeds from the auction will benefit the Center for the
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Arts. 130 East Broadway – 866-549-9278 – www.jacksonholeartauction.com
5 Mangelsen’s Images Of Nature Gallery Representing exclusively the work of acclaimed wildlife photographer Tom Mangelsen. Dedicated to the preservation of Nature and the respect of wildlife, Mangelsen has traveled all over the world to bring back unique portraits of wildlife and stunning sceneries. The gallery also offers posters, books, screensavers, videos and note cards featuring his work. The #1 gallery in Jackson. 170 N. Cache, 307-733-9752.
6 National Museum of Wildlife Art Overlooking the National Elk Refuge, this architecturally stunning building houses the nation’s premier collection of fine wildlife art. With more than 5,000 items in the collection and changing exhibitions, there’s always something new to discover. Featuring Robert Bateman, Albert Bierstadt, Rosa Bonheur, William Merritt Chase, Bob Kuhn, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Carl Rungius. Children’s gallery. Museum Shop. Rising Sage Café. Open Daily. 3 miles north of town. 307-733-5771. WildlifeArt.org.
7 Trailside Galleries
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MILLWARD
Established in 1981, specializing in quality 19th and early 20th century American furniture. The gallery is nationally recognized for its authentic Mission and Thomas Molesworth furniture, early Navajo rugs, Native American beadwork and Western Americana. Located 4 blocks south of the Town Square at 375 S. Cache. Open MonSat 9:00-6:00, Sun by appointment only. 307-733-2669. www.fightingbear.com.
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local representative for Clint Orms buckles and Susan Adams cowgirl jewelry. 3 blocks north of the Wort Hotel (across from Nani’s). 255 N. Glenwood. 307-739-1940.
Trailside Galleries is the discerning collector’s first choice for the finest in representational works of art. Established in 1963, the gallery features an unparalleled collection of western, impressionist, landscape, figurative, still-life and wildlife art as well as works by many deceased masters. We have relocated to a spacious and newly remodeled 15,000 sq. ft. building, ideally situated by the town square, fine shopping, lodging, restaurants. Additionally, Trailside Galleries is home to the annual Jackson Hole Art Auction held in September. 130 East Broadway 307-733-3186 www.trailsidegalleries.com.