Since opening in 2006, The Center, Hailey has been used as an adjunct exhibition space as well as a place to house visiting artists and hold small discussions or lectures. Exhibitions in Hailey often focus on the work of a single artist whose content is linked to the ideas being explored in concurrent exhibitions in Ketchum. Center curatorial staff is committed to using this space to showcase the work of emerging local and regional artists. In addition to the gallery space in the Pound/McKercher house, The Center has a dedicated classroom building on the site that was completed in fall 2006 and is in almost constant use for classes for adults, teens and students.
The Center Galleries are always free and open to the public! Hailey Gallery Hours: W–F noon–5pm
Nate Galpin, Tulip, 2009
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Nate Galpin and Jen Galpin-Mikesh: Works on Paper
Apr 30–Jun 25, 2010
Jen Galpin-Mikesh and Nate Galpin have been making art in the Wood River Valley for almost 10 years. Jen Galpin-Mikesh is a master printer who works with artists to make etchings, woodcuts and monotypes in her Hailey studio. She is also an accomplished artist in her own right for whom drawing is an essential part of her artistic practice. Whether prints or drawings, her works on paper often feature imagery inspired by the beauty of the natural world. Conceptual artist Nate Galpin creates 2- and 3-dimensional art works in a variety of media ranging from photography to metal. Drawing, however, is an integral part of his artistic process. This exhibition features a series of drawings that combine ink and paper with gravity and centrifugal force to create lyrical abstract images.
Opening Celebration
Fri, Apr 30, 5:30–7pm
The Center, Hailey • Free
Join us for drinks and appetizers as we celebrate the opening of Nate Galpin and Jen Galpin-Mikesh: Works on Paper. The artists will speak about their work at 6pm.
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Timber!- an open exhibition July 1 – September 10, 2010 Idaho photographers, illustrators, painters and printmakers are invited to present their interpretations of the trees that inhabit our landscape, our community and our neighborhoods. Submissions must be received by 5pm, Thursday, June 24 and must be accompanied by the submission form and follow the guidelines provided. Timber! is presented by the Hailey Arts Commission and the Sun Valley Center for the Arts Opening Celebration for Timber!July 1, 5:30-7pm at The Center, Hailey Free of charge Kick off Hailey's Month of Art at the opening celebration for Timber! Refreshments will be served. An Outdoor Installation for Timber! at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey As part of a larger exhibition focused on the artistic interpretation of trees in contemporary art, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts invited proposals from local and regional artists for a temporary installation project involving the trees on The Center’s property in Hailey. The Center, Hailey, is located at the corner of 2nd and Pine in a historic house, the birthplace of poet Ezra Pound. Jill Fitterer: The Dream Tree and Nickolus Meisel: Pound Wish Prescription Outdoor Installations at The Center, Hailey Jul 1-Sep 10 As part of The Center’s exploration of trees, Boise artist Jill Fitterer and Nickolus Meisel, who is based in Pullman, Washington, have each created installations in the trees on The Center’s property in Hailey. Both artists were inspired by the history of The Center as the birthplace of Ezra Pound and have designed projects that incorporate writing. Fitterer’s installation, The Dream Tree, consists of 10 hand-made books, one for each week of the exhibition, that hang from the large conifer at the southwest corner of the property. Each week, the public is invited to record their dreams in one of the twelve books. Fitterer’s etchings and screenprints are interleafed with blank pages in the books. Meisel has created a set of small, abstract steel forms that encircle the apple tree at the front of the house. Ezra Pound’s poem “A Girl” is written in chalk on the forms. The public is invited to make wishes and to tie white strings representing those wishes to red ropes that hang from the branches of the tree. Artists have the opportunity to participate in two ways in the Timber! exhibition. Artists may either submit work for the indoor exhibition, or submit a proposal for an outdoor installation. Please see below for the two options.
OPTION 1: Timber!- an open exhibitionJuly 1 – September 10, 2010 Idaho photographers, illustrators, painters and printmakers are invited to present their interpretations of the trees that inhabit our landscape, our community and our neighborhoods. Submissions must be received by 5pm, Thursday, June 24 and must be accompanied by the submission form and follow the guidelines provided.
Submission guidelines and form for the group exhibition - indoors
A few of the guidelines for submission - please view the linked document for complete rules for participation.
- Work must be delivered to the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum (corner of 5th and Washington) or the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey (corner of 2nd Ave. and Pine St.) by 5:00 pm on Thursday, June 24, 2010, and must be accompanied by the attached submission form. Hours at The Center in Ketchum are 9-5, Mon-Fri, hours at The Center in Hailey are 12-5, Wed-Fri only.
- Only the first 45 works submitted will be displayed - first come, first served.
- More rules are in the guidelines, please review carefully!
OPTION 2: An Outdoor Installation for Timber!at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey As part of a larger exhibition focused on the artistic interpretation of trees in contemporary art, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts invites proposals from local and regional artists for a temporary installation project involving the trees on The Center’s property in Hailey. The Center, Hailey, is located at the corner of 2nd and Pine in a historic house, the birthplace of poet Ezra Pound. The two winning proposals were from Jill Fitterer and Nickolus Meisel. Jill Fitterer: The Dream Tree and Nickolus Meisel: Pound Wish PrescriptionOutdoor Installations at The Center, Hailey Jul 1-Sep 10 As part of The Center’s exploration of trees, Boise artist Jill Fitterer and Nickolus Meisel, who is based in Pullman, Washington, have each created installations in the trees on The Center’s property in Hailey. Both artists were inspired by the history of The Center as the birthplace of Ezra Pound and have designed projects that incorporate writing. Fitterer’s installation, The Dream Tree, consists of 12 hand-made books, one for each week of the exhibition, that hang from the large conifer at the southwest corner of the property. Each week, the public is invited to record their dreams in one of the twelve books. Fitterer’s etchings and screenprints are interleafed with blank pages in the books. Meisel has created a set of small, abstract steel forms that encircle the apple tree at the front of the house. Ezra Pound’s poem “A Girl” is written in chalk on the forms. The public is invited to make wishes and to tie white strings representing those wishes to red ropes that hang from the branches of the tree. See YouTube videos of the site: Video 1 • Video 2 • Video 3
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Gay Bawa Odmark: Reinventing Indian Traditions
December 4, 2009 through April 2, 2010
Longtime Wood River Valley resident Gay Bawa Odmark was born in Lahore and spent part of her childhood in Calcutta before her family left India at the height of the violence that followed that country’s partition. She has spent her life moving between the United Kingdom, the United States and India. A highly accomplished photographer, painter and printmaker, she creates work that draws on her memories and experience of India as well as her studies of Hindu mythology and Indian history.
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Nay Aug Mine, Deer Creek, Wood River Valley, Idaho State Historical Society
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Mining the Wood River Valley
Fri, Sep 11 – Fri, Nov 27, 2009
Explore the history of mining in the Wood River Valley through photographs drawn from the archives of the Idaho State Historical Society and the Hailey Public Library’s Martyn Mallory Collection. Made from the late 19th century to the 1940s, the photos give us a glimpse into life in the valley a century ago. |
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Idaho’s Fences - An open exhibition
Presented by Sun Valley Center for the Arts
June 5-August 31, 2009
In conjunction with The Community Library’s presentation of the Smithsonian touring exhibition Between Fences, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts opens up The Center, Hailey, to local photographers, illustrators, painters and printmakers to present their take on the fences that inhabit our landscape, our community and our neighborhoods.
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Chris Binion, Sioux Silos, 2007
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Everything Forgotten: Paintings by Chris Binion
Apr 3–May 29, 2009
The Center, Hailey
Boise-based painter Chris Binion has spent much of his career painting still lifes, but a trip to Fairfield inspired a new body of work. The exhibition will feature a series of watercolor paintings that depict the architecture of farming: barns, grain silos and the other structures that dot the agricultural landscape.
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Pamela DeTuncq, June, 2008
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June, An Installation by Pamela DeTuncq
The Center, Hailey
Jan 23–Mar 27, 2009
Wood River Valley artist Pamela DeTuncq created June as a witty meditation on domesticity, gender roles and the degree to which expectations of woman have (and have not) changed since the 1950s.
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Sara Varon, Robot Dreams, book cover, courtesy of the artist
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Contemporary Graphic Novels
Fri, Nov 14, 2008–Fri, Jan 16, 2009
For centuries, sequential imagery has served as a direct and efficient form of communication. From cave paintings to hieroglyphics to superhero comics, when pictures are linked they create a narrative. The 20th century saw the rise of comics as a popular art form that often took the form of caped crusaders. The 21st century has seen the graphic novel grow into an influential and pervasive form of expression that explores topics as wideranging as love, the perils of war, questions of identity and historical narratives. Sara Varon, Cyril Pedrosa and Danica Novgorodoff represent this diversity of talent and content with their stories about robots strolling Brooklyn, the desolate landscape of the Mexican-American border and the rolling hills of a child's imagination. |
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Eve-Marie Bergren, Mining Identity: Finola, 2005, courtesy of the artist
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Mining Identity: Works by Eve-Marie Bergren
Aug 29 - Nov 7, 2008
The Center, Hailey
Boise-based artist Eve-Marie Bergren has produced a series of portraits of individuals based on their fingerprints. |
Kirsten Furlong, Still Life (Dodo), 2007
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Birdwatch: Works by Kirsten Furlong
The Center, Hailey
July 3 - August 22, 2008
Boise-based artist Kirsten Furlong has produced a body of work that explores the relationship between birds and our cultural understanding of the natural world.
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Continuum II: An Installation in Two Verses
A part of the Idaho Triennial
Apr - May 2008
Gerri Sayler, who was the winner of the 2007 Idaho Triennial Juror's Prize, has created a special installation using unraveled strands of manila and sisal rope.
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The Seditious Stitch: work by Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Feb 22-Apr 11, 2007
Image: Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Playing with Bears, 2005
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Retablos: Reinterpreting a Tradition exhibition with work by Alma Gomez
Dec 19, 2007 -Feb 15, 2008
Image: Alma Gomez, Santa Librada, 2007
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Common Soil: An intallation by Matt Sellars
January 19-March 16, 2007
Image: Matt Sellars barns installed at The Center, Hailey
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Off the Page with Leslie Patricelli
Mar 28-May 18, 2007
Image: Leslie Patricelli, Elephants are Big, 2003
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Down in the Valley: Recent Paintings by Aaron Pearson
Jun 1-Aug 3, 2007
Image: Aaron Pearson, Ghosts 2 (everyone whom I've ever loved), 2006
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Silver Lining: Pass Mine Artists' Books
Aug 8-Oct 13, 2007
Image: Stephanie Bacon, Mr. Randall and the Chinese Cook, 2005
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Lines in the Earth: Journals by Bruce Kremer
Oct 19-Dec 14, 2007
Image: Bruce Kremer, Matauwhi, 1990
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Tibet Through Local Eyes
Apr 12-Jun 2, 2006
Image: Mary Gervase
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The Chair in Public: An exhibition of proposed outdoor seating projects
June 28-July 28, 2006
Sculpture by Joe Castle, 2006
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Keet H'it, Killer Whale House: work by Larry McNeil
As a part of ALBUM: Shifting Native Stories multidisciplinary exhibition
Aug 9-Oct 20, 2006
Image: Larry McNeil, Dad, 2002
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Herd, But Not Seen: photographs by Elissa Kline
Nov 3-Jan 12, 2006
Image: Elissa Kline, Wild Ones X, 2005
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