September 28 through

November 30, 2012

Sun Valley Centerfor the artS

Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, Captured I, 2009–11,

c-print on Fujicolor Crystal Archival Paper,

courtesy the artists and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York

happily eVer after?—

September 28 – noVember 30, 2012.

e think of fairy tales as entertainment for chil-dren, but they are among the darkest stories we

tell. Wicked stepmothers abandon children deep in the forest. babies are stolen by witches and imps. Cunning wolves impersonate helpless grandmothers. While some fairy tales have happy endings, others do not. the match-stick Girl freezes to death, while the vain girl so enchanted with her red Shoes loses both her feet before dying of a burst heart.

many classic fairy tales by the brothers Grimm and hans Christian andersen have roots in earlier stories, stories passed orally and through the written word fromgeneration to generation. We continue to tell these ter-rifying stories for the same reasons they have been told for centuries. they serve as cautionary tales, warning children of the consequences of immoral behavior and (perhaps especially) the perils of the natural world. the protagonist in The Red Shoes learns to regret her vanity. Sleeping beauty’s evil stepmother dies of rage. had little red riding hood listened to her mother and not spoken to the Wolf, she could have spared her grandmother the hor-ror of being swallowed up whole. and poor thumbelina, captured by frogs, engaged to a mole, and finally saved by a bird. rich with colorful characters, mysterious settings and wondrous events, fairy tales serve as warnings about the importance of appropriate behavior as well as the dan-gers that lurk in the forest. they occupy our imagination as young children; as we grow up, our understanding of them shifts and deepens. this project is an exploration of fairy tales’ roots, commonalities and hidden meanings.

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ViSual artS.

the visual arts exhibition features work by contempo-rary artists exploring the complex ideas behind storytell-ing and fairy tales. Some question or re-tell traditional cautionary tales. others create work that draws on the fantastic imagery and powerful narrative that define the fairy tale, evoking classic stories without referring to them specifically.

Claire Cowie, No Escape (detail), 2012,

gouache, ink, watercolor, acrylic, graphite, collage, thread,

courtesy the artist, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland,

and James Harris Gallery, Seattle

Claire Cowie has created a new body of work for the ex-hibition that draws on a number of well-known fairy tales including Hansel and Gretel, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Wild Swans, Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White. Consisting of nine works on paper, her installation inter-weaves symbols from each of these stories, creating a visual narrative that is both rich and disorienting. it addresses themes common to many fairy tales: fear and anxiety, deception and manipulation, vulnerability and seduction.

Claire Cowie, No Escape (detail), 2012,

gouache, ink, watercolor, acrylic, graphite, collage, thread,

courtesy the artist, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland,

and James Harris Gallery, Seattle

Andrea Dezsö works in media that range from artist books to room-size fantasy environments. Composed of cut-out silhouettes of plant, animal and human forms, her large-scale illuminated installations weave folklore, fanta-sies, and fears. at the Center, she is creating a site-specific installation inspired by fairy tales.

This installation is generously sponsored by Ellen Hanson and Richard Perlman.

Andrea Dezsö in her site-specific installation Sometimes in My Dreams I Fly,

Rice Gallery, 2010, photo by Nash Baker, courtesy the artist

Kent Henricksen, Laugh, Dance, Sing, 2008,

embroidery thread and silkscreen on silk, courtesy the artist

Kent Henricksen’s images of children singing, dancing and playing belie their initially lighthearted appearance. often hooded or masked, henricksen’s strange figures get at the contradictions at the heart of many fairy tales, in which characters are often not who they seem to be, and disguises are central to the storyline.

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painter Erin Rachel Hudak makes work about wolves and their narrative associations. taking portraits of fa-mous americans, she collages wolf masks onto their faces. in other images, wolves appear covered in glitter and neon paint. the pieces allude to the duplicitous nature of wolves in fairy tales: dressed in Grandmother’s clothes in Little Red Riding Hood, disguising his voice and hiding under a sheepskin in The Three Little Pigs, and, of course, the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Erin Rachel Hudak, Henry Ford from the series Great Americans, 2012,

vintage book page, found photograph on paper

courtesy the artist and Ochi Gallery, Ketchum

Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz are best known for their appropriation and transformation of the snow globe, an object associated with childhood souvenirs of vacation destinations. the snow globes martin and muñoz make, however, are far from idyllic. they contain darkly humor-ous and sometimes sinister scenes of human and animal figures in often bizarre scenarios. their snow globes, like the artists’ photographs, ask viewers to create their own narratives around the figures and settings. While not based on particular fairy tales, these works draw inspiration from fairy tales’ dark side.

Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, Traveler CCXC (290), 2012,

glass, water, wood, plastic,

courtesy the artists and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York

internationally renowned artist Kiki Smith has produced a body of work about fairy tales, gender roles and identity. the exhibition features three prints she has made explor-ing the complex relationship between the wolf and the pro-tagonist of Little Red Riding Hood.

Kiki Smith, Companions, 2001,

lithographic diptych in 11 colors on T.H. Saunders Waterford HP paper,

ed. 14/28, published by Universal Limited Art Editions,

© Kiki Smith/ Universal Limited Art Editions, 2008

the Gallery.

OPENiNG CELEBRATiON ANDMEMBERSHiP PARTY.

fri, Sep 28, 5:30–7pmthe Center, Ketchum

Join us for the opening celebration of Happily Ever After? and our annual membership party! Dress as your favor-ite fairy tale character! Artist Andrea Dezsö will speak about her installation at 6pm.

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ExHiBiTiON TOURS.tue, oct 9, 2pm and by appointment

free at the Center, Ketchum

trained Gallery Guides offer insights into the artwork on display in free exhi-bition tours. Favor de llamar al Centro de las Artes para arreglar visitas guiadas en español.

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GALLERY WALKS.fri, oct 12 and fri, nov 23, 5–8pm

free at the Center, Ketchum

Join us for a glass of wine as you view the exhibition.

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EvENiNG ExHiBiTiON TOURS.thu, oct 18 and thu, nov 15, 5:30pm

free at the Center, Ketchum

enjoy a glass of wine as you tour the exhibition with the Center’s curators and gallery guides.

film.

THE PrINCESS BrIDEfri, Sep 21, 6:30pm

free at the Center, hailey

Join us as we kick off Happily Ever After? with a free outdoor screening of The Princess Bride (1987), featuring all the elements of the classic fairy tale: a villainous prince, a beautiful prin-cess, a giant, swordplay, adventure and romance! bring the family, a blanket and a picnic and enjoy a movie under the stars.

theater.

HaPPILy EvEr aFTEr? — A CONCERT ExPLORiNG FAiRY

TALES iN THE AMERiCAN MUSiCAL THEATER

fri, nov 9 & Sat, nov 10, 7pmliberty theatre, hailey

$30 / $20 seniors / $10 studentsticketing through Company of fools: www.companyoffools.org or 578.9122

Sun Valley Center for the arts and Company of fools present Happily Ever After?, a concert exploring fairy tales in the american musical the-ater. for two nights only, the liberty theatre will come alive with music from favorite shows including Into the Woods, Cinderella, Shrek, Once Upon a Mattress and Wicked. this enchanted evening, directed by r. l. rowsey and John Glenn, features several of broad-way’s most dynamic artists.

Generously sponsored by Jeri L. Wolfson.

ClaSSeS.

FAMiLY DAY:HaPPILy EvEr aFTEr?

CREATE YOUR OWN FAiRY TALE BOOKSat, oct 27, 3–5pm

the Center, Ketchumfree

families will have an opportunity to tour the Center’s exhibition exploring familiar tales about princesses, wolves, dark forests and fairy godmothers. par-ticipants will then create their own book based on what they’ve seen and heard.

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TEEN WORKSHOP:HaPPILy EvEr aFTEr?…rEDO

WiTH DENiSE SiMONE OFCOMPANY OF FOOLS

Sat & Sun, nov 3 & 4, 10am–3pm$10 pre-registration required

the Center, haileyregistration deadline: fri, oct 19

Discover what happens to that fairy tale you thought had ended happily ever after in this two-day theatrical workshop led by Company of fools’ Core Com-pany artist Denise Simone. exploring characters from the more well-known Grimm’s fairy tales (Cinderella, Rum-pelstiltskin, Hansel & Gretel, Rapunzel and others), you’ll create monologues from your character’s perspective of life after the happily ever after. on the second day of the workshop, we’ll re-hearse and tie the monologues together to create pieces that will be shared with an audience later that day. as part of the experience you’ll also be invited to a closed rehearsal of Company of fools’ concert exploring fairy tales in the american musical theater.

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BOOK DiSCUSSiON: ANGELA CARTER’S

THE BLOODy CHaMBErtue, nov 13, 6:30–8:30 pmfor adults and older teens

the Center, Ketchum$10 members / $20 nonmembers in angela Carter’s obituary Salman

rushdie wrote, “with angela Carter’s death english literature has lost its high sorceress, its benevolent witch-queen, a burlesque artist of genius and antic grace.” thirty years after the publication of her most famous work, The Bloody Chamber, readers are still shocked or at least riveted by her re-creation of stories we thought we knew. Bluebeard and Little Red Riding Hood will never be the same.

ryan Waterfield will lead a discus-sion of Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and will guide participants through this dense and lyrical work.

reaDinGS & leCture.

NEw aND IMPrOvED FaIry TaLES mon, oct 22, 5:30pm

free at the Center, Ketchum

invited to reimagine what happily ever after might mean, students from the Community School have written updated and abbreviated fairy tales. Join us for an evening of new fiction created by local students.

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DANiEL HANDLER(A.K.A. LEMONY SNiCKET)

Sun, nov 18, 6:30pmWood river high School performing

arts theater, hailey$15 members / $25 nonmembers

$5 students

“if you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. in this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.” So begins Daniel handler’s wildly popular series of books, lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. his work revives and modernizes the tradition of telling menacing, exciting and ultimately por-tentous stories to little kids. for as long as we’ve been telling stories to children we have told of witches in candy houses, princes who have been turned into frogs and children held captive by trolls. han-dler reminds us why this tradition is so important. and so much fun.

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Erin Rachel Hudak, Hello Sunshine, 2011,

mixed media on canvas,

courtesy the artist and Ochi Gallery, Ketchum