Looking for some color? Come see our beloved western landscapes in vibrant color with James Overstreet’s new work in Colorful West. Opening April 25, 2024 with a reception May 3 from 5-8 PM and a closing reception June 3, also from 5-8 PM.
These paintings showcase our beloved landscape through the lens of color…the way it would be if it could!
Looking for credits for this summer but need some flexibility? Or maybe you can’t find the class that exactly meets your needs and interests. Look no further! The most flexible class you will ever take is available now! Take an independent study in the arts class. Offered in theater, music and visual arts (2D and 3D), you design your own learning. It can be something you need for teaching next year, or just an opportunity to explore your own interests. Maybe you want to learn a new musical style? Or techniques for making costumes quicker and easier? A different, maybe easier way of building sets you’ve never tried? Never done raku? Want to play with colored pencils or pastels? Maybe you are teaching a new course and want to make sure you’re comfortable with the material. Or bored with your current projects and want to change it up! Need to practice technology with your art form? Try it on this class. Going on a trip, and want to make sure you sketch every day? Or listen to new music forms? Any of that, and more are options! For independent study classes, you develop your own goals and learning plan, and see where the creating takes you. Classes can be developed for 1, 2 or 3 credits either through the University of Wyoming (UW) or Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB). Complete the work during the summer at your convenience, in your own time, in the place that works for you. Want to include your kids? Fabulous! Make this class work for you. Just make sure to document it, and make that work for you to. Pictures on your phone, an online album, videos, it all works.
To register, select the class that works the best for you. You can sign up for one or two or all of them. If you are looking to make a push to get a lot of credits this summer, reach out for suggestions! Not sure your idea will fly? Email or call us to discuss.
Classes cost $100 for 1 credit, $150 for 2 credits and $200 for 3 credits. PTSB credits are free; UW credits are paid for separately and are $60/credit. We accept checks, school vouchers, cash and cards. To register, choose a form from below. Complete the form (or just type the information into an email) and send it in along with your proposal. You can mail or email these. We will get back to you with approval of your proposal, or suggestions for how to make it work better for the class.
Apply by April 26 to participate in Rendezvous 2024. This show is a partnership between Mystery Print Gallery and Clay Paper Scissors. Artwork is shown on both sides of the state. Click on the image to find out more information. We encourage any Wyoming artist to consider applying!
It’s been a dreary winter so far in Cheyenne, so we are happy to be back to our annual garden show with lots of beautiful new artwork. We are enjoying the mix of familiar and new artists! Several artists from Alchemy: an artists’ Cooperative in Lander (stop if you ever go there–this is a beautiful gallery in a historic building) sent us work, and we also have new artists from Fort Collins and Cheyenne. Pictured above are: Shana Salaff, Joy Keown and Denise Hawkins. This exhibit is up from March 1 through April 13, 2024. The artists participating this year include:
Join us for a thought-provoking and beautiful look at the things we abandon seen through the eyes of painter Steve Knox. Steve started this series about 7 years ago while wondering what brings someone to abandon a home, a place, even the vodka in their fridge. It’s a lovely look around some of the houses you’ve seen around Wyoming. On display January 5–February 26, 2024.
Each year, we bring back In the Garden, artwork inspired by and intended for use in the garden, whether the Garden of Eden, the landscape around us your backyard, or houseplants. This year we have some gorgeous pieces! It will be on display from May 5–June 24. We have increased our hours! We are open Wednesday-Saturday 11-3 now, and by request. Our showcase artist is Christine Ginnity with her gorgeous large colorful flower bowls using a style inspired by henna (one of them is pictured). We are also delighted to include the following:
Pictured above: bowl by Christine Ginnity with artichoke cups by Sam Dowd; Fireflies (acrylic) by Eric Lee; painted garden tub by Mark Vinich; landscape by Jon Madsen.
Looking for credits for this summer but need some flexibility? Or maybe you can’t find the class that exactly meets your needs and interests. Look no further! The most flexible class you will ever take is available now! Take an independent study in the arts class. Offered in theater, music and visual arts (2D and 3D), you design your own learning. It can be something you need for teaching next year, or just an opportunity to explore your own interests. Maybe you want to learn a new musical style? Or techniques for making costumes quicker and easier? Never done raku? Want to play with colored pencils or pastels? Maybe you are teaching a new course and want to make sure you’re comfortable with the material. Or bored with your current projects and want to change it up! Need to practice technology with your art form? Try it on this class. Going on a trip, and want to make sure you sketch every day? Or listen to new music forms? Any of that, and more are options! For independent study classes, you develop your own goals and learning plan, and see where the creating takes you. Classes can be developed for 1, 2 or 3 credits either through the University of Wyoming (UW) or Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB). Complete the work during the summer at your convenience, in your own time, in the place that works for you. Want to include your kids? Fabulous! Make this class work for you. Just make sure to document it, and make that work for you to. Pictures on your phone, an online album, videos, it all works.
To register, select the class that works the best for you. You can sign up for one or two or all of them. If you are looking to make a push to get a lot of credits this summer, reach out for suggestions! Not sure your idea will fly? Email or call us to discuss.
Classes cost $100 for 1 credit, $150 for 2 credits and $200 for 3 credits. PTSB credits are free; UW credits are paid for separately and are $60/credit. We accept checks, school vouchers, cash and cards. To register, choose a form from below. Complete the form (or just type the information into an email) and send it in along with your proposal. You can mail or email these. We will get back to you with approval of your proposal, or suggestions for how to make it work better for the class.
Don’t throw your artwork out with the bathwater! Do you have artwork that doesn’t suit your taste, touch your heart or work in your living space anymore? Perhaps you inherited some artwork that you don’t want to keep. Donate it to the Art Revival Auction! Proceeds from the sale of donated artwork will be given to arts education programming by the Boys & Girls Club of Cheyenne, Cheyenne Little Theatre and Arts Cheyenne.
Here’s how it works:
Sue Sommers, a Pinedale artist, brings us a layered project around the idea of Manna which includes four separate streams of related work. Sue is a multi-faceted artist who brings her talents to a variety of media; here she uses woodblock printmaking, painting, collage, and soft sculpture. Below she shares more about this project:
What Manna Means to Me
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT (Exodus, Chapter 16), manna was food sent by the god Yahweh to sustain his chosen people, the Israelites, during their 40 years in the desert.
In this project, empty vessels of various kinds testify to the cycle of dependence, fulfillment, and fear of abandonment that accompanies manna.
Empty vessels and empty hands can imply continuous refilling, or continuous loss. Purses without bottoms can accept wealth but not keep it. In Wyoming, our manna is minerals, and our covenant is a boom/bust economy.
Manna is on display February 3–March 25, 2022
Looking for a class to get some credit? Try an independent study in art class! Available for 2 or 3 credits from either PTSB or UW, this class allows you to design your own learning and complete it on your own schedule. See the registration form for more information.
Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studio 