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Directors’ Letter Dear Members and Friends, We are delighted and honored to be serving you and the community as Co-Executive Directors of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Both of us have been living, working and raising children in the valley for years, and many of you already know us as colleagues, neighbors or friends. Our love for this valley and the important role the arts play in attracting and keeping us here inspired us to step forward into this leadership role. We desire, as you do, to make the Wood River Valley a stimulating place to live and visit—a place where our parents, our kids and our friends have the cultural, intellectual and entertainment opportunities that fuel their curiosity as well as their sense of creativity and play. Together with The Center’s Board of Directors and Advisory Board, we look forward to advancing The Center’s plan for a new building. With your input and help, we are confident that this vital resource for our community’s future will be realized. In the meantime, we are working with The Center’s smart and dedicated staff to continue presenting outstanding arts programs. As you will see in this calendar, there are wonderful opportunities to hear great music, dip into some stimulating discussions, try your hand at a class or two and even pedal a bike-inspired piece of art. We hope you and your family and friends are able to enjoy much of it. It is going to be a terrific summer!
Sally Boettger
Please feel free to stop in and see us and share with us your feedback on how The Center can play a more significant role in the life of your family and this community. We look forward to seeing you and talking with you over the busy summer months!
Kristin Poole
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Sally Boettger
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Art Classes for Kids
KIDS CLASSES
Summer Art Camp for Ages 5 & 6 with Kim Stocking Mon–Fri, Jul 18–22, 9am–12pm Mon–Fri, Jul 25–29, 9am–12pm $190 / $215 nonmembers (each week) The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Tue, Jul 5
Summer Art Camp for Ages 7–10 with Kim Stocking
Mon–Fri, Jul 18–22, 2–5pm Mon–Fri, Jul 25–29, 2–5pm $190 / $215 nonmembers (each week) The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Tue, Jul 5 Let your children experience fun new ways to make art. They will be involved in creating a variety of projects and will share their ideas and artwork with the group. Kim is excited to show them what can be done with different materials and techniques including drawing, painting, sculpture and collage. Each week the activities will vary, so kids can join us for one week or for two weeks and never repeat a project! Each child will bring home new skills and personalized artwork. An extended day option is available through the Blaine County Recreation District; for more information please call Blaine County Recreation District at 208.788.BCRD. www.bcrd.org
Doing Art Together with Zoey Pierce
Sat, Aug 20, 2–3:30pm $25 / $50 nonmembers (per person) The Center, Ketchum Registration deadline: Fri, Aug 5 Get creative with your kids! Parents and children are invited to discover the artist Andy Warhol. Participants will have fun learning about his life and his creation of pop art. Then get ready for hands on experience making your own screen-print designs and multiple prints.
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TEEN WORKSHOPS Graffiti Art with Percy Fortini Wright
Fri, Sep 23, 4–7pm, Sat & Sun, Sep 24 & 25, 10–4pm $10 pre-registration required The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Fri, Sep 9 During this two day+ workshop, students will work with Boston-based graffiti artist Percy Fortini Wright. Instead of tagging on concrete walls or sides of buildings, students will learn the history of graffiti and create graffiti art on large sheets of Tyvek. These sheets will then be used as the background for artist Pamela DeTuncq’s installation Sheep, featured in The Center’s Ketchum exhibition Awkward Stage: Adolescence and Identity. www.p14ewright.com
FAMILY DAYS Awkward Stage
Sat, Oct 29, 3–5pm The Center, Ketchum FREE Join us as we discover the exhibition Awkward Stage: Adolescence and Identity. Families will have an opportunity to tour the exhibition and create an art project inspired by the artwork they see.
Full scholarships are available for every adult and kids class. Help us spread the word! Through the generosity of our donors, The Center is committed to making classes available to all members of our community regardless of their ability to pay. Please contact Sarah Kolash at 208.726.9491 ex 21 for more details.
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Adult Classes CLASS Details Teaching Assistants and Scholarships Scholarships are available for all Center classes and are based on financial need. Applications are available on our website. Students may also inquire about becoming teaching assistants in exchange for a discount on tuition.
Symposium Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Sun Valley Symposium
Registration, Refund and Credit Policy For all classes a 90% refund is given upon withdrawal prior to the registration deadline. No credits or refunds will be given after the registration deadline. If a class is canceled, students are issued a full refund. Materials
Please note that is the responsibility of the Sat, Jun 18, 10am-4:30pm students to know their own sensitivities to Sun Valley Lodge the materials that may be used in any of the Presented by Boise State University’s Osher classes. All adult classes require students Institute, this daylong symposium features to bring their own supplies. Students can presentations by experts in a variety of obtain a supply list at the time of registration disciplines under the theme “Everything Old is or through our website. Some supply fees New Again.” Speakers and topics include may apply. Dr. Greg Raymond on “American Foreign Policy: The Future as History,” Dr. David Adler College Credit on “The Constitutional Controversy: Old Wine College credit is available for most classes in New Bottles,” Dr. Troy Rohn on “The through the College of Southern Idaho. Plasticity of the Brain: A Summary of Research Inquire about college credit when registeron Alzheimer’s and Memory Loss,” Kathleen ing. An additional fee is charged for college Lewis on “The Anatomy of a Bank Takeover,” credit and is payable directly to the College Van Gordon Sauter interviewed by Dr. Robert of Southern Idaho. Kustra on “The Changing Role and Impact of the Media,” and The Center’s own Kristin Poole and Courtney Gilbert on “The White Canvas, the Single Line, the Wooden Box,” a discussion of minimalism. For more information and to register, visit www.boisestate.edu/osher
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Art History Seminar
Adult Classes
Making Sense of Minimalism with Dr. Courtney Gilbert and Kristin Poole
Break the “Pre” off the Dictable: A Workshop for Fiction Writers with Anthony Doerr
Thu, May 5, 12 & 19, 5:30–6:30pm $25 for the series or $10 per lecture The Center, Ketchum May 5: Kristin Poole on “Modernism to Minimalism” May 12: Courtney Gilbert on “Minimalism in its Moment: The 1960s and 1970s” May 19: Kristin Poole on “The Straight Line: Then and Now”
Mon–Fri, Jun 13–17, 9am–12pm The Center, Hailey $300 / $350 nonmembers Registration deadline: Fri, Jun 3 “Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last,” goes an old Chinese proverb, and in this workshop we’ll look at ways we can sever the cables of our habitual ways of reading, writing and thinking. How can we become less predictable, more aware and more original writers? We’ll talk about clichés, both at the sentence and structural levels, we’ll read some famous stories and some of your stories, too, and we’ll try to explore ways that good writing can help us avoid sleepwalking through life. Participants should be prepared to share up to 15 pages of fiction with Anthony and the other writers in the workshop. Besides reading each other’s work, we’ll read a few published stories (handouts provided) and have lots of fun.
Reading with Anthony Doerr
Tue, June 14, 6:30pm Free at The Center, Ketchum Doerr, who lives in Boise, has just completed a three-year term as Idaho’s Writer in Residence. His newest book, Memory Wall, containing four short stories and two big novellas, has been showered with awards and praise, including the 2010 Story Prize and 2011 Pacific Northwest Book Award. It was named a Notable Book of 2010 by the New York Times and a Top 12 Book of 2010 by the Boston Globe. Individual stories in the book have won a Pushcart Prize, an O. Henry Prize and a National Magazine Award for Fiction. The Oregonian called Memory Wall “crazy good,” and writer Dave Eggers said that “Doerr has set a new standard, I think, for what a story can do.”
Class Reading
Fri, June 17, 6:30pm ree at The Center, Hailey Students of Doerr’s class will read their latest work. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to hear from local voices.
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More Adult Art Classes The Center and Company of Fools Present
Bike Counterculture: Rat Rods, Klunkerz, Customs & Lowriders with Bruce Kremer
Thu, Jun 23, 5–8pm $25 / $30 nonmembers The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Thu, Jun 9 Style over function. Embrace the hot rod aesthetic and gain the inspiration to personalize your standard two-wheeler. We’ll look at extreme bikes that take cues from outlaw and outlandish imagery that will provide you with the ideas to apply to your ride. Would ape hangers, a banana seat or whimsical adornments transform your bike from bland to bodacious? Students need to bring at least one 8”x10” side view photograph of their bike on a 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper.
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Creative Jump Ins: Silk Dyeing and Printmaking with Deb Gelet
Wed & Thu, Jul 6 & 7, 5:30–7:30pm $40 / $45 nonmembers (individual class) $75 / $85 nonmembers (both classes) The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Wed, Jun 22 Wed, Jul 6—Silk Dyeing Learn how to hand-dye silk prayer flags with textile artist Deb Gelet. In this class students will discover fiber-reactive dye colors and manipulate dye absorption for visual texture. Thu, Jul 7—Printmaking Create printing blocks and print on flags using textile inks and paints. Iconography and personal symbols are highly encouraged. Students may also experiment using found objects. For more Creative JumpIns and Company of Fools offerings visit: www.companyoffools.org/information.asp?id=27
Introduction to Pastels with Irene Lester
Mon–Fri, Jul 11–15, 10am–4pm $400 / $450 nonmembers The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Mon, Jun 27 Pastels are a wonderful and versatile medium. In this class students will learn to achieve direct, brilliant and spontaneous paintings with soft pastels. Discover how to layer, blend and use different types of pastels on various surfaces.
Travel Sketching with Susan Perin
Sat, Jul 16, 8am–4pm $100 / $150 nonmembers Supply fee: $40 The Center, Ketchum Registration deadline: Fri, Jul 1 Do you dream of painting a journal on your next trip? Learn how to do quick sketches with watercolor, pen and a special sketching brush in this one-day class. The materials and techniques are so convenient and compact you can even paint in a moving train, car or bus. Watercolor experience is required.
Woodblock Printmaking with Nick Wroblewski
Tue & Wed, Aug 16 & 17, 10am–4pm $150 / $200 nonmembers Supply fee: $50 The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Tue, Aug 2 Embark on the adventurous process of creating a unique, colorful image through woodcarving with artist Nick Wroblewski. Through the tactile process of carving imagery, students will investigate the methods of relief woodblock printmaking. This class will offer an introduction as well as intermediate techniques for transfer, carving, reduction and multiblock methods. The instructor will help simplify the seemingly complicated world of layers, woodcarving, reversed imagery, registration and printing and will demonstrate hand printing techniques as well as the use of a manual printing press. Students will also be encouraged to discuss imagery, abstraction and conceptual intent. www.nickwroblewski.com
Botanical Drawings with Silverpoint with Kathie Miranda
Mon–Fri, Aug 22–26, 10am–2pm $260 / $310 nonmembers Supply fee: $40 The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Mon, Aug 8 Learn the ancient technique of silverpoint drawing— with a modern twist. Before graphite pencils, artists used a small rod of silver sharpened to a point to make marks on a specially prepared surface. Silver produces an extremely delicate pale gray line that eventually mellows (“tarnishes”) to a deep earth color. Widely used during the Renaissance, silverpoint drawing is enjoying a revival today. One morning will be dedicated to preparing heavy paper with an ancient recipe to produce a delicate drawing surface. Learn how to add color to your drawings with pastel dust. Students will select their subjects from the natural world: flowers, leaves, fruits, seedpods, shells and insects. www.kathiemiranda.com
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More Adult Art Classes Encaustic: A Modern Approach with Larry Calkins
Developing your Workflow and Creativity with Jennifer Spelman
Thu–Sat, Sep 15–17, 10am–4pm $250 / $300 nonmembers Supply fee: $50 The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Thu, Sep 1 Explore the versatile and unlimited field of encaustic painting using traditional and non-traditional approaches to this ancient medium. Work with hot wax, pigment and a variety of materials such as natural ceramic clay and mud washes as textural backgrounds. Explore techniques on paper and panels including the use of stamping, tissue transfer, photocopy transfer, fabric and paper collage. www.calkinsart.net
Mon–Fri, Oct 17–21, 10am–4pm $550 / $600 nonmembers Supply fee: $25 The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Mon, Sep 26 This workshop is for photographers looking to sharpen their vision and establish a system of image management. We will work both sides of our brain—flipping between workflow and creativity. Each day we will explore the organizational power of Adobe Lightroom. Jennifer will demonstrate how to create a user-friendly image archive and process files in the Develop Module. Fieldtrips and assignments will balance out the computer time, helping understand the process behind making a lasting photograph. Each day will build on the last, utilizing images from the previous day’s shoot as practice for developing efficient workflow habits and critiquing those images for consistency in style. www.jenniferspelman.com
Working with Acrylic with Abby Grosvenor
Mon–Fri, Sep 19–23, 6–9pm $200 / $250 nonmembers Supply fee: $10 The Center, Hailey Registration deadline: Tue, Sep 6 Master this most versatile medium! Students will learn the basic techniques of glazing, texturing surfaces and layering color through traditional and experimental approaches. Please note this class is designed for beginning to intermediate students. Abby Grosvenor’s work is shown at Gilman Contemporary. www.gilmancontemporary.com
One Night Workshops Watercolor: The First Step with Susan Perin
Tue & Wed, Oct 4 & 5, 5:30–7:30pm $40 / $50 nonmembers The Center, Hailey This two day workshop is geared towards students who have little or no watercolor experience. Students will create a finished landscape painting working with only three colors and will learn to create dimension and space using washes and glazes. Students will walk away from this fun and intensive workshop knowing how to create a finished watercolor piece using a minimum of materials.
Collage with Gay Bawa Odmark
Tue, Oct 11, 5:30–7:30pm $20 / $25 nonmembers The Center, Hailey Whether you want to try a new medium or experience your first art class, this collage class is the perfect opportunity. This fun and flexible medium will help you get the creative wheels rolling. Through assemblage, students will focus on color harmony and design. After seeing finished examples and demonstrations from the instructor, class members will be encouraged to experiment and create their own personal collage style.
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Geared: The Culture of Bicycles Geared: The Culture of Bicycles
Saturday, May 28–Thursday, July 28 For people of all ages and in all parts of the world, bicycles mean freedom. Kids experience their first moments of independence on bikes—those wheels allow them to explore the edges of their neighborhoods and beyond. People around the world use bicycles to get to school and work quickly and cheaply. In the early 20th century, bicycles came to epitomize the New Woman. Bicycles offer a different kind of freedom to recreational riders; this is particularly true in the Wood River Valley. From early spring through late fall, cyclists are a constant presence on the bike path, Highway 75, and backcountry trails. Cars and buses bear racks loaded with mountain bikes and road bikes. We ride primarily for exercise and for pleasure, finding camaraderie on long rides on winding single track or hilly roads. For many residents of the valley, bikes are also an important means of transportation. In other parts of the world, riders use bikes strictly for transport—not recreation. Beyond getting workers to jobs and students to school, bicycles can be transformed into portable shops or services. Through this multidisciplinary project, The Center celebrates the bicycle in all its forms and uses—as a means of transportation, a vehicle for recreation, and also a site for innovation in design and engineering—a place where craft and industry intersect.
Images from left: Dzine (Carlos Rolon), Untitled, 2010, courtesy the artist and Salon 94, New York; Ahearne Cycles, Portland; Dinh Q. Lê, The Infrastructure of Nationalism, ed. 2/3, 2009, courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland.
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Geared: The Culture of Bicycles Gallery Walk and Bike Portrait Studio
Visual Arts, Ketchum An exhibition in Ketchum features work by contemporary artists exploring bicycles as aesthetic objects, economic tools and essential means of transport. It also includes a selection of custom bicycles—bikes made using the finest design, craftsmanship and materials. Participating artists: Lisa Anne Auerbach Margarita Cabrera Dzine Katina Huston Dinh Q. Lê Bike makers: Ahearne Cycles, Portland Alliance Bicycles, Ketchum Metrofiets Cargo Bikes, Portland Rivendell Bicycle Works, Walnut Creek Schwinn
Sat, May 28, 5–8pm FREE at The Center, Ketchum Join us for a special Gallery Walk and Bike Portrait Session! Ride your favorite bicycle to Gallery Walk—we’ll take a photo of you with your bike and display it in our summer exhibition at The Center, Hailey, opening on Thursday, June 16 (with an opening celebration on Friday, June 24)! Enjoy a beer or a glass of wine as you view the exhibition. Dev Khalsa will shoot you with your bike.
Flight An Installation by Paul Cesewski
Sat, May 28–Sat, Sep 10 On The Center Lot, Ketchum San Francisco–based artist and cyclist Paul Cesewski is designing and installing an interactive sculpture on The Center Lot, across the street from the post office in Ketchum. This pedal-powered artwork incorporates bicycle parts and technology. Visitors are invited to hop on and propel themselves through space while reliving the joy of the playground and those first childhood rides on a bike. Generously supported by Ellen Hanson and Richard Perlman
Free Exhibition Tours
Tue, Jun 21, 2pm and by arrangement The Center, Ketchum Trained gallery guides offer insights into the artwork on display in free tours of our exhibitions. Favor de llamar al Centro de las Artes para arreglar visitas guiadas en español.
Gallery Walk
Fri, Jul 1, 5–8pm FREE at The Center, Ketchum Enjoy a glass of wine or beer as you view the exhibition. We’ll be screening The Triplets of Belleville in the classroom.
Evening Exhibition Tours
Thu, Jul 7, 5:30pm and 7:30pm FREE at The Center, Ketchum We’re doing back to back tours of Geared! Come to The Center before or after your evening ride for beer, wine and an exhibition tour with The Center’s curators and gallery guides.
Images from left: Lisa Anne Auerbach, Sharrow Sweater, 2009, courtesy the artist and Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach; Katina Huston, Book, 2008, courtesy the artist and Chase Young Gallery, Boston, special thanks to Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum; Colby Benz, photo by Dev Khalsa; Paul Cesewski, Flight (during construction), 2011, courtesy the artist.
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Geared: An Open Exhibition Visual Arts, Hailey Geared: An Open Exhibition
Presented by The Center and the Hailey Arts Commission Thursday, June 16–Friday, September 23 Calling local artists! Submit your artwork to The Center’s third annual open exhibition. This summer we’re joining forces with the Hailey Arts Commission to celebrate the bicycle through photos, paintings, prints, drawings and small sculptures. We’re also showing bike portraits taken at the May 28 opening of Geared in Ketchum. Have your photo taken with your favorite bike and we’ll display it at The Center in Hailey! For more information on submitting your work to Geared, see The Center’s website, www.sunvalleycenter.org Image Arne Ryason, Fisher MountainBikes catalog shot, 1983, courtesy the photographer
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PARTY!
FILM
Geared Opening Celebration
Breaking Away Outdoor Film Screening
Fri, Jun 24, 7–8:30 pm Free at The Center, Hailey Join us for the opening celebration of Geared in Hailey. Take a look at artwork by your friends and neighbors and photos of them with their favorite bikes! We’ll be serving drinks and appetizers before we screen Breaking Away later that night.
Fri, Jun 24, 8:30pm Free at The Center, Hailey A coming of age film set in Indiana, Breaking Away follows Dave (Dennis Christopher), Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern) and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley), four workingclass friends who have recently graduated from high school and are forced to confront their uncertain futures. Dave’s father is puzzled and exasperated by his son’s love of Italian music and culture, which Dave associates with bicycling. When a professional Italian bicycling team comes to town for a race, Dave is thrilled to enter the race with the other locals competing with them. After a disappointing finish, Dave’s friends persuade him to form their own cycling team for the annual Indiana University Little 500 race. Ride your bikes to the movie and wear your best Italian bike jersey! Bring a picnic— we’ll sell beer and wine.
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Minimalism: Then & Now
This project has been generously supported by The Robert Lehman Foundation and The Wolfson Family Foundations.
The Literal Line: Minimalism Then and Now Friday, August 5–Friday, September 30
This exceptional group of paintings, works on paper and sculptural objects by artists working at the forefront of the Minimalist movement in the 1960s and 1970s, displayed alongside artwork by four contemporary artists, provides a foundation for a look at the movement that continues to influence artists into the 21st century. The exhibition explores the tendency to create work that is literally about surface and line, about materials and their properties rather than about expression or illusionism. These artists continued Modernism’s inclination to reduce the artwork down to its most basic elements. That tendency continues today in different formats and with new and varied intentions.
Agnes Martin, Carl Andre, Fred Sandback, Sol LeWitt and Jo Baer, with Wes Mills, Ruth Laskey, Brice Marden and Richard Tuttle
Images from left: Wes Mills, Haft Rang, 1997-98, courtesy the artist; Ruth Laskey, Twill Series (Teal Blue/New Emerald Green/Marigold), 2007, Collection of Claudia and Adam Goldyne.
Art History Seminar Making Sense of Minimalism with Dr. Courtney Gilbert and Kristin Poole Thu, May 5, 12 & 19, 5:30–6:30pm $25 for the series or $10 per lecture The Center, Ketchum
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Opening Celebration and Gallery Walks Fri, Aug 5 & Fri, Sep 2, 5–8pm FREE at The Center, Ketchum Enjoy a glass of wine or a cocktail as you view the exhibition.
Free Exhibition Tours
Tue, Aug 16, 2pm and by arrangement The Center, Ketchum Trained gallery guides offer insights into the artwork on display in free tours of our exhibitions. Favor de llamar al Centro de las Artes para arreglar visitas guiadas en español.
Evening Exhibition Tour
Thu, Sep 8, 5:30pm FREE at The Center, Ketchum Enjoy a glass of wine as you tour The Literal Line with The Center’s curators and gallery guides.
Lecture How Much Less is More? The Sun Valley Center for the Arts joins forces with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony and the Community Library in a first-time collaboration exploring Minimalism in the visual arts, music, literature and architecture. Each organization offers programs that relate to Minimalism as it manifested in each of their particular artistic arenas. The Summer Symphony will explore Minimalism as a compositional foundation in works by John Adams, The Chairman Dances (August 4), and Nico Muhly, Wish You Were Here (August 7). On September 1, the Community Library will address the idea of Minimalism in architecture with a lecture by Aaron Betsky titled “The Importance of Nothing: Space and Minimalism in Modernism.”
A Look at Minimalism in the Mainstream by Robert Storr
Tue, Aug 9, 6pm Free at Community Library, Ketchum In partnership with The Community Library and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, The Center presents Robert Storr, artist, critic and former curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the MoMA, New York. He has been a contributing editor at Art in America since 1981 and writes frequently for Artforum, Parkett, Art Press (Paris), and Frieze (London). He is currently Consulting Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and in 2006 Mr. Storr was appointed professor of painting/printmaking and dean of the Yale School of Art.
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Performing Arts
Grupo Fantasma
Thu, Jun 16, 7pm (in conjunction with CSI’s Summer Spanish Institute) Hop Porter Park $15 / $20 nonmembers / $5 kids 12 & under www.grupofantasma.com Grupo Fantasma is widely known for its high energy live shows, which NPR declares “seamless…whenever and wherever they’re on stage.” The 10-piece orchestra has received praise from The Wall Street Journal, La Opinion, and USA Today, which called the band “Latin funk-masters.” Brought together by Austin’s bustling music scene, Grupo Fantasma formed in 2000 and consists of musicians with Latin American and Texan backgrounds. Praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre, the band draws from influences including cumbia, salsa, old-school funk, reggae and more. This year Grupo Fantasma received its first Grammy Award for “Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album” for its latest album, El Existential. Summer Concert Series sponsored in part by
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Avett Brothers
Wed, Jul 13, 7pm, Sun Valley Pavilion $35 / $40 nonmembers / $25 lawn seating—LIMITED VIEW www.theavettbrothers.com The Avett Brothers are a folk rock band from Concord, NC, made up of two brothers, Scott and Seth Avett, who play the banjo and guitar respectively, plus Bob Crawford on stand-up bass, Joe Kwon on cello and Jacob Edwards on drums. The Avett Brothers combine bluegrass, country, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk and ragtime to produce a sound described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having the “heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones.” The band is known for its rowdy, infectious live performances—and this performance in Sun Valley promises to be especially energetic since it coincides with Sun Valley’s hosting of the National Mountain Bike Championships. Sponsored by
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Rickie Lee Jones
Tue, Aug 2, 7pm, River Run Lodge $35 / $40 nonmembers Early entry: $75 / $80 nonmembers (early entry will provide access to the venue 15 minutes prior to the normal entry time) www.rickieleejones.com Grammy Award winner for Best New Artist in 1980, Rickie Lee Jones has spent her career challenging her listeners and the establishment with an absorbing musical vision that defies borders and classification. She rocked the culture of singer-songwriterdom with her refusal to conform to the staid and careful eloquence of the folk rock generation that came before her. Neither punk nor pop, she wove a thread of her own devising, jazz—the old musical kind and R&B—the Motown thread that permeates her work.
Mon, Aug 15, 7pm River Run Lodge $35 / $40 nonmembers Early entry: $75 / $80 nonmembers (early entry will provide access to the venue 15 minutes prior to the normal entry time) www.michaelfranti.com For over two decades, the Bay Area–born Michael Franti has been bringing our world exceptionally powerful, deeply felt music. His latest release, The Sound of Sunshine, is a kind of musical sun shower, a bright, beautiful and often buoyant song cycle created to bring all kinds of listeners a sense of hope during rough and rainy times. The album marked the highest chart debut of Franti’s career on the Billboard Top 200 and continues to find success on the charts with singles “The Sound of Sunshine,” “Say Hey (I Love You),” and his latest release “I’ll Be Waiting.” Franti’s impressive series of recordings have vividly reflected his status as a musical citizen of the world as he continues to bring his unique sound and inspiring message to fans everywhere. “Known for mixing rock, rap, reggae, soul and other styles into a musical gumbo all his own, Franti delivers songs that will force the listener to stand up and ‘Shake It’” —Associated Press
Colin Hay
Sun, Sep 18, 7pm, Sun Valley Opera House, $20 / $25 nonmembers www.colinhay.com You may know the name, you likely know the voice, but you have not seen a show like the troubadour-style solo performance by Scottish-born, Australian-raised, California-dwelling Men at Work frontman Colin Hay. He’ll intersperse his classic and new songs with hilarious, poignant, and downright surreal stories drawn from his often unbelievable experiences over the past three decades. Please note: Colin Hay’s shows contain adult language and material that may not be suitable for all ages or audience members. “Hay’s charm and reputation as a raconteur on stage also endear him to audiences.”—The Age
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Arts & Crafts Festival 43rd ANNUAL ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL Friday–Sunday, August 12–14 Fri & Sat 10am–6:00pm, Sun 10am–5pm Atkinson Park, Ketchum Admission is free
This three-day outdoor exhibition of 130 artists from around the country features a wide range of unique handmade fine arts and crafts including painting, photography, printmaking, fiber, ceramics, metal, jewelry and woodwork. Ranked as one of the best outdoor juried festivals in the nation, the Festival is a tremendous opportunity for Wood River Valley residents and visitors to meet artists and get a sense of what’s happening in the world of arts and crafts—and maybe even buy some art! This popular community event includes artist demonstrations, live music and a children’s activity area.
Free Kids Crafts at the Sun Valley Center Arts & Crafts Festival
Aug 12–14, daily 11am–2pm Atkinson Park, Ketchum All ages welcome. Kids under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. In the activity area, children will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty by trying some of the techniques used by the artists in the Festival. It’s all free, it’s all fun, and it’s all for kids!
Music Stage at the Arts & Crafts Festival
Free all weekend long Stop by the Arts & Crafts Festival music stage – we’ll have music all weekend long featuring The Mighty Shims, Cow Says Moo, Kim Stocking Band, The B-3 Side, Blaze and Kelly, Jeff Crosby and the Refugees and many more. The music stage is on the west side of the Festival and you can pick up food and beverages from our great vendors, sit down at a table and enjoy free live music! CLICK to PRINT
This year’s festival is generously sponsored by Zion’s Bank.
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Wine Auction 30th Anniversary Celebration— Sun Valley Center for the Arts Wine Auction Thursday, July 21–Saturday, July 23
Don’t miss out on the 30th anniversary celebration of Sun Valley’s favorite fund raising event! Beneath the summer sun and surrounded by gorgeous mountains, each year the Sun Valley Center holds the Wine Auction to raise funds to support its educational arts programming and community outreach. The festivities begin Thursday, July 21, with intimate Vintner Dinners at elegant private residences with some of the valley’s most gracious hosts. Due to popular demand, two Riedel Wine Symposiums will be held with Master Sommelier Fred Dame and Wine Australia’s Mark Davidson on Friday, July 22 and on Saturday, July 23. Join Honorary Chair Glenn Janss on Friday evening, July 22, for the main event as you’ve never seen it before—the Wine Auction Gala. This year’s team of guest chefs includes Top Chef Masters Carmen Gonzalez, Rick Moonen and Jonathan Waxman, and after the heated auction bidding, the merrymaking continues to the funky beat of the MarchFourth Marching Band! Uncork your Saturday, July 23, with two of the community’s favorite events of the summer—the Wine Tasting Extravaganza and the Wine Auction Picnic & Concert, with cuisine prepared by some of the valley’s best restaurants and flamenco-style music by Spanish band Sam Lardner & Barcelona.
All Wine Auction events are 21 and older only. For tickets or more information, contact The Center or visit www. sunvalleycenter.org. Please see our website for location details and maps.
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Wine Auction Gala featuring MarchFourth Marching Band
Fri, Jul 22, 5pm Dollar Mountain Lodge We’re turning up the volume—and the fun factor—at the Sun Valley Center Wine Auction, already one of the most successful charity wine auctions in the nation. Live entertainment by the MarchFourth Marching Band will keep things humming along while celebrity chefs Carmen Gonzalez, Rick Moonen and Jonathan Waxman collaborate to dazzle your palate with exquisite cuisine that will pair perfectly with the fine wines generously poured by our vintner friends. Bid on rare wines, luxury dining experiences, custom travel packages and one-of-a-kind-treasures and adventures, knowing that as you do so you are supporting access to the arts for everyone in the Wood River Valley.
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Wine Auction Events Schedule of Events Registration & Auction Lot Viewing Thu, Jul 21, 10am–5pm Fri, Jul 22, 10am–3pm Dollar Mountain Lodge
Dinner with the Vintners
Private Homes in the Valley Thu, Jul 21, 7pm A certain kind of magic transpires when a select handful of the nation’s very best chefs challenge themselves to prepare meals worthy of some of the world’s most exceptional wines. Held in magnificent private homes, these intimate, exclusive dinners are a gourmand’s dream come true. Guest vintners are on hand to share a few gems from their cellars, and our distinguished hosts will welcome you like an old friend. Enjoy the finest that life has to offer while supporting the important work of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts.
Taste the Terroir of the West Sonoma Coast with Master Sommelier Fred Dame
Riedel Wine Symposium I Fri, Jul 22, 11:30am–1pm Sun Valley Resort Master Sommelier Fred Dame will be your guide to the wines of the West Sonoma Coast, where the individual skills of the winemakers allow the strengths of each vineyard to shine through. Ehren Jordan from FAILLA Wines, Jasmine Hirsch from Hirsch Vineyards, Ted Lemon from Littorai Wines and Andy Peay from Peay Vineyards will not only discuss what makes their region unique, they’ll prove it to you with generous samplings of the fruits of their labors. All patrons go home with a set of Riedel stemware.
Shiraz Down Under with Master Sommelier Fred Dame and Wine Australia’s Mark Davidson
Riedel Wine Symposium II Sat, July 23, 11:30am–1pm Sun Valley Resort G’day mate! Let us introduce you to Australia’s bestknown—yet often underestimated—grape. Master Sommelier Fred Dame of Treasury Wine Estates joins forces with Wine Australia’s resident U.S. educator Mark Davidson to lead a fascinating gastronomic tour of Shiraz, from the classics of Barossa and McLaren Vale to the lesser known regions of Beechworth and Heathcote. And you’ll go home with a set of Riedel Shiraz stemware.
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Wine Tasting Extravaganza Sat, Jul 23, 12:30–3pm Dollar Mountain Lodge
Do you drink the same wine over and over just because it’s familiar? Break out of your rut at the Wine Tasting Extravaganza, where everyone from wine newbies to experienced oenophiles will discover great wines in a range of price brackets. Sample everything from classic vintages to new releases as you shatter your preconceptions. You’ll also take home a complimentary Riedel glass. There’s no better way to uncork your Saturday!
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Wine Auction Picnic & More Wine Auction Picnic & Concert Music by Sam Lardner & Barcelona
Sat, July 23, 6–9pm Warm Springs Ranch Picnic like a grown-up at this popular celebration featuring gourmet food from local restaurants, sophisticated wines from around the world and Spanish-style music from Sam Lardner & Barcelona held at beautiful Warm Springs Ranch. Adding to the fun, ten artists have customized wine barrels in honor of the Wine Auction’s 30th anniversary that will be auctioned off to raise funds to support The Center’s nationally recognized arts and humanities programming. If there’s one year you don’t want to miss this event, it’s this year. Flamenco attire and castanets optional!
Paulette Phlipot, Food Photography Award-winning photographer Paulette Phlipot learned to appreciate great food at a young age. Both her parents spent time in the kitchen chopping, stirring and teaching their children how to cook and to be adventurous when it came to eating. So it was only natural for her to combine her passions for food and photography after graduating with honors from the Western Academy of Photography in Victoria, B.C. Canada. Known for her ability to make food look as good as it tastes, Paulette produces images for editorial and commercial clients throughout the world.
30th Anniversary Commemorative Magnum A 30th anniversary is a big deal, so we’re making a big gesture with a Commemorative Magnum to celebrate the occasion. That’s a full 1.5 liters of Silver Oak Cellars 2006 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon in a keepsake etched bottle and presented in a handsome wooden box. Your purchase of a Magnum helps keep The Center’s programs affordable for everyone.
Wine Auction Underwriter: Wells Fargo—The Private Bank Wine Auction Sponsors:
Bacchus Fulfillment Backroads FIJI Water Flexjet ResortQuest Sun Valley Riedel Sun Valley Magazine Tonnellerie Quintessence
Cookbook
Be one of the first to own the spectacular new book Entertaining Sun Valley Style! The Sun Valley Center’s Junior Patrons Circle has published a book that captures the delicious food, superior wines and creative style that has characterized the Sun Valley Center Wine Auction for 30 years. This hardcover, coffee table book features recipes for hors d’oeuvres, casually elegant outdoor menus and multicourse dinners with wine pairing recommendations for each recipe. With stunning full color photography this is the gift book of the year! Reserve your copies now knowing all proceeds support the Sun Valley Center’s youth education programs.
Picnic Sponsors:
Bigwood Bread Bluebird Day Café THE CHOCOLATE MOOSE Cristina’s Restaurant & Bakery Dashi Globus Ketchum Grill Legacy Group, LLC The Roosevelt Grille The Sawtooth Club SEGO restaurant & bar Toni’s Sun Valley Ice Cream Co Warm Springs Ranch
Entertaining Sun Valley Style
Friendly reminder: For this year’s Picnic you will need to ride a bike or take the free Champagne Shuttle. No parking will be allowed at the Picnic site unless you have purchased a .
Cool ways to support The Center
Entertaining Sun Valley Style Behind the Scenes from the Sun Valley Center Wine Auction
Dev Khalsa, Food Photography Dev Khalsa grew up with the magical flavors of New Mexican and East Indian cuisine. Combining a love of food with her passion for photography, Dev creates rich and elegant images that emphasize tone, texture and shape. Inquisitive and eager to explore, Dev found photography in college and has been exploring with her camera ever since. She has had the pleasure of working with some of the finest chefs in the Wood River Valley and beyond.
A compilation by Mandala Media, LLC www.mandala-media.com
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Mandala Media, LLC
The Junior Patrons Circle of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts
Call us to pre-order a book or magnum!
Experience the style and glamour of the Sun Valley Center Wine Auction. Stunning photography of recipes and dishes from acclaimed chefs are paired with elegant party pictures offering an intimate behindthe-scenes portrait of the delicious food, superior wine and creative style that have characterized the Sun Valley Center Wine Auction for thirty years. Every July, this three-day event takes place at gorgeous locations throughout Sun Valley, Idaho, raising significant support for the Sun Valley Center for the Arts—a charitable organization that provides exceptional year round arts and educational experiences for people of all ages. The Center’s founder Glenn Janss was inspired with the idea for the Wine Auction after her girlhood friends Molly Chappellet and Mary Novak invited her to the first Auction Napa Valley in California. She recognized that they made “a little money that night” and wondered if she could do the same for her young arts organization. The following year, Glenn asked Molly, Mary and others to donate wine to her auction for The Center. The generosity of those early participants—wineries, patrons, caterers, auctioneers and volunteers alike—was essential to the success of the Wine Auction. Today the Sun Valley Center Wine Auction attracts wineries, patrons, sponsors and chefs from around the country to its unique blend of casually elegant, highly refined and superbly entertaining dinners, tastings and parties. These events coupled with incredible auction lots have translated into more than $18 million raised to bring educational opportunities and diverse cultural experiences to this remote mountain community. Wine Auction patrons allow The Center to offer free arts programs and scholarships to thousands of children while achieving national recognition for its outstanding programs in the visual arts, the performing arts and the humanities. In gratitude and in awe of this success, the Sun Valley Center’s Junior Patrons Circle has compiled this book to honor the Wine Auction’s 30th Anniversary. Enjoy these delicious menus and wine suggestions with our hope that your life is filled with the art of wine, the art of entertaining and the art of living well. If you need additional inspiration, come join us at the next Sun Valley Center Wine Auction!
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at the center About Us Community A community cannot be a “real” community without the arts. The Center was started in 1971 with this fundamental belief of Bill and Glenn Janss. Our commitment since that time has been to build community through the arts.
Hours • Locations M–F, 9–5 • 191 Fifth Street East, Ketchum Sats in Jul & Aug, 11–5 W–F, 2–6 • 314 S. Second Ave, Hailey The Center Galleries are always free!
VOLUNTEER Spend quality time with a fun group of people! Let us help you find a good fit for your skills. Over 500 people strong, Center volunteers provide the backbone of our operations. Your help is valuable to us. To volunteer call 208.726.9491 ex 10.
Mission The mission of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts is to stimulate and provoke the imagination while opening hearts and minds through diverse arts programs. Sun Valley Center programs are supported by the Engl Trust, the Idaho Commission on the Arts, the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, private foundations, proceeds from the Sun Valley Center for the Arts Wine Auction, grants, donations, and your membership dues.
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