art in KeTCHUM

Cover Art
Cover Art:
Cover Art was unveiled in 2012 and features vinyl
images of original art wrapped around utility boxes in
Ketchum’s downtown core and a gondola car on the
Baldy ski slope. Twelve Idaho artists, supported by
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Grant Olsen
The Importance of
Scholarship and
Confidence
local sponsors, created vibrant, unique artwork to
in ketchum
The City of Ketchum has been named one of the
top 12 small towns for art in the U.S. by ArtPlace.
We have Art on Fourth, a series of sculptures
along one of the town’s major streets; Cover
Art on utility boxes; an artist-designed gondola
Photo by Josh Wells, alpinfoto
art
help transform utilitarian infrastructure.
Art on Fourth:
This juried annual outdoor exhibition, curated by the
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Patrick Kilby
Ore Wagons
KAC, is now in its seventh year and lines the Fourth
be in place until October.
Community Art:
Several
generous
donors
have
given
outdoor
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Racheal Teannalach
Wood River Valley Cycle –
Fall, Winter,
Spring, Summer
sculptures that are installed in local parks and on
sidewalks. In one instance, the KAC helped organize
and design a new park by the YMCA that features the
work of Ketchum native Rod Kagan, an internationally
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Lisa Flowers Ross
Sunspots
known artist who passed away in 2010.
car at the Sun Valley ski resort; StreetArt on
StreetArt:
manhole covers; artworks by local artists in
In 2011, the designs of several local artists were
City Hall; and various other outdoor sculptures
selected for commemorative coins. Production of
owned by the City. All projects were organized
the coins turned out to be unfeasible, and the City
by the Ketchum Arts Commission (KAC).
transferred the designs to manhole covers.
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Josh Udesen
Unnamed
Forty
downtown covers feature the designs. Just look down!
Art in City Hall:
With the election of a new mayor came the idea of
showcasing the work of local artists in the City Hall’s
council chambers. The exhibit of loaned works of art
will rotate annually. This year features two local fabric
artists : Leslie Rego and Janet Starr.
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Bob Dix
Tegernsee, Germany
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Marianne Konvalinka
Sun Valley Serenade
Street Heritage Corridor. This year’s exhibit features
five works on loan from Idaho and Utah artists and will
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Bob Dix
Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy
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J. Pierce
Unnamed
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Belinda Isley
Play On
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Marie Stewart
Aura of Ketchum
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Ralph Harris
Boulder Mountain
Gondola Car on Baldy
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Wendel Wirth
Stanley Fall Burn
art in ketchum
In addition to the City of Ketchum, many individuals
and businesses have generously supported Ketchum’s
various art initiatives, both through financial donations
and contributions of time, materials, sites and artwork.
Additional supporters include:
Architecture +/Steve Pruitt
Atkinsons’ Market
Bigwood Ski
Michael and Chris Boskin
Jack and Elizabeth Bunce
Bureau of Land Management
Castellano-Wood Family
CenturyLink
Community Library
Cox Communications
Steven Denholtz
Sue Dumke
Elias Construction/Adam Elias
Family of Rod Kagan
Friends of Randy Hess
Friends of Rod Kagan
Gallery DeNovo
Gilman Contemporary
Hardiman Family Foundation
Geri and John Herbert
Idaho Department of Transportation
International Olympic Committee
Lee Gilman Builders
John and Barbara Lehman
Carole and Michael Marks
Priscilla Panzer
Selby Family
Gail Severn
Sun Valley Company
Gail and Jack Thornton
U.S. Forest Service
The Vault
David and Trish Wilson/Wilson Construction LLC
Windy City Arts
Photos by Marybeth Flower
Art in Ketchum Locator Map
Art On Fourth
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Greg Bartlett
Diligent Usher
Spruce Ave.
2 7a 7b
Walnut Ave.
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Steel
[email protected]
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Michael Zapponi
Fin de Siècle
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Michael Coleman
In His Prime
Art In City Hall
Stainless steel, steel, paint,
kinetic components
Bronze
colemanart.com
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5
East Ave.
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4
Giaccobi
Square
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Ken McCall
Leaf Spiral
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Steel and stainless steel
[email protected]
Second Street
Sun Valley Road
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4
Fourth Street
Leadville Ave.
Galleria
Bldg.
Main Street
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Rod Kagan
Totem Bench #4
Community Art
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Visitors
Center
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Ketchum Town
1 Square
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Delos Van Earl
Dutchman’s Bend
Bronze
Janet Starr
Bronze
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Joan Barrantes
Complementaros
Harriman Trail After The Frost
Shadow Play
Corten steel
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3
8
Washington Ave.
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3
Jacob Novinger
Orion
Direct metal
jacobnovinger.com
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Sue Dumke
Hemingway Mosaic
Photo on metal
StreetArt
Janet Starr
Where The Drinks Come With Fruit and Umbrellas
First Ave.
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9
3
Bruce Smith
River Song
(Randy Hess Memorial)
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ARTWORKS not located on map
Delos Van Earl, Lucy Loken Park
(South End of Walnut Ave. off cul-de-sac)
4 Rod Kagan, Saddle Rd., adjacent to YMCA
5 Michael Zapponi, Rotary Park
7 Joan Barrantes, Edelweiss Park
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Grant Olsen, Main St. and First St.
Josh Udesen, Main St. and Fifth Ave.
J. Pierce, Hwy 75 and Saddle Rd.
Belinda Isley, Second Ave. and River St.
Marie Stewart, Washington Ave. and River St.
Ralph Harris, Gondola Car on Baldy
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StreetArt, various locations
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5
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10
Bronze
Ralph Harris
Lost and Found
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Teresa McHugh
Snow Ghost 1
Steel with patina
teresamchugh.com
Denise DeCoster
Downhill Sunrise
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Rod Kagan
Idaho Columns
Arpeggio
Steel and discarded objects
from Idaho mines
Noah Bowen
Pushing Dawn
Gary Marks
Pizzazz
Leslie Rego
Prelude
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