Fall Arts Festival

As the days grow shorter, the nights cooler, the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce hosts one of the premier cultural events in the Rocky Mountain West celebrating the arts—the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, now in its 35th year. Whether you attend the always popular Palates and Palettes Art Walk, Taste of the Tetons, Quick Draw Art Sale + Auction or the Historic Ranch Tour, each year brings together nationally and internationally acclaimed artists along with an exceptional array of events featuring music, cuisine and wine.

This year’s festival runs from Wednesday, September 4th, through Sunday, September 15th, featuring artist Kathryn Mapes Turner, the fourth generation raised on her family’s Triangle X Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. A recipient of numerous national awards, Turner conveys her “experience of a subject’s essential spirit and energy” in impressionistic paintings of nature and wildlife. Every fifth year also features a sculptor; this year John E. Simms, a local metal sculptor, will display multiple works. His sculptural pieces, based on geometric forms, are “organic configurations emanating vital strength.”