Ucross Foundation NEWSLETTER 2008

ucross foundation NEWSLETTER 2008

“In the shadow of the Bighorns a new world opened up for me. I am grateful to the stewards of Ucross for their vision, hard work and respect for the arts.”

Sara Shoemaker Lind, photographer

ucross foundation partnership with hemingway foundation/pen award thrives art gallery Patrick Hemingway (left) congratulates Joshua Ferris, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN The Ucross Foundation is committed to Award for First Fiction for his novel Then We Came to the End (Little Brown), at the John F. enhancing the culture of Wyoming through Kennedy Library on March 30th. The award is administered by PEN/New England. Ferris spent exhibitions in our Art Gallery. In 2008, three a month in residence at Ucross this fall working on a new book. Other PEN/Hemingway Fellows exhibits featured work by Ucross Fellows: The at Ucross this year included Ravi Howard, author of Like Trees, Walking (Amistad/HarperCollins), American-Made Alphabet: Aerial Photographs by Steve Lattimore, author of Circumnavigation (Mariner Books), and Gary Schanbacher, author of Margot Balboni (98, 07), Once Upon a Time in Migration Patterns (Fulcrum), which recently won the Colorado Book Award in General Fiction the West: Paintings by Gordon McConnell (00, and the High Plains Book Award for Best First Book. 03), and A Covenant of Seasons: Monotypes by Joellyn Duesberry (07), which included poetry by Pattiann Rogers. These exhibitions were supported in part by the Wyoming Arts Council.

Our current show, Kindred Spirits: Paintings by Toby Birr, T. Allen Lawson, Mimi Litschauer, and Geoff Parker, opened with a reception on November 8 attended by nearly 200 people. It is on view through January 9, 2009 — we hope you will stop by if you are in the area.

In 2009, we look forward to exhibitions of work by Ucross Fellows Jessica Dunne (94, 03, 07), Sara Shoemaker Lind (08), Karen Kitchel (03, 06), Don Stinson (08), David Bungay (94) and Pamela Kendall Schiffer (08). A special trio returns to the stage exhibition of Russian art, selected from the 3-Part Invention — Philip Aaberg on piano, Tracy Silverman on violin, and Eugene Friesen on cello collection of The Museum of Russian Art in — performed at the University of Colorado, Denver in May, cohosted by the Ucross Foundation Minneapolis, is being planned for September and UC Denver’s College of Arts & Media. A reception for Ucross alumni, UC faculty, 2009, in collaboration with the University of and friends took place after the concert. Ucross also presented the trio at Sheridan’s WYO Theater Wyoming Art Museum. in May. The group was “born” at Ucross in 2006 and we’re all looking forward to their ﬁrst CD, 3-Part Invention, featuring inspired reinterpretations of Bach, which will be out soon!

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photo credits, top: Tom Fitzsimmons/John F. Kennedy Library Foundation bottom: Clinton T. Sander, UC Denver, College of Arts & Media LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

In the tumult and turmoil of recent months, it is important to consider the place of organizations such as Ucross in contemporary life. The need for deep reﬂection, protected from outside pressures, becomes even more critical in times of crisis. Ucross continues to provide an oasis — a creative sanctuary — for individuals whose lives are dedicated to independent thinking, risk taking, and the hard work of making new art. Their labor is an expression of the highest reach of the human spir- it. We are honored to support their efforts through the gift of time and space at Ucross. During the economic challenges currently facing the world, we will need their inspiration now more than ever.

I have had the good fortune this year to spend time reading the reflections of Ucross Fellows from the past 25 years. (If you are a past resident and haven’t yet returned your survey, please know that it’s not too late — we would love to hear from you!) Their descriptions of how Ucross changed their lives and permanently affected their work are extraordinary. Poet Judith Taylor says, “ There is a magical, almost mythical aura surrounding Ucross… This landscape entered my poetry and I doubt if it will ever leave.” Sculptor Barbara Baer notes that “Ucross was a watershed in developing my work… The sense of experimentation, of starting out on a great journey, continues years later.” Artist Leslie Hirst BOARD OF TRUSTEES remembers a full lunar eclipse that “was the spiritual highlight of my life, as we watched the eclipse transform above while standing within an ancient Indian circle of stones.” And writer Elizabeth Gilbert Chip Lawrence, Chairman assures us, “the Ucross river of work flows on,” across the country, across the world. James R. Bauman Steve Farris This year at Ucross we spent much time working on initiatives related to the Foundation’s future. Mark Gordon Thanks to the generosity of our Founder, Raymond Plank, we installed an alternative energy Mike Hammer system to heat our offices and barn, thereby reducing our consumption of fossil fuels. Work was Charlie Hart, Secretary begun on the creation of walking trails for residents. We began a long-term process of planning Terry Johansen for major upgrades to our Residency bedroom facilities. Conversations with fellow arts organiza- Verlyn Klinkenborg tions such as Meet the Composer, Bang on a Can, and the Alley Theatre, as well as our many S. James Nelson, Treasurer colleagues at the recent national conference of the Alliance of Artist Communities, inspired us with Raymond Plank, Founder Roger Plank new ideas. We completed a new Ucross website intended to broaden our presence in the world, Tad Savinar deepen our connections and enhance services to Ucross Fellows and donors. With the opening of our second composer's studio, Jesse's Hideout Two (see photo at right), we hosted more Emeritus composers than ever before. Vanalyne Green John Harris Throughout our evolution as an organization, our goal remains the same — to support artists, Edward Lueders writers and composers at the most elemental level, the incubation stage of making new work. From Annie Proulx that vital point, all life-changing, life-affirming art springs. Though artists may begin their labor in Marty Zeller solitude, they touch the lives of hundreds, thousands, and sometimes millions of people. We thank FOUNDATION STAFF them for choosing to devote their lives to enriching the culture of the world — for making us think, for lifting our spirits. And we thank all of the many individuals, organizations and corporations Sharon Dynak, President who have provided the resources that make the Ucross experience possible. Sue Bond, Bookkeeper Taffy Glenn, Residency Chef Mary Ann Grubb, Housekeeping Kate Johnston, Groundskeeper Bob Lacitinola, Housekeeping Sharon Dynak Mike Latham, Maintenance Manager President, Ucross Foundation Tina Ree, Office Coordinator Ruth Salvatore, Residency Manager

DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST? UCROSS FOUNDER RAYMOND PLANK IS SPEARHEADING AN INITIATIVE TO COMPLETE RENOVATIONS OF THE HISTORIC SHERIDAN INN, ONCE OWNED BY BUFFALO BILL CODY. FOR INFOR- MATION ON HOW YOU CAN HELP, CONTACT UCROSS (307) 737-2291 OR THE SHERIDAN HERITAGE CENTER AT (307) 674-2178. CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW LITERARY LAUREATES

In 2008, two Ucross Fellows were honored by being named state laureates: Jean Valentine was named Poet Laureate of the state of New York, and Nancy Lord was named Writer Laureate of Alaska. In addition, John Ronan was named Poet Laureate for the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Jean Valentine returned to Ucross this summer for a second residency after 20 years. She won the Yale Younger Poets Award for her ﬁrst book, Dream Barker, in 1965, and is the author of ten other books, most recently Little Boat (Wesleyan University Press, 2007). Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003 won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2004. She has lived in New York City for most of her life.

Nancy Lord, who was a resident at Ucross in 1990 and 1998, has lived in Homer, Alaska for more than 30 years. She is the author of three short fiction collections and three books of literary nonfiction, most recently Beluga Days: Tracking a White Whale’s Truths (Counterpoint Press, 2004). A collection of essays/memoir is forthcoming in 2009 from University of Nebraska Press and she is currently at work on a book about climate change in the north. NO FOG WEST THEATER COMPANY AT UCROSS John Ronan, a Ucross Fellow in 1994, is a poet, playwright, movie producer and professor. His Ucross hosted a special retreat in July for a dozen new comedy, The Yeats Game, ran at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre in March 2008. He lives with students from Vassar College, who have created his wife in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where for many years they shared their home with Cowboy, their own nonprofit theater company, No Fog a dog Ronan adopted in Wyoming after his Ucross residency. West. NFW was founded in 2006 by Grace Cannon, Max Hershenow, and Madeleine Joyce. As they say, “We believe that theater has valuable What do you remember about the earth? but often underused potential to promote self- awareness, community dialogue and social All night long I listened to the coal train, change. We strive to produce journalistic, verba- I whirled, I davened, tim theater that encourages discussion about I danced, I skipped like the hills, salient social issues.” Several members of the and I was satisfied. group received credit from Vassar College for All night long I lay on my bed, their work at Ucross this summer. my throat sang, and I was satisfied. The group worked more than 8 hours a day in the Barn Loft, rehearsing, discussing, preparing, Jean Valentine researching, singing. After their Ucross retreat, they presented the play Talking to Terrorists by From Little Boat, published by Robin Soans at the Carriage House Theater in Wesleyan University Press, used with permission. Sheridan, Wyoming, with open public discus- sions following the play. The group then hit the ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AT UCROSS road for performances at the Rose Wagner Theatre in Salt Lake City and the Alpine The Ucross Foundation began efforts this year to reduce our use of fossil-based fuel at the Ranch Playhouse in McCall, Idaho. House and Big Red Barn. Built in 1882 and listed on the National Historic Register as the Big Red Complex, the buildings were renovated in 1981 and currently house our main offices, the Art As member Adam Colton said, “Ucross is a Gallery, and conference space. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems were more perfect rehearsal environment… Every aspect of than 25 years old and in dire need of repair. Working closely with Martin Lunde of Dectra the Foundation caters to producing high quality Corporation, the Foundation has installed two GARN units which will use renewable wood fuel as art. It was such a privilege to stay at this haven.” the primary heat source for both of these historic buildings. Top row, left to right: Adam Colton, Michael Marshall, Max Hershenow, Madeleine Joyce; middle row, left to right: Nijae A generous contribution from our Founder Raymond Plank made the GARN project possible. We Draine, Hilary Schwartz, Nathan Birnbaum, Becky Katz; are grateful for his support, which also helped us complete other critical upgrades to our HVAC bottom row, left to right: Jamie Watkins, Grace Cannon, Baize Buzan. systems. As Martin Lunde says, “In converting from propane to wood, Ucross reached beyond the arts to fulfill its mission of fostering ‘fresh and innovative thinking’ to the technical world.” Among the GARN’s many benefits, the conversion has reduced the Foundation’s greenhouse gas footprint through the use of cottonwood deadfall as the primary fuel, created a healthier and more comfort- able environment in the Art Gallery and Loft meeting space, and supported the local economy by utilizing a local fuel source. For more information on GARN units, visit www.garn.com above left: (detail) Jessica Dunne, Living Dry, 2007 RESIDENT NEWS... 2008

Philip Aaberg’s (06) new CD with Darol Anger, Maud Casey (02) won the third annual Calvino Cross Time, was released on Sweetgrass Music. Prize for an excerpt from her novel-in-progress, Fugueur. Olive Ayhens’ (03) solo exhibition, Perilous World of Olive Ayhens, was shown at the Lockhart John Catterall’s (01) work was included in a Gallery in Genesco, NY. group exhibition at Robert Morris University’s Media Arts Gallery in Pittsburgh. Adrienne Albert’s (07) Animalogy was a winner of the Aeros Quintet Competition and was performed Lan Samantha Chang (00) was awarded a by the Aeros Quintet at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall Guggenheim Fellowship. in May. Her work Wind and Tides premiered at the Mark Christopher’s (06) film Heartland pre- Cal State Northridge Faculty Artist Series. miered on the LOGO Network in October. Polly Apfelbaum (84) and Jean Lowe (05) were Susan Choi’s (01) book A Person of Interest was recently included in a group exhibition, POST DEC, published by Viking. at the Joseloff Gallery in Hartford. Hannah Cole’s (05) paintings were featured at Charlotte Bacon’s (04, 98) novel Split Estate the Proof Gallery in Boston, Artspace in New was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Haven and The Guasch Coranty International Two of Barbara Baer’s (04) public sculptures Painting Prize Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain. were placed in Denver, Natural World at 1999 Cecelia Condit’s (08) video, Annie Lloyd, Broadway Building and Skeezix at The Pinnacle in debuted during her first solo show at the Cue Art City Park South. Foundation in New York. Annie Baker’s (08) play Body Awareness debuted Catherine Courtenaye’s (91) work was recently at the Atlantic Theater Company in May. Her play on view at the Bentley Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ. Circle Mirror Transformation was chosen for the Sundance 2008 Theater Lab. Andrea Clearfield’s (05, 08) Kabo Omowale, commissioned by the Philadelphia Symphony, Margot Balboni’s (98, 07) The American-Made premiered at the Gordon Theatre at the Rutgers Alphabet was shown at the Farnsworth Art Center for the Arts in Camden, NJ. Museum in Rockland, ME and at the Ucross Foundation Art Gallery. Todd Craig’s (02) first novel, tor-cha, was released by Swank Books. Marianne Barcellona (06) was part of a group show, Natural Instincts, at the Bachelier Cardonsky Work by Janet Culbertson (89, 99), was shown Gallery in Kent, Connecticut. at the Tabla Rasa Gallery in Brooklyn, the Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport, NY, the Accola Tanya Barfield’s (06) play, Of Equal Measure, Contemporary in New York, the East End Arts won an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Council Gallery in Riverhead, NY, and El Galería Award and opened at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Lisa Bielawa’s (04) latest recording, A Handful of Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica. Los Angeles. World, was recently released on Tzadik. Sandra Dal Poggetto (03) was featured in Douglas Carter Beane (05) was nominated for a Work by Pamela Blotner (02) was exhibited in a Natural Inclinations at the Holter Museum of Art in Tony Award, Best Book of a Musical, for Xanadu. solo show, The Fox’s Wedding, at the Quicksilver Helena, MT. Mine Co, Forestville, CA. Jan Beatty’s (93, 97, 00) third book of poems, Hilary DePolo’s (05) prose was presented in Red Sugar, was published by University of Charles Bock’s (01) novel Beautiful Children was Character Sketches at the Loveland Pittsburgh Press. published by Random House. Museum/Gallery. Her poems were featured in the Eve Beglarian’s (96) Landscaping For Privacy Pip Brant’s (93, 96) work was featured at Abba Past Lives exhibition at the Curtis Arts and premiered at the Flea Theater in New York, and Fine Art in Miami. Humanities Center in Greenwood Village, CO. her piece Osculati Founiture was presented by the Halsey Burgund’s (07) audio installation, Jane Waggoner Deschner’s (03, 06) work, MAYO Trio at the Judson Church in New York. ROUND, opened at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Inexhaustible Invitations, is on view at the Linda Behar’s (93) Embroideries from Nature was Museum in Ridgefield, CT. Ampersand Vintage Gallery in Portland, OR shown at the Mobilia Gallery in Cambridge. through December 24. She has an upcoming exhi- Stephanie Cardon’s (05) photography is current- bition at the Lorinda Knight Gallery in Spokane. A solo show of work by Ann Belov (83) took place ly on view at ICP’s Education Gallery in New York at the Waterworks Gallery in Harbor, WA. through Dec. 27. Rebecca Doughty’s (07) new drawings, Tinies, were exhibited at the Boston Drawing Project at Lorna Bieber’s (97, 01) work was shown in a J.R. Carpenter’s (06) story, Wyoming is Haunted the Bernard Toale Gallery. Tiny Pieces was exhibit- group exhibition at the C. Grimaldis Gallery in was published in Carte Blanche, the online literary ed at the Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown. Baltimore. Her solo show, Houses and Trees, was review of the Quebec Writer’s Federation. at the Box Gallery in Santa Fe.

top: Ravi Howard bottom: Andrea Clearfield A retrospective of Joellyn Duesberry’s (07) paint- “I did not expect to be so Regin Igloria’s (07) Lost and Found was ings, The Big Picture, took place at the Museum of exhibited at the Janette Kennedy Gallery in Dallas, Outdoor Arts in Englewood, CO. A Covenant of inspired by the landscape and The Legacy of Mountainous Prairies was at Seasons was shown at the Ucross Art Gallery and the ZG Gallery in Chicago. the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, MT. here. This is an extraordinary The work of Maddine Insalaco (06) and Joe Jessica Dunne’s (94, 04, 07) Paintings and place and an amazing Vinson (06), Open Air Painting from Italy: A Prints was shown at the Commonweal Gallery in Continuing Tradition, was exhibited at the Museum Bolinas, CA. An exhibition of her work will open at environment. Thanks to all of Arts and Sciences in Macon, GA. the Ucross Art Gallery on January 23, 2009. A story by Ha Jin (97), The House Behind a Heidi Durrow (08) was the recipient of Barbara of you for your amazing Weeping Cherry, appeared in The New Yorker. Kingsolver’s 2008 Bellwether Prize for her novel- support and kindness.” Chavawn Kelley (04) was awarded a Wyoming in-progress, Light-Skinned-ed Girl. Arts Council Literature Fellowship. Split Infinitive, an exhibition by Nancy Ennis (93), Lane Barden, photographer Paintings by Karen Kitchel (03, 06) were was displayed at El Galería Nacional in San Jose, exhibited at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Costa Rica. Barbara Hammer (07) was honored with a Leo at Scripps College in Claremont, CA, and will be Joey Fauerso’s (05) work was included in A Dratfield Award. featured at the Nevada Museum of Art from Moment of Clarity at the Hogar Collection in NYC. January – May, 2009. Christine Hiebert’s (98) work was shown at the Thomas Faulkner’s (86) work was shown in Margarete Roeder Gallery in New York. Pat Kikut (02) was part of the Artist Point ReUNION at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. exhibition at the College of Santa Fe Gallery. Leslie Hirst’s (03) work was exhibited at the Pavel Carlos Ferguson’s (99) work was included in a Zoubok Gallery in New York. Suki Kim’s (98, 05) Letter from PyongYang group exhibition at the Sculpture Space Gallery in appears in the December issue of Harper’s. Fred Ho (05) and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble New York. th recently presented the 25 Anniversary Celebration Michelle Kong’s (07) work was shown at the Forked Tongue, a new CD by the Revolutionary Revolutionary Earth Music at the Peter Norton Samek Gallery in Lewisburg, PA. Snake Ensemble, led by Ken Field (03), was Symphony Space in New York. Josh Kun’s (05, 07) new book, And You Shall released by Cuneiform Records. Tony Hoagland (02) won the second annual Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl, was published Alex Forman (06) participated in the Padua Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers. by Crown. Playwrights and Ladad Space presentation of A Mike Holober (07) and The Gotham Jazz Sara Shoemaker Lind’s (08) solo show, A Thousand Words, nine short plays inspired by Orchestra presented his multi-movement piece Mermaid’s View, was shown at the San Mateo City downtown artists, at Art Share L.A. Hiding Out, at the Philadelphia Art Museum. Hall Gallery and will be on view at the San Mateo Chuck Forsman (86) and Kevin O’Connell (07) Main Library Gallery through January 5, 2009. Jibade-Khalil Huffman’s (08) novel, 19 Names were part of a group show, Dialog: Denver, at the for Our Band, was published by Fence Books. Work by Tracy Linder (07), Patrick Smith (05), Robischon Gallery in Denver. Jane Waggoner Deschner (03) and Gordon Three installations by Ethan Jackson (07) were Ricky Ian Gordon’s (02, 05) latest recording, and McConnell (00, 03) was shown at the Ryniker- exhibited in Portland at galleryHOMELAND, 1313 flowers pick themselves, (with soprano Melanie Morrison Gallery, Billings, MT. West Burnside Studios, and Orbis Viridis Obscurus Helton) was released in October. His work Green at the New American Art Union. Pam Longobardi’s (86) Drifters was exhibited at Sneakers was premiered at the Vail Music Festival. the Tinney Contemporary in Nashville, TN. Christopher Jentsch’s (07) Brooklyn Suite Kirsten Greenidge’s (02) play Bossa Nova was premiered at the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn. His Jean Lowe’s (05) Love for Sale opened at the selected for the Sundance Theater Lab. Cycles Suite premiered at The Kitchen in NYC. Quint Gallery of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, CA. David Grimm’s (01) play Steve and Idi premiered Craig Lucas’ (01) new drama, Prayer for My at the Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater in NYC. Enemy, opened at Playwrights Horizons. Laura Guese’s (07) paintings were featured at the Keeril Makan (08) was awarded the 2008-2009 National Center for Atmospheric Research in Rome Prize in music by the American Academy in Boulder, CO, the Space Gallery in Denver, and at Rome. His recording In Sound was released by the Indigo Gallery in Fort Collins, CO. Tzadik Records. Jean Gumpper’s (01) recent work was exhibited Gordon McConnell’s (00, 03) paintings were at the William Havu Gallery in Denver, at the Flint shown at the Ucross Foundation Art Gallery and at Institute of Fine Arts, MN, and at the Davidson Mountain Trails Gallery in Jackson, WY. Galleries in Seattle. Andrew Millner’s (99) Biophilia was displayed at Jennifer Haigh’s (05) novel The Condition was the Tria Gallery in New York and the William published by HarperCollins. Shearbury Gallery in Santa Fe. It was also exhibit- Work by Susan Hamburger (05) was featured at ed at Gallery 210, University of Missouri at St. the Mixed Greens Gallery in New York and the Ken Louis, the Collectors Contemporary in Singapore, Jones Jr. Fine Art Gallery in Easton, PA. and the Richard Levy Gallery in Albuquerque.

left: Steven Badgett following page, top: Maria Campos bottom: Alan Barstow Bronwyn Minton’s (02) recent work was shown at Pamela Kendall Schiffer’s (08) paintings were the Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary in shown at The Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara. Jackson, Wyoming. Expressions in Time, an exhibition of paintings by Jiha Moon (03) had several solo shows including Carol Schwennesen (07) was on display at The No Peach Heaven, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, Shady Lady on Vashon Island, Washington. Vantage Point VII, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz’s (00) solo work, NC, and Megaxiscape: Special Project, Moti Surface to Air, was displayed at the Howard Hasson Gallery, NYC. Yezerski Gallery in Boston. Honor Moore’s (06) memoir The Bishop’s Lindy Smith (96, 04) was featured in a group Daughter was published by W.W. Norton. show, Four Summer, at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery Bill Morrison’s (03, 07) Lightning at Our Feet, in New York. inspired by the work of Emily Dickinson, was Photography by Patrick Smith (05), At the Ends performed at BAM’s Harvey Theatre. of the Earth, was shown at the Dufresne and Cobb Timothy Nolan (01) was included in an exhibition, Foundations Gallery. Non-Obstructive, at the Irvine Fine Arts Center. Randal Stoltzfus (04) was featured in The Magic Ann Northrup’s (07) mural The Heart of Hour at the Paul Rodgers/9W Gallery in New Kensington was dedicated on June 14 in York. He also participated in the Dumbo Art Pittsburgh, PA. An exhibition of her paintings, Center’s Art Under the Bridge Festival in Brooklyn. Confluence, was on view at the Lewis and Clark Caitlin Strokosch (05) was appointed Executive Historic Site and Museum in Hartford, IL. Director of the Alliance of Artist Communities. Kevin O’Connell’s (07) In Between Days was Manil Suri’s (03, 07) novel, The Age of Shiva, recently shown at the Platform Gallery in Seattle. was published by W.W. Norton. Laurie Olinder (03) was included in The Paint Hannah Tinti’s (06) novel, The Good Thief, was Show at La MaMa’s La Galleria in NYC. published by The Dial Press. Cecily Parks’ (07) Field Folly Snow was published Gregor Turk’s (97), Interstate 50 and [Blank], by University of Georgia Press. was shown at the Hagedorn Foundation Gallery in Ann Patchett’s (93) novel, Run, was published in Atlanta. paperback by Harper Perennial and her nonfiction Paintings by Merrill Wagner (02) were exhibited book What Now? was published by HarperCollins. at the Lesley Heller Gallery in NYC and the New Joan Perlman’s (99) paintings were exhibited at Arts Gallery in Litchfield, CT. the Riverside Art Museum, CA, the Wave Hill Collidescape by Sarah Walker (93, 05) was Gallery in the Bronx, NY, the DCP Project Space in An exhibition of Tad Savinar’s (97) work, Not Just shown at the Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, and San Francisco and the Jancar Gallery in Los Another Pretty Picture, was on view at PDX Beacons, Floaters and Lost Objects was on view at Angeles. Her work is currently on view at Fringe Contemporary Art in Portland. the Gregory Lind Gallery in San Francisco. Exhibitions in Los Angeles through December 20. Pieces by J. Mark Scearce (08) premiering this G.C.Waldrep’s (07) new book, Disclamor, was Gunnar Plake’s (97) Grand Canyon Series, The year included Postcards for Orchestra, Western recently published by BOA Editions. Space Between, was featured at the Chiaroscuro Piedmont Symphony, Hickory, NC, and Str Qt Nr 2 Gallery in Santa Fe. (Atlantis), Borromeo Quartet, Bargemusic, Tracey Scott Wilson’s (03) play, The Good Negro, Brooklyn. was presented at the Public Theater in New York. Nolan Preece’s (89) Simple System was exhibited at the OSX Gallery, Carson City, NV and Gary Schanbacher’s (08) collection of stories, Nevada Sky/Nevada Walls: Photographic Works, Migration Patterns, won the 2007 Colorado Book “Ucross offers the ideal balance opened at the E.L. Weigand Gallery, Fallon, NV. Award in General Fiction and the High Plains Book Award for Best First Book. Annie Proulx’s (90, 92) new collection, Fine Just of reverence for the work to the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3, was published by Bart Schneider’s (05) novel, The Man in the Scribner. Blizzard, was published by Three Rivers Press. be done and evenings filled Joshua Reiman’s (08) work was exhibited at the Photography by Ernesto Scott (04) was featured with brilliant interactions Meyers Gallery at the University of Cincinnati. at the Singing Dog Gallery in Newberry, MI. among new friends.” Susan Rich’s (07) The Alchemist’s Kitchen will be published by White Pine Press in 2010. Jean Blackburn, painter LET’S STAY IN TOUCH! Edwardo Santiere’s (04) Draw In was exhibited PLEASE SEND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS at Haim Chanin Fine Arts in New York. TO RUTH AT [email protected] — WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON UCROSS FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS! NOVEMBER 2007 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2008 (In-kind contributors included) milky way Jeanette R. 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Clifford Jensen Sam and Connie Street Virginia and Floyd Price Robert and Kim Johansen Manil Suri* Ann and Paul Rittenberg Terry and Donna Johansen Marcia Tanner* The Woods James Knutson Judith Taylor* Diane Lindquist and Jeff Huggett triple creek Jean Valentine* Robert and Margaret Leith ($100 - $499) Dianne Wyatt Sandra Lindbo Bella Graphics ucross friend Paul Markwardt Blair Hotels, Inc. (up to$99) Brian and Rene Miley Mel and Jan Bleeker Olive Ayhens* Don Myron Bruce and Suzanne Breckenridge* Big Horn Mountain Radio Network Jim Nelson Ron Carlson* Brittain World Travel Thomas O’Connell Howard, Hannah & Rosemary Cohen Laura Cardoso* Raymond Plank Ralph Combs Caroll Realty, Inc. Jody and Octavio Portu Liz Darhansoff Cecelia Condit* Lee Radermacher Britt Dearman Culligan Water M. Scott and Ellen Sayer Robert Dye Davis Gallery George and Linda Steiner First Interstate Bank Heidi D’Entremont* Susan Hoffman Interior Designs First National Bank Jessica Dunne* When the Mood is Food Barbara Foster* Nancy Ennis* * former Resident Fremont Motor of Sheridan above: Jake Jahiel at our 27th Annual Independence Day festivities SPRING 2008 RESIDENTS FALL 2008 RESIDENTS

LITERATURE LITERATURE Jessica Anthony, Portland, ME Adele Barker, Tucson, AZ Elizabeth Arnold, Hyattsville, MD Alan Barstow, Redondo Beach, CA Louise Aronson, San Francisco, CA Meehan Crist, New York, NY Lane Barden, Los Angeles, CA Dave DeGolyer, Elmira Heights, NY Tina Barr, Memphis, TN Heidi Durrow, Los Angeles, CA David James Duncan, Lolo, MT Joshua Ferris, Hudson, NY Stefani Jaye Farris, Lander, WY Ravi Howard, Mobile, AL Lucy Ferriss, West Hartford, CT Ann Keniston, Reno, NV Francisco Goldman, Brooklyn, NY Adam Klein, Castroville, CA Otis Haschmeyer, Knoxville, TN Beth Loffreda, Laramie, WY Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Jersey City, NY Steve Lattimore, St. Louis, MO Dan O’Brien, Hermosa, SD Caroline Patterson, Helena, MT Joe Roman, Bristol, VT Helen Phillips, Brooklyn, NY Ellen Sussman, Los Altos Hills, CA Alessandro Ricciarelli, Brooklyn, NY Justin Torres, Brooklyn, NY Gary Schanbacher, Littleton, CO IN MEMORIAM Jean Valentine, New York, NY visual arts Spring Warren, Davis, CA We were saddened this year by the loss of Jennilie Brewster, Brooklyn, NY Michael White, Wilmington, NC former Ucross Trustee Victor Stein and his Cecelia Condit, Shorewood, WI wife Dorothy. Vic was one of the Ucross Joellyn Duesberry, Greenwood Village, CO visual arts Foundation’s founding Trustees and served on Michael Forsberg, Lincoln, NE Kate Atkin, London, UK the Board for more than 20 years. Born in 1921 Alexandra Huddleston, Santa Fe, NM Steven Badgett, Chicago, IL in Minnesota, Vic enlisted in the US Naval Martyl Langsdorf, Schaumburg. IL Jean Blackburn, Sarasota, FL Connie Lehman, Elizabeth, CO Reserve in 1942 and spent three years flying Maria Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Sara Shoemaker Lind, San Francisco, CA Tarka Kings, London, UK “blimps” during World War II. He married Sarah Jane Lapp, Seattle, WA Joseph Labate, Tucson, AZ Dorothy in 1943 in Massachusetts where he Michael Parker, Tampa, FL Melissa McCutcheon, Brooklyn, NY was stationed at the time. Joshua Reiman, Ithaca, NY Samuel Nigro, Brooklyn, NY Jacinda Russell, Muncie, IN Janet Pritchard, Mansfield Center, VT Vic worked in the printing industry in Pamela Kendall Schiffer, Santa Barbara, CA Letitia Quesenberry, Louisville, KY Minnesota for over 50 years, founding a Maggie Smith, Bainbridge Island, WA Zoë Sheehan Saldana, Brooklyn, NY number of companies, serving as CEO for them Don Stinson, Evergreen, CO Chris Simon, Salt Lake City, UT and serving national and local graphic arts com- Jack Wax, Richmond, VA Tom Virgin, Miami, FL panies in many capacities. He was a founding Stephen Weaver, Colorado Springs, CO Jeff Weiss, Brooklyn, NY member of the National Advisory Board for the Anne Wilson, Evanston IL Jennifer Yorke, Chicago, IL Liat Yossifor, Hollywood, CA C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana film, music, dance, theatre and was instrumental in the formation of the film, music, dance, theatre Amy Correia, West Hartland, CT Charlie Russell Riders, which helped raise funds Philip Aaberg, Chester, MT Jeanne Dorsey, New York, NY and increase awareness of the museum. Vic Annie Baker, Brooklyn, NY* Andrew Gerle, Long Island City, NY loved horseback riding and working on his art Beth Blatt, New York, NY Rebecca Gilman, Chicago, IL gallery which was known as Old Utica. Jeff Blumenkrantz, New York, NY Larry Karush, Los Angeles, CA Mark Campbell, New York, NY* Justin Messina, Brooklyn, NY The Foundation presented its July 3rd Andrea Clearfield, Philadelphia, PA Peter Ostroushko, Minneapolis, MN Fireworks Extravaganza in honor of Vic and Peter Gil-Sheridan, Minneapolis, MN Scott Rosenberg, Oakland, CA Dorothy. Their daughter Jenny Fortin wrote to Bob Glaudini, Astoria, NY* Brian Silberman, Marietta, PA Shelley Hirsch, New York, NY us afterward: “We had such a wonderful time Mark So, Los Angeles, CA Edward Knight, Oklahoma, City, OK celebrating Mom and Dad’s lives… The fireworks Charles Wuorinen, New York, NY Keeril Makan, Cambridge, MA were spectacular following a beautiful sunny day J. Mark Scearce, Raleigh, NC in Ucross, and as you know… that was Dad’s Jenny Schwartz, New York, NY* paradise. What a tribute!” All of us in Ucross will Joseph Thalken, New York, NY* UCROSS FOUNDATION keep the memory of Vic and Dorothy in our Kate Walat, Brooklyn, NY* 30 big red lane hearts, and we send our gratitude to everyone Daniel Zippi, New York, NY clearmont, wyoming 82835 who made contributions to the Ucross 307.737.2291 Foundation in their honor. *Sundance Participant [email protected] www.ucrossfoundation.org

The mission of the Ucross Foundation is to foster fresh and innovative thinking in the visual arts, literature and music by providing residencies, work space, and uninterrupted time to individual artists, writers and composers. The Foundation looks for Residents whose work reflects a depth of creative exploration and the potential for significant future accomplishments. Through its Residency Program, Art Gallery and associated activities, Ucross actively seeks to support an appreciation for vibrant human creativity and aims to cast a reflection into the future from the cultural mirror of our lives and times. The Ucross Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and all contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.