Meet and greets with artists, dance classes, evening concerts – the fourth annual Celebration of the Arts is set to unfold in Sheridan County with four days of dynamic events from August 25 – 28.
Each summer, local arts organizations come together to present this three-day festival, which celebrates the visual, literary and performing arts communities at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains.
This year, Art Alley, a street fair in Sheridan hosted by SAGE Community Arts on Thursday, will headline the festival; a concert by acclaimed singer-songwriter Lynda Kay at the WYO Performing Arts and Education Center in Sheridan on Friday; the Bighorn Rendezvous Quickdraw at the Brinton Museum in Hornmore on Saturday morning; a performance by John Roberts y Pan Blanco at the Whitney Center for the Arts in Sheridan on Saturday evening; and the Ucross Arts Festival featuring a performance by Jalan Crossland, a reading by Brandon Hobson and an art giveaway in Ucross on Sunday.
Appearing on Sheridan Media‘s Public Pulse program, Ucross Communications & Special Events Manager Caitlin Addlesperger told the audience a little about Hobson.
In addition, during the four-day festival, the Celebration of the Arts offers pop-in and dance classes, art workshops and readings to the public, free and open to all.
The full 2022 schedule for the Celebration of the Arts is listed below:
Noon: Reading and Q&A with award-winning author and Ucross Fellow Brandon Hobson in the Kooi Library at Sheridan College. Light refreshments are included. Free and open to the public.
5-7 p.m. Art Alley, hosted by SAGE Community Arts on Brundage Street in downtown Sheridan. It includes live music, artisan booths, organization booths, art exhibits and artist greetings. Free and open to the public.
3:30-5 p.m. Afro-Latin Music Masterclass with John Roberts y Pan Blanco in Kinnison Hall at the Whitney Center for the Arts at Sheridan College. Free and open to the public.
6-7:30 p.m. Bighorn Rendezvous Quickdraw Artist Meet and Greet at the Brinton Museum. Free and open to the public.
7:30 p.m. Lynda Kay Concert at the WYO Performing Arts and Education Center. Tickets available at wyotheater.com.
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Quickdraw Bighorn Rendezvous at the Brinton Museum. Free and open to the public.
4:30-5:30 p.m. Salsa Dance Class in Choir Room W129 at the Whitney Center for the Arts at Sheridan College. Free and open to the public.
6-9 p.m. Quickdraw Bighorn Rendezvous Art Auction and Dinner at the Brinton Museum. Tickets available at thebrintonmuseum.org.
7 p.m. Concert by John Roberts y Pan Blanco in Kinnison Hall at the Whitney Center for the Arts at Sheridan College. Tickets available at sheridan.edu.
4 p.m. Ucross Arts Festival with a performance by Jalan Crossland, a reading by Brandon Hobson and an art giveaway of a piece commissioned by Savannah LeCornu at The Park at Ucross. Crossland, Hobson and LeCornu are Ucrosse alumni. A limited number of GA tickets are free; VIP tickets are available for a pre-show reception to meet the artist, refreshments and more. Tickets available at ucross.org.
Learn more about the Arts Celebration at www.artinsheridan.com/cta.
