Confluence
Confluence of Time and Place. A public art project in Casper, WY by Matthew Dehaemers (Kansas City, KS). This project would not have been possible without the partnership of the WCDA, the Nicolaysen Art Museum, Grimshaw Investments, LLC, and the City of Casper. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works.
2016 Nebraska Governor's Arts Awardee - Jamie Burmeister
2016 Governor's Arts Awardee - Jamie Burmeister
Outstanding Artist Award
presented by the Nebraska Arts Council
Jamie Burmeister
Jamie’s artworks have been exhibited in galleries, museums and public places throughout the world. His “vermin.me” project has resulted in more than 1,000 installations of small ceramic figures, called vermin, on six continents, 46 countries and all 50 US states. Burmeister’s gallery and museum pieces have been exhibited in the Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha), Des Moines Art Center (Des Moines, Iowa), Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha), Arkansas Art Center (Little Rock, Arkansas), Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln, Nebraska), Create Fixate (Los Angeles, California), Annmarie Garden (Dowell, Maryland) and the Nicolaysen Art Museum (Casper, Wyoming). Burmesiter has completed commissions for the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Crisp Recording Studios in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Omaha Children’s Museum and the South Omaha Library. He has received numerous honors and awards including the Nebraska Art Council’s 2010 and 2007 Individual Artist Fellowships, Omaha Entertainment and Arts 2007 Best Public Art and 2006 Three-Dimensional Sculpture awards, and the Serenbe Artist in Residence. He received a BA in Exercise Science from Creighton University in Omaha in 1992, an MS in Health Education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1995, and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in 2005. He is presently an art instructor at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha.
Casper, Wyoming
Casper is a city in and the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Casper is the second-largest city in Wyoming, according to the 2010 census, with a population of 55,316. Only Cheyenne, the state capital, is larger. Casper is nicknamed The Oil City and has a long history of oil boomtown and cowboy culture, dating back to development of the nearby Salt Creek Oil Field. In 2010, Casper was named the highest-ranked family-friendly small city in the West, and ranked eighth overall in the nation in Forbes magazine's list of the best small cities to raise a family.
Casper is located in east-central Wyoming at the foot of Casper Mountain, the north end of the Laramie Mountain Range, along the North Platte River.
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Talley Dunn gallery, Sarah Williams, Area Codes, 2016
In her first exhibition with the gallery, Williams presents a series of small oil on panel paintings. Each depicts a quiet, small town scene in the stillness of night, curiously devoid of human interaction. All of the works come from photographs taken at night of ordinary, rural sites around the Midwest with an early, first-generation digital camera. In her studio, Williams transforms these images into painted nightscapes illuminated with the unusual glow of street lamps, house lights and strings of holiday bulbs, all casting their glow onto surrounding objects.
The straightforward nature of the paintings is deceptive, as the works evoke different moods depending on the quality of light and context of the site presented. For example, Meadowmere Street offers a simple food truck with an amusing hula dancer form atop its sign, as the glimmer from the neon and service window lights illuminate the surrounding spaces and imbue the simple cracked lines of the street with a mysterious quality. In contrast, the isolated house depicted in Marine Drive glows with an eerie loneliness, its shadows filled with reflected somber colors that show the influence of American painter Edward Hopper. Williams fills her everyday tableaus of small town America with equal parts of mystery and moody reverie.
After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from William Woods University, Missouri, Williams received a Master of Fine Arts degree in drawing and painting from the University of North Texas in 2009. The artist now serves as professor of painting at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.
Williams’ paintings have been featured in one-person exhibitions at the Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming; the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont; the Galveston Art Center; McMurtrey Gallery, Houston; and George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles. In addition, the artist has been granted numerous awards, including residencies at Willapa Bay AiR in Oysterville, Washington (2015); the Ucross Foundation Artist Program in Ucross, Wyoming (2013); artist’s grant and residency at the Vermont Studio Center (2010); and the Muriel Braeutigam Memorial Prize from the St. Louis Artists’ Guild (2004).
In the fall of 2015, the artist’s work was included in New American Paintings (no. 119, Midwest Edition).
Confluence of Time and Place (3) by Matthew Dehaemers
Confluence of Time and Place 2012
Casper, Wyoming
Public art by Matthew DehaemersThe vision of this public art piece is inspired by the historical periods of this region. All along the way life has left its' mark on the rugged rocky terrain of the area in the form of bones, fossils, word and image carvings of indigenous people and pioneers. Today we mark the land by utilizing its' rich natural resources to fuel our communities including new alternative sources such as solar and wind energy. Today is just one small point on a continuum of millions of years of existence.
It is this continuum of time that creates a confluence intersecting geology with the existence of life. As human beings we are use to placing time into a microcosmic context of years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds. When we talk about the geology of the earth we are talking about a macrocosm of 4.6 billion years. It is almost unfathomable to comprehend the true reality of that span of time.
This public art installation is a way to symbolically connect these two paradigms of time. This structure is designed to broadcast with its shadow the time of day specifically for the exact latitude and longitude of Casper. In essence, this point on earth directly makes a connection with the sun at the center of our universe. At the same time, various graphically rendered spots surrounding the installation reveal the totality of our earth's geological history and the existence of life since the beginning of our planet.
This sundial sculpture utilizes the wind that is such a trademark of the area. Like the marks left by a variety of prehistoric animals, humans and other life forms throughout history, the wind has also helped carved the rock formations that make up the landscape of Wyoming today and into the future. Symbolically, the entire community is united by the feel and touch of the wind on a daily basis, just as the sundial form connects the Casper community directly to the sun millions of miles away. The mountain-like structure filled with layers of clear recycled glass chunks reflects the rich history of this region's geology and prehistoric life. The installation in many ways serves as a phoenix rising up out of the earth symbolizing the cycles of erosion and the sustainable revitalization of Casper.
This project was made possible by a Collaboration between the Wyoming Community Development Authority,
Nicolaysen Art Museum, The City of Casper and Grimshaw Investments, LLC
Patti Fiasco - I should know (Live) What Fest - Cody, Wyoming (By Levi Wells)
What Fest - Cody, Wyoming (By Levi Wells - Audio By Will Ross)
The Patti Fiasco formed in November of 2008 when five strangers, born to wolves and raised by outlaws, congregated over amber shots of whiskey in Laramie, Wyoming's infamous, Buckhorn Bar. The five drew dollars like pistols from their pockets (Alysia, from a holstered skirt), and drowned their libations in strange synchronization. Coincidence has denied responsibility for the band's formation, and instead points a crooked finger at Fate. Since, they've been composing original tunes as restless, wild, and sweet-hearted as their respective histories, all the while touring across the Wild West. Backed by demand from their steadfast local following, The Patti Fiasco's five song demo, No Bridges, will be released this Spring. The Wyoming quintet, featuring Encampment's Alysia Kraft, vocals, guitar; Star Valley's Dee Tyler, vocals, lead guitar; Lander's Scott Clabby, drums; Cheyenne's Niles Mishke, bass; is known for making crowds shake a leg and shake a room with their moon howling, fast riding, train robbing tunes.The Patti Fiasco is the wild-eyed love child of Loretta Lynn and the Sundance Kid... or are they more like Alice Cooper after a good piece of cake? Though their swagger is decidedly Western, their music is not so simply nailed down. Kraft marries the lyric sensibility of a seasoned folk singer with the intensity and showmanship of hair metal at its meanest. Tyler drives sweet-hearted melodies like runaway trucks. If your songs were your children, you'd want them growing up with drummer, Scott Clabby-- each one handled with diligence, sensitivity, and fun, feisty wit. Bassist Niles Mishke, the envy of any band demanding both versatility and flair, never leaves the funk at home. Frequent appearances by lap steel virtuoso Ansel Foxley (Lonesome Traveler, Glovetrucker), and showcase banjo from long-time friend Dennis 'Abe' Abramson round off the listening delight. Regardless of classification, The Patti Fiasco is damn fine band boasting a unique sound and live performances that expertly balance intimacy and explosion. Get 'em while they're hot, or wait a second until they're burning down the house.
Y.O.T.P (Year of The PIG)
SKYLARK LOUNGE DENVER
06/11/15
INDIE UNDERGROUND NIGHT
Help Support NCHS's Welsh Auditorium Project
The John F. Welsh Auditorium is being remodeled as part of the state of Wyoming's Natrona County High School remodeling project. However, there are a few features that the Casper Area Education Foundation is raising money to improve the auditorium.
The Patti Fiasco, SXSW 2015
The Patti Fiasco from Fort Collins, Colo., performed on Friday, March 20, at the Colorado Music Party during SXSW 2015 at the 512 in Austin, Texas.
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