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“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
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art gallery
The Ucross Foundation is committed to
enhancing the culture of Wyoming through
exhibitions in our Art Gallery. In 2008, three
exhibits featured work by Ucross Fellows: The
American-Made Alphabet: Aerial Photographs by
Margot Balboni (98, 07), Once Upon a Time in
the West: Paintings by Gordon McConnell (00,
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.
partnership with hemingway foundation/pen award thrives
Patrick Hemingway (left) congratulates Joshua Ferris, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN
Award for First Fiction for his novel Then We Came to the End (Little Brown), at the John F.
Kennedy Library on March 30th. The award is administered by PEN/New England. Ferris spent
a month in residence at Ucross this fall working on a new book. Other PEN/Hemingway Fellows
at Ucross this year included Ravi Howard, author of Like Trees, Walking (Amistad/HarperCollins),
Steve Lattimore, author of Circumnavigation (Mariner Books), and Gary Schanbacher, author of
Migration Patterns (Fulcrum), which recently won the Colorado Book Award in General Fiction
and the High Plains Book Award for Best First Book.
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
exhibition of Russian art, selected from the
collection of The Museum of Russian Art in
Minneapolis, is being planned for September
2009, in collaboration with the University of
Wyoming Art Museum.
trio returns to the stage
3-Part Invention — Philip Aaberg on piano, Tracy Silverman on violin, and Eugene Friesen on cello
— performed at the University of Colorado, Denver in May, cohosted by the Ucross Foundation
and UC Denver’s College of Arts & Media. A reception for Ucross alumni, UC faculty,
and friends took place after the concert. Ucross also presented the trio at Sheridan’s WYO Theater
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 spirit. 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
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
assures us, “the Ucross river of work flows on,” across the country, across the world.
This year at Ucross we spent much time working on initiatives related to the Foundation’s future.
Thanks to the generosity of our Founder, Raymond Plank, we installed an alternative energy
system to heat our offices and barn, thereby reducing our consumption of fossil fuels. Work was
begun on the creation of walking trails for residents. We began a long-term process of planning
for major upgrades to our Residency bedroom facilities. Conversations with fellow arts organizations such as Meet the Composer, Bang on a Can, and the Alley Theatre, as well as our many
colleagues at the recent national conference of the Alliance of Artist Communities, inspired us with
new ideas. We completed a new Ucross website intended to broaden our presence in the world,
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
composers than ever before.
Throughout our evolution as an organization, our goal remains the same — to support artists,
writers and composers at the most elemental level, the incubation stage of making new work. From
that vital point, all life-changing, life-affirming art springs. Though artists may begin their labor in
solitude, they touch the lives of hundreds, thousands, and sometimes millions of people. We thank
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
who have provided the resources that make the Ucross experience possible.
Sharon Dynak
President, Ucross Foundation
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chip Lawrence, Chairman
James R. Bauman
Steve Farris
Mark Gordon
Mike Hammer
Charlie Hart, Secretary
Terry Johansen
Verlyn Klinkenborg
S. James Nelson, Treasurer
Raymond Plank, Founder
Roger Plank
Tad Savinar
Emeritus
Vanalyne Green
John Harris
Edward Lueders
Annie Proulx
Marty Zeller
F O U N D AT I O N S TA F F
Sharon Dynak, President
Sue Bond, Bookkeeper
Taffy Glenn, Residency Chef
Mary Ann Grubb, Housekeeping
Kate Johnston, Groundskeeper
Bob Lacitinola, Housekeeping
Mike Latham, Maintenance Manager
Tina Ree, Office Coordinator
Ruth Salvatore, Residency Manager
C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S T O N E W L I T E R A RY L A U R E AT E S
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.
John Ronan, a Ucross Fellow in 1994, is a poet, playwright, movie producer and professor. His
new comedy, The Yeats Game, ran at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre in March 2008. He lives with
his wife in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where for many years they shared their home with Cowboy,
a dog Ronan adopted in Wyoming after his Ucross residency.
What do you remember about the earth?
All night long I listened to the coal train,
I whirled, I davened,
I danced, I skipped like the hills,
and I was satisfied.
All night long I lay on my bed,
my throat sang, and I was satisfied.
Jean Valentine
From Little Boat, published by
Wesleyan University Press, used with permission.
A LT E R N AT I V E E N E R G Y AT U C R O S S
The Ucross Foundation began efforts this year to reduce our use of fossil-based fuel at the Ranch
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
Gallery, and conference space. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems were more
than 25 years old and in dire need of repair. Working closely with Martin Lunde of Dectra
Corporation, the Foundation has installed two GARN units which will use renewable wood fuel as
the primary heat source for both of these historic buildings.
A generous contribution from our Founder Raymond Plank made the GARN project possible. We
are grateful for his support, which also helped us complete other critical upgrades to our HVAC
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 comfortable 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
N O F O G W E S T T H E AT E R
C O M PA N Y AT U C R O S S
Ucross hosted a special retreat in July for a dozen
students from Vassar College, who have created
their own nonprofit theater company, No Fog
West. NFW was founded in 2006 by Grace
Cannon, Max Hershenow, and Madeleine Joyce.
As they say, “We believe that theater has valuable
but often underused potential to promote selfawareness, community dialogue and social
change. We strive to produce journalistic, verbatim theater that encourages discussion about
salient social issues.” Several members of the
group received credit from Vassar College for
their work at Ucross this summer.
The group worked more than 8 hours a day in
the Barn Loft, rehearsing, discussing, preparing,
researching, singing. After their Ucross retreat,
they presented the play Talking to Terrorists by
Robin Soans at the Carriage House Theater in
Sheridan, Wyoming, with open public discussions following the play. The group then hit the
road for performances at the Rose Wagner
Theatre in Salt Lake City and the Alpine
Playhouse in McCall, Idaho.
As member Adam Colton said, “Ucross is a
perfect rehearsal environment… Every aspect of
the Foundation caters to producing high quality
art. It was such a privilege to stay at this haven.”
Top row, left to right: Adam Colton, Michael Marshall, Max
Hershenow, Madeleine Joyce; middle row, left to right: Nijae
Draine, Hilary Schwartz, Nathan Birnbaum, Becky Katz;
bottom row, left to right: Jamie Watkins, Grace Cannon,
Baize Buzan.
above left: (detail) Jessica Dunne, Living Dry, 2007
RESIDENT NEWS... 2008
Philip Aaberg’s (06) new CD with Darol Anger,
Cross Time, was released on Sweetgrass Music.
Maud Casey (02) won the third annual Calvino
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
Gallery in Genesco, NY.
John Catterall’s (01) work was included in a
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
by the Aeros Quintet at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall
in May. Her work Wind and Tides premiered at the
Cal State Northridge Faculty Artist Series.
Lan Samantha Chang (00) was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship.
Mark Christopher’s (06) film Heartland premiered on the LOGO Network in October.
Polly Apfelbaum (84) and Jean Lowe (05) were
recently included in a group exhibition, POST DEC,
at the Joseloff Gallery in Hartford.
Susan Choi’s (01) book A Person of Interest was
published by Viking.
Hannah Cole’s (05) paintings were featured at
the Proof Gallery in Boston, Artspace in New
Haven and The Guasch Coranty International
Painting Prize Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain.
Charlotte Bacon’s (04, 98) novel Split Estate
was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Two of Barbara Baer’s (04) public sculptures
were placed in Denver, Natural World at 1999
Broadway Building and Skeezix at The Pinnacle in
City Park South.
Cecelia Condit’s (08) video, Annie Lloyd,
debuted during her first solo show at the Cue Art
Foundation in New York.
Annie Baker’s (08) play Body Awareness debuted
at the Atlantic Theater Company in May. Her play
Circle Mirror Transformation was chosen for the
Sundance 2008 Theater Lab.
Catherine Courtenaye’s (91) work was recently
on view at the Bentley Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ.
Andrea Clearfield’s (05, 08) Kabo Omowale,
commissioned by the Philadelphia Symphony,
premiered at the Gordon Theatre at the Rutgers
Center for the Arts in Camden, NJ.
Margot Balboni’s (98, 07) The American-Made
Alphabet was shown at the Farnsworth Art
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
Gallery in Kent, Connecticut.
Tanya Barfield’s (06) play, Of Equal Measure,
won an Edgerton Foundation New American Play
Award and opened at the Kirk Douglas Theater in
Los Angeles.
Douglas Carter Beane (05) was nominated for a
Tony Award, Best Book of a Musical, for Xanadu.
Jan Beatty’s (93, 97, 00) third book of poems,
Red Sugar, was published by University of
Pittsburgh Press.
Eve Beglarian’s (96) Landscaping For Privacy
premiered at the Flea Theater in New York, and
her piece Osculati Founiture was presented by the
MAYO Trio at the Judson Church in New York.
Linda Behar’s (93) Embroideries from Nature was
shown at the Mobilia Gallery in Cambridge.
A solo show of work by Ann Belov (83) took place
at the Waterworks Gallery in Harbor, WA.
Lorna Bieber’s (97, 01) work was shown in a
group exhibition at the C. Grimaldis Gallery in
Baltimore. Her solo show, Houses and Trees, was
at the Box Gallery in Santa Fe.
Lisa Bielawa’s (04) latest recording, A Handful of
World, was recently released on Tzadik.
Work by Pamela Blotner (02) was exhibited in a
solo show, The Fox’s Wedding, at the Quicksilver
Mine Co, Forestville, CA.
Charles Bock’s (01) novel Beautiful Children was
published by Random House.
Pip Brant’s (93, 96) work was featured at Abba
Fine Art in Miami.
Halsey Burgund’s (07) audio installation,
ROUND, opened at the Aldrich Contemporary Art
Museum in Ridgefield, CT.
Stephanie Cardon’s (05) photography is currently on view at ICP’s Education Gallery in New York
through Dec. 27.
J.R. Carpenter’s (06) story, Wyoming is Haunted
was published in Carte Blanche, the online literary
review of the Quebec Writer’s Federation.
Work by Janet Culbertson (89, 99), was shown
at the Tabla Rasa Gallery in Brooklyn, the Floyd
Memorial Library in Greenport, NY, the Accola
Contemporary in New York, the East End Arts
Council Gallery in Riverhead, NY, and El Galería
Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Sandra Dal Poggetto (03) was featured in
Natural Inclinations at the Holter Museum of Art in
Helena, MT.
Hilary DePolo’s (05) prose was presented in
Character
Sketches
at
the
Loveland
Museum/Gallery. Her poems were featured in the
Past Lives exhibition at the Curtis Arts and
Humanities Center in Greenwood Village, CO.
Jane Waggoner Deschner’s (03, 06) work,
Inexhaustible Invitations, is on view at the
Ampersand Vintage Gallery in Portland, OR
through December 24. She has an upcoming exhibition at the Lorinda Knight Gallery in Spokane.
Rebecca Doughty’s (07) new drawings, Tinies,
were exhibited at the Boston Drawing Project at
the Bernard Toale Gallery. Tiny Pieces was exhibited at the Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown.
top: Ravi Howard bottom: Andrea Clearfield
A retrospective of Joellyn Duesberry’s (07) paintings, The Big Picture, took place at the Museum of
Outdoor Arts in Englewood, CO. A Covenant of
Seasons was shown at the Ucross Art Gallery and
the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, MT.
Jessica Dunne’s (94, 04, 07) Paintings and
Prints was shown at the Commonweal Gallery in
Bolinas, CA. An exhibition of her work will open at
the Ucross Art Gallery on January 23, 2009.
Heidi Durrow (08) was the recipient of Barbara
Kingsolver’s 2008 Bellwether Prize for her novelin-progress, Light-Skinned-ed Girl.
Split Infinitive, an exhibition by Nancy Ennis (93),
was displayed at El Galería Nacional in San Jose,
Costa Rica.
Joey Fauerso’s (05) work was included in A
Moment of Clarity at the Hogar Collection in NYC.
Thomas Faulkner’s (86) work was shown in
ReUNION at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Carlos Ferguson’s (99) work was included in a
group exhibition at the Sculpture Space Gallery in
New York.
Forked Tongue, a new CD by the Revolutionary
Snake Ensemble, led by Ken Field (03), was
released by Cuneiform Records.
Alex Forman (06) participated in the Padua
Playwrights and Ladad Space presentation of A
Thousand Words, nine short plays inspired by
downtown artists, at Art Share L.A.
Chuck Forsman (86) and Kevin O’Connell (07)
were part of a group show, Dialog: Denver, at the
Robischon Gallery in Denver.
Ricky Ian Gordon’s (02, 05) latest recording, and
flowers pick themselves, (with soprano Melanie
Helton) was released in October. His work Green
Sneakers was premiered at the Vail Music Festival.
Kirsten Greenidge’s (02) play Bossa Nova was
selected for the Sundance Theater Lab.
David Grimm’s (01) play Steve and Idi premiered
at the Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater in NYC.
Laura Guese’s (07) paintings were featured at the
National Center for Atmospheric Research in
Boulder, CO, the Space Gallery in Denver, and at
the Indigo Gallery in Fort Collins, CO.
Jean Gumpper’s (01) recent work was exhibited
at the William Havu Gallery in Denver, at the Flint
Institute of Fine Arts, MN, and at the Davidson
Galleries in Seattle.
Jennifer Haigh’s (05) novel The Condition was
published by HarperCollins.
Work by Susan Hamburger (05) was featured at
the Mixed Greens Gallery in New York and the Ken
Jones Jr. Fine Art Gallery in Easton, PA.
“I did not expect to be so
inspired by the landscape
here. This is an extraordinary
place and an amazing
environment. Thanks to all
of you for your amazing
support and kindness.”
Lane Barden, photographer
Barbara Hammer (07) was honored with a Leo
Dratfield Award.
Christine Hiebert’s (98) work was shown at the
Margarete Roeder Gallery in New York.
Leslie Hirst’s (03) work was exhibited at the Pavel
Zoubok Gallery in New York.
Fred Ho (05) and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble
th
recently presented the 25 Anniversary Celebration
Revolutionary Earth Music at the Peter Norton
Symphony Space in New York.
Tony Hoagland (02) won the second annual
Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers.
Mike Holober (07) and The Gotham Jazz
Orchestra presented his multi-movement piece
Hiding Out, at the Philadelphia Art Museum.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman’s (08) novel, 19 Names
for Our Band, was published by Fence Books.
Three installations by Ethan Jackson (07) were
exhibited in Portland at galleryHOMELAND, 1313
West Burnside Studios, and Orbis Viridis Obscurus
at the New American Art Union.
Christopher Jentsch’s (07) Brooklyn Suite
premiered at the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn. His
Cycles Suite premiered at The Kitchen in NYC.
Regin Igloria’s (07) Lost and Found was
exhibited at the Janette Kennedy Gallery in Dallas,
and The Legacy of Mountainous Prairies was at
the ZG Gallery in Chicago.
The work of Maddine Insalaco (06) and Joe
Vinson (06), Open Air Painting from Italy: A
Continuing Tradition, was exhibited at the Museum
of Arts and Sciences in Macon, GA.
A story by Ha Jin (97), The House Behind a
Weeping Cherry, appeared in The New Yorker.
Chavawn Kelley (04) was awarded a Wyoming
Arts Council Literature Fellowship.
Paintings by Karen Kitchel (03, 06) were
exhibited at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
at Scripps College in Claremont, CA, and will be
featured at the Nevada Museum of Art from
January – May, 2009.
Pat Kikut (02) was part of the Artist Point
exhibition at the College of Santa Fe Gallery.
Suki Kim’s (98, 05) Letter from PyongYang
appears in the December issue of Harper’s.
Michelle Kong’s (07) work was shown at the
Samek Gallery in Lewisburg, PA.
Josh Kun’s (05, 07) new book, And You Shall
Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl, was published
by Crown.
Sara Shoemaker Lind’s (08) solo show, A
Mermaid’s View, was shown at the San Mateo City
Hall Gallery and will be on view at the San Mateo
Main Library Gallery through January 5, 2009.
Work by Tracy Linder (07), Patrick Smith (05),
Jane Waggoner Deschner (03) and Gordon
McConnell (00, 03) was shown at the RynikerMorrison Gallery, Billings, MT.
Pam Longobardi’s (86) Drifters was exhibited at
the Tinney Contemporary in Nashville, TN.
Jean Lowe’s (05) Love for Sale opened at the
Quint Gallery of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, CA.
Craig Lucas’ (01) new drama, Prayer for My
Enemy, opened at Playwrights Horizons.
Keeril Makan (08) was awarded the 2008-2009
Rome Prize in music by the American Academy in
Rome. His recording In Sound was released by
Tzadik Records.
Gordon McConnell’s (00, 03) paintings were
shown at the Ucross Foundation Art Gallery and at
Mountain Trails Gallery in Jackson, WY.
Andrew Millner’s (99) Biophilia was displayed at
the Tria Gallery in New York and the William
Shearbury Gallery in Santa Fe. It was also exhibited at Gallery 210, University of Missouri at St.
Louis, the Collectors Contemporary in Singapore,
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
the Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary in
Jackson, Wyoming.
Pamela Kendall Schiffer’s (08) paintings were
shown at The Easton Gallery in Santa Barbara.
Expressions in Time, an exhibition of paintings by
Carol Schwennesen (07) was on display at The
Shady Lady on Vashon Island, Washington.
Jiha Moon (03) had several solo shows including
No Peach Heaven, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta,
Vantage Point VII, The Mint Museum, Charlotte,
NC, and Megaxiscape: Special Project, Moti
Hasson Gallery, NYC.
Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz’s (00) solo work,
Surface to Air, was displayed at the Howard
Yezerski Gallery in Boston.
Honor Moore’s (06) memoir The Bishop’s
Daughter was published by W.W. Norton.
Lindy Smith (96, 04) was featured in a group
show, Four Summer, at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery
in New York.
Bill Morrison’s (03, 07) Lightning at Our Feet,
inspired by the work of Emily Dickinson, was
performed at BAM’s Harvey Theatre.
Photography by Patrick Smith (05), At the Ends
of the Earth, was shown at the Dufresne and Cobb
Foundations Gallery.
Timothy Nolan (01) was included in an exhibition,
Non-Obstructive, at the Irvine Fine Arts Center.
Randal Stoltzfus (04) was featured in The Magic
Hour at the Paul Rodgers/9W Gallery in New
York. He also participated in the Dumbo Art
Center’s Art Under the Bridge Festival in Brooklyn.
Ann Northrup’s (07) mural The Heart of
Kensington was dedicated on June 14 in
Pittsburgh, PA. An exhibition of her paintings,
Confluence, was on view at the Lewis and Clark
Historic Site and Museum in Hartford, IL.
Caitlin Strokosch (05) was appointed Executive
Director of the Alliance of Artist Communities.
Kevin O’Connell’s (07) In Between Days was
recently shown at the Platform Gallery in Seattle.
Manil Suri’s (03, 07) novel, The Age of Shiva,
was published by W.W. Norton.
Laurie Olinder (03) was included in The Paint
Show at La MaMa’s La Galleria in NYC.
Hannah Tinti’s (06) novel, The Good Thief, was
published by The Dial Press.
Cecily Parks’ (07) Field Folly Snow was published
by University of Georgia Press.
Gregor Turk’s (97), Interstate 50 and [Blank],
was shown at the Hagedorn Foundation Gallery in
Atlanta.
Ann Patchett’s (93) novel, Run, was published in
paperback by Harper Perennial and her nonfiction
book What Now? was published by HarperCollins.
Joan Perlman’s (99) paintings were exhibited at
the Riverside Art Museum, CA, the Wave Hill
Gallery in the Bronx, NY, the DCP Project Space in
San Francisco and the Jancar Gallery in Los
Angeles. Her work is currently on view at Fringe
Exhibitions in Los Angeles through December 20.
Gunnar Plake’s (97) Grand Canyon Series, The
Space Between, was featured at the Chiaroscuro
Gallery in Santa Fe.
Nolan Preece’s (89) Simple System was exhibited at the OSX Gallery, Carson City, NV and
Nevada Sky/Nevada Walls: Photographic Works,
opened at the E.L. Weigand Gallery, Fallon, NV.
Paintings by Merrill Wagner (02) were exhibited
at the Lesley Heller Gallery in NYC and the New
Arts Gallery in Litchfield, CT.
An exhibition of Tad Savinar’s (97) work, Not Just
Another Pretty Picture, was on view at PDX
Contemporary Art in Portland.
Pieces by J. Mark Scearce (08) premiering this
year included Postcards for Orchestra, Western
Piedmont Symphony, Hickory, NC, and Str Qt Nr 2
(Atlantis), Borromeo Quartet, Bargemusic,
Brooklyn.
Gary Schanbacher’s (08) collection of stories,
Migration Patterns, won the 2007 Colorado Book
Award in General Fiction and the High Plains Book
Award for Best First Book.
Annie Proulx’s (90, 92) new collection, Fine Just
the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3, was published by
Scribner.
Bart Schneider’s (05) novel, The Man in the
Blizzard, was published by Three Rivers Press.
Joshua Reiman’s (08) work was exhibited at the
Meyers Gallery at the University of Cincinnati.
Photography by Ernesto Scott (04) was featured
at the Singing Dog Gallery in Newberry, MI.
Susan Rich’s (07) The Alchemist’s Kitchen will be
published by White Pine Press in 2010.
Edwardo Santiere’s (04) Draw In was exhibited
at Haim Chanin Fine Arts in New York.
Collidescape by Sarah Walker (93, 05) was
shown at the Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, and
Beacons, Floaters and Lost Objects was on view at
the Gregory Lind Gallery in San Francisco.
G.C.Waldrep’s (07) new book, Disclamor, was
recently published by BOA Editions.
Tracey Scott Wilson’s (03) play, The Good Negro,
was presented at the Public Theater in New York.
“Ucross offers the ideal balance
of reverence for the work to
be done and evenings filled
with brilliant interactions
among new friends.”
Jean Blackburn, painter
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TO RUTH AT RSALVATORE@UCROSS.ORG
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UCROSS FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS!
NOVEMBER 2007 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2008
milky way
($7,500 or Over)
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Apache Corporation
Cimarex Energy
Steve and Darla Farris
Raymond Plank
Roger and Connie Plank
Richard Vogel
high plains
($5,000 - $7,499)
John and Vicki Crum
Chip and Barbara Lawrence
Joseph and Katharine Rice
Merrill Wagner Ryman*
pratt & ferris
($2,500 - $4,999 )
Randy and Terry Ferlic
Lollie Benz Plank
Mike and Lisa Stewart
Wyoming Arts Council
big red
($500 - $2,499)
Alkire Family Foundation
Anonymous
Frederick M. Bohen
Susan Cannon
Davis & Cannon
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Millie and Gene Fiedorek
Elizabeth Gilbert*
Charlie and Ann Hart
Jon and Marilyn Jeppesen
Terry and Donna Johansen
Elizabeth & Zurab Kobiashvili
Forrest Mars, Jr.
Gordon McConnell*
Charles and Twing Pitman
Powder River Energy
Virginia and Floyd Price
Ann and Paul Rittenberg
The Woods
triple creek
($100 - $499)
Bella Graphics
Blair Hotels, Inc.
Mel and Jan Bleeker
Bruce and Suzanne Breckenridge*
Ron Carlson*
Howard, Hannah & Rosemary Cohen
Ralph Combs
Liz Darhansoff
Britt Dearman
Robert Dye
First Interstate Bank
First National Bank
Barbara Foster*
Fremont Motor of Sheridan
Richard Hackman*
Richard and Jamie Hammer
Carol Harden
Craig and Karen Hart
Dainis Hazners
Highland, Inc.
Danna Hildebrand*
Christopher Jentsch*
Jonathon Keats*
Ann Brewer Knox*
Jean Lowe*
Peter and Nancy Mickelsen
Jerry Monteith*
Ross Murphy
John and Jin Patton
Prusak Ranch
Peter Rock*
S. G. Welsh Co. Inc.
Sheridan Media
Gregory N. Sale*
Gary Schanbacher*
Bart Schneider*
Sam and Connie Street
Manil Suri*
Marcia Tanner*
Judith Taylor*
Jean Valentine*
Dianne Wyatt
ucross friend
(up to$99)
Olive Ayhens*
Big Horn Mountain Radio Network
Brittain World Travel
Laura Cardoso*
Caroll Realty, Inc.
Cecelia Condit*
Culligan Water
Davis Gallery
Heidi D’Entremont*
Jessica Dunne*
Nancy Ennis*
(In-kind contributors included)
Jeanette R. Fintz*
Martha Gibbs
John Gulla & Andrea Godbout
Virginia Howard*
Brenda Hutchinson*
Jonathan Kline*
Glenn Kurtz*
Darryl Lauster*
Norma Jean MacLeod*
Deirdra McAfee*
McDonald’s
Dave Munsick
Karen Norteman and Gregory Hall*
Jessica Pallingston*
Dave Pardee
Pizza Hut, Buffalo
Jay and Kathy Schmidt*
Sheridan Press
Peggy Shinner*
Robert and Nancy Sorenson
The Sports Lure
Subway, Buffalo
Sun Microsystems
Taco John’s
Susan Thulin*
Paul Villinski*
Robert M. Wagner, MD
Hazel Walker*
Barbara Walters
Wal-Mart, Sheridan
in memory of vic and dorothy stein
Darrel R. Alkire
Jim and Judy Bauman
Walter Brioch
Dennis Burgess
Church of St. Joseph of Hopkins
Commercial Partners Title
Steve and Darla Farris
Pamela George
D. Clifford Jensen
Robert and Kim Johansen
Terry and Donna Johansen
James Knutson
Diane Lindquist and Jeff Huggett
Robert and Margaret Leith
Sandra Lindbo
Paul Markwardt
Brian and Rene Miley
Don Myron
Jim Nelson
Thomas O’Connell
Raymond Plank
Jody and Octavio Portu
Lee Radermacher
M. Scott and Ellen Sayer
George and Linda Steiner
Susan Hoffman Interior Designs
When the Mood is Food
* former Resident
above: Jake Jahiel at our 27th Annual Independence Day festivities
IN MEMORIAM
We were saddened this year by the loss of
former Ucross Trustee Victor Stein and his
wife Dorothy. Vic was one of the Ucross
Foundation’s founding Trustees and served on
the Board for more than 20 years. Born in 1921
in Minnesota, Vic enlisted in the US Naval
Reserve in 1942 and spent three years flying
“blimps” during World War II. He married
Dorothy in 1943 in Massachusetts where he
was stationed at the time.
Vic worked in the printing industry in
Minnesota for over 50 years, founding a
number of companies, serving as CEO for them
and serving national and local graphic arts companies in many capacities. He was a founding
member of the National Advisory Board for the
C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana
and was instrumental in the formation of the
Charlie Russell Riders, which helped raise funds
and increase awareness of the museum. Vic
loved horseback riding and working on his art
gallery which was known as Old Utica.
The Foundation presented its July 3rd
Fireworks Extravaganza in honor of Vic and
Dorothy. Their daughter Jenny Fortin wrote to
us afterward: “We had such a wonderful time
celebrating Mom and Dad’s lives… The fireworks
were spectacular following a beautiful sunny day
in Ucross, and as you know… that was Dad’s
paradise. What a tribute!” All of us in Ucross will
keep the memory of Vic and Dorothy in our
hearts, and we send our gratitude to everyone
who made contributions to the Ucross
Foundation in their honor.
SPRING 2008 RESIDENTS
FALL 2008 RESIDENTS
L I T E R AT U R E
L I T E R AT U R E
Jessica Anthony, Portland, ME
Elizabeth Arnold, Hyattsville, MD
Louise Aronson, San Francisco, CA
Lane Barden, Los Angeles, CA
Tina Barr, Memphis, TN
David James Duncan, Lolo, MT
Stefani Jaye Farris, Lander, WY
Lucy Ferriss, West Hartford, CT
Francisco Goldman, Brooklyn, NY
Otis Haschmeyer, Knoxville, TN
Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Jersey City, NY
Dan O’Brien, Hermosa, SD
Joe Roman, Bristol, VT
Ellen Sussman, Los Altos Hills, CA
Justin Torres, Brooklyn, NY
Adele Barker, Tucson, AZ
Alan Barstow, Redondo Beach, CA
Meehan Crist, New York, NY
Dave DeGolyer, Elmira Heights, NY
Heidi Durrow, Los Angeles, CA
Joshua Ferris, Hudson, NY
Ravi Howard, Mobile, AL
Ann Keniston, Reno, NV
Adam Klein, Castroville, CA
Beth Loffreda, Laramie, WY
Steve Lattimore, St. Louis, MO
Caroline Patterson, Helena, MT
Helen Phillips, Brooklyn, NY
Alessandro Ricciarelli, Brooklyn, NY
Gary Schanbacher, Littleton, CO
Jean Valentine, New York, NY
Spring Warren, Davis, CA
Michael White, Wilmington, NC
visual arts
Jennilie Brewster, Brooklyn, NY
Cecelia Condit, Shorewood, WI
Joellyn Duesberry, Greenwood Village, CO
Michael Forsberg, Lincoln, NE
Alexandra Huddleston, Santa Fe, NM
Martyl Langsdorf, Schaumburg. IL
Connie Lehman, Elizabeth, CO
Sara Shoemaker Lind, San Francisco, CA
Sarah Jane Lapp, Seattle, WA
Michael Parker, Tampa, FL
Joshua Reiman, Ithaca, NY
Jacinda Russell, Muncie, IN
Pamela Kendall Schiffer, Santa Barbara, CA
Maggie Smith, Bainbridge Island, WA
Don Stinson, Evergreen, CO
Jack Wax, Richmond, VA
Stephen Weaver, Colorado Springs, CO
Anne Wilson, Evanston IL
Liat Yossifor, Hollywood, CA
film, music, dance, theatre
Philip Aaberg, Chester, MT
Annie Baker, Brooklyn, NY*
Beth Blatt, New York, NY
Jeff Blumenkrantz, New York, NY
Mark Campbell, New York, NY*
Andrea Clearfield, Philadelphia, PA
Peter Gil-Sheridan, Minneapolis, MN
Bob Glaudini, Astoria, NY*
Shelley Hirsch, New York, NY
Edward Knight, Oklahoma, City, OK
Keeril Makan, Cambridge, MA
J. Mark Scearce, Raleigh, NC
Jenny Schwartz, New York, NY*
Joseph Thalken, New York, NY*
Kate Walat, Brooklyn, NY*
Daniel Zippi, New York, NY
*Sundance Participant
visual arts
Kate Atkin, London, UK
Steven Badgett, Chicago, IL
Jean Blackburn, Sarasota, FL
Maria Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tarka Kings, London, UK
Joseph Labate, Tucson, AZ
Melissa McCutcheon, Brooklyn, NY
Samuel Nigro, Brooklyn, NY
Janet Pritchard, Mansfield Center, VT
Letitia Quesenberry, Louisville, KY
Zoë Sheehan Saldana, Brooklyn, NY
Chris Simon, Salt Lake City, UT
Tom Virgin, Miami, FL
Jeff Weiss, Brooklyn, NY
Jennifer Yorke, Chicago, IL
film, music, dance, theatre
Amy Correia, West Hartland, CT
Jeanne Dorsey, New York, NY
Andrew Gerle, Long Island City, NY
Rebecca Gilman, Chicago, IL
Larry Karush, Los Angeles, CA
Justin Messina, Brooklyn, NY
Peter Ostroushko, Minneapolis, MN
Scott Rosenberg, Oakland, CA
Brian Silberman, Marietta, PA
Mark So, Los Angeles, CA
Charles Wuorinen, New York, NY
U C R O S S F O U N D AT I O N
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clearmont, wyoming 82835
307.737.2291
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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.