In the Garden 2025

May 27, 2025 / Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studio / Leave a comment

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:

Joy Keown, painter, Laramie
Desireé Brothe, painter, Cheyenne
Barbara Bogart, photographer, Laramie
Carol McDonald, ceramics, Cheyenne
Sam Dowd, ceramics, Prairie Grove, AR
Laura Norman, textiles, Lander
Tyke Wortman, textiles, Fort Collins, CO
Shana Salaff, ceramics, Fort Collins, CO
Sarah Konrad, printmaker, Laramie
Ginnie Madsen, printmaker, Laramie
Marianne Vinich, glass, Lander
Lennie Poitras, jeweler, Lander
Jenny Dowd, ceramics, Prairie Grove, AR
Ali Rose, mixed media, Cheyenne
Mary Johnson, textile, Lander
Phillippa Lack, textile, Cheyenne
Lynn Newman, painter, Archer Lodge, NC
Robert Vore, painter/mixed media, Beulah
Katie Weathers, glass, Lander
Sabine McClintock, painter, Cheyenne
Joy Jones, ceramics, Cheyenne

Wyoming Women to Watch

September 16, 2024 / Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studio / Leave a comment

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.

All photos courtesy of Jennifer Rife.

In the Garden 2024

March 13, 2024 / Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studio / Leave a comment

Denise Hawkins, photographer, Cheyenne
Joy Keown, painter, Laramie
Christine Ginnity, ceramics, Windsor CO
Desireé Brothe, painter, Cheyenne
Barbara Bogart, photographer, Laramie
Carol McDonald, ceramics, Cheyenne
Sam Dowd, ceramics, Prairie Grove, AR
Alisha Isaacson, mixed media, Cheyenne
Laura Norman, textiles, Lander
Keith Zudell, painter, Cheyenne
Cindy Paul, quilter, Cheyenne
Rosie Ratigan, painter, Lander
Amy O’Brien, photographer, Cheyenne
Mary Johnson, soap and Unpapers, Lander
Tyke Wortman, textiles, Fort Collins, CO
Eric Lee, painter, Cheyenne
Dana Higby, ceramics, Lander
Shana Salaff, ceramics, Fort Collins, CO
Sarah Konrad, printmaker, Laramie
Adam Helzer, ceramics, Cheyenne
Ginnie Madsen, printmaker, Laramie
Jennie Reeves-Johnson, painter, Lander
Annette McDonnel, painter, Lander
Sadie Winter, ceramics, Laramie
Steve Knox, painter, Cheyenne
Noelle Weimann, painter, Lander
Terry Kreuzer, jeweler, Cheyenne
Marianne Vinich, glass, Lander
Ali Womak, painter, Cheyenne
Lennie Poitras, jeweler, Lander
Jenny Dowd, ceramics, Prairie Grove, AR

Barns and Bovine

July 2, 2021September 2, 2021 / Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studio / Leave a comment

Barns and Bovine features a new series by Cheyenne artist Steve Knox. “I had the idea for this series in the back of my mind and when I was offered the show, I decided to go with it.” Steve traveled around a large part of Wyoming looking at barns and photographing them for paintings with the goal of one barn painting per county in Wyoming. He also relied on friends and family to help him find barns in the counties he couldn’t get to with the demands of a full-time job teaching art and a growing family. The show included 24 paintings of barns, and was augmented by paintings of cows and bison. One of the things we enjoyed about this show was the variation in style on display. Steve used everything from very realistic to more painterly or almost impressionist styles to a very modernist style. The show included some pieces which were closeups of the beautiful ways barns weather. In addition, the gallery featured tumbled stone jewelry by Bob Tucker, also of Cheyenne, and pottery by multiple artists.

On display from July 8 through August 28, 2022.