Backbeat 9/2/09

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

By PJH Staff

ART BACKS BREASTS
Jackson Hole, Wyo.-Every time Kelly Sullivan hosts a Teton Arts Council life drawing session in her studio, some really good drawings of naked ladies go to waste.

As a way to get the drawings up on walls, and raise money for breast cancer, last year she started Pin Ups: Stickin’ it to Breast Cancer, a creative, competitive auction where most of the drawings are under $20.

To warm up for longer poses, artists crank out a few shorter pieces on newsprint at the beginning of every session. Often those drawings have the most freedom and expression, but since they are drawn on newsprint the drawings aren’t gallery worthy, Sullivan said. Event goers can purchase a $5 ribbon to pin up on a drawing, and can add other ribbons if someone challenges them. For $20, a big ribbon claims the drawing.

This year the ceramics department at the council are chipping in with What’s Your Cup Size? - a separate auction of ceramic cups that follows the same format.
Some finished nude paintings, art bras and metal sculptures, will also be auctioned.
Hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer will be there to accompany the art.

The money raised goes to the Susan G. Komen foundation, and to sponsor free mammograms for Teton Valley residents who can’t afford them. - HS

Pin Ups: Stickin’ it to Breast Cancer runs from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday, at Sulli Studios, 105 E. Johnson Ave., Driggs. Call 208-456-5600 for more information.

School lunch revolution
Radioactive cheese, cardboard pizza and worm-meal burgers.
If you ever used those words to describe dishes you’ve eaten, you probably bought your lunch in the school cafeteria as a kid.

For some reason, many Americans ate gross food on a large scale when they were young. But as blind consumerism becomes less stylish, and health becomes hip, a movement to change the way kids eat food in school is gaining momentum. This weekend, Slow Foods U.S.A.’s Teton chapter is hosting Time for Lunch on either side of Teton Pass, to encourage folks to lobby their U.S. legislators to vote for bills that allow healthy food in schools. - HS

Time for Lunch gathers on Labor Day, Monday, 5 to 7 p.m. in Miller Park and, 6 to 8 p.m., at the Old Middle School in Driggs. Bring a dish to share or a recipe if it could be served at school. www.slowfoodusa.org.

On the road with Steinbeck
Gregory Zeigler wants to know what Americans are like today. He borrowed the question from John Steinbeck’s book Travels with Charlie.

Steinbeck journeyed around the country with his dog, Charlie, all the while taking notes and talking to people.

Zeigler plans to take his dog, Max, on a tour designed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Steinbeck’s 1960 book. The pair will stay as close as they can to the Steinbeck route. 

A retired English teacher and administrator (Teton Science School), Zeigler said that he’s just going to head out to see what happens with a tape recorder and a camera, but on a “test drive” earlier this year, he saw that the recession would probably play into his research, as a correlation to Steinbeck’s work on The Great Depression.

In Phoenix, he spoke with “Rick,” who was learning to drive a truck because he could no longer get work as a machinist. And together they witnessed a family living in a shanty.

Zeigler will then publish the story of his journey in a nonfiction book, titled Travels with Steinbeck: In Search of America Fifty Years Later. - MI

Keep up with Greg and Max at www.travelswithsteinbeck.wordpress.com

Health at home
Carcinogens are all around you, but small actions you take can reduce your exposure to them.

A few tips that will be shared at a presentation at Teton County Library on Tuesday are: what foods are most essential to buy organically, how to polish silver without toxic polish (by using toothpaste), how to treat daiper rash with flour and how to test for microwave leaks with your cell phone.

Dr. Devra Davis, a campaigner for environmental health and noted scientist, will be on hand to preview the testimony she’ll give to the U.S. Senate in two weeks about why some countries tell children not to use cell phones, but the U.S. doesn’t. - HS
How Greening Your Home Can Help Your Health and the Environment is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, at Teton County Library. 733-2164.

Put beer in your Mud Pot
Drink beer, score a hand made stein, and raise funds for the local ceramics community Thursday evening at the Art Association.

The Teton Mud P3ots are hosting their first ever Beer Stein Party with locally-made steins, Snake River Brewery beer and root beer floats.

The Mudpots raise funds to bring artists to town and provide scholarships for artists who can’t afford classes or workshops. - HS

The party begins at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Center for the Arts, in front of the Art Association’s Ceramics Studio. Steins are $25, which includes beer. 733-6379.

COURTESY TETON VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL
An art-bra that will be on display at Pin Ups.


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