For Immediate Release September 3, 2013 Contact: Dr. Sharon Kahin, Executive Director 733-2414 [email protected] jacksonholehistory.org _____________________________________________ CALENDAR: As artist-in-residence for the Fall Arts Festival, Tom Lucas will be painting on Thursday, September 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum’s Indians of the Greater Yellowstone located at the corner of Glenwood and Deloney. His specialty is Native American and western art, and he is represented at the Grand Teton Gallery in Jackson and the Silver Sage Gallery in Dubois. _____________________________________________ On Thursday, September 12, Tom Lucas from the Silver Sage Gallery in Dubois will be the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum’s Artist-in-Residence for the Fall Arts Festival. Lucas will be painting from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the museum’s Indians of the Greater Yellowstone exhibit at its 105 Glenwood location. Lucas’ specialty is Native American and western art – subjects that reflect the authenticity of the life he has lived. Tom grew up ranching on the Crow Reservation outside Lodge Grass, Montana. Riding over the sagebrush steppes with Crow companions, he learned to know and love Indian culture, as well as ranching, from the inside out. In addition to ranching, Tom has been a professional horse trainer, trapper, and wilderness guide. From his cabin in Lander, Tom has repeatedly helped his Shoshone and Arapaho neighbors from the Wind River Indian Reservation by making Sun Dance whistles, ceremonial drums and rattles, Shoshone-style saddles from the forked branches of cottonwood trees, and other traditional and forgotten arts; he was taught Shoshone-style beadwork by the late Eva Mac Adams who received the National Endowment for the Arts prestigious National Heritage award in 1996. A master flint knapper and craftsman whose repertoire includes making Shoshone-style sinew-backed bows from the horns of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, Tom is recognized by the Wyoming Arts Council as a Master Teacher and has received grants to teach bow-making to Crow students – bringing his interest and skills full circle. Straddling two cultures comes easily to Tom — he has shown at the Celebration of Fine Arts in Scottsdale, Arizona for nine years and has been a member of the Oil Painters of America for over six. In addition to showing his work at the Silver Sage Gallery, Tom is represented at the Grand Teton Gallery in Jackson. The Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum is pleased to welcome Tom to the Fall Arts Festival where he will be painting directly across from the museum’s display of his bighorn bow.
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