It’s the end of another year, and what a beautiful fall it has been! We love our annual holiday show, when we bring in art by many artists that might make lovely gifts for yourself or a loved one. Each year, we feature artwork by by artists who are both familiar and new. We have artwork from:
For September and October, we are pleased to present Dan Abernathy’s new work, The Voices of Words that Never Died. Dan says “The theme of this body of work is a series of writers that are no longer with us, but their words will never be gone. These drawings are created using my version of stippling with pen & ink and the added splash of acrylic for color. They are on heavy paper mounted to wood panels and framed with patinaed metal.” Many of you have noticed his cards here in the gallery, which are maps with drawings on them. We are delighted that Dan can join us for the September 12, 2025, Artwalk from 5-8 PM.
In Dan’s words:
Dan Abernathy is known for his unique artistic style, which combines stippling, acrylics, and other mediums to create contemporary works. Abernathy’s focus is on self-discovery, individuality, and challenging conventional norms. His art explores themes of individualism, freedom, and the natural world, reflecting his own nomadic and unconventional lifestyle. Abernathy’s art traces a life lived on the edges, driven by curiosity, fueled by experience, and guided by a deep resistance to convention. Each piece offers a glimpse into how he interprets the world: untamed, imaginative, and always seeking the unfamiliar.
The Voices of Words That Never Died is an ongoing collection of contemporary multimedia portraits drawn with my loose rendition of stippling, using Ink, acrylic paint and or watercolor. It is highlighting the writers that are no longer with us, but who’s words have never died.
Lamp, upcycled auto parts, Brandon RussellSunset, fired glass on metal by Win Ratz
For the month of August only, we are featuring two Cheyenne artists who work with light, albeit in very different ways.
Brandon Randall grew up in Cheyenne and got into art accidentally. He was making sculptural work in a high school welding class using upcycled parts and received an award for it. This motivated him to keep on, and today he creates table lamps using upcycled auto parts. These pieces make for exciting textures and shapes, while serving as a sturdy lamp. These lamps are statement pieces, but at the same time they can blend into a variety of situations and styles.
Win Ratz is more concerned about finding, connecting to and thinking about inner light. Her pieces use a variety of media from papermaking to enamel to painting and more to create pieces that reflect the light in our hearts, minds and spirits.
Our opening reception will take place during the August Artwalk on August 8 from 5-8 PM. This show will be up for just the month of August!
Beginning in July, 2025, Artwalk moved to second Fridays. The time is not changing. Mark your calendars! Upcoming Artwalks will be August 8, September 12, October 10, November 14, and December 12 and continue on second Fridays in 2026. The time remains the same: 5-8 PM
For June and July, 2025, we are delighted to welcome Wilson painter Jocelyn Slack with her luminous and often whimsical, watercolors and drawings. Jocelyn is a visual artist working in watercolor, pen and ink and graphite. She has worked as a freelance illustrator creating logos, cards, calendars, t-shirt designs and book illustrations. Jocelyn has created images on sandblasted glass, ceramic tile murals and fabric design. Jocelyn studied at the California of the Arts in Oakland California, The Banff Center in Alberta Canada and Central Wyoming College.
She offers these thoughts on this body of work: “These images come from sifting through my journals. I find drawings and stories that amuse and sooth me. They influence and reflect the world around me. News, politics, relationships and the immediate environments of human development and wild lands that populate my day-to-day existence become subjects in the piece. The drawing begins a dialogue to which I respond.”
Opens Friday June 6 from 5-8 PM during Artwalk, and runs through July 2025.
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:
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.
Beloved Cheyenne artist and art teacher passed in November of 2024. This show collects the artwork he had left in his home and studio in hopes that it will find homes who will love the art and remember Mr. Lee, as he was fondly known. The show runs February 7–March 21, 2025.
In partnership with the Wyoming Committee of National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C., Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studio is honored to present the five Wyoming artists who were shortlisted for New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024, a biennial exhibition that shines a light on underrepresented regional artists. Wyoming Women to Watch will be on display through October 19, 2024 at Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studio in Cheyenne with a special performance by artist Sarah Ortegon HighWalking during the October 4 Artwalk (performance at 7:30 PM; Artwalk runs from 5-8 PM).
This marks the first time Wyoming is represented in the critically acclaimed international series, thanks to passion of NMWA board member and Wyoming Committee founder Lisa Claudy Fleischman (1958-2023). Under her leadership, a dozen influential women from throughout the state joined forces to fundraise and advocate for Wyoming artists. Unlike a standard group show, this exhibition allows each artist their own space to express their individual process and practice. Selected by Wyoming curator Dr. Tammi Hanawalt, the show honors each artist’s singular voice. NMWA curators ultimately selected Sarah Ortegon HighWalking (Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho), whose work combines painting, beadwork, and performance to retell narratives of modern Indigenous women.
Throughout the selection process, the five artists, along with the committee members, uplifted and celebrated each other. The result of this collaboration and support, Wyoming Women to Watch showcases the work of Sarah Ortegon HighWalking alongside the ephemeral land art of Jennifer Rife (Cheyenne), the undulating ceramic installation of Bronwyn Minton (Jackson), the miniature anthropomorphized insects of Leah Hardy, and the attention to overlooked moments of Katy Ann Fox (Jackson). Together, these five visionary artists present a connection between human interaction with the natural world.
We are looking for items for the Holiday show! We like to have a wide variety of items to showcase from painting and wall-hung items to pottery and ornaments and all sorts of things between!
Show us what you’ve got! Send us (on email) representative pictures (does not have to be exactly the same as what eventually comes to the gallery). Include your name and phone number. We will email you back.
if accepted, items will need to be in the gallery by October 24 (unless you make prior arrangements with us) ready to hang or display.
Please share this with any artist you think might be interested!
Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studio 